Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

Just as Lin Rui and Zhang Tianchang silently watched several arrest officers, Cao Jun also lowered his head and looked at his transformed body.

"I've become a demon," Cao Jun let out a bitter laugh, "Old Cao has killed at least twenty demons and five demon cultivators in his lifetime, and yet, I turned into a demon myself."

As he spoke, he leaned against the wall, exhausted and helpless, and slid down.

Although Cao Jun had just resisted the four-realm, three-legged mud demon by transforming, the vital energy he consumed was astonishingly great.

Previously, he was holding on by sheer determination, but now that he relaxed completely, he felt utterly drained.

Yet Cao Jun's eyes were fixed on Lin Rui, "Does Arrest Officer Lin truly have a way to stop him, stop that eunuch?"

Lin Rui didn't speak, but nodded solemnly.

"Then go quickly!" Cao Jun's eyes shone, "Promise me, you must stop him, at least prevent him from burning all the people of our Silver Moon County to death! If you can do that, even in death, I will feel it was worth it."

He had already harbored a determination to die, and planned to take his own life with his sword after Lin Rui left.

How could Cao Jun, who had been an arrest officer all his life, bear to end up as a demon whom the people would dread and the imperial court would zealously exterminate?

"Arrest Officer Lin!" Zhu Fang, another officer beside him, who also looked defeated, bowed respectfully to Lin Rui: "We are exhausted and can't accompany you till the end, it's all up to you now, Arrest Officer Lin!"

Another officer who had undergone a demonic transformation, Tao Bin, laughed loudly, "Arrest Officer Lin, please go quickly, don't mind us. Time is pressing, don't waste it on us."

Lin Rui was indeed in a rush, as he sensed that Ji Xueying's will was on the verge of collapse.

The eunuch not only had no intention of stopping, but on the contrary, he spared no expense to increase the intensity of the soul-burning and spirit-refining, attempting to crush Ji Xueying's will in the shortest time possible.

This person even fused some of the souls of the self-combusted villagers after refining them, forcibly merging them with Ji Xueying. This approach could strengthen Ji Xueying's spirit, and at the same time, it could reduce her control over her own spirit.

The pain from the soul burning and spirit refining was so intense that Lin Rui could hardly bear it.

Lin Rui closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and his expression returned to calm, "Arrest Officer Ximen, Tian 27, stay here to look after them."

Ximen Shou was silent, though he had not transformed into a demon, he too was drained of vital energy, almost too weak to move.

Wang Sen clenched his fists tightly, his face grim.

He knew Lin Rui thought his strength was not enough to face the Fifth Realm eunuch.

A sense of urgency arose in Wang Sen's mind, thinking that he must quickly level up and bolster his combat power.

He concentrated on sensing inside his body, perhaps due to the so-called sustained exposure to "Purple Lustrous Solar Essence," Wang Sen felt a new bloodline power awakening within him.

Lin Rui, holding the Thunder God Saber, with lightning exploding beneath his feet, sprinted out of the cave entrance. "The entire world, all its moments, beautiful as a scroll of paintings, longing to visit the distant mountains and rivers—"

Zhang Tianchang immediately followed him, his expression a bit helpless, "What song are you singing, Number 12? Can you stop singing? If not, change the song."

He felt the song was a bit too cheerful.

Lin Rui thought to himself that he couldn't help it, his head was throbbing painfully.

He glanced sideways at Zhang Tianchang, "Old Zhang, how are you feeling now, how much strength do you have left?"

This guy had just beaten a bone-armored dragon to death with his bare hands, yet his body was dotted with dozens of bloody holes, looking like a blood-drenched gourd.

But this Zhang, the arrest officer, was also immensely talented and quite young. Although he looked a bit older, he was just over 25 years old.

If he could get hold of some good cultivation resources, he might well transform into a dragon in the future.

Lin Rui felt that calling him Old Zhang now seemed a bit premature.

"I've got plenty of strength left!" Zhang Tianchang stuffed a pill into his mouth, his face turning an abnormal flush, "When the fight starts later, if you feel you can't hold on, just fall back behind me."

That was exactly what Lin Rui was thinking.

With Zhang Tianchang's strong bloodline and his brute force, he should be able to withstand a few strikes from the eunuch.

At that moment, he caught sight of the County Magistrate Zhu Lingshi ahead.

The man was standing in the tunnel ahead, holding a knife to the neck of a woman who was barely alive.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Lin Rui noticed that Zhu Lingshi's condition was very poor, his body was covered in rotting flesh and assorted blisters.

However, his severed hands and feet had regrown, but not normally. The skin looked like rotting tree bark, resembling decaying roots.

Zhu Lingshi's eyes were fierce as he glared firmly at Lin Rui, "Stop, or I'll kill her!"

He despised the man known as Lin twelve to the utmost. Just moments ago, when Lin twelve detonated the Purple Gleam Crystal, he had clearly targeted Zhu Lingshi's position, subjecting him to extreme heat and purple light radiation, nearly burning him alive.

Although Zhu Lingshi survived, his body underwent a demonic transformation.

In the moment of transformation, Zhu Lingshi realized that his once bright future was destroyed and felt the world turn dark, nearly falling into despair.

No matter how much Prince Han favored his uncle, he would never tolerate Zhu Lingshi, now a demonic cultivator.

Zhu Lingshi dared not return to Zhu Tianmao's side, knowing Zhu Tianmao must be fuming with nowhere to vent his anger.

But now powerless to fight any longer, Zhu Lingshi had already sustained several severe injuries today and, after resisting the explosive Purple Gleam Sun Crystal, was extremely weak.

Luckily, he still had this woman in his hands, Ji Xueying's mother.

This woman had no Purple Gleam Dust within her and, having been discarded by him as a nuisance two passages away, had miraculously not been burned to death.

Zhu Lingshi now only wanted to delay Lin twelve's steps a bit to buy some time for his uncle.

Having no future left, he just wanted to make Lin twelve pay a price while his uncle had enough strength to help him enact his revenge.

With a ferocious expression, Zhu Lingshi sneered coldly, "Do you realize who I am holding? She is none other than the mother of your beloved Blood Blade!"

He had only half finished his sentence when he realized that Lin twelve had no intention of stopping. Instead, he was hastening with the Thunder God Saber in hand.

Zhu Lingshi's pupils dilated as he pressed the blade into the hostage's neck, bellowing angrily, "Stop!"

In that instant, Zhu Lingshi saw a familiar purple glow.

Just like during the previous battle at the county government office, when Lin twelve sliced off his arm, the style of drawing the sword was exactly the same.

This is bad—

Before Zhu Lingshi could react, he heard a 'puff' sound.

His hands then slid off his body and fell to the ground.

With a look of shock and perplexity, Lin twelve had, in that instant, made two strikes, severing both of his hands!

The problem was, how did this guy make the cuts? How could he be so fast? He hadn't even seen it! Moreover, he covered at least a distance of twelve meters in the air, with the sword light directly piercing the void!

Zhu Lingshi quickly realized this, violently smashing his head toward the middle-aged woman before him. He knew he was undoubtedly doomed, but he wanted Lin twelve to pay a price.

This was Ji Xueying's mother, the most important person to Blood Blade. Since Lin twelve had come down for Ji Xueying, it showed he treasured Blood Blade highly.

But in the next moment, Lin Rui had already reached him, and with a punch smashed into Zhu Lingshi's face, sending him flying three meters away.

He had held back, not killing the man with a single punch.

Lin Rui surmised that his Blood Blade would very much like to deal with this County Magistrate personally, probably having much to say to this scoundrel.

Zhang Tianchang then caught up to him, his expression one of astonishment, "Twelve, what kind of swordsmanship did you just use?"

He had seen this type of blade work once before in the county office, but Lin twelve's drawing of the blade just now seemed even faster, almost invisible beforehand.

"It evolved from the Purple Radiance Thunder Blade!" Lin Rui said, while swiftly stripping the County Magistrate Zhu Lingshi of a set of armor and tossing it to Zhang Tianchang, "Put on this armor, and remember to return it after you're done."

This was a set of Fourth Realm half-armor, its name unknown, covered entirely in metallic fluorescence, completely undamaged.

Lin Rui could tell at a glance that this item was extraordinary, estimating that this armor must be rated at least S+ by the Martial Arts Association.

The reason Zhu Lingshi survived the intense heat and radiation just then was largely due to this armor.

"Nice piece, this is Zhu Lingshi's set of Night Light Armor, said to be crafted by top craftsmen using expensive sixth-realm materials. On the day the armor was finished, he even invited people from the government office for drinks,"

Zhang Tianchang unapologetically donned the set of Night Light Armor.

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Understanding his responsibility, he knew that next, this Master Zhu would be his burden to bear!

Meanwhile, Lin Rui took advantage of the time Zhang Tianchang spent donning the armor to feed the middle-aged woman a few pills and hastily bandaged her wounds.

At this moment, his expression shifted.

Alert: Entered the range for capturing Major General level Battle Spirits. Proceed with capture?