The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 272 People die for money
"Yes, yes, these are all traces left by demonic fire, enough to incinerate the heavens and destroy the earth."

Overwhelmed by Yan Xi's imposing aura, Yuan Qitong trembled uncontrollably. Already injured, she could no longer withstand the attack and collapsed to the ground.

Blood Banner Ancestor frowned slightly: "Fellow Daoist Yan!"

Yan Xi chuckled and withdrew his aura, while a cunning glint flashed in Wu Tianxing's eyes.

"Nangong Hongyue seems to be quite strong. If we only rely on the disciples, we might not be able to stop her."

Ge Tianlu compared the situation at Medicine Mountain with his own strength and realized that even his Black Market Fortress disciples might not be able to stop Nangong Hongyue's advance.

In that case, the Medicine Mountain occupied by Blackrock Fortress is probably not safe either.

A hint of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes; this was all directed at Wu Tianxing.

Yan Xi had obviously thought of these things as well, but he also had other ideas in mind.

The Fiery Purple Scorpion is already at the late stage of the third tier, and its growth has reached a bottleneck. If it wants to break through and complete the transformation of its bloodline, it will inevitably need rare and precious materials.

Most of the ore in the Flame Gold Mine is intended for the Blazing Purple Scorpion, but as its current owner, he knows that's far from enough.

The residual aura of the Demon Fire Scorpion Beast that Yuan Qitong mentioned earlier is of a higher quality than that of the Blazing Purple Scorpion. If it were to be combined with the Flame Gold Ore, it might very well have the ability to undergo a transformation.

However, he was unwilling to speak up.

So he changed the subject: "Fellow Daoist Wu, your enemy is truly formidable. With the enemy in the dark and us in the light, things are not going to end well."

Wu Tianxing could easily see the implication in Yan Xi's words. He was displeased, cursing the old man inwardly, but his mind kept turning to him: 'That bitch has such abilities after breaking through to the Danqiao Realm. If I don't get rid of her today, I'll be in danger when she comes again.'

Buzz

Suddenly, the token at Wu Tianxing's waist vibrated, and Wu Tianxing's expression changed. Yan Xi, who was opposite him, also changed his expression drastically.

"How dare they attack the Flame Gold Mine directly!"

The two men exchanged glances, and Wu Tianxing said solemnly, "The person is in the Yanjin Mine, not far from us. If you help me capture this fiend alive to use as a furnace, I will offer you a third-grade heavenly treasure."

"I want those scorpions."

Yan Xi spoke very quickly, which displeased Wu Tianxing, but he still nodded: "Agreed."

Blood Banner Ancestor, Shu Xi, and Black Stone Ancestor Ge Tianlu all nodded in agreement: "It's a deal."

Without pausing, the four transformed into rainbows and flew straight towards the Flame Gold Mine.
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The Yanjin Mine Mountain Range was now under complete martial law, with sentries every five steps and guards every ten steps. The warriors of the Blazing Flame Cave could be said to have guarded the entire Yanjin Mine Mountain Range with impenetrable security.

At key points, a defensive formation was set up, and the patrol teams were equipped with fire hounds trained by the tribe to keep a watchful eye on any approaching enemies.

Wu Tianxing's four disciples, Wu Fan, Yun Bo, Miao Yan, and Bar Rui, prepared a total of 1,500 Heavenly Silkworm Soldiers, while the disciples of the Blazing Flame Cave, led by the brothers Yan Bo and Yan Long, stationed 1,000 disciples.

This Flame Gold Mine is an important strategic resource in Golden Roc City, and it is precisely because of this that they are certain that Nangong Hongyue will come here to attack.

Everyone was on guard, and the formation was already quietly in a semi-activated state.

In mid-air, the two arrived, their long robes fluttering, their divine senses sweeping freely across the entire Flame Gold Mine.

"Enemy attack!"

The Flame Gold Mine was immediately thrown into chaos. Wu Tianxing's four disciples flew away, their skull-like white bone staffs already planted in the ground, instantly activating the Black Wind Formation.

Yanbo and Yanlong dared not let their guard down either, and they also set up their formation, with raging flames burning along the mountain ridge, transforming into half a giant fire scorpion.

Seeing this, Su Yan simply smiled and said, "It's time for me to practice."

With a thought, the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower flew out of his body, spun around, and transformed into a hundred-meter-tall tower.

"Trap him."

Upon seeing the two Danqiao Realm martial artists, Wu Fan and his companions became extremely cautious, knowing that the slightest carelessness could lead to their deaths.

After the Yanbo and Yanlong brothers nodded, they directly controlled the giant fire scorpion to pounce on Su Yan.

The black wind, like a python, coiled around, intending to trap both the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower and Su Yan.

Su Yan and Nangong Hongyue remained motionless, allowing their attacks to engulf them.

When their attack reached Su Yan, the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower shone with a magical light, completely blocking the attack.

"Let's see how long you can hold out."

Yanbo and Yanlong, along with their clan disciples, increased the input of true essence into the formation. The giant fire scorpion attacked continuously, its pincers resembling meteor hammers, constantly striking the treasure light.

The attack was incredibly swift, comparable to a strike from some cultivators at the Core Formation stage.

However, in front of Su Yan, such attacks seemed to have no power at all, and even shaking the Ten Thousand Insect Prison Tower seemed so powerless.

Wu Fan and the other three's expressions darkened, and they immediately unleashed a black wind attack.

Wherever the giant black wind python passed, the black wind was like a knife, and the eerie wind blew in gusts, making the fiery gold mine dark and gloomy.

Like a venomous snake, it crashed directly into the barrier, carrying countless wind blades.

With a deafening roar, the scattered true energy alone destroyed the surrounding rocks, turning them into fragments that flew everywhere like bullets.

However, this attack still couldn't break through the precious light of the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower.

Su Yan watched as if it were a show, but Wu Fan and his three companions, along with the Yan Bo and Yan Long brothers, dared not stop for even a moment, continuing to bombard the pagoda.

About fifteen minutes later, Su Yan's eyes lit up slightly. He raised his eyes and swept them over the martial artists on the mountain, his eyes almost cold.

"It's my turn."

The Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower unleashed ten thousand chains, heading straight for the martial artists on the mountain.

The crimson light was fully revealed, and the chains were like snakes. In just a moment, the world turned into a dark crimson blood color.

not good!

The chains fell like meteors from the sky. Wu Fan's first reaction was to use an array to block them. Layers of thick clouds formed an iron curtain, and black winds turned into blades, all to block and slash at the prison chains falling from the sky.

The wind blades fell like jade beads onto a plate, making a tinkling sound, but they couldn't damage the prison chains in the slightest. The thick clouds, which looked like an iron curtain, were as if they were made of paper and were pierced through in an instant.

The sounds of splattering and cracking were incessant. The formation could not withstand the attack, making it even more difficult for the warriors trapped within to escape.

Even martial artists like the Heavenly Silkworm Soldiers, who have their bodies forged with copper-bodied silkworms, making them even more difficult to deal with than ordinary martial artists.

But before these chains that suppress the prison, they are nothing more than fragile tofu.

Wu Fan and the others wanted to summon their true essence, but Su Yan uttered a single word: "Seal."

A powerful sealing force descended from the sky. Wherever the red light passed, all the martial artists present felt their true essence was terrifyingly imprisoned, making it extremely difficult to mobilize, let alone summon their true intent to fight.

Su Yan stood with his hands behind his back, and countless chains pierced through all the martial artists on the Flame Gold Mine.

The prison chains were terrifyingly crimson, one end connected to the ancient tower, the other end fixed to the corpse like a spear. Blood flowed backward along the chains, and the limbs were contorted into a twisted posture, resembling an extremely bizarre sacrifice.

"boom"

A terrifying burst of fire hurtled towards Su Yan, the fiery sword swirling within, resembling a venomous scorpion. *Whoosh!*
Su Yan merely glanced at it, and the Prison Suppression Chains seemed to come alive, striking out with two chains that instantly shattered the attack.

With a clang, the Fire Scorpion Sword flew backward, turning into an orange-red streak of light and landing in the hand of an old man, none other than Yan Xi, his hair standing on end in fury.

Yan Xi arrived first, followed by Wu Tianxing, Blood Banner Ancestor, and Black Stone Ancestor.

The four men's pupils contracted sharply at the sight before them, and a chilling sensation spread from their spines to their skulls.

Where did this demon come from, killing only his own people who belong to the demonic path?
Wu Tianxing looked at the handsome young man in white, his face grim. Suppressing his anger, he asked in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, aren't you afraid of being skinned alive by the higher-ups of the Holy Sect for doing this?"

Many sects of the demonic path have a saying: with a great war imminent, especially on the front lines, anyone who dares to lose their composure and attack a demonic sect will be executed.

Even if a demonic sect doesn't follow the rules, it still needs to maintain basic trust.

Otherwise, if they attack each other, there will be no possibility of attacking.

Wu Tianxing was clearly shocked by what he saw. He subconsciously regarded Su Yan as a member of the demonic path. Only a demon like him would kill people, suck their blood, and refine spiritual artifacts.

"Who says you're a member of the demonic path?"

Su Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled, and said, "Since you're all here, let's test your abilities."

With a wave of his hand, the chains of the prison clashed wildly, sealing off this area like a birdcage enclosed by a blood-red fence.

Black Stone Ancestor's heart suddenly clenched, thinking that he could not let Su Yan succeed, otherwise the four of them would probably fall into the trap set by the person in front of them.

He pulled out two black swords with dragon heads. The dragon heads were ferocious, and black whiskers extended from the blades. The blades were pitch black, with a blood-red groove hidden in them. They were indeed a pair of powerful spiritual weapons.

Hey!

The dragon-headed black blades crossed left and right, transforming into two ten-zhang-long black dragons, with true essence transforming into sharp blades that filled the surface of the black dragons' bodies.

The black dragon headed straight for the prison chains, intending to sever them.

"I can't let you break your chains."

Su Yan simply smiled, and thirteen nearby prison chains coiled around him like water snakes.

The clanging sound was like the forging of iron, and the flashes of the blades clashed continuously. This time, white blade marks immediately appeared on the Prison Suppression Chains.

The abilities of those at the Danqiao Realm are indeed not to be underestimated; the blade on the black dragon is truly formidable.

Su Yan's true essence flowed into the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower, and instantly the prison chains shone with a bright red light.

The white knife marks disappeared instantly, and in a flash, more Prison Suppression Chains wrapped around the black dragon, dragging it into the air.

The black dragon surged, its blade light scattering in all directions, landing on the Flame Gold Mine and carving out a hundred-foot-long ravine.

Black Stone Ancestor sneered: "You underestimate me too much if you think you can trap my Dragon Head Black Blade."

Su Yan circulated his true essence, immediately revealing his cultivation level, which was only at the peak of the first level. What strength could someone at such a level have, and how much true essence did they possess?

They are merely relying on the power of this pagoda.

A fervent glint flashed in the eyes of the Black Stone Ancestor. If he obtained this pagoda, he would be unparalleled in both offense and defense, and even the martial artists of the Starry Sky Realm would be no match for him.

With this thought in mind, he worked even harder, his body surging with black energy as he poured the true essence of the Black Soul Python into the Dragon Head Black Blade.

The black dragon formed from the black sword immediately unleashed an even stronger aura.

"You think you can break free with such paltry tricks?"

Su Yan's lips curled slightly: "Seal!"

The Prison Chains glowed red, their red patterns resembling writhing insects, and a powerful sealing force emanated from them, rendering the black dragon's resistance futile.

Under the red light, after struggling for only a couple of rounds, the two dragon-headed black swords were bound in mid-air by more than ten chains. The chains were taut, and the black swords were locked in the center, with no possibility of breaking free.

The two attacked in the blink of an eye. At this moment, Wu Tianxing, Yan Xi, and the Blood Banner Elder made their moves one after another, unleashing their natal spiritual weapons and heading straight for Su Yan's vital points.

They are all ruthless demonic cultivators with alchemy skills, and they won't waste time talking to you.

Su Yan swayed slightly, and a golden phantom rose from the ground behind him, a hundred feet tall, holding up the Ten Thousand Insects Suppressing Prison Tower in his left hand and forming a tiger seal in his right.

"Fu!"

With a majestic roar, the Subduing Tiger King unleashed the Hundred Tigers Breaking Army Seal.

With a single blow, the attacks of Wu Tianxing, Blood Banner Ancestor, and Yan Xi all collapsed, and the chaotic true essence destroyed everything around them, leaving it in ruins.

Golden threads connected Su Yan's body with the true meaning of the Ming King, and true essence continuously flowed into his true meaning.

"This kid is strange!"

Wu Tianxing was filled with hatred, but he had to remind the three people who remained beside him.

Black Stone Ancestor's own natal spiritual weapon was imprisoned and is now right beside the Tiger-Taming King. How can he still endure it?
"Black Stone Meteor!"

He concentrated his attack, which resembled a pitch-black meteorite hurtling straight toward Su Yan.

The chains that held the prison transformed into a net, enveloping it completely, making a rattling sound, and crushing the stones to dust.

Facing four opponents alone, Su Yan held his own. Even though Wu Tianxing and Yan Xi were already at the third level of cultivation, they did not dare to use their full strength easily.

Su Yan's Prison Chains have sealed off the heavens and earth, and the entire Yanjin Mine is now under his control.

Wu Tianxing sensed something was wrong. Five Gu worms flew out from his body, and with a turn of his body, they transformed into bodies several or even ten feet long. The smaller ones were only the size of an index finger, but their threat was still immense.

When Nangong Hongyue saw the Black Gold Silkworm, her eyes immediately flashed with killing intent and hatred. Although the Black Gold Silkworm belonged to Wu Tianxing, the reason it had the strength of a third-tier silkworm was clearly because it had devoured the Black Gold Silkworm cultivated by her mother, Nangong Ying.

"I'll kill him!"

"Good!" Su Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and swung the Prison Suppression Chains of the Ten Thousand Insect Prison Suppression Tower to attack Blood Banner Ancestor, Flame Seat, and Black Stone Ancestor.

"Hmph, even if Nangong Hongyue has found a lover, do you think you can kill me?"

With a wave of his hand, Wu Tianxing sent the five Heart-Forging Gu worms, led by the Black Gold Silkworm, straight towards the two of them.

"Comparing quantities?"

Su Yan's eyes turned cold, and then the Blood Bone Centipede King, the Devouring Soldier Netherworld Moth, the Rock Demon Ant Queen, the Eroding Dragon Insect, and the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust appeared one after another in front of him.

Wu Tianxing's eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

Su Yan waved his hand, and the ferocious insects pounced on them, each finding its own opponent, and even trapping all of Wu Tianxing's Five Poison Heart-Forging Gu.

The Devouring Soldier Moth, the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, and the Blood Bone Centipede King each used their own methods, with the Devouring Soldier Moth's shadowy figures as the main force, their battle flags swaying, trapping the five insects.

The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust and the Blood Bone Centipede King used their malevolent and poisonous auras to enter the battle, instantly bewitching the five insects and rendering them powerless to fight.

Nangong Hongyue's eyes were bloodshot as she gritted her teeth: "Wu Tianxing, prepare to die!"

(End of this chapter)