Terrifying Soul Tool Talent, the Concept of a Soul Tool Handgun

After his Martial Soul Awakening, Ye Chen followed Mu En's arrangements and spent some time learning about Soul Tools.

During the first year, he only completed his foundational forging training and did not study the inscription of core arrays.

Learning Soul Tools began with foundational forging. The most important part was forging, followed by shaping, quenching, and polishing.

Only after obtaining his second Soul Ring did he begin studying the inscription of core arrays. In just over a month, he completed the inscription of a Rank 1 Soul Tool Core Array.

And that was while he spent only a limited amount of time studying. His talent for Soul Tools left both Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo utterly amazed.

After seeing Ye Chen's astonishing talent for Soul Tools, they had even considered having him focus entirely on studying Soul Tools.

They could hardly be blamed for thinking that way. Ye Chen came every day to study Soul Tools in such a carefree manner, spent only one or two hours at it, and yet became a Rank 1 Soul Engineer in just over a month.

That talent made their eyes turn red with envy. Not only in Shrek Academy—even at Sun Moon Royal Academy, Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er were certain that Ye Chen's talent would stand at the very pinnacle. He had the potential to become a Tenth-level Soul Tool Master.

But when they thought of his talent in Martial Souls, they abandoned that notion. Ye Chen's talent in Martial Souls was simply too monstrous, even surpassing his talent for Soul Tools.

Ye Chen stared at the Soul Tool Core before him. Now that he knew just how monstrous his talent was, an idea sprouted in his heart.

Could he create a Soul Tool that did not require Soul Power to activate, one that ordinary people could use on the battlefield?

In Ye Chen's vision, he would inscribe a special array to store a soul master's Soul Power. Then, when it needed to be fired, it would not require Soul Power to activate and could unleash an energy wave comparable to a soul skill.

With this strange idea in mind, Ye Chen turned toward Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er.

"Old Qian, Senior Sister, I have an idea..."

After listening to Ye Chen's unusual proposal, Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er found it novel, but then they both sighed.

Looking at Ye Chen, Qian Duoduo spoke earnestly. "Little Chen, your idea is good, but it is simply too difficult to achieve."

"Looking back through the history of Soul Tool development, some Soul Tool Masters have proposed ideas like yours before. In the end, though, none of them succeeded."

Qian Duoduo shook his head, clearly not optimistic about Ye Chen's idea.

Ye Chen's idea was good, and he dared to think boldly, but actually bringing it to fruition was not realistic.

Hearing Qian Duoduo's words, Ye Chen also knew that his idea would be extremely difficult. But he did not give up. If he wanted to quit whenever he saw how difficult something was, then he would never accomplish anything in the end.

Still, he was not blindly confident. Soul Tools had developed for so long, yet countless Soul Tool Masters had failed to create such a thing. That meant there had to be serious difficulties involved.

What he needed to do now was deepen his understanding of Soul Tools as much as possible. Only then would he have a chance of realizing the idea in his heart.

With that in mind, Ye Chen's curiosity about Soul Tools was stirred, and he became even more motivated to study them.

From then on, Ye Chen spent every afternoon studying Soul Tools, and his attitude toward learning them became exceptionally serious.

This caused Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to reassess Ye Chen's talent for Soul Tools once again.

Half a month!

After completing the inscription of a Rank 1 Soul Tool Core Array, Ye Chen spent only half a month before he could inscribe a Rank 2 Soul Tool Core Array.

At the same time, he independently completed the creation of a Rank 2 Soul Tool and officially became a Second-level Soul Tool Master, leaving Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er utterly stunned.

Then, after another month and a half, Ye Chen successfully inscribed a Rank 3 Soul Tool Core Array.

What was even more outrageous was that after inscribing the Rank 3 Soul Tool Core Array—

With the cultivation of a Soul Grandmaster, he successfully inscribed a Rank 4 Soul Tool Core Array within the next three months, shattering Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er's worldview.

From studying Rank 1 Soul Tool Core Arrays to successfully inscribing Rank 4 Soul Tool Core Arrays, Ye Chen took only half a year.

Ye Chen perfectly demonstrated what it meant to "start from scratch and speedrun to a Fourth-level Soul Tool Master in half a year."

At this moment, in the Tenth Laboratory of the Soul Tool experimental area.

Ye Chen stood beside a massive metal worktable, constantly scratching his head.

Although he had gone from nothing to a Fourth-level Soul Tool Master in half a year, Ye Chen was not satisfied. He still had no clue whatsoever how to make a Soul Tool Handgun.

Moments without any inspiration like this were simply torturous.

Ye Chen looked at the Soul Tool Core Array he had inscribed on the metal table, shook his head, then gazed at the ceiling and sighed.

"I still thought too highly of myself. It seems my talent for Soul Tools is only ordinary after all."

Listening to Ye Chen mutter to himself, Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er, standing nearby, had their mouths twitch wildly. They dearly wished they could walk over and flick him hard on the forehead twice.

If your talent is ordinary, then aren't the two of us, who took years to become Fourth-level Soul Tool Masters, nothing but stupid pigs?

After silently complaining in her heart, Xian Lin'er saw Ye Chen's somewhat discouraged expression. She stepped forward, patted his shoulder, and comforted him.

"Little Chen, your idea is simply too far ahead of its time. Honestly, as long as you make Soul Tools normally, becoming a Ninth-level Soul Tool Master will be easy for you. Even becoming a Tenth-level Soul Tool Master is well within your reach."

Ye Chen was not particularly happy to hear Xian Lin'er's comfort. He was not very interested in the legendary Tenth-level Soul Tool Master.

His desperate study of Soul Tools now was merely to satisfy his curiosity and realize the idea in his heart.

Ye Chen was an extremely stubborn person. Once he developed a deep interest in something, he would do everything in his power to achieve it.

No matter how difficult the process was, he would give it a try and would not give up easily.

Knowing that he had no leads at all, Ye Chen decided to study more knowledge about Soul Tools.

Especially knowledge related to Soul Tool Handguns and similar devices.

Ye Chen then asked Xian Lin'er, "Senior Sister, does our academy have any theoretical books from the past about Soul Tool Masters' ideas for self-firing Soul Tools?"

Hearing this, Xian Lin'er lowered her head and thought for a moment. Then she looked at Ye Chen and slowly said,

"It seems our academy collected some before, but they should all be in the academy library."

Ye Chen's eyes immediately lit up. Hope rose within him, and he decided to spend every afternoon studying in the library.

Looking at the two heads of the Soul Tool Academy before him, Ye Chen asked them for an extended leave.

"Senior Sister, Old Qian, I won't be coming to the Soul Tool Laboratory anymore. From now on, I plan to spend my afternoons in the library."

"Besides, I've already successfully created a Rank 4 Soul Tool Core, far exceeding my teacher's requirements for me."