His kneeling was immediately followed by the other powerful figures from the City Lord's Mansion, who dropped to their knees like a receding tide.
A vast expanse of them, all prostrating themselves at Ling Fan's feet.
The scene was incredibly impactful.
Everyone waited for Ling Fan to speak.
Just as the majority, including many Lan family members, expected Ling Fan to spare these individuals and take them under his wing,
Ling Fan's faint voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.
"All those who participated in the destruction of the Vermilion Bird Xuan Fire Array, whether principal or accomplice, will all die!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present looked at Ling Fan in shock!
This was because all the powerful figures from the City Lord's Mansion had been involved.
Did this mean Ling Fan intended to kill everyone from the City Lord's Mansion!
This wasn't just ten or eight people, nor dozens, but over eight hundred martial arts experts at or above the Qi Refining realm!
"Run! Scatter and run, don't stay together, or he'll catch you all in one go!"
Someone, it's unclear who, shouted first. The group of powerful figures from the City Lord's Mansion instantly scattered, fleeing in all directions like a surging tide.
Ling Fan chuckled coldly. Did they think that by scattering, he wouldn't be able to kill them all?
They underestimated him far too much!
Within his pupils, two red lotus imprints suddenly appeared. Wherever his gaze fell, terrifying, world-shattering Crimson Flame Demonic Fire erupted instantly.
Boom!
As those experts desperately fled, terrifying, boundless flames suddenly ignited on them, one after another.
These flames were too dreadful.
They were in no way comparable to the ordinary flames everyone understood.
Once these flames attached themselves to a person, they could not be extinguished, burning the martial artist's physical body, blood, and true qi to ashes!
"Ah!"
Screams erupted one after another.
One...
Two...
Three...
Ten...
One hundred...
Three hundred...
Five hundred...
Within a mere ten seconds, under the terrified gazes of others,
Nearly 800 powerful figures from Jiangnan City's City Lord's Mansion all perished in the sea of fire.
As Ling Fan's strength grew, the Demonic Fire Red Lotus divine ability attached to his Demonic Eye also became more terrifying.
Even those in the Profound Gang realm couldn't last for five breaths.
Let alone those in the Qi Refining realm, who were almost instantly engulfed by the fearsome inferno upon a single glance.
The large plaza outside the Lan Family Fortress had become a fiery hell.
Hundreds of powerful figures from the City Lord's Mansion at or above the Qi Refining realm were all dead, not a single one spared!
Everyone was utterly stunned.
Their eyes were filled with terror, their hearts pounding wildly, their courage utterly shattered.
So many powerful individuals...
This was the terrifying might the Li family of Jiangnan City's City Lord's Mansion had accumulated over twenty years!
It was equivalent to nearly half of Jiangnan City's strength!
Yet today, it was all annihilated by Ling Fan alone, leaving none alive.
Whether it was the strength, the methods, or his decisiveness and ruthless indifference, it was all too terrifying.
Most importantly...
In their eyes, these individuals were not the principal culprits.
The main culprits, Li Yuanzheng and Han Qing, were already dead. Even Li Qingxuan had died at the hands of his father, Li Yuanzheng.
These people had merely followed orders.
Their crimes did not warrant death!
Merely because they participated in the act of destroying the Vermilion Bird Xuan Fire Array...
Yet Ling Fan had annihilated them all without a flicker of his eyelids, without the slightest hesitation.
Was this Ling Fan a devil!
No, not even a devil was as cold, as vicious, and as malevolent as him.
So...
Disregardful of life as if it were mere grass!
This person could not be judged by common sense.
If it were any other martial arts Grandmaster, even with the strength to annihilate everyone, they would absolutely hesitate to kill them all!
After all, living experts were far more valuable than dead ones.
But Ling Fan paid no heed to such considerations.
If you violated his laws, his rules, he would kill without hesitation, even wiping out entire clans.
The powerful figures from the various major forces of Jiangnan City trembled.
They exchanged glances!
Today, they had been thoroughly awed by Ling Fan.
Initially, they had followed along, hoping to pick up some benefits.
But now, they dared not harbor even the slightest thought.
Picking up benefits?
It would be good enough if they didn't lose their own lives and fortunes!
This Ling Fan was a demon, absolutely not to be provoked.
"Quick... quickly go inform the family head, tell him to come to the Lan Family immediately to pay respects to Grandmaster Ling and apologize!"
"But... we didn't provoke him! He has no reason to act against us."
"Foolish! Do you think Grandmaster Ling can't see our purpose in following the City Lord's Mansion to the Lan Family Fortress... What if Grandmaster Ling is in a bad mood and decides to destroy us? Who will you reason with! Didn't you see that everyone from the City Lord's Mansion was annihilated? Were they all deserving of death!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! I'll go right away!"
That person, drenched in cold sweat, sped off as if flying.
Similar scenes unfolded among the various major forces in Jiangnan City.
On this day.
Li Yuanzheng led a thousand City Lord's Mansion experts at or above the Qi Refining realm to attack the Lan Family Fortress.
They broke through the Lan Family Fortress's grand array.
Li Yuanzheng killed his son to prove his status as a Grandmaster, becoming the first martial arts Grandmaster in Jiangnan City's history.
However.
Ling Fan emerged.
With his divine, unparalleled, and terrifying martial arts, he struck down Li Yuanzheng!
One punch to kill a Grandmaster.
Li Yuanzheng was likely the shortest-lived martial arts Grandmaster in Tianchu Province!
So tragic.
Ling Fan wasn't satisfied even after killing Li Yuanzheng, and then annihilated all the City Lord's Mansion experts...
As these pieces of news spread.
The entire city was thrown into a state of shock!
Everyone was struck dumb with horror.