Whether they chopped, slashed, or stabbed, nothing worked!
This Duke was practically an iron wall! No matter which part of his body they attacked, he seemed impervious to pain! Even if they managed to inflict some damage, it would heal quickly!
Forget about hurting him, they couldn't even stop him!
In the mere two or three seconds that Yu Yaqing and Su Man paused, the Duke had already dragged Cheng Qian to the third floor—
The moment they reached the third floor, the dying Cheng Qian suddenly let out a cry that sounded like both weeping and roaring!
As if a final act of defiance before death, her eyes widened, her body twisted, and she used all her strength to throw two beads at the Duke!
Of the two beads, the Duke dodged one, and the other struck him on the shoulder.
The Duke's body trembled twice in pain, and a displeased growl rumbled in his throat. Then, he continued dragging her forward!
"Why…" Cheng Qian couldn't accept this outcome. "Why didn't it explode… Why didn't it explode?! Why, ah ah ah ah!!!"
Zhu Shu, who had rushed over, was also unwilling to give up, and threw out three beads at once!
But the goddess of luck no longer favored her.
Beads without the lightning explosion effect only caused the Duke pain, and couldn't inflict any real damage.
He dragged Cheng Qian faster and faster.
The bride on the ground was crying! Scratching! Struggling desperately!
She even wished she could bite off her own bloodied arm that was being dragged!
But in the end, she couldn't escape!
The Duke dragged Cheng Qian to the location of the torture chamber.
The stone wall spun quickly, and the Duke dragged Cheng Qian inside. Then, the stone wall closed a second before Su Man and Yu Yaqing arrived—
Bang!
Yu Yaqing's fist slammed into the wall.
The wall didn't budge.
Once closed, this wall looked no different from the other walls, indistinguishable.
Yu Yaqing didn't want to give up, and pushed the wall with all her might. Su Man and Zhu Shu also joined her, but it was still useless.
"It shouldn't be like this…" Yu Yaqing tried to push the wall again. "Why can he go in, but we can't?!"
Su Man pushed for a while, but ran out of strength and stopped to catch her breath.
Cheng Qian's painful screams came from inside.
As shrill as Zhao Lanfen's yesterday, as terrifying, echoing throughout the entire manor, lingering on and on…
The three women exchanged a silent glance.
Their eyes held helplessness, frustration, resentment, and the pain of shared misfortune.
Not being able to save Cheng Qian was regrettable, but what was even more despairing was that they were completely helpless against that humanoid beast!
"The game's rules are restricting us, so we can't get in…" Zhu Shu looked at the wall and speculated, "Maybe we can only enter this room during the day."
Yu Yaqing pondered for a moment, then nodded. "That's very likely. Nighttime is the Duke's time, and daytime is the players' time."
"Let's go, let's go find Bai Youwei downstairs." Su Man sighed and walked downstairs. "Maybe she has a solution."
Brain work had never been her forte. She used to rely entirely on Yan Qingwen, but now she could only rely on Bai Youwei.
When they got downstairs, they saw Bai Youwei waiting for them by the stairs.
Su Man shook her head at her: "We couldn't save her."
Bai Youwei seemed to have expected the result, and calmly asked, "Did you see it clearly?"
"Yes." Su Man nodded. "I tore open his suit, and the collar of the shirt underneath was indeed missing a button."
Yu Yaqing was confused and asked them, "What button?"
Bai Youwei took out a button and tossed it gently. Yu Yaqing reached out and caught it, only to find a gold-rimmed button in her hand, which looked somewhat familiar.
"This is a button from the gardener's clothes, so it seems to be the same person." Bai Youwei said calmly, "Since we can't kill him at night, let's try during the day. The game will always provide a way out."
"Kill him?!" Hu Ya, who hadn't spoken all along, suddenly shouted, "Are you so sure that killing the gardener will allow us to clear the game? What if we're wrong?!"