Beside this group of demon powerhouses, a petite figure stood quietly. She had a delicate and beautiful face, and her bright eyes revealed a stubborn expression.
"Zhou Yan, I've come this time to tell you that the attack you just suffered was my doing!"
"If you don't want to die, you'd best quickly kneel and kowtow a few times, otherwise, you'll become my slave!" The youth stared straight at Zhou Yan with his deep eyes and said coldly.
"Is that so?"
"I truly don't believe it!"
Upon hearing the youth's threat, Zhou Yan sneered dismissively.
In this realm, strength was paramount. Therefore, even Zhou Yan was merely a good-for-nothing in the eyes of the disciples of the Demon Emperor Hall, unworthy of their respect!
"Heh, Zhou Yan, I advise you to obediently kneel! I, for one, am a person who always abides by the rules!" The youth, hearing Zhou Yan's retort, couldn't help but get angry and then said with a sinister smile.
Hearing his words, Zhou Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Heh, you're quite interesting, but unfortunately, here, I am the rule!" Zhou Yan grinned and said.
"You! You're truly seeking death!"
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, a strong killing intent surged onto the youth's face. He then suddenly lunged forward, and a surging tide of demonic energy erupted from his body, smashing fiercely into Zhou Yan.
*Pfft!*
The streak of demonic energy pierced directly through Zhou Yan's chest, causing his face to turn extremely pale and blood to trickle from the corner of his mouth.
Seeing this, the demon powerhouses of the Demon Emperor Hall rejoiced.
"Brother Zhou Yan is injured!"
"Hmph!"
Seeing his attack succeed, the youth let out a cold laugh, then his figure flashed again, reappearing before Zhou Yan.
At this moment, Zhou Yan was still sent flying backward.
*Pfft!*
Then, the youth unhesitatingly swung his palm, striking fiercely at Zhou Yan.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressing the turmoil of blood within him.
And at this very moment, a bone-chilling sword light suddenly burst forth, slashing fiercely at the youth!
"Huh?"
Sensing the sharp attack from behind, the youth was slightly stunned. He then turned around and looked at the youth who had suddenly appeared, his expression one of surprise. "Zhou Yan, you can actually block my attack? Your strength is indeed quite surprising to me!"
"Heh heh, thank you for the compliment!"
Facing the youth's praise, Zhou Yan appeared noncommittal.
"Heh heh, however, being able to withstand one of my attacks is not much of a skill, because I only used seventy percent of my power with that palm."
"Moreover, even if your strength reached the early stage of Demon Emperor, you would still not be my opponent!" the youth said dismissively, looking at Zhou Yan.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan chuckled and said, "Is that so?"
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, the youth snorted and said, "Don't believe me? Try it!"
"Alright then!"
"In that case, then try my move!" Zhou Yan shrugged and said.
With that, a long sword appeared in his hand.
"This is?"
Seeing the long sword Zhou Yan took out, the youth was stunned. His gaze flickered as he looked at the sword in Zhou Yan's hand and asked, "Is this... a divine artifact?"
Zhou Yan smiled, but did not answer.
Seeing Zhou Yan's demeanor, the youth's expression gradually became serious, and he said, "Indeed, you are worthy of being the young master of the Zhou family! It seems that your Zhou family's regard for you far exceeds my expectations!"
"Over the years, you have indeed made significant progress, but none of this can change the fact that you are a good-for-nothing. You will always be a good-for-nothing!"
Hearing the youth's words, Zhou Yan said indifferently, "There are no absolute things in this world, nor are there eternal victors. Even among so-called experts, there are distinctions. It is difficult to predict who the true strong one is!"
"Hmph! I admit, your ability to withstand my punch this time is quite extraordinary, but don't forget, you are currently on the territory of our Demon Emperor Hall, and we do not only have me as a disciple of the Demon Emperor Hall. Do you think you can defeat all of us disciples of the Demon Emperor Hall?" the youth sneered sarcastically.
"Then why waste your breath?"
Zhou Yan shrugged and said, "I just hope you don't force me to act, otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
"Haha, you still want to be impolite? Then try it!" the youth said, laughing heartily.
The youth's laughter attracted the attention of some disciples of the Demon Emperor Hall, who then looked at the youth with mockery. "Brother Qinglong, it's not very good for you to bully him like this, is it? After all, he's just a martial artist at the Demon Lord stage. How can you, a dignified Demon Sect expert, bother with someone like him?"
"That's right, Brother Qinglong, you should quickly curb your arrogant attitude!"
"This Zhou Yan, although his strength is decent, he is ultimately only at the early stage of Demon Lord. In front of us, he is utterly vulnerable. If you really kill him, it will be troublesome!"
Hearing the mocking voices of these disciples of the Demon Emperor Hall, a trace of anger surged onto the youth's face.
These guys were too despicable!
They had actually ganged up to pressure him!
But there was nothing he could do. They were disciples of the Demon Emperor Hall, while he was merely an outer disciple. They had the right to mock him.
"Hmph!"
The youth snorted coldly, then ignored the disciples of the Demon Emperor Hall and fixed his gaze on Zhou Yan.
"Since you refuse to repent, then I can only personally take action and completely resolve you!"
Hearing the youth's gloomy words, Zhou Yan laughed and said, "Very well, I hope you have that ability!"
"That's not up to you!"
The youth let out a cold shout, then struck out with both palms, transforming into two giant golden hand seals that suppressed fiercely towards Zhou Yan.
*Bang! Bang!*
As two muffled sounds echoed, Zhou Yan's body was surrounded by dazzling purple-black lightning that exploded. Then, enveloped by the purple-black lightning, those purple-black lightning bolts, after a brief pause, transformed into two ferocious purple flood dragons, which then surged towards the youth.
"Purple Extreme Demonic Snake?!"
Seeing Zhou Yan's two purple-black flood dragons, the youth's brows furrowed. He clearly hadn't expected that Zhou Yan would be able to unleash such a powerful secret technique!