Railgun

Su Xing was a top student in his previous life, and not just any top student, but one who loved the world of anime. After watching "Misaka Mikoto," he took an interest in understanding the "Railgun" technique.

Now, his martial soul happens to be a coin. For his first spirit ring, he deliberately hunted a spirit beast with lightning attributes. Luckily, after absorbing the spirit ring, his martial soul gained the power of lightning.

Su Xing's first spirit skill was "Lightning Strike," which allowed him to launch a lightning attack from the coin he summoned.

But it was weak!

At best, it could hit someone, but it didn't cause much damage.

However, none of that mattered to Su Xing. What he really cared about was the lightning attribute; as for spirit skills, he could create his own.

He had already studied the properties of lightning thoroughly and discovered that he could directly convert soul power into electricity!

Zzzz...

Su Xing extended his right hand, and strands of lightning gradually appeared, seeming chaotic but moving in a purposeful pattern.

It wasn't his first attempt to use soul power with lightning attributes to form an electromagnetic rail.

But previously, the lightning had never gathered or moved according to Su Xing's expectations.

For Su Xing, being unable to perfectly control his own power was unacceptable.

Initially, he didn't realize it was due to the spirit ring. It was only through constant training and improving his control over soul power that he discovered this limitation.

"It worked!"

At that moment, Su Xing's eyes sparkled with excitement.

A rail formed from intertwined lightning had successfully been built.

Although, from the outside, it looked like just a few strands of lightning crawling across his arm.

But in reality, this was an electromagnetic acceleration rail—the core structure of a railgun.

Ding!

With his right hand maintaining the electromagnetic rail, Su Xing summoned his coin martial soul into his left hand.

Holding the coin, Su Xing placed it on his right shoulder.

Zzz...

As soon as the coin settled, it floated above his shoulder, flickering with strands of lightning.

"Railgun!"

Boom!

With Su Xing's low shout, the coin that had been hovering on his shoulder shot out through the rail formed on his right arm!

Boom!

Bang!

The wall in front of Su Xing was blasted with a hole over a meter in diameter, with the impact extending for dozens of meters beyond it.

It was only because Su Xing's laboratory was underground that no harm was caused!

Knowing the laboratory was safely underground allowed Su Xing to experiment freely with the railgun.

"The power... it's stronger than I expected!"

"When I fully master the electromagnetic acceleration rail, it can be faster and more powerful."

"But it consumes too much soul power. In most cases, I don't need such high power. I can reduce the power of the rail, and the soul power consumption will be much less."

As Su Xing analyzed the damage caused by his railgun, he was both excited and calm.

At the same time, he deactivated the electromagnetic rail on his right arm.

Maintaining the rail consumed a lot of soul power. In just ten seconds, it had already drained a significant portion of his soul power.

When the coin was fired, the energy required to propel it through the electromagnetic rail consumed even more soul power!

One shot of the railgun had already used up half of Su Xing's soul power.

"And the firing method doesn't look cool enough. The coin is placed on my shoulder, not like Misaka Mikoto!"

"I need to improve that. If I can make the rail rotate, I can launch it from my fingertips, letting the coin spin around the rail once before being fired. That way, it will look just like Misaka's technique. At such high speeds, no one will notice any difference."

"But that will consume even more soul power. I'll have to wait until my soul power level improves before I can do that."

"For now, what's more important is testing another idea I have about lightning."

"Lightning Body Tempering!"

After calming himself, Su Xing prepared to use the remaining half of his soul power to try another concept: the lightning-based body tempering technique. In his mind, this technique was no less important than the railgun; in fact, it might be even more critical.

The railgun only gave him a powerful attack.

But the lightning body tempering could be the key to his true strength.

The idea of using lightning to temper the body had been mentioned in some cultivation novels. From a scientific perspective, many superheroes had also developed similar powers.

That's why Su Xing wondered if he could develop it too.

For a soul master to become powerful, both their physical body and soul power were essential. In fact, the body was the foundation of everything. Without a strong body, it would be impossible to contain powerful soul power.

Like with the railgun, Su Xing had tried body tempering many times before breaking his spirit ring but failed each time, often injuring himself in the process.

Zzzz...

Following Su Xing's control, streaks of lightning quickly began to dance across his body.

His brow furrowed as the power output was initially too high.

But after reducing it slightly, his expression relaxed.

"There's hope!"

Su Xing was thrilled. Even though the technique wasn't perfected yet, he felt that success was just around the corner.

He could now adjust the intensity of the lightning with precision, something he couldn't do before. Previously, it was either too strong or too weak, and even if he found the right balance, he couldn't maintain it.

Now, it was only a matter of time before he succeeded!

While Su Xing continued experimenting, the entire Su family was shaken by the noise caused by the railgun blast.

The entire estate trembled as if there had been an earthquake, alarming everyone in the family.

"What on earth happened?"

The head of the Su family, Su Xing's father, Su Jinlong, immediately ordered someone to investigate.

"Master, the tremor seems to have come from underground!" a servant reported.

"Underground? Oh no, my son..."

Su Jinlong's expression changed instantly. He quickly ran towards Su Xing's underground laboratory.

"Xiao Xing..."

A beautiful woman, Su Xing's mother, Lin Qianyue, also turned pale and followed Su Jinlong hurriedly.

"If anything happens to Xiao Xing, I won't forgive you, Su Jinlong!" Lin Qianyue yelled as she chased after him. "It's because of your indulgence that Xiao Xing keeps playing with these dangerous things!"

"I told you long ago that the coin martial soul isn't suitable for becoming a combat soul master. It's all your fault for letting him do as he pleases!"

Su Jinlong's face twitched. Sure, I might've spoiled him, but you haven't been much better yourself.

However, he didn't dare argue. Right now, their main concern was Su Xing's safety.

Boom!

The two quickly reached Su Xing's underground lab and pushed open the door.

"Xiao Xing..."

"Xiao Xing..."

Their tension immediately eased when they saw Su Xing sitting calmly, meditating.

But as soon as they noticed the massive destruction caused by the railgun, they were completely dumbfounded.

"Ah... what is this...?"