Taotie roared, "You think the likes of you can stop the great cause of us Fierce Beasts? Wishful thinking!" Lei Ze and Town Seal, who were blocking Taotie, did not waste breath arguing with him. After all, all they could do now was prevent the Four Great Beasts from returning to reinforce Shen Ni.
They could only leave the rest to Hongjun and the others. At this time, Chaos, Taowu, Qiongqi, and the others behind them had also been stopped by other Innate Gods and Demons. Though these Innate Gods and Demons were no match for them one-on-one, the tacit coordination they had forged over the years of battling Fierce Beasts was enough to prevent them from returning to reinforce Shen Ni.
Moreover, these Innate Gods and Demons all possessed Innate Spirit Treasures, forcing them to respond with caution. It also left them feeling stifled. The Fierce Beasts had ravaged half the Primordial Wilderness, yet they had not discovered a single Innate Spirit Treasure. If not for Shen Ni's accompanying Innate killing supreme treasure, the God-Slaying Spear, he likely would not have found any treasure at all.
As the Four Great Beasts were intercepted by the Innate Gods and Demons, Hongjun and the others passed through the Fierce Beast army's defenses as though traveling through empty land, swiftly heading toward the Beast Nest. Though powerful Fierce Beasts tried to block them along the way, Hongjun and the others evaded them all. When those Fierce Beasts tried to give chase, they found the entire space had become incomparably viscous, greatly slowing their speed. They could only watch helplessly as Hongjun and the others departed.
Just as that sensation vanished and they were about to resume their pursuit, they received a message from Shen Ni, the Fierce Beast Emperor, ordering them to