This initial hardening technique, developed from the insights of the Extraordinary Beastmen, can only be used when standing still, as it requires the body to remain immobile, essentially turning one into a large target.

At this stage, hardening can barely withstand the blunt blows of ordinary Beastmen, and fails to resist even the sharper Wooden Spear, let alone other sword-like weapons.

However, with this promising beginning, Austin believes that it will eventually be possible to develop a complete magic-modified Iron Block, akin to Gabura, which allows for mobility during attacks and even incorporating Iron Block into offensive combat.

The Extraordinary Beastmen in the Iron Block experiment group are continuously engaged in hammering training, but now they train with partners, rendering the strikes from ordinary Beastmen less beneficial for them.

The group is divided into two teams for training: one team focuses on resistance training while the other strikes, and then they switch roles after the training time is up.

During further development and training, the Extraordinary Beastmen in the Iron Block training group have begun to sense the linkage between Fighting Qi within their bodies and their muscle skin, repeatedly experimenting with harmonizing Fighting Qi with their physique, combining the most effective methods through continuous exchanges, gradually forming a battle technique prototype for Iron Block.

Soon after, when the Extraordinary Beastmen in the Iron Block experiment group use the Iron Block prototype, bystanders can even see the faint glow of Fighting Qi emanating from their skin, indicating that they have initially integrated Fighting Qi into the hardening, significantly enhancing their defense and gradually forming a battle technique prototype for Iron Block.

It is believed that over time, this Fighting Qi version of Iron Block will be capable of resisting sword and spear strikes and even Fighting Qi attacks, possibly extending to attack techniques based on Iron Block in the future.

The emergence of the Fighting Qi version of Iron Block indicates the possibility of the magic-modified Six Techniques appearing in this world, and Austin is thus excited.

Currently, he has not fully exploited the battle formation knowledge or other information on strengthening the Extraordinary Beastmen, so he intends to enhance the capabilities of the Beastman Transcendent before proceeding, planning in the short term to learn and emulate the navy in "One Piece" as a template, with Extraordinary Beastmen as leader officers commanding a group of ordinary Beastman soldiers, coordinating in combat to maximize their combined combat power.

Such cooperation is far superior to independent formation of armies from ordinary Beastmen and Extraordinary Beastmen.

In this military structure, the ordinary Beastmen have undergone rigorous training and their skills are adequate, though the Extraordinary Beastmen still require improvements in their combat strength.

The magic-modified Navy Six Techniques is presently Austin's method to significantly improve the solo combat abilities of the Extraordinary Beastmen.

However, Austin's excitement was short-lived; unlike the smooth progress of the Iron Block experiment group, the Gale Foot Slash Wave experiments encountered issues from the start.

"Weapons pose a real problem."

In this Fantasy World, there exist battle techniques similar to Earth Splitting Slash and Tornado Slash. These rudimentary techniques can basically be utilized with the presence of Fighting Qi within the body.

Based on these battle techniques, combined with the Gale Foot concept, it might be feasible to achieve a Gale Foot-like Slashing Wave for ranged attacks, potentially even more powerful than the original.

However, for a slash to be effective, at least a weapon resembling an Iron Sword, capable of enduring Fighting Qi and swift slashes, is needed!

Throughout various battles, the Dragon Nest Tribe managed to collect some Iron Weapons, but these were too few, mostly taken by the Goblins at the Goblin Manufacturing Workshop, and these weapons are mostly large items like Wolf Fang Clubs, Iron Rods, Iron Hammers, and War Axes of assorted designs.

Aside from these mismatched weapons not fitting Austin's vision of a unified weapon army, the Wolf Fang Clubs and Iron Hammers are incapable of delivering slashes. Even the War Axes, which barely fit battle technique needs, only have a couple of small ones, insufficient for Gale Foot Slash Wave training for the Extraordinary Beastmen.

Ultimately, Austin ordered the Goblins at the Goblin Manufacturing Workshop to make ten Ironwood Swords from a wood similar to Ironwood for the Extraordinary Beastmen to practice slashing techniques and channeling Fighting Qi to the Ironwood Sword.

But Austin knows this is only a temporary measure; these Wooden Swords, though sturdy in texture, fall far short of real Metal Swords in sustaining the fierce Fighting Qi and rapid tearing slash force.

To acquire enough Metal Swords for the Extraordinary Beastmen to use with Slashing Wave, Austin once again focused on the Copper Refining Blast Furnace at the Copper Mine Base.

"Your Highness, according to your methods, we've produced copper, but the weapons made from this copper are useless...."

Beside the Copper Refining Blast Furnace, Goblin Gulu, in charge of this area, presented a dark gray-yellow axe to Austin, whose edge was already dented and sunken.

"This axe was used only once for chopping a tree and only managed to peel off a corner of bark before ending up like this."

After over a month of exploration, aided by Austin's initial guidance, the Beastmen stationed there have overcome numerous challenges, finally refining copper and casting it into tools and weapons.

Yet the effectiveness of these tools seems far from satisfactory.

Perplexed, Austin examined the axe closely, noting the gray-purple hue revealed at the dented blade edge.

This is copper, rather pure copper!

Pure copper has good malleability, but unlike steel, it is unsuitable for manufacturing tools and weapons.

"Hah!"

Austin almost slapped himself; historically, weapons were made from Bronze, not pure copper. The copper refined through impure blast furnaces isn't pure copper, as it contains impurities like copper oxide, differing greatly from Bronze both in composition and in hardness and sharpness, rendering these copper products unsuitable for weapons.

"Bronze requires adding some metallic elements, either tin or zinc?"

Austin furrowed his brow, but soon he found sufficient information from his past life memories.

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