Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao, the Thief of Heaven

It already looks like the outcome is decided.

Lou Yi crafted a soul-guided ray gun, while Huo Yuhao was still slowly carving a magic array.

He smiled, leaning back in his chair, tall and imposing, waiting for Huo Yuhao to finish his work.

Finally, after two and a half hours, Huo Yuhao installed the soul guide shell, creating a round metal ball with a button.

"Phew, done."

"Hmph." One of the disciples chuckled, confident of their victory; the child seemed completely inexperienced.

Lou Yi's smile vanished, replaced by a serious expression. He was displeased with Ning Zhiyuan's actions.

Even if he felt that he and his friends were good-for-nothings, there was no need to use a child to ridicule him, right?

"Little one, do you still want to be tested? I'll give you face and let's go now. I don't want to be ridiculed for bullying a child," Lou Yi said, pointing outside.

"It's not certain who will win or lose yet, let's give it a try."

After hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Lou Yi shrugged, stood up, and stepped out into the testing area.

Facing the target in the test field, Lou Yi raised his Soul Guide Ray Gun and fired a shot at the target.

Snapped!

With a loud bang, the target shattered.

Seeing the satisfactory result, Lou Yi smiled and waved to Huo Yuhao: "Please."

Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. He immediately stood behind the marking line, raised the metal ball he had made, pressed the button, and threw it out.

boom!

With a loud explosion, the metal sphere destroyed the test area within a one-meter radius of the target.

All of this happened so fast and suddenly that the three of them didn't come to their senses until the soul-guided bomb Huo Yuhao had launched exploded.

"Heh, how about it?" Huo Yuhao said to Lou Yi with a smile.

Lou Yi realized he had lost his composure and quickly coughed to ease the awkwardness. "Ahem, it's really impressive that you can make something like this at your age, but it's too wasteful to use it only once."

"That's right, that's right, its power is much weaker than the Soul Guide Ray Gun!" Lou Yi's disciple quickly chimed in.

"Senior Lou Yi, what is your current soul power level? Please recall the trajectory of the bomb I threw," Huo Yuhao said confidently with a smile.

"Flight trajectory?" Lou Yi stroked his beard and began to recall.

It seems that the trajectory of the bomb that Huo Yuhao just threw was out of reach of the target, but suddenly the bomb flew straight forward and exploded on the target.

Thinking of this, Lou Yi broke out in a cold sweat and said in a trembling voice, "Are you trying to tell me that your bomb has a tracking function?"

"The facts are right before our eyes," Huo Yuhao nodded in reply. "That's why Sect Leader Ning appointed me as the new director of this laboratory."

Huo Yuhao's actions included adding a new self-destruct module to the soul-guided bomb and also adding an electromagnet component to the bomb.

That button is not only a starting device, but also a buffer gate for activating an electromagnet. It is set to activate the electromagnet one second after the button is pressed, and explode upon impact.

"Impossible. Even a level five soul tool can't achieve tracking. It requires a level six or higher soul tool made from soul bone materials with soul skills. How could some scrap metal possibly do that..."

"Shut up!" Lou Yi shouted, interrupting his disciple's questioning.

Lou Yi stared at Huo Yuhao with a dark expression, while Huo Yuhao, who had received a great deal of instruction from Benjamin Sun, took a half step back.

This is the action of preparing to flee.

"Two of the thermite cartridges were kept when we were making samples for Ning Zhiyuan, and there's a packet of quicklime powder in his right pocket. He can run; I'll take control of his body once the fighting starts," Benjamin said.

Huo Yuhao nodded, activating his Spirit Eye Martial Soul to see through Lou Yi's every move.

thump!

Under Huo Yuhao's astonished and puzzled gaze, Lou Yi knelt down on one knee.

"I lost. I'm willing to accept my defeat. From now on, you will be the new owner of this laboratory," Lou Yi said dejectedly.

With his expertise, he could easily see the high quality of the bomb Huo Yuhao made; it was enough to hunt down and kill some low-level Soul Masters.

Moreover, if this thing is deployed in large quantities on the battlefield from the beginning, it can definitely catch the enemy off guard. Such an epoch-making soul tool has no effective countermeasures in a short period of time.

Even though Lou Yi has fallen to this state, he still retains the pride of being a member of the Divine Craftsman lineage. His pride does not allow him to have any pretentious feelings towards great technology.

"I was judging others by my own standards. I didn't expect the world of Douluo Continent to be so focused on martial ethics." Benjamin's eyes widened like copper bells.

Watching Lou Yi drag his two good-for-nothing disciples out of the experimental area, he began to return to the underground laboratory to pack up his things.

"Master, are we really just going to hand over our positions like this? I'm not happy about it!" one of the disciples said to Lou Yi with dissatisfaction.

"Yes, what if we secretly sabotage him..."

"Shut up!" Lou Yi roared.

Snapped!

A resounding slap landed on the face of the disciple who had spoken. He sat on the ground, covering his face, staring in disbelief at Lou Yi, who had never hit him before.

"Come back to the forging area with me from now on. I've long since stopped wanting to waste my time here..." Lou Yi's voice trembled, yet it also carried a longing for the light of new life.

In order to make a better living, this branch of theirs has occupied this position for too long and has forgotten that they were once blacksmiths.

I'm not comfortable spending all my time in the lab, so I might as well go back to where I belong and do what suits me best.

Standing in the shadows of the test area, Uncle Fu, who had witnessed the entire scene, was very satisfied and immediately returned to Ning Zhiyuan's office to report to him.

The reason why the people in the underground laboratory knew that Huo Yuhao was coming was because someone had notified them in advance.

This is also one of the tests for Huo Yuhao.

-

"So you successfully kicked Uncle Lou Yi out?" Ning Tian asked Huo Yuhao, sitting in a chair.

It was already night. As the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Tian's daily study schedule was packed, so much so that he began receiving treatment as soon as he returned to the sect to prepare for his studies.

Wu Feng was essentially the young lady's study companion.

"Yeah, he's actually a pretty nice guy," Huo Yuhao replied to Ning Tian while drawing at his desk.

Lou Yi was actually quite good in Huo Yuhao's eyes, after all, the Demon Lord of Thieves would tell him bedtime stories that always mentioned the Great Love Immortal Lord.

Lou Yi was considered noble in Huo Yuhao's eyes, for he had only realized it wasn't raining outside after closing his umbrella.

"I see..." Ning Tian nodded thoughtfully.

"By the way," Huo Yuhao stopped what he was doing, turned to the two of them and said with a troubled expression, "Could I borrow Wu Feng for a while?"

"Huh? What are you going to do?" Hearing Huo Yuhao's shocking words, Wu Feng, who was sitting on the experimental table swinging her little feet, was so frightened that she hugged her chest tightly.

"Because I need some parts to be processed, and I'm too embarrassed to ask since I just got rid of Lou Yi and the others," Huo Yuhao said awkwardly, scratching his face.

Besides the fact that this factor does exist, this was also Benjamin's suggestion.

He was thinking of training a decent metallurgist, or in the Douluo Continent, a blacksmith.

Wu Feng is a very suitable candidate to be a metallurgist. He has a beast spirit, a sub-dragon spirit that is known for its strength, and he has a strong ability to control fire.

Every single detail is perfectly appropriate.