Qin Heng fought hard to claim first place in his batch, while the Goddess of War began to take it easy.
The power of time was actually very strong for defense, but her first-round results had been excellent. She did not want to chase another high score in the second round, so after clearing a little over forty stages and ensuring she could advance easily, she stopped.
Yan Feng continued his usual low-profile strategy, ending his challenge as soon as he surpassed 95% of the competitors.
Xuan Nie's physical body was formidable, so he cleared it with ease.
Only Yu Ling felt pressure in the second round. With fewer means of survival, she passed somewhat narrowly.
After the two rounds concluded, the number of contestants in the Overall Competition Zone dropped drastically, leaving only a little over one billion people.
The third round tested methods of killing enemies. It was somewhat like the first round in the Dynasty Competition Zone, except they were not fighting other people, but virtual lifeforms.
Qin Heng and the others each received an individual Small World and were thrown into a space filled with Star Lord Level virtual lifeforms.
There were no stages in this phase, only endlessly respawning monsters.
What they had to compete in was killing as many enemies as possible within the span of a single life.
In this regard, Qin Heng could be said to be exceptionally skilled.
After entering, he first swept his divine sense over the strength of the surrounding creatures.
Most were Star Lord First Order, a small number were Second Order, less than one percent were Third Order, and Fourth Order ones were rarer still.
In terms of individual strength, every monster was weak.
But when they joined forces to besiege someone, their momentum was still quite