The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 456: Old Man
The two men reacted completely differently after their initial probing move.

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint's aura was low, and his skeletal face was terrifyingly gloomy.

Su Yan smiled, because the details he had observed while hiding near the ice shards were indeed correct.

From the moment it was revealed, the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint never moved its body even slightly during any of its attacks. Apart from the special tentacles used for attacks, its root system was mostly rooted in this ice cave, extending endlessly, and possibly even reaching the entire Insect Sacrifice Secret Realm.

"The Insectoid Puppet Technique, using your Extreme Cold Insect Demon as a body, and with the continuous extraction of Extreme Cold Essence from the entire Secret Realm, has allowed you to survive until now. Now, you probably can no longer leave the Secret Realm."

With each word Su Yan spoke, the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint's expression grew increasingly grim.

He said in a somber tone, "Once I've taken your bodies, I can naturally leave."

As the voice faded, a terrifying chill swept through the entire ice cave like a vortex. Hundreds and thousands of tree roots and vines struck towards Su Yan, a full-fledged Martial Saint attack. Even without the terrifying power of a Martial Saint at his peak, the attack was still far beyond what a newly-broken Martial Saint could match.

"Then let's go all out!"

The second time facing a Martial Saint, the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint was not like Batur, a mediocre person who was stuck at the first or second level of Martial Saint for his entire life, but a being who had the potential to step into the Tongtian Martial Saint, or even the Eighth Heaven Legendary Martial Saint.

Even though it's incomplete now, with flaws in its martial arts and unable to move, it's not something that can be easily dealt with.

Su Yan released all his ferocious insects: Blood Prison Demon Centipede, Nine Fiend God-Eating Insect, Void Shadow Spider, Gold-Eating Emperor Insect, Dragon Vein Ancient Insect, Thunderwing Holy Spirit Insect, Spirit Realm Ancient Insect, Spring and Autumn Withering Insect, Dream-Eating Moon God Insect...

Even the Ice-Sea Rift Mantis, the Frost Soul Butterfly, and the Black Ice Three-Headed Centipede, which had just been contracted, were released by Su Yan.

The sheer number of ferocious insects appearing together released their aura, instantly resisting the oppressive force of the Martial Saint's domain.

Even the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint was shocked by the man's skill.

After a moment of astonishment, he burst into laughter: "Hahaha, such a top-quality bloodline insect beast is worthy of my return to the peak."

As he spoke, he immediately intensified his attack, and the extremely cold beam shot straight at Su Yan.

The Frost Mountain Giant Insect stood like a fortress, blocking the way. The extreme cold did not cause it much damage, and its mountain-like body firmly held the line between the two.

The giant fire scorpion charged forward, swinging its fiery pincers to force the tentacles back. With its gaping maw, a pillar of fused spirit fire surged forth, heading straight for its face.

The tree roots and tentacles converged, forming azure ice layers at their tips. The circular ice layers formed a shield, blocking the pillar of molten spirit fire.

Even the unmelting ice was melting continuously under the high temperature of the Spirit-Melting Fire Pillar, dripping out large amounts of water droplets.

Water droplets fall onto the ice surface and are instantly frozen again.

The clash between ice and fire generated a large amount of water vapor, turning the entire space into a white expanse.

"Although you possess the body of a giant spirit, do you think you can contend with a Martial Saint with that? Are you underestimating me?"

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint's enormous insect tail swept across, its powerful force directly colliding with the Giant Flame God Scorpion and the Frost Mountain Giant Insect.

The rumbling sound was like a mountain collapsing. The two massive, mountain-like beasts swayed violently, their hard shells cracking instantly, gushing out large amounts of blood.

A martial saint is a martial saint after all. Faced with absolute power, even a giant beast would find it difficult to truly contend with him and achieve a battle beyond its level.

"One at a time won't work."

Su Yan did not expect the Giant Spirit Flame God Scorpion and the Frost Mountain Giant God Insect, despite their top-tier bloodlines, to be able to overpower the Martial Saint.

He immediately controlled the Blood Prison Demon Centipede to unleash the Blood Prison, which enveloped the entire Blood Cave. Blood energy permeated the air, and the blood, which should have been frozen by the extreme cold, remained liquid under the control of the Blood Prison Demon Centipede, resembling countless red snakes attacking the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint.

Under the shroud of the Blood Prison, the blood carrying the power of the curse began to corrode, forcing the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint to be distracted in resisting this blood.

However, Su Yan's actions were not yet finished. After the Dragon Vein Ancient Worm landed on the ground, it instantly activated its control over the earth's power and simultaneously blessed all the ferocious insects with its fortune. The ferocious insects received the blessing and their power immediately began to increase. In particular, the injuries on the two giant spirit beasts were rapidly restored at this moment.

The Gold-Devouring Emperor Insect fully activated its Gold-Devouring Domain, and the Nine Fiend God-Eating Insect released its source of fiendish energy, which enveloped the entire area like a red mist.

The Void Shadow Spider, Thunderwing Holy Spirit Insect, Spirit Realm Ancient Insect, Spring and Autumn Withering and Flourishing Insect, and Dream-Eating Moon God Insect all fully activated their talents, and with their combined effects, the ferocious insects under Su Yan's command reached a terrifying level.

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint's expression grew increasingly grim as attacks rained down upon him. His Extreme Cold Domain attempted to expand, carrying the power of rules, in a quest to suppress and kill Su Yan.

However, each time, Su Yan and the ferocious insects combined their strength to resist.

Even with each defense, cracks would appear on the bodies of the Giant Flame God Scorpion and the Frost Mountain Giant Insect, and Su Yan's ferocious insects were still at a disadvantage.

However, failing to break through the ferocious insect's attack and kill Su Yan on the spot, and to seize the Frost Bee Bag from his body, was a great humiliation for the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint.

However, Su Yan's formidable strength caused trouble for Hu Yanji, Hu Yannaluo, and Wu Sumu.

They were also fighting against the tentacles of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint. Even though they were only at the Golden Body Realm, and even among the most outstanding Golden Body Realm warriors, it was difficult for them to fight against opponents of higher levels.

They used every means at their disposal, only managing to hold on when the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint focused more attention on Su Yan.

But now, Su Yan has adopted an even more powerful stance, blocking the attack of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint in one fell swoop.

At this moment, the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint was cursing inwardly. If his body could move at will, with the Martial Saint's posture and agility, how could Su Yan have stopped him so easily?

Then, the tentacle-like roots and vines attacked the group relentlessly, especially Wusumu and Huyanji.

隆隆
The Xuanbing Meteorite was shattered instantly. Before Huyan Ji could react, Huyan Naluo was entangled by tree roots. The sharp roots pierced through his body in an instant, and his flesh and blood were being rapidly devoured.

"Fellow Daoist, save me! Otherwise, even you cannot defeat him!"

Huyan Ji did not go to save Huyan Naluo, but instead rushed directly towards Su Yan's location with Na Wusu Mu.

They had already realized that only Su Yan had the ability to briefly contend with a Martial Saint.

The two were certain that Su Yan would come to their rescue in order to survive.

"I've set my sights on both of you, with your physiques and talents. Don't even think about escaping."

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint pursued them, and thousands of vines, like a swarm of snakes, kept rushing towards the two of them.

The two looked anxious and tried to stop it, but even with the power to shatter mountains, they were unable to blast the tentacles into pieces.

Just then, the Gold-Eating Emperor Beetle unleashed a sharp slash, blocking the tentacle.

Huyanji and Wusumu were overjoyed and shouted in celebration.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for escaping this place. My Ice Burial Tribe will certainly repay you handsomely."

"Fellow Daoist, be careful of the power of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint. He is probably only at the fourth level of Martial Saint. If we escape, we will definitely invite you to be an honored guest of our Heavenly Dog Tribe."

Just as the two were about to cross the ferocious insects and reach Su Yan's side, the sky suddenly darkened, and when they looked up, they saw a terrifying ancient tower exuding a fierce aura.

not good!

Their expressions changed drastically, but it was too late. A terrifying sealing power emanated from the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower, instantly enveloping their entire bodies.

The power was sealed, and countless chains of ferocious insects bound them before dragging them into the tower.

"You, how dare you? I am the young master of the Ice Burial Tribe!" Hu Yanji cursed, never expecting Su Yan to attack them directly.

"I almost forgot about you guys. If this old guy gets his puppet clone, he'll be a tough opponent."

Su Yan knew that the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint possessed the Insect Man Puppet Technique, so he wouldn't be so worried if it were only the first half.

However, the extremely cold insect beast puppets seen upon entering the Insect Sacrifice Secret Realm, and the current appearance of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, may have already enabled the modification of the Martial Saint realm's clone puppets.

If the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint were to obtain a flexible and mobile clone, Su Yan would not need to fight at all.

Being at the fourth level of the Martial Saint Realm, and still inside the ice cave—which is essentially the opponent's home ground—is practically the same as being dead.

"Damn guy!"

Enraged, the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint unleashed a full-force attack.

Su Yan frowned. This attack was more than twice as strong as before, and he probably couldn't withstand it head-on.

With a thought, he shouted, "Ferocious Insect Universe!"

The image of the Insect Lord God appeared behind him, and at the same time, strange phenomena of the ferocious insect universe emerged. The stars in the sky gradually corresponded with the ferocious insect, and their powers were linked together at this moment.

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint was astonished, his hoarse, cold voice filled with disbelief: "How could you possess such abilities?"

The ferocious insects that were much weaker than him were just scattered soldiers. Even if they were just practicing and taking turns fighting, they would always have a chance to attack the weakest ones.

However, now that the power of the ferocious insects is interconnected and completely based on the ferocious insect universe, their power is no different from that of a Martial Saint.

"It's my turn."

Su Yan looked up and suddenly a shadowy figure appeared from within the ice shards. The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint was currently fighting against the ferocious insects and was completely unable to spare any attention.

In an instant, the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Insect King bit off a quarter of a human's body, almost destroying his soul.

"How could you possibly possess a sixth-tier sacred insect? How is that possible?!"

It was a sudden, severe blow, or damage to both the soul and the body.

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint was directly blasted away by the Frost Mountain Giant Insect, and his entire body fell into a deep pit.

He struggled to break free, his eyes bloodshot, staring intently at Su Yan: "Kill...kill! Your body is mine!"

The extreme cold domain opened, instantly freezing the Blood Prison Heavenly Demon Centipede's Blood Prison Ice. The ice surged like a tide, instantly injuring the foremost Giant Spirit Flame God Scorpion. Even the Star Shadow Demon Spider, which was slightly closer, had its shadow-like web frozen, and even Star Shadow Demon Spider itself suffered considerable damage.

Su Yan's face darkened: "The fusion is incomplete, and once the soul is damaged, it goes mad?"

He took a deep breath, watching the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint launch an attack with his tentacles flailing wildly like a vortex of icy air, a fighting spirit shining in his eyes.

"Let's give it a try then."

The Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Insect King summoned countless souls and charged towards the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, while a host of ferocious insects also launched an attack on him.

Each attack tore terrifying cracks in the ice cave.

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint has gradually become obsessed and insane. He has made up his mind to seize Su Yan's powerful physical body and his bloodline talent for controlling insects.

Therefore, the attacks became increasingly ferocious. Apart from the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, any insect that was attacked by the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint would be severely injured.

Su Yan controlled the Ten Thousand Insects Suppressing Prison Tower with the Insect Lord God form, unleashing the Ten Hells Annihilation Technique. The Five Hells served as the strongest defense, which blocked a large number of attacks.

The battle grew increasingly fierce, and time continued to pass.

The ice cave shattered with a deafening roar, exposing the tree roots that had penetrated deep underground, which now resembled pulsating blood vessels that pierced the depths of the Insect Sacrifice Secret Realm.

The ice layer continued to collapse. Su Yan flew onto the giant fire scorpion and the frost mountain giant worm: "Let's go, the ice layer is about to collapse."

The giant fire scorpion unleashed a pillar of molten fire, instantly melting a large amount of solid ice.

Su Yan charged forward with the ferocious insects. Under the bombardment of the boulder, the insect sacrificial martial saint's head became increasingly frenzied. It tore off its roots, and its figure resembled a mad black wolf, relentlessly chasing after Su Yan.

Through the thousands of meters of sloping tunnel, the two of them reached the surface in less than ten breaths.

The biting winds grew even more violent, and no more extreme cold insects or beasts appeared to suddenly attack the adventurers who entered the secret realm.

Right now, there is only one Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint who seems to have gone mad and yearns for immortality.

Your body is mine.

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint launched an attack. This time, he began to move, and his speed was so fast that he arrived in front of Su Yan in an instant.

The Ten Hells Will Destroy the World!

Layer upon layer of hellish forces blocked his path, bombarded by the Ten Thousand Insects Suppressing Hell Tower, barely managing to stop the attack.

Su Yan was sent flying backward, smashing through a large amount of ice.

Roar!
The Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Insect King, the Giant Flame God Scorpion, and the Frost Mountain Giant Insect attacked, blocking the path of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint.

Su Yan emerged from the ice cave, where the ferocious insects were already locked in a fierce battle with the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint.

The ferocious insect has transformed!
Seeing this, Su Yan silently recited the "Ferocious Insect Transformation" mantra. At that moment, the Nine Fiend God-Eating Insect, the Void Shadow Spider, the Blood Prison Heavenly Demon Centipede, and other ferocious insects merged into his body.

The insect armor grew increasingly ferocious, its size expanding continuously until it merged with the insect lord god.

Su Yan's aura instantly rose to the peak of the Golden Body Realm, and his combat power was already infinitely close to that of a Martial Saint.

The Great Devouring True Demon Palm!
Su Yan directly attacked, sending the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint flying. His body shattered, revealing an even uglier, fleshy body.

Extreme cold storm!

The Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint roared like a demon, his eyes now completely bloodshot, having lost all human reason.

Su Yan's expression became even more composed. Without saying a word, he unleashed the Ten Hells Annihilation and Great Devouring True Demon Palm techniques, joining forces with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, the Giant Spirit Flame God Scorpion, and the Frost Mountain Giant God Insect to besiege the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint.

This fight lasted for three days and three nights.

The howling wind and snow engulfed the entire secret realm. Without the control and support of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, the secret realm collapsed.

At this moment, the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint was no longer as frenzied as he had been three days ago. One-third of the insect's body had been severed, and the human remains consisted of only a head.

The ancient ice crystal tree behind it suffered the least damage, but the insect's entire body no longer had any tentacles or roots left.

Holding the Myriad Insects Star-Eating Sword, Su Yan flew to the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint and pierced his heart with a single strike: "It's time to end this."

(End of this chapter)