The Phoenix-Resting Wooden Blade could enhance the power of flames through martial might, while through refinement it could nourish and increase one's base attributes.
Ever since Jiang He had obtained it, he had cherished it dearly, carrying it with him at all times.
Now that he discovered it could not only be repaired but also strengthened, his joy was naturally beyond compare—
The Phoenix-Resting Wooden Blade originated from the ancient Phoenix Parasol Divine Wood. It was the companion product of the [Exotic Beast Phoenix] and one of the Council's most treasured resources.
As long as one obtained the Divine Wood, the Phoenix-Resting Wooden Blade could be reinforced, further boosting its growth effect!
"Next time, I could ask Teacher Zhong or Uncle Chi to customize a reward for me…"
The Council would never have imagined that the "World Destroyer" was lurking within the training camp, secretly devouring the very rewards they had prepared to combat the apocalypse.
With just a little more effort, he might even become humanity's hope against the apocalypse—the future "Savior"…
Both the one who destroyed the world and the one who saved it were him. Who could possibly play against such odds?
After leaving the appraisal craftsman, the next step was naturally to customize transcendent items.
At this moment, Xiao Xue had already been waiting eagerly for a long time.
She had returned to school several hours earlier, but since all the demon materials were stored in Jiang He's waist pouch, she could only watch others craft equipment and trade materials, itching with envy.
Now, with Jiang He accompanying her, she circled the plaza and used her allocated portion of materials to trade for a few she had previously set her eyes on.
She then exchanged some of her materials with other students, borrowing their talents to assist in crafting transcendent items…
After going through the whole process, it was essentially a demonstration in itself.
Jiang He also recruited several students, paying them with excess materials to help him craft equipment.
Once all transactions were complete, the group arrived at the newly built Craftsman Hall of the school.
The Craftsman Hall had been transformed from a teaching building. Each classroom on every floor had been remodeled into specialized workshops, filled with dazzling tools used for crafting various types of transcendent items.
Moreover, depending on the floor, the craftsmen's strength and scope of work varied.
The first-floor craftsmen were the weakest, but their range of services was the broadest.
Even with the lowest-grade and poorest-quality materials, they would still help forge items.
The drawback was that neither the success rate nor the quality of the finished product could be guaranteed.
The sixth-floor craftsmen were the strongest, but their scope of services was the narrowest.
They only accepted C-rank and above high-quality materials. Their crafting success rate was the highest, and the quality of their items was also the best.
If Jiang He wanted to forge the finest prosthetic leg or a superior treasured blade, he would naturally have to choose the sixth-floor craftsmen.
However, he had taken to heart the advice of the appraisal craftsman.
He did not rush to craft top-tier items. Instead, he first used relatively common materials to familiarize himself with the crafting process of transcendent items.
Only once he had gained enough confidence would he consider using the finest materials to forge truly supreme items!
At this moment, Jiang He, along with several classmates, sought out a fourth-floor craftsman to begin customizing transcendent items.
The first material he chose was the [Phantom Cloth] from the Phantom Demon.
This was a special demon resembling a spirit, draped in white cloth. It belonged to the spiritual type and could unleash attacks such as mental pierce and psychic shock.
It could also distort incoming ranged attacks, causing them to miss and land on empty ground nearby.
The appraisal craftsman had called this the "Deflection" trait, of medium quality.
The classmate Jiang He paired with this material was one of the few A-rank talent holders in the training camp.
His talent was [Barrier-Free Robe], which cloaked him in a robe of power, granting him the ability to penetrate everything and ignore all attacks—even spiritual ones—which would simply pass through him.
This was called "Barrier-Free."
However, this talent had its shortcomings.
When enveloped by the robe, although he could ignore attacks, he was also unable to affect others.
If he chose to be unaffected by light, he would turn invisible, but would also lose his sight. If unaffected by scent, he would lose his sense of smell. If unaffected by spiritual attacks, he would also lose his spiritual perception of the outside world…
The talent was strong, but the person himself was not strong enough.
In the first test, he had only managed a battle-energy ratio of 13.8.
Still, regardless of raw strength, his talent paired well with the Phantom Cloth dropped by the Phantom Demon.
With his cooperation, the craftsman successfully forged a brand-new C-rank transcendent item.
It took the form of a long gray-white cloak. When the hood was pulled up, it covered the wearer's entire body.
Effect: When worn, if an attack struck the cloak, there was a certain probability it would pass through the body, nullifying the attack. (The probability depended on the strength of the attack.)
The effect was powerful, yet somewhat impractical.
It was the same logic as the [Diviner] profession.
In actual combat, relying on "probability" was simply too unreliable—essentially gambling one's life on chance.
If one trusted luck too much and chose not to evade, betting on the item's activation, but the gamble failed, then the result was a direct hit—no different from courting death.
If one didn't trust luck and always dodged manually… then against unavoidable attacks, the cloak's effect would hardly ever trigger.
It seemed strong, but its practicality was very poor.
But Jiang He was different.
He possessed absolute intuition and could foresee the future!
He didn't need to trust in luck; he already knew the outcome of the next attack!
As long as he foresaw that dodging would trigger the effect, he could ignore the attack and immediately counterattack, forcefully trading blows with his opponent…
Such an effect was practically a divine artifact!
"To others, this is useless."
"To me, this is a divine tool."
"That's why the strong one isn't the transcendent item—it's me."
Thus, Jiang He named this cloak:
[Jiang He's Invulnerable Cloak]
After this lucky first success, Jiang He went on to customize three more transcendent items.
One combined the [Explosion Trait] with the [Destroyer Talent] to produce a consumable item.
[Name: Grenade]
[Rank: C]
[Effect: When activated, causes an explosion within a certain range, damaging all surrounding objects, with additional destructive power against transcendent forces.]
This served as a weaker substitute for [Sole Law of Self], capable of destroying transcendent powers.
It was especially effective against barriers, wards, and spiritual fortresses.
Another item was crafted purely from mask fragments, without any talent correction added.
[Name: Smiling-and-Angry Dual Face]
[Rank: C]
[Effect: When smiling face is outward, boosts mental strength, enhancing spiritual attack power. When angry face is outward, boosts physical strength, increasing destructive force.]
This transcendent item took the form of a mask, one side yellow, the other red, with different patterns painted on each.
Whichever side was worn outward determined its effect.
It provided flexible attribute enhancements.
The last item, however, failed due to the chosen talent being poorly matched with the material, and the material quality itself being mediocre.
The result was a D-rank transcendent item.
Normally, as a D-rank transcendent, Jiang He could still make decent use of a D-rank item.
But since he had plenty of top-grade materials to choose from, such low-level items didn't interest him.
He tossed it into a corner of his waist pouch, where it gathered dust alongside the Stealth Insignia.
"If one wants to craft transcendent items related to talents, then material selection becomes extremely critical…"
After this hands-on experience, Jiang He felt his expertise had grown considerably.
He stopped crafting further transcendent items, transferring Xiao Xue's share of materials into the resource warehouse before returning to rest.
It was Wednesday now—only two days until Friday.
If he exhausted his resources now, and when his talents refreshed a future emerged that specialized in transcendent resources, wouldn't he regret it?
Most importantly, the actual combat was already over. Crafting equipment could wait a day or two.