The m, as the first light of dawn broke, the Sword Discourse Arena at Heavenly Sword Vil was already buzzing with excitement.

  The highly anticipated fi of the Blue Wind Ranking Tour, the Round of Thirty-Two, had begun!

  A massive profound stone had been temporarily set up in the ter of the Main Sword Discourse Arena, dispying the names of the thirty-two partits who had advao the Round of Thirty-Two, along with the sects they represented.

  "Mu Lingxue — Frozen Cloud Immortal Pace."

  "Shui Wushuang — Frozen Cloud Immortal Pace."

  "Wu Xuexin — Frozen Cloud Immortal Pace."

  "Xiao Kuangyu — Xiao sect."

  "Xiao Kuanglei — Xiao sect"

  "Xiao ... — Xiao sect."

  "Ling Yun — Heavenly sword vil."

  "Ling ... — Heavenly sword vil."

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  "Participating disciples of the Round of Thirty-Two, please e to the stage and draw the lot for battle order!"

  There was only one judge during the entire Round of Thirty-Two, and that judge was Ling Wugou. Following Ling Wugou's loud cry, thirty-two testants stepped forward one by oo draw their respective battle numbers.

  "What is your number?" Whehree girls returned, Chu Yueli asked them.

  "Senior sister I get number 4." Mu Lingxue showed her pte.

  "My number is 21" Shui Wushuang said.

  "And I get number 8." Wu Xuexin also showed her pte.

  After all thirty-two remaining people selected their numbers, their battle order appeared on the Profound Stone.

  The thirty-two testants were split into two groups of sixteen, with one testant eliminated in each match. The two victors from the groups would eventually face off in the finals to decide who would be the champion.

  In the first group were Mu Lingxue, Wu Xuexin, Xiao Kuangyu, Ling Yun, and others.

  The sed group sisted of Shui Wushuang, Ling Whatever, Ling Feiyu, Xiao Kuanglei, Xiao Nan, and others.

  "My luck is so bad; I'm in the same group as sister Mu," Wu Xuexin pined. I hope I face Ling Yun before meeting sister Mu, she thought worriedly.

  She didn't care about the championship; her mind was solely on the reward that Yun Wuji had promised them.

  "Don't worry; I'll go easy on you," Mu Lingxue ughed lightly and patted her shoulder.

  On the Sword Discourse Arena, the profound stohat dispyed the battle order was kept by Ling Wugou who announced loudly: "The battle order of the thirty-two testants has been decided and the first match shall begin soon. The testants are Heavenly Sword Vil's Ling Yun and Xiao Sect's Xiao Kuangyu. Please prepare yourself and e onto the arena within sixty breaths of time!"

  Soon, both fighters stood up in the arena.

  Ling Yun was calm and steady; he was the oldest son of the vil and was at the 9th level of the Spirit Profound Realm.

  Xiao Kuangyu, oher hand, was the oldest son of the Xiao Sect. He was two years older than Ling Yun and was also at the 9th level of the Spirit Profound Realm. Fag Ling Yun, his expression was somewhat grim.

  Ling Yun took out his sword, a thin bde pletely suffused with a bizarre light. This sword was called the Celestial Yuan Sword, a mid-grade Sky Profound on. With the sword in hand, he sigo Xiao Kuangyu, saying, "Heavenly Sword Vil's disciple Ling Yun, please guide me!"

  Xiao Kuangyu looked at the sword in Ling Yun's hand ahe pressure mounting. He took out his own sword, a jade bde that emitted a cool glow. This jade sword was called the Wind Spirit Sword, ah Profound on. He said, "Xiao Sect Sword Sect's disciple Xiao Kuangyu, please guide me."

  Ling Wugou announced, "Round of 32, 1st Match —— Begin!"

  After Ling Wugou finished speaking, a fierce storm erupted from Xiao Kuangyu and the Wind Spirit Sword, swirling around him. Though the storm wasn't strong, it was incredibly sharp, resembling numerous swords dang in the air. Even those seated far from the ter of the Sword Discourse Arena could feel an inexplicable sharpness in the air.

  Fag Xiao Kuangyu as he made his move, Ling Yun stood silently with his sword in hand, his gaze fixed on Xiao Kuangyu.

  "Receive my attack — Extreme Wind Ssh!!"

  The sword in Xiao Kuangyu's hands pointed forward, and instantly, all the storm surrounding him transformed into the silhouettes of several swords, unleashing a sharp wind toward Ling Yun. Wherever the wind passed, it tore apart the sturdy Sword Discourse Arena into pieces.

  The storm and the sword silhouettes attacked simultaneously, but Ling Yun remaiill, as though he had been scared silly. Only wheorm and the sword silhouettes approached, violently blowing his hair and shirt, did he finally move; he raised his sword and thrust lightly.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The violent csh was so loud that it made one wish to be deaf. All the sword silhouettes were destroyed as if their missiles had been intercepted in midair.

  After destroying the sword, Ling Yun lowered his bde and looked at Xiao Kuangyu.

  It seemed as though he casually trusted his sword, but iy, he had thrust his bde multiple times, destroying each sword; it was just that his speed was astonishingly fast.

  "Wh...WHAT iual fuck?!"

  Xiao Kuangyu's hands and soul trembled simultaneously, his face showed a strong sense of disbelief.

  While he was still in shock, Ling Yun stepped forward and sshed his sword. The strike was sharp and fast, causing the space to distort slightly as it rushed toward Xiao Kuangyu.

  Xiao Kuangyu quickly regained his senses from the earlier shock, stared head-on at the approag waves, and sshed out with his Wind Spirit Sword secutively. After sshing more thaimes, he finally mao stop the attack.

  Just as he finally sighed in relief, he was terrified to see more sword attacks rushing toward him.

  He quickly sshed again with his sword, barely managing to stop the attack. However, he didn't feel relieved, as even more strikes were aimed at him. We are on the same level; why is he so powerful?! Xiao Kuangyu thought, his expression grim as he defended against the relentless onsught.

  This tinued for a while until he could no longer hold on.

  Notig this, Ling Yun smiled and rushed toward him.

  Seeing Ling Yun rushing toward him, Xiao Kuangyu quickly raised his sword, attempting to defend himself. However, when their attacks cshed, he felt an irresistible force that sent him flying away.

  Bang!

  Having already exhausted most of his energy earlier, he couldn't put up aance against this attad was directly sent flying from the arena.

  "Xiao Kuangyu lost; Ling Yun wins!"

  Ling Wugou annouhe result of the match.

  "This Ling Yun is s; as expected of the Heavenly Sword Vil."

  "Yes, he has the demeanor of the Sword Saint back then."

  "I'd be ied to see him face off against the fairies from Frozen Cloud."

  When the result was annouhe Sword Discourse Arena, which had been silent for a period of time, was once again filled with hustle and bustle.

  Xiao Lingxi, watg the match, looked up at Yun Wuji and said, "Woah, this Ling Yun is s! They're on the same level, but he dominated his oppo so easily."

  "Yeah, he is quite strong among his peers," Yun Wuji nodded. Ling Yun was indeed formidable among the 'geniuses' in this empire. In the novel, he was the one who won this year's tour, so powerful that with his 9th level Spirit Profound Realm, he defeated Mu Lingxue, who was at the Peak 10th level Spirit Profound Realm, in just seven strikes.

  "That's true; he is quite gifted," Chu Yueli nodded and looked at Mu Lingxue. "Lingxue, what do you think?"

  "He is strong, but not enough to reach the apex," Mu Lingxue said lightly. She didn't take him very seriously; after all, she was at the Earth Profound Realm, and her Profound Art and body had been refined and elevated to a whole new level.

  Yun Wuji shot her a gnce, wanting to say, You are the st person here qualified to ent on him, but he decided to keep his thoughts to himself.

  ---

  Here's the story time again, though I think some of you already know it.

  It's about a French couple who were married for 50 years. The husband had a cuckold fetish; he got off by watg other men have sex with his unscious wife.

  For 10 years, he drugged his wife and paid men to sleep with her, often posting offers oer. It seems there were more than 51 men who had banged her while she was unscious.

  The moral of the story? If you wake up one m feeling like you had a good sleep, there's a ay have been drugged.