Last night's chaotic battle had left no small number dead or injured.
A handful of teams had been eliminated entirely, while some had lost only one or two members.
But virtually every team that made it into the Ascendant Dragon Assembly consisted entirely of elites, and every competitor mattered. Few teams could have made it in like River City, with Yue Wen carrying three deadweights all by himself.
As a result, those normal teams that had lost members already faced a difficult road in the rest of the competition.
If they simply completed tasks, they certainly couldn't accumulate Demon-Suppressing Coins as quickly as teams with their full rosters. But if they wanted to plunder wealth through combat, they might not be strong enough to beat others, either.
Thus, some well-connected members of depleted teams began recruiting other teams in the same situation, forming a Ragtag Team Alliance.
Normally, large-scale alliances rarely appeared in the first few days after entering the secret realm. With everyone newly arrived and the situation still unclear, teams preferred to act alone and gather information, only seeking allies in the middle and later stages.
Last night's battle to hunt the exotic beasts had undoubtedly accelerated this process.
The Ragtag Team Alliance's purpose was to work together to rob others. Since their own hopes of advancing were slim anyway, they would join forces to keep the advantaged teams from qualifying, acting as water ghosts to drag them all down.
Perhaps that would even give them a chance to advance.
And the first target their alliance set its sights on was the River City Team.
It was only halfway through the second day, and no one had accumulated much wealth yet. The River City Team was the only known fat sheep. Although their captain, Yue Wen, was astonishingly