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

The vast bandit army, each riding on a wraith-devouring beast, crossed the moat bridge like carp crossing a river.

The enemy is at the city gates!

"Raise the barrier! Raise the barrier!"

"It's rising! It's rising!"

"Hurry! The bandits are about to cross the edge of the barrier!"

"It's all the lookout's fault for not giving us a warning!"

"Alright, it's up!"

"Phew... thankfully, it was close. Now, the advantage is in my hands!"

Just as the vanguard of the bandit army was about to cross the boundary line, the barrier of the Third Guard City finally rose.

A huge, pale blue light shield slowly rose from the ground and gradually converged in the sky above the city center.

Each character, seemingly from ancient times, forms a river of words, flowing out in all directions from the point of convergence.

As mentioned earlier, the defensive resources of each of the major guard cities are provided by the garrison forces themselves.

Therefore, this barrier was also set up by the Shi family at great expense.

Song Gua, who was stationed at the bandit's headquarters and participated in the battle by synchronizing the memories of his clone, could tell from a distance that this barrier must be top-of-the-line.

It covered the entire Third Guard City, and was many times larger than the barrier that the Zhao family had originally used to cover the research institute.

Moreover, once the Zhao family's barrier is activated, both the inside and outside are isolated, making it impossible to enter or leave.

The Shi family, however, is neither able to get in nor get out.

This means that long-range strikes can be launched from the inside out.

It seems that the Shi family, who are notoriously corrupt, still dare not embezzle in certain matters.

On the gate tower of the East Gate, Shi Liangzong lay on the arrow emplacement with a grin.

"Bandits! Charge! Keep charging! What were you yelling about? You said your family would drop gold coins when you killed us? I'm right here, come and kill me! Hahaha!"

In mid-air, Ghost Brother carried a large sword on his shoulder and stood on a skull dragon.

In this battle, he was the commander-in-chief, while Nanfeng, in the crowd, served as the vanguard general, responsible for dealing the most damage.

As for the other cadres, they were all at headquarters.

Song Gua will not play all his cards at once; he will adjust his personnel according to the situation.

Ghost Brother snorted coldly.

"Hey, you surnamed Shi, don't be so arrogant! We've fought through barriers before! East Wind!"

Far away in the misty area surrounding Huiye City, Pao Ge was standing on a small hilltop, using the mini-map function in his talent to lock onto a target at an extremely long distance.

"Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished!"

Cannon Bro needs a while to prepare; his skills have extremely long wind-up animations.

Ghost Brother ordered the entire army to retreat slightly. Although they might still be within the range of the archers' attacks, they would not enter the range of the defensive towers.

Shi Liangzong mocked.

"Why did you withdraw? Weren't you guys very arrogant?"

Before the bandits could reply, a dragon's roar rang out.

Everyone turned their heads and saw that the dragon-shaped mount Ziyuan was carrying Yue Sheng.

Yue Sheng has come to announce the start of the garrison challenge.

"Following orders from higher command, the bandit organization intends to challenge for control of the No. 3 Guard City. I will serve as the referee for this challenge!"

Shi Liangzong pointed at Yue Sheng and shouted.

"What the heck? Is that even possible?"

Yue Sheng was so angry he laughed.

"You, the commander of the garrison regiment, surely know how your Shi family obtained the garrison qualification, don't you?"

"Isn't it something you acquire by overcoming numerous obstacles?"

Shi Liangzong swallowed hard.

All he knew was that the Shi family was stationed in the Third Guard City year-round, which made them different from other forces.

Everyone else takes turns, and they have to apply every year.

But they don't seem to use it.

Upon closer reflection, it seems that the Shi family had a large number of people in the Glory Garrison, which meant the entire passage was open.

But then again, wasn't the right to station troops obtained through application?

Who comes knocking on your door like this?

Shi Liangzong was unaware that applying for and disclosing assets, similar to a bidding process, was one method.

Shooting it down directly is also an option.

After all, this is about defending a city, not developing real estate. The ability to hold the city is the primary factor that tests the suitability of the rotating personnel for the garrison.

The federal government certainly allows the latter approach to exist.

However, major powers often avoid siege warfare in order to avoid wasting resources and manpower.

In reality, the Federation prefers to use siege warfare to exchange for defenses.

This is the only way to test for potential problems in the city's defenses.

Yue Sheng didn't explain much, but simply took out a golden command flag and threw it on the ground.

"Let's start the war!"

Zi Yuan opened his dragon mouth, grinning broadly.

"They're fighting! They're fighting! The bandits are out again! Grandpa Long loves watching bandits fight, it's so much fun! Hahaha!"

Yue Sheng tapped the dragon's head.

"Let's go. We can't get in the way here. Let's move back five kilometers."

Five kilometers? How the hell can you even see that clearly?

"That command flag is a secret device similar to a surveillance camera. We can see everything around the command flag within a ten-kilometer radius."

"Oh? Multiple angles? Hehehe..."

Yue Sheng: "..."

Ziyuan took Yue Sheng and slipped away.

Meanwhile, the bandits began to disperse along the outer edge of the eastern barrier towards the other three city gates.

Ignoring summoned creatures, pets, and other combat units, the bandits attacking the city numbered three thousand.

There are only a little over three thousand garrison personnel in City No. 3.

The two sides are evenly matched, but the defenders have the advantage of barriers, formations, defensive towers, and city walls.

Shi Liangzong didn't care whether the bandits' attack on the city was legal or not. Anyway, if the bandits wanted to attack the city, he would fight back. This was a reasonable thing to do no matter where you looked.

"Marksman Sequence!"

"exist!"

"Ready to fire!"

The bandits are still some distance from the barrier; only archers skilled in long-range attacks can reach them.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Various arrows, energy projectiles, and special attack effects pierced through the barrier and rained down on the bandits.

"The Fog Shield!"

Brother Fog leaped up from the crowd, his body exploding into a thick fog that spread in all directions.

The mist transformed into a vast net, trapping all the attacks!

"Oh no, there's so much! It's going to overflow!"

The enormous fog shield created by Brother Wu, resembling a bouncy marshmallow, dented and deformed after withstanding the attacks from the Shi family members, eventually breaking through a hole at the bottom and leaking some of the attacks out.

However, these attacks have been greatly weakened, and the bandits are dealing with them with ease.

"Brother Wu is awesome!"

"He truly lives up to his reputation as a cadre!"

"Brother Wu, I want to follow you!!"

"Brother Wu, I want to have your babies!!"

The Shi family had quite a few attack methods. While the bandits were besieging the city in different directions, they continued to attack without interruption.

Unfortunately, long-range attacks also mean that the opponent has more time to respond and react, so these attacks are basically ineffective, and only kill some of Ghost Brother's summoned creatures.

at the same time.

Not far from the Third Guard City.

An old Taoist priest was lying face down in the grass, his buttocks sticking out, chuckling lewdly.

"Good heavens, so many people have come all at once. Cross, you're not absorbing enough life force for me."

A black tentacle emerged from the cross residing on Master Yan's chest hair, twitched, and a red-lipped, white-toothed creature opened and began to speak.

"You want to mirror all these bandits?"

"Since so many people have come, wouldn't it be a waste not to mirror them all?"

"The more than 1,000 people from the Shi family that were drugged before were definitely not enough. Even a 1:1 ratio would be difficult. The Shi family's fighting strength is clearly inferior to that of the bandits."

"So, how about I lend you some of your original soul power?"

"Last time I helped Compass, I used my primordial soul power to escape back to North America. This time, you want me to use my primordial soul power to help you mirror the bandits??? Can't you two do anything right???"