The nurturing of the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass cannot be completed in a short time.
After Su Yu transformed the Holy Soul Grass into Undead Life and created a potted Soul-guiding Device to nurture its spirituality, he began his journey to achieve the rank of the Ninth-level Soul Guide.
Every day, he would check the condition of the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass, spending most of his time crafting Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices.
Creating a Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device is not like making a low-level one, which can be completed in a short time.
The core of a Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device is no longer singular; instead, there are dozens of areas that require engraving a Core Array.
Because of this, many Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices take the form of Soul-guided Cannons, due to their large volume and numerous parts, providing ample space for engraving Core Arrays.
After mastering the crafting of Ninth-level Soul-guided Cannons, the Soul Guide would focus on reducing the size of the Soul-guiding Device.
Ye Yulin is one of the three top Soul Guides of the Sun and Moon Empire, and is renowned for his ability to reduce Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices to the size of a Divine Needle.
For novices attempting to craft a Ninth-level Soul-guided Device, each component of a Ninth-level Soul-guided Cannon might take a full day.
Being able to produce one Ninth-level Soul-guided Cannon in a month is considered fairly successful.
If failed, it's normal to not succeed even after two or three months.
The Ninth-level Soul-guided Cannon itself is large, and each component might go through multiple failures, ten to dozens of attempts.
The rare metals consumed could be described as vast.
Even for Su Yu, who is not entirely a prodigy, mistakes happen.
Su Yu's strength lies in his understanding, quickly identifying where problems lie and comprehending the difficulties and techniques when engraving, though he cannot always create perfectly according to his intentions.
Often, the mind understands, but the hands do not.
This is especially true in the crafting of Soul-guiding Devices.
After all, the depiction of different Core Arrays may result in various overlaps, selecting expansion points in the circuits and matching the flow of Soul Power.
Running the entire process in the mind might be flawless, but upon taking action, mistakes are easy to make. Su Yu is relatively better, his error rate is already low, but the complex crafting steps and sophisticated technology are hard to escape.
In the blink of an eye, two months have passed.
"Phew, I finally succeeded in crafting it."
Su Yu placed the successful samples of all the Ninth-level Soul-guided Cannon components on the crafting table.
He began assembling all the parts.
First is the core engraving of the Core Array, assembling and connecting a full thirty core components, aligning the Core Arrays within them.
Next is the assembly of the shell, this step is relatively simple, not as many complicated procedures, and anyone familiar with the structure of a Soul-guided Cannon could complete it easily.
Soon, a three-meter-long cannon was completed before Su Yu.
The overwhelming feeling this cannon gave was one of massiveness.
Su Yu did not infuse Soul Power into the Soul-guided Cannon.
The distinction between Soul-guided Cannons and Fixed Soul-guided Cannons is apparent, where the most obvious difference is that Soul-guided Cannons require the Soul Master's own Soul Power, while Fixed Soul-guided Cannons use the cannon as a framework, with energy cannonballs for damage, containing sufficient Soul Power to charge internally, placing lower demands on the Soul Master, needing only sufficient time to assemble and prepare to use.
Most Soul-guided Cannons also serve as Energy Cannons, transforming energy to condense and thus form energy cannonballs.
Of course, there are also some special Soul-guided Cannons where, due to different functions, some matching Soul-guiding Device cannonballs are crafted to enhance power and effect.
This Ninth-level Soul-guided Cannon of Su Yu is an Energy Cannon, which currently has not been charged yet.
A small amount of Soul Power was injected into the Soul-guided Cannon, circulating once through the Core Array within.
The charging device adopted Xuan Ziweng's latest sealed baby bottle technology, with two to three storage devices for Soul Power in each core component's Core Array.
During use, the Soul Master can choose to charge through Soul Power control or directly activate the Soul-guided Cannon without going through the charging area.
Soul Power circulated around the Core Array, weak light gathered at the muzzle and then extinguished.
Su Yu nodded and smiled.
"Success."
The interaction between the Core Arrays had no issues.
"There are just some slight flaws. While the Soul Power flow involves no problems, it could be smoother and improved..."
The crafting of a Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device itself has many challenges, and not to mention its core technology, even the basic skills alone can stump a large number of Soul Guides. The interaction between components' Soul-guiding Arrays is akin to the interaction between different parts during Battle Armor crafting.
Su Yu had experience, hence his first successful connection; otherwise, it's highly likely that inconsistencies in the engraving between Core Arrays would be discovered only at the final assembly stage, leading to unsmooth Soul Power flow throughout the entire Array.
"Two months have passed?"
Su Yu calculated the time, realizing it had been two months since he began crafting this Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device.
The failed attempts in between were too numerous, and remaking consumed a lot of time.
"There are still three months, definitely not enough for crafting the Super Battle Armor. But that's okay, three months to strive for making two more Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices, then I can proceed to design and construct my Super Battle Armor Array."
Su Yu's body is robust, with vigorous Qi Blood, and a strong Life Force, brimming with energy. Even after dedicating two full months to crafting a Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device, his condition has not significantly declined, and a simple day of rest enables him to start crafting again.