Soul Tool Talent Assessment

The Soul Tool Experimental Zone was filled with a sense of technology, its mechanisms and gems creating a unique kind of beauty.

Although it was already late at night, quite a few students were still studying and practicing in the experimental zone.

Some gathered around long tables, scratching their heads as they pondered and discussed the construction of Soul Tools; others, Soul Tool Masters skilled in combat, were engaged in Virtual Combat.

However, when Xian Lin'er appeared in the Soul Tool Experimental Zone, the students were all greatly surprised and looked at her with immense admiration.

Xian Lin'er, known as the Martial God Douluo, had earned that title through genuine ability. She was one of the top Soul Tool Grandmasters on Douluo Continent, her strength no less formidable than that of the strongest Titled Douluo. Naturally, she was an object of worship for the students of the Soul Tool Department, who all regarded her as their role model.

Xian Lin'er gave instructions to the Soul Tool Department teacher on duty, activated her Exclusive Laboratory, and led Su Qingfeng inside.

The laboratory was vast. The entire room had been built from the finest Xuanjing Steel, giving it exceptionally high pressure resistance, while the other equipment was also the best Shrek Academy had to offer.

Fan Yu said with a smile, "This is the Training Room the dean uses personally. Even I normally can't get in here. It can withstand the training intensity of a Peak Level 8 Soul Tool Master. We're benefiting from the Saint Son this time."

"Are you sure I'm suited to study in the Soul Tool Department? I think its prospects are rather worrying."

Su Qingfeng voiced his doubts.

Xian Lin'er found it somewhat unbelievable and immediately refuted him.

"Qingfeng, how can you have such a misunderstanding? You should know that Douluo Continent once suffered greatly at the hands of Soul Tools."

"More than four thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Continent collided with Douluo Continent, and conflict erupted between the people of the two continents.

"The armies of the Three Empires, equipped with Hidden Weapons invented by our ancestor Tang San, one of the first Shrek Seven Devils, went to war with the Sun Moon Empire. Although the Sun Moon Empire was not strong in Soul Master cultivation, they had unique research into Soul Tools. These Soul Tools, activated by Soul Power, surpassed the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons in both overall power and attack range, resulting in devastating losses for the Three Empires of Douluo Continent."

"Later, the Soul Masters of Shrek Academy joined the battle and managed to reverse the Three Empires' defeat, but they still suffered grievous losses. That was why Shrek Academy established the Soul Tool Department afterward, researching Soul Tools and developing the Soul Tool Master system. Powerful Soul Tool Masters are likewise among the continent's strongest experts. Even Super Douluo may be unable to defeat them."

Xian Lin'er explained the development of Soul Tool Masters on Douluo Continent to Su Qingfeng. Su Qingfeng had already known roughly about these matters.

Clearly, Xian Lin'er did not understand what Su Qingfeng truly meant.

Soul Masters had no upper limit, while Soul Tool Masters did.

Because Soul Masters could become gods!

Although... Su Qingfeng did not particularly want to become a god.

After all, the God Realm had already become Tang San's home. If he went there, wouldn't he end up being kept like a dog of the Tang Family?

(╥ω╥`)

So, playing around with Soul Tools was not bad either.

Su Qingfeng still had quite a few ideas in his head. With the imagination inspired by modern technology, if he added some nuclear power to the Soul Tool technology tree, wouldn't it take off immediately?

"As for whether you are suited to studying Soul Tools, this is an attempt."

"Moreover, Qingfeng, your appearance has given our Soul Tool Department hope. To be honest with you, I have always wanted to teach you Soul Tools. I won't deny that part of it was because having someone as handsome as you by my side is pleasing to the eye, but it is also related to a plan."

Xian Lin'er suddenly became solemn.

"That is the Extreme Individual Soldier Plan."

Fan Yu spoke as well.

"That's right. The Extreme Individual Soldier Plan was jointly approved at a Sea God Pavilion Meeting before you came to the Sea God Pavilion. It is an extremely risky plan, but also one that could surpass the expectations of the Sun Moon Empire. Its purpose is to cultivate someone capable of changing the outcome of a local war through their own strength alone. Such a person is an Extreme Individual Soldier."

"An Extreme Individual Soldier not only needs tremendous individual strength, but must also be skilled in using and crafting all kinds of Soul Tools, as well as concealment, infiltration, and sabotage. They must be able to keenly identify the critical point of a war and either destroy or support it. An Extreme Individual Soldier is not a commander, but an artist capable of determining the outcome of a war."

"And you, Qingfeng—you seem as though you were born for this plan. With your potential to develop multiple Extreme attributes, you are destined to be someone who can unleash the greatest power of Soul Tools. Once our idea succeeds, you will become the strongest person across the two continents, enough to surpass even our teacher."

At that moment, Xian Lin'er was serious. This was something she and Fan Yu had always been devoted to, and the outstanding disciples of the entire Soul Tool Department were also striving toward this goal.

Xian Lin'er's words brought an image to Su Qingfeng's mind.

Determining the outcome of a war? Skilled at creation and destruction? Possessing sharp insight? Wasn't that just someone holding the launch button for nuclear weapons?

"Get into the control platform quickly. I can't wait to see what kind of power your Ultimate Ice will unleash when applied to Soul Tools."

Xian Lin'er directly activated the Training Room and motioned for Su Qingfeng to step into the control platform.

Very soon, the world before Su Qingfeng's eyes instantly changed, and a virtual scene appeared.

"Qingfeng, do you see the Soul Tool Cannon in front of you? I've set it with an Ice Element Gem. You need to focus your will, use your ice-element Soul Power to activate it, and hit the moving targets in the virtual world. This is a Level 2 World, and the creatures inside are roughly around Level 20."

Xian Lin'er's voice came through.

Su Qingfeng focused his mind. Before him stood a massive forest, within which tens of thousands of Soul Beasts were moving restlessly.

This was a virtual world created by simulating a Beast Tide erupting across the continent.

Soul Power surged within Su Qingfeng's body, and white mist and frost instantly appeared in the surrounding space. The cannon before him seemed to respond, the Soul Tool Material within it beginning to emit intense ice-element power.

Boom!

Su Qingfeng controlled the cannon and fired several blasts directly into the center of the Beast Tide.

A straight trail of ice formed along the path, before crashing solidly into the Beast Tide.

At that moment, Xian Lin'er and Fan Yu stared nervously at a large screen in the Training Room. This was a test of the crowd-control capability of a Soul Tool activated by the Ultimate Ice element.

When the values finally appeared on the screen, the system analysis voice sounded:

Hit Rate: 75%

Freeze Duration: 10 seconds

Frozen Area Score: 100

Firing Speed Score: 100

Average elemental power gathering time per shot: 0.5 seconds

Activation level of Ice Element Soul Tool Material per centimeter: 99%

The Level Two Soul Tool Stone's energy had been depleted. This test was over.

Test report: This test had broken the best recorded values for all Level Two Soul Tools in the Soul Tool Department, setting a new record.