Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 55 "Yuhao is so fierce!"

Xuan Ziwen observed the appearance of the bomb gun briefly and slowly said, "The gun body is a ray gun, but the barrel is a soul-guided cannon. The idea is quite good."

"But this combination is clearly unscientific."

He immediately saw the biggest problem Huo Yuhao encountered during the production process and pointed out the flaws of the bomb gun in his opinion.

"The design of the gun body and barrel defies common sense; the strength of the metal is insufficient to support the firing of artillery shells."

The essence of refining metal through repeated forging is to remove impurities from the metal by continuously hammering it with a forging hammer.

Soul tool technology has been developing for at least a thousand years. Soul masters have used metal to make countless soul tools and researched increasingly powerful core magic arrays.

However, why hasn't anyone thought about purifying the metal to enhance its quality?

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence could easily figure out that the initial stage of forging technology, such as the hundred-refinement purification technique, wouldn't be too difficult to develop.

Surely the concept and principle of "refining through a hundred processes" can't be so difficult to understand that it's impossible to figure out?

This brings us to the halo effect that is said to lower intelligence.

Soul-guided technology, which is closely related to metals, has developed to level nine, but the technology for forging metals was delayed for ten thousand years.

Xu Sheng patted Xuan Ziwen on the shoulder and chuckled, "Since Yuhao was able to bring out this soul tool to participate in the assessment, he must have some confidence."

"After all, many things that seem illogical to us have happened to Yuhao."

"That's true." Xuan Ziwen nodded slightly. Before knowing Huo Yuhao's second martial soul, he never imagined that a soul master could master the two extreme attributes of ice and fire.

Meng Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao, who was holding a bomb gun in one hand in the arena, and her eyes lit up: "Why is there such a contrast? That's strange."

She thought Huo Yuhao was quite domineering when he was in a state of combat readiness.

Xiao Hongchen scoffed, "Meng, I told you yesterday, Yuhao's submissive act is definitely an act in front of you. He's probably a total jerk in real life... Hey? Meng, why do you look like that?"

He is trying to change Huo Yuhao's positive image in Meng Hongchen's heart.

He glanced at his younger sister out of the corner of his eye and was taken aback when he saw the undisguised smile in her eyes.

Why does my sister look like she "likes it even more"?

Xiao Hongchen felt miserable again, staring at Huo Yuhao in the arena, wanting to jump down and duel with him.

"Hey, isn't this the genius Xiao? Why are you making that face at Yuhao?"

Xuan Ziwen's tall and slender figure suddenly appeared beside Xiao Hongchen, and he spoke calmly without looking at him.

"Have you noticed that the talent I brought back seems to be a bit beyond your expectations, affecting your title of 'the greatest genius of soul tools in a thousand years'?"

Xiao Hongchen crossed his arms, puffed out his chest, his inner pride undiminished.

"Hehe, Teacher Xuan, when I took the entrance exam, let alone three heads, defeating six hundred-year-old soul beasts at the same time was no problem for me."

Xuan Ziwen chuckled lightly: "Six hundred-year-old soul beasts? Compared to that..."

"Xiao, I thought you were just being modest, but I didn't expect you to be so ordinary."

Xiao Hongchen waved his hand, remaining calm and composed.

"Six soul beasts are just the beginning. With this number of soul beasts, I can condense several soul-guided cannons in my chest and crush them as easily as breathing."

If he didn't want to disrupt the assessment, he would have jumped off the stage and challenged a dozen or so thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Let Xuan Ziwen see what kind of overwhelming firepower suppression, like a soul-guided turret bombarding the entire area, really means.

"Moreover, as you said, Teacher Xuan, Yuhao's soul tool has flaws. Even if it can successfully launch the cannonball, it is still just a soul tool and cannot compare to my ability to instantly condense dozens of soul cannons."

Xuan Ziwen said slowly and deliberately, "Perhaps Yuhao can easily defeat three soul beasts if he can fire just one cannonball."

Xiao Hongchen didn't have much doubt about this, after all, he knew that Huo Yuhao possessed the dual extreme attributes of ice and fire. He was able to kill six in an instant back then, so it was normal for Huo Yuhao to kill three in an instant, even though he performed slightly worse.

At the examination venue, Jing Hongchen and a proctor walked up to Huo Yuhao.

Seeing how much the hall master cared about this student, the proctor did not question Huo Yuhao's idea.

Instead, he marveled at the somewhat unscientific explosive gun in Huo Yuhao's hand: "Huo, did you consider the issue of metal tolerance when you were making it?"

Huo Yuhao nodded: "I've thought about it. I used a metal purification method to enhance the quality of titanium to a certain extent."

The proctor thought for a moment, felt a slight itch on his head, and then a look of realization dawned on his eyes as he muttered to himself.

"Strengthen the metal itself first, and then use the strengthened metal to make a soul tool... That's pretty good."

Jing Hongchen, standing beside him, was deep in thought, her head also feeling a little itchy, as if something that should have been sealed away for tens of thousands of years had loosened slightly.

Perhaps when Huo Yuhao officially demonstrates his forging skills, his "low IQ" aura will be broken.

The proctor and Jing Hongchen retreated outside the arena, then shouted a reminder: "The assessment begins. Huo, please get ready. The soul beasts are about to be released."

Huo Yuhao held the bomb gun properly, activated his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and used his mental detection, then nodded to the proctor.

Just as the soul beast was released.

Through the mental map, he suddenly saw a familiar figure, although it was quite large.

"Teacher, let that wind baboon out too."

"But that wind baboon is a thousand-year-old creature." The proctor hesitated.

Huo Yuhao looked at the passageway opposite him: "It's alright. I have some entanglement with a soul beast like the Wind Baboon. Release it; I'm confident I can defeat it."

The proctor looked at Jing Hongchen, his eyes asking for the hall master's opinion.

Jing Hongchen nodded slowly with a smile. He had already heard Xu Sheng talk about Huo Yuhao's experiences.

The first soul beast that attacked Huo Yuhao after he ran away from home was the Wind Baboon, which was extremely fierce.

Later, when Xu Sheng and Xuan Ziwen encountered Huo Yuhao, he had even killed a six-thousand-year-old cave demon pearl. Therefore, Jing Hongchen was not worried that Huo Yuhao would be unable to defeat the thousand-year-old wind baboon.

"Student Huo, I will release the Wind Baboon later. Do not push yourself during the assessment. You will pass as long as you defeat the other three soul beasts."

At the hall master's signal, the proctor took out a soul-guided device and pressed it.

Three ten-year-old soul beasts with nearly a hundred years of cultivation, and a thousand-year-old wind baboon were released.

This wind baboon was clearly much smarter than the other three soul beasts, and its dominance was established simply by appearing in the tunnel.

The ancient wind baboon, leading a tiger, a wolf, and a jackal, rushed out of the tunnel with great momentum.

Huo Yuhao's lips curled slightly: "Back when Run left the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, he was fighting the Wind Baboon. Now that Run has come to the Sun Moon Empire, he's still fighting the Wind Baboon."

When the Thousand-Year Wind Baboon poked its head out and saw Huo Yuhao, it seemed to activate some kind of gene within its body.

Its eyes emitted a fierce red light, making it look like it was not to be trifled with.

The wolf and the jackal had less than a hundred years of cultivation and had not yet developed any intelligence. Their IQs were not much higher than those of the ten-year-old Wind Baboon. Their attacks were entirely based on instinct, and they couldn't wait to launch an attack on Huo Yuhao.

The Thousand-Year Wind Baboon stared intently at Huo Yuhao, its fangs and claws growing longer, its aura becoming increasingly ferocious.

The next instant, an extremely dense white light condensed in its mouth, preparing to show Huo Yuhao its power.

"Heh, it's even condensed into white light."

Upon seeing the Wind Baboon's signature soul skill, Huo Yuhao picked up the bomb gun.

With the aid of mental detection and enemy locking, white and purple streaks of light flickered at the muzzle of the gun, as if releasing an extremely dangerous signal.

"Buddha's Wrathful Lotus, Buddha's Wrathful Lotus, Buddha's Wrathful Lotus!"

Huo Yuhao fired three Fire Lotus Bombs in succession.

As the bomb gun fired with a series of bangs, the powerful recoil continuously pounded against Huo Yuhao's shoulder.

If an ordinary second-ring Soul Master were to use this Buddha's Fury Lotus version of the explosive gun, even firing just one shot would cause their arm to be severely torn.

Huo Yuhao channeled his cold energy, and a layer of icy white ice enveloped his entire arm. He swayed slightly backward, neutralizing the recoil from the explosive gun.

Three interwoven white and purple metallic fire lotuses, like three cannonballs, struck the Thousand-Year Wind Baboon's forehead with pinpoint accuracy in an instant.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Three explosions rang out almost simultaneously, and plumes of flame-encased mist rose into the air, looking incredibly terrifying.

The Thousand-Year Wind Baboon was blown to smithereens.

The wolf and the jackal that charged forward were left in a sorry state by the aftershocks of the explosion, their bones scattered across the ground.

The proctor was completely dumbfounded: "Master, did you know this new student is so amazing?"

"I can sense that the core array in the soul tool he's using is indeed level one, but its power is just too outrageous."

His lips moved as he watched the three lotus-shaped mists rising from the field, unable to hide his shock.

"I'm afraid we'd have to develop a level 3 fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shell to be comparable to it."

Jing Hongchen's face flushed with excitement. He had expected that Huo Yuhao's attack power would be astonishing compared to others of the same level.

But he never imagined that the cannonballs he fired with his soul tool would contain such terrifying power.

In this assessment, Huo Yuhao only used his soul tool to fire three shots. While the strength of his martial soul certainly played a role in creating this scene, the technological value of the soul tool itself cannot be ignored.

After a moment of contemplation, Jing Hongchen slowly opened his mouth.

"I knew Yuhao would be strong, but I didn't expect him to be this strong. He has far exceeded my expectations."

"More importantly, the technology he used to make that soul tool made up for the low strength of the metal itself, which may lead to a new path."

All the soul beasts in front of Huo Yuhao disappeared, and he put away his powerful bomb gun.

When facing the ferocious wind baboon, my hand trembled and I fired three Fire Lotus Bombs in a row. Although the sound was impressive, I was unable to accurately measure the power of a single shell.

"We should have fired one shot first, to see if the wind baboon could withstand it." Huo Yuhao felt that there was a slight problem with the tactic just now.

On the stands, Xiao Hongchen stared in disbelief, speechless for a long time.

"Is Yuhao using a soul-guided ray gun to fire a stationary soul-guided projectile?"

Those three Fire Lotus Bombs almost blinded him. Let alone those of the same level, Xiao Hongchen felt that even if he condensed three level-four soul-guided cannons, he would have to bombard them relentlessly to achieve that kind of power.

Meng Hongchen forgot to drink from the straw that was still on her lips. Her eyes blinked as she looked at Huo Yuhao's thin and weak body, which had caused such a fierce attack.

Besides Huo Yuhao's good looks, a strange contrast in her mind was also gaining points, which filled her with joy.

"Yu, Yuhao, he's amazing." Meng Hongchen thought he was very fierce.

After regaining his senses, Xiao Hongchen nodded: "It's really impressive. His soul tool is remarkable; it actually solved the problem that Teacher Xuan had thought of."

Xu Sheng and Xuan Ziwen did not react particularly strongly because they had seen a single, more powerful Hand-Made Buddha's Wrathful Lotus before.

They were simply amazed that Huo Yuhao's soul tool was very unscientific and conflicted with theory, but in reality, it had successfully launched a cannonball.

Xuan Ziwen, quick-witted, grasped the key point: "The titanium that Yuhao used is significantly stronger than commonly used titanium."

"Otherwise, the core array of the soul tool would collapse before the cannonball is even fired."

In the examination area, Huo Yuhao held up a bomb gun and waved happily at the proctor.

"Teacher, shouldn't we announce the assessment results now?"

The proctor saw him brandishing the explosive gun and felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly stepped forward to announce that Huo Yuhao had passed the test and gave him a special admission notice.

Afterwards, Jing Hongchen led everyone away from the assessment site and walked back to Mingde Hall.

He then gave Huo Yuhao a brief introduction to Mingdu: "You're starting school tomorrow, and this city is perfect for you."

"Our Mingdu people are simple and honest, and have produced many talented people."

Jing Hongchen expressed some pride.

In their Mingdu, there is no need for city walls; the range of their level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannons is the invisible city wall of Mingdu.

Then he gently patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder and asked in a kind tone.

"Yuhao, I'm very curious, where did the inspiration for the bomb gun come from?"

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and smiled, "Actually, most of them are just flashes of inspiration."

"The specific inspiration... mainly comes from the application of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame martial soul. I have mastered a move called 'Buddha's Wrath Lotus,' which is quite powerful. Teacher Xu and Teacher Xuan should both know about it."

"So I thought, could I combine this technique with a soul tool? That's how I created the bomb gun."

Xiao Hongchen shamelessly asked Huo Yuhao for the blueprints for the bomb gun, and carefully studied the contents, not letting go of any detail.

"Grandpa, do you think that after I master the manufacturing principle of the bomb gun, I can use my martial spirit to control the metal element solidified bomb gun?"

Jing Hongchen glanced at him sideways: "Oh? Haha, you want to use a bomb gun too?"

Xiao Hongchen nodded firmly. If he could condense explosive guns, his combat power would increase several times over.

"Yuhao, you created the bomb gun. Do you think I have the potential to materialize on my own?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head. First of all, forging metal requires the Soul Master's personal participation, which is something that the gold element cannot achieve.

"Brother Xiao, the design of the bomb gun is one aspect, but more importantly, its special Fire Lotus Bomb can only be made by me."

(End of this chapter)