Save me! Save me! When my brother returns, hell definitely reward you generously!

Gai Youdis desperate cries echoed, but Chen Fans grip held him firmly in place, he couldnt even struggle.

He lost!

Gai Youdi was defeated. The crowd had expected this ending, yet when it finally arrived, they still shivered.

How truly unexpected. An early-stage Void Immortal nearly annihilated the Eclipse Alliance. Truly the workings of fate.

Thats right. So many once strutted arrogantly through Eclipse City, only to be executed by the alliance and have their heads hung at the city gates. Even half-immortal experts fell to them. Yet today, their fate has reversed.

Whispers spread like wildfire. Every gaze turned toward Chen Fan, but none saw a manwhat they saw was something monstrous. No, not even a monster could inspire such dread.

This scene felt twisted, unnatural. Chen Fan, a mere Void Immortal, should have been dangling helplessly in Gai Youdis grip. That was the logical outcome. Yet here it was, reversed, shattering their long-held beliefs.

Half-immortal realm experts were supposed to be untouchable, invincible. Not anymore. For many, the awe surrounding the half-immortal realm cracked apart that very moment.

Who among the large crowd wasnt an elite genius from some powerful force or clan? Many of them could ascend to the immortal realm, let alone merely the half-immortal realm.

Killing one wasnt impossible. But no one had ever imagined it could be done by someone so far beneath, by a cultivator at the early-stage Void Immortal level.

At this time, several members of the Eclipse Alliance came together and looked at Chen Fan with pale faces. They braced themselves and spoke up, breaking the silence.

Brat, dont do anything stupid. When Gai Huang returns, itll be your time to die. Hes a sixth-stage half-immortal and much more powerful than Gai Youdi and Bian Yun.

Right! Right! Youre dead if you angered my big brother. Its impossible for you to survive, Gai Youdi blurted out, panic thick in his voice. He had always resented his brothers brilliance, now, survival forced him to worship it. My big brother will be back soon. Hurt me now, and he will never let you go.

Gai Youdi could only pin all his hopes on his big brother, hoping that his existence could intimidate Chen Fan.

There is still room for negotiation if you let go of Gai Youdi now. Otherwise, when Gai Huang returns, itll be useless even if you fled to the ends of the world!

Let go of Gai Youdi now, and well even plead for mercy on your behalf in front of Gai Huang when the time comes.

These experts from the Eclipse Alliance plead for Gai Youdi, appearing to be serving Chen Fans interests.

Chen Fan only laughed. The laugh was mocking, the crowd heard no fear in it. Hoho, Im shaking in my boots.

Next, under the crowds horrified gazes, he crushed Gai Youdis neck.

You…

The Eclipse Alliances experts were dumbfounded. They had expected bargaining to work, yet Chen Fan didnt flinch. He showed no fear of Gai Huang.

What guts!

It seems like he wasnt scared of Gai Huang at all.

Youre dead meat! You really killed Gai Youdi. This time, youre really finished. Not even the heavenly gods descending can save you!

The expressions of the alliance members were ghastly, twisted in despair.

Hmph, since youre so loyal, Ill send you on your way to continue that loyalty in the afterlife.

Chen Fan didnt waste another word. He swung his arm, and a slash of sword light erupted.

You!

The expressions of the Eclipse Alliances members immediately collapsed into sheer terror.

They were merely Void Immortals. If even third-stage half-immortals had fallen under Chen Fans blade, what chance did they have?

Ahhh!

A rain of blood fell in an instant.

The fleeing cultivators never got far, the sword light tore through them in an instant, cutting them down where they stood.

After extracting Gai Youdis memories, Chen Fan immediately flew over to the city lords mansion. That was the Eclipse Alliances headquarters.

For years, the Eclipse Alliance had ruled Eclipse City as undisputed overlords, amassing immense wealth: mountains of immortal stones, rare herbs and fruits gathered from the Ancient Realm, gleaming treasures, and powerful immortal artifacts. All of it now belonged to Chen Fan.

A few Alliance members still guarded the mansion. However, when they saw that Gai Youdi and the others were completely wiped out, they were all terrified and made their escape.

Chen Fan didnt even spare them a glance. He rushed into the city lords mansion and went straight to the alliances treasury.

As for the Eclipse Alliances leader, Gai Huang, he would deal with him when he returned.

Although Chen Fan was currently no match for a sixth-stage half-immortal, if he wanted to leave, neither Gai Huang nor even a seventh-stage half-immortal could hope to hold him.

He walked out of the treasury a rich man. The Eclipse Alliances hoard now belonged to him.

He was about to leave, suddenly, he paused and sat down cross-legged. His aura began to boil, indicating a breakthrough was imminent.

This was only normal.

After receiving a month of guidance from the Heavenly Punishment Elder, his cultivation had already reached the peak early-stage Void Immortal level, and he could have stepped into the middle-stage Void Immortal level at any moment.

The recent battle had shattered the last barrier inside him, making this breakthrough inevitable.

He had planned to leave once he cleared the treasury, as Gai Huangs return loomed, and fighting a sixth-stage half-immortal head-on was suicide, but with the breakthrough imminent, staying was the only option.

Large amounts of immortal stones floated around Chen Fan like asteroids and ignited in an instant. They turned into a vast amount of pure energy that rushed into Chen Fan, causing his aura to surge violently.

He shut out everything else and poured himself into the cultivation. Minutes became hours, hours folded into days.

Soon, half a month passed.

Eclipse City remained eerily stable after the alliances fall. The citizens would occasionally direct their gazes toward the city lords mansion, curious about why Chen Fan didnt leave. Did he really not fear Gai Huangs return?

One clear day, the sky darkened: a vast bank of clouds rolled in from the horizon, and the air grew heavy with foreboding. A roar split the silence from afar.

The bastard who killed my little brother and destroyed my Eclipse Alliance, come out! Ill make sure you die without a burial place!