And at this moment.
Inside the top-tier laboratory of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, specially arranged by Jing Hongchen for Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan had already begun a new round of challenges.
His goal: Fifth-rank Soul Engineer!
On the workbench lay a design blueprint for a Fifth-rank soul tool firearm.
Liu Yuan only spared it a glance before memorizing all the core data.
Immediately, he picked up the forging hammer.
Without the slightest hesitation.
"Ding! Dang!!"
The crisp and rhythmic sounds of striking instantly echoed through the empty laboratory.
Under his heavy hammer, a high-quality Rare metal ingot rapidly changed shape.
Sparks flew in all directions.
Reflecting in his eyes, which were focused to the extreme.
The gun body.
The barrel.
The energy core casing.
One by one, the prototypes of precision components were forged at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Soon, the forging was complete.
He immediately began the next step: assembly.
His fingers were nimble and steady, without a single tremor.
Tiny parts were precisely placed into their preset positions, fitting perfectly without any gaps.
Meanwhile, in the reinforced glass observation room on the other side of the laboratory.
Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen were staring intently at this scene.
Their breathing had involuntarily slowed down.
"Brother, do you think Brother Liu Yuan can succeed this time?"
Meng Hongchen asked in a low voice, nervously wringing her fingers, her beautiful eyes filled with expectation and worry.
Xiao Hongchen's expression was complex, and he didn't answer immediately.
He stood with his arms crossed, his brow furrowed deeply.
Admiration? Jealousy? Or frustration?
He couldn't tell himself.
He was the recognized number one Genius among the younger generation of the Sun Moon Academy.
But this title felt somewhat ironic now in front of Liu Yuan.
How many months had it been since Brother Liu Yuan arrived?
In just a few months, he caught up to the results I spent many years achieving...
This is no longer a Genius.
This is simply a monster!
Jing Hongchen coldly glanced at his arrogant grandson.
"Now you know that there is always someone better and a heaven beyond the heavens?"
His voice was flat, yet it carried an unquestionable authority.
"Put away that ridiculous pride of yours."
"Watch closely and learn well."
"To have an opponent like him is your good fortune."
Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen could only give a bitter smile.
Good fortune?
Perhaps...
In the short time they were talking.
Liu Yuan, in front of the workbench, had already completed all the assembly work.
A spear-shaped spirit tool shimmering with the cold light of metal lay quietly before him.
But this was only the completion of the outer casing.
Next was the most important step in the entire production process, and the one that tested a Soul Engineer's foundation the most.
The engraving of the Core Formation!
Success or failure depended on this single move.
Liu Yuan picked up a specially made Engraving knife with a tip as thin as a cow's hair.
spirit power was slowly injected.
The tip of the knife lit up with a faint glow.
He held his breath.
His gaze became sharper than ever before.
He lowered the knife.
His wrist was as steady as a rock.
Complex lines representing spirit power conduction and amplification began to extend and intertwine upon that tiny energy core.
The entire process was as smooth as flowing water.
There was not a single superfluous movement.
Time passed minute by minute.
The three people in the observation room had their hearts in their throats.
They all knew what this meant.
In the engraving of a Core Formation, a miss by a hair's breadth is a loss of a thousand miles.
Any tiny mistake would lead to all previous efforts being wasted.
It could even trigger an explosion!
Xiao Hongchen's brow furrowed tighter and tighter.
Fine beads of sweat had already seeped from Meng Hongchen's palms.
Even Jing Hongchen, who was usually as steady as Mount Tai, had a particularly solemn gaze.
Several hours later.
When the final line perfectly closed with the starting point, forming a complete energy circuit.
Liu Yuan stopped all movements.
He slowly straightened up and exhaled a long breath of turbid Qi.
His forehead was already covered in fine beads of sweat.
This sudden silence caused the three hearts in the observation room to jump.
Did he succeed?
Or... did he fail?
They looked at each other nervously.
Unable to hold back any longer, they quickly walked out of the observation room and came to Liu Yuan's side.
"How is it?"
Jing Hongchen spoke first, his voice slightly raspy due to tension.
Liu Yuan did not speak.
He just silently handed over the spirit tool gun he had just finished.
Jing Hongchen took the spirit tool gun.
It felt heavy in his hand.
He examined it carefully; the gun body was as smooth as a mirror, the lines were fluid, and it was full of violent aesthetics.
Especially the Core Formation on the energy core, which seemed perfectly natural.
The trajectory of the energy flow was clear and stable, without any sense of obstruction.
Judging from the appearance and the formation alone, it was already a perfect masterpiece.
But he knew.
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth.
Holding the spirit tool gun, Jing Hongchen strode to the testing area specially set up in the workshop.
He stood firm and aimed at the target wall ahead, which was cast from a special alloy.
spirit power, inject!
"Buzz—"
A slight energy hum sounded.
The Core Formation on the gun body was instantly lit up!
Radiant light flowed rapidly along those profound patterns, finally converging at the muzzle!
A powerful energy fluctuation began to spread out.
Jing Hongchen's eyes suddenly lit up!
This was the feeling!
He no longer hesitated and pulled the trigger.
"Swoosh!"
There was no earth-shaking roar.
Only a sharp whistle of breaking air that was piercing to the extreme!
A beam of white light, as solid as a physical object and trailing a long tail of flame, instantly sliced through the space in the laboratory!
"Puff—"
The light beam accurately struck the center of the target wall!
That Alloy target wall, which was sufficient to withstand the full-strength blow of a Spirit Emperor, was actually like paper under this strike!
The light beam instantly pierced through!
On the target wall, a bottomless hole with edges as smooth as a mirror was left behind.
Around the hole, because of the ultra-high temperature, a strange crimson color appeared, with wisps of blue smoke rising.
Throughout the process, the spirit power output was stable!
The energy concentration was extremely high!
The gun body did not have any abnormal vibrations!
Superior quality!
This was an extremely successful fifth-rank spirit tool!
Jing Hongchen slowly lowered the spirit tool gun in his hand.
He turned around and looked at the calm Liu Yuan. On his usually serious face, his eyes were filled with unbelievable shock.
And... uncontrollable wild joy!
Shrek...
That old fellow Xuan Zi...
In this All-Continent High-Rank Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, your myth of invincibility should end!
It will be ended by this youth's own hands!
And the Xiao Hongchen on the side was completely dumbfounded.
He stared blankly at the hole that was still emitting blue smoke, then looked at Liu Yuan's face, which was calm to an excessive degree.
A huge sense of powerlessness, mixed with frustration and awe, welled up in his heart.
He muttered to himself, his voice trembling.
"He actually... really succeeded?!"
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