d down upon the courtyard below."Clank clank clank!"Around the courtyard, the sound of swords clashing shook the heavens and earth. Blades of sword energy crisscrossed, meeting the attacks of the Tia...Outside Ginger Cloud's residence, over three thousand guards stood in perfect formation, waiting.

Seeing Ginger Cloud walk out of the mansion, everyone bowed together and spoke in unison: "Greetings, Lord!"

Since the battle against Mount Meng after that year, these over three thousand guards had truly become convinced of Jiang Yun's abilities and were devoted to him with all their hearts. They considered it an honor to serve under Jiang Yun.

More than two years have passed since we last saw Jiang Yun, but instead of weakening their admiration for him, it has only deepened their respect for him! Lin Ruiguang also walked to Jiang Yun's side and handed him a jade slip, saying: "Master, this is the list of participants from our region who will be competing in the grand competition."

This competition, although a continuation of the one that was left unfinished before, spans several years. Therefore, it's essentially starting over again, and all guards are allowed to register.

As a general, it was Jiang Yun's responsibility to handle both his own and his subordinates' enlistments.

But because he was in seclusion inside the Tongtian Pavilion, all these matters were handled by Lin Ruigang.

Although this was somewhat unconventional, even the Lord of the Martial Arts Hall didn't express any displeasure, nor did he complain in the slightest.

To most of the guards in the heavens outside, Fan Xiaozhi's name is already synonymous with that of a celestial general.

For such a trivial matter, to offend a future Heavenly General, the master of the Martial Arts Hall, wouldn't be so foolish.

Jiang Yun's divine sense swept over the jade slip, and his eyebrows instantly twitched slightly, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Then, he lifted his head and his gaze swept over the different faces before him. A faint smile appeared on his face: "This time, we from the Lower Thirty-three Districts of the First Heaven will once again shake the Heavens Beyond."

Before his duel with Meng Yue, Jiang Yun had said this, and at that time, most of the guards didn't believe it.

But this time, as Jiang Yun's voice fell, the eyes of all the guards lit up with dazzling light.

Above the body, there was an intangible aura, slowly rising.

This radiance is called confidence; this aura is called fighting spirit! Therefore, in this grand competition, all the guards before Jiang Yun's eyes, some have signed up for the challenge competition, and some have signed up for the promotion competition.

But without exception, they will all participate in the grand competition! Since the establishment of the military grand competition, not to mention all the guards from an entire region participating, even among a small district's hundred guards, there has never been a case where everyone participated.

And the reason why all the guards in this area of Jiangyun would act so out of character and take such a drastic step was naturally because their match with Meng Yue had boosted their morale, driving them to frenzy.

From Jiang Yun's mouth came two words softly: "Depart!"

Last time, Liu Meng brought Jiang Yun and they snuck around to arrive at the competition site at the very last moment.

And this time, Ginger Cloud, already a Colonel, led his guards and appeared before the Martial Arts Hall. His presence immediately drew countless pairs of eyes.

Some of these eyes held envy, some jealousy, and some hatred.

Ginger Cloud and the others didn't care about the gazes of the crowd, nor did they compete with anyone else. Instead, they teleported to the venue of the Grand Competition in order.

Compared to the last time, besides the absence of those cultivators who don't belong to Heaven Beyond Heaven, there is basically no change.

All guards, arrive first and take your positions according to your respective ranks. Stand guard patiently.

A moment later, the Nine Great Heavenly Generals will appear one after another! After each Heavenly General arrives, their gaze will sweep across the crowd.

Especially, it would linger a few more breaths on Jiang Yun's body.

As for Yan Tianqi, he didn't even glance at anyone else; his eyes were solely fixed on Jiang Yun.

And when he saw the tranquility in Gingercloud's face and eyes, his gaze couldn't help but flicker slightly.

"This evening, is it truly that he has already been subdued by Huacang"

Yantianqi, the last time I saw Jiangyun was when I punished him at Tongtiange.

Afterward, Jiang Yun returned safely from Huacan. Yan Tian had originally wanted to find an opportunity to meet Jiang Yun.

Keiyun had stayed inside the Tongtian Pavilion for so long that he never got to see it.

Now, every time he saw Jiang Yun again, he always felt that Jiang Yun didn't look like someone who had been subdued.

And this also made him sneer inwardly: "Whether you're subdued or not, I won't let you have an easy time in this big competition!"

Yan Tianqi being able to reach this point, becoming the number one Heavenly General, is certainly not someone who would be content with being manipulated by others.

Although Huacan told him not to target Jiangyun anymore, the Emperor's side kept sending messages, instructing Yantianqi to find an opportunity to kill Jiangyun.

Therefore, this time, Yan Tianqi also specially arranged some plans targeting Jiang Yun.

Finally, Tian Shuai Leng Yi Chen arrived! However, the most surprising thing was that although Xing Di didn't come, Jia Lao, who guarded Tongtian Pavilion, was by Leng Yi Chen's side.

Leng Yi dust stood aloft, looking down at all the guards: "Last time during the grand competition, Emperor Xing made a change to the order of the trials."

This time, we'll just follow the previous competition order.

The Emperor Xing was impatient and wanted to change the order of the competition, but many guards had signed up for both competitions.

The challenge of the big competition is definitely harder than the qualifying round.

If the challenge is conducted first, it is possible that many guards would lose the strength to continue participating in the promotion competition.

Therefore, Leng Yichen's arrangement was still quite in line with the wishes of many guards.

Leng Yichen continued, "However, because so many people signed up for the competition this time, we are conducting the trials in rounds of one hundred people simultaneously."

As he spoke, Leng Yichen already raised his hand and, towards the gigantic arena below, waved it in the air.

Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed through the air. The platform, which was once whole, was now neatly divided into fifty pieces by Leng Yichen! Most of the guards were bewildered by Leng Yichen's words.

Even if the number of participants in this competition is larger than usual, it probably won't be much different from previous years.

Why is it necessary to have 100 people competing at the same time

It wasn't until Wen Jitian started collecting the registration tokens for the Guards that everyone suddenly realized and was collectively astonished.

Because, including Ginger Cloud, all over three thousand guards from the thirty-three districts of Yitian Realm had thrown away their tokens! Many guards couldn't help but whisper among themselves, most of them couldn't understand why they would do such a thing.

"Are they crazy in this area"

Does everyone participate in the big competition

"Are we all going to die"

"In the midst of a great contest, life and death are irrelevant!"

However, someone else said faintly, "What's there to be afraid of They have over 3,000 people. They dared to challenge even the 10,000 people in the Sixth Heaven. Now that it's a one-on-one challenge, what's there to be afraid of!"

This sentence suddenly made all the discussions quiet down.

Indeed, if one isn't afraid of facing three opponents at once, what's there to fear about a one-on-one match! Wenjin continued to condense both red and golden characters on each token, representing the order of the Promotion Competition and the Challenge Competition.

During this process, others might not have noticed anything, but Ginger Cloud noticed that Wen Jin's gaze would occasionally sweep over her.

But when he looked at her, she immediately averted her gaze.

It seems he doesn't dare to look at himself.

At first, Jiang Yun didn't think much of Wen Jin's strange behavior. But when he retrieved his own token and saw the number displayed on it, a cold snort escaped Jiang Yun's lips.

The number is twenty-seven! And there are only twenty-seven guards participating in the challenge this time.

That is to say, oneself was the last one to issue a challenge! Among these twenty-seven people, there were three who belonged to the Nine Heavens, while more belonged to the Yan Tianqi lineage.

Ginger Cloud clutched the token, muttering to himself: "If I'm not mistaken, Wen Jin has been bought by Yan Tianqi, so he secretly placed me last."

I wonder how many people will challenge me today!"The one-eyed creature slowly opened its eye, a faint light shooting out from it and enveloping Jiang Yun's body.Within that radiance, there was an aura of overwhelming power that radiated without ang...