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Duan Meng crazily surrounded and annihilated the Earth Sect's branch in Fire Cloud City. Every time a branch appeared, he would destroy a branch and cause the Fire Cloud City to lose its foothold. This caused Duan Hu to be unable to contact Duan Ling Tian's sources, and Duan Hu was extremely unwilling. Because Duan Ru Yue was in the open, Duan Hu could only stay in the dark and openly kill people from the Earth Sect, whereas Duan Hu couldn't. This was because the Earth Sect's superior didn't agree to a large-scale battle.

Moreover, Duan Hu's battle with Duan Ren made it difficult to say who would win or lose, and this caused Duan Hu to not have any cards left to play. However, Duan Hu was unwilling to give up. He really wanted to compete with Duan Jidao. As long as he could win half a move, he would take back his face and gain face in front of his Earth Sect superior. However, Duan Hu was thwarted time and time again and was often reprimanded by his superior.

Duan Hu hardened his heart and sent Duan Ren a written challenge.

"On the full night of the moon, at the summit of the imperial city, life and death shall be decided, and victory and defeat shall be decided!"

Duan Hu also had additional conditions. As long as Duan Hu won in one move and half a move, Duan Meng would agree. Not only would he attack the Earth Sect branch, but if Duan Hu lost, he would withdraw from Fire Cloud City's sphere of influence.

Duan Ru replied. Even though Duan Hu wanted the two of them to not use any external forces and only rely on their own strength, Duan Meng wanted to test his own skill. Although he was only an Aurous Core stage cultivator, he didn't believe he would lose with his powerful soul force and spiritual force.

If Duan Hu had any tricks up his sleeve, he wouldn't be afraid of him. At that time, he would use the Golden-Horned Devouring Beast to get rid of Duan Hu in one fell swoop, eliminating any future troubles. Duan Ru knew that Duan Hu had an Earth Sect treasure, so it didn't matter where he went. But at the peak of the Imperial City, it was impossible for Duan Hu to escape, so Duan Ru Yue had the ability to kill Duan Hu.

The news quickly spread and caused a huge uproar, especially amongst the imperial family. They were very dissatisfied and looked for Duan Jidao to discuss whether to change the address, after all, the peak of the imperial city was the emperor's office, and fighting on top of the palace was simply slandering the imperial family, they did not take the imperial family seriously at all.

Duan Meng was helpless: "I didn't set the location. As long as Duan Hu goes, I can't not go. Otherwise, I'll lose face. As long as Duan Hu changes his location, I'm willing to listen."

The guards of the Imperial Family started getting anxious as they started to inquire about Duan Hu's residence. They all wanted to find Duan Hu and change the location of the duel. After all, the Imperial City's peak was the symbol of the Emperor; it couldn't be stepped on.

The Imperial Family still had capable people, so in the end, they still found Duan Hu. If Duan Hu didn't agree, then the Imperial Family would seal the Imperial City and ban access to the Imperial City. Or they could lay down a great formation at the peak of the Imperial City to organize the two of them to fight.

The relationship between the Imperial Family and the Sky Sect wasn't bad, and it wasn't easy to offend the Sky Sect. Duan Hu could only change the location, the peak of the Imperial City was a spacious area outside the Imperial City.

If that was the case, it would be disadvantageous for Duan Hu. Once Duan Hu lost, he would escape, and he himself would not be able to catch up. If he had set up a Spirit Formation beforehand, Duan Hu would not be able to escape, but once he set up a formation, he would be discovered.

Since it was a duel, he had to rely on his own abilities. Duan Ling Tian didn't want his reputation to go awry, so he agreed to change the location and proceed with the battle outside the city.

After setting up the stage, he made a circle around the viewing platform to accommodate 1 million people. Each seat required 10 Grade 5 Spirit Dans, and not only that, Shang Wuji had organized the competition that was going to take place in the arena, but also the competition that was going to take place outside of the arena. The victor of the competition was 1: 2, while Duan Hu's was 1: 8.

The more it was like this, the more people betted on Duan Hu to win, and Shang Wuji let the wind out, announcing that Duan Hu's cultivation was at the third level of the Aurous Core Stage while Duan Hu's was at the second level of the Nascent Soul Stage. Everyone naturally bet that Duan Hu would win, because Duan Hu and Duan Hu were separated by 9 levels, so it would be difficult for Duan Meng to win.

However, Shang Zong's bet that Duan Hu would win 1: 8 instantly spread throughout Fire Cloud City. The billions of citizens in Fire Cloud City went crazy and all of them bet on Duan Hu.

Duan Meng then laughed, "Leader Shang, it seems you're going to make a fortune now …"

"Of course, with Young Master's strength, forget about Duan Hu, even reaching the Nascent Soul stage, it would still be a failure. This time the Shang family will be rich, haha."

"You seem quite confident in me."

"Of course. I have been with young master for so long, how could I not know young master's true strength? "Not to mention fighting above your level, you're at least a few levels higher, or even a few dozen levels higher. Hehe, I'm just waiting to make a fortune!"

Time passed by very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already half a month.

Changing the topic during the day would be beneficial to Duan Hu, but there was one aspect that was advantageous. It was that the arena wasn't big, so as long as you didn't see a good situation, you could escape on the spot. Duan Ru was helpless to do anything about it, but the problem was, under the gazes of everyone present, if you ran away, your face wouldn't be good.

However, Duan Hu had already thought of a way to escape. As long as Duan Ren met with an assassination attempt, he could retreat at any time once he couldn't withstand the attack. Duan Hu didn't care about his reputation, as long as he kept his life, it was better than anything else. Duan Hu only had one goal. If he was able to defeat Duan Hu in this life, even if he couldn't kill Duan Yi, he would still have face even if he were to win once.

The duel was about to begin, and both sides agreed on the terms. He said that he was going to fail, so he got out of Fire Cloud City. Both sides went to find the notary and announced the conditions. The battle began.

Duan Hu was at the second level of the Nascent Soul Stage and Duan Ru Yue was at the third level of the Aurous Core Stage, which was a difference of nine levels. Duan Hu understood that Duan Ru would definitely have a unique skill, and if he were to use it, he would be frustrated.

Duan Hu knew that as long as he didn't allow Duan Hu time to execute his finishing blow, he would have a chance to win. Thus, Duan Hu's attack was like a storm, not giving Duan Jidao a chance to catch his breath, and Duan Ru Yue wanted to use his soul force.

If Duan Meng were to use his spiritual force right now, he could control Duan Hu, but Duan Meng didn't want to do this. Duan Ru wanted to see what kind of trump card Duan Hu had, so he wasn't too busy using his final trump card.

Duan Hu's cultivation was indeed extraordinary, even if it was at the second level of the Nascent Soul Stage. When Duan Hu used it, it would allow Duan Hu to fight with a fourth level Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, and Duan Hu was not just for his reputation, his true strength was something Duan Meng did not dare look down upon.

Even so, Duan Ling Tian was still barely able to withstand the force, and it was extremely strenuous. When Duan Hu saw this, he was overjoyed and immediately used his ultimate move. He had used the Insane Demon Fist.

What was the Insane Demon Fist? It was just that there was no soul, no spirit, and it was just an attack. It was an action that would not stop until one side died. Originally, he wanted to use his soul force to control Duan Hu in one go. As long as he could defeat Duan Hu's soul force, then Duan Hu would become his slave. Even if Duan Hu's soul force was powerful, in addition to his own spiritual force, Duan Hu would absolutely not be able to defend against his attack.

However, Duan Meng secretly released his own soul force, yet he didn't have the slightest reaction. He suddenly understood that Duan Hu was currently an ignorant person that even sealed off his own mind. Duan Ru Yue recalled. Previously, when he fought Duan Hu, Duan Hu saw that he had spiritual force and was already prepared. If he were to use his spiritual force again, he wouldn't be able to do it.

However, Duan Hu ignored a fact. Duan Ru Yue couldn't erode his soul, but he could still control his flying sword to attack him. Duan Meng released two flying swords, revolving as they pierced towards Duan Hu. However, Duan Hu's body was currently in a berserk state, and was as hard as steel.

Duan Ru Yue's two flying swords were completely unable to pierce Duan Hu's skin, and Duan Ru Yue was shocked as he hurriedly used his 10 flying swords to surround Duan Hu and fiercely assassinate him, causing unceasingly sounds of collision to ring out. In the end, Duan Ru Yue's spiritual force was extremely powerful and slowly turned Duan Hu into a hedgehog. Duan Hu was unable to withstand it any longer.