Iron 'Sandbag'

"Young Master, placing one thousand kilograms will cover the entire surface of the anvil, preventing our Steam Forging Hammer from operating normally.

Moreover, these iron blocks haven't been softened with fire, making forging them very inconvenient."

Blacksmith Yuan was puzzled by Quan Yue's actions.

The giant anvil in the center was designed to work with the large cylindrical hammer suspended from the ceiling.

The Steam Forging Hammer.

This was the epoch-making product that Quan Yi had created step by step, using his limited knowledge and countless experiments.

The creation of the steam engine was actually a natural progression.

Because the Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop didn't have a river running through it, they couldn't use water-powered forging machines like the other Quan Family blacksmith shops to save manpower and time.

In addition, more than half of their blacksmiths had been transferred away, and the shortage of manpower meant they had to spend more time forging and refining materials.

Feeling somewhat inconvenienced, Quan Yi began working with Blacksmith Yuan to develop a machine that could automatically hammer using the kinetic energy of steam.

With it, they could easily forge large objects in their small Blacksmith Shop with only a few people.

From then on, everyone in the Blacksmith Shop saw Quan Yi as a god.

However, Quan Yi wasn't here today to use the Steam Forging Hammer to make tools.

Quan Yi smiled calmly, "Blacksmith Yuan, I'm not here to forge anything today. As for what I'm going to do, you'll see soon enough."

Quan Yi kept them in suspense.

Soon, the blacksmiths had stacked the iron blocks neatly.

A towering iron mountain was neatly piled above the large anvil.

Fortunately, they had just imported a large number of new iron blocks to manufacture a certain tool.

Otherwise, they might not have been able to gather one thousand kilograms of iron blocks.

With the Steam Forging Hammer, their efficiency had greatly increased. As long as they bought iron blocks, they could turn them all into high-quality Refined Iron in less than a day.

"You all step back a bit, preferably behind me. There might be some danger later."

After Quan Yi finished speaking, he strode towards the iron mountain.

Everyone consciously retreated, watching Quan Yi's back with bated breath.

Quan Yi's height and build were among the strongest of the blacksmiths, but he was still slightly dwarfed by the one thousand kilograms of iron blocks.

These unrefined iron blocks were much larger in volume than the same weight of Iron Essence.

Quan Yi looked up at the 'iron mountain' and summoned the Blazing Sun Gauntlets on his hands.

Quan Yi placed his palm on the iron blocks, and the Vermillion patterns of the Blazing Sun Gauntlets lit up.

Quan Yi maintained this posture for a full ten minutes.

Just as everyone was getting bored, the sharp-eyed Blacksmith Yuan let out a surprised cry.

"The iron blocks are turning red!"

The other blacksmiths quickly took a closer look upon hearing this.

"It's turning red, it's turning red!"

In just a few breaths, the black iron mountain gradually turned red.

It looked as if it had been scorched by a large fire.

"Is the Young Master using his Martial Soul's power to directly heat the iron blocks?"

One of the blacksmiths asked in surprise.

For most blacksmiths, they rarely saw Quan Yi use his Martial Soul, so it was normal to have such a question.

At this time, Blacksmith Yuan, who knew Quan Yi well, spoke up and replied, "That's right, the Young Master's Martial Soul is a rare Fire-attribute Martial Soul, softening iron blocks is as easy as pie.

But, haven't you noticed? The Young Master is heating the iron blocks directly from the inside, the color change is from the inside out."

"What!"

Everyone was immediately shocked.

Quan Yi, as if responding to the crowd, waited until the surface was red-hot before immediately removing his palm.

"Well, that's about right."

Seeing the color, Quan Yi nodded in satisfaction.

That's right, just now, Quan Yi was using his Fire Control ability to heat the iron block from the inside out.

The purpose of doing this was not only to ensure that the bottom anvil remained cold and hard, but also to allow the inside of the iron block to fuse together under high temperature and pressure.

Although it wasn't obvious from the outside, the iron block pile had already begun to fuse together.

Seeing that the heat was about right, Quan Yi stretched his body, and then, in the astonished gazes of the crowd, he swung his right arm heavily and struck the red-hot iron block.

"Clang!"

In an instant, countless Fire Stars burst out from the point of impact, just like a blacksmith hammering a piece of iron.

However, the number and range of the Fire Stars were definitely not something a blacksmith could produce with a hammer.

They could only see such brilliant 'fireworks' when using a Steam Forging Hammer.

But now, the one causing the 'fireworks' was a person.

Was this really power that a human could unleash?

Fortunately, the anvil below was a special product designed to withstand the Steam Forging Hammer, otherwise, it might not have been able to withstand this force.

"Clang!"

Quan Yi's next strike, with an interval of less than a second, struck the iron mountain again.

However, Quan Yi's expression darkened slightly, dissatisfied with the previous strike.

Because his second strike failed to perfectly utilize the recoil force of the first strike.

Quan Yi immediately stopped hammering.

With just two punches, Quan Yi had hammered a fist-deep indentation into the iron mountain.

Although the two punches accurately struck the same spot, Quan Yi failed to achieve the perfect, seamless feeling from before.

Quan Yi shifted his feet and came to the opposite side.

Again, he swung his fist and slammed it down heavily.

"Clang! Clang!"

After two more heavy blows, Quan Yi immediately shifted his feet.

Quan Yi's large hands, like forging hammers, hammered the four sides of the iron mountain in turn, according to a certain sequence.

"Young Master is forging."

Now, everyone finally understood what Quan Yi was doing.

"But, since we have a Steam Forging Hammer, why use this method?"

Another blacksmith raised the question again.

Blacksmith Yuan watched Quan Yi's exaggerated shoulder rotation, and the hammer blows that were heavier than the first each time, and he had some thoughts in his mind.

After a moment, he exclaimed, "Chaotic Cloak, Young Master's movements are just like the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique."

The young blacksmith beside him asked, "Master Yuan, what is the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique?"

Blacksmith Yuan explained, "The Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique is the strongest continuous forging technique among forging arts. It can perfectly unleash the blacksmith's power through continuous hammering, using the force of the blows.

It is the most powerful forging technique capable of removing impurities from metal."

"The most powerful forging technique? Is this Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique even more powerful than the Steam Forging Hammer?"

The young blacksmith questioned the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.

"Uh." Blacksmith Yuan was about to refute the young blacksmith, but, the next moment, he was suddenly speechless.

He had personally witnessed the power of the Steam Forging Hammer.

Its advantage lies in its ability to strike the same hammering point with the same force, accurately.

At the same time, its force can be increased by adding weight to the hammerhead.

In other words, from the very beginning, it can forge crude iron with the force that others accumulate only after eighty-one hammer blows.

The user only needs to gently turn the iron block being forged to easily complete the metal purification that others can only achieve with great effort.

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