Alex felt like he was going somewhere with his train of thought. The answer was close. It wasn't here yet, but it was very close.
"The trials are meant for us," Shumi reiterated. "Or more precisely, for people with the True Gods' bodies. So the trial must be looking for something that only our bodies can do."
She turned around, looking back at the mountain with a strange look. "But what?" she couldn't guess. "I've tried everything already."
Alex watched as she moved toward the mountain again, using her Qi to try and shut it down. Once again, she merely managed to rid the illusion of the mountain, but not the barrier itself. It was a failure.
"My All-Ending Yin Qi is doing nothing," she said, looking at her palms, the cold yin Qi slowly fading away. She turned around, looking toward Alex. "Your power only activates, right? It doesn't destroy?"
Alex shook his head. "It's not the destroying kind," he explained.
