"Put down what you're holding."
Qin Jiayin's voice was cold. "Or do you want me to cut your hand off?"
"Don't get so worked up, little girl."
Mystique toyed with the flash drive in her hand, eyeing Qin Jiayin with amusement.
"If you want it so badly, why don't you come and take it?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Jiayin shot toward Mystique from where she stood. She swung her slender arm and slashed horizontally at Mystique!
Starlight shimmered along the one-and-a-half-meter energy sword as it swept toward Mystique's waist at a speed deadly enough to dazzle the eye. The slash was quick, but still a little too slow for a fighting expert like Mystique.
The muscles in Mystique's legs suddenly tensed, and she sprang backward several steps, barely escaping Qin Jiayin's range. But that was far from the end of Qin Jiayin's attack.
As Mystique retreated beyond her reach, Qin Jiayin used the momentum of her swing to push off the ground and leap into the air. At the same time, her vital energy coursed through her body. She twisted at the waist, using her whole body to spin in midair. As she turned, the energy swords in her hands became a dazzling pair of spinning blades, radiating deadly light as they sliced toward Mystique.
Apparently caught off guard by Qin Jiayin's sudden, ferocious combo, Mystique saw the energy swords closing in and immediately sprang backward, performing one backflip after another with astonishing agility to evade the deadly flurry.
Amid several metallic clangs that set one's teeth on edge, Qin Jiayin came to a stop, leaving several smoking gashes in the surrounding walls and floor.
She's slippery as an eel, Qin Jiayin thought. She immediately launched into the Snake-Step Dilos had taught her, weaving along a Z-shaped