Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell

Feng Tianyu wore an expression of being taught:

"Dean Qian, you are right. The design of the Gatling Heavy Machine Gun and its ammunition is too subversive. Low consumption, immense power, and rapid fire—once released, it would cause the status of soul masters to plummet, making Grey Wolf and me the targets of everyone's ire."

Feng Tianyu then turned to look at Grey Wolf:

"Grey Wolf, this firearm design is too ahead of its time. It seems we must also put our plans for large-caliber artillery and heavy cannons on hold."

"We will stop working on era-defining designs for now and focus our efforts on Fixed Soul Tools, specifically solving the issue of Fixed Soul Guidance Shells being difficult to hit targets with."

"I believe that with your world-shaking wisdom, this will surely be no problem at all."

Grey Wolf's eyes curved, his pride written all over his face:

"What a bother! Just because you're wary of how other soul masters might react, you're actually leaving such an era-defining weapon unused!"

"But since you've acknowledged this Great King's world-shaking wisdom, I shall indulge you slightly and solve the problem of Fixed Soul Guidance Shells failing to hit their marks."

"We just need to add a tracking design; no matter how the enemy dodges, the shell will simply chase them down."

Grey Wolf spoke as if it were the simplest thing in the world!

Feng Tianyu also felt there would be no issue:

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

Only Qian Duoduo, standing to the side, felt that Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf were simply indulging in wild fantasies.

The difficulty of hitting enemies with Fixed Soul Guidance Shells was a problem that plagued every soul master.

After all, enemies would not stand there foolishly waiting to be aimed at, and the movement speed of soul masters was far from slow.

Even if a Fixed Soul Guidance Shell possessed unparalleled power, it meant nothing if it couldn't hit the target.

Originally, Qian Duoduo and his colleagues were planning whether to recruit spirit-type soul masters to become soul masters, hoping they could use their spiritual power to lock onto an enemy's position and improve the hit rate of the Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.

However, as Qian Duoduo looked at the era-defining design of the Gatling Heavy Machine Gun, a thought popped into his mind: perhaps Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf could truly give him a surprise.

"Feng Tianyu, Grey Wolf, then go ahead and try boldly. If you can truly create a tracking design, you will have solved a major problem for our Soul Guidance Department."

"Feel free to use any of the Soul Guidance Metal in my workshop; if you run out, I'll just go requisition more."

Feng Tianyu said, full of confidence:

"I believe in Grey Wolf!"

"Let's pack up and head back to the workshop. These shell casings and bullet heads can all be recycled; we can't let them go to waste!"

Following this, Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf collected the 12,000 shell casings from the ground, while Qian Duoduo went to the cast-iron wall to pry out the 12,000 bullet heads embedded within.

As he pried them out, he couldn't stop marveling:

"Truly a genius design! By combining the simplest Combustion Array and Explosion Array, they've designed such a terrifying weapon!"

"Grey Wolf, this mutated external martial soul is born for the sake of soul tools!"

Two months later!

Back in the same Test Area No. 4!

When Qian Duoduo was dragged over by Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf, he was completely stunned.

Because Feng Tianyu told him that Grey Wolf had already designed the Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, and he was here to help test it.

A mere two months! A problem that others couldn't solve in decades had been resolved by Grey Wolf so quickly.

This was truly a massive surprise!

Qian Duoduo asked curiously:

"What exactly is this Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell?"

Feng Tianyu, struggling to contain his laughter, took a 1.5-meter Fixed Launcher out of his storage soul tool, along with a Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell the thickness of an adult's arm.

While Grey Wolf stood with his paws crossed, looking smug, Feng Tianyu took an ordinary carbon pen out of his storage soul tool.

He looked at the humanoid target a hundred meters away, then used the ordinary carbon pen to draw the shape of the humanoid target onto the Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.

After finishing the drawing, he shoved the Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell into the Fixed Launcher.

He then held the launcher, now loaded with the shell, up in front of Qian Duoduo:

"Dean Qian, this is a fourth-level Fixed Soul Guidance Shell. I only have 17th-rank soul power right now; even if I exhausted all my soul power, I couldn't fire this shell, so I have to ask for your help."

"You don't need to aim at the humanoid target; you can fire it at the sky or the ground. You don't need to aim at all—the shell will automatically fly toward the humanoid target."

Traditional Fixed Launchers were truly trash!

They were the typical design of "brute force," compressing a massive amount of soul power to propel the Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.

Even if the launcher and the shell were separate, one needed at least the cultivation of a Soul Elder to use a fourth-level Fixed Soul Tool.

Now, after three months of cultivation, Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf had only increased their soul power by two ranks, from 15 to 17, making them completely unable to use fourth-level Fixed Soul Tools.

It was no wonder that in the original story, when Huo Yuhao added the Godly Zhuge Crossbow mechanism to the Fixed Launcher, lowering the requirements for use significantly, it made Jing Hongchen, the Hall Master of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's Mingde Hall, so restless that he spent massive resources just to trade for a draft.

The soul guidance technology of Douluo Continent relied on stacking various soul guidance arrays to force a function into existence.

Instead, the lack of effort put into the design caused Feng Tianyu great distress, and he prepared to have Grey Wolf resolve this issue in the next step.

This Level 4 Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell was designed and crafted entirely by Grey Wolf.

Grey Wolf could effectively be considered a Level 4 Soul Master!

However, Feng Tianyu's soul power was meager; as a mere Level 17 Soul Master, he was fundamentally incapable of using a Level 4 Fixed Soul Tool, becoming a burden on Grey Wolf's path as a Soul Master!

After listening to what Feng Tianyu had to say, Qian Duoduo picked up the Level 4 Soul Tool with an expression that clearly said, "Are you kidding me?"

This so-called Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell was nothing more than a shell with the target's shape drawn onto it. If that alone could grant a homing effect, Qian Duoduo would be willing to eat this Level 4 Fixed Soul Tool.

He did not believe in the homing effect!

But since both Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf were watching him, he sighed; even if he didn't believe it, he had to try. He hoisted the Level 4 Fixed Soul Tool onto his shoulder and began to slowly inject his soul power.

He didn't listen to Feng Tianyu's suggestion to aim at the sky or the ground; instead, he first aimed at the humanoid target a hundred meters away, but then shifted his aim 45 degrees to the left.

Once the soul power charging was complete, with a loud BOOM, the Level 4 Homing Fixed Soul Guidance Shell shot forward.

The next instant, something happened that made Qian Duoduo's jaw drop: the fired soul guidance shell seemed to possess a spirit of its own. Realizing it hadn't aimed at the target, it carved an arc through mid-air and slammed into the humanoid target.

Accompanied by a thunderous explosion, the power of the Level 4 soul guidance shell blasted the humanoid target into smithereens. Airwaves rolled, sparks flew, and a fierce gale was whipped up around the target.

Qian Duoduo's mouth hung wide open, his expression one of utter disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost!

It actually had a homing effect!

And this was only a Level 4 soul guidance shell. If it were replaced with a Level 8 soul guidance shell, and one were to draw Yan Shaozhe's likeness on the shell before firing eight or ten of them in succession, wouldn't they be able to chase Yan Shaozhe all over the place? If Yan Shaozhe were struck by a Level 8 soul guidance shell, even as a Level 95 Super Douluo, he would likely end up severely wounded.

Thinking of this, Qian Duoduo couldn't help but laugh out loud, but suddenly, he looked down at the Fixed Launcher in his hands.

If he ate this thing, he'd probably get indigestion!