With the start of the match, Ling Yun attacked first. He focused ily, aimed his sword, and sshed through the air with all his might, unleashing his full pht from the start.

  Uhe casual attitude he had shown against Xiao Kuangyu; now, he was pletely serious, every fiber of his being dedicated to the fight.

  *Xiao sect's names are very fusing! Kuangyu, Kuanglei, Kuangfeng, Kuangyun.*

  Following his sword sshes, profound energy surged and formed numerous swords in the air and shot toward Wu Xuexin. They were fast and sharp, cutting through the air with a pierg sound that echoed around the arena.

  Fag this ferocious attack, Wu Xuexin was calm and posed. She didn't make a move, merely breathing lightly. Suddenly, a gust of frosty air swept across the entire arena.

  Crack! Crack! Crack!

  When the swords were less than a meter from her, they froze mid-flight, shattering into icy sparks that scattered through the air.

  The Frozen Cloud Art may be trash tier, but it was ultimately created based on the Ice Phoenix God Iure aka Frozen End Divis. Its most basic ability is to freeze the profound energy of enemies.

  After Yun Wuji read the Ice Phoenix God Iure , he improved the Frozen Cloud Art once again, making it even stronger. It also possesses most of the properties of the Ice Phoenix God Iure .

  Back then, when Mu Bingyun lost her memories aablished the Frozen Cloud Immortal Pace, she discovered that none of her disciples could cultivate the Frozen End Divis. So, in the end, she spent seven days creating the Frozen Cloud Art.

  Seeing this, Ling Yun's expression fell. Although he expected Wu Xuexin to be very strong, when she froze his attack so easily, he still felt immense pressure from her casual response.

  The scattered frost gathered and formed an icy lotus.

  g! g! g!

  'Her trol has reached such a level at such a young age!' Ling Yun thought inwardly, shocked, as he thrust his sword multiple times in a split sed, stabbing into the ice lotus.

  The lotus shattered into pieces.

  Seeing this, Ling Yun sighed in relief and was about to unch his attack wheiced the shattered lotus transform into tless solid ks of ice, raining down toward him like an icy storm.

  In an instant, the storm carrying the shattered ice lotus swirled around the two, sweeping up a tornado of id snow.

  "Shit! Are these ice shards endless?!" Ling Yun cursed in his mind and quickly attacked, defending himself.

  g! g! g! g!

  Amidst the string of colliding and breaking sounds, Ling Yun blows the dispersed ice fkes away. However, the cold energy within them was far heavier than he had imagined. After he cleared away all the ice fkes, both his hands were thhly flushed red from the cold, only fully rec after a few seds.

  But he didn't have time to worry about that, as four more icy lotuses appeared.

  Profound sword energy gathered around him, and he quickly dodged the lotuses. At the same time, his profound energy formed multiple swords, striking the lotuses aroying one of them. His movements were fast and nimble as he moved around the arena, trying to get closer to Wu Xuexin while destroyitacks.

  As he moved, more and more icy lotuses, ice es, and frosty air attacked him. He resisted the attacks and rushed forward, but whenever he got close, the attacks intensified, f him to retreat.

  This tinued for a while, and the arena was nearly covered by a yer of ice. Ling Yun could clearly feel the ess seeping up from the grouh him.

  'This 't go on,' Ling Yun thought. He was pletely at a disadvantage, losing the initiative. Uhe tinuous attacks, he lost the tempo of the battle and could only defend passively. New ice lotuses tio appear whenever he was close to pletely destroying one; more would emerge.

  Oher hand, Wu Xuexin was quite surprised by Ling Yun's strength. He was only at the 9th level of the Spirit Profound Realm, yet his bat power surpassed most ih level. Although she appeared casual, she was already using 60% of her strength, and to her surprise, she still hadn't defeated him.

  'I am not skilled in defense. If I tinue like this, the frost energy will keep accumuting, and I'll lose in the end,' Ling Yun thought, his expression being firm. With his mother, brother, and the other sect members watg, he couldn't afford to lose this time!

  He o avehe humiliatiht upon them by the Frozen Cloud sect!

  He would avehe shame inflicted on his father and the injuries his grandfather suffered!

  He would win, no matter what!

  Many people believed in him! He had their support!

  For their sake, he would defeat the woman in front of him!

  For love and justice!

  With a firm mind and unwaveriermination, profound energy and sword i surged around him. Ling Yun's sword suddenly transformed into a streak of light, streaking toward Wu Xuexin. As it flew, the sword's brilliance multiplied, splitting from oo two, then three, five, ten, and more—until there were dozens, then over a hundred! In the blink of an eye, a vast sword formation bhe sky, desding like a meteor shower, enveloping Wu Xuexin in an unstoppable storm of bdes.

  Heaven's Might Sword Formation —— Heavenly Star Frenzy!

  This was his most powerful move, a teique that no one in the Spirit Profound Realm could defend against!

  With this formation, even if he faced someone in the Earth Profound Realm, he could hold his own for several moves.

  He brimmed with fidence, certain that victory was within his grasp. He wao turn around and wave at his mother and brother, but he held back, it would be even mlorious once he cimed his victory. The only regret he had was that his father and grandfather weren't here to witness his triumphant moment.

  'Although her ice caused me some trouble, I'd still win,' he thought, gng at his body covered in a thin yer of frost.

  As he was about to and the sword formation, a chilling wave of frost energy surged around him from both the left and right. He looked around, dumbfounded, as he saw his sword formation freezing at an incredible speed. Panic surged through him as he shouted, wanting to resist, but it was futile. All he could do was watch helplessly as his stro attack became encased is brilliainguished in an instant.

  "No!" he shouted, but his voice was swallowed by the overwhelming cold. After freezing the sword formation, the ice didn't stop; it surged toward him from both sides, eng him as well. He stood there, a popsicle in the middle of a frozen sea of swords, immobilized and helpless.

  Everything had happened so fast. One moment, he was envisioning his glorious victory and the sweet taste of revenge for his sed family. The , he became a statue of ice, his dreams shattered in an instant.

  "Yun'er!" Xuanyuan Yufeng stood up abruptly, her voice filled with panic as she shouted.

  "Big brother!" Ling Jie also jumped to his feet, disbelief etched across his face.

  Ling Wugon was equally taken abaoment, he had thought that with his eldest young master unleashing the sword formation, victory was within reach. But in the blink of ahe tide had turned. He quickly ehe matd rushed forward to save Ling Yun. "Stop! Wu Xuexin, you win!"

  "..." Wu Xuexin nodded ahe arena.

  At that moment, as she stepped away, the ice surrounding Ling Yun shattered, falling away like a veil.

  'I... I lost!' His final thought echoed in his mind before he colpsed to the ground. He thought that if he pushed himself to the limit he would win; unfortunately for him, he wasn't the protagonist, and he couldn't use Nakama power or summon his plot armor.

  Ling Wugon quickly held him and took him to the healers. He turned around and looked at the seats where Frozen Cloud sat before sighing deeply.

  From now on, Immortal Frozen Cloud would be the stro in the empire for a very long time.

  Unbeknownst to him, soon, Frozen Cloud wouldn't just be the stro in this tiny empire, but iire p.

  "Guardian Yun Wuji, I won! When I get my reward?" Wu Xuexin asked cheekily as she returned, her icy demeanor pletely vanished.

  "Good job, though you could've fihe fight earlier; you wasted so much word t," Yun Wuji said, patting her head. He then added, "You'll get your reward ter after the tour."

  "Okay!" Wu Xuexin said and sat o him.

  After quickly sending Ling Yun to the healers uhe care of his mother and brother, Ling Wugourned and annouhe third match, "Third match, Shui Wushuang vs. Ling Feiyu, step into the arena!"

  Soon, both testants stepped into the arena. The battle ended quickly. Unlike Wu Xuexin, Shui Wushuang didn't drag things out for long, and Ling Feiyu was also weaker than Ling Yun, so the fight ended ihan two moves.

  After that was the final match of the quarterfinals.

  Ling Fan vs. Xiao Kuanglei.

  Ling Fan pletely dominated Xiao Kuanglei; he was at the 10th level Profound Realm, while his oppo was only at the 8th level Profound Realm.

  The day was the semi-finals.

  Mu Lingxue vs. Wu Xuexin.

  Shui Wushuang vs. Ling Fan.

  The first fight ended quickly, as Wu Xuexin ceded, allowing Mu Lio move directly to the finals. In the sed fight, Shui Wushuaed Ling Fan.

  After winning, Shui Wushuang ceded immediately without waiting for the day for the finals, so for the first time in the history of the Blue Wind Ranking Tour, the champion was decided without a fight.