Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 347 Group Exercise

Chapter 347: Chapter 347 Group Exercise

Without looking back, Yang Yu bolted out of the city gates, driving the Lotcar furiously in the direction they had come from. Iyas and Bai Jin clung tightly to the edge of the carriage to prevent being harshly thrown off on the bumpy road.

Yang Yu felt a wave of frustration. He had thought he would be able to smoothly obtain the information he needed but had almost been caught like a turtle in a jar.

Thankfully, he realized it in time to make a swift escape.

Ever since he arrived at the Slave Auction House, Yang Yu felt something was off.

Despite his appearance as a "supernova" at the slave auction, the receptionist showed no sycophantic delight. Instead, there was an indescribable sense of expectation in their eyes.

It was as if the prey they had been waiting for had finally taken the bait.

The moment the receptionist carefully confirmed the date of issue for the card, Yang Yu became cautious.

During this time, he still harbored a hope that maybe it was all just him feeling too confident, that everything should go smoothly.

However, the receptionist’s subsequent conduct delivered a blow to his head.

After he returned, although the receptionist outwardly showed respect, from beginning to end, they didn’t treat Yang Yu as a real guest. Their speech also conveyed a sense of urgency.

The receptionist didn’t invite Yang Yu to meet the person in charge. Instead, it was like using ears of rice to lure ducks, herding ducks onto a perch, insisting that Yang Yu rush to meet the person in charge.

Sensing something was amiss, Yang Yu tentatively tried to leave, and the receptionist immediately became frantic, desperately trying to retain him.

Normally in such a place, upon hearing that a guest wanted to leave, a receptionist should see them off graciously.

After all, it was common for important figures to visit the Slave Auction House. These figures might occasionally have urgent matters to deal with. As a seller, accommodating these important figures’ schedules was usual practice, and it wouldn’t do to forcibly detain guests for the sake of a single deal.

But the receptionist seemed troubled, acting as if they didn’t want Yang Yu to leave, and even went as far as to report it to their superior.

This action rid Yang Yu of any further hesitation. Taking advantage of the receptionist’s absence, he escaped from the Slave Auction House and called Bai Jin and Iyas to make a quick getaway.

With their current strength, they were not in a position to wreak havoc on someone else’s territory; retreating was the best strategy.

When Yang Yu drove the Lotcar away from the inn and saw people from the Slave Auction House in pursuit, he became even more certain that they had been targeted by the Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce.

The reason they were targeted, Yang Yu could somewhat guess.

The fact that Silver Orchid Commerce could buy Iyas from Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce across borders implied that the relationship between the two chambers was not trivial, and collusion between them seemed logical.

Generally speaking, if someone infiltrated Silver Orchid Commerce’s research facility and took away a priceless potion, what should they do next to maximize their profits?

The most general tactic would be to lay low before fencing the stolen goods.

And the best way to fence would be taking that priceless potion to an auction house in another country.

Serti was a commercial state, while Luo Ze Empire was a military nation. It was clear which would pay more.

Until now, Silver Orchid Commerce had not sent any assassins.

On one hand, they likely had to deal with various domestic pressures, and on the other, pursuing Yang Yu’s tracks might cost a lot.

Rather than chasing Yang Yu everywhere, they opted to rely on a larger chamber of commerce, to idle away their time and wait for the rabbit.

This would not only alleviate the pressure from internal affairs but also possibly allow them to track Yang Yu and his group at a reduced cost.

And the fact that Yang Yu was selling the resurrection medicine happened to reveal his whereabouts.

However, Yang Yu racked his brain and couldn’t understand why the people of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce didn’t make a move at the Urasa Auction House.

He guessed they were playing the long game, believing their own auction house wasn’t ready and not stable enough to secure a firm hold on Yang Yu, so they let him reach the bigger Tansen.

It wasn’t impossible to exclude the possibility that the person in charge of the Urasa Auction House had previously forgotten about this matter and only later suddenly remembered it.

But this possibility was extremely low, so it could be temporarily disregarded.

Preparing for the worst was Yang Yu’s style of handling things.

Let’s not assume... no need to assume.

To put it decisively, the Silver Orchid Commerce must have colluded with the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce.

Considering what Yang Yu had done in the past, the Silver Orchid Commerce would definitely not let things go.

Now that the Silver Orchid Commerce knew Yang Yu was in Serti, they must be trying every means possible to put him to death.

It was no longer possible to rescue Iyas’s brother through normal means.

Through force, Yang Yu and his group currently did not have enough strength.

In Serti, Ancient Martial was in decline, but there were still crouching tigers and hidden dragons.

A hungry camel was still bigger than a horse; even if the Silver Orchid Commerce was greatly weakened by his infiltration and investigation, they could still afford to hire several heavyweight assassins.

One assassin was manageable, Yang Yu could barely hold his own, but if several assassins swarmed him for a joint attack, his body wouldn’t be able to take it.

Staying in Serti itself had already become quite a dangerous affair.

For now, the best option was to leave the country, seek refuge in another nation first, but by then no one could guarantee what state Iyas’s brother would be in.

Iyas herself would likely be the first to disagree with doing so.

Even though her brother was within reach, he seemed to be getting further and further away.

Iyas’s gaze was fixed far into Tansen, her eyes filled with a despair tinged with anger.

The car gradually slowed down, and Iyas could no longer suppress her voice, demanding an explanation from Yang Yu.

But moving away from Tansen didn’t mean they were safe. Yang Yu drove the Lotcar almost back the way they had come, and on that road, they had once encountered mountain bandits.

Nowadays, after facing the trials of the Lotcar, the mountain bandits had fortified their roadblocks, with large wooden stakes sharpened, wrapped with barbed wire, and rusty nails intertwined in the wire.

A regular collision was hardly enough to break through this reinforced roadblock. Forcing their way through might mean getting entangled with the barbed wire and being wounded by the nails, risking tetanus.

Yang Yu had no choice but to stop the Lotcar in front of the barricade, and at that moment, dozens of vague figures appeared among the woods.

"Hehe! What an unexpected windfall. You escaped last time, but you won’t be so lucky this time. Just how many of our brothers did you injure last time? How do you plan to atone for these sins?

Compensation alone won’t suffice, the chick by your side is quite the looker. Hahaha, as a form of compensation..."

The mountain bandit leader hadn’t finished speaking when Iyas drew her bow and with a whoosh, Iyas’s arrow pierced through the mountain bandit leader’s brow.

The tall body of the mountain bandit leader toppled with a loud crash, and his followers revealed frightened expressions, involuntarily taking a step back.

Iyas immediately drew her bow fully again, aiming the arrow at them and roared, "Don’t move! If you want to end up like him, just try!"