The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 367 Fifth-Order Insect Lord
Zhenshan Houshan Chongfeng was already dissatisfied when his cultivation was suddenly interrupted. Now that Su Yan actually said he wanted to undergo a transformation, he was naturally even more unhappy.

However, in his perception, the Dragon-Eating Worm in front of him did indeed have a stronger aura, and it also had a special aura, which was very much like the metamorphosis that Su Yan had mentioned.

"You're lucky."

He gave Su Yan a deep look and then said, "The transformation of wild beasts takes several years or even hundreds of years. Don't tell me you need me to wait that long."

His tone already carried a hint of coldness; if Su Yan's answer did not satisfy him, then Su Yan would be of no value.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire hall turned icy cold, and the sound of chains rattling and clanging was like the roar of swords.

"A drop of Martial Saint's essence blood, a Sandbar Earth Dragon King, the Heart of Earth Fire, and Blood Bone Dragon Horns"

Su Yan rattled off four items in one breath, and Shan Chongfeng's face grew darker and darker as he listened, his gaze toward Su Yan becoming increasingly hostile.

Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?

Su Yan gave a wry smile: "You've seen the bloodline of the Dragon-Eating Insect as well. It wasn't low to begin with. If you want it to complete its transformation, it will naturally need an even higher bloodline. However, after the transformation, its speed of devouring dragon veins should be even faster."

The more the dragon vein is extracted, the stronger the backlash will be in the later stages. It is possible that by then, the Dali Dynasty may have realized what was happening.

This is why the Mountain Peak needs the assistance of the Dragon-Eating Worms.

If Su Yan doesn't do it now, and relies solely on his own slow, grinding method to extract the material, who knows how long it would take to finish.

"If you don't metamorphose, how much can you extract while the Dragon-Eating Worms are still alive?"

Shan Chongfeng spoke solemnly, his eyes fixed on Su Yan's face.

Less than a quarter

Su Yan replied, "If the edge of transformation bears too much filthy power, it will require more power to resolve it, at most reaching a quarter of what it used to be, and it will take a longer time to resolve the backlash."

Quarter
Let alone a quarter, even half, Shan Chongfeng would not accept it.

The Western Continent Prefecture has begun to cover up his large-scale devouring of the dragon vein; the longer it drags on, the more likely an accident will occur.

"I will get the things for you, but I am very uncomfortable with what you have done!"

Enraged, Shan Chongfeng unleashed a terrifying aura upon Su Yan.

Su Yan was pinned to the ground, as if mountains were constantly crushing him.

Although it was only for a moment, the terrifying aura was enough to crush Su Yan. At this moment, the veins on his face bulged and his face turned red.

Seeing Su Yan in such a sorry state, Shan Chongfeng made a hand seal, and the Corpse King Worm was activated. Green patterns appeared on Su Yan's body, and Su Yan immediately showed a pained expression.

"You know the power of the Corpse King Worm yourself. If you try these tricks again, hmph."

Shan Chongfeng snorted coldly, then said, "I will hand over the item to you in three days. If the extraction of the dragon vein cannot be accelerated, you will be in for a world of hurt."

After saying this, Shan Chongfeng strode out of the main hall and then disappeared from the underground palace.

He didn't immediately lift the restriction on the Corpse King Worm, but instead planned to make Su Yan suffer for a while longer.

However, no sooner had Shan Chongfeng left than Su Yan's pained expression vanished.

The corpse poison patterns that appeared on their faces disappeared in an instant at an eerie speed.

"This old monster isn't very magnanimous."

Su Yan stood up and immediately activated the Ferocious Insect Cauldron. At this moment, the Ferocious Insect Cauldron in his body emitted an incomparably majestic aura.

Above the heart, the Corpse King Worm, which should have been obeying Shan Chongfeng's orders, was now controlled by countless fine threads.

Let alone activating the corpse poison, even the slightest movement would be an impossible task.

What's even stranger is that, even though the Corpse King Worm hadn't finished refining, it had already come to regard Su Yan as its master after a month of subtle influence.

The curse mark Shan Chongfeng had placed on it had not yet expired, but under normal circumstances, the Corpse King Worm would never harm Su Yan.

[A potentially refineable alien insect has been discovered: Corpse King Insect. Refine it?]

Refining!

Su Yan finally came up with a way to get rid of the old monster, Marquis Zhenshan.

The item he demanded, the essence blood of a Martial Saint, was a sixth-tier item, its value self-evident. However, given the power and influence of the Marquis of Zhenshan in Xizhou Prefecture, obtaining it would not be difficult.

However, the Sandbar Dragon King and the Heart of Earth Fire are not so easy to obtain.

The Sandbar Dragon King is a fifth-tier wild beast, also known as the Beast King by martial artists.

In the entire Western Continent, there is only one Sand Island Dragon King known to people, who is the king of the Golden Sand Marsh in the deepest part of the Golden Sand Island.

Even if a fifth-tier beast king is not as strong as the Marquis of Zhenshan, the Marquis of Zhenshan would probably have to go through a lot of trouble to obtain it.

As for the Heart of Earthly Fire, this thing is not a product of transformation; it was something Su Yan deliberately made up.

The Heart of Earth Fire is a spiritual flame born from earth fire, and it is a precious item. Moreover, it must not be used for more than three days after it is taken down.

Unless you have special means to keep the fire burning, you have to find a way to get it yourself.

Su Yan's statement implies that this guy, Gaoshan Chongfeng, will inevitably be unable to relinquish the dragon vein and will go out to make arrangements or take action to retrieve the items.

Now that Shan Chongfeng had heard Su Yan's conditions, he did indeed throw a tantrum, but still chose to find a solution.

Su Yan's plan succeeded, but he also knew that by using such a tactic, the pretense between the two of them had probably been completely torn off.

Su Yan either obeys and dies later, or he is killed by Shan Chongfeng now; there is no third way.

As the Ferocious Insect Cauldron refined the Corpse King Insect, which was just one step away from completing the refinement, it finally completed its transformation. The red light entered its body, and in an instant, it formed a close connection with Su Yan.

A surge of powerful insect energy flowed from the Corpse King Insect into Su Yan's body, and the immense power directly nourished Su Yan.

The late-stage fourth-tier Corpse King Worm possesses a powerful force that seems to flow like an inexhaustible river.

boom

In an instant, Su Yan's bottleneck loosened, and he stepped into the fourth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, his aura increasing significantly.

Although he had only just entered the third level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, his cultivation had progressed at an absurdly rapid pace after a month of baptism by the Dragon Vein and the powerful Undying Body of the Rock Martial Saint.

This breakthrough is not a sudden joy, but a genuine and natural outcome.

As the powerful Corpse King Insect was refined, the Insect Lord level, which was already on the verge of breaking through, also changed at this time.

[Breaking through to the fifth-tier Insect Lord, gaining the trait: Undying Core]

Su Yan's aura suddenly surged, as if the strength of his bloodline had increased by another level in an instant.

This is not just a simple improvement in strength, but a leap in the essence of life.

Thump, thump

A powerful heartbeat throbbed, each beat seemingly carrying the mighty power of the Insect Lord, like thunder from the heavens.

In that instant, Su Yan seemed capable of shattering the entire secret realm with a single punch. Despite being only at the fourth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, the changes in his body gave him a premonition that even those at the seventh or eighth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm might be able to rival them.

Su Yan felt the power in his heart and immediately revealed an undisguised smile.

"Old monster, let's see how you kill me this time."

The characteristics of the Undying Core have been fully imprinted in Su Yan's mind. This core has only one function: to grant Su Yan the power of immortality and rebirth from a drop of blood.

If the previous Insect Bone Armor, Seed of Insect Consciousness, and Bloodline Blessing were enhancements to the Insect Master's physical body, then the Undying Core is the strongest means of survival.

Once the core is inside the body, it can continuously regenerate. The more ferocious insects there are and the stronger the insect essence, the faster the regeneration speed will be.

If a person is completely destroyed, as long as Su Yan has planted an indestructible core on any of the lower-level ferocious insects, Su Yan can extract its flesh and blood from behind it and regenerate it.

As long as Su Yan can continue to condense his core and the ferocious insects are scattered all over the world, then theoretically speaking, Su Yan is an unkillable monster.

Su Yan muttered to himself, a hint of regret in his voice: "One core, half of my essence, that's quite a drain."

The core is not without its flaws; the power required to condense an immortal core is enough for Su Yan to extract more than half of it.

Even if Su Yan wanted to refine it, he would probably have to accumulate and solidify it gradually, little by little.

"The old monster will probably come back to check on my condition, leaving me no time to think about anything else. Now that I have two cores, I need to make preparations."

Su Yan narrowed his eyes and immediately entered his sea of ​​consciousness, directly locating the Wind and Thunder Insect.

"Still within the territory of Xizhou Prefecture?"

He couldn't help but frown. For the past month, because Shan Chongfeng was watching him, Su Yan dared not fully use his Insect Sense Seed, for fear that Shan Chongfeng would notice something amiss. As a result, he had not been able to sense the location and situation of the various ferocious insects.

However, he never expected that Long Qiushui was still in the territory of Xizhou Prefecture.

The moment his consciousness entered the body of the Wind and Thunder Insect beside Long Qiushui, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

Long Qiushui's shoulder was stained with blood, and her white dress was already covered with dried blood. She looked cold and disheveled.

"Fellow Daoist Long, you've been running for a month now. Do you really think you can get out of Xizhou Prefecture, or even reach the border army's Demon Suppression Camp?"

A man and a woman transformed into two streaks of black and red light, relentlessly pursuing Long Qiushui.

The man was named Shan Qinghong, and the woman was named Shan Qiulian. They were members of the Shan family in name only, but they had concealed their identities and used every means possible to find Long Qiushui's whereabouts in the town.

From the day he fled, he received orders from his family to hunt down Long Qiushui.

They were all martial artists at the third level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, possessing formidable strength.

Logically speaking, solving Long Qiushui's problem shouldn't be a big problem.

However, Long Qiushui has the Wind and Thunder Insects given to her by Su Yan, so she can escape immediately if she senses anything amiss.

This chase and escape took so much time.

Despite the two relentless pursuit, Long Qiushui didn't even turn her head back, continuing to circle around to the north.

'Once we reach the Demon Suppression Camp, I'll beg my father to intervene and rescue Ayan.'

Long Qiushui's gaze was firm, but the two members of the Shan family could see her resolve.

"Kill her, otherwise the people from the Demon Suppression Camp will get involved prematurely, and we'll be in trouble."

The two, one on the left and one on the right, activated their magical artifacts, bypassing the attacks of the Shadow Sun Ring and Frost Moon Ring, and flew directly towards Long Qiushui.

Long Qiushui looked troubled, just as he was preparing to use his Dharma Form to obstruct the attack.

Suddenly, thousands of poisonous Gu marks appeared on the Wind and Thunder Insect's body, and powerful energy continuously surged into the Wind and Thunder Insect's body.

In the blink of an eye, an indestructible core, imperceptible to ordinary people, immediately entered its body.

At this moment, the Wind and Thunder Insect obtained a powerful and indestructible core, which provided it with a guarantee of strength, allowing it to directly surge into the power of a mature insect.

"Master, you deal with that woman."

When the voice reached Long Qiushui's ears, she was startled and immediately recognized it as a message from her disciple.

Rumble

Before the two members of the Shan family could react, the Wind and Thunder Insect suddenly unleashed a massive bolt of lightning, carrying boundless wind and thunder power, and struck Shan Qinghong.

Before Shan Qinghong could even release his Dharma form, the wind and thunder insects condensed it into wind and thunder blades, instantly piercing through his body.

"I...I'm not reconciled..."

Shan Qinghong felt the immense power of wind and thunder within his body, and looking down, he saw a large, charred hole in his chest.

His body fell from mid-air and instantly lost consciousness.

run!
Shan Qiulian wanted to escape, but Long Qiushui had been hunted for so long that she had long suppressed her endless killing intent.

kill!

With the Sun and Moon Rings around her, she unleashed her full power in an instant, severing Shan Qiulian's head.

The two died, and Long Qiushui almost lost all her strength after such a burst of power.

However, she kept her eyes fixed on the Wind and Thunder Bug and asked urgently, "Where are you now? What's going on?"

Over the course of a month, Long Qiushui's guilt and worry grew day by day.

He was terrified that he would be hunted down and cause Su Yan's tragic death.

"The ferocious insect is my incarnation, and the wind and thunder insect is especially important; with it, I will not die."

Su Yan cut to the chase, and Long Qiushui's pupils contracted immediately upon hearing this: "Where did the Marquis of Zhenshan take you?"

"The Marquis of Zhenshan wanted to refine the dragon vein to break through his cultivation, so he captured me and took me to the Chaotic Rock Mountain. Master, don't worry, you should leave Xizhou Prefecture immediately and report this matter to the Demon Suppression Guard. Afterwards, hide the Wind and Thunder Insects well. As long as the Wind and Thunder Insects are alive, I will not die."

"it is good"

After hastily explaining to Long Qiushui about the Marquis of Zhenshan, Su Yan had already exited the possession state of the Seed of Insect Consciousness.

His consciousness returned to the underground palace, and Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Master should be alright now. There is also an Undying Core. Send it to the Dragon Crystal Ant Queen in Lingnan Prefecture."

Lingnan Prefecture was his stronghold, the safest place, so Su Yan naturally wanted to place the Undying Core there.

The reason they weren't the first choice was because both Nangong Hongyue and the Dragon Crystal Ant Queen were only at the third tier, and might not be able to truly protect the Undying Core.

That's why Su Yan made two preparations.

After doing all this, Su Yan finally turned his gaze to the bronze coffin. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Since the old monster values ​​these coffins so much, I want to see what they are."

"Speak," the Corpse King Worm appeared before him, and wisps of corpse poison quietly emerged, probing towards the coffin.

(End of this chapter)