Today's fourth update: Chapter 1498! 4/4!
The ten master craftsmen took their seats, officially announcing the start of the first stage of the Myriad Races Forging Assembly!
The first stage was the preliminary selection, intended to select ninety forgers of various races who could enter the top-hundred finals.
It would last three days. During those three days, the forgers of every race could each display their own abilities, with no other requirements. The sole basis for comparison was that, once the three days ended, every contestant would present their final product.
The ten master craftsmen would compare them and select the best ninety finished products!
This process posed an immense challenge both to the contestants and to the ten master craftsmen serving as judges and evaluators!
For the contestants, if they failed to forge artifact-grade equipment at such a grand event, they would basically have no chance of squeezing into those ninety spots!
Of course, even forging an artifact did not necessarily mean they could rank among the top ninety!
After all, gathered here were those standing at the pinnacle of Forging Art among all races!
There were many ways to compare finished products.
The first was grade. As the saying went, everything beneath artifacts was but an ant. Everyone's goal should be to successfully forge an artifact!
Moreover, at an event like this, those pseudo-master craftsmen who had once relied on tricks had no opportunity to summon the Artifact Soul Pool. What was tested here was pure Forging Art!
The second was equipment tier.
As everyone knew, many factors affected an item's attributes, with grade and equipment tier being the two most important.
For example, setting aside special effects, an S-grade item worn by someone at the early Saint realm could potentially grant better attribute bonuses than a