After a day of high-speed flight, Li Moran arrived at Du Prefecture Ducheng with six Minor Grandmaster.
As soon as Li Moran and his group approached the city, before they even reached the city walls, more than a dozen figures flew out and stood in front of Li Moran.
The leader was a middle-aged man, Ji Xingyun of the Ji Family.
Ji Xingyun exuded the aura of Grandmaster. He glanced at Li Moran with disdain and said, "What? Is Grand Master Li preparing to lead his troops to surrender to my Ji Family?"
Upon hearing this, the elders behind Li Moran were immediately enraged and shouted, "Ji Xingyun, how dare you!"
"Haha, presumptuous? I'll be presumptuous today, so what can you do about it?" Ji Xingyun laughed and said.
The Ji Family had been fighting the Vast Righteous Sect for so long, and now they finally had the upper hand. Although he couldn't capture Li Moran by himself, he couldn't afford to fall behind in verbal advantage.
"You!" The elders were so angry that they glared at each other, speechless.
"Alright, enough talk," Li Moran said, then turned to Li Moran Ji Xingyun and said, "Ji Xingyun, I challenge you to a duel. Do you dare to accept?"
"Challenge me? Li Moran, did Exotic Beast kick you in the head?" Ji Xingyun said, then immediately turned around and prepared to return to the city.
Given that Li Moran has suddenly come to challenge us today, it's hard to guarantee that he doesn't have some kind of conspiracy.
Suddenly, a massive figure abruptly appeared in mid-air, wielding a staff made of Yuan Qi, which slashed down at Ji Xingyun with tremendous force.
Li Moran reacted quickly, immediately lunging towards the dozen or so Minor Grandmaster from the Ji Family.
The six Minor Grandmaster behind Li Moran already received instructions from him, and they immediately went all out once the attack was launched.
Soon, several screams rang out from the field. These were the Minor Grandmaster of the Ji Family. Before they could react, Li Moran killed one of them and injured six others.
Ji Xingyun only had time to activate his protective energy shield to withstand the powerful blow from the Fire-Winged Monkey.
With a loud bang, Ji Xingyun was struck by the Fire-Winged Monkey's staff, his entire body crashing towards the city wall. While still in mid-air, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Jiang Liu, who was on the back of the Fire-Winged Monkey, used his Nebula Shrunken Earth to catch up with Ji Xingyun's falling figure, and used Cloudfall Strike to kick out hard.
Ji Xingyun accelerated and crashed into the city wall. With a loud "boom," a large hole was smashed into the wall.
The Ji Family guards on the city wall immediately scattered. This was a battle between Grandmaster; if they got too close, they wouldn't even know how they died.
As for Ji Xingyun's life or death, they couldn't do anything by going forward to check, so they could only retreat for the time being.
The Fire-Winged Monkey continued to smash its club towards the spot where Ji Xingyun had fallen, while Jiang Liu released his Divine Sense to survey the surroundings, preventing Ji Xingyun from escaping.
The dozen or so junior masters of the Ji family screamed in agony as Li Moran led his team to slaughter them. After several of them died, they quickly scattered and fled when they realized the situation was dire.
The six Minor Grandmaster of the Vast Righteous Sect held the six people tightly, because they knew that as long as they kept their opponents occupied, their sect leader would be free to deal with them.
They've been holding back for so long, and today they finally get to have a good fight, so they're bound to go all out.
Jiang Liu had no interest in dealing with those Minor Grandmaster; his main goal was to keep Ji Xingyun here.
Fire-Winged Monkey smashed the entire dilapidated city wall with a single blow, then the force of the blow landed on Ji Xingyun, who was trapped inside the wall.
Before Ji Xingyun could escape from the deep city wall, he was knocked down on the head by the Fire-Winged Monkey's stick.
Ji Xingyun immediately fell into a semi-conscious state.
Ji Xingyun barely mustered his strength, braced himself with both hands, and gathered his energy again, preparing to counterattack.
Jiang Liu's figure had already appeared above Ji Xingyun, holding a large sword made of condensed Yuan Qi in both hands, slashing towards Ji Xingyun with Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop.
Ji Xingyun only had time to turn to the side, barely dodging Jiang Liu's attack.
However, he dodged Jiang Liu's attack, but the Fire-Winged Monkey, following the swing of the stick, couldn't dodge it.
Ji Xingyun was pulled out of the city wall ruins by the Fire-Winged Monkey's stick, and he fell into a coma while still in mid-air.
Jiang Liu stepped forward and directly intercepted Ji Xingyun's dantian energy. He then casually pressed his acupoints, causing Ji Xingyun to remain unconscious. He then handed Ji Xingyun over to the Fire-Winged Monkey to guard.
Jiang Liu then unleashed his power and pounced on the scattered junior masters of the Ji family.
There are a total of fourteen Minor Grandmaster from the Ji Family here. Three have already been killed by Li Moran, six have been entangled, and five are still on the run.
One of them, Li Moran, was chasing after them. Jiang Liu's figure flashed, and four ice needles condensed in his hand, flying towards the four Minor Grandmaster who were scattering and fleeing.
Four screams rang out in succession, and the four Minor Grandmaster who were fleeing fell to the ground, unable to move. It turned out that Jiang Liu's ice needles had hit their pressure points.
Moreover, none of them had escaped Jiang Liu's Divine Sense range, so Jiang Liu's ice needles hit them accurately every time.
Meanwhile, Li Moran had already taken the Jiang Liu over Jiang Liu, eliminating the Minor Grandmaster he was chasing, and then returned to help the other Minor Grandmaster defeat their opponents.
When Jiang Liu threw out the ice needles, he didn't even look at them, because he was fully aware of their movements in Jiang Liu Divine Sense.
Jiang Liu summoned the Nebula Shrunken Earth, his figure flashing repeatedly as he unleashed a series of Frost Nether Palm, each aimed at the dantian of the Minor Grandmaster.
Before long, the junior master of the Ji family on the field was also dealt with by Jiang Liu and Li Moran working together.
Jiang Liu was a bit gentler, only crippling them. But Li Moran went straight for the kill.
"Haha! Nephew, that was truly exhilarating! I never imagined your beast tamed was worthy of being called the Beast Emperor; its combat power was so formidable." Li Moran laughed as he spoke to Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu said to Li Moran, "Uncle Li, what do you think we should do with Ji Xingyun?"
"Master, kill him to avenge our fallen brothers," one of the Minor Grandmaster elders said.
"Alright, we'll deal with this later. You all go into the city now and continue to wipe out the remaining remnants of the Ji Family," Li Moran instructed.
"Yes!" The elders accepted the order and hurriedly flew into the city. Li Moran also flew in, to prevent any accidents from happening.
Soon, several sounds of fierce fighting erupted inside the city. Judging from the noise, there were probably two more Minor Grandmaster hiding inside the city.
However, given the size of the city, there must be quite a few members of the Ji Family who escaped. Therefore, the Vast Righteous Sect will likely have to prepare for a counterattack from the Ji Family soon.
However, the Vast Righteous Sect killed Ji Xingyun so easily.
The Ji Family will likely find out more information before coming, so it's probably impossible to keep Jiang Liu's presence here and his own strength a secret.
However, Jiang Liu no longer cared about any of that. Since he had chosen to take action, he knew he couldn't keep his strength a secret forever.
Moreover, Jiang Liu could also tell Haotian Sect with a clear conscience that he was a disciple of the Exotic Beast Valley and was there to help his sect.