Zhou Yan's mood was excellent.
He grabbed the corpse of the giant lizard and stored it in his storage ring.
Then, he continued on his way.
He dared not delay, for he had to return to his family.
As soon as he returned to his family, he felt a dangerous aura descend.
Zhou Yan's expression changed drastically.
It was an aura that made him feel threatened, an aura far exceeding that of ordinary demonic beasts. This giant lizard was clearly the mount of some Demon King.
Zhou Yan quickly stopped and retreated.
He looked up and saw a giant lizard of immense size appearing in the distance.
This giant lizard exuded a powerful aura.
Its body was covered in dense scales, and a powerful force surged within it, emitting an invincible destructive power.
The giant lizard's claws were as sharp as knives, with their edges bared and imbued with a potent poison.
"This is merely a demonic beast in the early stage of the Divine Beast realm. Given a few more years, a demonic beast in the late stage of the Divine Beast realm might not be able to defeat it!"
A grave expression appeared on Zhou Yan's face.
The giant lizard let out a roar, flapped its wings, stirring up a gust of wind, and lunged towards Zhou Yan.
The terrifying sonic wave caused cracks to appear in the surrounding void, making Zhou Yan's heart pound.
A solemn expression flickered across Zhou Yan's face. He knew that the giant lizard's strength was far greater than he had imagined.
Zhou Yan pushed off with his legs, his body streaking through the air. The golden battle axe in his hand left a golden streak in the air, and an incomparably sharp sword energy flew out from the golden battle axe, heading straight for the giant lizard.
"Pfft!"
The golden sword energy collided with the giant lizard. The scales on the giant lizard's body directly exploded, pierced by the golden sword energy, leaving two large wounds from which blood continuously flowed.
The giant lizard let out a piercing shriek and charged at Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan's figure flickered, and he dodged the giant lizard's attack, then slashed out again.
Several streaks of golden sword energy intertwined in the air, slashing towards the giant lizard.
"Boom!"
A ferocious aura erupted. The giant lizard's body burst into a dazzling golden light, and its body instantly began to swell.
Its skin turned blood-red, its pupils became blood-colored, and the horn on its head also turned crimson. Its entire body was filled with an evil aura and emitted a strong smell of blood.
"This is a Blood Demon, an extremely powerful Blood Demon. Blood Demons are different from demonic beasts; their strength is a hundred times greater than that of demonic beasts!"
Zhou Yan's eyes widened. This giant lizard was actually a Blood Demon, much more powerful than an ordinary Blood Demon, even comparable to a Demon King.
However, he cultivated the Blood Demon Art, and the stronger the Blood Demon, the stronger his Blood Demon Art would become.
The Blood Demon threw a punch, and a massive claw appeared beside Zhou Yan, then lunged at him.
Under this claw, Zhou Yan felt the threat of death.
He swung his golden battle axe, striking the blood-red claw.
The giant claw instantly rotted and turned into a pool of blood that fell.
Zhou Yan's body was also forced back by the impact.
Zhou Yan's expression was grave. The Blood Demon's strength was truly immense, capable of easily shattering his battle axe. His physical strength was unable to harm the opponent in the slightest.
"The physical strength of a Blood Demon far surpasses that of ordinary demonic beasts. This Blood Demon is much more powerful than I anticipated. This might be difficult. However, I am not afraid of it," Zhou Yan sneered.
Although the Blood Demon was powerful, it was not insurmountable.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
Suddenly, peculiar fluctuations emanated from Zhou Yan's body.
A blood-red vortex appeared behind him. These vortices spun madly, emitting a strange suction force that drew the spiritual energy in the area into Zhou Yan's body.
"Hmm? What's going on? Why is this spiritual energy so dense?" Zhou Yan was pleasantly surprised.
He felt that the power within him seemed to have been greatly enhanced.
Moreover, he felt that the divine power within him was constantly changing, turning golden yellow.
"Could it be because I just killed a demonic beast and obtained its demonic core?" Zhou Yan's eyes lit up.
He felt that the blood within him had become purer and more powerful.
This demonic beast could compensate for the demonic beast he had just killed.
With a thought, he stored the corpse of that demonic beast.
His divine sense covered a radius of a hundred zhang. He found that no one was paying attention to this place, and no one could hear the sounds here. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and his figure moved, darting away into the distance.
Soon, Zhou Yan disappeared from the spot.
On a mountain peak a thousand li away from Zhou Yan, stood three men and one woman.
These three youths possessed great strength, each at the early stage of the Divine Emperor realm.
Beside these three, lay an enormous black dog.
This black dog was five to six meters tall, and its body reached fifty meters. Its physique was incredibly burly, and a single sweep of its thick tail could easily tear down a house.
The black dog also had a bloody large snake in its mouth. The snake's body was constantly twisting and deforming, breaking into pieces.
Its flesh and blood were being continuously devoured by the black dog.
The black dog ate with gusto.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
At this moment, a bark came from the distance.
The black dog looked up, and then, a glint of greed flickered in its eyes. It leaped up and galloped into the distance.
The black dog roared, baring its teeth and claws. Streaks of black energy spewed out, shooting towards the distance.
At this moment, a golden long sword flew rapidly from the distance, instantly piercing the black energy spewed by the black dog, and stuck into the ground in front of the black dog, emitting a 'clang' sound as it embedded itself in the ground.
The golden long sword contained terrifying power.
"What dare to ambush me?" The black dog was furious and looked towards the owner of the golden long sword.
This golden long sword was a divine weapon of the treasure grade, and a trace of soul power was hidden within it.
This soul power was emitted by the golden long sword that had just ambushed the black dog.
"It's you!"
Upon seeing the other party's appearance, the black dog was greatly shocked, its face showing astonishment. Then, it jumped up violently and fled in a flash.
"Damn it, it actually escaped?"
The youth witnessed all this and was also greatly surprised.
The black dog's speed was too fast. Moreover, its speed when escaping was astonishingly quick. Once it got away, it would be very difficult to catch up to it.
"I will kill you!"
The youth roared, drew his long sword, and slashed out.
Instantly, the youth's sword light surged.
This sword light seemed to devour the heavens and earth, and a destructive aura spread out.
This youth was also a Demon Emperor!