NOVPUBChapter 739 -686: Expedited Refinement
Lin Rui’s Thunder Spear blasted a massive hole in the crumbling walls of the palace.
It was said that a true Abyss Divine Country transcended time and space, residing almost in another dimension.
But the one before him, evidently due to the Abyss’s fall, had ‘fallen into disrepair’ and descended from its original dimension. Its internal talismanic array had also collapsed and disintegrated, unable to withstand Lin Rui’s Thunder Spear assault.
With just one strike, Lin Rui shattered a small portion of the front walls of this grand palace into ruins.
At the same time, a beam of white light erupted from within the palace and blasted toward Lin Rui.
“Boom!”
In that instant, boundless Light Fire exploded around Lin Rui, with holy white flames shining radiantly like a miniature sun.
This was the power of an ancient god, clashing with him head-on, colliding fiercely with the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire surrounding Lin Rui.
The conceptual energies of the two also spread throughout the surrounding void.
“Is this Li He Venerate?”
Lin Rui’s pupils contracted as he thought to himself, “Holy crap, I’ve bumped into a nemesis!”
Earlier, Second General Lin Tianchen had mentioned his True Spirit was trapped within an Ancient God’s Divine Country. His Alien form had also fallen into the ruins of this Ancient God. However, his primary consciousness, forcibly awakened by Li Xianglong, had lost related memories and had been clueless about which Ancient God’s Divine Country he was trapped in.
Only now did Lin Rui finally confirm that the opponent was undoubtedly Li He Venerate, as documented in ancient texts!
Lin Rui speculated, “Could this also be fate’s guidance? Was it the so-called aggregation of Conceptual Divine Skills, as those historians and scholars of Sky Extreme Star hypothesized?”
His own Fundamental Martial Arts revolved around “Unity,” not only embodying the Unity of All Things but also the concept of “One Births All Things.” It was both affirming and negating.
The enemy, however, was “Separation and Union,” which overlapped significantly with Lin Rui’s power.
At this moment, his Soul Body and his powers were falling apart under the opponent’s conceptual and spiritual impact.
However, Lin Rui quickly restored himself. His Martial Intent had been conceptualized and, under the power of the Divine Tablet, had reached sixty percent conceptual realization, his conceptual level distinctly surpassing the opponent by a margin.
Bolstered by the powers of the Radiant Holy Altar and Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire, he was utterly unafraid of the opponent’s power of Dispersal.
Prompt: The residual consciousness of the ancient god simultaneously pursued attacks on your primary body, Alien form, and Sky Curtain Spirit. It was again wounded by your Fire of Serenity, Holy Fire Tribulation Thunder, and Radiant Holy Altar. You require 400,000 soul power points to refine the residual consciousnesses of this ancient god scattered in your primary body’s Essence Soul.
Prompt: Insufficient soul power points detected. Please collect soul power promptly. You have 10 minutes remaining; after that, the ancient god’s residual consciousness will dissipate.
Lin Rui was already somewhat regretful that he hadn’t made a trip to Ten Thousand Dragon Tower before his current action.
He hadn’t anticipated encountering such an event in this ancient Divine Country!
Lin Rui immediately activated his quantum chip and messaged Ji Xueying, Shi Yan, and others in his combat group.
Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Help me quickly! Everyone, head to the Lower Zone and deliver all the high-ranking wanted criminals and gang leaders you can find to North District Prison. Leave them breathing; I need them alive. Move fast and gather as many as you can within 8 minutes.
Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Didn’t the Longevity Association base have those Demon experimental specimens? Stop preserving them—all of them should be delivered to North District Prison.
At this moment, Lin Rui’s primary body left the Sleeping Cabin under the control of the auxiliary combat AI and flashed toward North District Prison.
This was a prison jointly operated by the Security Bureau and the Police Department, dedicated to holding powerful criminals. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
As for those Demon experimental specimens, they were supposed to be bargaining chips Lin Rui had saved to negotiate with the Federation Government or even East Asia, but now he just wanted to liquidate them and convert them into usable soul power points.
Lin Rui couldn’t simultaneously control both bodies, but he discovered he could issue instructions to his primary body’s auxiliary combat AI.
Thankfully, due to Lin Rui’s numerous identities and fear of extreme situations where he might be unable to manage both sides, he had implanted a highly advanced auxiliary smart biological chip into his primary body’s brain.
Others feared that biological chips might develop self-awareness, causing loss of control over both body and chip, but Lin Rui had nothing to worry about; he merely needed to cleanse the chip daily using Fire of Serenity.
The chips embedded in Lin Rui’s subordinates were the same. Manufactured by Rui Fang Laboratory, these chips excelled in both logical and computation abilities, far surpassing commercially available ones, while remaining immune to loss of control.
At this moment, Xianyu Yan, Ji Xueying, Ji Shenyan, and Shangguan Tianyi all hardened their gazes and immediately transmitted their primary consciousnesses to the Alien forms stationed in Ninth Base City, then rushed toward the Lower Zone.
Wang Tianwu, Lu Hanyuan, and others, already stationed in Ninth Base City, began acting at the first opportunity.
Xue Lingxue and Lin Xi, meanwhile, started gathering every fragment of intelligence from the Security Bureau and online sources to support Xianyu Yan and others.
After the war with the Longevity Association, Lin Rui and Linghu Mingde had already been planning a cleanup operation for the Lower Zone, integrating it with the Base City expansion initiative to improve survival conditions in Ninth Base City’s lower strata.
Thus, Xue Lingxue and Lin Xi had long drafted a cleanup plan, collecting ample and detailed intelligence on relevant matters.
Lin Rui continued fiercely using his Thunder Spear to attack the massive palace, each burst of Thunder followed by the burning of Holy White Flames that spread around, gradually engulfing the building in a sea of fire.
He himself was ablaze with torrents of Holy White Flames.
This ancient Abyss god’s power was supremely formidable, as even residual consciousnesses could simultaneously pursue attacks on his primary body and Alien form.
However, the battle over Primordial Spirits between the two primarily centered within the Heavenly Curtain.
As Lin Rui’s attacks persisted, the ancient god’s remaining consciousness started to lose focus.
Prompt: You need 800,000 soul power points to refine the residual consciousnesses scattered within your primary body’s Essence Soul.
Prompt: You need 1.2 million soul power points—
Prompt: You need 1.4 million—
Lin Rui summoned all his Divine Power intensely, leveraging every possible resource and power to its peak.
After nearly five minutes of relentless assaults, the intensity of the ancient god’s counterstrikes finally began to subside.
The deity’s thoughts reverberated once more.
“—New God, why do you attack me, why do you oppose me?”
“New God, I see your soul entangled with Great Sun Venerable, Light King, and a foreign Divine Spirit. Please cease your assault; I can assist you.”
Lin Rui’s expression turned icy, and he disdainfully refused to reply, continuing his fierce attack.
But the ancient palace before him was extraordinarily vast, and Lin Rui’s relentless bombardment over 8 minutes had only demolished about a tenth.
At this point, the ancient god’s residual consciousness had obviously suffered significant damage, reducing the intensity of its counterattacks to near insignificance. Even the power of Separation and Union had weakened.
Lin Rui gritted his teeth and formed another Dharma Seal with his hands.
This was a Spell he acquired from Ling Huan—the “Fearless Divine Seal,” designed for spiritual confrontations. It maximized the defense of one’s Soul Body and Sky Curtain Spirit.
Lin Rui’s primary consciousness briefly returned to the Alien form before jumping back to his primary body.
The move was supremely hazardous, considering it was a deep-space Abyss Level opponent in his sight.
Even if only some residual consciousnesses remained, it was still a terrifying existence, leaving Lin Rui’s actions utterly reckless.
Still, Lin Rui had no choice—he realized that the residual spirit of Li He Venerate was critically important to him.
The conceptual power of this entity closely mirrored his own, promising substantial benefits in the future; it was essential to refine it.
Furthermore, Lin Rui was eyeing the concept of “Separation and Union,” seeking to seize and unify it under his control.
At this moment, Lin Rui’s primary consciousness bypassed the “Quantum Divine Machine,” relying directly on his Sky Curtain Spirit and Abyss Source Core to jump between Alien form and primary body.
Lin Rui had long suspected he might be able to do away with the Quantum Divine Machine and achieve seamless transitions between his primary consciousness and Alien form using his own “Unity” concept.
But Lin Rui had previously hesitated to attempt this, fearing damage to his Spiritual Body.
Today, emboldened by the support of Holy Fire Tribulation Thunder and Radiant Holy Altar, especially since Radiant Holy Altar functioned as a pseudo-Sky Curtain, Lin Rui ventured a risky trial, which shockingly succeeded.
Lin Rui’s eyes gleamed faintly. If he could traverse the Heavenly Curtain to project his consciousness millions of kilometers to a satellite, what about other Abysses and Longevity-related realms?
Setting aside these stray thoughts, Lin Rui refocused on the scene before him.
At this moment, Xianyu Yan, Ji Xueying, and others positioned themselves around him, with bodies lying all around.
The majority were dangerous criminals wanted by the Earth Federation, with others being infamous heads of the Underworld.
Most were either near death or restrained and suppressed by high-tech equipment operated by Lu Hanyuan and others.
In the distance stood twenty-odd cages from experimental bases of the Longevity Association, containing bizarre and powerful Demonic specimens.
Lin Rui’s gaze sharpened as countless tiny Flying Swords hissed from inside his sleeves, forming a vast tide of blades.
Die!
Lin Rui, who hadn’t used sword techniques for a long time, now activated his specialized 9-series enhanced Flying Swords to support his movement technique.
The Flying Swords scattered, instantly piercing and shattering the vital points of these beings.
Be it humans or Demons, Lin Rui’s sword tide swept through dozens of surrounding prisons, leaving behind carnage and deathly silence.
Whether the prisoners suffered from Armament Syndrome or not, Lin Rui didn’t bother distinguishing; he simply slaughtered them.
His actions clearly violated Federation law, yet he couldn’t care less about legal constraints now.
The Procuratorate had previously accused him of being the infamous Children’s Song Killer, launching rounds of enforcement skirmishes that had eventually been quelled, reflecting the current judicial system’s ineffectiveness.
Prompt: Do you agree to spend 2.12 million soul power points to refine the residual consciousnesses scattered in your primary body’s Essence Soul?
Lin Rui calculated his harvested soul power points, totaling approximately 3.2 million points.
He agreed, immediately sensing a blazing inferno igniting within his Primordial Spirit.
“Xue, handle the cleanup!”
Xue Lingxue, a top-tier operative cultivated by the Security Bureau, knew precisely how to erase evidence and navigate judicial investigations.
While Lin Rui couldn’t care less about the law, he wasn’t foolish or arrogant enough to leave vulnerabilities.
After all, judicial battles also required substantial financial resources.
Lin Rui’s consciousness promptly returned to the Heavenly Curtain, where fortunately his Sky Curtain Spirit remained intact. Despite the Thunder and Divine Fire being torn apart by Li He Venerate, his Spiritual Body remained undamaged.
Lin Rui resumed gathering and manipulating Thunder Spear attacks, sustaining them for about 30 breaths until Li He Venerate’s spiritual and conceptual presence retreated deep into the palace.
Lin Rui felt a pang of regret—not only had he refined a portion of the ancient god’s Essence Soul, but he also failed to fully utilize his harvested soul power points, leaving approximately 300,000 points unused.
At this moment, the central section of the vast palace abruptly collapsed, disintegrating into scattered fragments that vanished into the void.
Lin Rui’s spirit lifted slightly as he finally caught sight of Lin Tianchen’s True Spirit.
