Although the two-meter-tall young man had copied her moves quite well, he couldn't make the tree budge.
He asked in confusion, "Master, I tried using Hidden Strength the way you did, but it doesn't seem to work."
The woman replied, "That's because you're not strong enough yet. To generate power, you first have to build strength. You can't do that without years of training. Watch how I do it."
As she spoke, she rolled up the wide sleeve on her right arm all the way to her shoulder. Then she placed her right hand against the tree and demonstrated how she generated power, letting everyone observe.
Wang Yi watched her right arm, too.
At first glance, her arm looked no different from an ordinary woman's. But when she exerted herself, the muscles in both her upper and lower arms bunched up. Her forearm in particular looked square rather than round.
The woman continued, "See? This is what we call Vine Arm Tendon Bones. The idea is to train your arms until your forearms become square when you exert yourself, like mine. That's when you've trained them properly."
"Also, when Wang Le generated power just now, he only used the strength in his arm. I use my whole body."
Wang Le, the two-meter-tall man, thought it over. "Is it a bit like the inch force in Inch Punch?"
The woman shook her head. "Inch Punch still needs at least an inch of distance. But the Hidden Strength of our Xing Yi Quan needs no distance at all. You generate power the moment you touch someone. By the time your opponent realizes you're about to strike, it's already too late."
"Most importantly, when we use Xing Yi Quan, there's no set target. Even I don't know where I'm going to hit my