At a distance of a hundred zhang, an ancient sword traveling at Two Resonances could arrive in half a breath, but a round trip took more than a breath because it had to slow down to turn.
When turning around, most people's Lip Spear and Tongue Sword dropped below One Cry, some even falling to half that speed. Otherwise, they could not turn quickly and would fly far past the target. Yet Fang Yun's speed remained above Three Resonances even while turning, faster than anyone else present could reach at full speed.
Only halfway through the contest, Grand Academician Guo looked toward the screen of light beside the training ground and pointed. A number appeared after Fang Yun's name, beneath the first-round column: one hundred.
Ten round trips amounted to two thousand zhang. Just over five breaths later, the True Dragon Ancient Sword completed the entire course and returned to Fang Yun's Literary Guts.
Many people's Lip Spear and Tongue Sword had not yet completed even a third of the course.
A Grand Academician nodded and said, "Never mind all the previous Metropolitan Graduate Three Valleys Selections-even the past Hanlin Academician selections have never seen such speed. Peng Zouzhao is strong enough, but his sword's unaugmented speed only just exceeds Four Resonances. It seems Void Sage Fang's sword is not merely made of unusual materials. His Sword-Nurturing Poem and Edge-Opening Poem must also be extraordinary."
"Indeed. In terms of speed, not only is Peng Zouzhao, the foremost swordsman among Hanlin Academicians, no match for him, even ordinary Grand Academicians cannot compare. Only first-rate Grand Academicians can rival him. However, his sword deployment and turning speeds are clearly inferior to Peng Zouzhao's."
"That is perfectly normal. Peng Zouzhao has trained his Lip Spear and Tongue Sword for over a decade, while