The moment God's Domain's system announcement was issued, players throughout the game erupted into excitement. Everyone was filled with curiosity about the Auction Arena system, while the major powers immediately began investigating it.
The emergence of a new system represented an opportunity for every player.
Its significance to the major powers was even greater. It could be said that it would bring about a massive reshuffling of God's Domain's powers, so naturally, it drew immense attention.
"It opened this quickly?" Shi Feng frowned slightly as he looked at the system announcement.
After White River City had been promoted, he had already known that the Auction Arena system's opening was not far off. However, he had not expected it to happen so soon.
Although the opening of the Auction Arena system did not cause as much commotion as a system-wide update in God's Domain, its influence far surpassed that of an ordinary system update.
This was because it concerned control over NPC cities. It allowed players to gain substantive control over an NPC city—namely, control over its economy.
Once an NPC city's economy was controlled by players, it would become extremely difficult for other powers to shake that city's foundations. Moreover, once they obtained the city's Auction House, the profits they could earn would be considerable. The greater a city's player population, the greater the profits.
Thus, the moment the Auction Arena opened, it immediately stirred up all of God's Domain. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it had ushered in a new era. At the same time, the opening of the Auction Arena made competition among the major powers even fiercer.
Moreover, this intensity was unlike before. Not only would dark powers participate, but even major adventurer teams would join in. After all, controlling a city's Auction