HUALA
The breath attack slammed into the shield of flames.
HISSSSS
The world disappeared in steam.
Han Yu screamed as the impact struck him with brutal force. The first half of the attack he blocked. The second half tore through. The breath hit him squarely in the chest and flung him against the mountain wall like a rag doll.
Crack.
His back struck stone.
The blood flames sputtered violently. Ice crawled over his limbs in jagged patterns, spreading like frost on glass. The skin on his arms went numb. His breath stung. His eyelashes froze together.
Han Yu gasped sharply.
"Ice Qi… invading me?"
His vision blurred as the cold continued to seep into his body, trying to freeze his very marrow. His muscles seized. His fingers stiffened until he could no longer even twitch them. His halberd slipped from his grasp and clattered onto the ledge.
Then the breath attack ended.
But the frost remained.
It held him against the mountain like a frozen corpse nailed to a wall.
FLAP FLAP
