Chapter 142 The Source of Destruction
“Millions of gold soul coins… Our academy is really rich. Just this place for developing soul guides and testing their power actually costs so many gold soul coins…”

Luo Chen also expressed his sincere emotion at this moment. For him, let alone millions of gold soul coins, even if he turned his storage soul guide upside down, he probably couldn’t get together ten thousand gold soul coins.

Millions of gold soul coins, what does that mean? It is enough to train a top army of no less than a hundred people for an empire!

However, after hearing Luo Chen’s words, Fan Yu shook his head and corrected Luo Chen’s idea:

“A few million gold soul coins are a lot, but for researching soul guides, this is just a drop in the bucket. You have to know that in the market, even an ordinary fifth-level soul guide costs at least hundreds of thousands of gold soul coins. As for a sixth-level soul guide, it can be auctioned for a sky-high price of nearly ten million!”

“If a few million gold soul coins can really enable our academy to develop a soul guide of this level, make the production drawings, and equip it with all the production tools, then it will definitely be worth it!”

“But the fact is, when it comes to developing soul guides, these millions of gold soul coins are just a needle dropped into the water. At most, they can only create a small ripple.”

“It is not easy to research level 5, level 6, or even higher level soul guides. Just the power of the soul guide shells developed by our soul guide department in each test requires more than a million gold soul coins.”

“A soul guide is a huge money-eating beast. If you want to develop such a powerful soul guide, the funds required are also extremely huge. This requires a lot of experiments and tests…”

As he spoke, Fan Yu looked at the figure standing in the soul guide device testing area not far away. The figure was much stronger than Qian Duoduo, but his skin looked very dark and solid.

Following Fan Yu’s gaze, Luo Chen immediately noticed the huge soul guide cannon on the shoulder of this tall young man. The cannon was extremely exaggerated in size and was almost half his size.

This giant soul guide cannon is different from the ones that Luo Chen has in mind. The most essential difference is its size and weight. The size of this soul guide cannon is an exaggerated three meters, far exceeding the ordinary trigger-type soul guide cannon!

Moreover, from the metallic luster it emitted, Luo Chen could also feel a very heavy feeling. It was estimated that its weight was at least five times heavier than that of an ordinary soul guide cannon!
As the tall young man stuffed several soul guide shells placed on the metal table beside him into the soul guide cannon, the soul power fluctuations on his body rose rapidly, and a strong soul power was injected into the giant soul guide cannon on his shoulder.

Even though he was dozens of meters away, Luo Chen could still feel the powerful energy fluctuations that instantly filled this giant soul guide cannon!
After this energy fluctuation climbed to an extreme, the burly figure carrying the giant soul guide cannon no longer injected soul power into it. He actually squatted down with the soul guide cannon, adjusted his breathing, and then… pulled the trigger mechanism!

“boom!”

After a loud bang, a soul-guided cannonball that was compressed to an unimaginable degree was fired from the pitch-black muzzle of the giant soul-guided cannon, and then hit the human-shaped metal target that was aimed at its front!

With Luo Chen’s amazing vision using the Purple Demon Pupil, he saw that the moment the fired shell touched the humanoid metal target, the several soul guide cores inside it that were engraved with magic arrays suddenly burst out with unimaginable and terrifying energy.

And then… in this testing ground, a roar even more terrifying than the previous one was heard, and a terrifying heat wave instantly swept across the entire testing ground!
Seeing this, Fan Yu and Huo Yuhao, who had been prepared, silently activated their own soul power to resist the erosion of the heat wave. However, Huo Yuhao, who had the cultivation level of the first ring, seemed to have a harder time resisting.

Even if it is just the aftermath of this soul guide shell, it is not something that ordinary people can withstand. If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely be seriously injured!

After all, with the physical fitness of ordinary people, even with the protection of armor, they can’t withstand the strong shock wave after the explosion, and the meridians and internal organs in the body will inevitably be damaged.

However, those present were not ordinary people. Faced with a shock wave of this magnitude, Luo Chen did not even activate his own soul power. He relied on his physical fitness comparable to that of a seven-ring soul saint to withstand it all.

The so-called high temperature could not cause any effect on Luo Chen!

However, Luo Chen’s expression was still somewhat solemn at this moment. Although these aftershocks could not cause any impact on him, the terrifying explosion just now, which had increased its power several times in an instant, could actually cause harm to him!

This was the first time that Luo Chen had directly experienced the terrifying power of such a fixed-type soul guide shell. Even though Luo Chen had prepared himself mentally, he was still shocked by the power of this fixed-type soul guide shell.

The energy fluctuations generated by the previous attack were no less than the attack of the Six-ring Soul Emperor Ma Xiaotao after releasing his own martial soul. Although it could not be compared with his evil fire, it was already able to have an impact on the Soul Emperor-level strongmen!
Although Luo Chen knew that if a Soul Emperor was on guard, such a fixed-type soul guide shell might not be able to successfully hit the opponent, but judging from the power alone, even if a Soul Emperor tried his best to resist, he might not be able to block this attack!
“What a powerful force! In just less than a second, the energy generated by this soul guide shell has increased several times. Is this because of the core magic arrays engraved inside it?”

With Luo Chen’s mustard seed-level Purple Demon Eye that can see through all illusions, he naturally saw very clearly all the changes that took place in this soul guide shell from ignition to explosion. For a moment, he couldn’t help but ask Fan Yu in front of him.

Since Fan Yu was the teacher designated by Qian Duoduo and Dean Xian Lin’er to teach him about soul guidance knowledge, Luo Chen would naturally make good use of this. Now, when he had doubts, he raised the questions without hesitation.

However, Fan Yu in front of him was obviously the type who would answer any question. Facing Luo Chen’s question, a hint of surprise first appeared in his eyes, and then he explained to him seriously:

“You can actually sense the core array inside the soul guide shell. It seems that you have a good talent for observation. But you guessed right. For the fixed soul guide shell, the most important thing is its internal soul guide core array.”

“Ordinary fixed-type soul guide shells are just based on the original shells, with soul power added to them, which speeds up the shell’s firing speed. However, the soul guide shell that He Caitou just detonated is specially made by us, and there are no less than three soul guide core arrays engraved inside it.”

“After He Caitou injects soul power into it, the soul power will be compressed into the soul core array inside the soul cannon shell through the specially made fixed soul cannon cannon. This will achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.”

“The activation of the three soul guide core arrays together is equivalent to increasing the energy generated inside this soul guide shell three times in a short period of time, thereby achieving a significant increase in power!”

“So that’s how it is. Then the key to making a soul guide device is this soul guide core?” After listening to Fan Yu’s explanation, Luo Chen nodded as if he understood it, and confirmed it to him.

In response to this, Fan Yu nodded affirmatively and said:

“That’s right. For a soul guide, the most important thing is not the material, nor the outer and inner shells, but the soul guide core array engraved inside. This is the key element necessary for the soul master and the soul guide to communicate!”

“If there is no soul guide core array, then this soul guide device can not be called a soul guide device, because only after the soul power is injected into the soul guide core array, the soul guide device can pass through the engraved soul guide core array and then burst out unimaginable terrifying power!”

As he spoke, Fan Yu also took a deep look at Luo Chen in front of him. Without any hints, he was able to roughly guess the situation of the soul guide, which surprised him a little.

After all, without actually disassembling the soul guide, it is impossible for ordinary people to imagine how this type of soul guide works after soul power is injected into it.

For a moment, Fan Yu also had a certain understanding of Luo Chen’s talent.

But at this moment, in the test site, the dark figure who had just tested the power of a soul guide shell and recorded it in a booklet, also noticed the arrival of Luo Chen and others.

Seeing the burly figure looking over, Huo Yuhao at the side smiled and waved at him, greeting him warmly. It was obvious that the relationship between the two was not ordinary.

“Caitou!”

Just as Huo Yuhao was greeting him, Fan Yu also waved at the dark and strong figure in front of him, motioning him to come over.

When this figure took off the giant soul guide cannon on his shoulder and trotted in front of the few people, Luo Chen could see his appearance clearly.

The burly man in front of him named He Caitou was actually a bald young man who looked extremely funny. The shiny bald head almost blinded Luo Chen’s eyes, but what made him more concerned was the hexagonal badge with three golden stars hanging on the other’s chest.

Luo Chen was naturally familiar with this badge. Xian Lin’er had just introduced it to him before. This was the badge that represented the level of the soul engineer. According to the algorithm of one star for one level, the bald young man in front of him was actually a third-level soul engineer!

However, this was also within Luo Chen’s expectations. After all, if he could mobilize his soul power to activate the giant soul guide cannon and launch a fixed-type soul guide shell that was enough to threaten a five-ring soul king, how could his own level be low?

A third-level soul engineer, converted into the cultivation level of a soul master, is at the level of a three-ring soul lord. However, to become a third-level soul engineer, one must also have the support of the soul power cultivation level of a three-ring soul lord.

“Hey, teacher, you’re looking for me?”

After greeting Huo Yuhao, He Caitou asked Fan Yu in front of him, but his gaze fell on Luo Chen beside him from time to time, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Seeing this, Fan Yu also smiled and said:

“Cai Tou, let me introduce you to this new student in our Soul Guidance Department. His name is Luo Chen. With the approval of the dean, he will also study soul guidance under me in the future. He will be your junior fellow apprentice. I hope you can get along well with each other.”

“New… Junior Brother?”

Although He Caitou had already made some guesses, after hearing Fan Yu’s explanation, he couldn’t help but show some ripples on his face, and looked at Luo Chen in front of him with surprise.

He knew his teacher’s character best. After all, he had studied under Fan Yu for several years. His teaching methods were notoriously strict, and his vision was also famously high!
In the academy, there were countless students who wanted to become Fan Yu’s apprentice and learn soul guides, but none of them caught Fan Yu’s eye. Over the years, Huo Yuhao was the only one who became his disciple.

And this white-haired boy in front of him was valued by the dean of the Soul Guidance Department and even had his teacher teach him specially. This was not a treatment that ordinary people could have…

When He Caitou was surprised, Luo Chen took the lead and stretched out his right hand to him, smiling and saying:

“Hello, Senior Brother He, my name is Luo Chen, and I hope you can give me your guidance in the future.”

Seeing the shiny bald head in front of him at this moment, Luo Chen also remembered the other party’s identity: the exiled crown prince, the heir to the empire, and the ruthless man with the title of the Source of Destruction!
Luo Chen gladly showed his kindness to such a rare genius with top-notch talent and strength.

Although his future achievements may not be comparable to those of Huo Yuhao and Tai’an, peerless geniuses who possess almost impossible peak martial spirits, he is truly a rare talent in terms of soul guides!

The other party is only about fourteen or fifteen years old now, but he is already a talented soul master at the three-ring soul master level. Even in terms of soul guides, he can control giant soul guide cannons that are difficult for ordinary people to use. His talent is indeed strong!
It is rare to meet such a genius who is quite talented in both soul master and soul instructor. Luo Chen, who has always liked investing, will naturally not let him go.

“Haha, welcome to the Soul Guidance Department, Junior Brother Luo Chen. If you have any questions about soul guides, just come to me. But… have I seen you somewhere before? Why do you look so familiar?”

(End of this chapter)