The day after the Metal Tree ascended into the sky, within the solitude of darkness, aside from the flashes of destruction that burst in the distance, a roaring sound emerged.
It came from beyond the city.
Apart from the loud clanging and collision of countless steel pieces, there were flecks of star-like light moving across the dark iron—the fleeting brightness of a massive welding torch in motion.
Sixteen large furnaces operated non-stop around the clock, depleting one-third of the city's metal reserves and eighty percent of its productivity. Combined with the incredible abilities of the Giant Beasts, layer upon layer of steely blue Steel Armour, glowing with a starry sheen, evenly enveloped the Behemoth's shell.
This granted the mountain-like Giant Beast invincible Armor.
It was brutish yet precise, as if an entire metallic city wall and war fortress had been carefully draped upon Huai Shi's form.
