Reality wasn't a game. Killing monsters basically didn't make equipment drop, but killing other players could make them drop their entire set.
A large number of Stone Men from other realms became the main spoils of war from this battle, but figuring out how to make use of them required professionals.
Transcendent races more or less had some "treasures" on them. Intelligent creatures were comparatively weaker in this regard, while powerful monster-type creatures that relied on innate gifts really could "drop materials."
In fact, the supplementary materials needed to advance many transcendent professions were designated transcendent magical plants or monster materials, sometimes even requiring professional Potion Masters to blend and refine them.
Materials differed from world to world and required professionals to test them repeatedly.
That was why Potion Masters were actually better than materials specialists at analyzing the properties and uses of transcendent materials.
"These Stone Men are extremely high-quality construction and weapon materials."
There seemed to be no prior record of this kind of lifeform, but there was a God Above Gods behind them, who should have been their source.
Yet throughout the battle so far, these things had shown no language ability whatsoever and were completely impossible to communicate with. The mid- and high-ranking ones among them should have been intelligent, and not unintelligent at that, but there was simply no record of communication.
Someone suggested that these Stone Men might be cells of that God Above Gods above. But that had already been dismissed. Those creatures lacked the "common traits" they should have possessed, and the high-ranking Stone Men and metal creatures had distinct selves. They should have been individual special entities and races.
Lu PingAn had actually encountered quite a few similar metal lifeforms himself. There were even Metal Humanoids and Living Armor races within