"Looks like luck wasn't on your side, beautiful lady."
Cheng Yu's voice rang out behind Caroline.
Caroline turned and saw Cheng Yu already on his feet. Her expression darkened further.
"Why can you move?"
Cheng Yu shrugged.
"Why shouldn't I be able to?"
As he spoke, Caroline felt her body fly toward Cheng Yu against her will.
When she felt his hand clamp around her neck like iron tongs, Caroline knew she was done for.
She spoke through gritted teeth.
"Impossible. How could you have reached the tenth tier?"
Cheng Yu smiled.
"Nothing is impossible, my beautiful lady."
As he spoke, Cheng Yu tightened his grip slightly around Caroline's slender neck.
Bang!
Cheng Yu tossed aside the headless corpse in his hand.
He then crushed her fleeing soul into a little bead and popped it into his mouth.
The fastest way to decipher the makeup of this world's rules was to work directly from the souls of its powerful natives.
It was a little inhuman, but Cheng Yu understood that he could no longer really be called human anyway.
Caroline's soul was quite useful, too. It advanced Cheng Yu's analysis of this world by roughly ten percent.
Sensing William and the others approaching, Cheng Yu immediately put his Best Actor-Level acting skills to work, making himself look utterly weak.
Boom!!!
When the wooden door opened, William saw the Marquis covered in blood, with a corpse on the floor.
William immediately stepped forward to support the swaying Marquis.
"My lord!"
Cheng Yu waved a hand weakly.
"This is no place to talk. Let's go!"
William nodded, then ordered one of the others to support Cheng Yu. As the strongest fighter present, he was the only one who could lead the way.
After they passed through the corridor, they found Xiao Lin