Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

The Divine Dragon Emperor Hao stood immensely tall at 21 meters, each palm nearly three meters long and over a meter wide.

Yet, this did not hinder Huang Fuqing from operating the relatively 'petite' medical instruments—he mostly controlled them with his mind, precisely and reliably using his thoughts to press the buttons.

With Lin Rui's assistance, the man and dragon duo took just over ten minutes to complete all the body examinations for Linghu Mingde.

Huang Fuqing looked at Linghu Mingde's body data and numerous images, shaking his head slightly.

He was unable to speak, so he sent a message to Lin Rui, "It's too complicated. Not only is Linghu Mingde's understanding of various armors chaotic, but so is his internal organ function causing various hormonal pheromones to become unbalanced, resulting in a strong rejection response. If it weren't for his powerful spiritual power keeping it in check, it would now turn into a mess of flesh."

Huang Fuqing couldn't help but lower his head and glance at Linghu Mingde in the sleeping pod.

Fortunately, when Linghu Mingde's Primordial Spirit was anesthetized, his flesh was also numbed, or else it would trend towards being out of control.

Each of his bodily organs now needs to be considered as individual entities, forcibly held together by Linghu Mingde's robust Primordial Spirit.

It's impressive how his mentality has remained calm. The alien did not undergo a demon transformation or develop mental illness, just the Five Declines of Heaven and Man.

Huang Fuqing messaged, "With his current condition, there might have been a way in my time, but now at best we can only extend his life by a few years. However, he's fortunate to have met you."

Lin Rui was also reviewing Linghu Mingde's medical data and replied, "Since his alien body remains in a healthy state and his Primordial Spirit is also strong, there's still a way to treat him. I need the Academician to help me devise the best surgical plan. You know the limit of my Purifying Fire; let's rebind his Primordial Spirit with all the armors and organs within this time frame, and ideally, replenish some of his Primordial Qi."

Lin Rui thought this was at least a significant support he could rely on.

He had already upheld high moral principles by refusing the 'inheritance' Linghu Mingde left for him. If Linghu Mingde's Primordial Qi deficiency led to the loss of this great support, it would be a pity.

Huang Fuqing replied, "Understood, Boss. I'll draft the plan now. I can handle the surgery, allow you to focus solely on using the Purifying Fire."

Lin Rui currently using the Pure Concept could only last at most half a moment at full force, extending to 28 minutes with various medications. Therefore, he had to plan meticulously, assigning steps and timing for the purification to maximize benefits.

Huang Fuqing added, "As for replenishing the Primordial Qi, I have a method. I have mastered a life-extending Secret Technique from Sky Extreme Star which should restore about sixty to seventy percent of his body's Primordial Qi, sufficient to support one or two high-intensity battles."

Lin Rui immediately thought of Huang Fuqing's skill list, those two top-level Secret Techniques—Control Dragon with Divine Needle and Life Extending Divine Spell—that made his eyes green with envy.

Unfortunately, these were famous Eight Realms Emperor Rank Secret Techniques! Known as Reach the Sky rank, abbreviated as Heaven Rank, above the Dragon Transformation Secret Techniques.

Lin Rui couldn't even exchange for the Dragon Rank Secret Technique, let alone these two skills.

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When Linghu Mingde awakened again, he was initially baffled.

He then abruptly snapped alert, sat up suddenly with a jolt.

It was then that Linghu Mingde realized he was no longer in the surgical pod or the lead room, but lying on a sofa in an underground space.

Next to him, Gong Hengdao, seeing this scene, thought to himself that the Boss truly had foresight.

Given Linghu Mingde's strength and physical condition, his sitting up like that could have easily destroyed a top surgical pod worth over ten million.

"Don't panic, sir,"

Lin Rui, with his arms crossed, looked Linghu Mingde up and down, "You can now sense the condition inside your body and see if there's any improvement."

His face was somewhat pale, devoid of any color.

This was due to the massive depletion of his Primordial Qi. Lin Rui had still not resisted injecting himself with a high-concentration nutrient stimulant during the surgery.

Huang Fuqing said he had the heart of a compassionate healer, but Lin Rui thought he was a bit obsessive-compulsive—whatever he did, he wanted to do it thoroughly and quickly, disliking situations that were unresolved.

With just two injections, he could use the Purifying Fire to preliminarily correct Linghu Mingde's mental cognition and all armaments, restoring his physical state to before the Five Declines of Heaven and Man.

But without using them, Linghu Mingde's condition would only improve temporarily, then continue to worsen, implying that much of the success of this surgery would be in vain.

"Lord Lin!" Linghu Mingde glanced at Lin Rui, his eyes filled with uncertainty and awe.

He then smiled wryly, thinking that it was hardly anyone's fault but his own.

People had already told him he would be undergoing "general anesthesia"; it was his own carelessness, thinking anesthetics couldn't affect him, that as soon as the anesthetic entered his body, he was out cold.

Now, he didn't know what Lin Rui had done during his unconscious state.

Linghu Mingde began to concentrate and introspect, feeling the condition of his body. After a moment, his body trembled slightly, "What is this?"

The sofa chair underneath him instantly crackled and shattered into dust under the explosive Astral Force unleashed from within him.

That Astral Force swept outwards, leveling everything in its surroundings.

Lin Rui's secret base did have some decorations, mainly to make Ji Xueying, Fei Yunlai, and others comfortable staying there.

As a result, in an instant, all the furniture and all the appliances were smashed into debris by that Astral Force.

Gong Hengdao thought it saved money; Lin Rui's surgery lead room could operate on a Mecha Dragon, costing at least seven hundred million federal coins.

Yet, Linghu Mingde's emotional surge couldn't calm down for a long time.

What had he sensed through introspection just now? He clearly sensed his own internal organs, all his Main Armor, and auxiliary equipment!

—This was a simple matter for ordinary Armored Martial Cultivators, but for him before, it was extremely difficult.

The issue lay in Linghu Mingde's mental cognition; the world that appeared normal in others' eyes was bizarre in his perception.

This stemmed from the complications left by the early implantation of the first-generation Armor, which, after the battle with Ling Huan, worsened his mental cognition tenfold.

At this moment, however, Linghu Mingde found that his mentality had undergone tremendous changes. Upon waking, his mental cognition of all the armors in his body had changed, as if everything had returned to the beginning— the moment when he first implanted the Armor.

He could now normally sense the flow and circulation of Qi and blood within his own Armor!

This relieved Linghu Mingde of a massive burden, bringing him a level of relaxation he hadn't felt in decades, an unrivaled comfort.

No, it wasn't just that; his internal organs and those Armors must have also been adjusted.

This was the first time in fifty years, since his battle with Ling Huan, that Linghu Mingde felt his body was being put back together.

He previously resembled a robot assembled from various parts, not using bolts and rivets but using spiritual power as the adhesive, keeping them glued together for a long time.

Now, the parts inside him had been tightly secured with screws and riveted, truly integrated into a whole.

Besides that, Linghu Mingde also sensed robust Primordial Qi within himself.

—Although not comparable to his peak, it was far better than before he was unconscious; he didn't at all seem like a dying man close to the 'Heaven and man five decays'.

No! The symptoms of the 'Heaven and man five decays' had disappeared!

Linghu Mingde couldn't believe it and looked intently at Lin Rui, "Officer Lin, how did you manage this?"

"This is a trade secret; I can't reveal it now."

—That's why it required general anesthesia.

Lin Rui smiled and pointed at Linghu Mingde's terminal bracelet, "I think you should reply to your family first. You didn't notify them before the anesthesia; I reckon Ranran and the others are quite worried now."

The surgery had already lasted for over three hours, and it was almost midnight now.

Fang Ranran had sent him over a thousand messages through private chat.

After meeting Linghu Mingde in the study and disappearing together, Fang Ranran started asking persistently half an hour ago through private chat: where are you guys? What did you do? Why don't you reply?

Lin Rui didn't know how to answer and had to temporarily ignore it.

He guessed the Linghu Family was doing everything to trace their whereabouts and had mostly discovered his secret base by now.

After all, the base was underneath his newly built mansion, not so secret anymore.