"Ding! A Yellow-Ranked Excellent Grade technique, One Blade Seals the Throat, has been discovered. Record it?"
Confirm!
The system immediately gained another line: One Blade Seals the Throat (Yellow-Ranked Excellent Grade, not initiated, 0/40).
Jiang Liu lightly leaped up and plucked several leaves from the tree in the courtyard. He circulated wind attribute qi and attached it to them, then guided the qi along the force path of the Flying Knife Skill before casually flicking them out. The leaves shot forward with a series of thuds, all embedding themselves in the tree's bark.
Although he had hit the tree, he had missed his intended target by a mile.
Afterward, Jiang Liu tried several more times, but the result was the same.
Just how could he hit his target?
Should he try using another attribute? Which one would be best?
Suddenly, Jiang Liu's eyes lit up. He could try using ice attribute qi. However, the level of this ice attribute technique was too low; he feared he would only be able to use it a few times. Whatever. He would first see whether it worked.
Jiang Liu circulated ice attribute qi, condensing a blade-shaped chunk of ice on his finger. Then he threw it out according to the force technique of the Flying Knife Skill. This time, it hit the target.
However, its power was worlds apart from when he had imbued the leaves with wind attribute qi. It only left a small nick in the tree before dissipating. The ice attribute's level was probably too low, resulting in insufficient power.
If he encountered a martial artist, it would not even count as a tickle, because a martial artist's skin was harder than a tree's.
Jiang Liu knew the reason its power was so low: it had traveled too far from