Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 53 Explosive Gun - Buddha's Wrath Lotus Edition

After Huo Yuhao finished weaving the things that Hongchen and his sister would like to see, Meng Hongchen's room next door was also tidied up and ready for her to move in at any time.

"Yuhao, the academy will provide everything on this materials list free of charge. Of course, if you need anything else, just let me know."

Xu Sheng handed Huo Yuhao a storage soul tool containing instructions for the basic core magic array, introductory materials for soul masters, and a certain amount of various metals.

"The assessments at our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are quite flexible."

"Some students with exceptional talent create first-level defensive soul tools upon entering university," Xu Sheng explained with an example.

"Then, he doesn't need to defeat the three-headed soul beast. He only needs to test its defensive capabilities. If the defensive effect meets the standard, he will still pass the test."

Each Soul Master has a different area of ​​expertise, such as Xu Sheng and Jia Xu. Xu Sheng is skilled at making various close-combat Soul Tools, while Jia Xu is obsessed with researching stable Soul Tools that facilitate escape.

Mingde Hall has a highly effective defensive soul tool called the Resilient Wall.

It was developed and manufactured jointly by Jia Xu and several level-seven soul masters in his laboratory, and mass-produced, almost forming a complete professional production line.

Xu Sheng chuckled and said, "The school does not restrict the type of soul tool that can be made. If a student makes a defensive soul tool, then the assessment standard will naturally focus on testing its defensive capabilities."

"Yuhao, just do what you think is right. In the beginner stage, we don't even require students to successfully create a soul tool."

"For most students who are new to soul tools, even if they can roughly inscribe the basic core magic array, the academy will give them humane consideration."

Huo Yuhao took the storage soul tool, glanced at the various metal materials inside, and nodded: "Yes, I understand, Teacher Xu."

"I will most likely create an offensive soul tool."

Huo Yuhao thought that, given his habit of assembling the Buddha's Fury Lotus in advance, he probably allocated more talent points to creating offensive soul tools.

Xu Sheng gave Huo Yuhao an access card with a special metallic texture and led him into the laboratory inside the room.

"Yuhao, during the time you are preparing for the assessment, someone will deliver your meals on time."

He gestured to the access card in Huo Yuhao's hand: "Of course, you can also dine at the Mingde Hall's cafeteria. Your access card has the same privileges as Xiao Hemeng's, and the high-end windows in the cafeteria are free for you."

"But you'd better work hard, Yuhao. You only have temporary residency rights at Mingde Hall for now."

Xu Sheng patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder to encourage him.

"If you cultivate diligently in the future and make a great contribution to Mingde Hall, you will be able to live there permanently. There are no shortcuts on this path."

Meng Hongchen tilted her head, looking puzzled. "Shortcut? What road doesn't have shortcuts?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Sheng glanced at Meng Hongchen beside him, then turned to look at Huo Yuhao, falling into a brief moment of contemplation before slowly speaking.

"Okay, Yuhao..."

He pondered for a moment and said, "For you, there is still a shortcut."

Currently, the hall master is still in the initial stage of exploring Huo Yuhao, which can be described as an observation period. If Huo Yuhao truly shows amazing talent later...

Therefore, it is not surprising that the head of the hall made some decisions and arrangements regarding "major events in the future lives of Yuhao and his granddaughter".

Moreover, judging from Meng Hongchen's behavior today, she seems to have a good impression of Huo Yuhao...

Xu Sheng couldn't help but feel that the future relationship between Yuhao and Mingdetang was secure.

Xiao Hongchen said seriously, "Yuhao, if you want to obtain the highest level of authority in Mingde Hall, you must earn it through contributions; you absolutely cannot take shortcuts."

"Just as there are no shortcuts to cultivation, you can only study soul tools step by step and make a significant breakthrough in a certain aspect of Mingde Hall's soul tool technology."

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly and humbly asked for advice.

"Brother Xiao, how did you manage to have the highest authority in Mingde Hall at the age of less than fifteen?"

"Of course, it's because of my patriarch grandfather."

"Oh? Is that so?" Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow.

Seeing the amused look in the other person's eyes, Xiao Hongchen felt a chill run down her spine and quickly changed the subject: "Yuhao, take a look at the materials list."

"Do you need any other materials? I'll go with you to the warehouse to get them. Oh, and by the way, you don't need to go to Meng."

Huo Yuhao looked at the materials list and thought for a moment: "Is there any metal that has both high hardness and high resistance?"

Xiao Hongchen pondered for a moment: "Titanium."

"Titanium's hardness and resistance are unparalleled among all metals."

"However, it is a rare metal. Each Soul Master in Mingde Hall has a monthly limit on its usage, and there are also requirements on the effective utilization rate of titanium."

For the researchers at Mingde Hall, the effective utilization rate of rare metals should be at least 70%. Before they have a thorough understanding of them, they practice engraving core magic arrays with ordinary metals to improve their proficiency.

If the core array of a soul tool is inscribed with rare metals such as titanium, then the success of its creation should be guaranteed as much as possible.

Xu Sheng waved his hand, laughed heartily, and said he would invest in the promising talents he had his eye on.

"It's alright, Yuhao. I'll take you to the warehouse to get some titanium. Put it on my tab first, and if it's not enough, you can deduct it from my account."

Xiao Hongchen was happy to take Huo Yuhao to the warehouse and asked Teacher Xu and his sister to wait there.

After turning around, Xiao Hongchen put his arm around Huo Yuhao's shoulder and whispered:

"Yuhao, during the time you and my sister are neighbors, I don't want you knocking on Meng's door, and you shouldn't disturb my sister's peaceful life. If you have any questions about soul tools, you can come and ask me."

"If your sister knocks on my door, wouldn't it be a bit impolite of me to turn her away... Anyway, you don't want your sister to be unhappy, do you?"

Xiao Hongchen paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and pondered for a while.

"I hope you can inform me, your older brother, as soon as possible regarding this situation."

Huo Yuhao did not refuse, and the two then took a certain amount of titanium from the warehouse and returned the way they came.

Xu Sheng explained the purpose of each workbench in the laboratory to Huo Yuhao. "I wish you success in becoming a member of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Yuhao, I'll be leaving now."

After telling Huo Yuhao the location of his laboratory in Mingde Hall, he left the room.

"Meng, let's go too, don't disturb Yuhao." Xiao Hongchen continued to shoulder the responsibility of protecting his own cabbage.

Meng Hongchen waved and smiled, "Yuhao, if there's anything you don't understand, just come find me next door."

Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded, then watched the brother and sister leave the house and close the door.

He arrived at a matte silver-white metal table. His main task now was to create a handy soul tool.

His first thought was of his strongest attack method, the Buddha's Wrath Lotus.

"Could we simplify... or weaken, the Buddha's Wrath Lotus we currently possess, and turn it into bullets for a soul tool?"

In that case, he wouldn't even need to conjure up the raging lotus on his way to attack the enemy.

Although their power may be less, they have an advantage in numbers.

Whenever he has free time, he makes several versions of the Buddha's Wrath Lotus ammunition and fills them directly into the soul tool when needed.

Having come up with this idea, Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought. As his brainstorming went on, he recalled the terrifying explosive power of the Buddha's Fury Lotus and suddenly thought of a weapon.

"The bomb gun...it seems like we could make a custom version with the Buddha's Wrath Lotus."

Through some games, anime, and movies from his previous life, Huo Yuhao had some understanding of this weapon and had once developed a strong interest in bomb guns.

However, this time they didn't fire 70 caliber ammunition; instead, they used a weakened version of the Buddha's Wrath Lotus as the explosive shell.

If this idea can be realized, from a long-term perspective, it would definitely be considered a high-end version of a bomb gun.

However, Huo Yuhao soon realized a major problem in the production process.

"If a foundational array that significantly enhances metal resistance cannot be inscribed, it will be impossible to withstand the power of the Buddha's Wrath Lotus, let alone compress it into ammunition."

The most important part of a soul tool is its core magic array.

A level nine core magic array could allow metal to withstand power sufficient to threaten a titled Douluo.

In other words, he needs to inscribe the foundation of the magic array that allows the metal to support the Buddha's wrathful lotus.

He forgot that Xiao Yan's first condensation of the Buddha's Fury Lotus (a combination of different flames, beast fire, and battle qi) involved fighting across several levels.

However, Huo Yuhao has now condensed the Buddha's Wrath Lotus (a combination of Different Flame Sub-Flame, Beast Flame, and Soul Power version), and at the second ring level, he is capable of fighting against ordinary five-ring Soul Kings.

After all, the previous Fire Lotus attack had directly blasted the Death Messenger, a peak fourth-ring Soul Master, to near-death.

Huo Yuhao murmured, "This level of power would make it quite difficult to manufacture ammunition for a bomb gun."

Of course, when the Grim Reaper first appeared in the original work, he didn't have the best soul ring configuration. Instead, he had two yellow and three purple soul rings. Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like the value of destroying him is very high.

But from another perspective, the Grim Reaper is someone who could blow up the Shrek Seven Devils.

Huo Yuhao sat at the metal table, thinking for a long time, and couldn't help but rub his temples.

"Hmm... The biggest problem right now is how to inscribe a core magic array that is strong enough for the metal to bear the power of the Buddha's Wrathful Lotus."

The alternative is to use the metal's inherent limits as the upper limit and continuously weaken the Buddha's Fury Lotus until the metal can withstand it, but doing so would be completely contrary to the art of explosion.

The purpose of making bomb guns is to appreciate the aesthetics of continuous explosions. If the power of the Buddha's Fury Lotus is weakened too much, it will be really boring.

"Since we don't want to weaken the Buddha's Wrath Lotus too much, we need to increase the strength of the metal itself, causing a qualitative change."

Following this line of thought, Huo Yuhao continued to consider raising the upper limit of the metal itself...

Time flies when you're deep in thought. Before he knew it, Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered the technology tree in the third part of Tang Family Continent, which included spirit metal and N-shaped battle armor.

Soul tools are a prerequisite technology for battle armor.

The foundation supporting the creation of battle armor lies in the metal produced through so-called hundred-fold purification, thousand-fold refinement, and even higher levels of spirit forging and soul forging.

Metals forged through forging will have their strength significantly increased.

Even if this metal is refined to the highest level, its power would likely be significantly enhanced if used to make a soul tool.

Electrolux's voice echoed in his mind: "Yuhao, are you thinking about metallurgical technology?"

Huo Yuhao was overjoyed. In terms of weapon crafting, Elder Yi was a pioneer, after all, he had personally crafted the Eternal Tower, a super artifact.

"Elder Yi, I have an idea called forging. The first stage of it is also known as the hundred-fold refining."

"Of course, 'refining through a hundred forgings' does not simply mean forging a hundred times. Rather, it means removing impurities from the metal to a certain extent, causing the metal's external and internal structure and texture to undergo a qualitative change."

In the game, some people can't achieve the level of refinement even after countless hammer blows, while others can achieve the same level of refinement with just one hammer blow.

After listening to Huo Yuhao's description of forging, Electrolux smiled kindly and said, "I understand."

"Hehe, it's a basic weapon-refining technique, not difficult."

Electrolux solidified into a hazy, gray humanoid form outside Huo Yuhao's body: "Yuhao, I'll say it, you do it."

"Okay." Huo Yuhao nodded heavily, somewhat excited.

Old Yi chuckled and said, "You can use the Xuanzhong Ruler as a forging hammer."

Huo Yuhao took out the Xuanzhong Ruler.

Under Elder Yi's guidance, he placed a piece of titanium on the metal table, then released his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and swung the Xuan Heavy Ruler down.

"Bang."

With a solid foot's depth, following Elder Yi's spiritual guidance, a wisp of soul power was released and injected into the titanium. This was an unnamed metallurgical technique that Electrolux had mastered during his lifetime.

After mastering the forging rhythm, Huo Yuhao began to continuously strike the titanium, using Soul Recovery Pills when his soul power ran out.

"Bang bang bang..."

In the next room, Meng Hongchen, dressed in a pure white nightgown that exuded girlish charm, was reading "The Ruthless Path Senior Sister Must Graduate," a book Huo Yuhao had prepared for her. She lay on her side on the bed facing the ball of light, a beautiful smile always playing on her lips.

"Hehe, I knew that those who cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness will eventually become great lovers."

Meng Hongchen was happily watching the plot when she suddenly heard strange noises coming from next door. She sat up halfway in bed and looked at the wall with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"Huh? Why are we hearing strange groans coming from Yuhao's side? What's he doing?"

It was already dark when Huo Yuhao was still swinging the Xuan Heavy Ruler, constantly striking the metal.

Working late into the night, under Elder Yi's guidance, he completed the hundred-fold purification of titanium. In fact, if not affected by the IQ lock, the difficulty was not high, especially with the personal instruction of a master craftsman.

"Yuhao, if you reduce the power of the Buddha's Wrath Lotus by a portion, and then create ammunition by inscribing the core array on this metal, it should be able to withstand it."

Huo Yuhao's eyes showed excitement. He then took out a stack of papers and enthusiastically designed the artwork for the Explosive Bullet Gun - Buddha's Wrath Lotus version.

"Ha, following the tactic of 'firing the Buddha's Fury Lotus' on the road... a combat trick of using a bomb gun to launch the Buddha's Fury Lotus is about to be born."

(End of this chapter)