Because this is a 'winner takes all' game.
Tier Six, Eight Stars are indeed rare, but an era in one Plane Sea can produce around ten, while a manager overseeing a territory can produce over ten thousand.
Across the entire Crystal Domain, it's not unusual for millions to emerge in one era.
Moreover, unlike the rare path of Space, attracting many viewers to spend Illusion Dream Value to watch is quite difficult.
If it were Tier Six, Nine Stars, even if it's just someone with the potential of Tier Six, Nine Stars engaging in gladiatorial combat, it would achieve a completely different effect, like Lor, for example.
Of course, fewer viewers now don't mean there will be fewer viewers during the star-level challenge.
No one watches a massacre, but many watch when strong contenders battle.
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Outside the arena.
