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

The force that fueled so much resentment spread outwards from Huaxia Glory City to the rest of the world.

However, it came quickly and went quickly.

The people were filled with resentment, but it subsided naturally in less than ten minutes.

When Zhang Erhe arrived at the Third Guard City, the remaining members of the Shi family had all returned to normal.

"Where's Shi Qi?"

Upon seeing Zhang Erhe appear in mid-air, the Shi family members quickly roused themselves from their listless state.

"Reporting, reporting to Commander Zhang! The branch chief, the garrison commander, the military governor, and more than a dozen garrison staff officers have all been captured by the bandits!"

"Bandits? With so many of them, they couldn't possibly have run fast. Which direction did they run off in?"

"They flew eastward in a plane that looked like a giant bat."

"An airplane? Where did this airplane come from! They robbed the nearby airport?"

"No, I don't know. That plane looks very powerful; it can even be invisible..."

Zhang Erhe understood.

It's a high-tech fighter jet from the heavens!

"You bandit! You're hoarding dark artifacts and even collaborating with the Celestials! How can the Federation tolerate this organization and allow it to exist with a positive image? It's outrageous!"

Zhang Erhe narrowed his eyes, having already made up his mind.

Suddenly, he made his move.

With a flash of blades, all the surviving members of the Shi family in the city had their throats slit and died instantly.

Zhang Erhe didn't even blink, and said calmly.

"You were the ones who killed Yue Sheng, and the bandits were the ones who killed you, hmph..."

Again.

Zhang Erhe can disregard the laws of this world, but he still has many things he wants to do, so he needs to make his actions reasonable, even if it's just a flawed excuse.

Otherwise, he would be alienated from everyone, and he wouldn't be able to accomplish some of the things he wanted to do.

At this moment, in the main city of Huaxia Glory City, dozens of bandits searched for the enemy from nightfall to dawn amidst the ruins.

Apart from a group of professionals who had miraculously survived, Master Yan was nowhere to be found.

Previously, when the bandits attacked the No. 3 Guard City under the pretense of challenging the garrison rights, and were subsequently reflected in the Dark Bronze Mirror, they saw Master Yan's face on the surface of the bronze mirror that appeared in the sky.

Unless he later changed his face with a bronze mirror, the bandits would recognize him when they saw him.

"Looks like they ran away."

"Or they changed their tune."

"Without the bronze mirror, he only has a spirit; he probably doesn't have any special abilities anymore. Where could he have gone?"

"There was also a cross; I guess the cross is what helped him leave."

Song Gua felt it was a bit of a pity that he hadn't managed to catch Master Yan.

Otherwise, the bronze mirror could have been put into use.

But Song Gua remained calm.

The spirit of the bronze mirror will only be more anxious than him, and will eventually emerge on its own.

"Let's go, take advantage of this wave to grind as much reputation as possible, and then we'll all skip levels once the Abyss Invasion ends!"

After speaking, Song Gua's expression became unusually serious.

"We need to get stronger quickly..."

The delicate balance between the bandits and the Federation will be broken sooner or later.

From the very beginning, Song Gua never intended for the bandit organization to be an obedient entity that operated entirely within the rules.

How frustrating would that be?

How slow is the development?

Zhang Erhe's appearance only prematurely disrupted this balance.

He knew the bandits possessed dark artifacts, and he saw them helping the celestial beings escape.

As the commander-in-chief of the allied forces, he could not tolerate a covert operation like Yue Sheng, let alone an overt one like the bandits.

Zhang Erhe's targeting is coming soon.

The good news is that the bandits gained a lot of reputation from this Abyss invasion.

After that, as long as they buy more experience books and don't go out to grind monsters or hunt creatures in restricted areas, their levels will still increase rapidly.

Therefore, even if Zhang Erhe launches a large-scale campaign to wipe out bandits, as long as Song Gua retracts all his clones, he can only punch cotton.

As for the issue of resource acquisition for professionals without fighting monsters.

In the battle in the main city, a great many professionals were killed.

Resources are everywhere.

The bandits licked the bag with tears in their eyes, but their haul was quite substantial.

Moreover, the resources from the previous raid were enough to last until the end of the second job advancement stage.

As long as the bandits enter the third-tier version, Song Gua will not be afraid of being targeted by a priest.

So, there's only one thing next.

Grind reputation!

Song Gua did not choose to send his clones to big cities to farm.

The abyssal creatures there are of a higher rank, and although they have more reputation, they are more difficult to fight.

Moreover, there are more professionals in big cities, making it more difficult for bandits to get involved.

He was targeting small cities like Yunshan City.

The local defenses are weak, and they need the bandits to help them!

Local professionals couldn't compete with the bandits.

As mentioned earlier, the abyssal creatures deployed in the city were released in one wave.

Therefore, while the cadres led their main forces to subdue the abyssal creatures in Yunshan City, the resistance against the abyssal creatures in other cities was still ongoing.

Song Gua didn't stop, collecting all his clones and sending them to the next city.

To retrieve the clones, they must be kept out of sight of others.

Therefore, what the professionals on the Yunshan City wall saw was...

The bandits descended like divine soldiers. Although their levels didn't seem very high, none of them were even at the third rank, each of them possessed formidable combat power.

Especially those headgear with unique patterns, they're really something else.

It's normal for cadres to be so talented and fierce.

The main clones are also very powerful because many of them have merged. After merging, their combat power surpasses that of a third-tier character. Coupled with their strange fusion talents and skills, they are naturally very powerful.

The bandits swept through the city like a whirlwind, wiping out all the abyssal creatures they had released outside.

These abyssal creatures didn't even touch the city walls.

After the battle, all the bandits fled wildly into the wilderness.

On the city wall, Dao Youming and his companions watched the bandits depart.

"Are you leaving already? No, aren't you going to stay for a celebratory feast?"

"Don't you know them? They never interact with outsiders. A victory celebration? It would be normal for them to rob your warehouse."

"If the bandits really want to rob us, let them. They've done such a great service; they deserve some reward."

"Bandits... Yunshan City will never forget this latest act of kindness from you."

The second stop.

Nanshui City.

This place is much worse than Yunshan City.

Nanshui City is classified as a low-level, peripheral city.

There wasn't even a city wall.

The moment the abyssal creatures were unleashed, this place instantly transformed into a deathly inferno.

Fortunately, Mayor Qi Xuan of Nanshui City had the foresight to allow all citizens to enter underground shelters in advance.

Today, the underground shelters in Nanshui City are more numerous and more robust than before.

It is large enough to accommodate all the city's residents.

On the ground, abyssal creatures are rampaging, and the sounds of the city being destroyed are heartbreaking for the people in the shelter.

"Mayor! Let's go out and have a fight!"

"Yes! Our homes, which we worked so hard to rebuild! Are we just going to let these beasts destroy them again?!"

"I refuse to accept this! I'd rather die fighting than surrender; I must defend this city!"

Qi Xuan tapped his cane forcefully.

"Don't act impulsively! As long as people are alive, the city will still exist!"