Bai Li nodded.
"We end it quickly."
They attacked from opposite directions.
The serpent turned toward Yan Cijin.
Bai Li struck its exposed neck.
Yan Cijin used the opening.
Her strike cut deep.
The creature thrashed.
Water flooded across the floor.
Bai Li moved through it, caught the serpent's head, and forced it downward.
Yan Cijin attacked again.
The serpent stopped moving.
The water gradually settled.
Yan Cijin exhaled.
"That was disgusting."
Bai Li smiled.
"You are getting used to it."
"I do not want to."
The fortieth floor was almost empty except for a long glass bridge connecting two sides of the building.
There was no ground below it.
Only a massive open shaft leading all the way down.
The bridge was cracked in several places.
Yan Cijin looked at it.
"We are going across that?"
"Yes."
"You really do not care about convenience."
Bai Li stepped onto the bridge.
Halfway across, the glass beneath them cracked.
Yan Cijin froze.
Bai Li did not.
