Deep within Scarlet Cloud Mountain, the spring forest grew ever denser.
Lu Chen practiced his leg techniques alone in the woods.
His toes lightly tapped a bluestone, and his body abruptly shot upward. Using a horizontally growing branch for leverage, he passed between two ancient pines like an ape.
The next instant, he landed on a slanted boulder. The moment his sole touched down, his knees bent slightly, his waist and hips tightened, and he swept sideways again on the rebound.
Whoosh!
The mountain wind rushed past his ears.
Lu Chen's figure flashed continuously through the forest, so fast it nearly left afterimages.
Suddenly, a spirit ape ahead was startled. It sprang onto a treetop, turned back, bared its fangs at him, and screeched.
Something stirred in Lu Chen's heart.
He stamped his foot and chased after the mountain ape in the direction it fled.
Man and ape raced through the woods.
Born in the mountains and forests, the spirit ape was naturally nimble. It leaped from tree to tree, almost entirely unhindered by the terrain.
Yet Lu Chen followed close behind. At times he stepped on trees to borrow force, at times he used rocks to turn back, and at times he slid sideways along trunks. Like a streak of azure shadow, he pierced through the dense forest without falling behind the spirit ape in the slightest.
After chasing for dozens of zhang, Lu Chen abruptly halted.
The next moment, a screen of light silently appeared before him.
[Golden Ape Piercing-the-Forest Leg: Perfect] [Trait: Golden Ape Leg]
Countless insights into the leg technique flooded into his mind, then sank into the sinews and bones of his legs.
Lu Chen felt both legs suddenly grow hot. Their muscles tightened and reshaped inch by inch, as though a springy,