Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

The gate of the Divine Dragon Hall stood 50 zhang tall with a thickness surpassing one zhang, but as soon as Lin Rui's hand touched the door, he furrowed his brows slightly.

Due to the convergence of the Dragon Armor, Lin Rui's overall physical qualities were rapidly enhancing. The strength evaluation from two days ago had already reached 2522 points, with the strength index even higher at 2581, meeting the standard of an Earth Federation lieutenant colonel, which corresponds to the late Golden Core phase of a Martial Cultivator in armor.

The Martial Cultivators of Tianji Star are different from those in armor; as long as the Golden Core process is one hundred percent complete, they can undergo Dragon Molting. However, armored Martial Cultivators need a physical strength of over 3000 points before they can implant armored Dragon Armor.

Although Lin Rui's composite physical score was only 2522 points, placed among Tianji Star's Level Five Dragon Molting Martial Cultivators, it was considered quite outstanding; pushing a door weighing tens of millions of jin would be no problem at all.

It's worth noting that pushing and lifting are not the same thing. As early as the 20th century, a Russian strongman once hand-pulled a plane weighing 32 tons.

Lin Rui could only brace the door with both hands, pushing forward with all his might.

It was at this moment that a series of golden runes emerged on the door.

Lin Rui also felt the blood in his body responding and pulsing in resonance. The more powerfully his blood roiled, the more golden runes were elicited.

It wasn't until these runes covered the entire door that the massive doorway began to open slowly.

Lin Rui suddenly realized that this door was also a test—a test of his bloodline talent and potential.

Thus, it turns out that not just anyone can covet the position of the secret command leader of the assassination bureau.

Not only did it require the acknowledgment of the three Divine Envoys and the Emperor but also a powerful bloodline talent.

As Lin Rui stepped inside, he first took a quick look around.

This massive hall covered an area of about sixty mu, slightly larger than Lin Rui's newly obtained estate, yet its interior was extremely spacious.

There were a total of fifteen blood pools inside, three in the middle and six on each side. In each blood pool sat an imposing war dragon.

These war dragons all sat on stone chairs, eyes tightly closed, seemingly deep in slumber, with their knees submerged in the blood pools.

However, the contents of the blood pools were not actual blood but medicinal liquid brewed from various herbs, emitting a strong medicinal scent.

Lin Rui looked at these war dragons with a strange gleam in his eyes.

According to his senior sister Meng Weiyun, the dragon seated at the central position was the 'Boundless Emperor Dragon' of Emperor Renzong of the Great Song, of the tenth realm and emperor-tier, mighty beyond comparison.

However, it is said that the war dragons of the Great Song's founding Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong were also very strong, reaching the tenth realm emperor-tier, but for some reason, they were not seated in the Divine Dragon Hall.

The remaining two National Guardian War Dragons and twelve National Pillar War Dragons came either from past Divine Envoys or from Great Song's renowned court officials and generals.

Lin Rui then remembered the words of his master when he was feeding the chickens.

— Xiao Yun, look at these chickens I'm raising. Don't they resemble the myriad creatures scrambling for food under the auspices of the divine spirits?

Lin Rui wondered if it would be appropriate to slaughter a chicken that was particularly fat and strong. Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

Indeed, Earth Federation historians of history and culture have conducted many analyses on the governmental systems of Tianji Star's four major dynasties and Zhongzhou's twenty-eight islands. After pondering his master's words, Lin Rui speculated about many things.

Soon, Lin Rui set aside these distractions and approached the 'Boundless Emperor Dragon'. He first placed his official seal on the beautifully ornate incense table, then lit three sticks of incense, and bowed respectfully three times.

"I, Lin Rui, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, by the imperial decree and command of the Divine Envoy, assume the role of leader of the secret assassination bureau. I hereby request that the dragons bestow upon me the National Guardian Dragon Seal."

When Lin Rui looked up, he saw that all the many war dragons in the hall had opened their eyes and were casting their gaze in his direction.

Each of those gazes was like a tangible mountain range, pressing down on Lin Rui simultaneously, making his scalp tingle and his qi and blood stagnate, even making breathing difficult.

Lin Rui also noticed that these powerful divine inspections were sweeping back and forth, meticulously scanning his body, leaving no part of his flesh and bones unchecked.

He also felt his Primordial Spirit completely exposed, observed and scrutinized by these war dragons.

Alert: A powerful foreign spiritual power scan detected, no immediate threat to life.

The Battle Spirit Ring issued a warning to Lin Rui, but this time it didn't mention possession by the battle spirit or absorption and refinement of the foreign spiritual power, probably knowing it was outmatched.

Lin Rui's thoughts almost came to a halt, thinking that this process of receiving the national dragon seal really seemed like a higher-level Heavenly Demon Test.

Luckily, he had made ample preparations before coming. Lin Rui knew that his 'Muscle and Bone Tempering' might not be up to this task, so just in case, he had created a new secret technique a month earlier based on the 'Muscle and Bone Tempering,' combined with the 'Divine Breath Technique' and the 'Eighteen Poles of the Divine Gate' named 'Divine Breath Blood Refinement' that could control to some extent his Golden Core and the abyssal essence within his dragon armor, raising it to the level of a Great Grandmaster.

In short, his idea was to use a higher level of power to suppress and interfere with the sensing abilities of these battle dragons.

Lin Rui employed it then, and as he executed the technique, simulating the breath of a deity, the abyssal essence within him surged, causing his entire body to be shrouded in purple mist, with streaks of lightning darting and flashing through it.

Due to limited practice time, Lin Rui hadn't been able to master this secret technique to perfection, but his understanding of it was deep, and with the foundation of the Great Grandmaster-level 'Divine Breath Technique' and 'Muscle and Bone Tempering,' he managed to control it effortlessly.

Lin Rui controlled this abyssal essence to protect his intelligent biological chip and everything else inside his body and soul that he didn't want to be detected.

Indeed, the battle dragons' consciousness could not penetrate these abyssal forces.

Lin Rui was curious why these battle dragons, which should have awoken some spiritual intelligence, seemed so dull, slightly sluggish?

To Lin Rui, it felt as if they were executing a computer program, very rigid.

Was it because they had not fully awakened? But this was good news to him.

About a hundred breaths later, this sweeping observation finally came to an end.

The fifteen battle dragons then focused all their consciousness on Lin Rui's Primordial Spirit.

At the same time, a wound opened in the center of their brows, and several drops of blood gushed out, converging in front of Lin Rui.

The next instant, the drops of blood transformed into threads that entered Lin Rui's brow, and at that spot, a 'dragon' character in ancient celestial script emerged. Lin Rui's spirit synced with it, and a 'dragon' character in ancient celestial script also appeared, both formed by the pure spiritual power of the fifteen battle dragons and existing by relying on the blood mark on his brow.

This was the 'Protecting National Dragon Seal'; it not only condensed the spiritual power of these battle dragons but also their purest yuan qi and essence blood.

Once activated by Lin Rui, it could form an incredibly robust Dragon Gang.

He could also integrate this Dragon Gang into his own Gang energy to enhance his martial prowess.

Crucially, the seal could summon projections of battle dragons, could help him resist all illusions below the tenth realm, could suppress the traces of fate, and would assist in his transformation into a dragon.

This dragon seal could also identify Heavenly Demons from other domains. Encountering those Heavenly Demons with a weaker fusion of spirit and flesh, Lin Rui could activate the dragon seal, briefly scan with his eyes, and discern their true nature.

There were many more benefits, too numerous to list at this time.

Alert: Foreign spiritual power infiltration detected, no immediate threat to life, you may use soul power points to help you refine the essence of the foreign spiritual power.

After sensing this alert, Lin Rui 'hmm'ed and narrowed his eyes.

As Lin Rui weighed the pros and cons, he sensed that threads of pseudo-abyssal essence from his Golden Core were converging toward the Protecting National Dragon Seal.

By then, Lin Rui could initially control these pseudo-abyssal essences.

However, after a moment of hesitation, he didn't stop them but quietly observed the changes.

Just an instant later, when Lin Rui's pseudo-abyssal essences combined with the Protecting National Dragon Seal on his brow, it triggered an anomaly.

The wounds on the brows of the three protecting battle dragons suddenly opened further, gushing out more qi and blood, which turned into threads and infiltrated Lin Rui's brow.

At that moment, the Battle Spirit Ring gave Lin Rui a new alert.