ENCOUNTER WITH AN EMPEROR, FLEEING FOR LIFE
Li Meng began his hunt by killing off warriors from parties around the city. He began with the same party which orchestrated the last attack. The independent association was the group that was most divided in nature since they were a bunch of loose cultivators who had banded together to form a group.
He decided to first find a small group of cultivators. Hunting people individually was a huge headache and couldn't be executed by normal means. He needed to band people together and hut in the group so that he has enough time before a proper response could be taken by the Mad-lions.
He decided to visit the local markets and city walls since these were the regions where there was a large possibility of getting some people who have been isolated from the rest of the population. To his surprise, he did manage to find some groups. Before the attack, Li Meng decided to use the masking artifacts which he had prepared beforehand.