The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 457 A Thousand-Mile Chase
"Finally dead."

After three days of fierce fighting, Su Yan's condition was not much better.

Half of his body was destroyed by ice shards, the flesh was frozen, revealing the stark white bones, his left arm was broken, and not a single part of his insect armor was intact.

Under the influence of the Undying Core, Su Yan was constantly recovering, and his flesh and blood were rapidly reorganizing. However, compared to the initial speed, the current regeneration speed could be described as extremely slow.

"Most of the Undying Cores are planted in the first echelon, but if the first echelon participates in the great battle and consumes too much, it will actually slow down the regeneration speed."

Su Yan frowned slightly, realizing the problem at this moment.

As time went by, Su Yan would condense half of his origin into an indestructible core every month or so and place it on the first echelon around him, namely the fifth-tier beast kings and sixth-tier demon saints.

The Undying Core can absorb the power of the ferocious insects, accelerating Su Yan's flesh and blood regeneration, thus achieving the effect of immortality.

To a certain extent, it can also draw upon the power of other ferocious insects to accelerate their recovery from injury. Although it is not as powerful as Su Yan's ability, it is still an extremely strong one.

However, when faced with a powerful Martial Saint like the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, none of the ferocious insects that participated in the battle survived intact.

The most physically powerful giants, the Flame God Scorpion and the Frost Mountain Giant Insect, had most of their bodies in disarray, their armor dented, and their limbs broken. Their strength had probably fallen to the early stage of the fifth rank. If it weren't for the Insect Realm Space and the Undying Core, their cultivation level would probably remain here for the rest of their lives.

The Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Insect King is slightly better, after all, it has the strength of a Martial Saint.

However, this battle was worthwhile.

With the death of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, the Extreme Cold Origin immediately became ownerless. In addition, with the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint's current body, which combines the Extreme Cold Insect Demon's body with a large number of rare and precious materials, he was able to greatly increase his strength.

"With the Meteorite Sand in hand, the only thing left for the Ancient Spirit Insect's metamorphosis is the Rift Whale Core. And there's also the life and death energies of the Spring and Autumn Withering and Flourishing Insect."

Su Yan's gaze fell on the mangled body of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint: "It's a good thing for the Extreme Cold Hell Insect."

As he pondered, his flesh and blood gradually grew back, and his strong body, despite the extreme cold and frost, revealed fair skin, unaffected by the harshness.

With a swift movement, Su Yan took the Frost Bee Bag into his hand. After retrieving the fragments from the hands of Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint Wu Su Mu and Ashimu, the portion of the Frost Bee Bag in his hand had already reached the strength of a pseudo-sacred item.

Adding the portion in Su Yan's possession, once the fusion is complete, it will naturally transform into a sixth-tier superior-grade saint-grade Dao weapon.

click
The massive ice layer continued to shatter, spatial rifts began to spread across the sky, the howling winds became even more chaotic, the ground rumbled, and terrifying earthquakes erupted, making the entire secret realm seem as if it had fallen into the apocalypse.

Su Yan frowned: "The secret realm is about to collapse. It seems we shouldn't stay here any longer."

He immediately took the body of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint into the Insect Realm Space. Whether it was devouring the Extreme Cold Origin or its body, given the Extreme Cold Hell Insect's current strength of only the fifth rank, it would probably take a considerable amount of time.

The Insect Sacrifice Secret Realm will soon collapse after losing the support of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, and it simply cannot give him that much time.

Su Yan put away the numerous ferocious insects, allowing them to recover from their injuries more effectively within the insect realm.

After identifying the direction, he immediately flew towards the location of the spatial vortex.

With the death of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint, the entire space is collapsing at an unimaginable speed. The secret realm, spanning tens of thousands of miles, will probably be completely destroyed in three or four days.

The giant vortex was right in front of him. Su Yan passed directly through it, and the secret realm behind him collapsed even faster at the same time he passed through.

In the Xuanbing Dark Sea Rift Valley, Su Yan appeared amidst the vast white canyon. The snow was already tens of meters high, and although the cold wind had subsided slightly, the extreme cold here still made it difficult for most creatures to approach.

The martial artists who had previously ambushed the entrance had already withdrawn. Even martial artists at the Dharma Aspect Realm would find it difficult to endure the extreme cold, so naturally no one could stay there any longer.

As soon as Su Yan came out and roughly determined the direction, he immediately flew towards the outside of the Grand Canyon. In his current condition, he needed a quiet place the most.

As soon as he stepped out of the canyon, a sharp sword aura shot straight at Su Yan. The sword aura was bluish-purple, like a lurking venomous snake, and it pierced through Su Yan's shoulder almost instantly.

Su Yan's body suddenly fell, blood splattering out, and excruciating pain engulfed his entire body. He only stopped falling when he hit the snow.

"A Martial Saint?!"

Beneath the mask, his face was grim. His gaze swept over the direction from which the sword energy came. Three old men dressed in fur coats with thick beards walked through the snow. The one in the middle was the one who had unleashed the sword energy, wielding the Wolf Head Frost Sword.

"You were the only one who came out of the Insect Sacrifice Secret Realm. Where is Huyan Ji?"

The pressure of three Martial Saints enveloped Su Yan directly, and his face was gloomy beneath the mask.

Hu Yanji

Su Yan's eyes were icy cold; without needing to do much deduction, he had already guessed the identities of these three people.

"The secret realm collapsed, and I knew nothing about it."

Su Yan answered in a hoarse voice, while the old man on the left, Hu Yanbao, sneered: "Why ask him? Just arrest him and search his soul."

"Too"

The old man in the middle, Huyan Qingluo, nodded slightly, and immediately reached out his large hand to grab Su Yan, not giving Su Yan a chance to say anything more.

There's no escaping it now.

Su Yan's eyes remained calm, and his figure unleashed a burst of wind and thunder, instantly dodging the enormous void palm print.

Having missed his attack, Hu Yanqingluo let out a soft exclamation, then frowned slightly: "You were able to dodge my attack, it seems you've made it to the end."

As soon as he finished speaking, the murderous aura intensified several times compared to before, which meant that this junior in front of him was very likely to have met Huyan Ji before.

Just as Hu Yanqingluo was about to make another move, he suddenly heard Su Yan laugh.

"If you want Huyan Ji to live, then stop right now."

The three looked on in astonishment, but to their surprise, Su Yan raised his hand and took out something they were extremely familiar with—the Ice Meteorite Bead.

The moment the Ice Meteorite Bead appeared, Hu Yanqingluo, Hu Yanbao, and Hu Yanfeng paused in their movements.

Behind Huyan Bao, the golden image of the Ice Burial Titan faintly appeared, angrily questioning, "What did you do to Huyan Ji?"

Su Yan's shoulder injury healed quickly. He glanced at the three people and said, "I just happened to run into them in the secret realm and captured them. I should have killed them earlier."

"Insanity!"

Hu Yanfeng's mountain-like pressure descended upon Su Yan. How dare a mere Golden Body Realm child be so presumptuous?

Facing the oppressive aura, Su Yan covered his entire body in insect armor, instantly withstanding the pressure. He raised his hand and threw out a small finger, the bloody finger freezing instantly upon landing in the wind and snow.

"Ji'er!"

The familiar bloodline power made Hu Yanfeng's expression change. This was clearly a finger that had just been cut off, which was enough to show that Su Yan had imprisoned Hu Yanji in the spatial weapon or sealed him away.

Only in this way will Huyan Ji be at the mercy of others, like a fish on a chopping board.

Huyan Qingluo's face was ashen as he suppressed his anger: "Release Huyan Ji and I'll spare your life. Otherwise, I'll skin you alive and torture your soul in the extreme cold prison for a thousand years."

"Is this true?"

Su Yan raised his eyes. Although the three Martial Saints, Hu Yanqingluo, Hu Yanbao, and Hu Yanfeng, were furious and wished they could tear the guy in front of them to pieces, Su Yan looked up.

However, Hu Yanji's safety was clearly more important.

Among the Ice Burial Clan, Hu Yanji possesses the purest Ice Burial Titan bloodline of this generation, and is the most likely to receive the complete inheritance of the Ice Burial King in the Ice Burial Plateau, leading the Ice Burial Clan to further advancement. It is precisely for this reason that they absolutely cannot allow anything to happen to Hu Yanji.

Su Yan laughed: "Would you dare swear an oath by your inner demons?"

"Kid, do you really dare to push your luck?"

Hu Yanbao cursed angrily, holding the Ice-Breaking Dragon Marrow Blade in his hand, unable to resist wanting to cut off Su Yan's head.

Just as he was about to make a move, Huyan Qingluo stopped him: "I swear by my inner demons that if you release Huyan Ji, and I kill you, I will never be able to break through to the seventh level of Martial Saint."

This oath clearly involved the use of spiritual power. Obviously, at their level of cultivation, it is entirely possible to distinguish whether an oath is made by someone with inner demons.

"No one is allowed to pursue them within a thousand miles."

Su Yan suddenly threw out a sealed figure, which was completely enveloped by crimson divine bees.

Huyan Qingluo reached out and grabbed the person.

At this moment, Hu Yanfeng and Hu Yanbao suddenly sprang into action, launching two attacks straight at Su Yan's body, intending to sever his left and right arms.

Wind and thunder wings appeared behind Su Yan, and at the same time, the ancient spirit insect's talent was activated, directly tearing through space.

As the two attacked, Su Yan immediately summoned the Ten Thousand Insects Prison Tower.

The Ten Hells will destroy the world!
The layers of hellish energy were instantly blocked by the two's attacks.

The blade pierced through hell, destroying layer by layer as if space itself were collapsing.

Neither Hu Yanfeng nor Hu Yanbao were ordinary Martial Saints; they were old monsters at the fourth and fifth levels of Martial Saint, respectively. Their attack power was no less than that of the Insect Sacrifice Martial Saint.

Although this Hellish technique is a seventh-tier martial skill, it only managed to hinder the opponent's progress to a limited extent.

Bang

The blade finally struck the Ten Thousand Insect Prison Tower, producing a muffled thud, and cracks appeared on the tower.

However, even with this brief moment of obstruction, Su Yan's figure had already entered the space opened up by the ancient insect of the spirit realm, transforming into wind and thunder, and instantly disappearing from the spot.

Hu Yanbao and Hu Yanfeng's expressions darkened slightly, while on the other side, Hu Yanqingluo had just come into contact with the Divine Fiend Bee and was trying to dispel it when it suddenly exploded, with a sky full of fiendish energy and terrifying cold air bursting out.

It enveloped them directly, and the murderous aura was so strong that it invaded their very essence. Even the three Martial Saints hurriedly put away their Dao weapons to prevent this terrifying murderous aura from corroding them. Upon closer inspection, a corpse with a ruptured chest fell on the snow, and its face was clearly not that of Hu Yanji.

"Chase!"

The three of them finally managed to dispel the evil aura, but there was no trace of Su Yan left. Their divine senses swept wildly across the mountains, their soaring momentum even breaking through the entire gray cloud layer.

The three transformed into rainbows, tearing through space and chasing after the direction where Su Yan had disappeared.

"Three old men"

At this moment, Su Yan fully unleashed the Ferocious Insect Transformation, merging with the Thunderwing Holy Spirit Insect and the Ancient Spirit Realm Insect, transforming into wind and thunder, tearing through space, and constantly fleeing.

With three Martial Saints pursuing him simultaneously, he was in such a state that he would likely struggle to withstand even one of them, let alone all three.

The ferocious insect was severely injured and its true energy was depleted, leaving it with no strength to fight.

With each spatial jump, Su Yan traversed thousands of miles. If it were an ordinary martial artist, he would have left them far behind. However, the ones chasing after him were three martial saint realm martial artists.

Those at the Martial Saint realm can open up space; traversing space is their inherent ability.

Even though Su Yan had the initial advantage, he could still sense them following him from a distance, like a venomous snake.

"Let's see how many times you can use your 'Instant Travel a Thousand Miles' skill."

At this moment, Hu Yanqingluo and the other two already knew that Su Yan was using a secret technique. Since it was a secret technique, it was definitely not as powerful as their martial saint abilities. As long as they followed him from a distance, this kid would eventually die.

Su Yan fled all the way, crossing the vast snow-covered mountains and arriving at the far north sea. At this time, the vast sea was covered with icebergs, and wild beasts roared incessantly in the sea.

Such a desolate place is no longer human territory.

At this moment, Hu Yanqingluo's expression also turned grim when he saw him enter the Sea of ​​Death.

"Use a secret technique to stop him, and don't let him enter the old dragon's domain."

"it is good"

The three immediately activated their secret technique, and in an instant, the Dao weapons in their hands tore open a spatial rift, allowing them to travel through it and appear less than a hundred meters behind Su Yan.

Su Yan's expression changed drastically, and he transformed into a whirlwind, dodging to the left.

In a flash, the Dao soldiers attacked, landing directly on a hundred-zhang-tall ice mountain.

The iceberg collapsed with a roar, and large chunks of ice fell into the water, creating huge waves.

Before Su Yan could react, the three Dao weapons were already blocking his way, trying to force him back.

Su Yan turned and ran, disappearing into the space. The three Dao weapons followed closely behind, biting into Su Yan's body.

Seeing that he couldn't shake off the Dao soldiers, and with three Martial Saints rapidly approaching from behind, he realized that he was in trouble.

With a determined look in his heart, Su Yan immediately plunged headlong into the deep sea, tearing through space and instantly entering the ocean floor at a depth of ten thousand meters.

Three Saint-grade Dao weapons broke through the waves and followed closely behind. Su Yan's figure seemed to slow down due to the heavy pressure.

puff
In an instant, the Wolf Head Frost Sword pierced Su Yan's body, while the remaining Ice Dragon Marrow Blade and Soul Hunter Spear flew towards him, which he gripped tightly in his hands. The insect armor on his arms shattered, and blood continuously gushed from the cracks on his body.

Wow
On the three sacred weapons, secret techniques emerged, forming chains that seemed to freeze Su Yan and then bring him back to Hu Yanqingluo and the other two.

Beneath the mask, Su Yan's face showed pain, but a smile played on his lips: "Trying to catch me? It won't be that easy."

The Gold-Devouring Emperor Insect emerged from the Insect Realm and immediately opened its Gold-Devouring Domain. With a cracking sound, its sharp mandibles bit into the Wolf-Headed Frost Sword, creating a crack.

Hundreds of miles away, Hu Yanqingluo's expression suddenly changed: "The origin of the Wolf Head Frost Sword!"

His origin was devoured. Not only him, but also Hu Yanbao and Hu Yanfeng looked grim. They immediately controlled their distant Dao soldiers to break free of the Devouring Gold Domain and rush directly to the water.

Despite being merely a Golden Body Realm martial artist, he somehow possessed the means to directly seize the essence of a Saint-grade Dao Weapon.

The three rushed over at this moment, but they did not expect that in the deep sea, tens of thousands of meters below the surface, Su Yan's aura had already split into three streams, heading straight for the deeper part of the sea.

One of the sea areas is the territory of the Extreme Ice Sea Dragon King, who could be a terrifying demon saint, at least at the level of a Heavenly Demon Saint.

Stop him!

The three dared not pursue with their Dao soldiers any longer, but Su Yan was injured by the Dao soldiers and was obviously slower.

Fortunately, the three tore through space and gave chase, their figures disappearing into the depths of the deadly icy sea.

At this moment, ten thousand meters below the sea, within the Hidden God Banner, Su Yan let out a long breath, his face filled with coldness: "Old man, the Chou Bingzang clan is doomed to suffer this fate."

(End of this chapter)