140: Chapter 140 Forbidden Drugs

Sure enough, seeing his attitude, Jiang Hanwen could only sigh.

"If you feel any discomfort, say it immediately, and try to be brief. If you are in extreme pain and lose the ability to speak, blink hard, and I will do my best to save you."

"Stop being such a nag! It's getting late, let's hurry up!"

Governor Jiang Shiqi pushed his son aside, pulled out a pale blue vial, and injected it directly into Tang Long's arm.

Tang Long's eyes widened instantly.

It wasn't just because of the strange power surging in from the vial; a line of notification suddenly appeared in his vision.

[You have activated Magic Storm LV1!]

[All skill damage increased by 5%! Damage taken increased by 10%! Duration: 5 seconds!]

"What the hell!"

"Magic Storm? Isn't that a burst skill for a Caster?"

"I'm a Mystic, and one injection gave me a Caster skill?"

"What kind of drug are you giving me?"

The effect was short-lived; the 5 seconds passed in a flash, making Tang Long doubt if he had hallucinated.

Jiang Hanwen quickly stepped forward, grabbed his shoulder, and asked, "How do you feel? Where are you uncomfortable? Can you still talk? Look at my fingers, how many are these?"

Tang Long finally came to his senses. "I'm fine, my head was just a little scrambled for a moment."

Jiang Hanwen pressed again, "Can you try your best to describe what the effect was?"

Tang Long couldn't help but look extremely surprised, eyeing him up and down. "You created this drug, and you don't know its effects?"

Jiang Hanwen looked slightly embarrassed. "We're still in the trial phase. Previous test subjects were all small demonic beasts; they couldn't talk, so..."

Tang Long thought to himself, 'Fine, even if you switched to humans, it would be a miracle if you could figure it out.'

In this world, I'm afraid no one can accurately identify the effects of drugs except for me. But the composition of this vial... how on earth did you manage to do it?

"Other than my head feeling a bit scrambled, I feel... like my strength has increased a bit."

"Really? Try it out immediately!"

Jiang Hanwen immediately pulled Tang Long to the force-measuring target. "Use your strongest strength to hit this target."

Tang Long revealed a subtle smirk, then immediately activated Heavy Strike, gathered his spiritual energy and strength, and smashed his fist into it.

15.1 ... 15.7 ... 16.4 ... 16.9 ...

After a series of changes on the display, the measurement count finally stopped at 18.0.

This result left the father and son of the Jiang Family completely dumbfounded.

Although Governor Jiang Shiqi had long seen that Tang Long's body was far stronger than the average person's.

Even if he possessed five units of force, and even with the Wuque Method, he was still just in the Qi Manipulation Realm after all. The rank of his Wuque Method couldn't be that high, so achieving a score of seven or eight units was already quite good.

But you just punched out 18 units with one hit?

"Are you kidding me?"

"An explosive force of 18 units... this... this is data at the Blood Refining level. Is he really in the Qi Manipulation Realm?"

"Check the force-measuring target immediately to see if there's a problem somewhere."

"Target core is normal! Fluid density is normal! Metering system... is also normal. Dad, the equipment... doesn't seem to be broken."

"That's impossible! Kid, hit it again and let's see!"

Tang Long chuckled inwardly.

That punch just now not only added Heavy Strike but also the guided explosive force of Level 4 Yuan Spirit Induction. A punch like that could easily kill someone at the ninth stage of the Qi Manipulation Realm; naturally, it wasn't something an ordinary Qi Manipulation practitioner could produce.

No matter how knowledgeable you are, you couldn't possibly see the mystery behind it.

If you want to manipulate me, go ahead and try.

Then Tang Long shook his head. "That punch just now seemed to drain all my strength. My whole body feels weak now; I'm afraid I can't produce that kind of power if I hit it again."

Governor Jiang Shiqi narrowed his eyes. "Kid, are you sure?"

Tang Long met his gaze without fear. "Elder Jiang, you didn't seem to finish the topic from earlier. To control Solar Spirit Energy, what kind of attribute should be used to assist?"

Governor Jiang Shiqi laughed out loud. "Good! Very good! You really have guts. I'm starting to envy those bastards a little."

"Then let's be a bit more explicit."

"In the Solar Era, the Sun God was the most powerful god, but His power was not omnipresent. The Moon God, also known as the God of Soul and Darkness, can suppress Solar Spirit Energy to a certain extent."

"For many years prior, practitioners used this method."

"Later, in the Martial Era, the Yuanwu God emerged, stepping onto the altar of gods with a mortal body and using his own rules to purify Yuan Spirit Energy. You have already tried it; Yuan Spirit Energy can also be controlled to a certain extent."

"But both of these are still not as powerful as the Sun God. So they can only barely suppress it; it doesn't count as true control."

"Until... the Alien God descended."

"The Alien God defeated the arrogant Sun God, so His power is the most suitable attribute for suppressing Solar Spirit Energy. What you just injected was a refined Strange Spirit Energy drug."

Although it matched his own guesses, Tang Long couldn't help but be lost in thought for a moment.

One thing subdues another; this principle is generally correct.

Using Yuan Spirit Energy to control Spirit Blast, the effect really couldn't be considered ideal. He hadn't come into contact with Lunar Spirit Energy, but he guessed it wouldn't be much different from what Governor Jiang Shiqi said.

But the Strange Spirit Energy manifested in him as the game system's ability—how is this thing supposed to control Solar Spirit Energy?

Speaking of which, Governor Jiang Shiqi had already walked up to him and handed him another vial.

This time, at least he didn't just inject it directly, but he asked another difficult question.

"How did you trick my dear grandson into bringing you home?"

Tang Long chuckled, feeling that playing mind games with these old foxes was indeed difficult.

His own 'background' and certain intentions would definitely not be hidden from someone like Elder Jiang in the long run. His intentions were indeed impure before, so any explanation would be superfluous. He could only reverse his hand and inject himself in the shoulder again.

Then, he let out a painful grunt as a crimson flame erupted from his entire body.

[Your HP has dropped below 30%, you have activated Blood Rage LV1!]

[Strength and Agility increased by 10%! Critical hit rate increased by 3%, base damage of all Martial-type attack skills increased by 300 points! Also grants immunity to death judgment, duration: 9 seconds!]

Blood Rage, the core burst skill for a Third-Turn Martial Artist.

Although it is restricted to use when HP is below 30%, it has an anti-death effect during its duration. Once the level of this skill increases, Third-Turn Martial Artists are like living Yamas during its duration.

Although other classes can learn it later when the second class is unlocked, the number of skills is far inferior to true Martial types, so it can only be used as a life-saving skill.

Therefore, in that instant, Tang Long lost nearly 70% of his HP out of thin air, almost passing out from the pain.

However, he caught a glimpse of more possibilities from this.

There are skill vials for Caster and Martial types, so what about the Mystic type?

If there really are, no matter how bad Old Man Jiang's attitude is, it wouldn't be unforgivable.

Jiang Hanwen asked again: "Young man, how are you?"

Tang Long caught his breath, glanced at Governor Jiang Shiqi, and then shook his head.

"This vial caused me severe damage, but it won't kill me."

Jiang Hanwen couldn't help but marvel, "The four test subjects before you all died when testing this vial. You really are amazing."

Tang Long pointed to the vial in Governor Jiang Shiqi's hand. "There's one more, let's do it."

"Are you sure? Your condition doesn't look too good; do you want to rest for a while?"

Tang Long shook his head. "It's not a big problem, let's finish testing early."

Seeing his insistence, Jiang Hanwen didn't try to persuade him further. He immediately took a metal ball from his pocket, twisted it open, took out a pill, and handed it to him.

"This is an Eight-Treasure Pill; it will be helpful to you."

Tang Long didn't ask questions and swallowed it immediately after taking it.

To be fair, although the game system didn't give a notification, the HP recovery speed on his panel immediately increased significantly; it looked like at least 30% or more.

At this time, Governor Jiang Shiqi rarely spoke up to ask, "Kid, just a moment ago, your internal vitality was draining rapidly, and you were on the verge of death. Be careful not to actually lose your life."

Tang Long chuckled. "You have a sharp eye, Elder. Then you should also be able to see that my vitality is recovering rapidly."

"Correct." Governor Jiang Shiqi nodded and then handed him the third vial.

Tang Long didn't hesitate at all and injected it directly.

Then his body suddenly lit up, and black and white interwoven light patterns rippled outwards from under his feet like water waves.

[You have activated Recovery Aura LV1!]

[Base efficacy of all self-healing abilities increased by 1000 points per unit! All friendly targets within 30 meters receive an additional 20% boost to healing or recovery effects {including drugs}!]