The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 403 Chaos in the Witchcraft Sect
[Tier 5 Insect Lord: 200000/1000000]

A surge of powerful insect energy flowed into Su Yan's body, and the Heavenly Gang Demon Suppression Scripture, the Ferocious Insect Technique, and the Extreme Cold Insect Demon Art within him began to operate simultaneously, continuously enhancing Su Yan's physical strength and power.

Although he was still at the sixth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, his cultivation gradually became more perfect as the ferocious insect continued to break through.

"Roar"

Having completed its transformation, the Giant Flame God Scorpion was now like a fiery black hole. After opening its blood-red maw, it completely sucked up the Hundred-Mile Crimson Cloud Marsh Secret Realm.

The fire spirit completely devoured everything, and all the flames in the secret realm became part of its body. The blue flames constantly changed, faintly carrying a crimson glow.

At this moment, the Giant Flame Scorpion had fully expanded its body, rising from the ground to a height of four hundred feet. Its entire body was covered in blue and red armor, with flames flowing across its surface. Each scorpion leg was like a pillar supporting the sky, its tail behind it resembled flames, and its two pincers were like two burning suns.

Flames became everything to it, and wherever it went, its entire body had long since turned into lava.

A fifth-tier beast king with pseudo-saint-grade bloodline.

Su Yan sensed the power of the Giant Flame God Scorpion and couldn't help but show joy on his face.

With the breakthrough of the Giant Flame God Scorpion, he now controls two Beast Kings, which are enough to rival most Golden Body Realm experts. Moreover, they are both pseudo-saint-grade bloodlines, and their combat power is among the strongest of the Beast Kings.

"Next is the Witch King's Cave..."

The treasury of Zhurong Cave was ransacked by Su Yan. The Divine Fiend Locust obtained the fiendish energy and blood essence of tens of thousands of people in this tribe, the Soul-Devouring Worm obtained the soul essence of tens of thousands of people, and the Giant Mountain Worm devoured the Crimson Cloud Mountain Range, which was known as the Crimson Cloud Marsh. The once towering mountain was now empty, as flat as a plain.

This looting is something even a barbarian invasion couldn't have accomplished to this extent.

Su Yan removed the Demon-Imprisoning Nine Dragons Cover and the Concealing God Banner, and immediately headed towards the Witch King's Cave with his Wind and Thunder Insect avatar.

……

"who is it!"

Not long after Su Yan left, several long rainbows fell upon the Zhu Rong Cave.

When the red-haired giant saw the Zhurong Cave, which was completely empty, barren, and whose hilltop had been leveled, his overwhelming rage was enough to kill.

"The fire spirit has vanished, but the lava here seems to have just appeared. Wu Yan, calm down. That person just left not long ago; we have a chance."

The burly, dark-skinned man standing nearby looked grave and immediately spoke up to offer advice.

"Teng Wan helped me kill the thief who attacked my Zhurong Cave."

Wu Yan gritted his teeth, while Teng Wan looked solemn as he glanced at the three people beside him. Wu Sha, Yin Tieluo, and Lan Baihua all had the same expression.

At their level, even without directly fighting Su Yan, the remaining imposing aura indicated that the person who attacked Zhu Rong Cave was likely a master, and such masters are often difficult to deal with.

Lan Baihua frowned: "Wu Yan, calm down. Your Zhu Rong Cave still has Wu Zheng and Yan Jia Huo Shen Mo to guard it, but they were both dealt with silently. How can such opponents be easy to deal with?"

Wu Yan calmed down a bit and gritted his teeth: "Return to the Witch Cave and ask the sect leader and the ancestor to seal off the Hundred Caves of the Witch Clan!"

The group rushed to the Witch Cave, and soon news of the attack on the entire Zhurong Cave spread throughout the Hundred Caves Witch Clan.

All the caves and tribes began mobilizing their warriors and entered a state of high alert.

Only one tribe was already too late.

Outside the Witch King's Cave, the pitch-black Nine Dragons Imprisoning Demon Cover sealed off the entire core cavern of the Witch King's Cave.

The Hidden God Banner concealed this terrifying celestial phenomenon.

At the heart of the Witch King's Cave, three elderly men in Dharma forms, along with a hundred-headed centipede, were on high alert.

"Fellow Daoist, why must you exterminate them all? Although my Witch King Cave also attacked the Beast King Sect, it was on the orders of the Hundred Caves Witch Clan, not out of our own volition."

Su Yan smiled, and the old man with the green face opposite him wanted to explain, but was interrupted by his laughter. Tuoba Luo's face turned gloomy.

"You think I'm here to joke with you?"

Su Yan raised his eyes, his gaze icy cold, and said, "I'll give you a chance, otherwise you won't even have a chance to make a move."

"Activate the Panwang Formation and slay this fiend!"

Tuoba Hun roared and immediately activated the grand formation of the entire Witch King Cave. Several beams of light shot into the sky, followed by several pillars of light. Three special skeletal artifacts flew from the three of them and formed a skeletal monster wielding a bone axe.

In a short period of time, the monster's aura continued to grow, constantly approaching the level of a Golden Body Realm martial artist.

Panwang creates the heavens!
The three were of the same bloodline and had cultivated together for many years, controlling the great formation. Now they were in perfect harmony.

With their combined attack, they unleashed a strike powerful enough to split a mountain in two.

Su Yan remained still, but the Giant Flame God Scorpion had already appeared in front of him.

With a swing of its pincers, the bone axe was sent flying like a thunderbolt.

The terrifying force shattered the formation, and the three Dharma Aspect elders, led by Tuoba Luo, suffered an extremely terrible backlash, with countless meridians in their bodies broken.

The centipede with a hundred heads was terrified and dared not go forward. It turned and flew away into the distance.

so horrible.

The pseudo-saint-level bloodline pressure, along with the innate intimidation of the giant beast, directly terrified the Hundred-Headed Centipede.

"You can't leave."

Su Yan raised his hand and pointed, and the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower appeared behind him, like a mountain, instantly appearing on top of the Hundred-Headed Centipede, and then pressing down on it.

The hundred-headed centipede struggled incessantly, its hundred heads contorted in a ferocious manner, and beams of dark light condensed in its mouth, sweeping towards the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower.

Dark light shone everywhere, but the Tower of Ten Thousand Insects remained unmoved.

bang
The Hundred-Headed Centipede was completely suppressed, its body pressed down beneath the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower.

Su Yan flew to the front of it, looking down at the powerful insect beast that had already reached the late stage of the fourth tier.

"Death, or submission."

Although the Hundred-Headed Centipede is in beast form, its intelligence is fully developed and it is no less intelligent than any martial artist.

It immediately lowered its head, and its divine sense conveyed a sense of submission.

Su Yan unleashed the ferocious insect power from the Ferocious Insect Cauldron between his eyebrows, which instantly entered the body of the Hundred-Headed Centipede.

The enormous body of the hundred-headed centipede trembled incessantly; only as an insect could it know the nobility and domineering nature of this power.

Knowing the terrible consequences of such a force entering its body, it instinctively wanted to resist.

But when he looked up and saw Su Yan, his calm eyes seemed to hide endless killing intent.

Faced with the threat of death, it dared not resist and immediately accepted the force more readily.

Refining the fourth-tier hundred-headed centipede is complete!

[Tier 5 Insect Lord: 250000/1000000]

The Hundred-Headed Centipede is more powerful than the Flame Armor Fire God Moth, and now that it has been refined, it provides even more experience points.

"Owner"

The hundred-headed centipede's mental fluctuations were transmitted; its intelligence remained unchanged, but its mind had undergone a transformation from the inside out.

The ferocious insects under Su Yan's command grow at an extremely fast pace and all possess considerable intelligence, but they have less experience and prefer to maintain a beast-like mindset.

However, if you underestimate them and think of them as mindless beasts, then those who fight against them will suffer a great loss.

How could you?!

The three people who were being utterly defeated by the Giant Flame God Scorpion saw that the guardian beast of the Witch King Cave had been easily subdued by Su Yan.

While being betrayed to their face was certainly painful for them, it also meant that the Witch King Cave tribe could no longer rely on the strength of the Xiangjing realm to protect them.

The Witch King's Cave is finished. Tuoba Luo seemed to still have a last-ditch effort, pleading, "It was us old folks who went to war with the Hundred Caves Witch Clan, it has nothing to do with those clansmen, spare them and I'm willing to hand over the treasure trove of the Witch King's Cave..."

Before Tuoba Luo could finish speaking, Su Yan gently waved his hand, and a dark red hand formed from true essence gripped his neck.

The powerful force made his face turn red, and he was unable to continue speaking.

"I'll give you a chance. If you survive, I'll spare the ordinary people in the Witch King's Cave."

A glimmer of hope flashed in the eyes of the three, but the next moment they felt an extremely terrifying aura rising from Su Yan.

Strands of black energy emerged from all parts of his body, like silk threads, clouds, and mist. When they coalesced together, they vaguely resembled evil spirits, exuding a terrifying power.

Heavenly Gang Demon-Suppressing Scripture - Demon Refining Manifestation

The cultivation of the Heavenly Gang Demon Suppression Scripture involves planting demons in one's mind and body, then suppressing the demons to gain supernatural powers.

The faster one's cultivation progresses, the more tribulations and worldly affairs one experiences, and the less firm one's mindset and will become, the faster one's inner demons will grow.

No wonder Hong Wuji said that none of his three disciples could inherit his mantle.

Only those with great perseverance, talent, and opportunity can reach the other shore by cultivating this technique. Otherwise, the inner demons will eventually grow stronger than you, and the inner demons will suppress your true self, making you no longer yourself.

Therefore, many people practice as if walking on thin ice when they are cultivating themselves, constantly suppressing the accumulation of inner demons.

However, Su Yan did not do that at this time.

On the contrary, Su Yan's background gave him the resources to catalyze his inner demons and witness the power of the Heavenly Gang Demon Refining Technique.

"The Heavenly Gang Refines Demons; this demon is the Blood Embryo Demon."

Su Yan suddenly realized what the first inner demon he had been born was, and instantly countless black energies fell on Tuoba Luo, Tuoba Hun, and Tuoba Gu.

The black energy surged into their bodies, like hundreds of tapeworms constantly devouring their power.

The terrifying feeling of being swallowed up made them pale, as if they would be completely devoured at any moment.

The three tried their best to resist Su Yan's method of catalyzing their inner demons, but they simply didn't have the ability.

The Tower of Ten Thousand Insects appeared above their bodies, with countless chains of ferocious insects crisscrossing and completely sealing their bodies.

At this moment, they were powerless to resist and watched helplessly as their flesh and blood continued to cave in. Soon, the three Dharma Aspect Realms turned into a pile of white bones and fell to the ground.

The billowing black mist coalesced into the shape of a faceless man, whose black mist had transformed into a bizarre, fleshy form.

His aura was extremely strong. After absorbing power and undergoing catalysis, his strength directly surged to the seventh level of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

Blood fetus beetle!
The Blood Fetus Demon's flesh and blood evolved into a dark red insect armor, looking exactly like Su Yan.

He leaped forward, raising his hand to deliver a punch with the force of a mountain, his blow like a collapsing peak, directly striking Su Yan's body.

'This level of strength is far greater than that of a typical Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator.'

Even if Su Yan allowed his inner demons to devour three Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators, he still managed to grow to this level.

However, it cannot be denied that the strength of the inner demon is related to Su Yan's strength. The more he accumulates, the more terrifying the inner demon will be.

"Boom"

Su Yan did not dodge at all. Facing this terrifying punch, he actually strode forward and then threw a punch at it.

The image of the Insect Lord God appeared behind him, and with this punch, half of the Blood Fetus Demon's arm was instantly blown off.

Blood mist filled the air, but the next moment the Blood Fetus Demon's flesh and blood writhed, its left arm flesh and blood transformed into a sword, piercing directly into Su Yan's heart with lightning speed.

Buzz

The spatial barrier of the world formed by his body blocked this sudden sword strike.

With a single sword strike, the sharpness seemed to subtly pierce through his inner world.

The faceless man's aura became even more violent. His shattered right arm grew back, now with sharp claws, and he reached out to grab Su Yan.

"Physical regeneration?!"

Su Yan seemed to know what the Blood Fetus Demon's supernatural power was: an immortal body that could be reborn from a drop of blood...

The Blood Fetus Demon attacked frantically, each strike containing enough true energy to destroy a mountain.

If it were an ordinary dharma image here, it would probably have been crushed into minced meat long ago.

However, Su Yan didn't even use his own Dao weapon, and directly launched punches at the enemy.

With its insect-like bones and armor, it is even more powerful.

With his flesh and blood regenerated, and possessing an indestructible core, he was no less formidable than the Blood Embryo Demon.

The two continued their attack, and the more times Su Yan shattered the Blood Fetus Demon's body, the more of its essence merged into his body.

Su Yan smashed the Blood Demon's head with a single punch, and blood mist scattered in all directions.

He grabbed the Blood Demon's neck with one hand, and a large amount of flesh and blood continuously flowed into his body.

Flesh and blood are like metal, forging an indestructible body.

"Unfortunately, you've met me. My physical body has been tempered and hardened, making it far more indelible than yours."

Su Yan looked at the Blood Fetus Demon that was slowly being reborn, his gaze as calm as it had been at the beginning.

In the previous exchange, the Blood Demon used the Insect Armor and employed numerous martial arts techniques, including the Lion King Fist and the Hundred Tigers Breaking Army Seal.

Aside from the ability to manifest physical forms, it can be said that Su Yan has mastered many of the physical abilities.

Moreover, many of the attacks were actually techniques from the Witch King's Cave.

If ordinary Dharma Masters were to face such inner demons, they would undoubtedly find themselves in dire straits.

A powerful physical body will constantly consume the true essence and energy of the body.

With flesh and blood constantly regenerating and potentially stealing the host's power, the inner demon gains an even stronger ability to fight for an extended period.

The greater the physical exertion during combat, the more it is consumed, unless there are additional factors affecting it or a strong willpower to fight against its inner demons.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the Blood Immortal Demon will be killed by the Inner Demon at this stage, and the past will be completely lost.

Just as the Blood Immortal was gradually being reborn, a huge roar came.

The tremors, which the Nine Dragons Imprisoning Demons could not contain, were followed by an extremely angry, suppressed, and deep voice that entered the Witch King's Cave from outside.

"Su Yan, you brat, get out here!"

Su Yan calmly turned his gaze to the outside of the Nine Dragons Imprisoning Demon Cover, and raised his eyes slightly: "The Hundred Caves Witch Sect's reaction was not slow, but you are a bit annoying."

As his voice fell, his large hand pierced through the Blood Demon's heart in an instant.

A terrifying suction force emanated from the giant hand, completely engulfing the flesh and blood of the Blood Embryo and merging it entirely into his body.

At this moment, Su Yan's aura surged, his blood and qi soared like a pillar of light reaching the sky.

The Heavenly Gang suppressed the demon, and the Blood Embryo Demon perished.

Refining supernatural powers—the flesh and blood demonic embryo.

Su Yan's black hair danced wildly, his body swirling with blood and qi, fine as hair, revealing a bloodthirstiness and sharpness.

He waved his hand and removed the Nine Dragons Imprisoning Demon Cover. At this moment, outside the Witch King Cave, the experts of the Hundred Caves Witch Clan, led by Helian Ming, had completely surrounded him, their killing intent filling the air, all wanting to tear him to pieces.

(End of this chapter)