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

For the last hundred kilometers from Shining Leaf City to Glory City, one hundred trainees chose to walk.

As a professional, having a backpack means you can go on a picnic with your hands free – how comfortable!

"What's the first thing you want to do when you get to Glory City?"

"Of course I'm buying experience books! I heard that at level 30+, one experience book can give you a 3% experience boost! I've been grinding away at leveling up, and if I don't fight forbidden monsters and world bosses, I wouldn't get that much experience in half a month!"

"Going to Glory City is for leveling up. Otherwise, with that massive amount of experience points, no one in the world could ever reach the maximum level just by leveling up."

"I heard there's an Abyss invasion this year, aren't you afraid?"

"What's there to be afraid of? The Abyss invasion won't happen until at least June. It's only February now, so there's no way there's an Abyss invasion."

"Glory City has one good point."

"What?"

"Look, there's no fog for a hundred kilometers around Glory City! Ah, it's rare to have such a wide view. Look at those mountains, those forests, that river, it's so beautiful!"

"Yes, I've only ever seen this kind of scene in historical documentaries. There's no fog in the city, but there are tall buildings. It's rare to have such a wide view!"

"I feel so much more relaxed and happy right now! How about we sing a song together?"

"Okay, okay!"

"Hey! Whose hand is that, arm in arm, during the night's mountain worship...?"

Song Gua walked along with his classmates, instead of flying there alone, and he wasn't in a hurry.

Suddenly, the song of the Dao of Sitting in Oblivion resounded all around him, startling him.

Did my clone come out of Glory City to pick me up?

These idiots can't be that stupid, can they?

When I came to my senses, I realized it was these classmates singing.

There was no way around it; the bandits were too famous, especially among young people, who idolized them.

As they walked, the group passed through the Third Guard City.

This is a guard city located fifty kilometers east of Huaxia Glory City.

A massive secondary crystal floated in the center of the guarded city.

The city was very small; the longest wall was only three kilometers long.

The small size of the city also has its advantages. The forces that take turns guarding the city can use a special barrier formation to cover the entire city.

Once the abyss invasion strikes, it will take those abyss creatures a lot of time to break through the barrier, and our side can also attack from inside the barrier outwards.

The main city is too large to create a formation or barrier large enough to cover the entire city.

Defense measures can only be implemented by connecting individual points together.

The points where these defensive measures connect are undoubtedly the weak points.

Suddenly, one of the classmates pointed ahead and shouted.

"Hey! Look! It's bandits! They're fighting the Star Beast up ahead!"

Everyone looked closely, and sure enough, it was!

It seems there's another group of people fighting with the bandits.

The Song hexagram allows for simultaneous memorization and understanding of the situation, providing instant comprehension.

The leaders of this band of bandits are Nanfeng and Guige. They just arrived this month to take turns farming reputation in Glory City.

As mentioned earlier, bandits can hardly steal star beasts in the main city, so now they are stealing low-star beasts near the guard city.

An hour ago, a one-star beast spawned near Guard City No. 3.

After learning the news, the bandits rushed from the main city to fight for it.

There is a faction in the Third Guard City that stays here almost year-round.

The Shi family.

At this moment, the group of professionals from the Shi family are vying with the bandits for the star beast.

"Bandits! You're here again! We haven't even avenged the theft of our Shi family's warehouse last time, and you dare to keep coming back to our doorstep!"

It was Shi Ji who spoke.

The Shi family has four garrison regiments in the Third Guard City, and Shi Ji is the commander of one of them.

The thousands of people following Shi Ji at this moment are members of the Shi family belonging to his regiment.

As the second most powerful family in Xichuan City, a first-tier city, the Shi family has a large population, with four or five thousand people residing in Glory City.

On the bandit side, only two hundred people came.

Song Gua divided his three thousand clones equally among the twelve months, with only a little over two hundred remaining permanently in Glory City each month.

It's also easy to solve when there are many people needed; just switch the Song hexagram over and put them out.

Ghost Brother, carrying a large cleaver on his shoulder and surrounded by a group of skeleton soldiers, pointed at Shi Ji and shouted.

"Baldy! Don't make false accusations! When did we ever steal from your warehouse? You're definitely imposters! I'm also here to avenge the killing of my brother!"

Shiji has a Mediterranean hairstyle and hates it when people say he's bald.

Ghost Brother touched a nerve, and he immediately flew into a rage.

"Bullshit! It was Shi Yang who killed your brothers. Wasn't he already captured by you?! He's still missing, probably dead by now! One thing at a time, this is what the bandits owe the Shi family!"

Nanfeng couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"My fellow debaters, you are mistaken. We believe that even if we calculate it as an eye for an eye, Shi Yang can only avenge one life with one life. We have nineteen of our lives killed, while you still have eighteen to avenge."

Ghost Brother was stunned for a moment.

"My opponent?"

"Ahem, sorry, I got into too much of a debate at headquarters the other day."

In the debate for the position of leader of the third assembly core, Ghost Brother only joined in the fun at the beginning.

Later, because he had become the second-in-command, he was publicly voted out and permanently banned from the competition.

Shi Ji cursed loudly.

"Nonsense! Nonsense! Damn it, what's the point of arguing with these bandits! This is outside the city. If you want to rob us, then your lives are in our own hands! Attack! Anyone who dares to touch our star beasts will be killed without mercy!"

The one-star beast that the two sides were fighting over was a large teapot that was five or six meters tall.

There was a ferocious smile on the teapot.

The teapot has hands and feet around its body, so it can run.

Star beasts are like that; they look strange, neither human nor beast.

There are nine levels of star beasts, from one star to nine stars.

The star rating is simply a difference in the level of the star beast's attributes. Whether it is one-star or nine-star, each star beast has unique characteristics.

For example, this large teapot called the Demon Desire Pot has a special feature that can be summed up in six words: immune to physical attacks.

You need a magic-based class to fight him, otherwise this guy won't lose a single drop of health.

The Shi family had finally managed to reduce the health bar of the One-Star Demon Desire Pot to ninety percent when the bandits arrived.

From the Shi family's perspective, it is indeed infuriating!

From the bandit's perspective, I was really clever!

With their numerical advantage, the Shi family surrounded the Star Beasts and drove the bandits away.

The bandits were shameless and refused to leave, leading to a close-quarters battle.

These days, bandits are not to be trifled with. Unless you're a third-tier professional, you can't threaten them at all, even if the opposing side outnumbers you four to one.

It's a pity that Ghost Brother can't unleash his full potential here.

Since there are no monsters he can transform into, he can only use his skills to summon some skeletons to keep things going.

The south wind is quite strong.

He cast a forbidden spell, and no one dared to counter it.

"Hahaha! Scared now! My fellow debaters, since you're not going to reason, we can only talk about physics... Magic doesn't seem to count as physics, so let's talk about the principles of magic!"

Since the south wind is so powerful, it naturally receives special treatment.

Half of the Shi family members were attacking him.

The south wind was howling loudly in the regional network.

"You old scoundrel! Are you just going to stand by and watch?! Help me!"

Song Gua glanced at his classmates.

"I'm not available right now. You guys keep fighting, and I'll find a chance to switch places and kill a few to make an example of them."

Before he could finish speaking, Tong Zhan suddenly shouted.

"What kind of heroes are you, ganging up on the few! You bandits! I've come to your aid!"