Chapter 3 Escape
The guard stopped abruptly, staring blankly at Su Yu.
Seeing that the guard had stopped moving, Su Yu smiled, let go of his hand, and leisurely sat back down cross-legged, resting one elbow on his leg and supporting his face with his palm.
Upon hearing the command, the guard straightened up from his prone position, grasped the seemingly keyless lock on the cage door, and channeled his demonic energy into it.
Upon seeing this, Su Yu's brow twitched. Sure enough, it was a lock that could only be opened by corresponding demonic energy. These demons were quite generous in their treatment of rare goods.
With a click, the lock opened.
Su Yu bent down and crawled out of the cage, not in a hurry to run away.
The guards who came in this time were just like babysitters for the goods, responsible for reporting any abnormalities in the goods in a timely manner to prevent problems from occurring during the formal auction.
There must be even more guards outside.
Su Yu walked halfway around the room, then listened intently against the wall for a while before returning to the guard who was still half-squatting next to the cage. She then pulled off a bunch of keys hanging from the guard's belt.
The other creatures that didn't have Su Yu's cultivation of rare items were naturally kept in ordinary cages.
[Host, you, this, you, hypnotize?] Xiao Qi was so shocked that he couldn't speak coherently. Wasn't his host an ordinary person?
[Yes, didn't you know? Didn't they investigate my background before binding me?]
Su Yu calmly answered, then casually tossed Xiao Qi a question: "Speaking of which, have you thought about how to make amends? It's easy for me to be targeted while cultivating alone in the Demon Realm."
[Don't worry, host, I'm already writing a report. I guarantee I'll find the most suitable hiding method for you within the timeline!]
[Good luck then, I won't bother you anymore.]
Su Yu tossed the keys around in handfuls, glanced back at the cages filled with various live animals, and, too lazy to carefully search for matching keys, simply picked out the keys for the slave cages and divided the large handful of keys into three parts, throwing them directly through the gaps in the cages to the slaves in those three cages.
"Those who want to run, hurry up!"
After saying that, Su Yu ignored him, grabbed the guard, and went out and turned left.
Based on what he had been listening to while peering over the wall, there should also be a warehouse on the left, but it should contain some small, young alien beasts.
Bringing the guard along will allow him to open the door.
Only after Su Yu and the guards had completely disappeared from sight did the cowering slaves gradually raise their heads, looking at the key in the cage and exchanging glances, seemingly tempted but also as if they were wary of something.
Until a dirty hand was the first to pick up the key.
Looking up along this hand, surprisingly, the owner of the hand was an eleven or twelve-year-old demon boy.
Finally, one of the demon slaves, Nono, spoke up.
Seeing that the boy seemed to ignore him, the slave couldn't help but say, "He won't get very far; he'll be caught and beaten half to death."
The boy simply gripped the key tighter and whispered, "He's human; the merchants will arrest him first."
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the other previously hesitant slaves lit up instantly. They grabbed the keys, found the keys to their own cages, opened the doors, and rushed out.
They don't consider what would happen to the humans who gave them the keys; they only care about themselves. But haven't demons always been like this?
Soon only the boy remained in the room. He watched the demons scattering and fleeing outside the door, then noticed some young demon beasts running out of another room, and suddenly chuckled softly.
Then he picked up the other keys that the slaves had thrown down, slowly sorting through them, and walked to the depths of the room, releasing the already restless adult monsters one by one.
The monster remembered the scent of its enemy, and without sparing the boy a glance, it roared and charged away.
The guards outside were startled by the beast's roar and hurriedly gathered their men to surround and stop it. In an instant, roars, shouts, cries for mercy, and the sounds of flesh being torn apart filled the air.
The boy seemed oblivious, and was the last to walk out, but his goal was completely different from that of the slave monsters.
He was going to find that human cultivator who wasn't much older than him.
He looks to be only a teenager, not much older than him. He has a way to enter the Demon Realm, and he is not panicked at all when he wakes up and finds himself imprisoned. He can easily control a Foundation Establishment cultivator with his Qi Refining cultivation. He must have some trump card or something to rely on.
He helped that guy release so many slaves and monsters, stirring up the waters to make it easier for him to escape. He should at least show some appreciation.
The human cultivator didn't kill the ugly guard the moment he came out; he probably wouldn't take his life if he couldn't get any benefits from him.
Seeing the slaves and magical beasts running out of the other room, Su Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Looks like there are still some smart people out there."
Su Yu felt more at ease crouching in her hidden spot, and took the opportunity to urge Xiao Qi:
Xiao Qi's forehead was covered in sweat from the pressure on the sphere of light. Although it was a data display, it truly reflected Xiao Qi's anxiety.
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Yu held a dark, unappealing pill in her hand. It looked somewhat like poison, and Su Yu swallowed it with a look of disgust. She then asked:
Xiaoqi stopped warily, having learned its lesson and now keeping the scanning function on at all times.
Noticing Su Yu's sharp gaze, the approaching footsteps outside the door paused, then continued cautiously until the person clinging to the doorframe peeked out, revealing half their head and body, and timidly called out, "Brother, brother..."
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