Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

A moment later, the Heavenly Demon Dragon saw its three fifth-level demonic minions retreat from the dense fog in utter disgrace.

This scene also took the Prefectural Governor and others by surprise.

"What happened?"

The dragon's vertical pupils widened in anger as fury boiled within.

What were these three fools doing retreating?

And what about the Wu brothers?

The 'Divine Altar Golden Body' was still on Blood Blade Ji, so that defensive officer Lin hadn't died yet!

In the fog, purple lightning snakes also lashed out, striking down any third-level demons daring to charge too close!

The dragon couldn't help but roar again, and with its psychic force, those three fifth-level demons just wouldn't run back into the fog.

One of them transmitted a message through the power of its bloodline, "Boss, that guy inside has abyssal strength. The Wu brothers are dead!"

"Abyssal?"

The dragon was taken aback, then swung its tail to whip up a fierce wind that scattered the mist.

It saw Lin Rui standing perfectly fine in the middle of the formation, one hand holding a seal and the other clutching a knife, surrounded by hundreds of talismans and a formidable network of thunderbolts.

Now, he was not dodging at all, just standing firm there.

About ten meters to Lin Rui's left and right lay two burning corpses.

Those were Wu Fei and Wu Jian, their demon bodies resembling turtles, but their heads had been severed, chopped into pieces.

The dragon's gaze flickered, followed by a sinister laugh.

"Arrogant!"

Its dragon body suddenly expanded, unleashing a powerful force. Its tail swept around, and its claws struck fiercely, forcing Prefectural Governor Li Changguo and Deputy Governor Qin Xia to retreat several meters. Only Blood Blade Ji, with her agile and swift figure and versatile Escape Skills, avoided the dragon's formidable power entirely.

After Li Changguo and Qin Xia retreated, they immediately moved toward Lin Rui on the riverbank.

The two were worried that the dragon was forcing them back to free up its energy to strike at Lin Rui.

Today, Lin Rui had displayed martial skills and magic that greatly exceeded their expectations, not only holding off the dragon's demonic minions but also managing to kill two upper fifth-level demons in an instant!

Nevertheless, this defensive officer was still the weakest and most critical link among them, indispensable.

But the next moment, the dragon they were facing had already dissolved into a massive pool of liquid and spread out.

The true body of the dragon had already charged into the river, emitting a cold laugh, "That's enough for today! I'm tired of fighting. We'll battle again another time!"

Today, it reckoned it had no chance of victory and thus grew weary of the fight.

It had thought, after injecting an enhancing serum that fortified its strength, it could dominate the group of government officials, avenging the serious injury it had suffered a few months earlier in an ambush.

Unexpectedly, after the previous defensive officer of Wang City had died, a stronger one had arrived.

Although this person was only at the early stages of the fourth realm and his bloodline reached only the king realm, his bodyguard demon and dual cultivation in techniques and martial skills were quite tricky to deal with.

However, it didn't matter, it still had one more dose of the enhancing serum left, allowing its strength to continue to increase.

Once it swept across both banks of the Tianxiang River, restoring its demon army to its full glory, and gathered a few more powerful fifth-level demons as its lieutenants, it could still dominate Wang City!

The body of the dragon instantly submerged into the depths of the river: "Listen up, Li Changguo! From today onward, within two hundred li up and down Jingang, navigation is forbidden, not a single plank may touch the water! And within twenty li along the riverbanks, no one may cultivate the fields either, I will surely flood them!"

"I was originally living peacefully here, aside from the routine demand for some blood food and goods, never disturbing the local area, even helping you restrain the demons! Since you fail to appreciate my kindness and insist on targeting me, then don't expect to live in peace! Unless Wang City gives me an explanation, you've delayed me for four months, so bring me tenfold the blood food and goods provided in these months, or none of you will have peace!" Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

Its voice echoed over the river surface like thunder.

Li Changguo hovered mid-air, gazing at the river surface with a face as cold as iron.

The blood food the dragon demanded was ten young boys and ten virgins provided monthly.

So, four months ago, he had taken the lead to gather many experts from Wang City in an attempt to kill this dragon, but that battle ended in failure, leaving behind significant repercussions.

"Prefect!" Deputy Governor Qin Xia's face looked grim as well; he sheathed his sword and pointed toward Lin Rui, "Shall we go down and discuss further?"

"What's there to discuss? We can't kill this dragon, so anything we say now is pointless," replied Li Changguo, yet he still flew up to the hilltop, and rather bluntly to Lin Rui offered a bowed hand, "Defense Officer Lin, thank you! I was wrong before, please do not take offense!"

If it weren't for Lin Rui stepping in today, the situation in Wang City would have already collapsed.

He felt a slight regret, realizing that after today, he wouldn't be able to seek 'revenge and clear his resentment' against Lin Rui anymore.

Ever since recovering his Heavenly Demon armor, Li Changguo had been holding a grudge, wanting to restore his lost dignity.

If he had had this armor half a month ago, Blood Blade Ji would have stood no chance against him.

Even now, the power of Blood Blade Ji was still much inferior to his.

However, due to concerns about saving face, he couldn't make another move against Blood Blade Ji.

"Well said!" Lin Rui politely responded, "I am now more eager to know, what good strategies does the Prefectural Governor have to resolve this Heavenly Demon calamity?"

At this, the Prefectural Governor, Prefectural Commander, and Prefectural Chief looked at each other, all displaying a helpless expression.

The best approach right now would definitely be to seek help from higher-ups.

But this was a major taboo in the official circles and would leave the higher-ups with an impression of incompetence.

Besides, the situation in Shazhou was tense and no capable individuals could be spared to assist them.

"In any case, restoring the blood sacrifice is absolutely not an option!" Prefectural Commander Qin Xia frowned deeply.

He too found it intolerable in the past, which was why he had conspired with the Prefectural Governor to exterminate the demons. Now, asking him to provide ten times the amount of virgin boys and girls for that Heavenly Demon was something Qin Xia could never accept.

"I plan to redeploy all the prefectural soldiers to patrol the riverbanks, leaving the city's defenses to rely solely on Lord Lin's Dragon Guard!"

Prefectural Governor Li Changguo hesitated slightly, "I also need to oversee the outer city riverbanks, so it will be difficult to attend to the demons inside the city."

"No worries, leave all the demons in the city to my care. However, I have one condition, those bounties must be proper, and all constables in the prefectural office should be under my command, then I can guarantee that there will be no problems in the city!"

Lin Rui confidently patted his chest, "But, have you gentlemen forgotten about the Provincial Surveillance Commission in Wang City? Among them are three of the Fifth Realm, and quite a few skilled fighters!"

Li Changguo replied with a cold expression, "Do you think I am unaware? I have already asked them to lend support but this group has other intentions in Wang City and has been feigning ignorance."

Thus, he turned a blind eye to the conflicts between the Provincial Surveillance Commission and Wang City's officials, even covertly supporting Wang City's officials.

Upon hearing this, Lin Rui's expression shifted, thinking this was another crime he could attribute to Wen Tailai later on.

These individuals, members of the Provincial Surveillance Commission, neglected the demons plaguing the locality and caused conflicts with local colleagues instead, a clear dereliction of duty and violation of law!

"But continuing like this is not a solution either!" Prefectural Chief Dong Linghui frowned deeply. "Just the Jinggang Dock alone has tens of thousands of laborers reliant on this river for livelihood, not to mention the tens of thousands of common folk along both sides of the river, who cannot go without food or drink."

The truth was that the top-quality farmland within twenty li on either side of the river was all in the hands of local gentry, who were largely unconnected to the commoners.

However, it was these very gentry and scholars who could exert tremendous pressure on the three of them, especially with the autumn harvest only a few months away.

Li Changguo, his face grim, "Didn't we confiscate over 200,000 bushels of grain after exterminating Yuan Ji's associates? Let's start using this batch of grain to keep things running, as long as the people have enough food, there shouldn't be a large problem."

He could never provide the Heavenly Demon with blood sacrifices, nor could he bow down to it!

Lin Rui nodded subtly, thinking they could only bide their time.

He planned to implant the 'Blood Core Fury Sun' into Blood Blade Ji after returning.

With this supreme emperor-rank auxiliary implant, not only would Blood Blade Ji's combat prowess significantly increase, but her speed of accumulating Magic Power and blood essence would also accelerate greatly, allowing her to advance to the Fifth Realm within one or two months.

Actually, Lin Rui had also acquired an enhancer called 'Iron Bone' to reinforce her physical flexibility and the toughness of her fasciae and meridians, which combined with her existing 'Steel Bones' would be termed 'Steel Muscle and Iron Bones'.

Unfortunately, Ji Xueying had just been injected with the Steel Bone serum and needed to wait before another injection, otherwise, her power would undergo a significant transformation in a few days.

Moreover, the fabled Dream Officer would also arrive soon, and with his help, the troublesome Heavenly Demon might be easily dealt with.

Estimating his arrival, it should be within the next few days.

Lin Rui then began tallying his gains from this adventure.

Unfortunately, as today's battle occurred in a very public setting, he couldn't utilize these demon corpses.

Just a moment ago, when the fog was thick, he managed to extract two packs of blood from two Fifth Realm demons before their bodies were completely consumed by fire, expecting to make about 2 million Federation Coins from it.

The tortoise shells of the two Fifth Realm demons could also be exchanged for money as materials for Magic Artifacts.

His greatest earning, however, was in Soul Power points, and indeed, he had earned a tremendous amount this time.

In the strikes of thunder he had summoned earlier, he had killed over eighty Third Realm demons.

He also slaughtered seven in the Fourth Realm, and two in the Fifth Realm.

"In total, that's 61234 points!"

Lin Rui's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Just as he was about to open the skill lists of his two war spirits, he saw a streak of silver light flying towards him from afar.

It turned out to be a 'Hundred Thousand Mile Flyer', appearing just like a book opened wide, flapping its wings as it circled around him.

This was Lin Rui's first interaction with such a device, and he observed it with amazement.

But who could this be from? Who in Wang City prefecture could afford such a thing?

When he received the Flyer and took a glance at the enclosed letter, his expression abruptly changed, his mind beginning to race.