Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate-Chapter 718 - 668 Despair and Pain 1

Chapter 718 -668 Despair and Pain 1

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Ji Fanjing’s gaze flickered as he coldly stared at Linghu Mingde, whose foot was pressed against his body: “I hereby swear upon my Primordial Spirit that I will immediately sever ties with the Longevity Association, bear no further connections to it, and no longer oppose you from this day forward.”

As the ancient saying goes: the inchworm curls itself to extend forward, and the dragon and snake lie dormant to preserve their lives; there’s no need to resist blindly at a time like this.

“Clang!”

Linghu Mingde swung his Light Sword and sliced open Ji Fanjing’s face mask, revealing the features of this Congressional Honorary Member: “You intend to fool me with just a few words? Write up a Divine Contract yourself. I know you have Dragon Skin Paper of Ninth Realm or higher—remember, you have only one second to write everything necessary!”

Ji Fanjing’s expression fluctuated between light and dark.

At this moment, the entire center of the Ninth Base City began to tremble. The conceptual forces of ‘Destruction’ and ‘Twist’ began to blanket the base city, encompassing even its core commercial district where they were located.

Ji Fanjing’s mind stirred slightly as he speculated that the Longevity Association might have already employed Abyss Weapons.

But time was running out—Linghu Mingde’s blade was about to fall!

Ji Fanjing’s eyes reflected helplessness and frustration, yet he decisively took out a sheet of Dragon Skin Paper, using his own Essence Blood as ink to inscribe his oath upon it. He even consciously included the names of three Divine Venerables.

Still, Ji Fanjing set the time limit to 20 years—this was the maximum he could accept.

Ji Fanjing was not like Kubo Taiyou, the so-called ‘Sword Master of Now,’ who was a solitary figure with nothing but a 9SS mercenary group, his equipment, and his samurai sword.

Ji Fanjing, however, possessed vast enterprises and a financial conglomerate valued at nearly 5 trillion.

Thus, Ji Fanjing couldn’t afford to take the risk. If he were to die, these assets would certainly be divided among various factions, leaving nothing behind. Even if the Longevity Association revived Ji Fanjing after his death, he’d have lost everything.

After signing the Divine Contract, he unceremoniously tossed it to Linghu Mingde: “Thanks, Teacher Linghu! Though the Abyss Weapon of the Longevity Association is next—good luck handling it.”

Ji Fanjing knew that Linghu Mingde allowing him to make the choice was already showing leniency, so he bore no grudges.

What Ji Fanjing felt more keenly was heartache and discontent. His financial conglomerate had numerous collaborations with the Longevity Association, and quitting now meant those partnerships would terminate.

The Longevity Association’s research was on the verge of fruition, yet he was forced to bow out on the eve of victory.

“That’s none of your concern.”

Linghu Mingde glanced at Ji Fanjing’s Divine Contract before transforming into beams of light that dissipated from Ji Fanjing’s body: “From this day forward, the bond between student and teacher is severed. Ji Fanjing, take care of yourself.”

His figure then appeared behind another fleeing ‘Honorary Member,’ whose escape was firmly intercepted by Linghu Mingde’s sword-light tide and Qiu Jingshu’s mirror construct.

The so-called ‘Congressional Honorary Members’ referred to the 48 lifelong Honorary Members currently serving in Congress.

These individuals were not only powerful enough to meet the candidate Divine Envoy, Divine Envoy, and Senior Divine Envoy standards of the Sky Extreme Star but also backed by formidable martial power and wealth.

Yet even beyond Congress, several individuals had reached candidate Divine Envoy and Divine Envoy levels but, for various reasons, had failed to join Congress.

In the Earth Federation, these individuals were also termed ‘Congressman Level,’ and those with slightly lesser abilities were labeled ‘Quasi-Members,’ akin to the ‘Vice Divine Envoy’ rank on the Sky Extreme Star.

The earlier ‘Sword Master of Now,’ Kubo Taiyou, and the individual Linghu Mingde now faced were both armored Martial Cultivators whose mastery of martial arts, bloodline power, concepts, and extreme moves had reached the Nine Realms Emperor Rank.

On the Sky Extreme Star, they could rank as candidate Divine Envoys or even become elders of a Holy Sect.

However, one of these individuals couldn’t enter Congress due to anti-human-level offenses; the other became entangled in a feud with a Senior Divine Envoy Honorary Member, who systematically suppressed him. Ultimately, he was convicted of major crimes by the Federation’s judicial system and stripped of his Honorary Member status.

The underlying issue was a lack of influence—they couldn’t secure a foothold in Congress—

How could a bona fide Congressional Honorary Member be convicted by the judicial system?

The judicial system couldn’t even touch Lin Rui, now widely confirmed through indirect evidence to be the ‘Children’s Song Killer.’ Lin Rui had spent nearly 120 billion federal coins on this legal battle, hiring numerous lawyers and leveraging his influence over Congress’s judicial committee, rendering the judicial system powerless against him.

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

Amid the metallic collisions and explosive bursts, the Sword Qi shockwaves ravaged a hundred-kilometer radius, carving massive rifts into the ground and pulverizing sections of concrete walls at the edge of the base city.

With Qiu Jingshu and two Battle Dragon units assisting Linghu Mingde, it took a mere three seconds and a total of 5,722 sword strikes to completely pierce through the person’s defenses. He cleanly severed both arms and pinned the figure to a concrete wall.

“What about you?” Linghu Mingde pointed his sword at the individual’s forehead: “‘Flame Dragon Sword’ Duke Houston, your resignation from Congress was understandable in the past. Therefore, I am willing to give you a chance. Will you quit the Longevity Association or face death?”

Duke Houston’s gaze darkened as he stared through his visor at Linghu Mingde’s figure.

Though the old man wore exoskeleton armor, he exuded a celestial and ethereal demeanor. Without a mask, his gaunt features appeared benevolent and serene, yet his aura was overwhelmingly domineering and ferocious!

“Truly a ‘Heavenly Fox!'” Duke Houston sighed: “I quit—”

At that moment, a searing brilliance erupted in front of Duke Houston, emitting intense electromagnetic radiation and an earsplitting roar that caused his eardrums to throb with pain.

It was a beam of Sword Light piercing from a hundred kilometers away, freezing the Time Sequence Void along its trajectory, hurtling toward Linghu Mingde.

Linghu Mingde had to turn his sword to block it. As the two clashed, the surrounding ground and concrete walls began to freeze over, only to be shattered into countless fragments by the immense forces unleashed.

Linghu Mingde’s form flickered into streaks of flowing light, appearing thirty meters away.

He raised his head to glance upward at the towering, slender, and commanding figure with an air of subdued majesty.

—It was Yi Duxing, Chairman of the Beitian Financial Group, Congressional Honorary Member, and Chairman of Congress’s Financial Committee!

Floating at his side was a massive eye.

This blood-red eye, as large as a seven-story building, was surrounded by numerous neural blood vessels.

A grotesquely short yet humanoid demon resided beneath the eye.

It was Yi Duxing’s Protective Demon—the Blood Eye Demon!

“Director Yi!” Linghu Mingde’s white brows twitched as a sneering smile formed on his lips: “Seems you’ve got a hand in the Longevity Association too,”

Countless Sword Lights coalesced behind him, forming a towering Light Sword.

The entire sky within the base city turned dark once more.

“You arrived quickly—hm~ and brought along four Quasi-Members and three Congressman Level figures. Have you decided to abandon General Li completely?”

Boom!

Linghu Mingde’s Sword Intent exploded with staggering force, simultaneously countering Yi Duxing and constraining the Quasi-Members and Honorary Members accompanying him.

But inwardly, an unease stirred in Linghu Mingde’s heart—the Longevity Association seemed to have too many Quasi-Members and Congressman Levels.

Their technology came from the Rui Fang Institute, but what was fueling the Longevity Association?

Yi Duxing’s expression remained icy. Along with other Longevity Association members, he had utilized Quantum Migration Devices to traverse millions of kilometers instantly to reach Satellite Number Nine, knowingly relinquishing restraint over Li Xianglong.

Li Xianglong had now set his sights on the Longevity Association’s most expansive and critical biological research base.

Yet it no longer mattered; the core personnel had already been evacuated. The supercomputers and databases had self-destructed, leaving only researchers, equipment, and myriad experimental subjects of lesser importance relative to the Ninth Base City.

The Longevity Association had made enormous sacrifices and was determined to eradicate all threats within the Ninth City!

“General Linghu, back when I served in the Federation Army, I was your pupil. In the era of Alien Walkers, you sheltered me under your wings once. Thus, today, I address you as ‘teacher.'”

Yi Duxing spoke with calm resolve, his voice devoid of emotion: “I, too, am willing to grant you one chance. Withdraw immediately from this battle, and the Longevity Association will overlook everything prior.”

He then turned his gaze towards Lin Rui’s direction.

At that moment, Cameron Brown’s predicament had worsened, his movements constrained by Xianyu Yan’s Sword and Wang Tianwu’s Mind Illusion Technique, paired with Lin Rui’s Three Talents Sword Formation.

‘Phoenix’ Kalina Fraser was unable to assist Brown as she was held off by another Quasi-Member skilled in Fire Element martial arts.

However, now several Quasi-Members who had arrived to aid them were flying in that direction.

Yi Duxing narrowed his eyes, a glint of ruthless killing intent flickering within.

“I know you view him as a prospective grandson-in-law, but a grandson-in-law can always be replaced. If your life is forfeit, then your granddaughter, along with the Linghu family, will vanish into the Heavenly Curtain just like you.”

Linghu Mingde laughed at the remark, his robes fluttering despite the absence of wind: “Vanish into the Heavenly Curtain? Let’s see if you can accomplish that.”

Lin Rui wasn’t merely his prospective grandson-in-law but also his savior.

Without Lin Rui, there would be no Linghu Mingde today.

“I also believe, Director Yi, that you’re incapable of such a feat.”

At this moment, a deep, aged voice echoed from afar.

With these words, a white-haired elder clad in an East Asia National Security Bureau Two-Star Marshal uniform appeared on the roof of a nearby skyscraper.

—Surrounded by four Dragon Slayer 9SS+ Combat Robots, he cast a cold gaze toward Yi Duxing: “Yi Duxing! The Ninth Base City is the territory of the East Asia Republic. Whatever you intend to do, I urge you to exercise restraint!”

“Xu Mengran!”

Yi Duxing’s expression turned somber as he realized the Director of East Asia’s National Security Bureau had arrived with several Quasi-Members and Congressman Level experts.

This indicated that East Asia had fully aligned with Lin Rui and Linghu Mingde, prepared to intervene directly in the conflict.

Yi Duxing exhaled heavily: “You’re courting death.”

At that moment, the tremors within the Ninth Base City intensified abruptly.

Linghu Mingde looked around and saw nine warehouse-like buildings within the city’s urban center shattering. From within flew nine gigantic demons of varying forms, their monstrous enormity beyond imagination.

Linghu Mingde’s pupils contracted slightly.

He sensed that the demonic aura of these nine entities had all reached Ninth Realm Emperor Rank!

Could this be the biological weaponry the Longevity Association was researching? Had their experiments progressed to this extent? They already possessed such immense capacity?

What concerned Linghu Mingde even more was the deep Abyss Divine Power emanating from the heart of the Ninth Base City.

—It was the Absolute Despair Heavenly Dragon and the Agonizing Pain Heavenly Dragon! Their conceptual forces were intensifying, spreading over a 1,200-kilometer radius, while their core strength in the center had reached at least 72%. The weaker entities within the base were twisting and succumbing to destruction!

These two Abyss-Level biological weapons were awakening rapidly!