Chapter 1 Before Making the Arcane Light Shield

Before making the Arcane Light Shield, Shi Feng decided to get a feel for it first using Basic Mana Armor Plates.

The forging process after the evolution of God's Domain had also become more complex, greatly increasing the difficulty of crafting. Simple things like High-Grade Whetstones and Mana Armor Plates were still relatively easy, but things like weapons and equipment were much more complex, unlike before, where they could be resolved in a few simple steps.

"I feel like I'm almost there. I should be able to try it now." After making dozens of Basic Mana Armor Plates, Shi Feng finally took out the Mithril Ore and Gold Ore from his bag, as well as the Magic Spirit Crystals he had pre-ordered from Bai Qingxue.

Bai Qingxue wanted to obtain the Arcane Light Shield as soon as possible, so Shi Feng required advance payment.

Two hundred Magic Spirit Crystals were enough to make twenty Arcane Light Shields.

Shi Feng only had about a 20% success rate. It could be said that this was the lowest success rate Shi Feng had ever had in making equipment. If other blacksmiths were to make it, they would probably waste hundreds of sets of materials and still not be able to make a single one.

Those self-righteous guilds thought that once they got the design blueprint for the Arcane Light Shield, they could easily make it. If Shi Feng hadn't bought it, by the time players made the Arcane Light Shield, they probably would have already cleared the fifty-person team dungeon.

When he began to make the first Arcane Light Shield, Shi Feng took his time throughout the whole process in order to gain crafting experience, trying his best to do every step perfectly.

Unconsciously, Shi Feng spent a full twenty minutes making the first Arcane Light Shield.

Compared to ordinary shields, the Arcane Light Shield was crescent-shaped and silver all over. Many magic runes were also engraved on the shield, giving it an aura of limitless power. He just didn't know if it was a success or a failure.

Shi Feng clicked on Data Generation.

After another ten seconds, the data for the Arcane Light Shield finished loading.

"As expected, it failed." Shi Feng looked at the data. Although it was indeed an Arcane Light Shield, the quality had been reduced by one level, and it was only Mithril-grade.

Arcane Light Shield, Shield, Mithril-grade, Equipment Level 15, Defense 330, Defense Rate 31%, Strength +10, Stamina +20, Evasion +3, Comes with Passive Skill One: Voice of Life. Every time you take damage, you gain a layer of Life Force, increasing your maximum HP by 2% and the healing effect you receive by 1% for one minute. Stacks up to 10 times. Passive Skill Two: Refraction, triggered every 50 seconds, allows you to be immune to one instance of damage.

"But overall, it's not bad. At least it's a Mithril-grade shield, so it should sell for a good price." Shi Feng was quite satisfied with this failed product. After all, Mithril-grade shields were rare at this stage.

As far as Shi Feng knew, most of the main MTs of second and third-rate guilds were still using Black Iron-grade shields. If he sold it, it would be worth six or seven gold coins.

Although the crafting had failed, it wasn't a complete failure. It didn't become a defective product, which meant that some things weren't done well, causing the failure.

"There's nothing wrong with the forging itself. The problem must be with the engraving of the magic runes, which prevented it from becoming Fine-Gold grade." Shi Feng pondered slightly. According to past experience, if there was a problem during the forging, the result would definitely not be Mithril-grade; at most, it would be Bronze-grade.

Afterwards, Shi Feng didn't rush to make the Arcane Light Shield. Instead, he carefully studied the magic runes on the Arcane Light Shield.

The engraving of the magic runes was mainly done with Magic Spirit Crystals, but it wasn't easy to complete. Shi Feng could only copy the pattern, not understanding its meaning.

Although he didn't understand, practicing more would have an effect.

So Shi Feng began to practice drawing magic runes.

Once... twice... ten times...

Each drawing took four or five minutes, but as the number of times increased, Shi Feng became more and more proficient, and the magic runes he drew became more and more similar.

Such free practice saved a lot more money than directly crafting, so Shi Feng naturally didn't mind practicing more.

"This should be good enough." Shi Feng was very satisfied with the latest magic runes he had drawn, which were almost exactly the same as those on the design blueprint.

So Shi Feng began the second crafting.

The entire forging process went smoothly, and it only took more than ten minutes to complete, but the second crafting was a complete failure.

This time, Shi Feng just had bad luck. The 20% success rate didn't stand on Shi Feng's side.

After that, Shi Feng made ten more. The time spent also became shorter and shorter, and his technique became more and more skilled. Of the ten Arcane Light Shields he made, two reached the qualified level, and two were defective products, but they were of Black Iron and Mithril quality.

Overall, it was still pretty good.

However, Shi Feng wasn't satisfied with the quality of the Arcane Light Shield.

"I'm already very skilled at making the Arcane Light Shield. Next, I need to improve the quality. If Cola gets a Dark-Gold grade shield, then the chances of passing the Devil's Ancient Castle will be even higher." Shi Feng decided to take out the Rune Gold, the reward for advancing to an Advanced Blacksmith Apprentice.

Rune Gold not only increased the success rate by 10%, but also had a good chance of increasing the quality by one level, up to Dark-Gold grade.

Unfortunately, Shi Feng only had five pieces of such a good thing, which meant that he had five chances to make a Dark-Gold grade Arcane Light Shield.

Rune Gold was an ore that emitted a metallic halo, and it was filled with rune energy.

After it was smelted, Shi Feng directly fused the Rune Gold into the molten mixed ore. Immediately, the smelted ore changed. The bright red color turned dark red, and it was greedily absorbing the energy of the Icy Blue Devil Flame.

As it absorbed more and more energy, many golden runes emerged from the ore, gradually forming a rune array.

Shi Feng knew that the fusion was complete, so he immediately took out the scorching ore and hammered it, gradually turning the ore into the shape of an Arcane Light Shield. There was also a layer of natural golden runes on the surface, making it look incomparably holy.

After hammering for a few minutes, it finally took shape. Shi Feng directly took out the Magic Spirit Crystals crushed into a black liquid and began to draw magic runes on the front of the shield.

Stroke by stroke, Shi Feng was fully focused and didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.

When the last stroke was completed, the natural runes on the shield actually combined with the magic runes, forming a new golden magic rune instead of the usual black magic rune.

"It must succeed." Shi Feng carefully clicked on Data Generation.

Although on the surface, this Arcane Light Shield looked perfect, and had even triggered the effect of the Rune Gold, whether it was confirmed as a success still depended on the final data.

One second... two seconds...

This time, a full twenty seconds passed, and the system still hadn't determined the specific data, which made Shi Feng a little anxious.

The longer the time, the more it meant that the system itself was hesitating, whether it was a failure or a success. Shi Feng's entire crafting process was excellent, but his success rate was only 30%. Only when the data was randomly determined to be more of a failure would the data loading be so slow.

Finally, after thirty seconds, the system gave an answer.

System: Forging Arcane Light Guardian successful, increased forging proficiency by 4 points, gained 80,000 experience points.