Instead of using Html.ActionLink you can render a url via Url.Action
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1974980/<%= Url.Action("Index", "Home") %>"><span>Text</span></a>
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1974980/@Url.Action("Index", "Home")"><span>Text</span></a>
And to do a blank url you could have
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1974980/<%= Url.Action("Index", "Home") %>"></a>
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1974980/@Url.Action("Index", "Home")"></a>