The news of Kailen Darkhaven becoming a guest elder of the Lotus Assassin Syndicate spread through Everdawn City quickly. Several were shocked at this outcome. At the moment, Kailen Darkhaven was hated by all the major guilds in Everdawn City, and was wanted dead by the Insidious Assassin Syndicate.

Why, then, did the Lotus Assassin Syndicate ally themselves with him? Could they antagonise all these large guilds that hated him? Many were aware that the reason why these guilds had not attacked him yet was because they wanted to wait for the outcome of his altercation with the Insidious Assassin Syndicate before they acted against him. If the Insidious Assassin Syndicate didn’t make a move against him for a while, they would not hesitate to strike against him.

However, if the Insidious Assassin Syndicate killed him, it could also be considered as their anger being placated; since, whether he died by their hands or by the hands of someone else, it was still death. Where did the Lotus Assassin Syndicate get their confidence from? Why had they openly announced Kailen Darkhaven’s affiliation to them? Were they not making themselves the enemy of every guild in the city, and also the enemy of the Insidious Assassin Syndicate? Everyone observed curiously at this point.

Sundown came.

Many saw hundreds of Rank 5 novice-stage transcendents shoot out of the Lotus Assassin Syndicate building. Each one of them carried an indomitable and threatening bearing. It was obvious that among Rank 5 novice-stage transcendents, they were extremely powerful. Many were shocked at this. How did the Lotus Assassin Syndicate get all these powerhouses? Were they this powerful? Had they been keeping a low profile all this while? These numbers... everyone was certain that not even the Insidious Assassin Syndicate had this number of Rank 5 novice-stage transcendent powerhouses. Also, just their demeanor alone spoke volumes about their strength.

What shocked everyone the most was that the head of the Lotus Assassin Syndicate, Lotus Freerunner, was leading them. At her side was Kailen Darkhaven and Julian Seir. Where were they headed to? Millions in the city paid attention to this sight. Streaming platforms streamed them quickly. Very soon, everyone across the Southern Continent was watching this. Even the guilds that wanted Kailen Darkhaven dead initially were shocked at the large number of Rank 5 novice-stage transcendents swarming towards a particular direction. How was this possible?

At this moment, everyone realized where they were headed. They arrived at the skyscraper of the Insidious Assassin Syndicate headquarters. They were here to destroy the Insidious Assassin Syndicate. This realization kicked up a storm. At this moment, a voice boomed from the Insidious Assassin Syndicate.

"You dare!!!!!?"

Insidious shot out of the skyscraper, alongside several Rank 5 novice-stage transcendents. There were about 100 of them. The remaining were Rank 4 novice-stage transcendent powerhouses.

"I dare?" Lotus scoffed. "You targeted a guest elder of my organization. Insidious, if I don’t act, do you think my organization will dare to show its face in the Southern Continent ever again?"

Insidious sneered, "Heh. To think you would have such bad judgement, and you’d be so hypocritical. Cut the crap." He added, with no fear in his voice, extremely confident, "If you think because of your numbers you can deal with us, then you are mistaken."

"It seems keeping too much of a low profile has caused people to look down on us," Lotus added.

She took a step forward. Each step she took caused a heavy weight of gravity to press down on Insidious. She had activated her principle of gravity. Insidious waved his hand. An extremely large orb of darkness appeared in the sky. It pulsed with a very suffocating pressure. He waved his hand again. The orb of darkness shot towards Lotus, approaching him.

Lotus didn’t attack. She took another step forward; she appeared on top of the orb of darkness. A silvery hue flashed beneath her feet as she stepped on the orb of darkness. The orb of darkness could not hold under the weight of the gravitational pressure beneath her feet. It crushed and turned into smithereens. The face of Insidious changed. How was she this powerful?

"Too weak," Lotus sighed softly.

Kailen and Julian, alongside everyone watching, were completely awed at this woman’s strength. She was extremely powerful. Tyrannical. With another step, she appeared before Insidious, who could not move, as he was being crushed under the weight of gravity.

"I’ve always disliked your way of doing things. You get to assassinate others, but others cannot kill your members? Today, you will all cease to exist." At her words, a large palm formed from the principle of gravity slammed into Insidious’ figure. Before he could even slam into the ground, the palm of gravity grabbed him and started squeezing him. Sounds of his bones cracking could be heard. Everyone saw how helpless he was at this moment. His face was full of fear and trepidation.

Several onlookers scoffed. This fellow and his syndicate had always been overbearing throughout the Southern Continent. They could assassinate targets, but anyone who tried to antagonise them would be hunted and dealt with. Their methods were really ruthless. But to think Lotus could have dealt with them all this while, but chose to keep a low profile, only choosing to appear now because her guest elder has been targeted by them... Heh, serves Insidious and the fuckers right.

Kailen and Julian observed everything calmly. Insidious stared in his direction. Kailen smiled and waved towards him—an act that was noticed by everyone. This fellow was simply too ruthless. This act naturally dealt a serious psychological blow to Insidious. All this while, he had never expected that targeting Kailen Darkhaven would lead to such an outcome. If he could go back in time, he would have never offended this fellow... but alas, there was no cure for regret.

The members of the Insidious Assassin Syndicate, who had arrived in an overbearing manner, could not move. No one had attacked them; no one had tried to hold them in place. But fear and shock had immobilized them. They watched as the gravity palm formed by Lotus squeezed Insidious into a pile of goo. Insidious, one of the most powerful people in the Southern Continent, was dead. Just like that? The man who had commanded their syndicate for a long time, striking fear and respect into the hearts of everyone, had died—just like that.

"Flee!" No one knew who said it, but they all turned, trying to run.

Lotus could not be bothered with them. She simply commanded coldly, "Kill them all."

The powerhouses of the Lotus Assassin Syndicate moved on her orders, launching principle attacks towards the fleeing members of the Insidious Assassin Syndicate. The Insidious Assassin Syndicate powerhouses tried to fight back, but they were overwhelmed by the powerful attacks of the Lotus Assassin Syndicate powerhouses and, eventually, all of them died. After that, the Insidious Assassin Syndicate building was completely razed to the ground and burnt by fire principle attacks into ashes. Nothing remained.

The sight was unbelievable. Had people not been watching it or observing it with their own eyes, they would have never believed this. So, the Lotus Assassin Syndicate was this powerful? They had destroyed the Insidious Assassin Syndicate HQ in the Southern Continent—just like that. The Insidious Assassin Syndicate, a power that had struck fear into the hearts of many in the Southern Continent for countless years, had fallen—just like that.

One could never be too overbearing and arrogant. No one knew which expert was hiding in the shadows, not willing to bare their fangs. Had the Insidious Assassin Syndicate not offended Kailen Darkhaven, the Lotus Assassin Syndicate would not have acted. Because of a single act of arrogance, they had been destroyed.

"Elder Darkhaven, we are done here." Lotus turned to Kailen with a smile, as if she had not just led a massacre.

Kailen nodded. "Thank you, senior. Let’s proceed to the next location."

Lotus nodded. "Naturally. Move out. Our next location is their branch in Fleebutton City."

"Yes, ma’am!"

Those watching the stream felt chills crawl up their spines. Of course... the Lotus Assassin Syndicate had destroyed the IAS HQ, but there were other branches in the Southern Continent. So, they were planning on wiping them all out?

How terrifying!