Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

This caused the East Abyss and the Great Celestial Master to exercise some caution, not daring to act rashly against him. On the other hand, the understanding the people of the Great Song have of 'Lin Hao' could help his Heavenly Curtain True Spirit resist the erosion of the Great Sun Venerate.

Although the people's understanding of him could not gather and accumulate like the 'Jingyi Altar' or the 'Imperial Jade Seal', and was not stable enough, it could still play a certain role.

Lin Rui had been hesitating whether to cultivate the methods of 'Elixir Heart' and 'Unity', which would allow him to dispense with the 'Jingyi Altar' and the 'Imperial Jade Seal', and directly gather the collective will using the method of unity.

He actually had excellent cultivation conditions, but he was worried that in the future, 'Elixir Heart' might fail to be achieved and instead become a means for the East Abyss to restrain him.

"You two should rest in the Capital for five days first, and during that time, get to know the situation in the Capital. Three days later, I will arrange a Heavenly Demon Test for you, after which you can receive your appointment. Oh, by the way—"

Lin Rui remembered something: "Later, you two can make a trip to Star Port, go to the Rui Fang Armament Hospital, and select two to three armaments within the capacity of your Primordial Spirit. I've already informed the Rui Fang Group, and no matter what type of bloodline armament, it can be arranged for you at cost price, and you can pay on credit if necessary."

This last sentence was directed at Zhang Tianchang.

Zhuang Mingyue came from a prominent family and naturally did not need loans, but Zhang Tianchang was truly an honest official. He had been the Defense Envoy of Fuqing County and an Imperial Dragon Colonel for over a year but only had a family fortune of fifty thousand taels of Magic Silver, which was virtually the embodiment of purity in the Great Song's officialdom.

At this moment, Lin Rui saw a Flying Book from a million miles away fly into the hall.

After taking the Flying Book, he paused slightly and raised an eyebrow: "It's Master! Master already knows that Junior Sister has returned to the Capital and wants me to take you to see her. Tian Chang, you should come too, Master also wants to meet you."

The main purpose was to get him to Sky Pond.

Luo Wangshu had captured over a dozen Outer Heaven Demons of the Eight Realms and above in the Sky Pool Passage for him, urging him to go down quickly to harvest them and cultivate his Blood Slaughter Secret Technique 'Blood God Wings'.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianchang's expression stiffened. Lin Hao's master, Luo Wangshu, the Third Divine Envoy of the Great Song, was someone Zhang Tianchang had long revered.

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About an hour later, Lin Rui was riding on the Demon Dragon, bringing Zhang Tianchang and Zhuang Mingyue to the depths of the Sky Pool Passage.

As the three of them emerged from a long and narrow tunnel, their view suddenly expanded significantly.

They first saw a massive underground cavern, over a thousand miles wide, over a hundred miles high, and impossibly long. Then, their attention was drawn to a colossal underground fortress, which was four hundred and fifty miles wide, in front of them.

This underground fortress was astonishingly over fifty miles high, and its outer layer was entirely cast with the high-strength cement and reinforced steel of the Outer Heaven Demon, making it look like a giant rock mountain, filling this enormous cave.

They arrived at an inopportune moment, just as the fortress was experiencing a massive assault.

Visible on all sides of the fortress were demons pouring in like a tide, their roars deafening, as if tearing heaven and earth apart. Countless grotesque faces and twisted forms emerged under the fortress' artillery and the lighting of the searchlights.

The number of this Demon Army seemed endless, charging madly and fearlessly, climbing, crashing, attempting to shake this towering and invincible fortress with their flesh and blood. The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder, smoke, and blood.

Zhuang Mingyue looked at the scene in front of her, and although her eyes were filled with shock, they were also slightly strange.

She knew a lot about the Heavenly Demons, so she deeply understood that this war occurring deep underground had already completely 'Heavenly Demonized'.

It was observable that the Demon Army was also filled with various mechs, combat robots, armored cars, maglev tanks, and other heavy war machines, all forged by the Outer Heaven Demon.

Moreover, their density was exceptionally high, with at least 70,000 armored cars and maglev tanks, and over a million mechs and combat robots on this battlefield over a thousand miles wide.

Looking further into the distance, Zhuang Mingyue saw over 5,400 heavy cannons of various types at the rear, continuously roaring and blasting annihilation bombs, armor-piercing bullets, and explosive shells towards the fortress on the opposite side.

Additionally, tunnel boring machines, rock drilling machines, engineering robots, and other construction machines were everywhere.

They were either clearing the way for the advancing troops, or clearing debris, or reinforcing and expanding the caverns.

The Great Song side was not to be outdone, as the outer layer of the massive fortress was teeming with various types of artillery, including Gatling Buddhas, Six Purity Wheel Cannon, Great Compassionate Plasma Cannon, ion cannons, and other close-range defense and fortress artillery, standing outside the fortress, making it look like a hedgehog from afar.

The dense firepower from both sides triggered a massive tremor, shattering and deafening many people's eardrums in this enclosed underground space. The shockwaves and vibrations from exploding shells continuously caused the giant cavern, over a thousand miles wide, to collapse, occasionally causing massive cave-ins, burying many demons and war machines underneath.

This cavern was originally said to be only two hundred miles wide but had expanded due to the continuous tug-of-war, as both sides dug tunnels to attack from the rear. The frontline kept stretching longer and the caverns kept getting wider.

"It is said that last year our Great Song spent 1.6 billion taels of Divine Gold every month on purchasing various machinery and armaments. I thought this was an exaggeration."

Zhang Tianchang's expression was filled with awe: "I didn't expect that the war beneath Sky Pond would reach such a scale, with both sides using so many Heavenly Demon weapons."

He then asked, perplexed: "But what's with these Purgatory Demons? Where did they get so many people to operate Heavenly Demon weapons?"

It was known that among the Purgatory Demons, aside from a very few humanoid demons, the rest had little intelligence and only knew how to follow orders.

Yet in this Demon Army, there were thousands of armored cars, maglev tanks, mechs, and other heavy weapons. How could the Purgatory Demons have enough personnel to operate these weapons?

Lin Rui stood with his hands behind his back, speaking calmly: "They are biochemical soldiers manufactured by the Longevity Association. Additionally, some have already been illuminated by the Purgatory Light, awakening their Spiritual Wisdom."

The so-called biochemical soldiers are clones of the Tianji Star DNA technology combined with mechanical technology by the Longevity Association. There are also a large number of biochemical beasts produced for Purgatory; they are used as expendable vanguards by the Longevity Association because they are not only powerful and fearless in battle but also densely packed with intelligence.

The scale of Purgatory's purchase of arms and war machines is even greater, with nearly sixty percent being consumed by the Longevity Association.

However, the mass production expansion of the Rui Fang Group and Forest Heavy Industry, alongside Lin Rui's further consolidation of power within the Great Song, now ensures that a larger share of military hardware procurement is handled.

What surprised Lin Rui was that these Purgatory Demon Army even equipped tough-skinned Fifth Realm demons with modular reactive armor, enhancing their defense almost to that of light tanks.

"Let's go!" Lin Rui then steered the demon dragon onward toward the distant fortress.

On the way, the howling of the demons, the roaring of shells, and the stench of gunpowder and blood filled the air, while waves of armored cars and tanks forming a metallic torrent merged with the dark aura of the demons.

When Lin Rui, after flying on the demon dragon, reached the great hall within the fortress's handsome mansion, he saw Luo Wangshu seated, slightly lost in thought, holding court on the throne, gently cradling the golden sword fully condensed from Astral Force and Sword Intent.