Chapter 2372: Even Another Thousand Years in Chains Is Futile!

But what of it?

Luo Fu had confidence he could subdue the Ten Great Fiendish Beasts, could make them dare not act recklessly—he raised an eyebrow and smiled, looking at the Zhu Yan and Teng She, who knelt humbly on the ground.

"Will you serve me?"

"We will!"

Zhu Yan shouted loudly: "If the Holy Luo Fu will help us escape from the Demon-Subduing Mountain, the Ten Great Fiendish Beasts shall obey your every command henceforth, without a single complaint!"

Behind them, Taotie and Ying Long nodded in agreement and knelt down to kowtow to Luo Fu.

The Ten Great Fiendish Beasts had their pride too, but that pride had been slowly worn away through a thousand years of endless attempts.

Luo Fu's appearance at this moment was the only possible salvation to pull them from the flames.

They placed all their hope on Luo Fu, because Zhu Yan believed they could not break the seal Hongjun had placed on the Heavenly Earth Mysterious Luminous Pagoda inside the rock cave.

Even if we tried again for another thousand years, it would be futile.

Why not submit to Luo Fu?

The Ten Great Fiendish Beasts, led by Zhu Yan, all knew that if they submitted to Luo Fu, he might help them leave the Demon-Subduing Mountain.

But Luo Fu had never intended to let them leave—if they left, it would mean chaos in the Primordial World.

Luo Fu snorted coldly and said, "You wish to serve me? I may not even accept you. Wait here. Wait a little longer in the Demon-Subduing Mountain."

With that, Luo Fu swept his sleeve and vanished in a wisp of blue smoke, gone in an instant.

Zhu Yan and Teng She stared, eyes wide with shock—just like that? He left?

Shouldn't he have taken us in right away? If he had, we could have begged him again—perhaps then we could escape this hateful, abominable place.

But Luo Fu did not!

"This…"

"What do we do now?"

Ying Long looked helplessly at Zhu Yan, who himself did not know what to do—he replayed Luo Fu's final words in his mind: Luo Fu had not said he would not take them.

But "wait a little longer"—how long was that?

"Then let us wait patiently. We must also carry out our own plan. Even if we cannot find the blood of the Auspicious Qilin, we can find a substitute."

"Perhaps if we break the seal inside the rock cave, it will help. Besides, this seal is no blessing for us—we must break it first!"

"Actually, the chance of retrieving the Heavenly Earth Mysterious Luminous Pagoda from the seal inside the rock cave is negligible. If we're willing to search, let's look elsewhere."

Teng She and Zhu Yan shared the same thought.

But the other Fiendish Beasts did not think so—especially Taotie and Qiong Qi, who desperately wished to leave immediately.

Taotie said: "When will the Holy Luo Fu return? When he does, we'll beg him again—perhaps it will work. And the Holy Luo Fu won't just watch us die!"

"Why wouldn't he?" Zhu Yan sneered. "How important are we to the Holy Luo Fu?"

"I know—but I still hold out hope. I still hope we can succeed. I still hope we can escape the Demon-Subduing Mountain!"

Taotie gazed helplessly into the distance.

Indeed, the Ten Great Fiendish Beasts had been here a thousand years—if they wished to leave, they must find a breakthrough, or break open the Demon-Subduing Mountain that had sealed them for a millennium—otherwise, all talk was meaningless.