North American Detective: I am Proficient in All Kinds of Gun Quick Draws-Chapter 524 - 307: Master-Level Disguise Technique, Old Wang’s Divine Skill!_1

A new skill had formed.

Just as Dean felt pleased, his attention was abruptly drawn to the content following the skill.

Ancient Yoga Soft Body Technique L1: Through self-harming practice, your joints have begun to deviate from normal human structure, becoming more prone to dislocation and misalignment. With prolonged practice, you can gain the ability to dislocate joints habitually.

... Dean mused. What does ’habitual dislocation’ even mean? Something seems off about this.

He suppressed the irritation rising within him and continued to read:

Note 1: The skill is severely flawed. Continuing to practice and improve it will cause significant negative impacts on the body.

Note 2: Through practicing the Bionic Breathing Technique, your control over the minute aspects of your body has further improved. This can reduce physical wear and tear during activity, enhance the absorption rate of external energy (food), slightly improve your digestive capabilities, slightly enhance your cardiopulmonary function, and slightly improve your...

"Bionic Breathing Technique!"

Dean immediately thought of the improvement in his breathing rhythm while practicing forms earlier.

To be honest, he could accomplish those forms easily, but the unnatural, joint-reversing postures that defied normal human limits were achieved by suddenly exerting force while following his breathing rhythm.

So this was why those yoga masters could effortlessly perform various inhuman postures.

"And this..."

Dean, inspired by the panel’s prompt, took a deep breath. His chest swelled, and amid the seemingly slight rises and falls of his breathing, a faint rumbling, like distant thunder, could be heard from within his chest.

This seemingly magical phenomenon was actually just the airflow resonating within his chest cavity.

Dean had previously thought this was normal.

Now, seeing the slight improvements to the basic functions of his internal organs, he realized it was a sophisticated method of self-regulation, much like the life-nurturing practices passed down in China for millennia.

Since practicing the flawed Ancient Yoga could damage the body, what if I improve the breathing technique alone? he wondered. Moreover, the panel is very rigid but possesses an ability akin to appraisal. If that’s the case, can I disassemble the Ancient Yoga Soft Body Technique and keep only the breathing technique?

He decided to act on his thought immediately.

Dean walked out to the large balcony, bathed in moonlight, and sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes.

As his thoughts turned, on the panel, the Ancient Yoga Soft Body Technique flickered and morphed into Bionic Breathing Technique L1.

Dean felt a thrill!

It actually worked!

He swiftly focused his mind on this newly formed skill to check its description.

Ancient Yoga Breathing Technique L1: Through practicing the Bionic Breathing Technique, your control over the minute aspects of your body has further improved. This can reduce physical wear and tear during activity, enhance the absorption rate of external energy (food), slightly improve your digestive capabilities, slightly enhance your cardiopulmonary function, and slightly improve your...

Well, well, it turns out the abilities of the Ancient Yoga Soft Body Technique were entirely derived from the breathing technique. Moreover, due to its flawed nature, practicing those movements would actually harm the body’s joints.

Dean continued to read.

Note 1: Breathing can influence a creature’s metabolism and endocrine system, and to a certain extent, regulate and control the body’s subtle aspects. The Ancient Yoga Breathing Technique originated from the Serpent People, who drew inspiration from the muscular undulations of large pythons. It can enhance the function of the five major organs, slow down bodily consumption, and lower heart rate...

Note 2: The Ancient Yoga Breathing Technique belongs to the category of unusual biomimetic breathing. It can impact hormone secretion to a degree, resulting in emotional detachment and somnolence, which can be mitigated through ’training.’

The ancients were truly formidable, Dean marveled internally after reading the notes. He recalled some modern studies in sports science on breathing methods, such as abdominal breathing in long-distance running and cell division breathing methods.

Clearly, this technique, while seemingly magical, was actually backed by science; it was just that due to the limitations of past eras, many valuable things from ancient times had been lost.

Of course, there was another very important point: human strength is finite. Flesh and blood ultimately cannot withstand modern firearms.

Even someone as strong as Dean could, at best, rely on his sense of danger, inhuman reaction Speed, and explosive strength to dodge gunfire; he would never dare to withstand it with his physical body.

Because his body simply couldn’t block them.

Getting hit in the limbs might be tolerable; perhaps with the cushioning of high-density muscle, his bones could block the bullet’s remaining force, allowing him to retain some ability to resist, unlike an ordinary person who would be instantly incapacitated.

But if he were hit in the abdominal cavity, the horrific kinetic energy from a bullet churning inside would bring him to his knees. At most, he could rely on his powerful vitality to buy a little time for some last words.

Perhaps when the three attributes representing physique all reach twenty points, I might be able to carry a tripod or even withstand small-caliber handguns, becoming the only superhuman on Blue Star. But what good would that do...

At this thought, Dean momentarily felt listless.

The times had changed.

With technology becoming increasingly advanced, future wars might not even require human presence on the battlefield—just satellite targeting locks followed by thermal imaging fire saturation.

This defeatist sentiment didn’t linger too long in Dean’s heart.

The strong never complain about the environment.

Besides, he had never aspired to dominate the world in this lifetime.

For an ordinary person, he was already incredibly lucky.

At least with his current abilities, as long as he wished, he could still climb to a very respectable position and live the life he desired—once he dealt with the Lucifer Game Organization.