Li Yun looked out over the swamp, and the trial's name suddenly made far more sense. In the Death Arena, slaughter was built into the rules. The strong wanted to recover first, so they hunted others, and the weak knew they would eventually become prey, so they too had reason to strike early.
Trust would collapse quickly. Alliances might last for a short while, but sooner or later, greed and fear would break them apart. The trial was designed to turn everyone against everyone else.
Li Yun's expression turned thoughtful. 'There must be participants from several Abyss God Roads here.'
The lean cultivator who had attacked them clearly had not come from Li Yun's group, which meant the Death Arena was a shared trial ground. Participants from several of the eighteen Abyss God Roads were being gathered into the same swamp.
