Dao Runes

It took about another hour, but Ryu finally felt that his legs were okay to walk on. In that time, he had three more run-ins with beasts where he was forced to fight on his hands and palms. 

Although he was annoyed, he had to say that it was an interesting and new sort of experience. But, aside from that, it didn't do much else to help his mood. 

Ryu flipped through the air, landing on his feet. Before him, scattered a few meters apart, there were three stone bears and a stone viper. Well, there were four piles of ash, more accurately. 

It seemed that Ryu had likely stumbled into the territory of the stone bears in all likelihood. He would have to leave soon before things got any more troublesome. 

However, this experience has taught Ryu many interesting things. For one, these beasts were actually quite small. Even the largest of them was barely over three meters tall. It was as though they all had Nemesis' Adept Body Talent.