Pack your things and leave on your own terms.

Phantom, however, simply smiled and dropped nimbly to his knees.

"My Lord! Phantom pays his respects."

This sight made Wanderer's eyes widen slightly. He had never expected that Phantom was actually in league with Xiao Yang.

"Die!"

Feeling the lethal poison spreading rapidly through his body, Wanderer gritted his teeth and slashed out with his sword.

Even if he could not kill Xiao Yang, he was determined to take Wanderer down with him.

However, a sword Qi was even faster.

Swish!

A head rolled to the ground.

"Take me to the headquarters of the Assassin Alliance."

Xiao Yang stated directly.

He had grown thoroughly sick of these flies constantly coming to provoke him.

No matter how good-tempered someone was, there was a limit to their patience, and he was furious.

This time, he would make a clean sweep of it and annihilate them entirely to prevent any future harassment.

Even if he could withstand their attacks, he still had family and friends around him.

These people were not like him.

Lacking terrifying soul power, they were often completely incapable of sensing the presence of assassins.

Take that gold-rank assassin, Earth Walker, for example.

Without formidable spiritual power, it was genuinely difficult to detect his position.

Therefore, it was much better to uproot this entire group in one go.

That way, they would stop causing trouble for him in the future.

"Understood! My Lord, I will lead the way right now."

Having witnessed Xiao Yang's true strength, Phantom had long since lost any thought of resistance.

This was undoubtedly a powerful patron to rely on.

At the same time, he knew very well that after today, there would be no more assassins left.

For quite some time to come, assassins would completely vanish from North Desert City.

Phantom immediately took the lead and ran ahead.

The Xuanbing White Tiger did not dare to delay, breaking into a trot and scurrying over.

It lowered its body to the ground.

Xiao Yang directly vaulted onto the tiger's back.

"Move faster, I'm pressed for time."

His schedule was rather tight.

He still planned to return to the Wealth Gathering Pavilion before dark.

From the looks of it now, however, that idea seemed somewhat unrealistic.

By the time he finished wiping out the Assassin Alliance, it would surely be the Hour of Xu before he could head back.

Not daring to waste any time, Phantom quickly picked up his pace and sprinted toward North Desert City.

This actually caught Xiao Yang slightly off guard.

To think that the headquarters of this assassin organization was actually hidden right inside North Desert City.

He wondered how City Lord Jin Buhuan was running the place to have allowed such a hazardous tumor to remain.

Today, he, Xiao Yang, would play the role of a good Samaritan and help eradicate this scourge.

Suddenly remembering something, Phantom quickly offered a smiling explanation:

"The Assassin Alliance's headquarters wasn't originally in North Desert City, but after suffering heavy losses from several rounds of encirclement and suppression, we were driven to desperation."

"After consulting among themselves, the senior executives took this gamble of a desperate move, and to our surprise, the results were astounding."

"For the past decade, our tracks have never been discovered by North Desert City."

Xiao Yang nodded.

Sometimes, striking unexpectedly could indeed catch an enemy completely off guard.

As the old saying went, the most dangerous place was the safest place.

That reasoning was not entirely unfounded.

"Close the city gates."

Seeing that the time was about right, the city guards prepared to shut the heavy gates.

Right at that moment, one of the guards spotted someone sprinting wildly toward them from a distance.

"Wait, someone is rushing this way."

He originally wanted to wait a moment to let those people inside, but his remark only drew an invisible sneer.

"So what if someone is coming? Close the gates early, and we can go back and rest early,"

a middle-aged man said indifferently.

At the same time, he ordered the others to begin closing the gates.

Although the others knew there was still the span of an incense stick left before the official closing time, they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

Because this middle-aged man had powerful backing.

He was the cousin of the garrison instructor, and offending him was tantamount to offending the instructor himself.

They certainly were not going to offend this person over such a trivial matter.

"Wait a moment!"

Zhen Zhuang roared at the top of his lungs upon seeing the city gates being shut.

However, the gates continued to close slowly; if they tried to run over now, they definitely wouldn't make it in time.

"Young Master, the city gates are closing, we won't be able to get in."

Xiao Yang frowned.

It seemed there was still about the span of an incense stick left before the scheduled closing time.

Closing the gates right now? You must be fucking messing with me on purpose, trying to stop me from wiping out the Assassin Alliance.

"Humph! I am going to annihilate the Assassin Alliance today, and no one can save them."

"Big Kitty, charge through!"

Almost simultaneously, the Xuanbing White Tiger stopped running and leaped into the air, flying straight toward North Desert City.

Meanwhile, Phantom stared in utter astonishment at the receding figures.

"Th-th-that's a Demon King..."

After a long while, he muttered under his breath.

He had always assumed Xiao Yang's mount was merely a tiger demon at the Great Demon Master realm.

Now, however, he realized how profoundly mistaken he had been.

This was no mere Great Demon Master; this was a true Demon King.

Even if the Lord of North Desert City came in person, he would be slapped to death with a single paw.

At this thought, he couldn't help but shudder violently.

Deep in his heart, he felt immensely grateful for making the right choice; if he had tried to put up a fight earlier, Xiao Yang wouldn't even have needed to lift a finger—just a single puff of breath from this tiger would have finished him.

The very thought made his hair stand on end.

Daring not to linger a moment longer, he gritted his teeth and sprinted forward at full speed.

He had to reach North Desert City as quickly as possible and not keep Xiao Yang waiting.

"My Lord, perhaps we should wait a moment longer; that person is speeding up,"

the young city guard ventured to whisper.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man abruptly opened his eyes and glared fiercely at the speaker.

"Do I need you to teach me how to do my job?"

he snapped coldly.

At this, several veteran guards, knowing this man possessed formidable backing, cautiously pulled the young guard back.

They motioned for him not to make trouble, otherwise his future path in the garrison would be completely ruined.

"I am going to report you to the instructor! It's not yet time to close the city gates, yet you're shutting them anyway. What are your real intentions?"

With an angry roar,

the young man's words left the surrounding guards slightly stunned.

But very soon, these guards distanced themselves from this reckless fool.

This was practically courting death.

To openly provoke Wei Xing—didn't he know this man was the sworn brother of Garrison Instructor Liu Chen?

Wei Xing was slightly taken aback at first, but then he burst out into uncontrolled laughter.

"Ha-ha-ha! What kind of thing do you think you are? I am sworn brothers with Instructor Liu Chen! Go ahead and report me all you want."

"I'll put my words right here: if you actually succeed, I'll eat shit while doing a handstand."

Amidst a wave of merciless mockery,

the young man's face flushed crimson.

For a long time, he was rendered speechless.

"Hehe! I'll give you a chance now: pack your things and get lost on your own, or else I'll make sure to take 'good' care of you."

Accustomed to throwing his weight around, Wei Xing said coldly.

"Don't push people too far! If reporting you to Liu Chen doesn't work, I'll go to the City Lord! If the City Lord won't handle it, I'll go all the way to North Di City to report you! I refuse to believe there's nowhere to get justice against you!"

The young man gritted his teeth and roared.

This left everyone present momentarily stunned.

Wei Xing, however, remained completely unfazed, a cold sneer playing on his lips. Just as he was about to retort, a voice rang out abruptly:

"Well said! I support you. Go right ahead and report him."

Instantly, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

Where did this idiot come from? Daring to meddle in everything—this was simply looking for an early grave.

"What kind of garbage are you, daring to meddle in the affairs of the city guards?!"

Feeling that he had lost all face, Wei Xing let out a furious roar

and whipped his head around to look.