But just as William Carter was getting close, the nearly dead guy suddenly pushed off the ground with his one remaining leg, his body shooting toward William Carter at lightning speed. Just from the speed of the lunge, it was clear this was a true master among masters.

At least, when William Carter was on Earth, he had never seen such a terrifying opponent. Even with such severe injuries, he could still unleash that kind of explosive power.

Unfortunately, the enemy had no idea how terrifyingly cautious William Carter, as an ace sniper, could be. As he stood up and walked over, William Carter had already keenly noticed that the opponent’s wound had stopped bleeding. There was no bandaging at all, yet such a large wound was no longer bleeding.

With such an abnormal phenomenon, how could William Carter not be on guard? His right hand had already, intentionally or not, touched the grip of his gun. As the opponent lunged, William Carter’s Glock was already aimed at the airborne enemy, his finger rapidly pulling the trigger.

Bang—a gunshot rang out, hitting the opponent squarely in the chest. At such close range, with William Carter’s instinctive reaction, it was impossible to miss.

A shot straight to the heart—even though the opponent had survived the terrifying explosion in the equipment bay, he couldn’t stop the bullet from entering his body.

All the strength in the airborne enemy vanished in an instant. William Carter dodged lightly, and the opponent crashed heavily to the ground. With his mouth wide open like a dying fish out of water, he gasped loudly, but the light of life was slowly fading from his eyes.

“I... am also from Wuyou City, a level three... assassin.” Perhaps knowing his end was near, the opponent stammered out these words: “Bao... Qing... Yu... Tang.”

Struggling to say the name Baoqing Yutang, the level three assassin’s body convulsed, and finally he breathed his last.

William Carter kept his gun trained on the man. Only after a while, when there was no further movement, did he slowly approach, carefully feeling for a pulse at the carotid artery. Confirming the man was truly dead, he finally put away his Glock and began searching the body.

From this level three assassin, William Carter found a silver metal badge. Its style was exactly the same as the six black ones, only the color was different. Presumably, this was a mark of different ranks, and this level three assassin was probably the strongest among those present.

William Carter carefully examined the scene and quickly understood why this level three assassin had survived such an explosion. The man must have been highly sensitive to killing intent, and at the instant of the blast, had quickly found a large tree to hide behind. However, the tree wasn’t big enough to shield his whole body, and one lower leg and an arm were still blown off.

This level three assassin had left a deep impression on William Carter. He hadn’t felt much when killing Dai Huan and those guards, but to be able to sense danger in a split second and find cover so quickly, and even after losing an arm and a leg still have the strength to lunge like that—masters in this world were truly terrifying.

The appearance of such a master only strengthened William Carter’s resolve to start cultivating as soon as possible. If he couldn’t quickly improve his own strength, relying solely on his equipment might let him survive here for a while, but once he ran out of ammo, how much longer could William Carter last?

The most urgent task now was to quickly repair his damaged soul core. However, repairing the soul core required a large amount of Peiyuan Pills, and William Carter didn’t have enough money to buy them.

Looking at the silver Wuyou City badge, William Carter suddenly had an idea. Maybe, with this badge, he could extort some Peiyuan Pills from Baoqing Yutang.

When William Carter’s figure, carrying his backpack and gun case, appeared in the city again, it caused quite a stir. William Carter had actually returned completely unscathed—how was that possible? Did all those people who chased after him just eat for nothing?

Watching William Carter swagger straight into Baoqing Yutang, many people hurried off in all directions—the news of William Carter’s return had to be reported to those in charge immediately.

It wasn’t William Carter’s first time at Baoqing Yutang. After entering, he didn’t care if there were other customers inside, and shouted directly at the attendant, “Get your manager—the one who can make decisions—to see me!”

The attendant didn’t dare delay and quickly went to report. Before long, the same fat manager who had received William Carter last time appeared before him, then respectfully invited William Carter to the back lounge and served him tea.

William Carter wasn’t afraid of being poisoned, and leisurely sipped his tea. The fat manager’s gaze, however, kept drifting—intentionally or not—toward William Carter’s backpack and the obviously special gun case.

“What does Baoqing Yutang mean by this?” William Carter finished his cup of tea before asking unhurriedly.

“What do you mean, honored guest?” The fat manager put on a look of confusion, smiling cautiously as he asked.

This time, William Carter didn’t answer. Instead, he reached into his backpack and took out all seven Wuyou City badges, placing them neatly on the side table one by one. The silver badge first, followed by the six black ones.

The moment he saw the silver badge, the fat manager’s pupils shrank sharply. When he saw the six black ones after that, his small eyes widened even more, as if he had witnessed something unbelievable.