My Apocalypse Territory

A Holy Artifact could greatly amplify the strength of a Holy Tier Expert.

Even those at the Transcendent Tier, in theory, cannot unleash the full power of a Holy Artifact, but in their hands, the power they could exert is still much stronger than that of a Third Tier Divine Weapon.

It was an incomparable gap.

Tang Yu was considering the ownership of the Holy Artifact.

The strong always remained strong; he thought of using "the main trunk of the World Tree" to forge a suitable weapon for Nancy. In the previous battle, Nancy's combat power was slightly stronger than the Pope's, but it was clear that she could not compare to the Heart Demon Clan Expert who appeared later.

The gap might not be insignificant.

If Nancy could possess a Holy Artifact, she might have the power to contend with, even suppress, the Domain-Level Experts of the Heart Demon Clan.

The importance of a pinnacle expert's strength goes without saying.

In the duels of Domain-Level Experts, even Second Tier Transcendents would find it difficult to approach.

However,

after a brief exchange with Kevin, Tang Yu realized that his idea was too idealistic.

Using "the main trunk of the World Tree" as the main material, indeed any weapon could be crafted, but being fundamentally wood, forging a Heavy Sword would not truly bring out the special characteristics of the trunk.

The compatibility was not sufficient,

it was too wasteful!

Kevin suggested crafting either a Magic Wand or a suit of wood armor.

Armor was what Tang Yu wanted the most.

He was clear about his own role; strength? It didn't need to be top-notch, the ability to save oneself was the most important.

For several months, his research into Combat Skills and Magic had also leaned towards escape and defense types.

But it was not very effective.

If he could have a piece of Holy Artifact armor, he would probably be able to escape calmly even from Domain-Level Experts.

That was also Kevin's initial suggestion.

After some thought, he still refused.

Tang Yu knew that the number of times he went into battle was very few.

In the future, with more materials for Holy Artifacts, he certainly wouldn't mind crafting himself a turtle shell, but right now, with only enough to craft one Holy Artifact, it would be too wasteful to use it for himself.

"Let's craft a Magic Wand. Ask Eileen what she needs in a wand."

After this battle,

Eileen began to consolidate her strength and would soon break through to the Second Tier of Transcendence. Then, wielding a Holy Artifact wand, she would become the foremost person in Green Shadow.

He didn't mind giving her the first Holy Artifact.

"Make the creation of the Holy Artifact the top priority for the Equipment Department; all materials from the Logistics Department are open to you. Don't worry about waste, just focus on crafting the Holy Artifact as quickly as possible.

Of course, the power of the Holy Artifact must be assured."

After receiving the task, Kevin left, very excited.

To be able to engage in Holy Artifact crafting within his lifetime was something he couldn't even dare to dream of before being summoned by the Lord!

He was so agitated that his beard nearly flew off his face.

The creation of a Holy Artifact wasn't something that could be completed overnight.

Throughout the history of Origin Star, there were even Holy Artifacts that took thousands of years to forge successfully—those were exceptionally strong even among Holy Artifacts.

Crafting a Holy Artifact, similar to crafting Transcendent Divine Weapons,

involves two steps. The first step is the development of blueprints, that is, the crafting process for the Holy Artifact.

The second step is forging, which is the most difficult and time-consuming.

With the "workshop" available, the difficulty of the second step can be nearly ignored. Tang Yu was just curious about how many Source Crystals it would take the "workshop" to craft a Holy Artifact?

However, even the first step, developing the blueprints for the Holy Artifact, was like reaching for the sky for Kevin.

Master Level could craft Transcendent Divine Weapons.

Grandmaster Level could craft Domain-Level Divine Weapons.

But only higher-ranked Divine Craftsmen could craft Holy Artifacts.

After designing multiple Transcendent Divine Weapons and absorbing a vast amount of knowledge from the Holy City, Kevin had truly become a Manufacturing Grandmaster.

But it still wasn't enough,

Tang Yu had never requested, nor expected, Kevin to design a brand-new Holy Artifact.

Holy Artifacts, though unique.

Every piece of material containing the power of the laws needed a blueprint to match it.

However, they lacked uniqueness, yet shared similarities.

Materials for Holy Artifacts with similar rule powers and properties often shared many common aspects in their blueprints.

By chance, in the Holy City, he had acquired many blueprints for Holy Artifacts.

The nature and power, that closely resembles the "World Tree Main Trunk," there are also some.

Kevin only needed to stand on the shoulders of giants, to imitate and modify these Holy Artifact blueprints, he believed he would be able to design a set of true Holy Artifact blueprints.

And, he had quite a few sources of support.

...

The Royal Capital of Aino.

The cracked Heavenly Dome, the crisscrossing gaps, they no longer existed.

The sky wasn't gloomy anymore, the long-lost light was shining through, and one could even see a red sun, hanging high in the sky.

Most of the Dark Creatures within the Royal Capital had been slaughtered, with only a few slipping through the net, swiftly dealt with by the local nobles' organization.

The streets were littered with corpses—some from Dark Creatures, but more were human.

The manner of death was terribly tragic.

The Royal Capital was even more devastated, with a great number of buildings collapsed.

Led by Duke Morton, a group of top Transcendent beings were organizing manpower to begin post-disaster reconstruction, but from time to time, they would gaze complexly at a few figures standing atop a high building in the distance.

Not wearing black robes, but that aura, they were very familiar with it.

It was precisely those people from the "Black Robe Organization"!

The sky no longer rained down Dark Creatures, but the Transcendent-tier Dark Creatures that wreaked havoc within the Royal Capital alone were innumerable; even more so were the many Senior Transcendents from Alien Races whose individual Combat Power was stronger than that of the humans.

In terms of numbers, they were ten, even several tens of times more than the humans.

Even though many noble residences activated the "World Tree Array," the balance was still tipping bit by bit.

Many noble groups struggled desperately, still falling in the fierce battle in the end.

Others fled in panic, but were still hunted down and killed by the pursuing Alien Race.

Until those people appeared, with the force of destroying the dry and pulling the rotten, slaying the Alien Race powerhouses, exterminating the Transcendent-tier Dark Creatures, and saving the day.

A Holy Tier Expert after another entered the battle, some they were familiar with, some they were not, such strength, inspired awe.

The initial "Black Robe Organization" was merely the tip of the iceberg.

The Royal Palace had fallen,

Controlled by demons, the King, the Eldest Prince, and others, through a rift in space, Duke Morton and his peers could see everything clearly.

At one point, they even thought, the next moment would be the end of the world.

Now,

Though there had been a shift in royal power, many nobles in their hearts resisted, disdained, and loathed it; the Royal Capital was turbulent beneath the surface, but on the surface, temporarily, nobody dared to defy those mysterious people.

Combat Power, after all, was lying right there!

Therefore, the first command issued by the mysterious people was quickly carried out by the various noble families.

—Gather all the Grandmasters, Manufacturing Masters, Rune Masters, and Array Masters.

The battle that year in the Royal Capital caused heavy losses in high-level Combat Power, the strong beings of Second Tier Transcendent and above, dead or controlled; whereas Rune Studies Masters and Manufacturing Science Masters, being less powerful and most not even reaching Transcendent, actually survived securely.

Today, with the Heavenly Dome breaking open and the Black Tide arriving, these Masters, staying within the grand nobles' residences, suffered very low casualties.

In just a short moment, a side hall in the Royal Palace was filled with a luxurious assembly of two Grandmasters and dozens of Masters!

One of them was the Dual Grandmaster of Rune Studies and Array Study—Qilu.

Another was the Manufacturing Science Master—Bandi.

Many Masters present were following the lead of these two, gathering around them.

They waited in the spacious side hall, frowning from time to time.

"The 'Black Robe Organization' asking us to wait here, what exactly is their purpose?"

"How preposterous, not even a server or tea, do they still regard us Masters in their eyes?"

"Humph! They're probably just trying to establish authority!"

"Angering us, they offend the two Masters as well, isn't the 'Black Robe Organization' afraid that no one will forge Equipment for them in the future!"

Some people were impatient, some were angry, some restless, but there were also Grandmasters like Qilu and Bandi, sitting quietly to the side.

Tap, tap—

Footsteps could be heard.

The Masters looked up to see a dozen figures strolling in.

Leading them was an old man with a white beard nearly touching the ground.

By Kevin's side were his assistants, apprentices, the most talented Rune Masters and Manufacturing Masters Green Shadow had seen since its establishment.

Following them were several accompanying guards, with the follower Zhong Ping at the forefront.

Kevin's gaze swept over familiar and unfamiliar faces alike, he bowed with a smile.

"Greetings everyone, it has been a long time."

Among the crowd, quite a few Manufacturing Masters were astonished.

Wasn't that the Manufacturing Master Kevin who suddenly disappeared months ago?!