Although Luo Yuan knew the final rankings meant little, the powerhouses from every faction present would choose to follow these rules for the time being. They therefore still had to fight one another to determine the winners and losers. In fact, the battles would also let them learn where they stood among all the factions.
That would give them some direction when the time came to compete for the treasures. After all, everyone wanted the treasures, but whether they could obtain them depended on whether their strength met the requirements. Under these circumstances, their first consideration had to be gathering information about their enemies. In ordinary combat, however, doing so could put their lives at risk.
Under the rules, though, they could only fight to a point. These were rules established by the Planet Lord, and they could not defy them. They could thus use this opportunity to gain a clear understanding of the other factions' strength, while the ranking tournament could eliminate most of the factions.
This was because the factions that would ultimately dare break the rules, or even set ambushes along the way to seize treasures, were generally very powerful. They had powerful forces behind them, which gave them the courage to do such things. But the powerhouses in factions from minor forces or without much backing could only sigh helplessly.
Even if they knew the treasures would ultimately have nothing to do with them, they also understood one thing: whether they succeeded or not, they still had to try. Only then would they have no regrets. Otherwise, withdrawing without even fighting would be tantamount to giving up their own treasures.
In the eyes of the other powerhouses, that would be a very cowardly display. How could they establish themselves in these places afterward? The powerhouses on