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Once my arm was free, I used it to push her as hard as I could She stuainst the fountain She didn't hit it very hard, since h to break her concentration on her water ic, just for a second

That was all I needed

The re vines loosened around my body, and I threw , reaching for the staff with all the precious Ice ic it contained

My fingers closed around it just as her htened around me once more

"Die, bitch!" Salina hissed

"You first!" I snarled back

Struggling against the vines, Ithe staff up overevery last bit of the Ice ic stored inside

For ahappened

Then, in the space between breaths, everything around me just - crystallized

The second before the staff plunged into the ground, I reached for all the Ice ic - stored in the silverstone I cohthe weapon to focus y, my will And when the metal tip of the staff buried itself in theout with it as hard, fast, and brutally as I could The silvery color ofelse, as though I was standing in thestar

I wa

sn't sure if it would be enough to overcoh the air I wasn't sure if I had ic stored in the staff than Salina did in her bracelet I wasn't sure if h to cut off her power source

But I tried it

And it worked

For a few seconds, there was just - cold This blast of cold that overca the ground, the jets of water froze inbecame cold, hard, and slick And the elee of the fountains - it kept right on going, spreading out across the lush spring grass like a sheet unrolling, killing the blades instantly, and causing the people still running froht up with and then spread past them