King sees king too early, a situation all teams wish to avoid.
The balance being broken too early indicates the outcome revealed quickly, thus the situation suddenly becomes chaotic.
Dongguo Shou, exposed, no longer pretends and moves around swiftly, wreaking havoc in ambushes.
The other teams are distressed; the token holders don't die, their hiding spots cannot be concealed, clearly shown on the Mountain River Map. You can't exactly kill your own token holders, but they happen to be the strongest in each team.
The game's rules seem designed to force mutual slaughter, and many deaths are predetermined from the start.
For this reason, the teams of the Four Great Royal Courts have no choice but to let some top experts hand over the tokens temporarily to preserve strength.
The tokens they snatch are no longer held collectively but scattered among individuals to prevent the loss of many tokens if one person falls.
