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

Chapter 403 Bandits? The Dao of Forgetfulness? Can you tell the difference?

Lu Mang, who had sneaked into the venue beforehand, was unable to open the barrier due to the interference of the Dark Pocket Watch.

However, no matter how much the group of mirror bandits surrounded him, even after more than a dozen of them had already self-destructed, they still posed no threat to him.

A professional at level 80 or above is not someone an ordinary third-job class can easily take advantage of.

Despite being a level 40+ bandit with the ability to mirror images and having stolen high-level resources from the Shi family officials, the mirrored bandits still couldn't shake Lu Mang's power.

However, the purpose of the Zuowangdao sect was not to kill a special bureau investigator, but simply to delay and hinder him.

So that the grand drama on stage can continue.

One by one, the heads of high-ranking officials of the Shi family were flying up.

"Shi Peng, Deputy Mayor of Xuanhua City! For forming cliques and assassinating rivals, he is to be executed!"

"By order of Shi Kai, Superintendent of the Xuanhua City Defense Forces! Those who embezzle military pay and engage in arms trafficking are to be executed!"

"Shi Menglu, Director of the Agricultural Bureau of Huai'an Agricultural City! He has been levying excessive agricultural taxes, leaving thousands of farmers impoverished and starving. He must be executed!"

"Shi Jiao, Director of the Xichuan City Tax Bureau! Embezzling taxes and laundering money, execute him!"

"Huiye City..."

Outside the stadium, the sounds of attacking the barrier were like the sound of firecrackers during the Lunar New Year, rising and falling in waves.

Inside the arena, the battle between Lu Mang and the Zuowang Dao sect was accompanied by deafening self-destructions from time to time.

However, the 100,000 fans at the scene, as well as the citizens of Nishikawa City peering into the venue through the hole that was initially blown open, were also present.

At this moment, I was deeply shocked and speechless.

They could no longer hear any of the fighting; all they could hear were the sounds coming from the stadium's speakers, the pronouncements made by Mirror Ghost Brother before each beheading.

The mirror image of Ghost Brother resembles the King of Hell in the second challenge, judging crimes.

With the butcher's knife in his hand, he chopped off the heads of countless evil souls.

Blood has stained the stage red.

The elevator was still working, sending down and back up the corpses of Shi family officials one by one.

The only large screen that remained lit up also never stopped playing the VCR.

He really did kill him!

Everyone knows that the Daoist practice of sitting in oblivion is mad, but no one expected it to be this mad!

"Is what these 'sitting in oblivion' doctrines true? Are these officials really so wicked?"

"Does it matter? The head has already flown dozens of meters high."

"The Shi family has been severely weakened. Without the power and convenience provided by these officials, they are now just an ordinary aristocratic family."

"That's not the problem. Once the Shi family loses the protection and connections in officialdom, the Ximen family will probably be the first to deal with them!"

"I find these lunatics kind of cute, actually. Aren't they taking down corrupt officials? Shouldn't this be something the people applaud?"

"That's a bit like the style of bandits..."

"Didn't the official report say they were mirror images of bandits created by the Dark Star forces? They were made using the same template as bandits!"

The silent meeting room gradually began to change.

The 100,000 spectators no longer seemed afraid of the mirror bandits, nor did they pay attention to the attacks from outside. Instead, they began to respond to the performance of the mirror ghost brother.

"To kill or not to kill?!"

"kill!!!"

One hundred thousand people shouted in unison, and the sound wave spread, shocking tens of thousands of people outside.

"What's going on? Are there 100,000 hostages inside, or 100,000 people practicing the Dao of Oblivion?"

Forced to watch the live broadcast from basements in various cities, the original bodies of those high-ranking Shi family officials who collapsed on the stage were all dumbfounded.

"It's over, it's really over. So many people believed it, there's no way to explain it..."

The Zuowangdao concert is coming to an end.

They have already killed more than twenty "high-ranking officials of the Shi family," leaving only three.

Throughout the entire process, Lu Mang showed no intention of going on stage to rescue anyone; he was simply focused on eradicating the Zuowangdao sect.

Clearly, he still held the same attitude—the Shi family was not worth saving.

At that moment, a streak of light flew in from the horizon.

The visitor was Shi Meng, one of the vice chairpersons of the Xichuan City Professionals Association.

She appears to be an elderly woman.

Lv80, All-rounder, Third Job Advancement, Star God of War, with innate ability to fly using the Escape Light skill.

"What's going on?! A barrier set up by a mythical scroll, and with so many of you fighting, you still haven't broken it?? Are you kidding me?!"

One of the on-site commanders, a squadron leader from the enforcement team, explained.

"There are many hostages inside the venue. If we forcibly break through the barrier, we will accidentally injure civilians. We can only allow the formation sequence to disintegrate. We can attack the weak points to accelerate the disintegration process, and then..."

Shi Meng glared at her coldly.

"Hmph, it wasn't someone from your family who died, yet you're not worried at all!"

"Vice Chairman Shi Meng, that's not what I meant..."

"Get out of the way!"

Shi Meng disregarded the progress of the work on site and took direct action.

She placed her palms together, and a seven-colored beam of light burst forth from her palms, with a diameter of over ten meters!

"boom!!"

The legendary skill exclusive to the third job advancement is unleashed with immense power.

With a single strike, the barrier was easily shattered, creating a crack tens of meters wide!

However, her attack couldn't possibly shatter the barrier perfectly.

After the beam of light passed through, it leveled the stands behind the attack point.

The thousands of people sitting on it vaporized on the spot.

The law enforcement officers outside the venue were dumbfounded.

"Vice Chairman Shi Meng, you..."

"Remember, they were killed by the Dao of Sitting in Oblivion. We have to do this to save more people. What are you waiting for? Go in and save them!"

The law enforcement officers disagreed, but dared not speak out.

The onlookers gritted their teeth and cursed silently.

Shi Meng was well aware that this explanation would be of little use afterward and would certainly lead to her being purged by the Federation.

But she did it anyway.

The reason was simply because the three who hadn't been beheaded yet held very important official positions.

They are council members of the Nishikawa City Council.

One of its key tasks is to evaluate and appoint officials at the G5 level and above in the city, and to promote them accordingly!

Tell me, how could she not be anxious?

The Shi family paid a huge price for these three seats.

Unfortunately, when Meng rushed in, Gui Ge cleaved all three of them in two with a single blow.

"Ah!!! The Dao of Sitting in Oblivion!!!"

Mirror Ghost Bro laughed heartily.

"I love seeing you all so angry and frustrated. Go ahead and hit me!"

Meanwhile, at the highest point of the venue, Ba Wan whispered.

"No, the gap created by this attack is too large. Given the current state of recovery, there's no way to reverse it."

Song Guadao.

"It's alright, the performance is over. All that's left is to wait for these 'killed' people to be replaced by others, and then we can release the Shi family members who are still alive."

It would be easier to just kill them instead of releasing them.

But the Daoist sect of Zuowang (坐忘道) did not agree.

Seeing these high-ranking officials treated as practitioners of the Dao of Forgetfulness is the amusement they want, and it's the condition for their agreement to cooperate with Song Gua.

"Alright, 80,000, Chief One, and everyone else here, we can leave now. How Zuowangdao fights the official forces of Xichuan City is their business. Our mission is over."

After today's concert, Zuowangdao will become famous worldwide.

What did the bandits gain?

That would be terrible.

Striking at the Shi family's power is just a trivial gain.

The bigger gain is...

Once these mirror images reach the end of their lives, the bandits can take over and become the new Daoist practitioners!

Whatever the federal government allows me to do, I am a bandit.

What the Federation forbids me to do is the Dao of Forgetfulness!

Can you tell the difference?

Da Congming gave Song Gua a heartfelt thumbs up.

"Boss, that was a brilliant move!"

"It was all a gift from the Dark Artifacts; I merely borrowed their power."