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

Looking at the fully upgraded panel, with its explosive stats and endless advanced attributes that require flipping through several pages, I was amazed.

Song Gua's lips curled up in a wild smile.

"Our levels and equipment are all set, time to get down to business!"

Song Gua took something out of his backpack.

A golden egg with purple stripes.

This is Zi Yuan after being killed by Zhang Erhe.

Relying on its mount's innate abilities, it returns to being an egg, waiting to be hatched again by a third-tier professional.

Song Gua hasn't reached the third stage yet, and his mount function isn't unlocked, so he can't hatch Zi Yuan.

"It'll be soon. It's already May, and the second half of the year's third job advancement challenge will begin in September. Once I complete the third job advancement, I'll let you see the light of day again."

As he spoke, Song Gua looked up at the sky.

"Yue Sheng, I don't know if you're sober now, just watch. With Zhang Erhe's help, the Shi family, along with your loyal squad, will be driven to their deaths in the Abyss invasion. The final death knell is about to toll!"

The bandits' aim to deal with the Shi family was not solely to avenge Yue Sheng.

Isn't it already over level 50?

The Shi family warehouse we robbed last time only had enough resources for the bandits to use until level 50.

We need to plan ahead.

Over the past month, the bandits haven't just been busy fattening up.

In order to deliver a fatal blow to the Shi family, the bandits have made ample preparations.

They were just waiting for Song Gua's order.

"The demolition team has blown up Ten Marshals Mountain!"

The North American District has a Rushmore Geopark, which contains a huge rocky mountain with ten lifelike giant human face sculptures carved along it.

These ten people are the ten commanders of the current Federation's ten allied armies.

Therefore, this mountain is commonly known as the Ten Marshals Mountain.

A statue of Zhang Erhe is among them.

The bandits' next major battle began with blowing up the statue of Zhang Erhe on Shishuai Mountain.

……

China Region, Strategic Administration Department, Staff Meeting Room.

The staff group, led by Chief of Staff Zhang Beihai, was in a state of frantic discussion.

Zhang Erhe was also there, his brows furrowed in the same way.

In front of him lay a large pile of documents and many blurry photos.

The contents of the photo are breathtaking.

There are mountains thousands of meters high that are turned upside down.

Half of the city was destroyed.

A thousand miles of forest are ablaze.

"Oh no, the First Immortal Cultivation Illusion has vanished!"

An aide held the phone, his expression one of horror upon receiving the message.

Zhang Beihai pressed for further details.

"Does it disappear upon completion, or is it an instant teleport?"

"It's Instant Flash! This is an S-rank cultivation illusion, a world even clergy can't clear. It can only be done with Instant Flash, Chief of Staff!"

"This is a really big problem."

The staff officers whispered amongst themselves, discussing amongst themselves, their faces filled with worry.

Zhang Erhe snorted coldly.

"Did you call me here today just to watch you ramble on and on? What exactly is the meaning of this information? Is some powerful being who has transformed into a god doing evil?"

Zhang Beihai said solemnly.

"It's worse than that."

"What exactly happened?"

Zhang Beihai felt somewhat helpless.

My own second uncle.

For the past month, I've been busy catching bandits every day.

So much so that he was completely unaware of such a huge change in the world.

"The illusion that the world is in a state of openness is flashing by, sometimes once or twice a day, sometimes dozens of times, without any pattern."

"What do you mean by 'instant flash'?"

"This is our definition of this unprecedented phenomenon."

An open illusion should ideally have a pillar of light serving as a passage between the inside and outside.

However, in the past month, these beams of light have suddenly become incredibly bright, making it impossible to look directly at them, and even closing your eyes feels like you'll be blinded.

As the light dims and the pillars of light disappear, those already inside the illusion will be teleported out, and the illusion will vanish as well.

"The illusion has also disappeared? Perhaps the illusion has simply closed, just in a different way now."

"No, we are quite certain that the illusion has disappeared."

Zhang Beihai's serious tone silenced everyone present.

"Someone captured a video at the scene of the illusion flashing, showing a 'phantom person' appearing."

As he spoke, Zhang Beihai used a projector to play a video with a "Top Secret" watermark.

The video shows a beam of light, which should have been open to the public, suddenly starting to flicker in the wilderness of a city in the South American administrative region.

As is well known, in order to maintain timely contact with those who have transcended to the mortal realm, the Federation has implemented entry and exit controls for most open illusionary realms.

Therefore, there are many people outside the illusion.

When the illusion began to flash, everyone covered their eyes and screamed, as if their eyes had been stung by something.

The footage was captured by a surveillance camera mounted on a tripod at the scene.

The strong light did not affect the camera's operation.

The light did not dissipate, but rather began to converge towards a certain point.

Finally, a figure appeared in mid-air, and all the light focused on him.

This person looks exactly like a human male, and appears to be young, but his eyes are deep, as if he has experienced many hardships.

She had long, flowing, light blue hair that reached her feet, and wore a magnificent blue robe.

He spread his arms and fell freely, his blue robe billowing and fluttering in the wind.

With a "thud," the blue-haired youth landed on the ground. The high-speed fall seemed to have no effect on him.

He looked around with a puzzled expression at the professionals dressed in various equipment.

"Who do you think you are?!"

Among the officials present, someone shouted at the blue-haired man.

The blue-haired youth glanced at him disdainfully but remained silent.

"The illusion disappeared, and I saw many lights converging on him. Is he the so-called Transcendent One who cleared the illusion?"

"Yes! That must be it!"

"But what was that bright light just now? Do those who have transcended to the mortal realm experience this phenomenon when clearing an illusion?"

Officials suspected the blue-haired man was a transcendent being, so they immediately followed procedure, asked him to register, and took him to the local professional association.

Unexpectedly, just as these people with paper and pens were about to approach the blue-haired youth, he suddenly stomped his foot, and halos of different colors rose from his feet, swirling around his body.

The professionals at the scene gasped in surprise.

"Holy crap?! A spirit ring?!"

"Isn't this the same power system from that Martial Soul Illusion that was just here a moment ago?"

"How did he learn that? We professionals shouldn't be able to learn it!"

"Is it possible... that he's actually someone from a hallucination?"

"You know what, you really do think I've seen him in a soul cultivation illusion before? Where was it...?"

"It looks like a statue at the entrance of an academy! One of the Seven Eccentrics..."

Next, it's unclear what the officials said to the blue-haired youth, but it angered him.

With a wave of his hand, the blue-haired youth produced a small black hammer. As he swung it, the hammer grew larger in the wind, sweeping across all directions and sending everyone flying.

Immediately afterwards, many giant blue grasses suddenly sprouted from the ground, bound him, lifted him up, and carried him away into the distance.

The blue-haired youth disappeared from the camera's view as he was passed from one giant blue blade of grass to another.