Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

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As Lin Rui fell to the bottom of the pit, he stumbled and nearly lost his footing.

With one hand supporting his head, he let out a pained moan.

This was because the Blood Covenant had spontaneously resonated with the Ruyi Synchronization Knot, reestablishing contact with Blood Blade Ji.

As their minds reconnected, an intense throbbing pain burst in Lin Rui's temples.

The pain was extremely severe, several times stronger than the previous two instances, as if flames were furiously burning within his brain, threatening to turn all of his marrow to ashes.

"Tsk! That dumb girl, caught just like that?"

Lin Rui deduced that not only had Blood Blade Ji been captured, but she was also being subjected to soul burning and spirit refining, by piecing together the further outbursts from the nearby purple crystals.

The agony of soul burning and spirit refining was so excruciating that Blood Blade Ji couldn't contain her mind, letting the pain wash over like an overwhelming tide.

Lin Rui couldn't help but rub his temples and wryly smile.

He had anticipated that his Blood Blade Ji would be caught.

With Ji Xueying's weakness in the enemy's grasp, and the presence of a high-ranking dual cultivator of magic and martial arts, Ji Xueying would eventually fall into enemy hands.

However, encountering such a setback as soon as he arrived was somewhat of a blow.

"That dumb girl, if you can't beat them, then run, run for your life! Even if you ultimately can't escape, you could have caused some trouble for County Magistrate Zhu Lingshi and gained some time."

Ji Xueying couldn't bear to see her blood relatives tortured, and now her whole family was in peril, all together.

Lin Rui quickly pulled himself together and looked around.

"However, it's also good. Once Zhu Tianmao initiates the refining process, he won't be able to easily leave the altar. But now, I must hurry."

——Since there's no turning back after descending, he must stake everything, doing everything in his power to accelerate his pace.

Lin Rui used his heightened spiritual senses to survey the area and then proceeded down a side tunnel.

At this moment, his face appeared calm, with even a hint of a smile on his lips, but on close inspection, one would notice his facial muscles twitching slightly.

Lin Rui could voluntarily close the door of his mind, shutting out the soul burning pain washing over from Ji Xueying's side, but he chose not to.

Ji Xueying must be in an extremely vulnerable state right now, and Lin Rui worried that if he shut the door to his mind, it could plunge that foolish girl into despair and cause her to give up resisting.

If Ji Xueying's consciousness was truly wiped clean, it would mean trouble, signaling that Zhu Tianmao was close to completing that terrifying Seventh Realm demon, and it would also mean that all of them would die here.

Besides, he could bear it—

Lin Rui instinctively hummed a nursery rhyme, using a habit formed in his past life to combat the soul burning agony.

"Your smile is so lovely, like the flowers in spring, it blows away all the worries and sorrows—"

The lyrics, hummed in the language of the Extreme Star, didn't rhyme well and required some effort to think of, but they enabled Lin Rui's focus to gradually drift away from the pain and become more concentrated.

Lin Rui walked forward with a composed demeanor and swift steps, sticking talismans onto the stone walls as he moved.

He wasn't doing this randomly. Constantly using his powerful sensing abilities, he assessed the internal conditions of the purple crystals and the surrounding thunder and fire ethers. Each talisman had a purpose as he placed it.

Lin Rui had barely walked thirty steps forward when two dark shadows rushed out from the side.

They were two third-realm demon-transformed Martial Cultivators, originally stationed at the junction of three tunnels ahead. Upon discovering Lin Rui, they signaled a warning to their surroundings while pouncing towards him.

Their expressions were somewhat vacant, but their eyes radiated a ferocity. Both of their right hands were grotesquely swollen, resembling a lobster's claws, and the war blades in their hands were entwined with streaks of blood, giving off a particularly ominous vibe.

However, before they could get close, a golden flash unexpectedly zipped through the void.

"Pfft!"

One's head was silently and effortlessly severed by Lin Rui's wielded 'Little Guang Ming Holy Sword' with a soundless motion.

The other saw a flash of cold light before his head and began rolling on the ground.

As it rolled forward, he looked on in dazed confusion, wondering what had just happened.

Did the young arrest officer draw his blade? Why didn't he see it?

Following these two, more than a dozen dark shadows charged towards this direction.

From what Lin Rui could sense, the County Magistrate's defenses under the mine were stringent, nearly a post every thirty steps, a watch every fifty steps, with patrolling teams in all directions. Now, several nearby posts and a patrol squad had been alerted, eliciting the most intense reactions.

This was exactly what Lin Rui wanted to see.

For them, the most crucial thing was speed! Speed! And more speed! Blood Blade Ji wouldn't last long, and Zhu Tianmao's refinement ritual would soon enter its final stage.

His expression focused, he continued to attach the talismans at the fastest speed.

Lin Rui's footsteps and movements were quick, yet incredibly careful and meticulous.

The path of array symbols in Tian Ji Star was like mathematics, not allowing the slightest error.

It wasn't until those dozen or so dark shadows pounced before him that the Thunder God Saber in Lin Rui's right hand suddenly flashed.

Also in that instant, Lin Rui's entire body exploded with twin serpents of lightning and fire.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Boom!"

As the majestic and powerful thunder and red fire swept across, Lin Rui, in the blink of an eye, slashed five times in rapid succession, decapitating three demon cultivators in front and cutting two demons in half, sending them into a near-death state.

If Fei Yunlai, Fang Ranran, or Yu Feicui were here, any one of them would have been stunned beyond belief.

The technique Lin Rui had just used was the secret move 'Purple Brilliance Five Fierce Slashes' from the 'Purple Brilliance Thunder Saber'.

The Federal Martial Arts Association rated this move A-, but Lin Rui, having elevated the 'Purple Brilliance Thunder Saber' to Great Grandmaster level, not only executed this move with the power of an S-level technique without the help of any external force but also reduced the consumption of True Yuan and spiritual power to the extreme, equivalent to a single ordinary technique.

At this moment, the 'Little Guang Ming Holy Sword' that Lin Rui was wielding also caused a blood rain around him, with one demon cultivator's body pierced through and two demons' brains penetrated by the white sword light.

That white sword light flashed with a 'sizzle sizzle sizzle' in the narrow space of the cave, making the demon cultivators avoid it as if they were terrified.

While Lin Rui was efficiently slaughtering, a scythe burning with flames suddenly roared down before him.

That was unmistakably a four-realm Fire Scythe Demon, possibly even in the mid-four-realm! Its body was two zhang tall, strong as a bull, covered in red scales, wielding a massive flame scythe.

Lin Rui had sensed it early on; among the demons around, this was the most troublesome and strongest one!

But Lin Rui didn't defend, nor did he dodge; he remained resolutely in place, saber in hand, gathering momentum.

Sure enough, in the next instant, a figure covered in bronze color, with a gale force, rushed to his front from behind.

That was Zhang Tianchang, who, despite being unarmed, fearlessly threw a fierce punch forward.

"Thud!"

When the fiery scythe collided with Zhang Tianchang's fist, a thunderous roar erupted, shaking the entire cave thrice, and a myriad of broken rocks and dust cascaded down.

The strength of the four-realm Fire Scythe Demon was no match for Zhang Tianchang, who forced it to retreat half a step with the impact.

And at that moment, the Thunder God Saber in Lin Rui's hand flashed again amidst exploding lightning and fire.

This slash seemed unremarkable, its might far from the previous one, yet the body of the Fire Scythe Demon was instantly chopped into eight pieces!

Tip: Slaying a four-realm demon, obtained 1653 points of Soul Power.

Zhang Tianchang's eyes widened slightly; Lin Twelve's saber was so fast! It even seemed quicker than during the fight at the county yamen!

They had watched Lin Twelve fight these demons on their way over, and he felt the speed of Lin Twelve's sabre was unbelievably fast.

Now, witnessing it from a close distance, Zhang Tianchang was even more shocked.

Zhang Tianchang immediately set aside his thoughts and let out a roar, "Lin Twelve! I don't care what you're thinking, as long as you can stop those two beasts, as long as you can ensure all the people in this city survive, then just focus on doing that!"

Although he had followed Lin Twelve down here, he had no idea what Lin Twelve actually wanted to do.

But that didn't matter, he had already been in despair, only wishing to fight those two beasts to the death.

Now that Lin Twelve had given him a glimmer of hope, he was even more determined to fight!

Cao Jun and the others quickly followed, swiftly positioning themselves in front of Lin Rui to shield him on both sides. Gritting their teeth, they fought to the death with the demon cultivators and demons, determined not to let those scoundrels in front interfere with Lin Rui's symbol-attaching.

Lin Rui didn't respond; he couldn't afford to be distracted. He needed to fully concentrate on opposing the burning pain of soul and keep sensing the ether elements around him with his Spiritual Sense, discerning the status of those Purple Brilliance Crystals.

His eyes grew brighter and brighter. The magistrate and Li Qiufeng together gave him more than 900 symbols, and with his own Flash Thunder Talismans and Blazing Fire Talismans totaling 2400, he had already attached nearly a third.

—Already quick!

That eunuch Zhu should soon sense that his "eggs" were already in my grip!

No, that's wrong! Being a eunuch, he should not have those.

Next, it would be interesting to see what skill Zhu Tianmao had in array tactics and how he would respond. Experience exclusive tales on empire

What the extremely focused Lin Rui didn't know was that, at that moment, just a li away in the vast Purple Brilliance Crystal Hall, County Magistrate Zhu Lingshi stood on one leg at the edge of the altar, listening to a subordinate's whispering report.

His eyebrows rose at first, then he sneered, a look of anticipation and ridicule in his eyes.

The scum Lin Twelve actually came down here! He isn't burnt to death yet!

This bastard has actually given him the chance for personal revenge!