Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

"I'm not entirely sure."

Linghu Mingde crossed his arms, his white eyebrows slightly raised, his expression peculiar: "Li Xianglong should have told you, I've been tailing Lin Tianchen alongside Li Xianglong and the others for the past few days. And just twenty minutes ago, Lin Tianchen entered the Lower Zone of the Seventh Base City and somehow stirred up a hornet's nest, startling out three 'Quasi Immortals'."

Lin Rui felt a tinge of disappointment upon hearing this. Linghu Mingde didn't seem to know more than the information Lin Xi had gathered.

However, Linghu Mingde's next words made Lin Rui's heart stir.

"But I sense that the Longevity Association intentionally guided Lin Tianchen in this direction, as if they wanted to force a few of the founders of the Longevity Association to show themselves."

Linghu Mingde's eyes flashed with a cold smile: "I've been retired and silent for 300 years, and it feels like the waters within the Federation Government are getting deeper and deeper."

He thought about Fang Xianzheng; Linghu Mingde had always suspected that an unknown yet powerful force backed his son-in-law.

Linghu Mingde used to suspect it was the Longevity Association or the Divine Light Army, but now he had an even more terrifying guess.

"Hmm~" Lin Rui stroked his chin, pondering how Li Xianglong and Yi Duxing's group seemed to have aligned their goals this time.

This was advantageous for Lin Rui.

He had always believed the Earth Federation Government and Sky Extreme Star were opposing races and forces.

But now he realized that all fourteen Base Cities of the Earth Federation were also enshrouded by the shadows of the Eight Great Abyss of Sky Extreme Star.

It was possible that they had aliens lurking in the shadows, secretly manipulating the Federation and monitoring everything within it.

Currently, the 'Forest Rui Fang Group' had grown conspicuously, becoming a bit too prominent under the watchful eyes of the Abyss.

At this moment, forcing those few Quasi Immortals into the open could effectively divert the Abyss's attention.

Lin Xi and Lin Yi, despite wielding the Abyss Battle Dragon and being copies of the Twin Venerable of Despair and Pain, were actively resisting and rejecting the contamination. In the eyes of the Abyss, the two sisters were unlikely to truly merge with the Abyss and thus posed less of a threat than the Longevity beings in Purgatory.

"Where is Lin Tianchen? Where is he now?"

Lin Rui had already scanned the entirety of space but couldn't find Lin Tianchen's silhouette.

"Not far ahead. At the moment of the incident, Lin Tianchen forcibly severed the Void Time Order and traversed to this location. He's now trapped in a timeless and immutable void. Unless you sense him at close range, you won't see him."

Linghu Mingde transmitted a coordinate to Lin Rui and added with a tone of admiration: "It was Chairman Xie of the Martial Arts Association who sealed him into the 'Eternal Stone,' thereby preserving his life."

"This man truly lives up to being the strongest in our Earth Federation. His 9SSS+ Spell 'Eternal Stone' is impenetrable even to those few Quasi Immortals."

Lin Rui couldn't help but direct his gaze toward a figure standing shoulder to shoulder with Li Xianglong up ahead.

The man was not wearing exoskeleton armor but was clad in a Four-star Marshal's military coat, his jet-black hair floating and dancing in the void of space.

—It was Chairman Xie Xingyun of the Martial Arts Association!

The sole Super Divine Envoy within the Federation! And a Super Divine Envoy who possessed an Abyss Divine Artifact!

Over the past few decades, many speculated that the Security Bureau's First Commander, Li Xianglong, and the Star Navy's Chief of Staff, Fyodor Mihailovich, might have already reached or were approaching Super Divine Envoy-level combat strength.

Yet, Xie Xingyun had been recognized as a Super Divine Envoy by the Federation 200 years ago! He had stood firm as the Stabilizing Pillar of the Earth Federation during the upheaval of the 'Divine Illumination' 200 years ago!

Lin Rui's eyes narrowed at this moment: "Did you engage in brief combat? Has Old Li broken through to the Super Divine Envoy level?"

Linghu Mingde smiled faintly, thinking his granddaughter's husband was exceptionally sharp.

Li Xianglong was clearly leveraging Lin Tianchen's predicament to force the Longevity Association to show its cards and reveal its foundations.

But it's evident that the Longevity Association held an impressive hand. Without a straight flush of his own, why would Li Xianglong dare to reveal their cards recklessly?

If the Federation Government couldn't suppress the situation, how would things conclude?

"Not yet at the Super Divine Envoy level, but I estimate he's close. His Martial Intent conceptualization has reached at least 52%."

Linghu Mingde squinted: "Just now, he even fought a Quasi Immortal whose Conceptual Power reached 78%, and managed to force him to retreat. I suspect Li Xianglong has also acquired an Abyss Divine Artifact, which the Quasi Immortal sensed."

Linghu Mingde sighed deeply as he continued: "It's said that reaching 65% Martial Intent conceptualization enables one to challenge Longevity. Truly, the waves of the Yangtze River continue to push forward. Growing old is an inevitable fate!"

Although he participated in the battle this time, he merely played a subsidiary role.

The 'Quasi Immortals' were also Ninth Realm Divine Illuminations, yet Linghu Mingde only endured three moves against them before his blood and energy surged violently.

Linghu Mingde inwardly lamented that he had lingered at the Eighth Realm for far too long. While it hadn't hindered his martial arts accumulation, his progress in conceptualizing Martial Intent and Conceptual Power lagged far behind.

Currently, Linghu Mingde's Martial Intent had yet to achieve conceptualization. His True Yuan was rapidly accumulating with the aid of various top-tier Federation medicines, now barely crossing the threshold of the Four-star Marshal and entering Late Ninth Realm. Achieving Martial Intent conceptualization would still require additional time.

Lin Rui detected a hint of unwillingness in Linghu Mingde's tone, thinking that conceptualization shouldn't be too challenging.

If Linghu Mingde's cultivation reached the Ninth Realm peak, he could push Martial Intent conceptualization to 40% within two months.

Just then, Lin Rui's expression abruptly changed, his demeanor turning solemn.