First, the specific circumstances of the Second Tier War needed to be mentioned.
The main theme of the entire Second Tier War had shifted toward direct clashes of the races' true, overall racial strength.
Unlike the First Tier War, which emphasized the accumulation of source mines, the Second Tier War placed greater emphasis on pure wartime rhythm and displays of strength.
At this stage, every race could freely "flex its muscles," competing to see whose fists were harder and whose blades sharper!
Whereas the First Tier War had involved only War King Realm and below combatants, representing the foundations of each race, the Second Tier War deployed the core forces beneath the Half-Saint level, including the Three Saints, Seven Kings.
Only contests at such a level could truly reveal a race's overall strength after all its development.
However, in previous Second Tier Wars, neighboring races generally knew the extent of one another's strength. Unless they possessed absolute confidence or irreconcilable conflicts, the likelihood of launching a war involving their entire race was relatively low.
More often, there were probing, controllable border clashes and local wars that usually stopped at the right point.
How could the core strength of each race be willingly sacrificed on this battlefield?
Yet the Second Tier War of the current Millennium Period War of the Myriad Races displayed enormous differences and unique characteristics compared to any previous one.
The most direct and profound influence among them was the unprecedented reshuffling, turmoil, and adjustment among the Mid-to-Low Sequence Races directly triggered by the Sequence Great Retraction...
Since the War of the Myriad Races that established the current order had settled five hundred years ago, the entire Myriad Races World had remained in a relatively stable balance for a long time.
Though occasional disturbances had arisen during that