The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Song Gua raised the magic wand in his hand.

Forbidden Spells: Truth and Justice!

Light-based offensive magic, in terms of game mechanics, is inherently effective against wizards like Thorne who practice dark magic.

Seeing the holy golden light soaring into the sky from the wand, and the shadow of the battle angel taking flight, Thorne was terrified.

What's going on?

Why would a level 46 professional player scare me?

Not only am I a higher level than him, I'm also a world boss!

It takes tens of thousands of people to defeat this world boss!

I'm actually afraid of him being alone?

Is he, alone, an army of thousands?

Thorne won't run away, but he will still dodge during combat.

Song Gua discerned his thoughts.

"Want to teleport? Try it."

Thorne: "Afraid of you? Teleport!"

80,000: "Backtracking".

Thorne: "?"

80,000: "Little BOSS♫ Do you have a lot of questions?♫ Why does teleportation fail and why does it have a cooldown?♫ Oh~~ Listen to the old thief♫ Don't let him get hurt~~ We'll take responsibility if he gets hurt♫ Isn't that ridiculous~~"

Song Gua: "Stop singing, it sounds awful."

80,000: "Okay!"

Thorne's skills have cooldowns, but the pocket watch does not.

As long as someone provides the Pocket Watch Evil with voluntarily offered soul power, it can choose to activate the Dark Artifact's abilities.

Of course, once they discover that no matter how much their soul power increases, it will eventually be refined by the Soul Refining Water, these evil spirits can choose not to activate it.

But if that happens, Curious Guy One, Two, Three will punch and kick them, seemingly a physical attack, but actually a soul attack.

Stubborn resistance leads nowhere.

Accepting soul power can at least temporarily strengthen oneself and prevent one from being bullied in the Soul Devouring Pearl.

If there is a chance to escape in the future, it will be in vain if you don't have soul power.

I think I should just give in.

Thorne was completely outmaneuvered by the Dark Embrace.

I can't use any skills.

At the same time, Song Gua had finished chanting the forbidden light spell.

The bells of the auditorium echoed across the sky.

The four-winged angel that appeared in the light spread its pure white wings.

He holds a golden staff high above his head.

"Evil forces of darkness, I command you, vanish!"

As Song Gua pointed his staff at Thorne, the golden staff of the four-winged angel burst forth with a dazzling golden beam, striking towards Thorne.

Unable to use his skills, Thorne no longer cared about elegance and took off running.

"Thump!"

It fell to the ground.

At some point, clusters of black tentacles appeared at his feet, binding them tightly.

"Ah!! No!! Bandits!! This isn't fair!!"

Thorne was engulfed by the golden light of judgment.

"Beep beep beep beep..."

His health bar was dropping rapidly.

Attack over.

Thorne is not dead.

"what?"

Song Gua was taken aback.

Forgot, he wasn't balanced, so he has a lot of health.

It's okay, let's try again.

I have many skills.

"Forbidden Spell: Hymn of the Night!"

"Forbidden Spell: Holy Dragon's Breath!"

"Forbidden Spell: Will of the Fire God!"

"Forbidden spell..."

Thorne was speechless.

You might as well just kill me like you did last time.

In front of those people from Nanshui, who were just now trembling with fear when they saw me, they beat me up like a dog.

Don't I have any pride?

Thorne's health bar was finally depleted by Song Gua.

Filled with resentment, he transformed into a pile of fallen resources.

The first thing Song Gua picked up was the artifact that was guaranteed to drop.

This time it's the [Artifact - Arcane Helmet - Meditation]

"No, Thorne, are you really planning to let me collect this Arcane Set? That would be so inconvenient."

Last year, after killing Thorne in Yunshan City, Song Gua even said that collecting a set of artifacts by killing world bosses was a bit unrealistic.

Now it seems that it's not impossible.

Thorne is dead.

But the battle is not over yet.

Due to a shortage of manpower, Nanshui City could only resist attacks from one side.

The monster armies from the other three sides have already stormed into the city.

Song Gua did not rush to order the bandits to storm into the city. Instead, he stood in the air and quietly looked down at the tens of thousands of blood-soaked citizens of Nanshui.

Both sides understood each other's meaning.

Residents of Nanshui voluntarily made way for the roads leading to the city.

"Welcome, Your Majesty's Army!"

"Welcome, bandits!"

"Welcome, hero!"

This is a city that the people of Nanshui protected with their lives.

The Song hexagram respects them.

Therefore, they wouldn't send their people in without their consent.

Now that the people of Nanshui have agreed to the bandits' entry, Song Gua waved his hand.

"Go into town and clean up the rest!"

The bandit army, howling and screaming, charged into the city.

The residents of Nanshui embraced each other and wept.

They knew they were saved.

I had long heard of the bandits' notorious reputation.

Seeing it today, I can confirm its reputation is well-deserved.

The world boss was utterly humiliated, so what are the monsters in the city compared to that?

When the army charged into the city.

The female reporter who had been diligently recording the events captured these moments on camera.

Her hands trembled uncontrollably as she watched the bandits kill Thorne and now they had to go into the city to deal with other monsters. She was already sobbing uncontrollably.

Is this true?

Does such a force that fights for the common people really exist?

Am I really not dreaming?

With no nearby cities offering assistance and the capital city of Shangjing remaining silent, the isolated and helpless Nanshui City's last savior turned out to be bandits.

Who could have imagined it? Who could have imagined it! Who could have imagined it…”

Blood Brother suddenly appeared behind her.

"What's so unexpected about this? Is this the first time we bandits have rescued someone? Beautiful lady, you're injured. Let me bandage you up. Your wound is a bit deep. Someone will come to give you a tetanus shot later."

When the female reporter saw Blood Brother in his white hood and Batman bodysuit, she cried even louder.

"My idol! My idol! I saw my idol! My idol is bandaging me!! Ahhhhhh!!"

Blood Brother acted quickly and treated the wound professionally. He clapped his hands and got up.

"Alright, I'm going to go grind monsters now. Be careful and don't wander off."

As her idol left, the female reporter silently gripped her phone tightly.

"There are many slanders and doubts about the bandits online, and I must reveal the truth! I want the world to know how despicable they are, judging others by their own petty standards!"

A moment later, a group of hooded bandits ran over carrying first-aid kits.

Four people opened the medical kit, took out vaccine vials and syringes, and skillfully began to administer tetanus vaccines to the female reporter.

"Why do you still have these things?"

"It was stolen from the hospital!"

"..."

At this point, it was not yet time for celebration in Nanshui City.

The horde of monsters, wreaking havoc, has discovered the people hiding in the underground shelter.

They gathered at the entrance of the sanctuary, frantically attacking the iron gate with their skills and claws.

The people in the shelter huddled in a corner.

Despite seeing the announcement of Thorne's death, they knew their danger was far from over.

"boom!!"

The iron gate was breached, and the monstrous, ferocious creatures, with their bared fangs and grotesque faces, stared with bloodthirsty eyes at the children, the elderly, and the pregnant women inside the shelter…