Making Soul Tool Cannonballs

After leaving Ye Yingluo's place, Su Hao returned to the dormitory.

Over the next few days, Su Hao and the others attended theory classes in the mornings. In the afternoons, under Ye Yingluo's guidance, they underwent targeted training based on the abilities of their individual Martial Souls. At night, Su Hao read through the Soul Tool books.

Then, early Saturday morning, Su Hao left the school, took a taxi, and arrived at the Spirit Pagoda.

After arriving at the Spirit Pagoda, Su Hao headed straight for the elevator and rode it to the top floor. When the Spirit Pagoda employees saw him arrive, they simply continued with their own work.

It turned out that after Su Hao had left the Spirit Pagoda last time, Cao Hongwen had used a Soul Tool to notify everyone. Coupled with Qin An's small-scale publicity, most of the lower-ranking staff in the Spirit Pagoda now recognized Su Hao. They had also learned that Su Hao was very likely to become Pagoda Master Cao's disciple, so they tactfully refrained from disturbing him.

Following the route Qin An had shown him last time, Su Hao skillfully made his way to the door. He then politely stood before it and knocked.

After receiving permission to enter, Su Hao pushed open the door and walked in.

Seeing Su Hao enter, Cao Hongwen, who was seated behind the desk, spoke.

"Su Hao, have you finished reading all the books I gave you?"

After Su Hao answered affirmatively, Cao Hongwen randomly selected several questions from the books he had given Su Hao and asked them.

Su Hao immediately answered each question. Hearing that all his answers were correct, Cao Hongwen knew that Su Hao had studied the books seriously.

Cao Hongwen rose to his feet and called for Su Hao to follow him.

Then Cao Hongwen led Su Hao into an elevator. After entering a string of numbers, the elevator began moving.

Soon after, Su Hao sensed that the elevator beneath his feet was taking them underground, below the Spirit Pagoda.

When he stepped out of the elevator, Su Hao saw a straight silver corridor before him. Rooms lined both sides of the silver corridor.

Cao Hongwen led Su Hao out of the elevator and walked deeper into the corridor.

The doors to all those rooms were tightly shut. Through the glass on some doors, it was possible to see what was happening inside, while even more rooms had been completely sealed off.

Before long, Cao Hongwen led Su Hao to the end of the corridor. He opened one of the rooms and walked inside, with Su Hao following closely behind.

Upon entering, Su Hao saw Cao Hongwen standing before a workbench. Cao Hongwen spoke.

"Su Hao, you've just proven your theoretical knowledge to me. Now, show me how you fare in practice.

"You may use any of the materials here. Your main task today is to use these materials to make a Soul Tool for me to inspect."

Hearing Cao Hongwen's words, Su Hao walked over to the workbench and examined the tools before him. He found that the materials were sufficient to create a third-grade Soul Tool. With the help of his entries, he should have reached the level of a third-grade Soul Engineer, so making a third-grade Soul Tool would not be a problem for him.

However, to be safe, Su Hao decided to make a second-grade Soul Tool Cannon. Once he had decided, he immediately began crafting it.

At first, Cao Hongwen could still understand Su Hao's crafting principles, but as time went on, he gradually became unable to follow them. So he fell silent and waited for Su Hao to finish.

As time passed, Cao Hongwen gradually realized that Su Hao was making an unknown kind of Soul Tool Cannonball.

Just as Cao Hongwen was about to stop him, he heard Su Hao say, "Pagoda Master Cao, I've finished assembling my Soul Tool."

Cao Hongwen immediately spoke sternly.

"Su Hao, do you know how dangerous what you did today was?

"You actually dared to make a Soul Tool Cannonball the moment you started!

"What if you had accidentally detonated it just now?

"Although I'm strong enough to retreat unharmed from the blast of this Soul Tool Cannonball,

"Even if I saved you before it exploded, you would still inevitably be injured.

"Don't be so reckless next time. At the very least, make sufficient preparations before crafting Soul Tool Cannonballs."

After scolding Su Hao, Cao Hongwen spoke to him again.

"Remember what I just said, Su Hao. You must not be this reckless again.

"Now, introduce this Soul Tool Cannonball of yours. At first, I could understand it, but later on, I couldn't understand why you engraved both water- and fire-attribute Soul Tool emission arrays, which counter each other, along with that lightning-attribute formation."

Hearing Cao Hongwen's question, Su Hao explained.

"Pagoda Master Cao, the Soul Tool Cannonball I made isn't an explosive cannonball meant for large-scale destruction. It's an entirely new type of Cleaning Cannonball."

"Cleaning Cannonball."

Cao Hongwen murmured to himself. Su Hao immediately continued.

"That's right, a Cleaning Cannonball.

"Over the past few years, I've watched books and some Alliance videos. I discovered that when the Alliance wants to clear out an area while preserving the information within it, they can only send Soul Masters there to kill the enemy.

"But during battle, Soul Masters inevitably damage parts of the area.

"And those damaged places may very well contain information the Alliance needs.

"If they use Soul Tool Cannonballs to bombard the area, they'll cause extensive damage to the terrain and destroy even more information.

"So I developed this kind of Soul Tool Cannonball first. It doesn't explode after being fired.

"Only the point where it lands suffers a certain degree of damage.

"Then, at the impact site, the cannonball releases steam and electrical currents within a certain range. The steam dries out the water in the bodies of low-grade Soul Masters and ordinary personnel within that range.

"The electrical current paralyzes the Soul Masters and people within that range who are capable of escaping. Then the released steam dries out the water in the bodies of the completely paralyzed Soul Masters.

"In this way, it can kill enemies while preserving the information."

Hearing Su Hao's introduction, Cao Hongwen's eyes widened. Just as Su Hao had said, it was not only the Alliance that suffered information losses. When the Spirit Pagoda captured traitors, excessive firepower could also lead to the loss of information and damage to buildings.

If this cannonball truly worked as Su Hao described, it would become another trump card for the Spirit Pagoda.

Cao Hongwen then led Su Hao to another room to test the cannonball.

Afterward, Cao Hongwen had someone bring over more than a dozen Soul Beasts and confine them in an open area not far away.

Then Cao Hongwen fired the Soul Tool Cannonball at the dozen or so Soul Beasts.