As Shi Feng clicked to examine the dark-gray magic rune crystal, all the data displayed was unknown — there wasn't even a name.
"Can't be read?" Shi Feng grew even more curious and promptly activated the Eye of Omniscience to examine it.
Items were different from weapons and equipment. It was rare for an item to be unreadable — either its origins were too extraordinary, or it was so completely damaged that even repair was impossible.
The Eye of Omniscience activated, and a progress bar appeared.
"Twenty-two seconds — what an impressive item!" Shi Feng's eyes lit up as he watched the casting bar required to read the dark-gray magic rune crystal.
Even identifying an Epic-grade item only took around ten seconds, yet this dark-gray magic rune crystal required a full twenty-two — meaning its rarity and value far surpassed even Epic-grade items.
Then again, it made sense. Serving as the core of the magic array that sealed the entire Stone Claw Mountains, it couldn't possibly be an ordinary object. After all, allowing evil energy to blanket the entire mountain range — maintaining the defensive magic array around just a single city required an immensely powerful energy core, let alone one vast enough to cover the Stone Claw Mountains. The energy demanded by such an array was truly terrifying.
Finally, after twenty-two seconds, the data displayed for the dark-gray magic rune crystal was no longer unknown.
**Eye of the Evil God** — this item was crafted by an Evil God to break through dimensional barriers and conquer a realm. It contained a completely sealed small world within, capable of channeling that small world's power outward. However, because the converter equipment had been destroyed, it could no longer supply any power.
"It contains a small world inside? The Heavenly Burial Guild really is generous — willing to use a treasure like this to seal the entire Stone Claw Mountains." Shi Feng clicked his tongue after reading the description.
No wonder normal scanning had returned unknown data. Gathering information about an entire small world obviously couldn't be accomplished through ordinary means.
As far as Shi Feng knew, small worlds were exceedingly rare in the Divine Realm. Only those ancient gods possessed the power to seal an entire small world into a single object, and items that contained small worlds all wielded terrifying power.
Moreover, once a player gained control of such an item, they could enter and exit that small world at will.
Though small worlds couldn't compare to the otherworlds one could teleport to within the Divine Realm, they existed on the same tier of reality. And unlike those otherworlds, a small world was completely under one's control — its resources could be extracted freely, without the need to scavenge and fight for them the way one had to in an alien world.
Of course, in terms of raw resources, a small world couldn't match an otherworld. But each small world was essentially a mine owned by a guild, providing a steady supply of various rare resources.
However, compared to the resources themselves, the energy ores that could form within a small world were the truly precious treasures.
These energy ores were crystallized from the energy absorbed from the outside world, each one a supreme auxiliary material for crafting all manner of items. When forging weapons and equipment, an auxiliary material that could boost the success rate of crafting Dark Gold-grade gear by five percent was already a rare find. But energy ores could increase that rate by five to ten percent — and more importantly, every piece of equipment crafted with them was guaranteed to possess the Energy Ward effect, while every weapon would come with the Energy Resilience effect.
The Energy Ward effect enhanced the durability of equipment, making it far less likely to be destroyed. Against forces like the Power of Annihilation that dealt devastating damage to gear, the Energy Ward effect could mitigate that damage while also reducing durability loss.
Similarly, the Energy Resilience effect on weapons served the same purpose — reducing wear and tear.
In the early stages of the Divine Realm, players might not notice much of a difference. But as their levels climbed higher, these effects became increasingly significant. The stronger the monsters they fought, the more frequently they encountered situations that damaged or destroyed their gear.
If the equipment itself was of high quality, that was one thing. But anything below Gold-grade — fighting a powerful monster could easily leave gear completely wrecked, and that was nothing unusual.
This was why, the higher players' levels climbed in the Divine Realm, the greater their demand for weapons and equipment became. No matter how many dungeons they cleared or how much gear they crafted, the market would never reach saturation. In ten years across the entire Divine Realm, this had never happened — even Epic-grade items could be destroyed.
That was precisely why the major guilds needed to cultivate their own crafting players, especially those specializing in weapon and equipment production. The further the game progressed, the greater a guild's demand for gear. Sometimes, for a single battle, they needed to prepare an entire stockpile of new equipment — otherwise, midway through the fight, all their gear would break and they'd be unable to continue.
Crafting equipment with energy ores could dramatically reduce wear, saving the major guilds unimaginable amounts of money and materials.
Whenever energy ores appeared on the market, they were snatched up in an instant. The major guilds had spent countless resources trying to obtain them, but energy ores were incredibly rare — they couldn't even be found on the Divine Realm's continent. Only in unstable otherworlds could one hope to find them.
In his previous life, the major guilds had never stopped fighting over otherworlds in their quest for energy ores. Owning a small world that could reliably produce them — for the great guilds, that was the stuff of dreams.
As far as Shi Feng knew, in his previous life only a handful of super guilds and top-tier guilds had ever obtained a small world. And those few great powers had been noticeably stronger than everyone else when it came to clearing team dungeons and taking down field bosses.
Now, right before his eyes, the Eye of the Evil God contained a small world. How could Shi Feng not be excited?
He even felt a twinge of gratitude toward the Heavenly Burial Guild. If not for their desire to seal the Stone Claw Mountains, they never would have parted with such a precious treasure. If the Heavenly Burial Guild had offered the intact Eye of the Evil God directly in exchange for Stone Forest Town, he would have agreed on the spot — no need to conquer it by force.
But if the Heavenly Burial Guild actually knew the true value of the Eye of the Evil God, they would never have done something so foolish.
"I wonder if the God of War Temple can repair it." Shi Feng gazed at the Eye of the Evil God in his hand, unable to contain his excitement.
Though the Eye of the Evil God was damaged, it was repairable. The God of War Temple, with their familiarity with the Evil God Temples, might very well have the means.
With that thought, Shi Feng stored the Eye of the Evil God away and turned to examine the other drops.
The drops from this legendary evil demon and legendary evil beast were quite good — a total of two Epic-grade growth-type equipment pieces. One was a caster's robe, the other a tank's leggings. The rest were all Dark Gold-grade and Gold-grade equipment above level seventy, far too high-level for current players to equip.
Among the drops, there was also an Evil God Crystal — a pleasant surprise. And having slaughtered large numbers of evil demons, the Evil Energy Crystal harvest was enormous, totaling over ten thousand crystals. Just selling them off would bring in a massive fortune.
But Shi Feng had no intention of selling them. He planned to upgrade the Evil God Stone Tablet.
Thanks to the Evil God Stone Tablet, Zero Wing's arena had Advanced Battle Rooms, and it was precisely this that made the arena so popular. Unfortunately, the Stone Tablet could only cover a limited range, providing only a handful of Advanced Battle Rooms — enough to leave many skilled players giving up on waiting, severely limiting its appeal.
If the number of Advanced Battle Rooms could be increased, the arena's attractiveness to skilled players would grow enormously, and it wouldn't be impossible to draw in more top-tier players.
Now that he had over ten thousand Evil Energy Crystals, he could absolutely upgrade the Evil God Stone Tablet once more.
With that, Shi Feng deposited the weapons, equipment, and materials into storage and used a Guild Teleport Scroll to warp directly to Stone Forest Town.