Fusing Martial Arts Again: Pure Yang Art

Above the horizon, a winged Ghost Entity grabbed Pei Heng and rushed into the Ghost Fog, quickly disappearing from sight.

"Senior brother!!"

Xiong San roared in despair.

Unlike Ghost Entity that can fly, they could only watch helplessly as Pei Heng was taken away.

Qin Ming clenched his fists tightly.

Regardless of anything else, Pei Heng was his nominal Master, who had taught him the skills, and now that he had been arrested like this, he was extremely angry.

However, Martial Artists cannot fly, which is a weakness. At least Qin Ming is not yet able to fly. Even Xiantian experts can only fly briefly and cannot fly to such a high altitude.

"Master!"

Ye Wei and the others broke down in tears. They all knew that this parting was forever, Pei Heng had almost no hope of survival.

Unless a miracle occurs.

Qin Ming looked at the remaining few Ghost Entity, his heart filled with rage, and immediately rushed forward to kill them all.

These Ghost Entity were incredibly powerful; ordinary Bone Refining Realm were no match for them, and they killed many Martial Artists and soldiers in a short period of time.

Seeing that the Ghost Fog outside the city walls was spreading into the city, Qin Ming immediately led his men to retreat from the city walls.

What should we do now?

Some people were holding their heads in their hands, their faces contorted in pain; the bloody scene they had just witnessed had terrified many.

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze instinctively fell on Qin Ming.

Now that Yu Qing has been killed, and Qin Ming is the strongest and the only one in the Demon-Hunting Team to return alive from outside the city, he is now the only Qin Ming with the best chance of leading them away from this hellish place.

"I do have a way that might allow me to survive."

Qin Ming said slowly, "The prerequisite is that you hand over the martial arts techniques you possess first."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions instantly became quite interesting.

They thought Qin Ming had some special method, but it turned out he just wanted to rip them off.

"Would you be willing?"

A gang leader stepped forward and spoke.

Qin Ming's gaze swept over the crowd. "The reason is simple. I need to select a few suitable martial arts techniques, preferably those that can deal with Ghost Monsters, to increase our chances of survival."

Upon hearing Qin Ming's words, everyone's expressions turned strange.

Isn't this just last-minute cramming?

Putting aside whether they have any methods to deal with Ghost Monsters, even if Qin Ming were given them, he wouldn't have time to cultivate at this critical juncture.

Qin Ming ignored them and turned to Xiong San to handle the matter, asking him to collect Yin Artifacts and poisons such as Fire Poison.

Xiong San nodded thoughtfully.

Although he didn't know Qin Ming's purpose in doing this, Xiong San could vaguely sense that it was related to Qin Ming's rapid improvement in strength.

Xiong San dared not be careless and immediately took action.

Qin Ming, meanwhile, dragged the leaders of the Wild Wolf Gang, the Black Tiger Gang, and the Zheng Family head to their respective homes.

These three people attacked me; I can't just let this go.

His demands were simple: martial arts techniques, Spirit Medicine, silver notes, pills—he wanted everything.

The two major gangs and the Zheng Family were quickly looted.

Qin Ming took some time to go to the Black Market again, hoping to find the old man who sold him the "Iron Body Shirt" manual last time and see if he had any follow-up techniques for the "Iron Body Shirt" manual.

However, the Black Market had long been deserted due to the Ghost Fog, and there wasn't a single person in sight. Qin Ming had no choice but to return to the County Yamen.

"Martial Uncle."

"Qin Ming, you've come at the right time. These are some martial arts techniques I've collected. Take a look and see if there's anything that interests you."

Xiong San walked over carrying a cloth bag, opened it suddenly, and dozens of martial arts manuals immediately rolled out.

Some of the manuals were stained with blood, indicating that the Master of the manuals did not give them away voluntarily.

"These guys are sly; they dared to hoard it. I'll kill them with one blow." Xiong San chuckled.

Qin Ming picked up the martial arts manuals one by one and examined them.

There are many kinds.

It has stance training, fist techniques, palm techniques, and two Horizontal Training Martial Arts.

Iron Crotch Art and Iron Arm Art

These two manuals on body conditioning do not train the entire body like "Iron Body Shirt," but rather achieve the effect of strengthening the body by training specific parts of the body.

"Qin Ming, this 'Iron Crotch Art'..."

Xiong San hesitated, his expression strange.

"What? Does Martial Uncle know about this cultivation technique?"

"Um."

Xiong San nodded. "This cultivation technique once caused a craze in Qingyang City because it is said to have a special effect—enhancing male virility."

Iron Crotch Art, through striking the groin area, can improve physical fitness over time.

"But no one has truly reached the level of aphrodisiac efficacy, because that requires cultivation to the Perfection Realm."

A thoughtful expression crossed Qin Ming's face.

He had previously killed several winged Ghost Entity. These Ghost Entity were powerful, and killing one would increase his Free Attribute Points by 500, enough for him to push both of his sects to the Perfection Realm.

"Iron Arm Art maxed out!"

Qin Ming silently recited this in his mind.

The next moment, the Iron Arm Art broke through the beginner, Minor Mastery, Greater Mastery stages in one go, reaching the Perfection Realm.

"It's done!"

Qin Ming closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body.

His arms appeared unchanged on the surface, but in reality, they had a thick layer of black skin covering them, like wearing iron arm sleeves, which greatly enhanced their defensive capabilities compared to other parts of his body.

Besides his arms, other parts of Qin Ming's body were also partially enhanced.

"Iron Crotch Art maxed out!"

Qin Ming thought to himself.

Soon, as Free Attribute Points were rapidly consumed, the Iron Crotch Art Fu quickly reached its Perfection Realm.

"Buzz!"

At the moment of perfection, a wisp of extremely yang and powerful energy appeared in Qin Ming's dantian.

"This... this is yang energy!"

Qin Ming was alarmed.

The purest yang energy is also effective against Ghost Monsters, and it is far more advanced than the Fire Poison Art!

Not only that, but a prompt to fuse martial arts techniques reappeared at the bottom of the panel.

It was just that this time, all the Horizontal Training Martial Arts were integrated and unified.

Qin Ming was both surprised and delighted; it seemed he had struck gold this time.

Seeing the sudden fusion notification, Qin Ming had a vague guess.

The hint appears after the Iron Crotch Art Perfect Mastery and a wisp of Yang energy is generated. Compared to other ninth-grade Horizontal Training Martial Arts, the only thing that makes the Iron Crotch Art unique is this wisp of Yang energy.

There's also the previous "Black Tiger Life-Severing Blade," which is a fusion of three martial arts, one of which is Eighth-Rank Martial Art — Xingyi Tiger Fist, and the other is a Tiger Saber.

Qin Ming vaguely discerned the pattern.

It is not that quantitative change leads to qualitative change, but rather that martial arts can only achieve integration when a higher realm or direction emerges.

"Since it was born from a wisp of yang energy, let's call this new martial art 'Pure Yang Art'."

As Qin Ming murmured to himself, all the Horizontal Training Method on the panel disappeared, leaving only one column:

[Eighth-Rank Martial Arts: Pure Yang Art (1/5000)]

It's been upgraded!

After several ninth-grade Horizontal Training Martial Arts were Perfect Mastery integrated, they actually became eighth-grade!

Qin Ming couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Seeing Qin Ming's appearance, Xiong San assumed that Qin Ming was very satisfied with the two manuals of Horizontal Training Martial Arts and did not think much of it. He then had two yamen runners bring up two boxes.

One box contained herbs, and the other box contained collected poisons.

"A large portion of this belongs to Yu Qing. When I arrived, his wives, concubines, and servants were fighting over the inheritance, so I simply killed them all. Another portion was sent by people from those Lineage gangs."

That's all?

Qin Ming flipped through the documents a few times, and there weren't many left after excluding those from the County Yamen.

Hearing this, Xiong San felt somewhat helpless.

"Very few of those people believe what you're saying; they all think you're planning to make a quick buck and run away."

"Let them be."

Qin Ming didn't bother to explain; these things were enough for the time being.

"Senior brother, I'm going into seclusion now. Don't disturb me unless it's a matter of life and death."

After saying that, Qin Ming carried the two suitcases and went straight into the room, slamming the door shut.

Inside the room.

Qin Ming poured the poison into the prepared bathtub.

The bathtub quickly turned into a kaleidoscope of colors.

The Fire Poison Art itself involves inhaling poison into the body to enhance one's power. The more poison one inhales, the deeper one's power becomes and the faster one can break through. However, this is precisely why it is a dead end if the amount is not properly controlled. Even the most outstanding talents can die on the spot if they are not careful and are poisoned to death.

However, this was not the case for Qin Ming.

With the support of various Perfection Realm Horizontal Training Martial Arts, Qin Ming's physical body has long surpassed that of ordinary people, and his resistance to poison has also greatly increased. Poisons that can kill Bone Refining Realm Martial Artists can only become nourishment for the power of the "Fire Poison Art".

Qin Ming stripped off his clothes and jumped into the bathtub. While soaking in the venom, he circulated the "Fire Poison Art" to absorb the poisonous gas into his body for cultivation, and at the same time, he stuffed large mouthfuls of Spirit Medicine into his mouth and chewed them.

The Spirit Medicine is highly nourishing and contains a large amount of Spiritual Qi. After being swallowed, it is quickly refined by the "Fire Poison Art" and transformed into a massive amount of internal energy that sinks into the Dantian.

At the same time, the points in the "Fire Poison Art" section on the panel were rapidly increasing by dozens of points in an instant.

As Qin Ming frantically increased his strength, undercurrents began to surge within the city.

Various acts of arson, murder, vandalism, and looting occurred frequently.

Some Martial Artists, relying on their strength, wantonly plundered the property and wealth of ordinary families. The powerful ones formed groups to rob larger Lineage, and even the strongholds of large gangs were wiped out, with all gang members slaughtered.

Some took the opportunity to rob, some to rape, and others took pleasure in killing, wantonly slaughtering the people in the city.

In an instant, the entire Qingyang City was engulfed in flames.

Although Xiong San wanted to stop it, he was powerless to do so.

Ghost Fog loomed over the city, and everyone's nerves were stretched to the limit, on the verge of collapse.

Furthermore, with the county magistrate dead and County Yamen runners scattered, the lack of order and restraint would amplify the evil in people's hearts.

Many people even viewed this as a final act of madness.

Two days later.

"Martial Uncle."

Ye Wei rushed in looking disheveled, with multiple injuries on his body and his robes stained red.

What's wrong with you? What happened?

Lu Liu's expression changed, and he quickly helped him up.

"Thieves broke into the mansion. They are remnants of the Wild Wolf Gang and the Black Tiger Gang. They came under the pretense of avenging their gang leader to steal our belongings, and they even kidnapped Senior Sister and Embroiderer."

"What??!"

Xiong San's face changed drastically, and he was furious. "These beasts, how dare they!!"

"Boom!"

A loud bang came from deep within the County Yamen. The next moment, a figure engulfed in raging flames descended from the sky like a meteor, crashing into the ground with a deafening roar, creating a large crater.