Chapter 124: It’s What?
Yang Ru stood across the clearing from his nemesis, a wide tree that had not a mark on it. Two dozen times, he’d slammed into it, trying to transfer the momentum built up from his run onto the tip of his spear. Two dozen times, he’d failed. Two dozen times, he’d ended up on his butt.
Undeterred, he sprinted full speed toward the orange wood with its garish foliage. Each step created momentum as he channeled qi outside his body.
It was hard to describe exactly what the qi did. It made him feel heavier? Unstoppable? Inevitable?
All those and none.
The very air around him radiated force and power.
The strength of his body added to the energy produced by the qi, and the two sources of impetus fed off each other.
He knew he could hit with devastating force, but he needed to channel that might to the tip of his spear for it to be effective against a beast’s qi shield.
The tree approached fast. He had to get the timing perfect. Three strides. Two.
He triggered his weapon technique. One. His momentum drained, transferring to the—
Thunk.
The next thing he knew, he was on his butt, sitting on the ground.
Again.