Bai Li moved.
She caught two of its limbs before they reached her shoulders.
The monster twisted with shocking force. Its other limbs stabbed toward her back.
Yan Cijin kicked it away.
The creature spun through the air and landed on the wall.
It immediately ran sideways.
Bai Li smiled.
"Fast."
"Too fast for this hallway."
Yan Cijin disappeared.
The creature looked left.
Then right.
Yan Cijin appeared directly above it.
Her heel came down.
The monster crashed into the floor.
Before it could move again, Bai Li pinned it with one hand.
The creature screamed.
The sound was high and unpleasant.
Bai Li looked at it for a moment.
Then she struck the center of its chest.
The body went limp.
"That one was smarter than the others," Yan Cijin said.
"Not smart enough."
They continued.
