"A Blood Refinement Fragment?"
Everyone looked at Shi Feng, whose expression held a trace of surprise, and couldn't help but feel curious about the broken blade wreathed in blood-colored energy lying on the ground.
The item was clearly no ordinary object, but everyone knew that even when Shi Feng had seen Epic-grade items drop, his reaction was usually pretty subdued. Yet now there was a hint of undisguised elation in his voice.
"Well, this just got interesting. In a bit, we'll prioritize taking out the Bone Demon Generals." Shi Feng stowed the Blood Refinement Fragment and spoke up.
"Guild Leader, is that thing really that valuable?" Shui Se Qiang Wei couldn't help but ask.
She had already inspected the Blood Refinement Fragment's attributes. It looked like as ordinary an item as they came.
Blood Refinement Fragment — Common Item. A shattered weapon shard containing a wisp of peculiar energy capable of absorbing surrounding life force.
The description mentioned that it contained special energy, but it was no different from any of the common items they usually picked up. It was completely unusable, at best just a collector's piece.
"More than valuable — extremely valuable. I'd wager every other drop from the Bone Demon General combined can't match this single item." Shi Feng smiled. "Don't let its Common status fool you. This is the kind of thing that drives Master Blacksmiths absolutely crazy."
"Drives Master Blacksmiths crazy?" Shui Se Qiang Wei was even more puzzled.
It was just a common item. What did it have to do with Master Blacksmiths?
"Exactly. Because this thing has a chance of being refined into a Forging Secret Technique," Shi Feng explained. "And if you collect enough of them, you can even refine advanced Forging Secret Techniques."
"No way — this thing can produce Forging Secret Techniques?" Shui Se Qiang Wei exclaimed in shock.
In the current Divine Realm, crafting professions had grown increasingly important, but among all of them, the Blacksmith stood out above the rest — one of the most valued professions there was.
And among Blacksmiths, the gap between those who possessed a Forging Secret Technique and those who didn't was enormous, both in terms of status and treatment.
Secret Techniques were unrepeatable. The items they produced were leagues beyond what ordinary methods could achieve.
It was similar to how Shi Feng could craft Advanced Magic Energy Armor Plates. Among all the armor plate blueprints he had obtained, not a single one could rival them in quality.
It was precisely because of Shi Feng's Forging Secret Techniques that Zero Wing had enjoyed so many advantages.
Now that the Blood Refinement Fragment could yield Forging Secret Techniques, its value was self-evident. No wonder Shi Feng was this excited.
The others all understood now.
But Shi Feng simply smiled at their realization, said nothing more, and had everyone continue taking out the Bone Demon Spirits and Bone Demon Generals.
The Forging Secret Techniques refined from Blood Refinement Fragments were far more complex than they imagined. They were techniques that could benefit even level 100 players — completely different from the Forging Secret Techniques one might obtain at low levels.
Not to mention that Blood Refinement Fragments could also yield advanced Forging Secret Techniques!
Any Blacksmith who could master an advanced Forging Secret Technique, even without being a Forging Grandmaster, was treated as nearly equivalent in status and value by the major superpowers.
In the Divine Realm, the stronger a player became, the less helpful external equipment grew, and the rarer items that could still make a meaningful difference became.
Items produced by advanced Forging Secret Techniques could benefit not only Tier 3 classes but even Tier 5 classes to a significant degree. And a Tier 5 class, in any superpower, would be absolute upper echelon — a figure who could dominate entire regions.