Swiftly Progressing Through the Tournament

Fen Juechen smirked quite viciously as in front of him was Mu Xiongyi, one of the disciples of Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress.

This disciple was 20 years old and at [Peak of Spirit Profound]. Something he could handle easily.

"You are of the Burning Heaven Clan, why are you helping the Royals?" 

"You are in no position to ask such questions." As the Young Master Fen said he summoned his flaming sword.

A few moments into it, the match has started and the fight is underway.

Unlike the other disciple who was proficient in Thunderfire arts, this one was good with spears. So, close-range combat has started. 

Though Mu Xiongyi was quickly overpowered as he was facing a [Earth Profound] fighter. Fen Juechen smirked as he smacked the spear away before proceeding to deliver a punch with his other hand.

This has taken the wind out of his sails as the disciple proceeded to gasp, trying to breathe, the punch was directly into his solar plexus.

The grin only grew as the Young Master Fen proceeded to use several combos which forced the spear-wielding disciple to fly out of the ring, he saw twitching from all the pain as Fen Juechan made sure not to overdo but at the same time he targeted all the painful areas.

"Junior! Why are you so ruthless!?"

"Ruthless? He was a powerful opponent, this Young Master needed to give his all just to beat him!"

Xiao Long who heard that could only snort with amusement, though he was happy to see that Fen Juechen did what he wanted. Seeing that violent punk crawling on the ground was a pleasant sight to look at.

He did observe the disciples of this Thunderfire Fortress, they were all barbarians disguised as a civilised sect. Just to reach this point they have beaten up a few people worse than Fen Juechen just did.

The Fortress Master's eyes darkened for a second. Funny enough he can't do anything as Fen Juechen even without Floating Cloud Sect still has his Burning Heaven Clan which is greater than the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress.

All he could do is just take the beating and stay shut.

While this was happening Xiao Long noticed there was a gaze on him. It was there for a while now. Well, more like the whole time.

He slowly looked towards the source. He could see Xuanyuan Yufeng gazing at him, her cheeks were crimson as she was quite needy.

That's the thing, she has his Yang energy inside of her and she has no means to absorb it or use it. All it does is stimulate her Yin side.

Meaning it's turning her horny from having that energy inside of her.

"She has been looking at you the whole time." Xia Qingyue noticed that he was looking at the Villa Mistress as well.

"I know. I can sense her gaze."

"What are your plans for her now?" She asked him curiously.

"Depends on her. We already established the 'trade deal' and even 'seal it', there is nothing else to talk about." He said with a small smile as he hugged her with his hand.

"Hmm, so something similar you did to Chu Yuechan?"

"Leave her hanging? Possible, but she already tasted it, so I doubt she will hold back for long enough." He said with a thoughtful look, as he saw how blushing Xuanyuan Yufeng was.

"Indeed, my husband is very convincing after tasting it once." The beauty next to him said with a knowing look.

"Now you just want me to grow a big head after hearing all this praise." 

The beauty showed a small smile on her lips before getting on his lap and proceeding to gently kiss his lips.

It is funny how many didn't watch the fight but instead looked at how this incredibly beautiful and unknown woman was kissing the Young Master of the Floating Cloud Sect.

Though not many saw how Ling Yun the Heavenly Sword Villa's Young Master looked similar to his father. They looked dead inside with hollow eyes.

~~~~~~Later~~~~~~

A few matches later it was Xiao Dong's turn to face Mu Xiongyan, one of the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress members.

Just like the other one, this one was [Peak Spirit Profound] and unlike the other one, this one was using Thunderfire.

'I have heard how the young Master was disappointed with the discovery of their thunderfire, even to this day he still holds a grudge for wasting his time on them.

Truly they have lied to him, using such a cheap method and calling it 'Thunderfire'!

I will take revenge in the Young Master's stead!'

Xiao Dong took a deep breath and allowed his Profound energy to start flowing.

"Begin!" The Elder motioned with his hand to start the fight.

The disciple from the Thunderfire Fortress proceeded to lift his hand and shoot something from his sleeve.

It was a powder which was on fire.

"This is my Fortress Thunderfire! This can easily leapfrog cultivation realms!"

"Aha…" Xiao Dong wasn't impressed.

As a wall simply appeared in front of him, it tanked the attack without any effort.

"..."

"This is not all I can do!"

At that moment he proceeded to throw black balls which were under fire.

The moment they touched the ground or the barrier wall they exploded, it looked like thunder and fire at once.

"Not bad. But your attacks have no juice."

At that moment walls which had spikes proceeded to rush at Mu Xiongyan.

The bomb user had to swiftly dodge the wall but at that moment another one appeared underneath him and pushed him up.

This made the [Peak Spirit Profound] try to hold on to something. But he was launched regardless.

Though he was able to with a flip to land but that moment he slipped.

"W-What the—"

"Floating Cloud Sect's Barrier Arts! The Ultimate Technique! Slip!"

Xiao Dong proudly exclaimed as he used his ultimate art!

That moment Mu Xiaongyan slipped and landed on his side, then again, and again, and again.

*Crack*

"I-It going to explode!!!"

Mu Tianbei, the Fortress Master, exclaimed loudly as he heard how the items in Xiaongyan's body cracked.

Sure enough.

*BOOM**BOOM**BOOM*

A chain reaction as the Thunderfire Fortress disciple lit up like a beacon of fire and flew out from the ring and smashed into the barrier walls like a fly which slammed into the windshield.

*Clap**Clap**Clap*

The one who clapped was Xiao Long as he had a proud look on his face. One of his cousins just used the ultimate barrier art! Of course, he is proud!

Sure enough, people had no desire to go against him so everyone else joined him in the clapping.

This only made Mu Tianbei look like he ate the whole lemon tree as he had no desire or intention to go against the Floating Cloud Sect's Young Master.

After all, his fortress only recently started to regain some of the wealth which has been taken from them.

The next match was Xiao Ming who had to fight one of Burning Heaven Clan's representatives. Though it was not a match but more like a beat down, as he was thrown out of the arena after being chained up.

The participant was treated like just some piece of garbage, which didn't sit that well with Fen Juecheng who could only gnash his teeth. 

He was stupid to come to watch this tournament, but he had this desire to see Cang Yue and see for himself if it was true that she was with Floating Cloud Sect's Young Master!

It was safe to say that he has accomplished what he has come to see.

"Great Elder, take over for me, I am returning to the Clan."

"But Young Master… you can't just…"

"I saw what I wanted to see. There is no reason for me to stay here."

Fen Moli the Great Elder and one of the Thrones could only stiffly nod.

Just like that Fen Juecheng simply left with a few of the bodyguards he was with.

~~~

All three competitors have made it to the top 8, same with Heavenly Sword Villa, with only two Burning Heaven Clan disciplines left.

It was shocking but Ling Jie has beaten the other Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress disciple. This means that Xiao Ming didn't get his chance to get some revenge.

It was shocking as there were three small realm differences.

However, regardless, the day is over and tomorrow is the last day of the tournament. After that, there will be a few days of rest before the portal will open to that Sacred Realm.

"Look at this."

Xiao Long showed another message which came from the Villa Mistress.

It was short, she wanted him to meet her in the same villa as last time.

"Will you go?"

"Of course not." He snorted as the letter turned into ash in his hands.

"Last time it was a favour. This time she needs a proper reason for me to waste my time with her instead of my wife and my fiances."

As he said that he casually picked up his wife and proceeded to walk into his bedroom.

~~~~~~Next Day~~~~~~

Xuanyuan Yufeng angrily looked at Xiao Long who was sitting on the other side of the Arena.

She was furious! The guy never came to see her! This was the first time that someone denied something she wanted. On top of that, she had an itch which was growing more and more, by the hour.

Yet, here he was ignoring her completely and instead flirting with his wife!

The Villa Mistress clenched her hand. 

It was quite a funny contrast as where she was all red from anger and need, her husband was pale as paper from heart pain.

To some people, it looked like the pair went wild last night. To the point that the Villa Master was half dead. 

"Truly the Villa Mistress has quite the appetite."

"Indeed. I hope Villa Master doesn't die on us before the tournament is over." The Elders of Heavenly Sword Villa are talking among themselves about this situation.

They have realised that the Villa Mistress is most likely keeping her husband interested in her instead of the Frozen Beauty which was understandable.

Regardless, the matches continued even if the selected few spectators didn't care that much.

The first one was Fen Juechen Vs Fen Juebi, the 'fated' duel.

"Oh, here it is."

Xiao Long noticed what fight it would be, so he summoned a box of popcorn.

"Time for family drama."

"Hmm, you prepared snacks for this?"

"Yes, it helps me get into the atmosphere of the event."

Xia Qingyue slowly took the box and proceeded to be a good wife and start feeding him instead of him doing it himself.

She was, after all, on his lap.

"Juebi! I will have my revenge against all that you have done!" Fen Juechen with a righteous tone pointed his flaming blade.

"And all you need to do is betray your clan! Pathetic!"

"Says the one who abused the very same clan to get to this point! Unlike you, I have trained outside of it to show that I can be better than you!" The Younger Fen said with a mighty tone.

"We shall see!"

'Oh my, such a brotherly rivalry turned sour, just what I needed to brighten my day!' Xiao Long hummed to himself as he took a bite of the popcorn.

He of course abused this situation and would end up licking his wife's fingers who looked at him with amusement. Though there is a certain look in her eyes.

She is thinking something once again.

While the pair are enjoying the pink situation, the fight between the brothers has started.

The issue with this fight is that they are using the same techniques, same weapons styles.

This means the fight will be decided by superior cultivation which Fen Juechen had.

After several exchanges, Fen Juebi was overwhelmed and ended up being thrown out of the Arena.

'Meh… I thought there would be more drama, kinda boring.' Xiao Long sighed as the fight ended quite quickly as there was a gap in strength.

"It appears it was a short battle." Xia Qingyue commented as she saw it as well.

"Yes. Oh well." He agreed before returning to his snuggling, at least he can return to this.

Once the battle between Fens concluded it was time for Ling Jie and Xiao Dong.

"It appears they are throwing the younger one at us, while the older one will be facing the last Fen from Burning Heaven Clan." The Young Master commented on how far the Heavenly Sword Vila will go to have their person reach the highest rank possible. 

How naughty, and here they say it was 'randomised'.

"They want him to reach a higher ranking after all." His wife commented with a bored tone. Not that this will change the final result.

~~~

Xiao Dong looked at the Ling Jie in front of him, this guy was a few years older than him but he had a talent for the blade.

"You are the first talented individual I saw in this tournament."

"Hmm?"

"Everyone else I saw just had a fundamental talent for Profound. Such people are just boring." Xiao Dong said with a slightly bored tone.

He has noticed the trend in this place. Everyone here is focusing on pure Profound energy and their arts. This means when you focus on pure profound you will have more profound entrances as your affinity is high.

But this means you won't have a talent for swords or some other weapon or like him who has an affinity for Artefacts.

However, some people have a high talent for both. The high amount of profound Entrances and high talent for something. Like this guy in front of him.

Ling Jie is natural, he could have tier 2 rank for swords, maybe even higher.

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"See? You are so obsessed with swords that you don't even grasp what I am saying."

"Umm, okay? Can we start the fight?"

"Yes."

The Elder for a second looked confused but then he raised his hand.

"Fight!"

The Younger Ling jumped and proceeded to summon a massive amount of sword intent, a sword silhouette descended on Xiao Dong.

"Impressive, but not enough." 

A wall manifested above Xiao Dong, tanking the cut with some difficulty.

"Such sharpness."

'It's quite sharp but not as sharp as the Slaughter aspect.'

The Floating Cloud Sect discipline observed the cut on the barrier wall.

Ling Jie clicked his tongue as he pulled out another sword. Both of his weapons were of [Sky Profound].

"Not bad, but you need more than a weapon to deal with this."

Xiao Dong motioned something with his hands as letters started to appear.

"What in Heaven's name is this art!?" Ling Yuefeng exclaimed with some anxiety. Hell after this tournament he is already planning to retire, he will give the Villa to Ling Yun and get into the cave with his father. 

He wants to stay far away from the world which is turning madder and madder by the day!

Sure enough, Xiao Dong finished writing on the array wall. 

"Did he just create a formation!?"

"But for a formation, you need something solid!"

The remaining sects which are watching the matches are looking at this with confusion. They are wondering what this Floating Cloud Sect cooked up high in the air.

Ling Jie looked around as translucent walls surrounded him.

He tried to slash one, but his sword simply bounced off, and a wall behind him glowed and released an attack full of sword intent.

"Whoa!"

The Younger Ling swiftly dodged it by jumping to the side.

"Damn, the wall absorbed the attack and then released it on my back from another wall!"

"'Correct, while my arts are basic compared to Young Master, I can still display a few techniques."

"This is basic? You guys are weird!" Ling Jie exclaimed with some disbelief before getting serious.

He proceeded to send arcs of attacks to the walls and then dodge, rinse and repeat until the walls started to crack. 

With one more attack, it finally broke and Ling Jie with a flip was about to land in front of Xiao Dong.

"Jie'er watch out!!!" Ling Yuefeng exclaimed with worry so did Ling Yun as they were watching it together.

The ground under Ling Jie started to glow.

"You have fallen into my trap! Barrier Arts Second Ultimate Technique! Roll!"

"Roll?"

For a second he was confused but at that moment his leg moved, and he slipped and landed on his stomach before starting to roll out.

"H-Hold it! I-I can't stoppp!"

Just like that Ling Jie rolled out from the Arena.

"Umm…this battle victor is Xiao Dong representing the Blue Wind Imperial Family."

*Clap**Clap**Clap*

"That's my cousin! You have mastered the ultimate techniques well!"

Hearing the praise from Xiao Long himself made Xiao Dong smile proudly.

While the rest looked confused. What is so ultimate about this!?

You just roll! Or slip!

What makes them special?

Though they should ask the pair of Flood Dragons and the Fire Dragon. They could tell them the horror of these techniques.

After this, it was a fight between Fen Juechen and Ling Yun. This was as far as the Young Master Fen can go.

After all, he was not the protagonist and Ling Yun is simply older and with more experience.

Sure enough, all of his fire attacks got cut and in the end, he was overwhelmed by the simple fact that he was not a swordsman.

'The sheer difference when you have a talent for sword and you don't. Selective breeding at its finest.'

The blood of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region is quite strong in Ling Yun.

'Now that I think about it, Fen Juechen got roasted twice by the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region. The other time was when Xuanyuan Wentian destroyed the previous incarnation of Fen Juechen and now he was beaten by the extension.

This could make him a Protagonist, that's for sure.'

As Xiao Long thought about it, Fen Juechen was sent flying out of the arena.

The match was over.

~~~

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