Zhou Yan's sword was incapable of killing them completely, meaning that even if he managed to kill all these giant wolves, it would consume a tremendous amount of energy, and his storage ring couldn't hold so many demon cores and demon nuclei.
Therefore, Zhou Yan had to find a more secluded mountain valley and hide.
In Zhou Yan's opinion, his cultivation was very high. As long as he found a suitable mountain valley, he could hide within it, using the valley's environment and vegetation to conceal himself. This way, those black giant wolves would have no chance of finding him.
"Whoosh, whoosh!" Just then, Zhou Yan sensed a faint sound of breaking air in the atmosphere. These sounds were extremely subtle; if one wasn't paying close attention, they wouldn't hear them at all. However, due to his profound cultivation, Zhou Yan could still hear them clearly. He immediately opened his eyes and scanned his surroundings vigilantly.
Soon, Zhou Yan discovered that not far away, several small snakes were slithering towards this mountain valley. Each of these snakes was as thick as a wrist and emitted a disgusting, foul odor. If they got close to him, Zhou Yan would be in danger.
"Damn it!" Zhou Yan's expression turned grim. The strength of these small snakes was not weak, and his black greatsword was damaged, rendering him unable to resist them.
"Swish, swish, swish!" Just then, green vines shot out from the ground, entangling the small snakes.
After being bound by these vines, the snakes were held tightly like ropes and dragged away into the distance.
Watching the small snakes escape, a cold smile appeared on Zhou Yan's lips. Although these small snakes were not slow, they were far inferior to his speed.
Zhou Yan's figure flickered, and he pursued one of the snakes.
Soon, he caught the snake, threw it onto the ground, and then his body turned into an afterimage, streaking away in another direction.
In this place, Zhou Yan's movement technique was exceptionally strange, and very few people could track his form. His movements were as if he were ethereal, drifting with the wind, constantly flashing at an extreme speed that was truly breathtaking.
After a while of traversing through the jungle, Zhou Yan finally found a mountain valley.
Upon seeing the situation inside the valley, Zhou Yan immediately abandoned the idea. He dared not enter the valley lightly, because the giant wolves within were all at the Divine Monarch level, and his black greatsword had not fully recovered, making it impossible to defeat them.
Therefore, Zhou Yan decided to find a safe place to hide first and then devise a plan.
As Zhou Yan was traveling through the forest, his brow suddenly furrowed, and his face showed a look of shock. He sensed an incredibly powerful aura rapidly approaching not far away. This aura was heading straight for the mountain valley, clearly indicating that an extremely powerful ferocious beast was rushing towards this location.
As Zhou Yan sensed the increasingly potent aura, his expression darkened slightly.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" Just then, several more sounds of breaking air echoed.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" Zhou Yan sensed that this time it was seven black pythons, each exceeding two meters in length.
Zhou Yan felt that these pythons all possessed the strength of the sixth level of the Divine Emperor realm. Their speed was incredibly fast, and they instantly pounced into the grass at the edge of the valley. Then, their tails lashed out a few times in the grass, snapping ancient trees.
"Hiss!!"
A roar erupted, and a black giant python, over thirty meters long, appeared in the valley. This black python was immense, covered in dense, sharp scales. With a flick of its tail, it sent segments of giant logs flying, which fell to the ground and turned into powder. This black python's strength was formidable, undoubtedly a powerful beast at the peak of the Divine Venerable realm.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan inwardly exclaimed that things were not good. He had been too impulsive. He had not even considered entering the valley, which was why he was successfully ambushed by this black python.
"Swish!!"
Just then, Zhou Yan stomped on a stone beside the valley, and his figure shot towards the other end of the valley.
Zhou Yan knew that the only thing he could do now was to escape for his life as much as possible.
Zhou Yan's speed was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, he had fled over a dozen zhang. At this moment, the giant python finally caught up to Zhou Yan and lunged at him, baring its fangs and claws.
Seeing the black python attack, Zhou Yan advanced instead of retreating, lunging towards the giant python.
"Bang, bang, bang!!"
Zhou Yan's fists struck the black python's body repeatedly, shattering its scales before smashing into its head.
The black python cried out in pain, emitting a shrill hiss.
This time, Zhou Yan showed no mercy. His fist violently smashed into the giant python's head, instantly crushing it.
Blood splattered.
The black python's severed head landed on the ground with a series of dull thuds, like popping beans, a piercing sound. The giant python's body, like a cannonball, was sent flying backward, collapsing surrounding mountain walls before crashing into another tree, pulverizing it into dust.
This giant python died a brutal death, its body flattened into a lump, a gruesome sight. Its head and body were completely separated, split in two. One half of its body continued to spin, while the other half turned into a pile of black mud that scattered on the ground.
"Hoo!!" A gust of wind.
Zhou Yan let out a deep breath. Seeing that the giant python had been slain by him, the heart that had been pounding in his chest gradually relaxed.
Zhou Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face filled with relief. "That was close, so close. I was almost killed by this black python. Fortunately, my reaction was quick. This giant python's strength was terrifying; it killed that insignificant six-star magic wolf in one move. If I had been hit by its power, I would have been instantly killed. Fortunately, I managed to block its power; otherwise, I would surely not have survived."
Just then, urgent footsteps suddenly echoed from within the valley. Following that, four or five enormous wolves, each over three meters tall and covered in dense black scales, leaped out of the valley and bounded towards Zhou Yan.