From being plagued by all kinds of diseases to becoming a powerful martial arts demon god!

Chapter 79 Level 3 Late Stage

The next morning.

Five grams of Flame Breath Energy Essence were then delivered from the headquarters to Jiang Heng.

Inside the room, Jiang Heng sat at his computer desk and opened the metal safe in front of him.

Inside was a small jade box with five grooves, each containing a red crystal smaller than a grain of rice.

Under the refraction of the overhead light, it emitted a dazzling fiery red halo.

Each crystal, the size of a grain of rice, should be counted as one gram.

"This is the essence of Flame Breath energy—"

Jiang Heng nodded slightly.

The amount of fiery energy in the world is extremely low. It is unknown how much fiery energy essence is in this piece, based on the information about energy essence shown by Jiang Yunliang on the interface last night.

Energy essence generally has two uses.

The first method is to hold it in your hand and absorb the fiery energy inside the crystal through cultivation.

This method of absorption is less efficient, but its advantage is that the speed is stable and there is no risk.

The second method is to hold it in your mouth and absorb it through practice.

This method allows for extremely rapid absorption, but it carries significant risks. Excessive absorption can drastically increase the risk of developing inflammatory syndrome.

Jiang Heng naturally chose the second option.

He reached out and put the fiery red crystal, no bigger than a grain of rice, into his mouth, holding it on the tip of his tongue.

He then sat cross-legged on the bed and began practicing the Level Three Candlelight Breathing Method.

Adjusting my breathing, I began to visualize a flame in the darkness of nothingness.

The fiery energy contained within the crimson crystal on the tip of the tongue seemed to be drawn out by this spiritual will.

The crystal surface was slightly hot, and a large amount of invisible and colorless flames flowed out from it, merging into Jiang Heng's body and flesh.

Jiang Heng's eyes lit up slightly.

Such rich and pure flame energy! This amount is several times greater than the flame energy absorbed from the outside world during normal cultivation!

Jiang Heng stopped thinking and focused on cultivation, extracting the energy essence from his mouth and letting the fiery breath within the energy essence continuously invade his body and flesh.

[The symptoms of flare-up syndrome are worsening.]

Time passed, and more than three hours later.

Jiang Heng slowly opened his eyes. At this moment, his entire body was covered with faint, dark red tattoos that resembled flames.

Even the slightest movement causes each tattoo to emit a sharp, knife-like pain.

[Current status: Severe inflammatory syndrome, mild biological functional syndrome]

"call.-..-·

Jiang Heng slowly opened his mouth, enduring the intense pain that felt like being cut by knives all over his body, and spat out the essence of the Flame Breath energy in his mouth.

Then he silently recited in his mind: "Disease erosion, transformation."

The gentle and mysterious power of disease quickly flowed into Jiang Heng's body, clearing away the lesions within him and feeding back into his physical strength and proficiency in the Candlelight Breathing Technique.

After just a few breaths, Jiang Heng dispelled the corrosive power of the disease.

The severe inflammatory syndrome has subsided, the faint dark red tattoo on the skin has faded and returned to a healthy color, the intense pain in the body has disappeared, and all the cells in the body have been strengthened again.

Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief and then opened the panel.

[Physical Body Level: 3.50 → 3.55]

[Technique: Candlelight Series - Level 3 Breathing Technique (Proficiency 61→70%)]

The physical body level increased by 0.05, while the proficiency of the Candlelight Breathing Technique increased by 9%.

"The results are pretty good—"

Jiang Heng nodded slightly, picked up the essence of the fiery breath energy he had just spat out, and glanced at it.

At this point, after Jiang Heng's three hours of full absorption, about half of the one gram of crystal had been lost.

"0.5 grams per use, that's 5,000 merit points—"

Jiang Heng's lips twitched, and he shook his head helplessly, saying:

"This isn't cheap either—oh well, I'm not afraid of spending money, as long as it works, that's a good thing."

He wiped the saliva off the fiery red crystal and put it back into the jade box.

After washing up in the bathroom, wiping away the sweat, and changing into a martial arts uniform, I went to the martial arts room on the first floor and began practicing the "Three Forms of the Broken Ape".

At this point, the proficiency of the "Three Forms of the Broken Ape" has increased to 96%. After completing this training session today, it should be able to break through to perfection.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Heng began to practice martial arts in reverse.

With a leftward step, the right arm is pulled back as if drawing a thousand-pound bow, the fist facing outward in a mountain-shattering stance, unleashing the first move of the Crippled Ape: Mountain Collapse and River Splitting.

Meanwhile, the dozens of streams of energy formed by the bioenergy of the body's cells flowed in reverse along the meridians for several hours until the afternoon.

Jiang Heng finished this reverse training session. The familiar excruciating pain tore through his muscles, and the cracked ground beneath his feet was soaked with sweat.

Although Jiang Heng had been very cautious, his training over this period of time still caused considerable damage to the martial arts room.

"This floor needs to be repaired," Jiang Heng wiped the sweat from his forehead, then silently chanted, "Disease erosion, transformation."

The corrosive power rapidly cleared away the lesions of biological muscle syndrome within the body, feeding back into the "Three Forms of the Crippled Ape".

Proficiency level.

The "Three Forms of the Broken Ape," which was already approaching perfection, is now gradually reaching perfection under the blessing of the various experiences and memories brought about by the power of disease.

The muscles that were once sluggish in exertion, as well as the flow of Qi, have been completely perfected and integrated.

Jiang Heng opened the panel.

[Martial Arts: Crippled Ape Three Forms (Perfect)]

"Finally, we've reached perfection—"

Jiang Heng nodded in satisfaction and silently assessed his current combat strength.

Although his physical body level is currently only at the mid-stage of level three.

However, he has already mastered a professional-level martial art called "The Three Styles of the Crippled Ape".

Most level three martial artists, even those who reach the late stage or peak of level three, may not be able to master a professional-level martial art to perfection.

Moreover, after mastering the "Three Forms of the Crippled Ape," his skeletal potential had been developed to 60%, and the bio-energy he could control within his body was likely several times stronger than when he had just entered the third level of physical body cultivation.

In addition, the fragments of the Dao Seed that gave Jiang Heng a neural network far exceeding that of martial artists of the same realm.

This means that although his physical level is still at the mid-stage of level three, his nerve reaction speed is already comparable to that of a peak level three martial artist.

With such strength, most late-stage level three martial artists would probably be no match for him.

If he were placed within the Wu'an Bureau of Yuquan District, aside from Bureau Chief Jiang Yunliang, the other branch captains would likely be no match for him.

Jiang Heng nodded slightly.

He then stood still and began to review the martial arts techniques he had learned.

Vajra Eight Forms, Heart Tiger Stance, White Ape Six Forms, Eight-Armed Fist, and Crippled Ape Three Forms

The mastery of these martial arts techniques has led to a gradual transformation in Jiang Heng's understanding of martial arts, propelling him into a new realm.

After a moment, Jiang Heng seemed to be deep in thought, and murmured to himself:

"Perhaps I can modify the Three Forms of the Crippled Ape to make it more suitable for me—"

Time passed slowly.

In the following days, Jiang Heng supplemented his practice with the essence of Flame Breath energy every night, cultivating the Level Three Candlelight Breathing Technique.

Both his physical level and his proficiency in the Level 3 Candlelight Breathing Technique are steadily improving.

During the day, they followed Jiang Yunliang's instructions and steadily worked to eliminate Hongmen's influence in Yuquan District.

In fact, after the deaths of both Youying Dingyan and Xueyu Mosanniang.

Anyone with eyes can see that Hongmen in Yuquan District is already on the verge of collapse. Even if the only remaining Stone Buddha Pang Long is strong, he is only at the peak of level three.

With one pillar unable to support the entire operation, the collapse of Hongmen in Yuquan District was inevitable.

Therefore, the remaining Hongmen disciples in Yuquan District either scattered or fled.

Only a few stubborn ones, or those who thought they were well hidden, remained in Yuquan District, and were gradually wiped out by the Wu'an Bureau.

As for Shi Fo Panglong, he is also suspected of fleeing Yuquan District, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Several days later, at dawn.

A cold wind howled outside the window, and fallen leaves drifted down.

It was already winter, and February was approaching, which was just before the Lunar New Year.

Jiang Heng opened his eyes from the bed, stretched his limbs slightly, and wearing only a single layer of clothing, opened the window to let in some fresh air, barely feeling the chill of the outside world.

After reaching the third level of physical body, his body surface temperature stabilized at 36 degrees Celsius, and it was difficult to change unless it was extremely cold or hot.

He went to the bathroom to wash his face, and casually opened the control panel to check his status.

[Name: Jiang Heng]

[Physical Body Level: 3.85]

[Technique: --Candlelight Series · Level Three Breathing Method (Completed)]

[Martial Arts: -- Crippled Ape Three Styles (Modified)]

[Current condition: Mild inflammatory syndrome, mild biological functional syndrome]

Over the past few days, Jiang Heng has been consistently holding the essence of Yanxi energy in his mouth daily to aid in his practice of the Candlelight Breathing Method.

His physical body level also increased from 3.55 to 3.85, officially entering the late stage of physical body development, and is approaching the peak of level three.

In the past few days, he has also taken the time to try to adjust and change the "Three Styles of the Broken Ape".

With his current mastery of the "Three Forms of the Broken Ape," he has a thorough understanding of this martial art, no less than that of the senior Yuan Jingang a hundred years ago.

After a period of contemplation and research, the Qi circulation route of this martial art was continuously adjusted, and finally a more powerful "Remnant Ape Three Styles - Modified" was developed.

When the senior Yuan Jingang created this martial art, he was suffering from a serious illness.

The flow of Qi within the body must avoid areas that have been severely injured.

Jiang Heng, however, doesn't need to worry about these things. He can unleash his full strength without restraint and without fear of getting injured.

"call...-·

Cold water dripped from the towel down his cheeks. Jiang Heng wrung out the towel and hung it on a clothes hanger.

His physical body level has reached the late stage of level three, while the strength of the neural network enhanced by the Dao Seed has exceeded the peak of level three, approaching the level four of his physical body.

With Jiang Heng's current strength, he is no longer afraid of the Stone Buddha Pang Long.

Back when I was still in the reserve team, the immense sense of oppression I felt when I first met Pang Long had long since disappeared.

And that's what Bai Yong, the captain of the reserve team, said at that time.

"If you have the strength, you can go to Pang Long's house right now and kill him."

Now it seems that it may become a reality.

"It's a pity, I don't know where that guy went."

Jiang Heng thought to himself with some regret.

The Hongmen faction in Yuquan District collapsed, and its disciples scattered. The whereabouts of Stone Buddha Pang Long are also unknown, and he has most likely already left Yuquan District.

Nanjiang City is so big, and he is just a branch captain of the Wu'an Bureau in Yuquan District. It is impossible for him to search the entire Nanjiang City.

Jiang Heng walked out of the bathroom and glanced at the jade box on the computer desk.

This is a jade box containing the essence of Flame Breath energy. Inside the jade box are five one-gram pieces of Flame Breath energy essence.

Three and a half of them had already turned translucent, and the fiery energy inside had been completely absorbed by Jiang Heng.

The remaining one and a half pills are only enough for Jiang Heng to cultivate for another three days.

However, it should be enough for him to advance to the peak of level three. "The item is good; its effects are stable, unlike poison which weakens easily and requires constant replacement."

Jiang Heng sighed inwardly, "The only problem is that it's too expensive—"

He went to the wardrobe, opened it, and changed into a brand-new Wu'an Bureau uniform.

At this moment, there are five sets of Wu'an Bureau uniforms neatly arranged in the wardrobe.

His previous uniform was burned by flames formed from his qi during his fight with Ding Yan and Mo San Niang. He originally wanted to change into a fireproof uniform to avoid burning it every time he fought, but after asking around, he found that there were none available, so he had to give up.

So the Internal Affairs Department was instructed to expedite the production of five identical uniforms based on his physique.

Jiang Heng fastened his belt and was about to leave.

Just then, the phone suddenly rang.

[An emergency mission has occurred in Yuquan District. Jiang Heng, captain of the Fourth Detachment of the Yuquan District Security Bureau, is requested to proceed to the Security Bureau for assembly.]