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

Zhang Erhe made his move again.

He did not attack Song Gua.

He actually slashed at the third guard city.

Another cut.

One cut after another.

There was no flash of swords, no special lighting effects, and there was hardly any movement around him, as if he were outsmarting thin air.

However, after he unleashed all his attacks, a few seconds later, the ground of the entire Third Guard City suddenly shook upwards.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!"

Suddenly, blades shot out from the ground, accurately piercing all the abyssal creatures on the ground while avoiding all the Shi family members.

Those who were larger were stabbed.

Those smaller ones were lifted up by the blades and died instantly.

The pressure on the Shi family members was immediately relieved.

However, to their despair, the bandit wearing the dice hood, despite being stabbed by the blades, jumped off the blades without any apparent injury.

Is this a person?

"Set up a defensive line. Reinforcements have arrived. Work together from the inside and outside to hold the secondary crystal. Leave this bandit to me."

It appears to be a defense of the city.

Actually, Zhang Erhe was saving the Shi family.

This proves the conjecture of the Song hexagram.

He is the protector of the Shi family.

Otherwise, after using the Third Guard City to persecute Yue Sheng, killing him to silence him would be the best option.

The only reason he didn't do that is because he still needed the Shi family; he couldn't do it openly.

He might even desperately need the Shi family, which is why he intervened to save them, hoping to incur more of their debt of gratitude.

Shi Qi and Shi Ji, the leaders of the garrison regiment, are still alive. It's not that Song Gua isn't targeting them, but rather that Song Gua is preparing to capture them alive.

They cheered with joy when they saw that Zhang Erhe had rescued them.

"Thank you very much, Commander Zhang!!"

"You little bandit! Look at this! This is a clergyman! You think you can stand against him?!"

"Commander Zhang, kill this arrogant bandit!"

The next second, the cheering people froze on their faces.

The Dharma of Heaven and Earth behind Song Gua changed, suddenly teleporting from the ground to the sky, and punched Zhang Erhe in the face.

"This bandit?! Who taught you to use such a quantifier?! You should address him as 'Your Majesty'! I'm your father!!!"

A red damage number popped up.

-4838!

"I'm not seeing things, am I... this... this bandit... it actually harmed Commander Zhang?"

"A level 40+ second-job character dealt over 4,000 damage to a priest???"

"Is this even possible...?"

"Shouldn't it just be -1 to forced damage?"

"Am I seeing things? This damage number should be popping up from the bandit, right? Commander Zhang dealt the damage back, didn't he?"

The Shi family members below were not the only ones stunned.

Zhang Erhe himself was a little confused.

If the damage that popped up was silver-white, Zhang Erhe would remain calm.

But those red numbers represent physical damage!

How is that possible?

His own physical defense, estimated to be in the digits, is more than that of the bandit's physical attack.

Can he break through his defenses?

No matter how much physical penetration, damage increase, or defense-ignoring ability you give him, it's impossible!

Because Zhang Erhe himself also possesses advanced attributes such as penetration resistance, damage reduction, and life shield!

He's a genius!

He has no attributes whatsoever.

However, the damage number still popped up.

So glaringly bright.

Zhang Erhe was naturally baffled, because the damage number was actually the real damage, only that Song Gua had changed it to red using his confusion ability.

We will keep the enemy in a state of confusion.

As for damage reduction, the only nemesis of true damage, it's not a big problem.

Indeed, a lot of damage was reduced; otherwise, given Song Gua's current state, it would have been impossible for him to only deal a little over four thousand damage.

He has damage reduction attributes, and I can have damage increase attributes.

However, Song Gua's damage increase percentage is obviously lower than Zhang Erhe's damage reduction.

However, both damage reduction and damage increase are high-level attributes, and they cannot be stacked to a very high level easily.

Even Zhang Erhe cannot be completely immune to injury.

"That's impossible!"

This was the first time Zhang Erhe had lost his composure.

His reaction was also quick.

He stabbed Song Gua in the stomach with a backhand motion, and began to churn wildly.

"ah!!"

No pain.

I was faking it.

It appeared that Song Gua's stomach was pierced, but in reality, it was his clone that was injured.

As for the damage numbers, they were completely negated by the Dragon Ring's Dragon Shield effect.

Song Gua threw a fiery punch, using the reaction force to escape.

Zhang Erhe seemed to have gotten used to Song Gua's immortality.

He touched his face, the spot where he had just been hit.

"You dare slap me in the face?"

Song Gua pointed to the Shi family members below.

"Wrong, I slapped them in the face, hahaha!"

The Shi family members felt a burning pain on their faces.

That was a resounding slap in the face!

Who says petty bandits can't stand up to clergy!

Zhang Erhe seemed to be enraged, and with a sweep of his blade, a flash of light appeared.

Just when everyone thought it was another attack, Zhang Erhe suddenly appeared amidst the rapidly approaching flashes of blades.

His move was similar to teleportation; he quickly closed in on Song Gua, and with a sweeping slash, aimed straight for Song Gua's head.

He intends to physically destroy the body.

How fast the clergy were!

Song Gua couldn't react at all.

"puff!!"

A head wearing a hood flew up.

A cloud of white mist emerged from the severed neck.

From inside the flying hood came Song Gua's mocking voice.

"Hey? You can't hit me!"

Fog Bro's ability to form mist makes it impossible for ordinary physical attacks to work, since you can't kill a cloud of mist by cutting it down.

Unfortunately, clergy also have many tricks up their sleeves.

Zhang Erhe summoned his Golden Pagoda Divine Treasure, and a golden light shone on his blade.

He lunged in and slashed again, and this time it worked.

One of the clones died in his place.

However, in Zhang Erhe's eyes, it still didn't work.

Zhang Erhe was confused once again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Song Gua kicked him.

"I'll kick you to death, you old bastard!"

-5678!

Zhang Erhe quickly retreated, keeping his distance from Song Gua.

To deal true damage, Song Gua needs to use basic attacks, or those skills in his class that can treat attacks as basic attacks.

Even these skills are all delivered with fists and can only be used at close range.

Then, a bizarre scene unfolded.

A lowly karami, who hadn't even reached the third level of rank, chased after a clergyman whom an ordinary person would never see in their entire life, going to great lengths to beat him up.

Zhang Erhe wanted to keep his distance from Song Gua, but Song Gua had too many tricks up his sleeve and always found a way to stick to him.

If Zhang Erhe were to fly at full speed, Song Gua would definitely not be able to catch up, but he still wanted to deal with this bandit, so he was only making tactical movements.

You're pursuing me, right?

You chase me, I'll kill you!

It hit its mark.

Either the Dragon Shield grants immunity to damage.

Or it inexplicably has no effect.

Zhang Erhe was bewildered.

Are these bandits inhuman?

They must be Dark Aliens!

"Yo-ho!! What the hell is this clergyman?! I'll beat up the clergyman!"

The Song hexagram has arrived again.

Zhang Erhe slashed at Song Gua with his sword, but Song Gua was completely unharmed.

Song Gua slapped Zhang Erhe across the face, twisting his face ninety degrees and leaving a handprint.

-999!

There are still a lot of Shi family members who are still alive watching down there.

They looked at it and felt it was an absolute dream.

It's not very harmful, but extremely insulting!

"Stop playing tricks, you old scoundrel! Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Idiot! That old thief is looking for an opportunity to capture a few high-ranking members of the Shi family's garrison alive!"

"Why arrest them? To seek justice for Yue Sheng?"

"Not only that! It's also beneficial to us!"

"Have you found an opportunity?"

"Isn't this just waiting for the right opportunity? Otherwise, why keep beating up this idiot!"

"Actually, there's a chance, but it might require revealing the ability to create clones. The old thief is weighing the options!"

"What about Yue Sheng's side? Wasn't it only supposed to last an hour?"

"No rush, one of our brothers is approaching. We can switch positions later!"

"You guys seem to know a lot about that old thief. How come I didn't know any of this?"

"Use your brain! You're new here!"

"Too lazy to think, I'm going to read the old thief's memories and see if it's as you guys say."

"Don't……"

"Ah!! So many messages?! What have you all been doing??? Waibibabu waibibabu waibiba..."