Beauty and Brain, Part III

Hou Jingshu felt bile well up in her throat as she was launched clean into the air. The ice pillar that slammed into her stomach was pushing hard on her abdominal muscles. It felt like her internal organs were being squashed by the incredible force. She forced the bile back down, gritted her teeth, and pushed off the pillar, which continued to soar into the sky. She somehow managed to maintain her grip on her spear.

She fell toward the ground, her vision blurry as she looked for Mei Xilan, but the woman was nowhere to be seen. Even after landing on the ground in a crouch, she couldn’t find the woman.

A shadow appeared above her. She looked up.

A massive ice lotus was descending toward her.

Hou Jingshu made a split second decision. The ice lotus was traveling too fast and was too big for her to dodge, so she spread her feet apart, channeled as much chi into her spear as she possible could, pulled her arm back, then threw the spear forward.

[Jaws of Retribution]