The seventh round of challenge matches began.
Qin Heng rose to second place and entered the Small World assigned to him as a gatekeeper.
There were 90% fewer participants this round than the last, so it would proceed much faster.
The moment the competition began, geniuses from every side launched challenges against the targets they had already chosen.
Qin Heng's side was very quiet. Unless something unexpected happened, few people would bother picking a fight with him.
He had already chosen his three targets. They were different from the three in the previous round; he did not continue looking for trouble with his old opponents Ling Shaoqing, An Tu Jia, and Kuang She.
His first target was Blood River, the current sixth-ranked gatekeeper.
Blood River was a special lifeform. Its true body was a crimson liquid called World Blood, and every drop contained energy comparable to the total energy of a Transcendent Realm cultivator.
Before awakening intelligence, it had been a treasured sacred medicine. After gaining intelligence, it became a peerless prodigy, possessing an exceptionally powerful cultivation and strength that was almost inexhaustible.
This person was extremely solitary and seemed incapable of becoming friends with anyone. Among the current top ten experts, he was the most mysterious.
Qin Heng knew the other eight people in the top ten. Only this one was completely unfamiliar to him, so after watching several replays of the other party's battles, he decided to challenge him and give it a try.
The challenge was issued and quickly accepted.
Qin Heng teleported into Small World No. 6 and saw the mysterious Blood River.
Blood River had no fixed form. It was a mass of viscous liquid that resembled fresh blood, over ten meters in size. At first glance, it looked exceedingly gory.
Qin Heng sent with