The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 298 Divine Locust

The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust has been in its metamorphosis period for a long time. She was already able to fight against a third-level martial artist, and her accumulation of experience is quite profound.

Although he was severely injured and on the verge of death by Yao Lixuan, fortunately the Ferocious Insect Cauldron preserved his origin and did not damage his foundation.

The breakthrough at this moment was naturally extremely powerful, and the entire Dongjing City was enveloped in pressure.

Everyone looked at the city lord's mansion with alarm, wondering what was going on.

This continued for three full days before the blood cocoon began to crack, light continuously merging into it, and a powerful aura emerged from within. Dark red tentacles broke through the cocoon, revealing a six-winged, hooked, eight-legged wild beast inside.

[The Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust devoured the metamorphic materials—Myriad Fiend Crystals, Soul Spirit Silkworms, Blood-Dripping Mystic Crystals, and Heavenly Abyss Ore—to complete its metamorphosis, transforming into the Divine Fiend Locust.]

【The Divine Locust: 1/100 (Early Stage)】

The aura of the Divine Fiend Locust was completely undisguised. With a single opening of its mouthparts, it devoured the cocoon whole.

A sinister aura condensed within its body, as potent as poison, ten times stronger than that of the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust.

Su Yan only needed to sense its strength slightly before a smile appeared in his eyes, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The Divine Fiend Locust transforms its malevolent energy into countless forms; it is no longer simply an insect egg that breeds blood bees and fiend bees. If it so desires, its malevolent energy can condense into fiend bees to launch an attack.

The scorpion is it; it is the scorpion.

If malevolent energy condenses, transforming it into bee eggs is also a method, but in essence, it is still malevolent energy.

Whether due to its severe injuries or not, the Divine Evil Locust was now imbued with malevolent energy, making it a nearly immortal and indestructible ferocious creature.

"With such strength, even the Starry Sky Warriors are no match for them. Even if they construct a star map and condense a sea of ​​stars, they might still be able to win."

The breakthrough of the Divine Fiend Locust undoubtedly enhanced Su Yan's foundation, giving him a greater sense of security amidst the ever-changing situation.

At this time, the campaign was advancing on all fronts, with countless battles between the righteous and the demonic forces taking place every day, resulting in the deaths and injuries of countless martial artists.

Although the Beast King Sect is advancing extremely rapidly, it also harbors many dangers.

After Su Yan broke through, he did not make a fuss. Instead, he exchanged all his contribution points for rare and precious materials to refine the Seed Aperture Pill and to feed his ferocious insects.

For seven days in Dongjing City, Su Yan was refining the Seed Aperture Pill in the City Lord's Mansion.

In three days, 172 pills were refined, one-third of which were of superior quality.

For the remaining days, Su Yan devoted himself to cultivation, opening up the minor acupoints in his body one by one ahead of schedule.

One hundred and eight star apertures—this number is already extremely high for some Star Heaven Warriors.

However, for someone with Su Yan's foundation, it was far too basic.

With his current physical strength, after cultivating the Poison Dragon Profound Technique and being enhanced by his Insect Bone Armor Body, he is already capable of holding his own against the Starry Sky Warriors.

Opening up star apertures is not a difficult problem, it's just that the consumption is getting bigger and bigger.

After consuming all 172 Seed Aperture Pills, his meridians felt as if they had been ground up with a millstone and then pieced back together again. Under endless pain, it was as if he were recreating stars, one after another forming star apertures.

From the initial one Seed Aperture Pill and one Star Aperture Pill, to later one and a half, two, three...

All 172 Seed Aperture Pills were used up, bringing Su Yan's total Seed Apertures to 180 Small Star Apertures.

With the circulation of Qi throughout the body, the level of his true essence has far surpassed that of a third-level martial artist and is no less than that of any other martial artist from the Star Heaven.

Where Su Yan sat cross-legged, the three dantians shone like the sun, surrounded by stars, making him appear like a divine being cultivating amidst the starry sky.

After three quarters of an hour, he slowly finished his practice, and his cultivation had reached the peak of the third level of the Heavenly Realm.

"Having only entered the Third Heaven a few days ago, he is already at his peak. His foundation is so solid that it's as if he has already paved the way ahead."

Su Yan finished his practice, his eyes dimming as he looked thoughtful.

For ordinary martial artists, the process of cultivating from the first level to the third level is a continuous refinement of the three cores.

The more perfect the Three Elixir is, the more powerful its accumulation, and the greater the probability of the Three Elixir transforming and nurturing the Dharma Form.

Ordinary geniuses will continuously reshape the three dantian while cultivating them, which means they will constantly move closer to the nine-turn dantian.

The deeper one's refinement, the stronger one's power will naturally become.

Su Yan is clearly an anomaly among them. He has achieved the Three Pills and Nine Revolutions, and the accumulation of true essence, blood, and spirit in his body has long surpassed that of martial artists of the same realm.

Therefore, the time required for a breakthrough is very short, like ascending to heaven in one step, and now he has already reached the peak of the third level.

[Tier 4 Insect Lord: 21000/100,000]

[Danqiao Realm, Third Level, 399/400 (Great Success)]

【Characteristics: Insect-like body, Seed of Insect Consciousness, Gift of Bloodline】

[Insect Realm Space: 10 cubic meters]

[The Ferocious Insect Technique: Metamorphosis in Progress] ...

[Blood Bone Centipede King: 78/100 (Newborn Stage)]

【Molten Giant Scorpion: 21/100 (Early Stage)】

【The Divine Locust: 1/100 (Early Stage)】

Shadow Spider: 0/4 Metamorphosis Period

【Soldier-Devouring Moth: 155/400 (Mature)】

【Rock Ant Queen: 134/400 (Mature Stage)】

【Eating Dragon Beetle: 78/200 (Growth Stage)】

【Wind and Thunder Insect: 21/200 (Growth Stage)】

Su Yan glanced at his own state. As a self-created technique, the Ferocious Insect Technique was constantly being modified and changed. No one could match his mastery of it, so this display was not surprising.

After several days of feeding it with rare and precious materials, especially the Wind and Thunder Insect, Su Yan continuously enhanced its cultivation with Wind and Thunder Fruit and Thunderclap Wood, which can be considered as enabling it to break through a small realm and enter the growth stage in a short period of time.

The speed of the wind and thunder beetle is crucial; for him, it is a life-saving weapon.

"The Shadow Spider has already entered its transformation period. The items it needs are not too rare: Star Shadow Soil, Ghost Face Wood, Wandering Soul Flower, and Eight-Foot Feather Spider. Although they are all third-tier items, they can still be found. However, I need to go to Wangtian Pass."

However, given the current situation, Su Yan may not be able to escape.
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More than half a month has passed in Dongjing City. More than half of the remnants of the demonic path have been wiped out, the wilderness is peaceful, and the rear area has gradually been properly suppressed by Tang Rong and other commanders of the mountain guard army.

"With 30,000 troops stationed in Dongjing City, is Elder Gong planning to take back Baifeng Fortress in one fell swoop?"

Su Yan was playing with the messenger in his hand; it was a secret order that had been sent not long ago.

Inside Dongjing City, four half-step Danqiao commanders—Tang Rong, Zhang Long, Wang Mingqing, and Yu Liuyan—had gathered, each leading eight thousand warriors. These included both mountain guards and inner sect warriors, all stationed in Dongjing City and under the command of Su Yan.

“Nephew, Elder Gong said that you will lead the attack on Lengquan Peak, Junior Sister Long will lead the attack on Tan Peak, and the remaining Niushou Peak will be the responsibility of the Jianyi Sect and the Jiufeng Sect.”

Hong Qingyue was at the lower end. At this moment, he was not the only Danqiao martial artist in the main hall. Shi Jingyi, Chen Xuanmo, Liu Dongzhu, Suo Yunyi, Yuan Yi, and Xia Wan'er were all there, along with Danqiao martial artists from other peaks. There were twelve of them present.

Everyone reacted differently when they saw Su Yan sitting in the seat of honor, especially Yuan Yi, Xia Wan'er, and others.

He received a hasty order to await the command of his senior brother, Longbang, to attack the main peak.

I thought it was a senior brother of the Celestial Realm like Mu Yu or Yan Yin, but it turned out to be Su Yan.

"Nephew, what do you think we should do?"

Hong Qingyue asked the question, but he didn't seem to be presumptuous at all.

He knew perfectly well that his junior brother was an absolute ruthless man who had slaughtered ten thousand people in three days without even blinking.

Su Yan glanced at everyone and said, "Even if the Cold Spring Peak Formation is not connected to the Hundred Peaks Barrier, it can still block the Dharma Image for a short period of time if it is separated on its own."

Everyone nodded; they all knew about this, otherwise they wouldn't have said that the main peak was difficult to conquer.

"Have your scouts found out which members of the demonic path are guarding the city?"

"The true successor of the Holy Weapon Path, Martial Supreme Lord, is a Danqiao martial artist from the Zhuxing Heaven. His true essence lies in the Extreme Demon Sword. He once severed the Danqiao of the Beast King Sect by Baihe. He is a formidable person and is likely the one who constructed the Star Map."

Hong Qingyue explained in detail: "Below them, there are no fewer than five martial artists from the Hundred Caves Witch Clan, the Three Flames Divine Palace, and the Holy Weapon Path at the third level, and no fewer than ten Dan Aperture cultivators from other demonic sects. Their numbers are slightly more than ours."

The Beast King Sect spearheaded the counterattack, and under constant pressure, many Danqiao Realm warriors naturally gathered at the pass.

This is one of the reasons why the passes are difficult to conquer.

"A direct assault would be very difficult."

Chen Xuanmo, seated below, said with a grim expression: "With the great formation activated, we are already expending our resources to attack. If we were to fight again, I'm afraid we would not be able to cope."

Liu Dongzhu raised an eyebrow and pondered, "How much will the Cloud Beast Ship consume?"

"Testing the waters"

Su Yan quickly made a decision and then said, "Considering the consumption of the Cloud Beast Boat and the True Essence Cannon, I remember that the sect brought three Giant Ridge Rhinoceros Deer, is that correct?"

The Giant Ridge Rhinoceros Deer is hundreds of feet tall, with hides as thick as mountains, immense strength, and antlers like heavy cannons that can generate powerful attacks.

In preparation for a large-scale offensive war, the Beast King Sect specially trained this type of war beast, which is second only to the Giant Spirit Beast, and created a complete set of spirit-sealing artifacts, like a fortress, to cover its body.

Although its cultivation level is only that of a mid-stage third-tier wild beast, its offensive output is probably no less than that of a mobile formation.

"Giant-mountain rhinoceros deer are so rare, are they really going to be featured in the very first competition?"

Hong Qingyue muttered something, and Su Yan narrowed his eyes: "Let's give it a try. I think they have more than one Zhuxing Tianwuzhe."

(End of this chapter)