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

All the builders licked their hands, which had just been frozen, and began to operate the defensive towers.

Energy gems lit up on various types of defensive towers, unleashing a variety of attacks on the abyssal creatures that had been thrown into the moat and piled up in heaps.

"Bang bang bang!!!"

This round of attacks was incredibly powerful and extremely effective.

The group of first-tier abyssal creatures were blasted apart, their gray crystals scattered, and the black fluid that made up their bodies splashed out like oil.

Abyssal creatures only take damage from the class system.

Let alone attacks from firearms made by human technology, even grabbing a kitchen knife to chop them wouldn't work; only the methods of professionals can harm them.

If you bombard abyssal creatures with missiles, you will find that their fluid-like bodies rapidly reassemble after being shattered.

Only when the damage numbers in the professional system reduce their health to zero will they stop repeatedly regenerating their bodies.

The main city is very large, and mobilizing, coordinating, and preparing for war in all aspects will inevitably take some time.

The first wave of attacks is currently being held up entirely by defensive towers and formations.

Archer-class professionals, due to their long-range skills, can stand on the city walls and launch ranged attacks against the abyssal creatures that have begun to gather outside the protective barrier.

Seeing this, Tong Zhan and the other trainees became much more optimistic.

"It seems alright. The Federation must already be sending people to support us. Once those big shots arrive, any Abyss invasion will be suppressed in no time."

However, this side is the only one that is optimistic.

Similar to the World Boss Siege, the teleportation gaps for the Abyss Invasion also appear in four directions.

Tong Zhan, Song Gua, and the others were located at the East Gate, where the city's defenses and manpower were in place in a timely manner, so there was no major problem for the time being.

But the western flank has fallen.

"This is terrible! The western barrier didn't activate in time, and the abyssal creatures have destroyed the defensive towers and the array outside the city, and stormed into the city!"

"What?!"

The commander at the East Gate was terrified.

Wang Miao remained calm.

"Commander Lu, don't panic. Those who came in are all Tier 1 Abyss creatures, with combat power basically equivalent to the peak of Tier 1. There are a large number of professionals from top Chinese forces in the city, and they can easily annihilate them."

Lu couldn't help but admire Wang Miao's composure.

He truly possesses the composure to remain unfazed even when faced with a collapsing mountain.

No wonder Wan Jianyi appreciated him, promoted him directly from the small city of Yunshan to the General Bureau of the Capital, and entrusted him with important matters in Glory City.

However, as an official who has been on duty in Glory City for many years, Commander Lu has more experience.

"That being said, the abyssal creatures keep coming in, so the defensive towers and formations outside the west gate can't be set up unless many people are willing to risk going out of the city to intercept them and buy time and space for the logistics department."

"Commander Lu, you know very well that these tactics are merely ways to delay the offensive. What we truly rely on in the end to resist each invasion of the Abyss..."

Commander Lu remained silent.

But he already knew the answer.

It's a human life!

At this very moment, how many of the professionals fighting in Glory City will ultimately survive?

"No matter what, having defensive structures will ultimately reduce casualties, right..."

Not long after, a new battle report arrived.

"The battle lines are being set up outside the west gate!"

Lu was surprised.

"How did they manage that? Did all the high-level professionals in the city go to the west gate? That won't do. There can't be any teleportation abilities in Glory City. If the attacks from other directions suddenly intensify, how will we defend?"

"They're not city dwellers, they're bandits!"

"Bandits?!"

Upon hearing this, the group of students who had gone to the capital for the trials cheered.

"Long live the bandits!"

"It's so boring here, let's go west and see the bandits!"

"Haha! They've definitely already started showing off!"

According to the garrison regulations, the trainees who went to the capital for the trials were not part of the city's defense forces, so no one could control them.

A group of people ran off to the west, laughing and joking, completely forgetting their tension.

You can see it from above.

To the east, south, and north of the main city, the outer walls gleamed with golden light; these were interconnected protective barriers, blocking the onslaught of abyssal creatures.

Abyssal creatures crashed into the barrier one after another, their black fluid bodies turning into black liquid after death, corroding the barrier.

On the city wall, a group of logistics professionals were constantly operating and maintaining the formation and defensive towers.

Baskets of energy crystals were transported up, providing a continuous supply.

Professionals with long-range attack capabilities are unleashing skill after skill, both to kill enemies and to earn reputation.

However, at this point, many people don't really care about how much prestige they have anymore.

Because there's no guarantee they'll survive to leave.

Their fight was more about getting through this crisis.

But there is a group of people who are not.

They were also killing abyssal creatures, even vying to kill them, all for the sake of reputation.

"Get out of my way, old Deng!! So what if you're a third-tier player!! Don't you dare steal my reputation!!"

"You're from the Taihang Alliance! I fucking remember you! We can't beat you guys at stealing star beasts, and now you guys won't even give way when it comes to stealing abyssal creatures?!"

"Don't steal my kills! The reputation is mine!! I want to be a key player!! I want to be a leader!!!"

"Drive the abyssal creatures out of the city! These people in the city are too afraid to go outside, but we are!"

"Hahaha! Don't even think about competing with us; we're going to keep all the reputation for ourselves!"

"Brother Wu! Brother Wu! Write this down! I got another 10 reputation points! Huh? Where did my arm go?"

Bandits.

A group of eccentric people who are incomprehensible to ordinary professionals.

They suddenly appeared in large numbers, more than two thousand people, from inside and outside the city.

Including the pets they summoned, at first glance, there were more of them than the abyssal creatures that had invaded the city.

The bandits charged forward like pigs fighting for food.

Many abyssal creatures were clearly engaged in combat with other professionals, but the bandits would still kick them aside first before killing the abyssal creatures.

After swiftly wiping out the abyssal creatures in the city, they were still not satisfied and swarmed out of the city to attack.

Hua Chuangjing, the leader of the Yanhuang Guild Alliance and the president of the Yanhuang Guild, is a level 80+, third-tier expert who happens to be in Glory City recently.

Seeing the bandits marching out of the city, he couldn't bear it and gave them a warning.

"Children, don't leave the city! We must defend our positions and not advance rashly. The waves of Abyss invasions are unpredictable; a second wave could appear at any moment. It's too dangerous to go outside the city!"

Nobody listens to him.

Hua Chuangjing shook his head helplessly.

"Gentlemen, the bandits have pushed the front line beyond the moat. We must seize this opportunity and quickly fortify the defenses around the west gate. We cannot let their sacrifices be in vain!"

Under the Yanhuang Guild Alliance, there are many large guilds, all now united under Hua Chuangjing's leadership and obeying his orders.

The abyssal creatures in the west were so badly defeated by the bandits that they couldn't even reach the archers on the city walls.

If the bandits advance any further, they will be close to the first gap in the defenses, and they seem poised to block the enemy's spring and slaughter them.

That's natural. The combat power of the first wave of abyssal creatures is no match for the bandits, who are all over level 40 and have S-level professional talents. They are not even in the same league.

During the team battle, Ghost Brother tried it out and discovered that he could transform abyssal creatures into his own summons.

"Yay, yay, hahaha! I'm the chosen one now! I'm going to do something amazing! The championship is mine!"

There are so many monsters, too many to count, and this is only the first wave.

Ghost Brother thought to himself, "If this were to snowball, what would happen?"