A Sudden Inspiration: The Birth of the Soul Tool Handgun

But when Ye Chen heard what this Soul Tool could do, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Automatic?!"

Ye Chen hurriedly snatched the Soul Tool Camera from Ling Luochen's hand and, without another word, directly dismantled its outer casing.

Ling Luochen, standing nearby, was full of confusion and was about to say something. But when she saw the utter seriousness in Ye Chen's eyes—

Ling Luochen chose to stay quiet. Rather than disturb him, she watched his baffling actions from the side.

Ye Chen removed the outer and inner casings of the Soul Tool until he found a purple metal block.

That was the core formation of the Soul Tool, and also its most important component.

Ye Chen carefully studied the formation engraved on the purple metal block, not daring to blink for fear of breaking his train of thought.

"Brilliant! Which genius came up with this? This is incredible!"

Shock flashed through Ye Chen's golden eyes. The core formation of this Soul Tool Camera was neither simple nor complicated.

It simply required a more abstract way of thinking during its creation. Put simply, making this Soul Tool required an abstract mind.

Judging by the Soul Tool Camera's grade, it was merely a Rank 1 Soul Tool.

Moreover, judging by the structure of its core formation, its creator should not have been particularly skilled. Yet he had come up with a line of thought that countless Soul Tool Masters had failed to conceive over thousands of years.

The structure of this Soul Tool Camera's core formation gave Ye Chen tremendous inspiration. His mind was now filled with all kinds of ideas he wanted to try.

"Sister Luo Chen, you really are my lucky star."

Holding the purple metal block, Ye Chen happily jumped up, hugged Ling Luochen, planted a French kiss on her forehead, and then ran back toward Shrek Academy.

Ling Luochen was left stunned by Ye Chen's sudden action. By the time she recovered, he had already vanished from sight.

"This is the first time Little Chen has taken the initiative. It feels a little different."

Ling Luochen held her small face in her hands, repeatedly savoring the feeling from just now.

Carrying the Soul Tool Camera's core formation, Ye Chen hurried back to the Soul Tool Laboratory at Shrek Academy.

At the enormous metal worktable, he placed the purple metal block down, picked up his Soul Tool Engraving Knife, and took dozens of special metal blocks from a drawer.

Following the ideas in his mind, Ye Chen selected an unengraved piece of metal.

Then, according to his vision for a Soul Tool Handgun, he began engraving a core formation onto the brand-new metal.

Ye Chen held a small knife, his attention completely focused on the metal block as he carefully inscribed the formation.

When he carved the final stroke, the metal block immediately emitted a beam of light half a zhang high. Ye Chen looked at the nearly completed formation, his eyes brimming with excitement.

After seeing the completed core, Ye Chen began assembling the outer and inner casings of the Soul Tool Handgun.

However, after Ye Chen finished assembling it, the Soul Tool Handgun did not turn out as he had imagined. Seeing this, Ye Chen recalled the details of his engraving.

He then took out another brand-new metal block and began engraving again, placing one Soul Tool core after another on the metal worktable.

Yet none of these Soul Tool cores met his standards. In a single night, Ye Chen used up more than a dozen pieces of special metal meant for creating Soul Tool cores.

But heaven would not disappoint a child blessed with talent, hard work, and perseverance. Finally, with the last piece of special metal in the laboratory, Ye Chen created a Soul Tool core that satisfied him.

Ye Chen combined the outer and inner casings of the Soul Tool Handgun with this Soul Tool core, and a Soul Tool that required no Soul Power to activate was born.

This Soul Tool Handgun, enough to shake the history of Soul Tool development, was born in the Tenth Laboratory of Shrek Academy's Soul Tool experimental area.

Ye Chen quickly picked up the Soul Tool Handgun he had made. Without activating any Soul Power, he pressed its button, and an energy wave instantly shot from its barrel.

A pale purple ray streaked toward the discarded Soul Tool parts in the laboratory.

Bang—

The discarded Soul Tool parts were instantly blasted away. The ray was comparable to a Soul Master's full-power strike with their First Soul Skill.

The Soul Tool Handgun Ye Chen had made was only a Rank 1 Soul Tool to begin with. He felt that this effect was already quite good.

As for higher-level Soul Tool Handguns, or even the Soul Tool Nuke he had envisioned, Ye Chen believed that he would definitely be able to make them someday.

Perhaps this was the confidence of a genius—no, a monster.

"Success! I really am a once-in-eternity genius!"

Ye Chen shouted happily.

After fulfilling his vision for the Soul Tool Handgun and truly creating one, Ye Chen could no longer wait to share his joy with someone else. Carrying the Soul Tool Handgun in his hand, he ran toward the Soul Tool Department Dean's office. How could he not let his senior sister know this news?

Bang—

Ye Chen brutally kicked open the door, startling Xian Lin'er in the office.

She had just been about to lose her temper, but when she saw that it was her junior brother, she swallowed her anger.

"Little Chen, did you run into some problem?"

Xian Lin'er thought Ye Chen had encountered some difficulty with a Soul Tool and immediately prepared to answer his questions.

After all, Ye Chen was a prized treasure in her eyes. With his heaven-defying talent for Soul Tools, if properly nurtured, he might even have a great chance of becoming a supreme Tenth-level Soul Tool Master in the future.

One had to know that Shrek Academy did not currently have even a Ninth-level Soul Tool Master, let alone a Tenth-level Soul Tool Master one rank higher.

At present, Xian Lin'er was Shrek's highest-ranked Soul Engineer, but she was only a Rank 8.5 Soul Tool Master.

Ye Chen looked at the relaxed Xian Lin'er and said excitedly.

"Senior Sister, I completed my vision!"

"Oh, so you completed your vision. That's very good."

"Wait, what did you say?!!!"

"You said you completed your vision!!!"

At first, Xian Lin'er did not realize the seriousness of what Ye Chen had said.

Only after she recovered did she understand just how shocking his words were.

"You mean you made that Soul Tool that ordinary people can use without Soul Power?"

Xian Lin'er questioned Ye Chen again, finding it hard to believe. A problem that countless Soul Tool Masters had failed to solve for thousands of years had been solved by her Fourth-level Soul Tool Master junior brother?

Seeing that Xian Lin'er still did not believe him, Ye Chen handed her the Soul Tool Handgun in his hand.

"Senior Sister, you can try it."

Xian Lin'er looked at the Soul Tool Handgun in Ye Chen's hand, took it, and fired toward the wall.

A pale purple ray immediately shot from the Soul Tool Handgun, leaving a large hole in the wall.

After firing at the wall, Xian Lin'er fell into deep thought. Only after a while did she recover, staring continuously at the Soul Tool Handgun in her hand as though admiring the most beautiful work of art in the world.