The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 293 Fighting the Star Warriors

In a very short time, the Dragon-Eating Worm devoured the Poisonous Flood Dragon's bones and blood completely. At this moment, it exuded an extremely powerful aura, with poisonous gas constantly swirling around it.

【Eating Dragon Beetle: 1/400 (Mature Stage)】

It transformed into something resembling a venomous dragon, its entire body covered in blood-red scales that exuded an extremely bloody aura. However, black lines also roamed among the blood-red scales, making it particularly domineering.

"How could you possess such a freakish creature?!"

Gu Yunshang was taken aback. Others might not know what this was, but how could she, a martial artist from the Hundred Caves Witch Clan, not recognize it?
The two venomous dragons sensed the presence of the Dragon-Eating Worm and, instead of entangled with Yu Lingbo, Gu Yunshang, and Bian Tai'an, they condensed a cloud of poisonous mist into a tangible beast and attacked the Dragon-Eating Worm.

Instinctively attacking its natural enemies, even though the Poisonous Flood Dragon is not a true dragon beast, it still possesses some characteristics and bloodline of dragon beasts. However, such bloodline is the most powerless in the face of the Dragon-Eating Insect.

"The true meaning of slaying the poisonous dragon!"

Gu Yunshang, Yu Lingbo, and Bian Tai'an acted decisively, flying directly towards the Poison Dragon's True Meaning.

The natal spirit weapon flies like a stream of light, its various colors resembling ribbons.

The true essence of the celestial dragon had already gradually awakened. With a sweep of its majestic eyes, the dragon lashed its tail, knocking down all the magical artifacts.

Long Qiushui's Frost Moon Ring went straight for the Poison Dragon's head, but was blocked by the Poison Dragon's pitch-black claws, making a clanging sound like the forging of iron.

On Poison Dragon Island, Su Yan blocked Nangong Yu, the Poisonous Flood Dragon entangled the Eroding Dragon Worm, and Long Qiushui, Gu Yunshang, Yu Lingbo, and Bian Tai'an besieged the Poisonous Dragon. It was a chaotic battle, with true energy surging like a storm and poisonous water churning up giant waves tens of feet high.

The more they fought, the fiercer they became. At this moment, the lingering essence of their true meaning flowed into their bodies like threads, golden light swirling around them, and every bit of insight they gained transformed into their strength.

Fighting the poisonous dragon is the second test in Poison Dragon Lake.

Those who can be corroded by the poisonous water are either those with profound true essence and a certain level of body refinement, or those who are extremely strong body refinement martial artists.

At this stage, the poisonous water has eroded and tempered the body, laying the foundation for inheriting the true meaning.

Fighting is another way to understand the true meaning of the Poison Dragon.

Currently, both Gu Yunshang and her two companions, as well as Long Qiushui and her companion, are included in this list.

Long Qiushui and Su Yan were undoubtedly the two who benefited the most.

The true essence gathered on his body numbered over a thousand strands, while Yu Lingbo and the other two had less than a hundred strands. Although they were also trying to comprehend it, as time went on, it would probably all be for naught.

'That damned Poison Dragon Taoist'

At this moment, not only Gu Yunshang of the Hundred Caves Witch Clan and Bian Tai'an, a rogue cultivator, were cursing the Poison Dragon Taoist in their hearts, but even Yu Lingbo of the Sword Sect couldn't help but curse as well.

In previous years, the Guicang Valley lineage did not truly participate in the struggle for Poison Dragon Valley. Although many disciples of the Beast King Sect came, not many were able to touch upon the manifestation of the true meaning of the Poison Dragon.

Year after year, everyone believed that the Poison Dragon Taoist had truly kept his promise and made Poison Dragon Valley an opportunity for everyone to fight over.

But now, fight over your grandpa!

When the lineage of the Poison Dragon Taoist of Guicang Valley had a true successor, this was the deviation of the Poison Dragon's true intent.

Based on the Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture, they have an innate advantage in receiving and inheriting the legacy. Not to mention that Su Yan and Long Qiushui are both geniuses, so the bias in this competition is almost obvious.

The three of them did gain some insights in the end, but Nangong Yu was the most miserable.

Nangong Yu was originally a body-refining martial artist, and he also possessed fragments of the Dragon Ball. He should have been able to receive more insights from the inheritance, but now he hasn't received even a single thread of insight into his body.

Su Yan seized all the fragments of true meaning from in front of him.

"boom"

Enraged, Nangong Yu unleashed a beast-like attack with his arm armor, unleashing a hundred punches that crashed down like a tidal wave.

"Boy, you've gone too far! I'll kill you today!"

Su Yan manifested the true intent of the Subduing Tiger King, golden light illuminating half of the Poison Dragon Lake, and his massive hand, like a mountain, pressed down, suppressing the monstrous force of the fist.

"Is it?"

His eyes were lowered, and the phantom images of the Qi and Blood Golden Core and the True Essence Golden Core appeared behind him, with the seventy-two star apertures constantly surrounding him, as if the stars were surrounding him.

His body trembled slightly, but he steadily blocked Nangong Yu.

Su Yan became more and more stable as he fought. Although he was only at the peak of the second level, his Qi and Blood Golden Core had already reached the eighth level of perfection, and it was clear that he could transform into the ninth level at any time.

Moreover, what he relies on is not just the two cores and seventy-two star apertures; all the ferocious insects in the insect realm are transforming their demonic essence and pouring it into his body.

Nangong Yu's eyes widened in fury, and the jealousy in his heart burned him away like a raging fire.

So-called prodigies are nothing more than this. The limit of the second heaven is only the second heaven. Even if one has extraordinary opportunities and can possess seventy-two interconnected minor star apertures in the second heaven, so what?
That's only the second level, at most comparable to the third level, but Su Yan is too strange, too monstrous.

With a powerful physical body as its foundation, it far surpasses the martial artists of the third level of heaven. By relying on this physical foundation, it frantically mobilizes its true essence and uses powerful true intent as its means, thus achieving a strength comparable to that of the Star Heaven.

"You asked for this!"

Su Yan refused to give way, and the Poison Dragon True Meaning was already covered in wounds, with the Dragon Pearl barely visible.

At this moment, the crimson eyes of the three beast shadows on Nangong Yu's body became increasingly eerie, and the three thoughts of greed, anger, and ignorance grew rampantly, completely flooding into his heart.

His success stemmed from the three beasts entering his body, making him a master of body cultivation; his downfall also came from the same three beasts—greed, anger, and ignorance—entering his body.

At this moment, Nangong Yu's mind was like a wildfire, and the three beasts merged with his soul. His voice was hoarse as he lowered his head and said, "If the inheritance doesn't choose me, it would be about the same if I took your bloodline."

Asura Transformation

He roared, and his body swelled up like bamboo joints, his bones cracking as he grew to a height of about ten feet. His entire body was pitch black, with black bone armor growing from his joints. His head had three faces, one of which was a human head, as blue as a ghost, and the other two were on his sides, which were the manifestation of the three beasts.

Two more pairs of arms sprouted from his back, as black as ink, with hard and sharp nails. The arms alone were over two meters long, and each claw was as big as a millstone.

At this moment, Nangong Yu's aura was so powerful that it was suffocating. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Su Yan. In a flash, he threw a punch.

Three Beasts Asura Fist!
The shadowy forms of the three beasts of greed, anger, and ignorance manifested and were completely integrated into the intent of the fist.

Su Yan, the Tiger-Taming King, blocked his way, his arms shimmering with golden light that condensed into a layer of golden glaze.

The fist struck it, and a sound like shattering glass was heard. The glass barrier was actually shattered by the impact.

The powerful fist intent struck the true intent of the Subduing Tiger King, directly causing his golden body to crack, and the fist intent penetrated through his body to bombard Su Yan.

Su Yan was sent flying backward and slammed into the ground with such force that it was like thunder.

Looking at the ground again, a huge crater had appeared, with cracks dozens of feet long spreading outwards. Amidst the rising dust, Su Yan's figure could be vaguely seen.

At this moment, Su Yanchong's bone armor was shattered, and large and small cracks appeared on his body. His bones were broken, and his body was seriously injured.

"It's careless."

The damage to his body was healing rapidly, and his insect armor was healing at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

Su Yan's faceplate appeared, completely concealing his body within the insect bone armor, and his figure shot out of the pit like a cannonball.

Hovering in mid-air, looking down at Nangong Yu with icy eyes, he unleashed a punch.

"You're pretty tough."

Nangong Yu sneered in a hoarse voice and threw a punch directly at Su Yan. This punch was like a thunderclap and completely blocked Su Yan's punch.

However, his expression changed slightly. His physical body had become stronger again!
Su Yan gave him the feeling that his physical body had been strengthened again in a short period of time.

He naturally didn't know that under Su Yan's fully activated insect bone armor and the bloodline of the Insect Lord, this was his most complete form. The two exchanged blows directly, neither showing any intention of dodging.

The speed was so fast that there was no time to dodge, and the force of the punch was so domineering that there was no way to easily deflect the force.

Every punch landed squarely, like the beating of a drum.

The two of them bombarded the central island relentlessly, creating countless craters.

Nangong Yu gained the upper hand, and Su Yan received the most attacks. However, no matter how he was attacked, Su Yan's recovery speed always exceeded Nangong Yu's expectations.

As the battle raged on, Nangong Yu's expression grew increasingly grim, because Su Yan was still getting stronger, and a poisonous dragon pattern was already running across his body.

The so-called Poison Dragon Mystic Art is based on a poison dragon, and it has nine cycles, with each cycle consisting of a poison dragon.

Having received the inheritance, Su Yan immediately cultivated a poisonous dragon upon enlightenment. Now, with the blessing of this place, how could he not be strong?

Nangong Yu grew increasingly anxious as he fought, and at this point he probably didn't even realize that in his Asura form, his mental state was becoming more and more frantic and stubborn.

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Once again, Su Yan was blasted away, but this time, the insect armor formed a gauntlet that blocked his attack, and the cracks no longer appeared.

Su Yan glanced at the Poison Dragon's True Meaning. At this moment, the battle had entered its final stages, and one of the dragon's claws had been severed by the Dragon Autumn Water Frost Moon Ring and the Shadow Sun Ring.

He glanced down at Nangong Yu: "After sparring with you for so long, it's time to send you on your way."

His chest heaved; the long battle had taken a toll on him, but his brows still radiated confidence.

"You're all talk and no action, kid. You've been getting beaten up the whole time."

Nangong Yu's eyes were icy cold, and although his hoarse voice was mocking, only he knew how difficult Su Yan was to kill.

Star Array!

Su Yan swallowed two Dragon Scale Body Condensation Pills, and the medicinal power was directly refined and transformed into his true essence.

Seeing that something was wrong, Nangong Yu channeled all his true energy and attacked Su Yan again.

A dragon's roar resounded, and the hundred-foot-long body of the Devouring Dragon Worm blocked Su Yan's way like the Great Wall. Its blood-red maw opened wide, spewing out billowing poisonous mist that completely enveloped Nangong Yu.

Suddenly attacked, Nangong Yu could only use his arm armor for support and punch to break free from the poison gas.

The Blood Bone Centipede King emerged from behind him, its mouth wide open, its sharp jaws like a guillotine, as it viciously bit down.

Nangong Yu couldn't dodge in time and was bitten hard on the shoulder.

A sound like metal clashing came, and the shoulder wasn't torn off by the Blood Bone Centipede King, but only bitten open in the hard collision.

The Blood Bone Centipede King was sent flying by his attack, and a third of its head shell was shattered.

However, the one whose face looked the worst was Nangong Yu. His shoulder was now completely black, and the terrifying poison was spreading rapidly.

The Blood Bone Centipede King's greatest strength has never been its physical body, but its toxins—toxins that are constantly evolving and being nurtured.

"Damn it!"

Nangong Yu cursed fiercely, but the next moment he had no desire to curse anymore.

Su Yan had already made all the preparations. All the true meanings emerged, from the true meaning of the Subduing Tiger King, the true meaning of the Poison Dragon, to the true meaning of the Eating Dragon Worm, and so on. Streams of true meaning starlight flowed around, just like the stars in the sky. At this moment, they formed the entire star array, covering the entire central island.

"Young friend, what are you doing?!"

At this moment, Bian Tai'an was also panicked. He did not expect Su Yan to be so ruthless, using a feint to cover a wide area.

He wanted to make a move, but he couldn't bear to part with the Poison Dragon's legacy.

Long Qiushui moved swiftly, blocking the path between the two battlefields. With a flick of her wrist, the Devouring Soldier Youming grew larger and flew out, joining the Xuan Shuang Tianwu to protect the left and right, cutting off any possibility of interference from the others.

"What a plan!"

Gu Yunshang said coldly, but she had already accelerated her methods, intending to kill the Poison Dragon's true essence, seize the Dragon Pearl, and leave this place.

Su Yan has clearly targeted Nangong Yu, and they still have a chance.

"You little bastard, you're asking for it!"

Nangong Yu gritted his teeth, looking like a demon from hell, and launched a direct attack on Su Yan.

"town!"

Su Yan had stopped fighting him physically. His eyes were majestic like those of a wise king, and his whole body was enveloped in true intent.

With a wave of his hand, starlight converged, and a giant palm descended from the sky, slamming down on Nangong Yu.

With a deafening roar, dust billowed and rocks flew everywhere. In a huge, deep pit shaped like a hand, Nangong Yu's entire body was crushed beneath it.

He struggled to his feet, his body covered in cracks, blood flowing continuously, and the black beast face slithering around, looking extremely ferocious.

He lacked Su Yan's insect-bone armor's ability to constantly repair itself, and he also lacked the powerful vitality brought by the insect master's bloodline.

"kill"

He had already fallen into demonic possession; his scarlet eyes were filled with killing intent. He bent his legs and unleashed a powerful force, about to charge at Su Yan.

Su Yan raised his hand and outlined the starlight, which gathered into long swords. The swords were sharp, and the starlight around them was like a swimming dragon.

"Zhu Xie!"

With a shout, all the true meaning of constructing the Star Array was concentrated into this attack.

puff
The sword pierced through Nangong Yu's body, and the three beasts roared mournfully, like evil spirits breaking free from their bodies.

However, before they could retaliate against Nangong Yu, Su Yan's sword light swept across and completely annihilated them.

Nangong Yu was already at his limit, and he looked up at Su Yan again.

He manipulated the true meaning of the Subduing Tiger King, which was gathered from starlight. His body was a hundred feet tall, and his hands formed the Hundred Tigers Breaking Army Seal. The tiger roared and came, directly shattering his body.

Nangong Yu died instantly, which startled Gu Yunshang and Bian Tai'an.

Su Yan raised his hand and unleashed a sword strike that traversed the battlefield, heading straight for the two of them.

"go!"

Gu Yunshang's golden ring grew larger and larger, blocking the starlight giant sword with a clang.

Then the ghost-faced butterfly carried her through the barrier and escaped the Starry Sky Formation.

Bian Tai'an's eyes widened. Gu Yunshang had the ability to break through barriers, but he did not.

The black blade blocked, barely managing to withstand the blade's light, but Long Qiushui had already reached him. The Shadow Sun Ring flashed by, and his head was severed.

Su Yan took a step forward, the Poison Dragon Inheritance roared, and his body rolled continuously.

He pointed his finger directly at the center of his forehead, and countless strands of light connected him with the Poison Dragon's true intent, instantly enveloping the two of them in a dazzling light.

The Poison Dragon's true meaning disintegrated, completely transforming into countless strands of true meaning insights, which surged into Su Yan's body.

Poison Dragon Mystic Art - Dharma Image Scroll obtained.

(End of this chapter)