Hong Ji's left hand twisted into a bizarre shape. The Blood Thread Puppet, which she had always carried on her person like a doll, appeared at her waist.
Four holes appeared on Hong Ji's left forearm, and four rapidly writhing, blood-red tentacles surged out from them.
They coiled tightly around Prince Snow Ape's incoming right fist.
Using the force of the Prince Snow Ape's punch, Hong Ji swung like she was on a swing set, her right palm plunging into the Prince Snow Ape's weak spot at a twisted angle.
Prince Snow Ape let out a furious roar. Completely ignoring the slick, viscous tentacles wrapped around its right arm, it swung both arms down to smash the Hong Ji in its grasp.
Hong Ji did not pull out the bone spike that had pierced Prince Snow Ape's weak spot. Instead, her body swayed gently, and layers of bone plates formed on her skin.
Each swing of Prince Snow Ape's arms shattered one or two layers of the bone plates.
