The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 269 Unifying the Flame Witch Mountains

Wu Nan obtained the bloodline of the Flame Armored Scorpion, and now wields demonic fire with extraordinary ferocity.

He waved his hand and attacked Liao Qiaofeng and Gao Hongzhong. The flames churned and twisted, instantly condensing into a ferocious fire crow. With a screech, a scorching wave of fire rushed towards them, and the crow's beak opened wide, lunging to bite at their faces.

The two were scorched red by the heat of the demonic fire, and immediately focused their true energy on their bodies, attempting to isolate themselves from the demonic fire.

Liao Qiaofeng's true form was also wreathed in crimson flames, resembling a giant flaming deer that looked up to engulf the demonic fire.

Gao Hongzhong was an iron-feathered eagle; with a flap of his iron feathers, he was about to break through the flames.

However, both of them clearly underestimated the power of this demonic fire.

The moment the Flame Deer made contact with the demonic fire, its flames seemed to lose their essence, becoming listless, and ninety percent of its full power was directly consumed by the demonic fire.

The Iron Feather Eagle was covered in flames, and its iron wings were riddled with holes from the scorching fire.

The two were greatly alarmed and were about to turn back and leave.

But at this moment, Wu Nan rushed in front of Gao Hongzhong, raised his hands to form a hand seal, and shouted: "Fire Crow Curse!"

A cursed seal struck Liao Qiaofeng with lightning speed.

The sizzling sound of burning turned his skin black.

Liao Qiaofeng was instantly severely injured, but she still wanted to coil the whip rope in front of her to force Wu Nan back.

Unexpectedly, Wu Nan sneered, and the Fire Crow Staff had already returned to his hand. He struck it hard, and the sound of bones cracking rang out, directly knocking Liao Qiaofeng to the ground.

Its body fell like a meteorite, flames clinging to its body like maggots, and with a deafening roar, it shattered the stones on the ground, sending stone fragments flying everywhere. It smashed a huge crater in the hard ground, with smoke and dust billowing out. The crater was as large as a falling star.

At that moment, a painful wail came from the direction of Gu Ru.

It was the sound of blue sky and water.

Following the sound, Yu Luo's figure merged with the red fox, her entire body covered in black armor, draped in black armor like that of the Rock Demon Queen Ant.

She was completely concealed beneath insect armor, her white hair flowing like silver threads. With one hand, she combined her power with that of the red fox, transforming it into a black and red claw that forcefully pulled out Lan Tianshui's golden core.

"You're not dead!"

Lan Tianshui's face was full of disbelief. They all thought Yu Luo was dead, which was why the three tribes had used this secret plan to escape.

Yu Luo gave a cold laugh: "It's not my time to die!"

Behind her, the Crimson Fox True Meaning tore Lan Tianshui apart with its bare hands. Blood droplets rained down like raindrops, landing on her skin and bringing a warm, bloody smell.

At this moment, Gu Ru's Bone Mountain Bear True Meaning also locked Zhu Fang's Water Leopard True Meaning, and the huge and hard bear claws tore his body apart.

Zhu Fangzhen's intentions were destroyed, and he instantly suffered a backlash.

The ancient black blade slashed down like a pillar supporting the sky, with gusts of evil wind and a sharp, malevolent aura. In a flash of dark red light, Zhu Fang was already split in two.

Yu Luo caught Lan Tianshui and Zhu Fang off guard, killing them unexpectedly.

At this moment, Gao Hongzhong saw that three of his Danqiao Realm True Intent cultivators had been severely injured one after another, and he was in a state of panic.

He hastily took out one of his most treasured spirit-sealing talismans and immediately threw it at Wu Nan, pouring a large amount of true essence into it the instant it left his hand, without holding back.

The sealing talisman shone brightly, and with the gathering and transformation of true essence, it instantly transformed into a three-headed eagle that was three or four zhang long.

It has three heads, is covered in iron feathers, and cries out like weeping. The sound waves are like broken pieces of glass constantly scraping against the surface, or like a sharp needle being inserted into a person's brain.

This sonic attack contained a technique that harmed the mind, not only causing mental chaos but also shaking the soul. Even Wu Nan was affected for a moment, his soul was stinging and shaken, and he was unable to stop it immediately.

Gao Hongzhong seized the opportunity, his body merging with the Iron Feather Eagle. His wings, several meters long, flapped, blotting out the sky and stirring up endless air currents, propelling him away from this place.

"Want to leave?!"

Yu Luo glanced at her coldly, a sneer appearing on her aged face.

She focused her mind and spirit, and the phantom of the red fox appeared behind her. Its scarlet fox eyes seemed to overlap with her pupils, and a powerful mental attack swept out like a tidal wave, instantly shattering the impact of the sound wave.

Under the bloodline of the Rock Demon Ant Queen, the mental attack of the Crimson Fox True Intent has become several times stronger.

The three-headed eagle's sonic attack dissipated, and even its body was burned into the shape of a spirit-sealing talisman by the demonic fire unleashed by Wu Nan.

Gao Hongzhong didn't dare to look back even once. He just frantically increased his speed, wanting to fly away from this place. However, at this moment, Gao Hongzhong in mid-air suddenly discovered that the sky was covered with blood-red clouds, and a buzzing sound came from the sky. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a dense swarm of bees. The blood-red sky was filled with a murderous aura. He was surrounded by a swarm of bees.

Just as he was about to rush out, a sudden surge of malevolent energy appeared, continuously eroding his true essence.

He waved his hand to slay the insects, but unexpectedly, the malevolent energy increased, eroding the Iron Feather Eagle's true essence that protected his body, leaving it riddled with holes.

At this moment, Yu Luo, Wu Nan, and Na Gu Ru arrived together. Gao Hongzhong panicked and was about to beg for mercy when Yu Luo suddenly swung a sharp blade and instantly severed his head.

At this moment, on the ground, disciples of the three races surrounded and killed disciples of the Heavenly Water Sect, and tens of thousands of Blood Bees, Fiend Bees, and Rock Demon Ants joined the battle.

The sect leader was defeated, and the army fell into chaos.

Some people wanted to organize a counterattack, but in the darkness that was about to break, they couldn't even find their opponents.

They had already lost most of their torches after the fire crows' attack, and now that the fire crows had retreated, it was pitch black and even more difficult to deal with.

Led by four bloodline warriors including Ling Yu'er and Wulike, the three tribes easily broke through the ranks of the three major factions, as if slicing through tofu.

Countless blood bees and evil bees, buzzing and flapping their wings, relentlessly attacked in the darkness, piercing through the flesh and blood of the martial artists from the three major sects.

The rock ants on the ground, like an armored army, constantly attacked and suppressed the warriors' counterattack.

Even for a martial artist at the fourth level of True Intent, breaking through the encirclement would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Among the Rock Ants, some Rock Ants will act like gatekeepers to block their path.

Ling Yu'er and her three companions focused their attacks on any True Intent Realm martial artist, defeating them decisively.

All four are martial artists with the bloodline of ferocious insects. With the enhancement of their insect armor, their strength is multiplied, making them even more difficult to deal with.

In less than half an hour, the battle was over, and all the disciples of the Tianshui Sect, Huoyun Sect, and Tieying Sect squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Their hands were completely bound, and their bodies were covered with wounds of all sizes.

Yu Luo, Shan Nan, and Gu Ru saw that the battle had been won, but they did not dare to let their guard down.

Yu Luo instructed, "Ling Yu'er, take the warriors of the Red Fox tribe to the Tianshui Sect's base and capture the rest of them."

"Yes"

"Na Hu is heading to the Iron Shadow Sect, Wu Yun is heading to the Fire Cloud Sect, and Wu Like is leading another team to blockade the Flame Witch Mountain Range and search for their other outposts."

"Yes"

After everything was arranged, it was already dawn.

Yu Luo and the other two brought Lan Tianshui's three corpses to the outside of the tent to pay their respects to Su Yan. "You did a good job. Hongyue will make the rest of the arrangements."

Su Yan nodded, waved his hand to take the golden cores of the three Danqiao Realm martial artists, and stored them in the Ten Thousand Insect Prison Tower.

Although the three golden pills were only at the second or third level, they were better than nothing.

The Danqiao Realm martial artists who were previously imprisoned in the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower have now been completely drained, their true essence and blood energy transformed into nourishment for Su Yan.

Now that Su Yan is planning a breakthrough, he naturally needs more resources.

The three of them felt a little more at ease after receiving Su Yan's nod.

For the remaining days, all members of the three tribes went out to do their utmost to eliminate the unstable elements in the Yanwu Mountains.

It wasn't just the Tianshui sect that was targeted; any small sects or tribes that disobeyed or moved too close to Yangjiao Mountain were expelled or indirectly controlled by them.

How can one tolerate another snoring beside one's own bed?

Not to mention how important it was that the three tribes joined the Holy Insect Path.

They can hide as well as they can, accumulating strength until they soar to great heights, at which point they will no longer need to hide.

Nangong Hongyue took charge of the overall situation, while Yang Kun and Wang Cang led more than a thousand warriors from the Sacred Insect Path to carry out the plan, and they all entered the Yanwu Mountain Range.

Once the small secret realm opened, a total of three thousand martial artists from the Tianshui Sect, Huoyun Sect, and Tieying Sect were captured, including formal disciples and servants.

Among the three thousand people, all those at the True Realm had their lives and deaths controlled by the Blood Marrow Worms planted by Nangong Hongyue and her group.

The remaining ordinary martial artists did not have the Blood Marrow Worm implanted, but they all consumed pills made from Blood Bee Worm eggs.

Under normal circumstances, nothing will happen, but if someone triggers the blood bees to hatch, they will die within a short time.

Under such control, the three thousand warriors dared not resist and were all imprisoned in the small secret realm as slaves.

The secret realm has undergone tremendous changes.

The small secret realm is about a third the size of the Yanwu Mountain Range, covering more than 300 square kilometers. After several months of development, the area around the mountain range is full of medicinal fields, the plains are covered with dark red dragon tooth rice, and the deep pools in the valleys have been turned into pastures by Yang Kun and others.

With planting, animal husbandry, medicine production, and the array formations set up by array masters to gather spiritual energy, the small secret realm has become a nascent circular ecosystem.

When Su Yan entered again, he could clearly feel that the vitality and spiritual energy in the small secret realm were much stronger than before.

This small secret realm alone, as long as it can continuously generate resources, would probably be worth no less than two to three million yuan stones per year.

Originally, the small secret realm was short of manpower, many wastelands were not yet fully developed, and the wild beasts kept there did not dare to run wild.

However, with the addition of slaves from three factions, including the Tianshui Sect, the development speed can undoubtedly be increased several times over.

Nangong Hongyue divided the tens of thousands of blood bees given to her by Su Yan into two. One part was placed in a small secret realm to be raised and devoured by some trained wild beasts that were specifically for blood supply, such as horned boars and yellow-horned bulls, in order to produce enough blood crystals as materials for pills.

When the blood bees were released, they were dispersed to various places, which also served as a means of monitoring the status of slaves and preventing slave riots.

The other half was placed in the Flame Witch Mountains, where it was raised together with the Rock Demon Ants, constantly infiltrating deep into the Flame Witch Mountains to build an unbreakable defense.

This part was mostly handled by Naguru, Yuluo, and others.

The entire Flamew Mountain Range is so vast that the Sacred Insect Path will not let it go.

……

"My lord, the information you requested has been obtained."

Yang Kun knelt down in front of Su Yan, his face beaming with joy.

"Say"

Su Yan's eyes lit up, and Yang Kun immediately said, "Yesterday, Yan Xi, the patriarch of the Blazing Flame Cave tribe, used his trump card—a late-stage third-tier Blazing Purple Scorpion—to kill the Danqiao Elder of the Sword Sect."

Su Yan sat up slightly, revealing a look of joy. He had been searching for the Fiery Purple Scorpion for a long time, but he never expected it to land here.

He asked, "Where is the troop from the Blazing Cave? What is the situation at the Flame Seat?"

"The city that Yan Xi destroyed is Jinpeng City, a major city outside Cangsong Peak, with several third-tier spirit mines inside and outside. The team from Lieyan Cave is currently there. As for this Ancestor Yan Xi, he has a cultivation level of about the third level of heaven. The most troublesome thing is that he is not the only one in Jinpeng City."

Yang Kun had gathered all the information he could, and he told Su Yan, “Wu Tianxing and Wu Laoyan from the Heavenly Silkworm Cave, Blood Banner Ancestor and Shu Xi and other Danqiao True Persons are all in the city, so it may be inconvenient for them to take action.”

With several Danqiao Realm cultivators and the advantage of an array, even Su Yan would find it difficult to force his way in.

Those low-level martial artists are not just for show; once they start controlling the formation, even those at the Core Formation stage might get trapped.

Yang Kun said cautiously, "We are not powerful in Jinpeng City, but if we think of a way, we might be able to lure Yan Xi out..."

Su Yan shook his head: "You wanted to make a single core point function on its own after breaking through the city? That's no easy task. I'll think of a way."

He paused slightly, then said, "Go and call Nangong Hongyue here."

"Yes"

Not long after Yang Kun left, Nangong Hongyue arrived at Su Yan's room.

"Is the lord looking for me?"

Nangong Hongyue stood in front of Su Yan, her face showing curiosity.

"The people from the Heavenly Silkworm Cave have also been mobilized, right here in Golden Roc City, and Wu Tianxing is among them."

Nangong Hongyue's body trembled, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes, her long black dress fluttered without wind, and her aura could not be suppressed.

In just a moment, his aura completely disappeared.

"Now is not a good time to make a move against that old man."

She gritted her teeth, her heart surging with hatred.

She was born into the Heavenly Silkworm Cave lineage and was originally the daughter of the former cave master, Nangong Ying. However, that old fellow Wu Tianxing, in order to break through, seized Nangong Ying's Five Poisons Heart-Forging Gu, nurtured his own Gu worm, cultivated the domineering Five Poisons Body, and occupied the position of cave master.

The hatred for killing one's mother is irreconcilable.

But now, Nangong Hongyue held back.

“That old man Wu Tianxing was a martial artist at the third level of the Heavenly Realm several years ago. Even if he hasn’t entered the Heavenly Realm of All Stars yet, he’s probably not far off. Golden Roc City is an important town. The fact that they were able to take it down shows that they have a lot of martial artists and other alchemy skills. Even if you are willing to help me, it would be extremely risky.”

Although she desperately wanted revenge, she was also unwilling to let Su Yan take any risks.

Su Yan raised his eyes slightly and smiled: "No, it's the perfect time to make a move with him here. I want to kill Yan Xi and take care of Wu Tianxing as well. What do you think?"

Her eyes lit up, sparkling like autumn water, and her pretty face was full of surprise: "You...you're willing to help me?"

"Hmm," Su Yan nodded, "This matter requires your help. Prepare to come with me to Jinpeng City."

(End of this chapter)