Yalantes desperately ran away, the terror of Ning Fan seared into his soul as if branded. He no longer had the courage to confront Ning Fan directly.
When he reached the entrance to the secret passage, Yalantes hurriedly urged his subordinates, "Move faster, open this damned place quickly!"
"So eager to leave, where do you plan to go?"
From somewhere, a sinister and all too familiar voice rang out. Yalantes' eyes widened, and his special agent assassins immediately stood out.
"Phantom Asura, I know you're here. Come out, stop playing tricks!"
Yalantes looked ahead and shouted through gritted teeth, to be honest, he was also uncertain of Ning Fan's exact location.
If Ning Fan were to suddenly appear and attack, Yalantes wasn't confident he could withstand Ning Fan's deadly blow.
Because the opponent's special ability, invisibility, was just too terrifying.
"Heh, Yalantes, look at yourself. Do you do justice to those who died for you?" Ning Fan mocked.
Yalantes' face changed, his expression grew incredibly grim.
"Enough, if you're going to make a move, just do it, no more talking!" Yalantes roared with fury and resentment, holding a Cross Sword, he remained on high-alert.
Ning Fan, hidden in the darkness, grinned, then stepped out. He didn't ambush them; dealing with Yalantes and his few men wasn't worth such tactics.
Ning Fan held a long sword, which belonged to Yun Ni. Using his sword to sever Yalantes' head would be his way of paying respects to Yun Ni.
"Yalantes, this sword belonged to someone called Yun Ni, quite the peculiar fellow. He could've run away, but chose to die for someone not worth it... truly a pity..."
Ning Fan shook his head in lament. If it hadn't been for Yalantes' foolishness, perhaps they wouldn't have become enemies.
Ning Fan still had a bit of admiration for Yun Ni, but due to different stances, the outcome was somewhat regrettable.
Yalantes' face twitched, the mention of Yun Ni brought him physical pain.
Yun Ni was among the top ten experts of the Yun Ci Guild, but even under his lead, the strong members of the Yun Ci Guild still failed to kill Ning Fan. Just this fact alone showed how terrifying Ning Fan's strength was.
What Yalantes feared the most was the murderous aura Ning Fan burst out with at the end. The scene was too eerie, and to this day, Yalantes had not figured out what exactly Ning Fan had done.
"Enough small talk, Yalantes, it's time for you to obediently depart this life."
Ning Fan said coldly, holding the long sword as he slowly approached Yalantes and his men.
The protectors by Yalantes' side immediately stepped forward to surround Ning Fan.
But if a group of experts couldn't stop Ning Fan, what could these few do?
In front of Ning Fan, these men stood no chance. With a few swift strikes, several heads flew into the air, then landed at Yalantes' feet.
Yalantes' face was covered in sweat as he watched Ning Fan. He was painfully aware of his current situation; there was nowhere left for him to run. The only option left to him now was to fight.
As Ning Fan's figure drew ever closer, Yalantes' inner turmoil grew stronger, an invisible pressure weighing on him like a mountain.
"Die!" Yalantes charged at Ning Fan with the Cross Sword in his hand.
As the leader of the Yun Ci Guild, Yalantes was also a master swordsman. In his hands, the Cross Sword was like a venomous snake, striking from cunning angles with each attack.
Ning Fan dodged left and right, with the crisp sound of clashing swords filling the air.
In the clash of swords, Ning Fan finally cornered Yalantes, quickly driving him to a dead end.
With a heavy swing of his long sword, Ning Fan broke Yalantes's Cross Sword in two.
A long wound appeared on Yalantes's chest, from which blood surged out like a fountain.
Ning Fan looked mockingly at Yalantes, who lay on the ground unable to rise, and slowly walked over with his long sword in hand.
"Don't come over, don't come any closer!" Yalantes watched Ning Fan with terror, the sense of impending death invading his mind and body.
Ning Fan observed Yalantes crawling on the ground with cold eyes, and stabbed him in the back, pinning him to the ground.
The sword pierced through Yalantes's body but did not kill him.
"Ahh! Asura, for the sake of our past friendship, spare me this once, I'll give you everything the Yun Ci Guild has! Just let me go, and all that I own will be yours!"
Pinned to the ground, Yalantes could not move. He turned his head and looked at Ning Fan with pleading eyes, his current state utterly disgraceful.
Ning Fan shook his head, looking down on the man's pathetic appearance.
"Do I need you to give me these things?" Ning Fan smirked, the cold smile chilling Yalantes to the core.
To Ning Fan, the Yun Ci Guild was nothing significant, and his purpose for coming here was to destroy it.
Close to despair, Yalantes looked at Ning Fan and yelled, "You can't kill me! If you do, others won't let you off the hook, do you want to become the enemy of the entire Dark World?!"
"An enemy of the public? You really think too highly of yourself. Even if I destroy the Yun Ci Guild today and toss your head out, others won't say a word, and nobody is going to seek revenge on me!"
Ning Fan let out a cold laugh. Become an enemy of the public?
Setting aside whether others had the courage, his annihilation of the Yun Ci Guild today would indeed cause a stir of terror; they would only fear him, Phantom Asura, even more.
"It's time for you to depart," said Ning Fan icily, his tone devoid of any emotion, his eyes turning a bloody red once again.
In Yalantes's eyes filled with terror, Ning Fan raised his long sword and beheaded him.
With the death of Yalantes, leader of the Yun Ci Guild, and the destruction of the guild's headquarters ignited by Ning Fan, all was reduced to ashes.
Following Yalantes's demise and the burning of the Yun Ci Guild's headquarters, the remaining forces of the guild fell into disarray. Some took advantage of the chaos to loot, leading to the guild's inevitable downfall.
At the same time, the figure of Phantom Asura re-emerged in the world, causing an uproar in the entire Dark World once again.
Phantom Asura had been absent for so long, yet upon returning, he brought a significant present—the fall of the Yun Ci Guild, startling everyone.