92: Chapter 92: The Festival of Sacrifice (Thirty-Seven)

"Hand over the treasure!"

Inside the cave, every creature within sight stared greedily at the treasure chest in Qian Ye's arms.

Their eyes were practically glued to it.

Seeing this, Qian Ye looked down and pulled the treasure chest out of her arms—yes, literally pulled it out.

Smelling Qian Ye's scent, the treasure chest seemed to have found its mother, full of attachment.

Qian Ye felt a bit helpless and poked it, "Let go of me first."

The treasure chest reluctantly released its suction on her and hovered by Qian Ye's side.

Its body was still emitting a faint red light, flickering in and out of existence.

Those who only saw the treasure chest and thought only of the treasure didn't notice this detail.

They just kept clamoring.

They only wanted Qian Ye to hand over the treasure.

"What did you do? Why does it keep staying by your side?" The black mist transformed into a human shape, looking unwillingly at the treasure chest beside Qian Ye.

Why?

He had worshipped it for so long, so why did it show goodwill to an outsider in the end, and even follow her directly?

Trench Coat Boss saw this scene, his eyes flashing with excitement.

"That's it, bringing her along was indeed the right choice. Chen Xi, yes, grab it, don't let it run away."

His eyes stared at the treasure chest, full of greed.

Qian Ye raised an eyebrow; the little thing was quite popular, but did they know what was inside it?

Qian Ye ignored it for a moment, and the treasure chest started rubbing against her, wanting her to pay attention to it.

"Hand over the key!"

A voice suddenly came from outside the cave entrance. Hearing it, Qian Ye was a bit surprised; it was none other than the Yellow-Faced Monster she had trapped in some unknown corner outside.

She hadn't expected him to escape so suddenly.

Hearing the words from outside, the people in the cave didn't pay attention to who had spoken, only noting that the key he mentioned was in the hands of the girl in front of them.

"Heh, no wonder the treasure chest likes you so much; so the key is in your hands!"

"Be sensible and hand over the key immediately."

"Heh, you guys are crazy!"

"If the key were in your hands, would you foolishly hand it over?" Tai You crossed his arms, looking amused.

This NPC must be an idiot to say such retarded things.

However, mentioning the key reminded Tai You of what happened inside the stomach of that Large White Bug.

"It can't be referring to that key, right?"

Mentioning this key brought him back to the time with the Large White Bug, and his face instantly turned ugly.

Seeing that Qian Ye didn't mention the key at all, the surrounding creatures were already restless.

The villagers' hollow eyes stared fixedly at Qian Ye's location, with black mist faintly leaking out.

The huge black shadow transformed from a human shape back into a mass of black mist, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws at Qian Ye, as if it would tear her apart in the next second.

For a moment, Qian Ye was caught in a pincer attack, with wolves in front and tigers behind.

The Yellow-Faced Monster behind was also restless, the gravel on his body shaking continuously and floating around him.

All the creatures were threatening Qian Ye, wanting to force her to hand over the key.

Seeing this, Qian Ye curled her lips into a smile, her eyes showing a nonchalant attitude, "Oh, the key?"

"Hehehe~"

"I~ do~ have~ one~"

In the next second, Qian Ye took out the key and held it directly in her hand.

Her eyes clear, she looked at the creatures around her, "Hey, are you talking about this?"

"Hmm, although I really want to give it to you, there are so many of you."

"But... there is only one key~"

"How about you hold a competition, and I'll give it to whoever wins?"

"Giggle giggle~"

Qian Ye covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes full of interest.

She was happy, but the faces of the other creatures on the field were exceptionally ugly.

People from different factions sized each other up, their eyes full of vigilance.

Qian Ye looked at them strangely. They had just been fighting to the death outside, so how come they were now preparing to work together?

While she was thinking, a palm wind suddenly came from behind, "Go to hell!"

Qian Ye shifted slightly, but before she could move, the treasure chest beside her lunged backward, blocking the attack for her.

This scene was unexpected by everyone present.

They didn't understand why the treasure chest favored her so much.

The treasure chest didn't look damaged. Qian Ye stared at the red light that had become somewhat faint, and the aura around her suddenly changed.

Looking at the clowns in front of her, her eyes revealed a chilling intensity.

"I am a bit displeased."

Qian Ye, right in front of them, held the key, then placed it in her palm, tilting her head slightly, "You want... the key..."

"Heh, I'll give it to you..."

As the words fell, Qian Ye clenched her palm, and in an instant, when she opened her hand again, fine powder slowly sprinkled down.

"You, you dare..."

"Qian Yes assumed NPC identity! What are you doing!"

"My treasure!"

"treasure!"

The treasure chest beside Qian Ye nudged her. Qian Ye hugged it, and the next moment, it disappeared from her arms.

Qian Ye grabbed the hong ling umbrella, turned around, and stared at the Yellow-Faced Monster, her face no longer nonchalant.

"I hate it most when things that belong to me are hurt."

After finishing the sentence, she instantly appeared beside the Yellow-Faced Monster, and the hong ling umbrella shot directly towards his heart.

The Yellow-Faced Monster had a look of disdain on his face. Did she think she could pierce his heart with just a small, broken umbrella? Was she daydreaming?

Unexpectedly, in the next second, his smug smile froze halfway; his chest was pierced through in one strike, just like fragile ceramic.

The Yellow-Faced Monster's face showed disbelief, "How is that possible?"

This clearly looked like an ordinary umbrella, how could it be so sharp?

Let alone a sharp umbrella, even a knife shouldn't be able to pierce his heart, right?

He was formed from stone, and his heart was made of stone; how could it be pierced so easily?

But right now, the facts were laid out before him.

The Yellow-Faced Monster was beaten completely unable to fight back, and finally lay on the ground, gasping for breath, on the verge of death.

Qian Ye turned around and shifted her gaze back to them.

Suddenly she smiled lightly, the chilling intensity in her eyes faded, and the hong ling umbrella was elegantly opened.

"Hmm, I think... since you like this treasure chest so much..."

"Then..."

Qian Ye spoke slowly, pausing deliberately.

Whetting their appetites.

In the next second, the treasure chest appeared in front of her again, and Qian Ye held it in her arms.

Facing the crowd's angry glares, Qian Ye smiled slightly.

A ball of light appeared in her hand, faintly emitting a weak red light.

Just like that, in full view of everyone, it transformed into a key.

"Look, another key has appeared!"

"Boss, she was lying to us just now!"

Trench Coat Boss's face was already ugly; the people he brought along changed their minds just like that, and the short man stabbed another knife into his heart.

In an instant, Trench Coat Boss felt he had suffered double the damage.