Destroying Black Dragon Stronghold

"Wu Sha!"

Watching the second-in-command of Black Dragon Stronghold die just like that, Yan Kuo felt both grief and immense shock.

Although he had heard that Lin Fan, with the cultivation of the Earthly Yuan Realm Middle Stage Peak, had driven back Lin Mang of the Heavenly Yuan Realm.

He had always believed Lin Mang had not used his full strength and had simply been caught off guard by Lin Fan.

This time, the two of them had accepted a job involving two targets, all so they could demand more money.

But who could have expected their opponent to be this strong?

With just a single martial art technique, he had instantly killed Wu Sha, who was at the Heavenly Yuan Realm Initial Stage.

One had to know that even Yan Kuo himself could not kill Wu Sha so easily.

"Damn it, if I'd known this target was so difficult, I never should have agreed to Lei Bao's request!"

At that moment, Yan Kuo had already come to hate Lei Bao, the head of the Lei Family.

It turned out that the one who had hired the two chiefs of Black Dragon Stronghold this time was Lei Bao, the head of the Lei Family.

To kill a junior at the Earthly Yuan Realm Middle Stage Peak, he had actually hired two Heavenly Yuan Realm martial artists.

It had to be said that Lei Bao was exceedingly cautious.

But unfortunately for them, they had encountered Lin Fan, a cheat blessed with a system.

Taking a deep breath, Yan Kuo forced out a smile and said to Lin Fan, "Little Brother Lin Fan, this is all a misunderstanding between us!"

Lin Fan cast him an indifferent glance. "You were trying to kill me. What misunderstanding could there possibly be?"

"We were only bewitched by Lei Bao of the Lei Family and lost our minds long enough to make a move against you."

Yan Kuo hurriedly said, "As long as you can forgive us, I'm willing to give you all the payment the Lei Family gave us for this job."

As he spoke, he removed the Cosmos Sack from his waist and tossed it toward Lin Fan.

Just as the Cosmos Sack was about to reach Lin Fan, it exploded with a boom.

A huge cloud of green mist immediately spread toward Lin Fan. Wherever it passed, every plant instantly withered.

Seeing this, Lin Fan quickly dodged to the side.

Whoosh!

A piercing sound split the air as a blade aura several zhang long, carrying an incomparably sharp shriek, slashed toward Lin Fan.

Yan Kuo had always been vicious and cunning. His earlier words to Lin Fan had merely been a deliberate show of weakness, meant to catch Lin Fan off guard and kill him.

He knew he had offended Lin Fan, and that reconciliation between them was impossible. Even if they made peace now, Lin Fan would still come after him in the future.

Therefore, Yan Kuo intended to eliminate Lin Fan before he could rise to prominence.

Clang!

The enormous blade light struck Lin Fan's body, and a golden radiance immediately surged from him, blocking Yan Kuo's fatal blow.

Lin Fan had used the magical artifact he wore to cast the Vajra Mantra for protection.

"What?"

Seeing his attack so easily stopped by a golden light, Yan Kuo's eyes widened.

But in the next moment, he cursed, "Damn it! Why does an Earthly Yuan Realm martial artist possess a defensive Spirit Treasure?!"

In his view, something capable of automatically defending its owner had to be a legendary Spirit Treasure.

Such items were extraordinarily precious. Within Flame City, only the Form Creation Realm City Lord possessed one.

None of the other factions, including the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, possessed a treasure of that level.

With a Spirit Treasure protecting him, I can't break through his defenses at all. How am I supposed to fight him?

Yan Kuo thought, Either Lin Fan has inherited the legacy of an expert, or he has been accepted as an expert's disciple. Either way, Black Dragon Stronghold will have no place in Flame City in the future. I have to flee immediately!

With that thought, he suddenly shot backward, leaped onto his horse, turned its head, and fled into the distance.

"You still want to run?"

Seeing this, Lin Fan removed the Jade Talisman from his chest and gripped it in his hand.

Demon Subduing Divine Lightning!

As Lin Fan poured his Yuan Power into the Jade Talisman, electric light immediately flickered across its surface as thunder roared.

At that moment, Lin Fan resembled an ancient Thunder Emperor, holding the divine lightning of the nine heavens in his hand.

Rumble!

Like a thunderclap from a clear sky, a bolt of lightning extended from Lin Fan's hand, twisting through the air like a silver serpent. In the blink of an eye, it struck Yan Kuo.

"Argh!"

Yan Kuo let out a miserable scream. Together with the black horse beneath him, he was instantly reduced to charcoal beneath the lightning strike.

Thus, both Heavenly Yuan Realm martial artists died at Lin Fan's hands.

However, killing the two of them had not been easy.

By now, nearly all the Yuan Power in Lin Fan's body had been exhausted.

Although this magical artifact was powerful, with Lin Fan's current cultivation, he could not use it many times at all.

Lin Fan walked over, took the two men's Cosmos Sacks, then mounted another black horse and left.

After putting some distance between himself and the scene, Lin Fan found a concealed grove.

He tied the black horse's reins to a tree and began checking today's spoils.

"Damn, they're too poor!"

After opening the two Cosmos Sacks, Lin Fan found only several hundred Yang Essence Stones, a dozen or so spirit herbs of the third grade or above, and some miscellaneous items.

Even combined, these things were not worth as much as Lin Fan's own possessions.

Still, something was better than nothing.

Putting away the Cosmos Sacks, Lin Fan took out several spirit herbs and set up a Spirit Stealing Array. He then sat down to refine them and restore the Yuan Power he had lost.

After a long while, Lin Fan recovered his depleted Yuan Power.

He mounted his horse and used a technique to make it carry him straight toward Black Dragon Stronghold.

Black Dragon Stronghold had been built on a small mountain nearby, and the terrain was not particularly steep.

Thus, Lin Fan arrived at the stronghold with ease.

Of course, along the way, he encountered quite a few open and hidden sentries, but he dealt with them all in advance.

When Lin Fan arrived near the stronghold, the bandits inside still had no idea what had happened.

Kill!

Lin Fan summoned Yan Kuo's broadsword and charged directly inside on horseback.

Since Black Dragon Stronghold had dared to try to kill him, he had no intention of allowing it to continue existing. Besides, everyone inside was a bandit guilty of countless murders. Killing them would only rid the people of a scourge.

The strongest people in Black Dragon Stronghold had been Yan Kuo and Wu Sha, the two Heavenly Yuan Realm martial artists.

Now that both of them were dead, the rest were merely Earthly Yuan Realm and Body Tempering Realm martial artists.

Naturally, these people had no ability to fight back against Lin Fan.

In just half an hour, Lin Fan wiped out the entire Black Dragon Stronghold.

After destroying Black Dragon Stronghold, Lin Fan searched the place and discovered that it was poor beyond belief.

There were only some gold, silver, jewelry, and a few materials in the stronghold. They were practically useless.

In the end, Lin Fan took only a piece of black metal. As for everything else, he did not even bother taking it.

Those things were all mundane goods. They could not even buy higher-grade spirit herbs and were more useless than chicken ribs. Taking them would only waste space in his Cosmos Sack.