The elder increased his output of Inner Strength this time, from twenty percent to thirty percent... fifty percent... a hundred percent...
The girl watched in confusion as her grandfather and this boy remained frozen in a standoff, having been in this posture for a full minute. Were they competing in Inner Strength? She wondered with a mix of surprise and doubt but quickly dismissed the idea. Impossible, how could this boy possess Inner Strength? She had been practicing for so many years and still hadn't developed any.
Moreover, it was unlikely her grandfather would use Inner Strength in a contest with this boy. This ignorant youth wasn't worthy of making her grandfather exert his Inner Strength. If her grandfather did, the boy would probably cough up blood on the spot.