Chapter 2497

Inside Zhen Yao Mountain.

The endless Zhen Yao Mountain carried a heavy atmosphere; the Ten Great Beasts gathered together, all staring at Taotie as he strained, his body steaming as if something were bursting through his forehead.

Unfortunately, after just a moment, Taotie collapsed onto the ground, drenched in sweat.

Clearly, they had failed again.

"The Chaos Gourd has still not been found—how incompetent are the people of Gai Jiuyou!!" Teng She's eyes blazed with furious resentment.

Zhu Yan soothed them with a few words: Taotie's body was the most important—they must calm Taotie down.

Ying Long sighed with deep regret: "It's a pity we Ten Great Beasts cannot leave—otherwise, we could enter Gai Jiuyou in an instant and seize the Chaos Gourd."

"Shut your mouth."

"Do you think Gai Jiuyou is so easy to exit? Haven't you seen how the True Lord of Salvation has been inside Gai Jiuyou for nearly a hundred years and still shows no sign of emerging?"

Zhu Yan's words struck Ying Long and Jin Wu hard; both lowered their heads in silence.

Zhu Yan and Teng She had long since devised a plan, though implementing it was difficult—but no matter how hard, they would persist.

During their thousand years of imprisonment, the Ten Great Beasts had already prepared themselves for destruction before rebirth, merely lacking an opportunity.

Now that this once-in-a-millennium chance had arrived, they would risk everything, fight to the end!

After a long silence, Zhu Yan and Teng She departed—they still needed to secure the treasures within the Rock Cave; the power of the Heaven-Earth-Xuan-Huang Linglong Treasure Tower was known throughout the Primordial Chaos.

Teng She spoke with bitterness: "Zhu Yan, do we have any other options?"

"No."

"If we don't even have this option, how can we possibly… escape."

Teng She did not finish the sentence—everyone already understood implicitly; he knew this matter concerned them, yet in truth had little direct connection.

Besides, the Ten Great Beasts were already under close watch—they had already done all they could.

The appearance of the Ten Great Beasts remained unchanged, yet they lacked the power to act.

They possessed only these scraps of information; they could not possibly change their minds. This matter, Teng She and Zhu Yan would bear alone—why tell the other beasts?

Luo Fu's appearance brought the Ten Great Beasts a profound sense of crisis.

"Crisis and opportunity go hand in hand. Though we are confined to Zhen Yao Mountain, we know much of what happens outside," Zhu Yan said, gazing ahead.

"Money can make ghosts turn millstones—how much more so these beasts?" Zhu Yan smiled.

Teng She said: "They are not trustworthy—if they were, we would not be in this position."

"I know."

"If you know, why don't you persuade them?"

"What's there to persuade? Do what must be done; what shouldn't be done—why bother understanding?"

"You…"

"I can mediate other matters for you, but not this one. We can use the power within Taotie, but not absolutely."

The Chaos Gourd can indeed summon the Celestial Pillar Xuanwu—but will the Celestial Pillar Xuanwu truly be manipulated by them?

Zhu Yan had assumed the causal link between the two was too self-evident.

Zhu Yan snorted coldly; as he looked at Teng She, he suddenly found him irritating—and he no longer wanted to speak to him.