Quanyi wiped the sweat from his forehead, calming his slightly rapid breathing.
In the light of the basement fire, Quanyi's sweating body rose and fell with his breath.
With his broad back, upright posture, and the muscles honed by countless hammer blows, Quanyi at this moment resembled a war god from ancient mythology, demonstrating his terrifying power.
Fifty-four consecutive strikes was the highest number of consecutive strikes that Quanyi had achieved after two years of training.
When he had just started forging, Quanyi had held back most of his power.
If Quanyi had unleashed his full power, this basement would definitely have collapsed.
The terrifying power of a top-level Soul Douluo, accumulated over fifty strikes, would have exceeded the scope of a Soul Douluo.
Even with Quanyi's strong body, unleashing this level of power would definitely not be easy.
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Watching Quanyi's figure from the side, the blacksmith Yuan was enraptured and couldn't help but applaud Quanyi.
"Young Master, your forging level has already surpassed mine. Grandmaster, no, even a Divine Craftsman is no more than this."
Blacksmith Yuan was not flattering; Quanyi's performance in refining had indeed reached the level of a Divine Craftsman.
"Haha, you flatter me."
Quanyi walked to Blacksmith Yuan's side and picked up a water glass to replenish his fluids.
He quietly waited for the other blacksmiths to move the iron blocks again.
After Quanyi mastered the precise techniques, the efficiency of forging iron greatly increased. Quanyi had to repeat the previous process more than a dozen times.
Performing a fifty-four-strike combo only took a few minutes, but each time he performed it, the power and soul power consumed were considerable.
Therefore, the rest time between each strike was longer than the forging time.
Taking advantage of Quanyi's rest, Blacksmith Yuan walked to the anvil and carefully examined the iron essence forged by Quanyi.
The iron essence had already cooled, but when he got close to it, a scorching aura emanated from the iron essence.
For this reason, they also transported it to Vast Sea City and applied it to the outer iron plates of the sea 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.
Moreover, what was even more amazing was that they also discovered that the Blazing Heart Iron Essence had an extremely strong dispelling effect on sea soul beasts.
In order to determine the specific effect, Quan Li personally captured a thousand-year 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 placed it close to the thousand-year sea serpent soul beast. The powerful soul beast, which was causing waves in the sea, showed extreme fear.
After various tests, they found that the Blazing Heart Iron Essence had a very strong suppressive effect on sea soul beasts.
Feeding some iron essence powder into the sea soul beast's stomach would cause the sea soul beast to feel extremely uncomfortable, and the sea soul beast's power would also be greatly weakened.
After discovering such a major discovery, they realized the importance of the Blazing Heart Iron Essence to them.
You must know that sailing in this world, the most dangerous thing is not the rainstorm, but the countless sea soul beasts lurking in the sea.
Now, having the means discovered by the Quan family to effectively restrain sea soul beasts was undoubtedly like adding wings to a tiger.
The Blazing Heart Iron Essence could have such a powerful restraining effect on sea soul beasts entirely because of the ultimate fire contained within it.
During Quanyi's forging process, the ultimate fire attribute of the烈阳hand armor naturally merged into it, causing the ordinary iron block to undergo a wonderful change.
Knowing this information, Quanyi sent all the iron essence he forged to Vast Sea City.
Over two years, he accumulated and transported hundreds of thousands of kilograms of Blazing Heart Iron Essence.
Quanyi clenched his fist and replied, "My hands feel good today. After hitting it fifty-four times, I just removed all the impurities."
"This time's finished product is more perfect than any previous one. The fire aura is perfectly integrated into the entire metal, even, and uniform. This can be considered a brand-new metal."
Blacksmith Yuan's eyes lit up with excitement, and he praised the Blazing Heart Iron Essence.
"Alright, Blacksmith Yuan, don't delay the other blacksmiths from moving it. I still have to continue."
Blacksmith Yuan hurriedly got up and returned to Quanyi's side.
"Young Master, I have something else I want to report to you."
"What is it?" Quanyi asked in confusion.
"When the Young Master went to Star Dou Great Forest, a new bicycle specialty store appeared in the city."
Quanyi raised his eyebrows with interest and said, "Is there anything special about this bicycle store?"
Blacksmith Yuan said with a solemn expression, "According to the report from Lord Quan Ying, the quality of the bicycles produced by this bicycle store is comparable to the bicycles we produce.
Not only that, they also imitate us, only selling ten bicycles a day, and each bicycle costs 10,000 gold soul coins."
"Oh~, I didn't expect imitators to appear in this city so quickly." Quanyi continued to ask, "Blacksmith Yuan, have you confirmed the quality of the bicycles they produce?"
Blacksmith Yuan nodded heavily and said, "Lord Quan Ying specially bought one a few days ago and sent it to me. After testing, the bicycles sold by the other party are not inferior to ours in quality.
Although, overall, it is a bit rough, but the quality is enough to withstand the power of a Soul King level."
Quanyi's mouth curled up, and he continued, "The other party is purely hand-forged, right?"
Blacksmith Yuan nodded.
Quanyi got up and smiled, "Interesting, the other party is completely aiming at us."
"Young Master, if this continues, our business may be affected in the future. What should we do?"
Blacksmith Yuan asked.
Quanyi replied, "Since the other party has launched a challenge to us, of course, we have to confront them head-on."
The next day.
Saus City, inner city, in front of an ancient shop.
Many gorgeously dressed nobles, riding in carriages and accompanied by servants, stopped in front of the door.
The shop did not have a name, but there was a sign engraved with a forging hammer.
The shop, which had been open for less than a week, could have so many customers because the quality of the bicycles they sold was comparable to the bicycles sold by Quanyi.
Since Quanyi only sold ten bicycles a day, many people who couldn't wait would come here to buy them.
So, they can be considered to have stolen Quanyi's customers.
However, this is also normal business competition. It can only be said that these people are capable.
Inside the forging room inside the shop, a kind-looking fat old man was holding a forging hammer and vigorously forging an iron block.
At this time, a man rushed into the forging room, ran to the fat old man's side, and said, "Master, the other party has made a move."
