The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 255 Trapping the Tiger
A fierce battle was about to break out. The guardian tiger was a hundred feet tall, and every attack it made carried a devastating force.

Yan Yin did not yield an inch. The beast he controlled, which had already manifested its true form, had a dragon's head and a feathered body, and was entirely blood red. It was none other than the Azure Feather Dragon.

The two fought each other fiercely, creating a truly astonishing spectacle.

In just a few rounds, the city wall collapsed, and hundreds of warriors guarding the city were knocked off the wall and crushed to death by the aftershocks.

The disciples of the Mountain Guard were surging with true energy, but they were much stronger than the ragtag warriors on the city wall. Although many of them were seriously injured in the clashes.

However, the number of casualties has not yet exceeded 100.

"Kill their Danqiao disciples!"

A loud shout came from Bing Zhongxing's mouth, and more than a dozen Danqiao Realm martial artists flew out from the city wall.

They were holding back their killing blows, and in the blink of an eye, they charged at Su Yan and the others, their natal spiritual weapons striking them like hailstones, right at point-blank range.

"How brave!"

Chen Xuanmo snorted coldly, and his true essence emerged behind him, along with a giant python that slashed directly at the incoming Danqiao with his Dragon Slayer Blade.

With a clang, the True Immortal Danqiao, clad in third-tier outer armor and possessing an unusually strong body, actually withstood the attack.

No more than ten feet away from him, Yuan Yi was entangled by Ma Chixuan, the patriarch of the Hundred-Foot Village.

Ma Chixuan is also a formidable figure. Although he is only at the first level of the Danqiao Realm, his cultivation has already shown signs of great achievement. With his Hunyuan Bag, he actually swallowed Yuan Yi and turned him into bone and blood.

Yuan Yi's cultivation level had weakened slightly, and although he continued to attack with the Greedy Wolf Black Erosion Sword, he could only barely resist.

With a roar, he activated his Greedy Wolf Body, transforming into a half-wolf form. His true essence surged, and his physical body became even stronger, forcing Ma Chixuan to tone down his arrogance.

Other newly promoted Danqiao Realm martial artists like him include Suo Yunyi, Lan Yunyue, Qi Yufei, and Xia Wan'er.

They each have their own methods, but their foundation is still too weak.

Their contracted beasts probably don't even have a chance to break through to the third tier right now, so they're really struggling to cope.

Lan Yunyue and Xia Wan'er were slightly better off, after all, they had used several Seed Aperture Pills, and their true essence was abundant, only slightly weaker than the Great Completion of the First Heaven.

Aside from them, Zhao Mingcheng was probably the second most relaxed person. With his soul-capturing and poison-controlling techniques, aided by the true meanings of the Poison Soul Beast and the Hooked Scythe Demon, he still managed to put the Zhou family patriarch from Lishan County in a rather awkward position.

The commanders of the mountain guards and veteran Danqiao realm cultivators also sought out their opponents, with each side having its own strengths and weaknesses in the battles.

On Su Yan's side, a woman in a pink dress with a graceful figure and a voluptuous body came towards him.

This woman was indeed beautiful, but her eyes held a murderous glint, like those of a venomous snake.

"What a handsome young man! If it were any other time, I would definitely make you my male concubine, but today you are doomed."

She spoke with a smile, but her eyes held a cold glint.

Within the Flame Shadow Sect, she had no real foundation; instead, she was a wanted person who specialized in draining the essence and blood of martial arts practitioners, especially their talented disciples.

To have reached her current peak cultivation level of the First Heaven, she must have already exhausted the life force of countless men.

Suddenly, two captivating beams of light shot from her eyes, heading straight for Su Yan's face.

The red belt around his waist, like a venomous snake, flashed with sharp edges, encircling Su Yan's neck.

Seeing her offensive, Su Yan smiled coldly and crushed her with the overwhelming spiritual power of the Insect Seed.

The captivating divine light vanished in an instant, and Hu Yuzhi was greatly shocked. She staggered and almost fell victim to the attack.

She was shocked, and then she saw that Su Yan had grabbed her spiritual artifact, the Spirit-Slaying Belt, in his hand.

The sharp blade rubbed against Su Yan's large, golden hand, producing a piercing sound like scraping glass.

What a strong body!
Hu Yuzhi was terrified as Su Yan's large hand reached out, and countless strands of golden true essence gathered into the Star-Picking Hand, which resembled the arm of the Ming King.

With just one grab, Hu Yuzhi was squeezed in the palm of his hand, her bones cracking loudly, blood flowing continuously from her mouth and nose, her internal organs likely already damaged.

Su Yan smashed the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower, directly taking it inside, completely obliterating its flesh and cultivation into nutrients.

He grabbed the blood-stained ribbon of the magical artifact in his hand, and the next moment the Devouring Soldier Netherworld appeared, devouring the ribbon into its belly.

With Hu Yuzhi dead, Su Yanteng took action and summoned the Blood Bone Centipede King as well.

As soon as the two ferocious insects appeared, their menacing aura swept across the surroundings.

"kill"

Su Yan simply gave the order to kill, and the two ferocious insects pounced out, heading straight for the Danqiao Realm martial artist who was closest to them.

The Blood Bone Centipede King flashed and headed straight for the old woman in front of Xia Wan'er.

The old woman waved her cane, which transformed into a hundred-meter-tall object to block the way.

The Blood Bone Centipede King spewed out a mist of blood, corroding more than half of the staff in a single exchange.

The old woman coughed up blood as the Blood Bone Centipede King was already in front of her.

With a sinister grin, she summoned her true spirit beast, which merged with her, and with a desperate effort, struck at the head of the Blood Bone Centipede King.

A single, powerful blow could split a mountain.

However, the Bloodbone Centipede King's bloodbone carapace remained completely still, like an indestructible wall.

The old woman's eyes widened, and the next moment she was swallowed whole by the Blood Bone Centipede King.

The two clashed in the blink of an eye. By the time Xia Wan'er reacted, the Blood Bone Centipede King had already pounced on another Danqiao Realm martial artist.

She stared in disbelief, her face filled with shock: "So powerful! Even the contracted beast has such cultivation. Could it be that the Aperture-Planting Pill was also given to this contracted beast?"

Aside from giving the precious pills to the contracted beast, Xia Wan'er couldn't think of any other way to make the contracted beast break through so quickly.

Xia Wan'er was not the only one who was as shocked as she was.

Qi Yufei was forced to parry by Ye Qinghan, the lord of Fengying Fortress. His sword skills had not yet evolved to the Danqiao level, while Ye Qinghan was already a seasoned swordsman.

Every move he made was suppressed, and he had many more sword marks on his body. If it weren't for his solid foundation and constant learning of his opponent's sword moves, Qi Yufei would probably be dead by now.

"No, we have no choice but to call for help. This old man's swordsmanship is formidable; it will probably take a second-level expert to deal with him."

Qi Yufei isn't stupid; he knows he can't win, and he's already preparing to call for reinforcements.

Just then, a sharp sword aura suddenly rose up behind him.

swish swish

The sound of swords piercing the sky rang out, and thousands of illusory flying swords fell one after another, directly enveloping Ye Qinghan.

clanging
Ye Qinghan reacted extremely quickly, drawing out a dense net of swords with his magical longsword in an attempt to block all the sword shadows.

Sword light flashed, and countless sword shadows vanished in the clash with the sword light.

Qi Yufei was overjoyed, knowing that reinforcements were on their way, and shouted, "His sword net is incomplete and cannot last long, attack his left flank!"

Keng

Sword energy roared like a dragon, and hundreds more sword shadows attacked from the left.

Ye Qinghan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly tried to block it, but he was a step too late.

As the sword net was broken, a jet-black sword suddenly pounced, instantly severing his magical sword and decapitating him.

So strong!

Qi Yufei kept praising it, but the next moment he saw the black sword transform into a pitch-black monster, extremely ferocious, its spirit sweeping across his side.

He shuddered and looked sharply at Su Yan in the distance.

Su Yan crushed the spine of the Danqiao martial artist beside him with one hand, while nodding slightly at him. Qi Yufei was stunned; this was truly Su Yan's vicious insect.

The sudden changes on the battlefield caused Bing Zhongxing's expression to change drastically.

Everyone else is fine, but what exactly is this Su Yan?

His face was gloomy, and his gaze kept sweeping over Su Yan.

Yan Yin, however, raised the corners of his mouth and controlled the mountain-chopping beast to attack Bing Zhongxing, interrupting his thoughts.

In just a few rounds, Su Yan killed four Danqiao Realm warriors in succession. Even though they were all at the first level of cultivation, it was enough to turn the tide of the battle.

Although Bing Zhongxing's side had many Danqiao Realm cultivators, they did not have several times as many Danqiao Realm cultivators as the Beast King Sect.

If Su Yan continues killing like this, we might really not be able to escape.

"Do it!"

The Spirit Tiger Mountain Protection Formation suddenly changed, and the sky instantly darkened.

Several dark red streaks of light suddenly flew out from the city. The places where the suppressive objects were located all changed. If anyone were to look again, they would see that these important array points had actually turned into blood pools.

The twenty Danqiao Realm cultivators fighting on the field were completely unprepared for this turn of events. As the red light entered their bodies, their true essence surged dramatically.

However, as his true essence surged, his eyes turned bloodshot, and even his true essence beast spirit turned blood-red, making him extremely ferocious.

In an instant, a full twenty powerful auras from the Dan Aperture rose up, transforming the first level into the second level, and the second level into the third level, resulting in a surge in strength.

On the city wall, the warriors who had merged into the great formation also became berserk.

The sudden change startled Yan Yin. He knew Bing Zhongxing had a backup plan, but he didn't expect it to be this ruthless.

He controlled the mountain-slaying beast to sweep across the area, blocking the berserk Danqiao realm martial artist to one side.

This time, they avoided the situation where their fellow disciples were attacked by a crazed Danqiao Realm martial artist, resulting in heavy casualties.

But it was precisely this delay that caused the Spirit Tiger Mountain Protection Formation to suddenly turn into a trap, trapping everyone inside.

The enormous spirit tiger split into several blood shadows, which landed on seven veteran Danqiao Realm cultivators, including Bing Zhongxing and Jia Wen, and flew away with them, leaving Lishan County City in the blink of an eye.

"kill!"

The berserk Danqiao Realm warriors had no intention of betraying the formation. Their lives and minds were completely integrated with the great formation before them, as were the tens of thousands of warriors behind them.

Yan Yin controlled the mountain-slaying beast to shatter their combined attack. His face was icy cold; in the end, he had been outmaneuvered by Bing Zhongxing.

Even if such a fierce battle minimizes the losses by eliminating the enemy's Danqiao realm cultivators, it's hard not to feel good about losing the strongest few.

"Slay the martial artist, break this formation, and don't let that old devil Bing Zhongxing get away."

Yan Yin's voice came, and the contracted beast behind him flew out and landed at his feet. It was a late-stage third-tier Moon-King Crocodile Dragon.

"Two against one, be careful."

Wan Ruicheng offered a reminder, and Su Yan raised his eyes slightly, suddenly asking, "Will killing those warriors on the city walls break the formation?"

Everyone was taken aback. Liu Dongzhu asked instinctively, "Junior Brother, do you have a solution?"

At this point, the source of the formation's power had long since shifted from true essence to the opponent's blood, qi, and spirit within the formation. Only by destroying these sources could the enemy be defeated more quickly.

This is also where Bing Zhongxing's cunning lies; he wants to force you to expend time and energy to wear down these martial artists.

Su Yan nodded slightly and said, "You do have some skills. Senior brothers and sisters, please help me hold off these Danqiao martial artists."

"it is good"

Before anyone could question or raise any issues, Yan Yin, who was in charge of the main formation, had already agreed, and the beasts that were cutting down the mountain launched an attack.

With a single strike, the mountain was split open, forcing the berserk Danqiao Realm warriors blocking the city wall to separate and create a path.

"Hands on"

Chen Xuanmo, Liu Dongzhu, and Wan Ruicheng led the way, followed closely by Yuan Yi, Xia Wan'er, and Lan Yunyue. They went straight to the Danqiao Realm martial artist and stopped him.

Su Yan was free, so he immediately flew forward and headed straight for the city wall.

On the city wall, warriors kept swinging short spears and bows and arrows, trying to knock him down.

He didn't retreat an inch, and arrows and spears couldn't hurt him at all.

For an ordinary person, killing these ten thousand people would probably require considerable effort, but Su Yan did not.

The Blood Bone Centipede King and the Devouring Soldier Moth gathered in front of him, while the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust was also summoned.

Su Yan's eyes remained calm as he silently uttered the word "kill".

The three-headed ferocious insect swooped down, spewing out a blood-red poisonous mist from the Blood Bone Centipede King's mouth, enveloping everything along the city wall, leaving no warrior in its wake able to withstand it.

The Devouring Soldier Phantom summoned thousands of illusory weapons, which fell like arrows with a wave of its hand, crashing onto the city wall.

The most ferocious of all is the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, which summons tens of thousands of fiend bees and blood bees to swarm over it, resembling a dense, blood-red fog.

The slaughter began instantly, and screams echoed continuously under the shroud of blood mist.

The piercing scream even made people like Liu Dongzhu and Chen Xuanmo's expressions change slightly.

They couldn't see what happened behind the blood mist, but the screams were so horrific that even they had never heard anything like it.

Some people couldn't help but look at Su Yan's expression, which was as calm as if he were eating or drinking.

A chill ran down my spine instantly; this junior brother was a ruthless one.

Everyone could feel the power of the formation weakening and the warriors being defeated one after another.

But that's precisely why they're even more curious about what happened after the blood mist.

Under Su Yan's divine sense, the blood mist could not obstruct his vision in the slightest.

After being poisoned, the warriors' bodies were crushed by the blood bees and evil bees, their flesh and blood being devoured until only skeletons remained.

The Heavenly Fiend Locust travels along the city wall, and all the blood bees that have eaten and drunk their fill will fly back to become its food, gradually transforming into its own demonic essence.

The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust is bloodthirsty; for her, blood and essence are no less valuable than elixirs.

And this grand feast of over ten thousand martial artists before us is its celebration.

Even if Su Yan is incredibly capable, unless he does something like the Old Demon, how could he possibly gather ten thousand martial artists for it to devour?

As the devouring continued, the growth rate of the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust changed constantly, and soon it reached its limit.

【The Demonic Mother Locust: Metamorphosis】

[Transformed Items: Myriad Fiend Crystal, Soul Spirit Silkworm, Blood-Dripping Mystic Crystal, Heavenly Abyss Ore]

The great formation was on the verge of collapse. Su Yan slightly raised his eyes, and the blood mist immediately dissipated.

bang
Yan Yin seized the opportunity and shattered the great formation, killing twenty Danqiao Realm warriors on the spot.

When everyone looked at the city wall again, they saw only white bones and blood staining the entire wall. Less than 40% of the warriors remained.

"Such ruthless methods."

Everyone was shocked, but no one dared to speak for fear of offending them.

Yan Yin then leaped down: "Those seven people can't get far. Everyone, let's split up and capture them."

"Yes"

(End of this chapter)