Keep a Low Profile

Those who arrived first could observe the performance of those who came later.

It could be considered a form of reward.

It could help many cultivators gauge the strength of other cultivators.

Even if the strength analyzed this way was not necessarily accurate—after all, unless it came down to a fight to the death, no one would reveal their true trump cards—it was still an advantage to gain a basic understanding of the approximate strength of one's upcoming opponents.

The main reason for this was that there were simply too many strangers present.

The Central Plains was different from the Gama Empire.

The Central Plains covered more territory than the Northwest Continent, and naturally far more than the Gama Empire. The Gama Empire alone had four human Dou Huangs and two Sixth Order Magical Beasts. Naturally, the Central Plains had far more Dou Huangs than the Gama Empire, and the situation was much more complicated.

For example, Yun Shan, the previous Sect Master of the Yun Lan Sect, knew Hai Bodong and had a rough idea of his strength. He had also fought Queen Medusa and knew something of Jia Xingtian's strength as the guardian of the Gama Imperial Family. These were advantages built upon a small territory and prior records of battle. In standard terms, they were known intelligence gathered beforehand.

However, examples like that were basically impossible here in the Central Plains.

Take the present situation. Among the nearly hundred Dou Huangs who had successfully reached the mountain top within these three hours, fewer than ten had ever met one another before, much less those who had never even seen each other.

Naturally, there was no question of knowing much about the Dou Huangs who might become their opponents next, not even the most basic information.

Therefore, those