The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 450 The Metamorphosis of the Giant Mountain Worm

When Su Yan attacked the Uyghur tribe, he directly transformed the Dream-Eating Moon God Worm into the moon hanging high in the sky, pulling the entire Uyghur city into a dream.

The martial artists below the Danqiao realm were completely unaware of what was happening and fell into a deep sleep for three days and three nights.

The martial artists at the Dharma Aspect Realm were somewhat aware of it, but with their abilities, unless they possessed extraordinary treasures, they would find it difficult to escape from the Dream-Eating Moon God Worm's dream.

The three Uyghur elders who remained behind, relying on their Golden Body cultivation, were eager to fight Su Yan.

However, they couldn't get close at all; the extreme cold hellworms, carrying a surging cold current, directly engulfed them.

Despite the difference in strength between the Extreme Cold Hellworm and the Red Dragon Tribe and the Frost Wolf Tribe, Su Yan managed to obtain a considerable amount of rare and precious materials through his successive raids.

In particular, some of the artifacts in the Red Dragon Tribe were originally prepared by Ashimu's Extreme Ice Ancient Worm.

After Su Yan looted everything, these items all benefited the Extreme Cold Hell Worm.

Thanks to his bloodline advantage, his strength naturally improved by leaps and bounds, and he now has the strength of the fourth-tier peak.

Although it would be difficult to directly confront a fifth-tier Golden Body Realm expert, the terrifying cold contained in the Extreme Cold Hell already gives it the ability to deal with such an expert.

"You...who are you?"

The four Uyghur elders were kneeling on the ground, their bodies frozen in ice, though they were not yet dead.

"Why are you all going to search for that secret realm? Don't you know who I am?"

Before Eagle Peak, the four elders of the Uyghur tribe stared wide-eyed as Su Yan's reply shattered their last shred of hope.

This person is indeed the successor of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, otherwise he would not have such the ability to control insects and manipulate endless cold air.

The spiritual veins of Eagle Peak continued to devour the mountain, causing it to collapse repeatedly. The roar of the avalanches almost drowned out everything.

"It's time to hit the road."

Su Yan waved his hand, and the swarm of ice-melting insects surged up and climbed onto their bodies.

"Spare the other warriors of Uyghur City, and I'll tell you something."

A glimmer of hope appeared in the eyes of Wujinluo, the Great Elder of the Uyghur tribe.

The man before them was far stronger than them. If he went berserk and decided to slaughter the entire tribe, the entire Uyghur tribe would likely be wiped out.

"Are you referring to the location of the Insect Sacrifice Secret Realm, or some other information?"

Su Yan merely raised his eyes slightly. Beneath the cold mask, his calm gaze was like a knife held to Wu Jinluo's neck, filling him with fear.

"It's news about the Xuanbing Dark Sea Rift Valley. We received information that although the place appears to be an uninhabited area, it was secretly controlled by a branch of the Ice Burial Tribe in the early years due to fluctuations in spiritual energy. They have only relaxed their control a little in recent years."

The Uyghur tribe no longer had any bargaining chips to negotiate with Su Yan. The Grand Elder could only hope that Su Yan would let the Uyghur tribe go after receiving the news.

Su Yan's eyes flickered slightly; this news was truly unexpected.

"Fellow Daoist, could you please spare the women and children of my clan?"

"I will only kill a few of you."

"Thank you, fellow Taoist."

The four looked sorrowful, but could only offer their thanks with grief.

As soon as the voice fell, the four of them instantly turned into ice sculptures and fell completely silent.

The Ice Burial Tribe has actually extended its reach to the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint's Secret Realm. Not to mention the Uyghur Tribe, even Ashim and his people might not be able to get away with it in the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint's Secret Realm.

"It's a good opportunity to find out more about the Ice Burial Tribe."

However, for Su Yan, this was an opportunity to get closer to the Ice Burial Tribe.

Time passed slowly, and after three days, the giant mountain worm's enormous body finally crushed the entire Eagle Peak, devouring all the spiritual veins and drawing in spiritual energy from hundreds of miles around.

The giant mountain insect transforms into a cocoon and gradually begins to molt.

After so many days, the tremendous changes in the Blood Dragon, Frost Wolf, and Uyghur tribes have finally begun to spread, throwing the southern tribes into chaos.

The surviving Golden Body Realm experts of the Frostwolf Tribe finally spread the news of the successor of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint.

Almost all of the eight northern barbarian states were shocked by this news.

Although the Martial Saint who sacrificed himself to the Insect Sacrifice was only at the sixth level of Martial Saint back then, the extreme cold energy and the countless cold insects could cause destructive power that was absolutely at the level of a natural disaster.

Such a martial saint is enough to slaughter an entire state or prefecture, and no one is unafraid of such an existence.

The Dali Dynasty is currently at war with the Northern Barbarians, and suddenly his successor has appeared.

Moreover, he annihilated three Golden Body Realm experts from three different races with a single move. Such a ferocious style inevitably reminds people of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint of yesteryear.

Amidst the internal strife, an extreme ice disaster erupted, affecting an entire state and killing millions.

The more chaotic the south became, the safer Su Yan would be if he carried the giant mountain insect and hid in other snow-capped mountains.

Deep within the snow-capped mountains, the Five-Tier Dao Soldier Nine-Scale Furnace was continuously refined by the Spirit Fusion Fire, with Su Yan sending one rare and precious material after another into the furnace fire.

"With the Xuanbing Golden Fruit as the core, supplemented by the essence of ten thousand years of ice and the Ice Crystal Snow Heart Lotus... let's call the finished pill the Extreme Cold Golden Crystal Pill."

One after another, sealing techniques were cast into the pill furnace, gathering the power of the pill together. The spiritual energy gathered, and the fragrance of the medicine emerged, like a wisp of purple mist that lingered and never dissipated.

The Nine-Scaled Furnace was obtained by the Upside-Down Temple. It was made from nine subspecies of wild beasts with the bloodline of the Fire Scaled Beast and is a rare treasure among alchemy furnaces.

Now, aiding in alchemy, the effects are naturally remarkable. The nine extremely cold golden crystal pills in the furnace spun around like dzi beads.

Su Yan summoned the Extreme Cold Hell Worm and tossed the nine Extreme Cold Golden Crystal Pills to it with a wave of his hand.

The Extreme Cold Hell Worm opened its mouthparts and swallowed the food directly into its belly. In the blink of an eye, its aura increased wildly, and it began to break through to the level of a fifth-tier beast king.

The Extreme Cold Golden Crystal Pill is considered a top-grade fourth-tier pill, and all nine are of superior quality, so its medicinal effects are quite potent.

Now that they have all been devoured by the peak fourth-tier extreme cold hellworms, the medicinal power they unleash is naturally extraordinary.

At this moment, Su Yan activated the Ferocious Insect Technique. The meridians in his body were connected to a part of the Extreme Cold Insect Demon Technique. He began to continuously condense the power of the Ferocious Insect, and a wisp of extremely pure extreme cold power flowed into it and then into the body of the Extreme Cold Hell Insect.

The two forces converged, and in an instant, the bottleneck of the Extreme Cold Hell Worm was broken, successfully advancing to the fifth tier of strength.

【Extreme Cold Hellworm: 1/400 (Mature Stage)】

"A fifth-tier beast king, capable of fighting against a Golden Body Realm martial artist, makes my identity as the successor of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint even more fitting."

As they spoke, the cocoon of the giant mountain worm broke open, and a huge creature emerged from it.

[The Giant Mountain Worm successfully devoured the molted creature and transformed into the Frost Mountain Giant God Worm.]

The Frost Mountain Giant Insect is a massive 400 zhang in size, almost the same size as the Giant Flame God Scorpion. Its entire body is covered in a solid, ice-blue carapace, resembling an iceberg. Its terrifying chill is enough to freeze everything. Its mountain-like form is like a terrifying ancient giant that has emerged from an ancient glacier.

"Sixth-tier Saint-grade bloodline, peak fifth-tier strength..."

Su Yan's lips curled up, and he was unexpectedly happy. The original bloodline of the Giant Mountain Worm was already powerful enough, and the first transformation upgraded the bloodline to the sixth-order holy grade.

Moreover, its strength has already reached the peak of the fifth rank. It should be noted that this Frost Mountain Giant Insect is a sixth-rank bloodline giant spirit. The strength of giant spirit beasts far surpasses that of ordinary wild beasts and martial artists. Its peak fifth-rank strength can probably even hold its own against a Martial Saint.

Not to mention Su Yan's assistance, which is enough to allow the Frost Mountain Giant Worm to unleash even greater combat power.

Along with the breakthrough of the Frost Mountain Giant Insect, Su Yan's Insect Lord level also increased significantly.

[Tier 5 Insect Lord: 823153/1000000]

"Only the Spirit Realm Ancient Insect and the Spring and Autumn Period Withering Insect are missing..."

Su Yan had a premonition that the sixth-order insect lord would obtain a revolutionary characteristic, and that would reveal a glimpse of the ferocious insect cauldron's true power.

"The physical body and bones of the insect skeleton, the spirit and soul of the insect consciousness seed, the bloodline blessing and bloodline enhancement, the indestructible core and the rebirth of flesh and blood—the individual's foundation has been fully forged. The next characteristic will likely surpass all of these..."

The Frost Mountain Giant Worm opened its mouth wide and devoured the surrounding snow mountain spiritual veins. Although it wasn't much, it slightly alleviated the hunger it had just experienced after its metamorphosis.

Su Yan put it away and flew straight north. It was time for him to visit the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint Secret Realm.
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In the Xuanbing Dark Sea Rift Valley, howling winds mixed with ice shards and snowflakes swirled down.

The sheer frigid temperature, enough to freeze anyone instantly, and the icicles as sharp as knives, are enough to deter martial artists below the Danqiao realm.

A massive spatial rift, resembling a vortex, appeared within this glacial rift valley, spanning tens of thousands of meters.

The spiritual energy kept gathering, and the terrifying blizzard in the entire area was caused by this spatial vortex.

Such a commotion naturally attracted the martial artists from the eight northern barbarian states, especially the four northernmost states: Binggeer State, Nuoertu State, Agtai Bing State, and Helinhe State.

Ashimu, one of the successors of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, was among the first to arrive, but now the group is being blocked outside the Grand Canyon by the Ice Burial Tribe.

"Huyan Naro, what is the meaning of your Ice Burial Tribe?"

Ashim questioned in a deep voice, while the old man blocking their way looked at Ashim and sneered, "What do you mean? This is a secret realm discovered by our tribe. If you want to go in, wait until our people come out first."

Ashim's expression changed slightly, and the Northern Barbarian warriors who arrived at this time also looked grim.

Once the Ice Burial Tribe members emerge, it's hard to say what will remain in this secret realm.

"Ice Burial Tribe, you are so domineering. Do you really think that the Ice Burial Tribe is the royal court of the Northern Barbarians?"

Some people, unable to contain their anger, responded coldly.

Huyan Naluo of the Ice Burial Tribe's face darkened: "Geshumuwu, are you dissatisfied with our Ice Burial Tribe?"

Geshumuwu's head of black hair was covered with thick snow. His pupils were pitch black, and his aura of the Golden Body Realm soared into the sky, like an eagle in the cold winter, fearless and dignified.

"I naturally hold the Ice Burial King of the Eternal Heaven in the highest esteem, but as for his descendants, well..."

He snorted and then said, "If this is a secret realm that you value, why is there not a single Martial Saint here? Moreover, I heard that it was the people of the Central Plains who opened the secret realm first."

Huyan Naluo pressed forward with imposing aura, and the Golden Body Realm warrior beside him also connected his aura with his, trying to suppress everyone.

The two men secretly sensed something was wrong. There were already no fewer than twenty Golden Body Realm warriors on the field, including people from various tribes, and even more Dharma Aspect Realm warriors.

If it weren't for the reputation of the Ice Burial Tribe, and the fact that there was indeed a small camp set up outside the canyon with traces of formations, it would probably have been breached by now.

'As long as the clan's Martial Saint arrives, then the inheritance of this Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint...'

click
Suddenly, an ice collapse occurred in the canyon, with large chunks of ice falling down. The entire spatial vortex expanded at a visible speed, instantly engulfing a large number of martial artists.

good chance!
Upon seeing this change, Ashim immediately activated the Frost Bee Bag, and his figure followed the cold current, directly rushing into the secret realm.

"Now!"

Someone shouted, and instantly all the Golden Body Realm warriors charged forward, one after another. The sudden situation made the name of the Ice Burial Tribe no longer useful.

The great conflict had already begun. Even Huyan Naluo dared not act rashly at this point. The person had already entered the room, and killing someone would likely only provoke public anger and would not achieve any effect.

"The idiots who practice cryogenic burial"

A man in a black robe in the crowd revealed a cold smile. Under the cover of the crowd, he stepped into the spatial vortex with the fastest speed. His body was faintly emitting a blue light, just like Ashim.

……

When Su Yan arrived at the Great Rift Valley, the secret realm had already been open for more than seven days.

The blizzard intensified, and the accumulated snow was enough to bury people.

The howling wind was like a knife, enough to tear a martial artist's skin, but even such extreme weather could not stop martial artists from wanting to compete for the secret realm's opportunities.

"Whizzing"

Several flying figures sped towards them, one after the other, with two young martial artists dressed in fur coats frantically fleeing.

Three martial artists followed closely behind, like hyenas in pursuit, not daring to relax for a moment.

"Hand over the Heavenly Ice Spirit Mushroom, and I'll spare your lives."

"Shuluqi, do you dare swear your words to the Eternal Heaven?"

The young man didn't slow down at all, while the leading elder, Shu Luqi, had a livid face. He snorted coldly, exhaling a puff of white mist from his nostrils: "Seeking your own death."

With a wave of his hand, he immediately unleashed a pale sword light that shot straight towards the two people in front of him.

"Clanging"

Before the sword light could even hit the two of them, it was suddenly crushed by a hand.

what? !

The group was shocked. A black-clad man wearing a cold mask had appeared in front of them without them noticing.

"escape!"

Upon seeing the sudden change, the brothers Bayegu and Bayemu immediately activated their shamanic secret arts, transforming their bodies into a cloud of mist in an attempt to escape.

Their figures instantly grew to a hundred feet tall, but the next moment, a giant hand appeared out of thin air and grabbed them back like chicks.

A terrifying chill emanated from the giant hand, freezing half of his body into an ice sculpture.

The five people were merely Dharma Aspect Realm martial artists, but upon seeing this situation, they knew that the person in front of them was probably a Golden Body Realm expert.

"Please forgive us, senior. We disturbed you with our actions and will leave immediately."

Shuluqi was a seasoned veteran of the Northern Barbarians, and he wasn't one to boast. He immediately slid down and admitted his mistake.

Su Yan glanced at him, and the Heavenly Ice Spirit Mushroom immediately flew out from Ba Yegu's body.

"A fourth-tier top-grade material, not bad at all. Did you come from the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint Secret Realm?"

"Reporting to Senior, I just came out and dared not go deeper."

Su Yan laughed. Shu Luqi was truly afraid of death, and his words also implied that he had gained nothing.

"What's the situation inside the secret realm?"

(End of this chapter)