"Eek!"
The Demon Ape let out a wretched shriek as the Greenedge Sword carved a massive gash across its chest, deep enough to expose bone.
Blood gushed out. The Demon Ape took to its heels, terror surfacing on its pitch-black face.
This was the first time in the Demon Ape's life that a cultivator entering the Ancient Demon Abyss had wounded it. The cultivator it had been following seemed different from those who had entered before.
The Demon Ape turned into a streak of dark light and fled into the depths of the Ancient Demon Abyss, roaring.
Only after the Demon Ape had vanished completely did Xu Yan emerge from the dense forest again.
Xu Yan glanced in the direction the Demon Ape had fled, sharp gleams flashing through his eyes.
The Demon Ape had survived the Greenedge Sword only because he had held back. Otherwise, he could have destroyed a Demon Ape whose cultivation merely equaled the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining with a flick of his finger.
He had done so because he had noticed that the Demon Ape's behavior was highly unusual.
Several days earlier, he had discovered that the Demon Ape was following him. At the time, he had unleashed his full aura and frightened it away.
Normally, when faced with a creature far stronger than itself, the Demon Ape should have kept its distance. Yet, to his surprise, it had continued following him.
Moreover, he could sense that the Demon Ape had no intention of attacking him.
This made Xu Yan suspect that some unknown secret lay behind the Demon Ape's pursuit.
"This Demon Ape is extraordinarily intelligent, far beyond any ordinary late first-tier Demon Beast."
A thoughtful look appeared in Xu Yan's eyes.
Compared with the late first-tier Black-and-White Venom Python, this Demon Ape