Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

As night fell, on Longze East Road, Fallen Street.

About forty hoverbuses, filled with sex workers, drug dealers, and addicts, were whisked away under the escort of numerous police and armored vehicles.

The sudden severe crackdown by the police caught the ten or so bars and nightclubs on this street off guard; nearly every venue had a large number of people handcuffed and taken away by the police. The remaining patrons, too, dared not stay any longer and scattered in a swarm, turning this once brightly lit and bustling street eerily quiet.

As those police cars sped away, Lin Rui was standing on top of a twelve-story building, looking down at the street below.

He was wearing a fourth-level half-body armor under a long coat he bought from a street stall, and a fourth-level combat knife 'Truth 4' slung on his back.

As for that 'Zhilong' 4 smart pistol, it was hidden inside his long coat.

While observing a nine-story building adorned with neon lights next door, Lin Rui opened up an electromagnetic field in the palm of his hand.

At this moment, Lin Rui could not only achieve optical invisibility but also accurately sense all electromagnetic fields within a radius of 70 meters, and even emit ultrasonic waves to probe the interior of the building.

This was the advantage brought by the Grandmaster-level Thunder Extreme God Shine Pillar; Lin Rui had higher control over electromagnetism and had learned new electromagnetism techniques.

As time passed, Lin Rui's brows gradually furrowed.

"There are quite a few people down there—"

The nine-story building opposite was a large nightclub, called Fabric Nightclub.

It had just been raided by the police. All the patrons had fled, but there were still more than 200 people inside the nightclub.

About 71 of them were martial artists equipped with implants, while the rest had very weak magnetic fields, probably waiters and sex workers who had luckily avoided capture.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Clearly, this nightclub was not just a nightclub, but also a stronghold of a faction within the Blood Lizard Gang.

"I sensed 20 warrant officers, probably the peripheral members of the Blood Lizard Gang. This gang has high criteria; one must reach the rank of a junior officer to become an official member. There are also a total of 39 junior and middle officers, plus 12 captains and majors. I wonder which one is Tiana Higgins, but the blade Aiken is on the third floor.

I must not have mistaken it; Blade Aiken is Tiana Higgins's lieutenant. From this, it's clear that this nightclub indeed belongs to Tiana. Tsk, I'm really crazy. In a situation like this, I'm not only unafraid, but I also refuse to give up. My mentality must be messed up, definitely influenced by Xue Bogao, that crazy Colonel Xue."

Lin Rui touched his nose, feeling his mindset was very dangerous.

He definitely couldn't handle these 71 martial artists with implants alone, let alone be sure they were all the enemies inside.

His electromagnetic sensing was not omnipotent.

Inside the building where Lin Rui stood, there were lots of metal components. In places dense with these components, there were blind spots that Lin Rui couldn't sense.

Moreover, some powerful martial cultivators could conceal their aura, even sense his electromagnetic waves and react accordingly.

Luckily, thanks to the police's recent massive raid, the security system of this nightclub had significant loopholes.

For instance, its surveillance cameras. Their main server had been taken away by the police and couldn't be used for the time being.

Also, Lin Rui was on the top floor, originally guarded by five people.

Now only three remained; the other two had gone to the first floor, likely called to a meeting.

The implanted martial artists inside were mostly gathered in the lobby on the first floor.

Lin Rui's gaze finally landed on the central air conditioning and water supply equipment on the rooftop.

Technology after the year 2000, although advanced, which made these devices smaller and more powerful, the basic principles of their operation hadn't changed.

Maybe he could give it a try?

Lin Rui paused for a moment, then called the spirit in his mind,

"Spirit, I want to use Soul Power points to copy Master-level Poison Crafting and Grandmaster-level Purple Thunder Saber."

Warning: Copying 'Poison Crafting (Master)' requires 300 Soul Power points, copying 'Purple Thunder Saber (Grandmaster)' requires 4000 Soul Power points.

Actually, Lin Rui could have copied Purple Thunder Saber this morning, allowing time to adapt to it.

The problem was that Lin Rui didn't have a reliable intelligence channel; he knew nothing about Fallen Street or the Blood Lizard Gang, and could only find some information online.

Before rushing here, he hadn't even finalized his target, unsure which of Xue Bogao's skills would be more suitable for the fight tonight.

Only now, having sensed the inside situation through electromagnetic induction and ultrasonics, and having found an internal structural drawing of the nightclub online, did he confirm that there was enough space inside the nightclub to use the Purple Thunder Saber.

Compared to the Purple Glow Thunder Palm, the power of the Purple Glow Thunder Saber was much greater.

Following that, the same situation as the previous copies unfolded, Lin Rui's body ached with a sour pain, and his head throbbed almost to the point of exploding.

In an instant, a large amount of knowledge and memories crammed into his mind, forming corresponding muscle memory throughout his body.

When the pain inside Lin Rui's body subsided and everything returned to normal, his eyelids jumped up, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

"Hmm? After copying the Purple Glow Thunder Saber, it seems my physical constitution and True Qi have also been slightly enhanced?"

The enhancement wasn't much, but it was indeed an enhancement.

Lin Rui estimated that when he had previously copied the Red Thunder Saber and Red Thunder Palm, he had also been somewhat enhanced.

It was just that his Spiritual Sense had not been as strong and sensitive as it was now, and the degree of enhancement was quite weak, so he had not felt it before.

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Lin Rui glanced at the Skull Ring on his hand.

What exactly was the origin of this Battle Spirit Ring, to be so formidable?

At that moment, he still had 1300 Soul Power points left.

Lin Rui thought for a moment, then called to the Ring Spirit with his consciousness.

"Ring Spirit, I want to use Soul Power points to copy Master-level Pistol Usage and Major-level Qi Nourishing Stance!"

Reminder: Copying "Pistol Usage (Master)" requires 300 Soul Power points, copying "Qi Nourishing Stance (Major)" requires 1000 Soul Power points.

Lin Rui had a Level 4 pistol, the "Zhilong" Mark 4, but he knew nothing about using firearms.

With Master-level skill in pistol usage, his shooting would not be inferior to elite soldiers in the military. Combined with smart guided bullets, the killing power of the "Zhilong" Mark 4 in his hands was very considerable.

The Qi Nourishing Stance he copied should be the basic Cultivation Technique of that Caucasian middle-aged man.

This technique primarily cultivates spiritual power, and only secondary cultivates True Qi and various aspects of physical constitution.

After this replication, the pain throughout Lin Rui's body was much less intense.

He focused his senses intensely, and a trace of an unusual gleam appeared in his eyes.

"This stance technique can indeed be stacked; copying more stance techniques later will also enhance my physical constitution correspondingly. My current physical index might be close to 360, a pity this Qi Nourishing Stance is only a basic stance technique, its body-enhancing effect is far from that of an intermediate level technique like the Thunder Extreme God Glow Stance."

Lin Rui then brushed aside these thoughts and jumped across to the building opposite. After a few leaps, he entered a narrow alley where he found a small pharmacy and bought a large quantity of medication,

Throughout, he was shrouded in a long coat, wearing sunglasses, and his face covered, paying with a black savings card when it was time to check out.

Far from being surprised, the pharmacy owner found it quite normal; the guy had bought a bunch of painkillers, clearly a drug addict.

Lin Rui then went to a nearby aquatics market.

It was just shortly after nightfall, and the aquatics market had not yet closed; here, Lin Rui managed to purchase six 'Red Puffers'.

Sourced from Earth's puffer fish, some unscrupulous traders at Base Nine bred them in radioactive water, causing genetic mutations in the fish.

As a rare fresh food item, and indeed delicious, Red Puffers had a good market among the lower classes of Base Nine.

The Red Puffers themselves were no longer poisonous, but their livers contained a key ingredient needed by Lin Rui.

Lin Rui then found a secluded, deserted location and skillfully mixed these medications with the livers of the Red Puffers to produce five large bottles of red medicine.

In the end, he returned to the nightclub's top floor to administer the poison, his mood inexplicably buoyant for some unknown reason.

As he poured the medicine into the direct drinking water machine on the rooftop and the central air conditioner's humidifier, he leisurely hummed a song.

"I planted a seed in my heart, diddle-diddle-dee, it can fulfill small wishes with magical powers, I heard every child wants to own it, get ready—wow, let's explore together—Ok go, come on, unleash your bravery."

This was a habit from his previous life; whenever his leukemia flared up and his body was in severe pain, he would sing loudly to fight it. Later, whether he felt sad or joyful, he would always sing this kind of simple, easy-to-remember children's song.

Lin Rui thought that if the poisoning was successful, he would find a suitable moment to attack, and if not, he would decisively withdraw.

It turned out the skills possessed by Colonel Xue were quite formidable, perfect for home travel, for killing and silencing. It was unclear who would be capable of swiftly assassinating someone as powerful as Colonel Xue.