Swish!

The golden, drill-shaped attack tore through the air, spiraling in an aerodynamic twist that made it even faster. All the spectators were completely fooled by Zhao Huiyin. She had faked vulnerability to Jiang Qing'e's attack and then sprung an ambush. Anyone else in Jiang Qing'e's shoes would have panicked at the sudden twist.

The drill-shaped attack was right in front of Jiang Qing'e's face, close enough to be reflected in her calm, golden eyes. At the last moment, she tilted her head coolly to one side, and the attack passed her.

Pssh!

It whistled past her ear and continued its violent path into the forest behind, where it bore a giant hole through the first tree trunk it ran into.

A line of holes could be seen through all the trees in...