"Huh?"
As it lifted its arms again...
A red star shimmered above us—faint at first, like a trick of the eye.
But it grew larger.
Brighter.
Hotter.
I blinked and instinctively looked up.
A flash of fire. A warcry. A scream that split through the sky like a thunderbolt.
[Warning! Shen Yifei Approaching at a dangerous speed!]
Shen Yifei.
Her body spun mid-air, descending with her glaive behind her back—burning red with Qi, trailing a streak of heat that cracked the wind.
She dropped like a falling blade from the heavens.
Boom!
The rooftop shattered.
The Brute's head jerked back as the glaive carved a diagonal line down its face, splitting through its left eye, cheekbone, and jaw with a wet CRACK. A burst of black blood geysered out, sizzling from the Fire Qi.
It howled like a wounded beast.
Not like an animal.
Like a man losing control.
I felt its grip loosen as the shock rippled through its nerves.
"Yifei!" I barked.
"Move!"
