274 Broken Fragments

With a soft "thud," Lin Sanjiu's feet left the ground again. The marble floor cracked under the pressure of her feet. Dust and fragments of fine-grained marble stirred from the ground. With the additional momentum from leaping up, Lin Sanjiu flew up and did a half-twist before she gathered her full body strength in her left fist and hit the woman with another attack.

"So, you are really not giving up?" Faint laughter came from under the hooded cape. As an earth-shattering attack came toward her, the south wing woman stood still as before. "You don't believe what I say?"

She finished her sentence but her voice quivered very slightly on the last word as if she had been interrupted—she had indeed been interrupted by yet another punch Lin Sanjiu had delivered to her abdomen.