The others were also turning their tokens over to examine them, not because of the formation marks on them, but because they were surprised at how important these tokens were to them.
In the past, a few experts new to the rankings would generally be selected first, while those already ranked enjoyed considerable advantages, since they could continue challenging others.
This time, however, things were different. Their positions would be determined directly by the number of formation marks, and those would be their final positions.
That meant even if you were the strongest, if your luck was poor and you encountered few people, you might not necessarily collect more marks than anyone else.
First place on the Dragon Rankings was still a very enticing title. Many who had originally harbored no intention of competing for it were now tempted.
Under the current rules, to some extent, as long as you had enough luck, even if you were somewhat weaker, you still had a chance of securing a better position.
That was something that could never have happened in the past.
As such, this was an excellent opportunity for the vast majority whose strength was somewhat lacking.
For the stronger few, however, it was rather bad news.
Yet even if they felt somewhat dissatisfied, they did not dare say much. These rules had not been set by the old Alliance Guards before them; he was merely announcing them. No matter how dissatisfied they were, making trouble for him would accomplish nothing, so they could only accept them.
"Oh, right. Perhaps some of you have entertained a little scheme: handing your Identity Token to a good friend to help that friend, or some particular person, succeed. But let me remind you that you had best abandon that idea. If you really want