Seeing everyone around him brimming with excitement, Chen Shi'an naturally could not seem too out of place, so he put on an excited expression as well.
But when Qianshan Xue saw his expression, she could not help frowning. Looking worried, she said to Xiang Li:
"Look, Shi'an still wants to stay in the Sacred Martial Dynasty."
Xiang Li quickly replied, "Our Desolate Ruins are bitterly cold and short on resources. If someone could leave the Desolate Ruins, join the Sacred Martial Dynasty, and receive the dynasty's full support in their training, who would willingly miss such a wonderful opportunity?
"Don't worry. Wanting it is one thing, but not one of the top ten is a pushover. Shi'an won't make the top three."
Just then, the Short, Fat Elder continued, "For the Top Ten Tournament, the contestants will first fight one-on-one to determine the top eight.
"After the top eight, we will determine the top four, and finally the top three."
At these words, the spectators and contestants alike looked puzzled and broke into discussion.
Having ten contestants fight one-on-one to determine the top eight first was clearly a rather complicated arrangement.
Yet the senior figures on the Reviewing Platform remained unperturbed.
Then the fair-skinned, fat elder continued, "To ensure fairness in the Gathering of Heroes, we selected six contestants from the Elimination Tournament and the Top Hundred Tournament who were powerful but had slightly poor luck, and gave them the chance to take part in a Revival Tournament."
At this, the entire venue erupted.
The top ten contestants in the Contestant Seating all knitted their brows.
But they merely frowned, showing no further reaction.
Chen Shi'an could not help sighing inwardly.
The Gathering of Heroes, which the people of the Desolate Ruins saw as an opportunity as vast as the