To be honest, when it came to forging skill alone, no one in the world could currently match Huo Yuhao. Forget a piece of scrap iron-even a stubborn lump of stone in his hands would far surpass that flashy but useless Silver-Scale Breastplate.
After all, this was the Douluo Continent of the Peerless Tang Sect era. The profession of blacksmith had yet to emerge on the continent; only a few forging techniques, compiled by dedicated individuals, had been passed down through the Blacksmith Association, and they had never reached any great heights.
In the future, the collision between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent would bring vast deposits of rare metals, while the rapid development of Soul Tools would create a human demand for high-quality materials. Only then would the blacksmith profession arise to meet the times. Huo Yuhao, however, intended to bring that moment forward considerably, creating Battle Armor-a world-shaking invention that would transform the landscape for Soul Masters and Soul Engineers!
The blacksmiths of Gengxin City might have been old hands at purifying and tempering metal, but when it came to bringing their aura into harmony with it, or even granting it spirituality, a soul, or life, not a single person on the continent could accomplish such a feat. Even Divine Craftsman Feng Yezi was no exception.
These blacksmiths could not even perform Spirit Forging, their highest achievement being Thousand Refinement with spirituality. Naturally, they fell far short of Huo Yuhao, who, thanks to Yao Lao and Elder Yi's joint research, could already perform Spirit Forging and Fusion Forging and had reached the threshold of the Saint Craftsman rank.
Under that single hammer strike from Huo Yuhao, the scrap iron, originally as dull and gray as the dirt on the ground, had turned a pure silvery