Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

Inside the Ten Thousand Dragon Tower, Lin Rui, who had just finished deducing the Blood Evil Secret Technique, felt the ground violently quake, followed by the mountain shaking and the earth trembling.

The entire Ten Thousand Dragon Tower let out a thunderous "crack-crack-crack" sound, as if it were about to split open, with sand and gravel cascading down.

Around him, the Demons that had been bound and suppressed by various restraints all had their pupils glowing red and began to struggle violently. Even the Demons imprisoned in the tower's cells let out piercing howls and grew restless.

Lin Rui's expression slightly changed as he released dozens of small Flying Swords from his sleeve, slaying all the Demons that were struggling too fiercely.

In truth, the sealing Runes restraining these Demons were quite sturdy. It was merely the fear of death, coupled with the recent violent tremor, that made them believe they had a chance, thus engaging in futile and hopeless struggles.

After using slaughter to calm these Demons down, Lin Rui began extracting the blood-qi Essence Souls scattering around him, refining them as they floated before him. Meanwhile, he furrowed his brow and glanced below the execution platform.

"What's going on here?"

He asked Lin Xi the same question: What's happening? Did those mercenaries from the Heaven-Slaying Mercenary Group detonate the bombs early?

Lin Xi (Summer Moqian): No, there's no sign of an explosion near the Dragon Suppression Tower. It seems to be coming from the direction of the Demon Suppression Forest in the south of the city. Just now, there was an intense flash of light there—almost like the Sun. I'm investigating the situation.

Lin Xi (Summer Moqian): The shockwave and tremors also came from the south of the city. I saw 12 mushroom clouds over there, and the radiation is incredibly strong. My goodness, at least twelve billion-ton TNT equivalents!

Lin Rui's heart froze slightly as he read Lin Xi's reply.

The Demon Suppression Forest? Who in their right mind would dare target the Demon Suppression Forest?

Since the last time he detonated a few Anti-Matter Annihilation Bombs there to retrieve Huang Fuqing's Battle Spirit, the Great Song dynasty, fearing history would repeat itself, greatly reinforced the defenses of the Demon Suppression Forest.

Though they transferred away the Eleventh Candidate Divine Envoy Shen Tuo Rong and Twelfth Candidate Divine Envoy Situ Xiu, they had stationed four Vice Divine Envoys within the Demon Suppression Forest.

Vice Divine Envoys usually monitor regional military towns on behalf of the higher gods and oversee local matters.

In theory, there are only a total of 24 Vice Divine Envoys. However, a year ago, the Divine Palace promoted an additional four Vice Divine Envoys specifically for suppressing the Demon Suppression Forest. Thus, now there are 39 Vice Divine Envoys, with 11 of them assigned elsewhere.

Beyond this, the Forest's protective Array and foundations were significantly strengthened. After gathering substantial funding from Star Port, the court added 200,000 personnel to the Demon Suppression Army and a battalion of 300 Divine Guards dedicated solely to guarding the Demon Suppression Forest.

It was now virtually impregnable, making even Lin Rui's scalp tingle.

Who was the master strong enough to dare strike the Demon Suppression Forest again after only one year? What was their aim?

Lin Xi (Summer Moqian): Brother, I sense an extremely aggressive, domineering, and chaotic Primordial Spirit pressure from that area. It's unsettling. Could it be that thing?

At that exact moment, Lin Rui sensed the dangerous aura emanating from the direction of the Demon Suppression Forest, along with an immensely overwhelming and chaotic Divine Thought pressure.

His heart tightened as he realized it was the Abyssal Dragon Spawn! It was an artifact left by the Immortal Dragon Venerate, whose powers were stolen by the East Abyss!

This horrifying creature had been released!

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Have the Heaven-Slaying Mercenary Group detonate the bombs immediately! Warn them to evacuate as quickly as possible after completing the task.

Lin Rui felt conflicted, both thrilled and concerned.

Thrilled because someone else would take the blame for this event, greatly reducing suspicion on him; concerned because the East Abyss was bound to awaken from its Divine Sleep, potentially disrupting their plans.

An ordinary person in this situation might halt their operations altogether, but Lin Rui was no ordinary individual. Instead, he decided to seize this chaotic opportunity, wagering that the East Abyss would have no attention to spare for the Ten Thousand Dragon Tower.

Tower Guardian Qi Lechun remained exceptionally composed. First, he fully activated the protective Array of the Ten Thousand Dragon Tower and shouted loudly, ordering the prison guards and officers within the tower to wield their iron whips and blades to suppress the disturbances inside the tower.

After dealing with the initial chaos, Qi Lechun suspended himself in the air and gazed doubtfully toward the east: "Lord Duke, it seems there's been an incident in the direction of the Demon Suppression Forest."

Qi Lechun perceived a presence in that direction—extremely chaotic! Also extremely terrifying! It made Qi Lechun's heart palpitate.

"It's indeed the Demon Suppression Forest—" Lin Rui held his blade with one hand, intending to say something when the colossal 5,000-zhang Ten Thousand Dragon Tower began to shake violently again.

This time, the magnitude of the tremors was far more intense, carrying an apocalyptic flair of heaven and earth upheaval, massive shockwaves sweeping upward. Many prison guards inside the tower couldn't keep their footing, crashing into the walls, bleeding from all seven orifices.

After the violent quaking subsided, Lin Rui heard a deafening rumble from the direction of the tower's base.

Even with his current Seventh Realm cultivation, he felt a slight ringing pain in his eardrums.

Lin Rui also noticed a network of spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spreading through the interior of the Ten Thousand Dragon Tower. More stones tumbled from above as the structure crumbled, filling the interior with choking dust. Simultaneously, a surge of turbulent blood-qi rushed upward.

He was secretly astonished, wondering how many tons of Anti-Matter Annihilation Bombs the Heaven-Slaying Mercenary Group had deployed. The commotion was far too enormous!

The task Lin Rui had assigned merely required them to blast open three breaches—it never mentioned bringing down the entire 5,000-zhang tower.

But the explosion points were strangely excessive, totaling fifteen, most of which were detonated from within the Ten Thousand Dragon Tower, intensifying the impact on the tower's structure.

As Lin Rui marveled at the extraordinary scene, he couldn't help but feel baffled, thinking to himself: something's not right. He had discreetly arranged for the Heaven-Slaying Mercenary Group to conduct this operation solely based on his authority as Cabinet Minister and his control over the Commander's Seal of Luojing's eight provinces.