For a moment, Tiger's Daughter was frozen as the smoke wrapped around her, thankful for the mask that concealed her expression of mute surprise and lent her some certain comfort that she wasn't breathing the smoke in. That power wasn't unlike that of the Prince of Orphans. This could have been more of a challenge than she had anticipated.
Just in that moment, as her mother whispered in her ear not to let herself be distracted, the child was behind her with a heavy axe, slowing him enough to allow Li Hua to turn and face him but its weight too great to be deflected by her light fans. It twisted her arm and made no sound as it connected with her body, but made Li Hua's jaw click shut, a loud snap in her ears.