The Primordial Sacrificial Altar.
Qi Sheng withdrew his gaze from the Earthshaking Battlefield.
The Player Faction's war against the Mechanical Overlord and Illusion had lasted 203 days, from the Star Network's recruitment of top guilds to establish the Earth-Rumbling Command Center to its conclusion.
War was undoubtedly the finest crucible.
Nearly seven months of fierce fighting, of countless resurrections and charges, had reshaped the Player Faction inside and out.
Before the Earthshaking Campaign, players' warfare systems had generally remained in the rudimentary mode of "large groups sticking together, small groups fighting as guerrillas."
Different guilds fought their own battles, while unaffiliated players operated on the fringes.
Battle Formation Mode was gradually being adapted for lower-level use, but combat coordination remained far from ideal.
The Earthshaking Campaign had restructured how players fought.
Against the Mechanical Overlord, stragglers could only be killed instantly.
Countless squads and small groups had chosen to merge amid the fighting, forming United Warbands together or joining larger guilds outright and integrating into larger battle formations.
Even top guilds, once stringent in their recruitment requirements, had lowered their entry thresholds to strengthen their battle formations.
By the end of this war, true coordination had emerged between battle formations.
Shared light shields, interconnected energy-every aspect had been repeatedly honed in actual combat.
The high-intensity war had also kept players perpetually hungry to grow stronger.
Every death marked the starting point of another round of growth.
The gains players reaped on the battlefield-Divine Metal fragments, metal wreckage, Mechanical Cores-were quickly liquidated through three channels: the Trading House, Sacrifice Emperor Zhao, and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
After death, the proceeds were swiftly invested in a range of functions, including Life Soul Levels, Star Meridian Levels, and rune equipment enhancement.
This gave players greater combat power and also meant a