Once the three of them left, the place suddenly felt empty.
Seeing that Zoe Pierce had rested enough, Nathan Lockwood walked straight to a massive tree.
It was a giant tree that had grown in the mountains for an unknown number of years; even two people linking arms couldn't encircle its trunk. The massive canopy blocked out the sun, with only a few stubborn rays of light slipping through the gaps to land on the ground.
Dressed in his training uniform, Nathan Lockwood pressed his long fingers against the uneven trunk.
"First, let's see if you can project your spiritual power."
"Your spiritual power can be gentle when you use it for soothing." His tone shifted. "But when you're attacking, it must be focused."
"Try to use your spiritual power to carve a line into it."
Zoe Pierce took a deep breath and slowly gathered her spiritual power. That part wasn't difficult. The hard part was channeling her spiritual power into an offensive move.
