Chapter 24 - Intent (1/2)

Once the remnant flakes of snow had settled, Will stood up and a lot of damage was visible on his body. Blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth and his chest showed three massive diagonal gashes that were revealing bloody flesh underneath.

If I had not put up the water wall up in time that would have been the end of me.

It wasn't as if Will did not see signs of the bird moving. Due to his dual mind ability, Will had no blind spots in his vision. Every single minute movement the bird made from a little ruffle on its stony skin to a flicker of its fire mane was clearly visible to Will and was being processed. Unfortunately, even if he could see the attack coming, his body could not react in time.

Luckily I can move water faster than I can move my body.

Will quickly covered his frontal wounds with ice to stop the bleeding and looked at his opponent. It was not polite enough to wait for Will to attack. Will could tell with one look that it was getting ready to attack. The only question was; what was coming?

In the end, do I have to use it?

Will had no doubt whatsoever that if he used bloodlust he could kill the beast. However, that would be a blow to his self-esteem and would render the past few months of training useless.

Will could feel his water particles during every collision they had. From the previous mizuken, he could tell that the Helios Warhawk had a hard and hot skin. Let alone injure it, Will wasn't even sure if he could put a scratch on the thing.

As far as Will was concerned, there was no normal attack in his arsenal that could do damage, well no attack he had accomplished anyway. At this dangerous and chaotic time, two words resonated throughout Will's mind, refusing to leave. They were like an old tree that had taken root in the soil that was his conscious and would never let go.

True strike...

”Hu.”

Will let out a breath and decided to give it a go. He wasn't trying his luck. It was more like for the first time in a long while, Will finally had an idea. He figured out how to bring out qi! Or rather it would be more accurate to say

he had an inkling of an idea.

Every time I take in exp in the form of Word Energy, it enters through my pores. So once that energy is converted I should be able to reverse the process right?

All of Will's 64 unified brains were thinking at high-speed to come up with a solution to this problem. For the past few years, Will had a focus on perfecting technique and understanding what sword intent was.

Trying to bring in qi was something he could barely even fathom.

Every time I use my water manipulation ability I am bringing out water-based yuan. I have two classes. Water Meister and Swordsman. As a swordsman, I have qi as the primary effector and mana as the secondary effector. Which means the yuan within my body relevant to my Swordsman class is still somehow within my body.