Want to run? Can you get away?

Apparently, they too had never expected that someone would dare attack Luohe Market Town, which lay under the Ji Family's jurisdiction.

One had to know that over the past several decades, although the Ji Family, as one of Nanning Prefecture's three great Foundation Establishment Families, had declined year after year, no one had truly dared provoke them openly.

Much less directly attack their Luohe Market Town as they were doing now.

As the saying went, a starved camel was still bigger than a horse.

Even if the Ji Family was no longer what it once was, even if they were short of rising talent, even if they were setting like the western sun, as an old-established Foundation Establishment Family with a seven-hundred-year legacy, they were still not something a mere handful of Rogue cultivators could covet.

There might be more to this than met the eye.

In just a short while, Ji Haoyuan and Ji Bochang had basically grasped several key points.

Ji Bochang turned to Ji Haoyuan and said in a somewhat grave voice,

"Haoyuan, if my guess is correct, some people outside must have already caught wind of your breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

"It is simply that, in those people's eyes, this matter is too incredible to believe.

"Some people can no longer hold back. They want to use this to test our Ji Family."

Ji Haoyuan nodded at this.

"What Old Ancestor says is true.

"If I really did break through to Foundation Establishment, I naturally would not allow those people to continue running wild.

"But if I have not broken through to Foundation Establishment, and this is all merely a rumor, they may be able to force Old Ancestor to make a move.

"And once Old Ancestor makes a move, those people surely understand the price you will have to pay afterward.

"This is their open scheme. We have no choice but to take it."

As he spoke, a sharp glint appeared in Ji Haoyuan's eyes.

"Since they so badly want to test us and learn whether I truly broke through to Foundation Establishment, then we might as well use this matter to inform all those people, whether in the light or in the dark."

Upon hearing Ji Haoyuan's words, Ji Bochang fell into brief contemplation.

A moment later.

He said, "I do not believe that those people attacking our market town truly have the nerve to take such an enormous risk.

"There must be some backup behind this that neither you nor I know about.

"To be safe, I should be the one to show myself."

"But, Old Ancestor..."

Ji Yunfan, who had remained silent for a long time, showed a look of concern.

Ji Haoyuan also nodded. "That is right, Old Ancestor. Given your current condition, if you show yourself, it may be exactly what they want.

"I should go instead.

"Even if they truly have some backup, with my current strength, I am not afraid of whatever waves they might stir up."

Ji Haoyuan was utterly confident in this.

Although Ji Bochang still hesitated somewhat, he had to admit that Ji Haoyuan's words made some sense.

Most importantly, he knew what trump cards Ji Haoyuan held.

Even if there truly was some conspiracy at work, he believed Ji Haoyuan would be able to retreat unscathed.

"In that case, Haoyuan, be careful.

"If anything is amiss, remember, remember well: your own safety must come first."

"Rest assured, Old Ancestor. I understand."

Ji Haoyuan nodded.

He no longer hesitated.

After raising his hand and sending out the spiritual artifact Crimson Flame Pattern Spear, his entire body transformed into a streak of crimson light and sped toward Luohe Market Town.

Luohe Market Town.

After the Defense Array was breached, Ji Yunshan and the others stationed there swiftly fell into a disadvantage.

There was no helping it.

At present, Ji Yunshan was the only person in Luohe Market Town whose cultivation had reached peak Qi Refining.

There were only three Ji Family members at late Qi Refining.

But on the opposing side—

There were three cultivators at peak Qi Refining alone.

As for the remaining four or five people, all of them were at late Qi Refining as well.

Moreover, the artifacts and Talismans in their hands were all high-grade or top-grade.

They were in no way inferior to Ji Yunshan's group, and were even somewhat better.

With the Defense Array broken, both Ji Yunshan and the three late Qi Refining Ji Family cultivators had suffered varying degrees of backlash to their minds and spiritual power.

Under such circumstances, it was already quite good that Ji Yunshan and the others had not immediately collapsed.

As for the other cultivators in the market town who were not from the Ji Family, they were already busy fleeing for their lives. Why would they involve themselves in this battle?

Pfft!

After beheading a young Ji Family disciple, the Scarface Man at the head of the group became even more savage-eyed.

He snarled, "Kill them!

"Leave not a single Ji Family member alive!"

Boom!

As his words fell, a large saber gleaming with black light slashed diagonally down at Ji Yunshan.

The others around him also attacked once more.

In an instant, every Ji Family cultivator, Ji Yunshan included, was forced back again and again.

Just as Ji Yunshan's group found themselves in ever greater peril, a piercing shriek suddenly tore through the sky in the distance.

Before anyone present could react, a long spear wreathed in rings of fire violently pierced through the chest of one of the attacking cultivators.

Boom!

The spear's sharp force and flames erupted at the same time.

The attacking cultivator whose chest had been pierced could not even let out a groan before his entire body was burned directly into a pile of ashes.

"What?"

This sudden turn of events instantly left the Scarface Man and the others greatly shocked.

Ji Yunshan and the others, meanwhile, revealed looks of delight.

They turned toward the direction from which the spear had flown.

At some point, Ji Haoyuan had already appeared before them.

"It's Fifth Uncle-Grandfather!"

"Fifth Uncle-Grandfather is here!"

Clearly, Ji Yunshan and the others all knew that Ji Haoyuan had already broken through to Foundation Establishment.

That was also why, despite knowing they were outmatched, they had not shown the slightest intention of retreating.

"You, you, you are...?"

The Scarface Man and the others, who had been utterly arrogant just moments ago, reacted in precisely the opposite manner.

As outsider Rogue cultivators, they clearly did not yet know that the Ji Family had gained a second Foundation Establishment cultivator.

At this moment, sensing the powerful Spiritual pressure emanating from Ji Haoyuan—completely different from that of a Qi Refining Stage cultivator—the faces of everyone present, including the Scarface Man, turned pale.

"Run!"

Almost instinctively, this thought immediately surfaced in the minds of the Scarface Man and the others.

But in the next moment, before they could make any move, Ji Haoyuan's Crimson Flame Pattern Spear had already transformed into a streak of crimson light.

Two sharp whooshes rang out.

The bodies of two invading Rogue cultivators were pierced again.

The defensive spells and even Talismans they had set up beforehand were like paper pasted together, utterly useless.

This caused uncontrollable terror to rise onto the faces of the remaining Scarface Man and the others.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Scarface Man and the others no longer hesitated in the slightest. One after another, they sent out their artifacts and fled in all directions with all their might.

A chill flashed through Ji Haoyuan's eyes at the sight.

"Want to run? Can you get away?"

As his words fell, a spell seal swiftly formed in Ji Haoyuan's hands.

The next moment, a rain of fire like shooting stars, nearly blanketing the heavens, rapidly shot toward the Scarface Man and the others.

It was none other than the improved Tier 2 spell, Flowing Fire Art!