The first time Tao Yu had ambushed Yosef in the Inner City, she'd been a little nervous, worried someone might find a way to track her down.
This time, she felt much more at ease.
After making sure her target was dead, Tao Yu remembered Yosef's self-detonation and waited there for a moment. Only then did she approach the body to search it, wearing gloves.
'Poisonous. There's a chance it can seep through the skin.'
Tao Yu's Deification support ability had come in handy again. She hadn't expected the Lizardman's corpse to turn poisonous after death.
Had a venom gland ruptured and spread its contents through the body?
No wonder her fighting style differed from Winuo's direct, overwhelming approach. She probably relied on agility and poison to kill in a single strike.
What a handful!
Tao Yu also remembered that when Winuo had been surrounded by Aliens, he'd used some kind of drug that made him lose his mind in exchange for a huge boost in strength. Even after an Alien had implanted itself in him and ripped open his abdomen, he'd somehow managed to stay alive.
Tao Yu had kept probing, using all kinds of information to provoke a response. She relied on her Spiritual Sense, enhanced by Deification of the Crane Form and the Warlord's Sidearm, to gauge the Lizardwoman's emotions. She attacked only when she sensed the strongest reaction.
"Good thing I played it safe. If I hadn't known about that poison, things could've gotten messy."
Tao Yu was pleased with her caution. What if the woman had been able to spray poison mist or unleash some other wide-area attack?
Whatever trump card she had, the safest bet was to pin her down before she could use it.
If the information about the 'Child of Destiny' hadn't