Quan Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead, calming his slightly rapid breathing.
In the glow of the Basement fire, Quan Yi's sweating body rose and fell with his breath.
With his broad back, upright figure, and muscles honed through countless hammer blows, Quan Yi resembled a war god from ancient mythology, demonstrating his terrifying power.
Fifty-four consecutive strikes were the maximum number of consecutive hits Quan Yi had achieved after two years of training.
When he was forging just now, Quan Yi had held back most of his power.
If Quan Yi had unleashed his full strength, this Basement would have undoubtedly collapsed.
The terrifying power of a top Soul Douluo, accumulated over fifty strikes, would have surpassed the scope of a Soul Douluo.
Even with Quan Yi's strong body, exerting this level of power was definitely not easy.
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Blacksmith Yuan, who was watching Quan Yi's figure from the side, was mesmerized and couldn't help but applaud Quan Yi.
"Young Master, your forging level has already surpassed mine. Grandmaster, no, even a Divine Blacksmith is probably no more than this."
Blacksmith Yuan was not flattering; Quan Yi's performance in refining was indeed at the Divine Blacksmith level.
"Haha, you flatter me."
Quan Yi walked to Blacksmith Yuan's side and picked up a water glass to replenish his fluids.
He waited for the other blacksmiths to move the iron blocks again.
After Quan Yi mastered the precise techniques, the efficiency of forging iron greatly increased. The process just now used to take Quan Yi more than ten repetitions.
Performing fifty-four consecutive strikes only took a few minutes, but each time, the power and Soul Power consumed were considerable.
Therefore, the rest time between each session had to be longer than the forging time.
While Quan Yi rested, Blacksmith Yuan walked to the anvil and carefully examined the Iron Essence forged by Quan Yi.
The Iron Essence had already cooled, but when he got close to it, a scorching aura emanated from it.
Blacksmith Yuan placed his hand on it, and his palm felt like it was on a warm hot water bottle, giving off a warm sensation.
Gently stroking the surface of the metal, he could feel subtle bumps, which were the indentations caused by the flame patterns of Quan Yi's Gauntlets.
"The Blazing Heart Iron Essence forged by Young Master is becoming more and more extraordinary," Blacksmith Yuan praised sincerely.
Blazing Heart Iron Essence was the name Blacksmith Yuan had come up with, drawing inspiration from the coldest Heart Iron Essence on the continent.
The Iron Essence forged by Quan Yi was completely different from other Iron Essences.
According to Blacksmith Yuan's tests, the Blazing Heart Iron Essence made by Quan Yi had greater hardness and toughness than ordinary Iron Essence. Without a Steam Forging Hammer, Blacksmith Yuan wanted to forge...
Moreover, the Blazing Heart Iron Essence also had extremely high heat resistance and corrosion resistance.
For this reason, they also transported it to Hanhai City and used it on the outer iron plates of seagoing ships.
After specific experiments,
adding a certain proportion of Blazing Heart Iron Essence could greatly enhance the strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance of the outer iron plates.
What was even more amazing was that they also discovered that Blazing Heart Iron Essence had a very strong dispersing effect on Soul Beasts.
In order to determine the specific effect, Quan Li personally captured a thousand-year-old sea serpent Soul Beast and tested the effect of the Blazing Heart Iron Essence.
They took out ten kilograms of Blazing Heart Iron Essence and brought it close to the thousand-year-old sea serpent Soul Beast. The powerful Soul Beast, which had been causing waves in the sea, showed extreme fear.
After various tests, they found that Blazing Heart Iron Essence had a very strong suppressing effect on sea Soul Beasts.
Feeding some Iron Essence powder into the belly of a sea Soul Beast would cause the sea Soul Beast to experience extreme discomfort, and the power of the sea Soul Beast would also be greatly weakened.
After discovering such a major discovery, they realized the importance of Blazing Heart Iron Essence to them.
You must know that in this world, the most dangerous thing about sailing is not the rain and wind, but the countless sea Soul Beasts lurking in the sea.
Now, having the Quan Family discover a method that can effectively restrain sea Soul Beasts is undoubtedly a great advantage.
The Blazing Heart Iron Essence can have such a powerful restraining effect on sea Soul Beasts entirely because of the Ultimate Fire contained within it.
During the forging process, the Ultimate Fire attribute of the Blazing Sun Gauntlets naturally integrated into it, causing the ordinary iron block to undergo a wonderful change.
Having learned of this information, Quan Yi sent all the Iron Essence he had forged to Hanhai City.
Over two years, he accumulated and transported hundreds of thousands of kilograms of Blazing Heart Iron Essence.
Quan Yi clenched his fist and replied, "My hands feel good today. After fifty-four strikes, all the impurities have been removed."
"This finished product is more perfect than any before. The fiery aura is perfectly integrated into the metal as a whole, evenly and symmetrically. This can be considered a brand new metal."
Blacksmith Yuan's eyes lit up with a gleam, praising the Blazing Heart Iron Essence.
"Alright, Blacksmith Yuan, don't delay the other blacksmiths from moving it. I need to continue."
Blacksmith Yuan hurriedly got up and returned to Quan Yi's side.
"Young Master, I have something else I want to report to you."
"What is it?" Quan Yi asked, puzzled.
"When Young Master went to the Star Dou Great Forest, a new Bicycle store appeared in the city."
Quan Yi raised his eyebrows with interest and said, "Is there anything special about this Bicycle store?"
Blacksmith Yuan said with a solemn expression, "According to Quan Ying's report, the quality of the Bicycles produced by this store is comparable to those we produce.
Not only that, but they also imitate us, selling only ten units per day, and each one is priced at 10,000 Gold Soul Coins."
"Oh? I didn't expect imitators to appear in this city so quickly." Quan Yi continued to ask, "Blacksmith Yuan, have you confirmed the quality of the Bicycles they produce?"
Blacksmith Yuan nodded emphatically and said, "Quan Ying specifically bought one a few days ago and sent it to me. After testing, the quality of the Bicycles sold by the other party is not inferior to ours.
Although, overall, it is a bit rough, the quality is sufficient to withstand the power of a Soul King."
Quan Yi's lips curled up, and he continued, "The other side is purely hand-forged, right?"
Blacksmith Yuan nodded.
Quan Yi got up and laughed, "Interesting, the other side is completely targeting us."
"Young Master, if this continues, our business may be affected in the future. What should we do?"
Blacksmith Yuan asked.
Quan Yi replied, "Since the other side has launched a challenge to us, we must, of course, confront them head-on."
The next day.
Saus City, Inner City, in front of an ancient-looking shop.
Many gorgeously dressed Nobles arrived in Carriages, accompanied by servants, and stopped in front of the door.
The shop had no name, but there was a sign engraved with a Forging Hammer.
The fact that the shop, which had been open for less than a week, could have so many customers was all due to the fact that the Bicycles they sold were comparable in quality to those sold by Quan Yi.
Since Quan Yi limited sales to ten units per day, many people who couldn't wait would come here to buy them.
So, they could be said to have snatched away Quan Yi's customers.
However, this was normal business competition, and it could only be said that these people had the ability.
Inside the shop's Forging Room, a kind-looking, fat old man was wielding a Forging Hammer, vigorously forging a piece of iron.
At this moment, a man rushed into the Forging Room, ran to the fat old man's side, and said, "Master, the other side has made a move."
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