The three strange beasts naturally were not willing to be bound like this. They unleashed their divine abilities and began to attack the surrounding space.
"You want me, the Sky Dog, to submit? Dream on!"
The Sky Dog had a fiery temper. The idea of submitting to a human was utterly unacceptable to it. It opened its maw again, unleashing streams of terrifying devouring power.
The Sky Dog's mouth was like a black hole that could devour everything, dark, bizarre, and extremely dangerous. It had once devoured several demigod-level powerhouses, making human cultivators afraid to approach this area.
Precisely because of these four powerful strange beasts, this area had become a forbidden zone for human powerhouses.
No one had expected that this forbidden zone would contain someone like Zhou Yan, whose strength left them with no power to resist.
The Sky Dog was a strange beast, a fierce beast at that. Its devouring power could swallow sun, moon, and stars, as terrifying as a real black hole.
Yet, this devouring power was now greatly suppressed. The power that could devour all things couldn't cause even the slightest ripple in this space, unable to shake it in the slightest.
The Sky Dog was extremely unwilling. Various devouring powers formed divine abilities and continuously attacked the surrounding space.
"Boom!"
The devouring power transformed into an ocean of consumption, making the void tremble. One could see how powerful this devouring energy was.
However, this space was extremely stable. Unless a divine realm expert unleashed their full power, this space could not be penetrated.
Unfortunately, this terrifying devouring divine power, continuously impacting this space, still could not shatter the spatial shackles formed by Zhou Yan.
This unbreakable spatial force formed a cubic wall, firmly locking the Sky Dog inside, cutting it off even from the Heaven and Earth power from the outside.
The mighty ocean of consumption turned this space into a dark vortex, attempting to carve out a passage. But the Sky Dog was shocked to find that even so, it still couldn't tear through this restraint.
Zhou Yan's strength completely crushed all of the Sky Dog's resistance.
"How could this be? Who are you!"
The Sky Dog's resistance was so insignificant, just like the mysterious man Zhou Yan had faced before.
Zhou Yan suddenly understood how vast the gap was between himself and those from the divine realm. All he needed to do was to improve all the strength he could.
Zhou Yan did not answer the Sky Dog's question. This dog was too disobedient, and it had previously wanted to annihilate the entire human race. Zhou Yan wanted it to know that there was always someone stronger.
"Bang!"
The Sky Dog was trapped in this space by Zhou Yan. A large hand suddenly appeared, as if emerging from a dimensional barrier, and slapped towards the Sky Dog's head.
"Slap!"
Zhou Yan sent the Sky Dog flying with a slap, crashing it against the spatial wall with a resounding impact.
Fortunately, the Sky Dog's head was hard, and it was no ordinary demonic beast. It could withstand such an attack, though it was not feeling well, its head ringing and feeling dizzy.
"Slap!"
Before the Sky Dog could fully react, another slap flew towards its head. The Sky Dog crashed against another spatial wall, letting out another pained cry.
At this point, the Sky Dog could barely react, let alone escape. It had no power to resist, and its surroundings were sealed off, leaving it nowhere to flee.
This was the legendary "closing the door to beat the dog."
"Slap!"
A third palm strike sent the Sky Dog flying. The Sky Dog's teeth flew out, its entire dog face swelled, and a large lump formed on its head, making it look even more pathetic.
"Slap, slap, slap!!!"
The Sky Dog finally understood the severity of its situation and how terrifying the human before it was.
"Fourth brother!"
"Moo!!!"
The Silver-Horned Azure Ox let out a furious roar, a thunderous sound that even caused cracks to appear in Zhou Yan's spatial wall.
But the difference in combat power was too great. Although the Silver-Horned Azure Ox had extraordinary talent and formidable combat power, this alone was not enough to break free from Zhou Yan's restraint.
The Silver Horns of the Silver-Horned Azure Ox erupted with peculiar energy light. It was a soul-stirring energy. The silver horns glowed white, surprising Zhou Yan. He knew these silver horns were special but had never seen their power firsthand.
"Interesting." Zhou Yan waited for the Silver-Horned Azure Ox to make its move.
The Silver-Horned Azure Ox's double horns flashed with dazzling white light, releasing two silver rays, as if capable of piercing anything. This was a divine light powerful enough to shatter everything.
"Crack!"
Zhou Yan's spatial wall, for the first time, showed dense cracks. After holding on for more than ten seconds, it finally shattered. The Silver-Horned Azure Ox was indeed the most powerful among the four strange beasts. This ability alone could make it a top-tier strange beast.
"Quite interesting. This is actually the power of destruction, pure destructive divine power, containing the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. If it were forged into a magic artifact, it would likely be extremely powerful!"
Zhou Yan suddenly fixed his gaze on the Silver-Horned Azure Ox's double horns, causing the ox to suddenly shiver, feeling as though something bad was about to happen.
Before the Silver-Horned Azure Ox had fully grown, it had been coveted by many human powerhouses. Later, it became brothers in misfortune with the other three strange beasts who were also being eyed by humans.
They annihilated all their enemies, eliminating all those who coveted them. This was the reason for their deep-seated hatred towards humans.
Especially the Sky Dog, it had almost been cooked and eaten by human powerhouses, which was why it hated humans on sight and behaved so rudely.
Zhou Yan was unaware of the Sky Dog's and the others' past experiences, nor the events that transpired between them. He merely assumed that the Sky Dog's nature was inherently hostile, and thus proceeded to teach it a lesson.
However, when Zhou Yan saw that the four strange beasts did not give up their resistance, nor did they beg for mercy, and at critical moments, they were still thinking of their companions, Zhou Yan suddenly felt that they were not entirely without merit.
Zhou Yan stopped beating the Sky Dog. The Sky Dog had not begged for mercy yet and still glared at Zhou Yan with hateful eyes.
It was a defiant gaze, an unyielding gaze, a gaze that refused to admit defeat, a gaze that would never bow its head or beg for mercy, even in death.
Zhou Yan realized that even if he forced the Sky Dog to submit, they would never truly accept him from the bottom of their hearts.
Zhou Yan ignored the Sky Dog and looked at the Silver-Horned Azure Ox, saying, "I've changed my mind. If you are willing to chop off your double horns, I might consider letting you all go!"
"Big brother, no!" The Thunder Beast spoke first, roaring at Zhou Yan. It unleashed another thunderbolt.
However, this thunderbolt, upon striking the spatial barrier, was repelled by the powerful force and flew back towards the Thunder Beast itself.
The Thunder Beast's eyes widened as it watched: "ヾ(｡ꏿ﹏ꏿ)ﾉﾞ"