Chapter 1399 - Breakthrough, Middle-Stage Void Immortal

Chapter 1399 - Breakthrough, Middle-Stage Void Immortal

“Save me! Save me! When my brother returns, he’ll definitely reward you generously!”

Gai Youdi’s desperate cries echoed, but Chen Fan’s grip held him firmly in place; he couldn’t 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.”

“That’s 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 man—what 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 Youdi’s 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 wasn’t 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 wasn’t 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, don’t do anything stupid. When Gai Huang returns, it’ll be your time to die. He’s a sixth-stage half-immortal and much more powerful than Gai Youdi and Bian Yun.”

“Right! Right! You’re dead if you angered my big brother. It’s impossible for you to survive,” Gai Youdi blurted out, panic thick in his voice. He had always resented his brother’s 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, it’ll be useless even if you fled to the ends of the world!”

“Let go of Gai Youdi now, and we’ll 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 Fan’s interests.

Chen Fan only laughed. The laugh was mocking; the crowd heard no fear in it. “Hoho, I’m shaking in my boots.”

Next, under the crowd’s horrified gazes, he crushed Gai Youdi’s neck.

“You...”

The Eclipse Alliance’s experts were dumbfounded. They had expected bargaining to work, yet Chen Fan didn’t flinch. He showed no fear of Gai Huang.

What guts!

It seems like he wasn’t scared of Gai Huang at all.

“You’re dead meat! You really killed Gai Youdi. This time, you’re really finished. Not even the heavenly gods descending can save you!”

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

“

Hmph

, since you’re so loyal, I’ll send you on your way to continue that loyalty in the afterlife.”

Chen Fan didn’t waste another word. He swung his arm, and a slash of sword light erupted.

“You!”

The expressions of the Eclipse Alliance’s members immediately collapsed into sheer terror.

They were merely Void Immortals. If even third-stage half-immortals had fallen under Chen Fan’s 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 Youdi’s memories, Chen Fan immediately flew over to the city lord’s mansion. That was the Eclipse Alliance’s 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 didn’t even spare them a glance. He rushed into the city lord’s mansion and went straight to the alliance’s treasury.

As for the Eclipse Alliance’s 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 Alliance’s 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 Huang’s 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 alliance’s fall. The citizens would occasionally direct their gazes toward the city lord’s mansion, curious about why Chen Fan didn’t leave. Did he really not fear Gai Huang’s 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! I’ll make sure you die without a burial place!”