"There are only shared interests, no trustworthy allies."
Li Xian understood what this Immortal King meant. "In other words, we can cooperate when our interests align, and there's nothing wrong with killing each other outright when they clash?"
"In theory, yes, but..."
The Immortal King Yueyan said obliquely, "It's best to keep your head down. Don't be so blatant about it, and preferably don't leave any evidence, either. Otherwise, there will be plenty of trouble afterward."
She paused. "On the battlefield, every Mysterious Immortal and Immortal King is both an individual and part of a group. Almost everyone has friends who advance and retreat together. Those groups of friends are their true backing... well... relatively speaking."
Clearly, she was pointing out that even those groups of friends could not be relied upon.
Now Li Xian understood what she meant by "no one can be trusted."
"You have a group of your own, too?"
He asked.
"Yes."
Yueyan nodded slightly. "There are thirteen of us: three six-star Immortal Kings, eight five-star Immortal Kings, and two four-star Immortal Kings. We're a fairly standard team on the Blood Sea Battlefield."
Li Xian nodded.
He had already investigated before coming. Because of the Blood Soul Crystals, the Blood Sea Battlefield remained immensely popular. It probably ranked among the top ten of all Racial Battlefields, attracting many powerful cultivators to venture here.
The Human Race alone had one or two thousand Immortal Kings active on the Blood Sea Battlefield, along with over ten thousand Mysterious Immortals.
If the Immortal Alliance was included...
The numbers were even greater.
These people either acted alone or formed teams to collect Blood Soul Crystals on the Blood Sea Battlefield.
Once they encountered a camp of foreign races, a great battle would inevitably erupt.
Every era, many Immortal Kings and