Chapter 124: Six-winged Blood Centipede
The Blue-scaled Fish Hawk attacked, its aura completely locking onto Su Yan.
Su Yan sneered, his true essence surged before him, and the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon instantly materialized, intercepting the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk.
Sharp Flood Dragon Claws raked across the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk’s wings, instantly piercing several large holes.
The Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon coiled around its body, its immense power completely restraining the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk.
Zhao Jiangbo’s expression changed drastically; he hadn’t expected Su Yan’s Beast Spirit True Intent to be so formidable.
He poured all his true essence into the majestic Blue-scaled Fish Hawk.
In an instant, the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk’s strength surged, blue light emanating from its body, its scales like blades threatening to tear apart the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon.
Su Yan sneered disdainfully. The Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon crushed it like a winch, simultaneously opening its blood-red maw, spewing rolling poisonous mist that completely enveloped the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk.
Sizzle.
Corrosion sounds echoed continuously. The Blue-scaled Fish Hawk’s body was constantly corroded by the poisonous mist, and a large amount of its true essence was consumed. In just one exchange, its form had already become unstable.
“Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish!”
Zhao Jiangbo’s heart sank, his face turning ashen. He shouted for the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish to attack.
Simultaneously, he strode forward, stepping onto the bow of the sailboat. He leaped up and, as he approached Su Yan, unleashed his strength, launching the Black Essence Steel Fork.
Fish Dragon Strike!
This attack from the steel fork was clearly Zhao Jiangbo’s ultimate move. His true essence condensed into a blade, spinning like a drill, heading straight for the Blood Fiend Mother Worm beneath Su Yan.
Waves churned in the water, and the crimson Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish surfaced, leaping up and bringing with it hundreds of water blades, pouncing towards the Blood Fiend Mother Worm.
Su Yan’s expression remained undisturbed. Suddenly, a white stream of light shot out, colliding with the Fish Dragon Strike.
With a clang, the Black Essence Steel Fork’s momentum faltered. The sharp, triple tines suddenly broke off, falling into the water.
Looking at the white figure, it was revealed to be the Gold-Eating Demon Insect, its two wings enhanced with Gengjin Blades.
The palm-sized Gold-Eating Demon Insect clasped a broken tine with its appendages and gnawed at it voraciously, finishing it off in just a few bites.
The white luminescence on its body grew stronger, and the Gengjin Blades on its wings became even sharper by a third.
He actually has strange insects too?!
Zhao Jiangbo’s face immediately turned extremely grim, a bad premonition arising in his heart. He leaped forward to retrieve his Black Essence Steel Fork.
The steel fork in his hand felt lighter; the middle tine had been severed, causing him to reveal a pained expression.
This was a second-order weapon he had forged from submerged Black Essence salvaged from the water, and now that it was broken, it wouldn’t be easy to repair.
“Whoosh.”
Just as he was about to curse Su Yan, the Gold-Eating Demon Insect attacked again, heading straight for his head.
He blocked with his steel fork, brandishing it like a shield, deflecting the attack with a clang.
One insect and one man fought fiercely, causing the sailboat to sway incessantly.
Zhao Jiangbo was held back by the Gold-Eating Demon Insect, their battle raging.
The Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish had already approached Su Yan, its water blades only one or two meters away from him and the Blood Fiend Mother Worm.
Su Yan controlled the Blood Fiend Mother Worm to turn, opening its mouth and spewing forth rolling Blood Fiend energy.
The water currents, already sharp as blades, were intended to cut through this red mist.
However, upon contact, the demonic essence condensed upon them was defiled and rapidly dissipated.
The water blades could no longer maintain their form and turned into flowing water, falling downwards.
The Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish charged alone, its crimson scales and massive, protruding bone structure appearing particularly ferocious.
Even a hundred-man ship could not withstand a collision with its colossal form.
The Blood Fiend Mother Worm pounced, dodging its attacks, its tail hook like a spear, piercing into the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish’s body.
The Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish attempted to land a solid blow, but it had lost its surrounding water blades, and its combat effectiveness in the air was far less than before.
Its appendages braced, and a large portion of the impact force was diffused.
Its tibial scythes swung, and a flash of blade light swept across, leaving two gashes on the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish’s body.
In excruciating pain, the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish struggled incessantly, falling back into the water and stirring up a vast expanse of blood-red.
Enraged, it churned the water and shot several water swords, each about ten feet long, from its mouth.
These attacks were particularly fierce and imbued with even more demonic essence.
Although the Blood Fiend energy could corrode, it could not completely neutralize them.
The Blood Fiend Mother Worm dodged the water sword attacks. Su Yan waved his hand, and a pale figure dropped into the water.
The White Bone Poison Centipede directly pounced towards the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish, its speed even greater than on land.
The Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish, startled, immediately began to fight it, and for a time, it had no leisure to attend to the Blood Fiend Mother Worm.
Su Yan was not surprised and further controlled the White Bone Poison Centipede to stealthily release its venom, polluting this stretch of water.
Before its advancement, the White Bone Poison Centipede was an Yin Water Centipede, a poisonous creature that lived in water.
Even after its metamorphosis and advancement, its affinity for water had not changed, and when fighting the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish, it would not fall into a disadvantage anytime soon.
Su Yan leaped onto the deck. The Blood Fiend Mother Worm, now free, pounced towards the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish, and together with the White Bone Poison Centipede, they began to surround and attack it.
‘This guy has so many tricks. I must kill him first!’
Zhao Jiangbo observed the situation before him. The Black Essence Steel Fork had knocked away the Gold-Eating Demon Insect, and he saw that the fork was covered in pitted bite marks.
At this moment, filled with both heartache and fury, he strode rapidly towards Su Yan.
He shouted, “Kill him!”
The two to three hundred subordinates in the water stronghold rushed forward, brandishing their weapons.
Su Yan looked up. True essence surged from his body, connecting with the aura of the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon. He bit down, shredding a large portion of the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk’s wing during their struggle.
It violently crushed the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk and, swooping down, instantly overturned twenty to thirty water bandits.
Poisonous mist swirled, continuously corroding them, turning their skin a dark green color as they fell into the water.
Zhao Jiangbo still tried to charge at Su Yan, but the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon raised its dragon arm and grabbed forcefully, forcing him to defend himself with his Black Essence Steel Fork.
With a thunderous clang, he was sent flying backward, nearly falling into the water.
The heavily injured Blue-scaled Fish Hawk swooped in, half of its wing still appearing as mist, not fully healed.
Its sharp eagle claws raked forward. The Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon looked up and spat a mouthful of poisonous mist.
The Blue-scaled Fish Hawk’s attack immediately faltered. Its eagle claws became blurry and disintegrated from corrosion.
The Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon rampaged continuously, beating the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk until it was covered in wounds. Zhao Jiangbo, who had just recovered his strength, looked ashen. The immense drain on his true essence and the mental shock caused his condition to steadily decline.
Before he could adjust his state, the Gold-Eating Demon Insect attacked from his flank.
The attack came suddenly, and Zhao Jiangbo could only hastily block with his Black Essence Steel Fork.
His true essence was not fully imbued into the weapon, and this block was precisely where the Gold-Eating Demon Insect’s sharp mouthparts bit into a gap.
With a clear ringing sound, the Black Essence Steel Fork was severed.
“Quick, save the Gang Leader!”
The commander, who was in the Spirit Nurturing Realm, saw this and rushed to Su Yan’s front, thrusting his steel spear with all his might.
“Overestimating yourself.”
Su Yan’s Mountain Traversing Saber appeared. With a single swing, a blade aura, about ten feet long, swept out, bisecting both the spear and the man.
Blood splashed across the deck, soaking the wooden planks.
Seeing this, the remaining gang members did not retreat in fear but instead charged forward courageously.
Alcohol emboldened them somewhat, but more importantly, it was their inherent ferocity.
The Tianhe Gang originated as water bandits; how could they fear such a battle?
Su Yan let out a cold snort and waved his hand. The Red Armored Mad Scorpion appeared in the water stronghold, standing as a barrier before him.
Clang.
The swords and sabers swung by the water bandits were blocked by its massive claws. It then swung its claws like scissors, severing the approaching water bandits.
Zhao Jiangbo held the upper part of his steel fork in one hand and the handle in the other, using the weapon as a short staff to continuously defend against the Gold-Eating Demon Insect’s attacks.
The clashing sounds of their blows echoed.
Although in terms of pure strength, the Gold-Eating Demon Insect could not suppress him head-on.
However, its small size, the sharpness of its Gengjin Blades, and the fact that metal weapons were countered by the Gold-Eating Demon Insect.
This imbalance left him temporarily unable to break free.
Zhao Jiangbo’s heart grew increasingly anxious: “Who are you?!”
He shouted loudly, showing signs of seeking a truce.
Controlling four insect beasts, and he himself had not yet made a move, yet he had already suppressed a water stronghold. He had underestimated this mysterious person.
Su Yan glanced at him sideways, a cold smile revealing itself from beneath his mask: “You’re getting anxious.”
His cold eyes swept over the continuously charging water bandits. Although they could not harm the Red Armored Mad Scorpion’s hard carapace, their sheer numbers were still annoying.
Furthermore, seven or eight water bandits had leaped into the water, attempting to bypass the dock and directly assault him on the deck.
A killing intent arose in Su Yan’s heart, and he immediately activated the ten thousand Blood Bee eggs stored in his Insect Realm Space.
He released these Blood Bees, which buzzed and transformed into a vast, sweeping cloud of bloody insect mist.
“Wh-what is that thing!”
Some saw this scene and were filled with terror, but they had no time to react.
The insect mist, like a tornado, enveloped everyone in its center.
Sharp mouthparts, like steel needles, continuously pierced the bodies of the water bandits.
Even Zhao Jiangbo found it difficult to block all the attacks at this point.
Several bloody gashes appeared on his body, his blood soaking through his waist sash, making him look particularly disheveled.
‘I have to go all out against him.’
Attacking with separate bodies was no longer viable for the current situation. He immediately recalled the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk and merged with it.
His main body was protected by the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk. He swung the broken fork in his hand, unleashing a blue blade aura that instantly killed hundreds of Blood Bees.
As the Gold-Eating Demon Insect attacked, he opened his left hand, and the Blue-scaled Fish Hawk’s left wing swept out like a blade, blocking the insect with a muffled thud.
“Die!”
Zhao Jiangbo suddenly charged towards Su Yan, but the next moment, the Flood Dragon attacked, and rolling poisonous mist surged towards him.
Zhao Jiangbo swung his blade, attempting to break through the poisonous mist.
Suddenly, a figure flew out of the poisonous mist, the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon accompanying him on the right.
His fist’s power surged, force pouring into it.
Boom!
Fist met dragon bite, like a clap of thunder, shattering the entire deck and sending waves surging over ten meters high.
Zhao Jiangbo desperately wanted to resist, but this blow pierced his beast spirit directly and landed on his chest bone.
Crack.
His chest bone broke, and his internal organs were pierced.
He crashed onto the dock, his body breaking through the wooden planks and embedding halfway into them.
Great gulps of blood surged from his mouth, and his chest was also covered in blood.
“Who… who are you?!”
His voice was incredibly weak. Su Yan walked up to him step by step, glanced down, and stomped on his neck, breaking it.
Wails echoed throughout the water stronghold. Some quick-witted individuals leaped into the water to escape the Blood Bees’ attack.
This method proved effective, as the Blood Bees were reluctant to enter the water, leading to countless imitators.
However, the water was not safe either.
The Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish, sensing its master was in grave danger, desperately fought against the White Bone Poison Centipede.
It was a second-order feral beast of the water, superior to the White Bone Poison Centipede.
Even with the Blood Fiend Mother Worm’s restraint, its current frenzy caused many cracks to appear on the White Bone Poison Centipede’s carapace.
The two fought madly, stirring up water waves like whirlpools.
The water bandits who had gone underwater were swept into them and instantly silenced. Only rolling blood and dismembered corpses emerged from the depths.
Su Yan’s mind stirred, and the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon dived into the water. The next moment, it caused a maelstrom, charging directly at the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish.
This time, the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish had no time to go berserk.
The Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon bit down on the fish’s neck, injecting a massive amount of toxin. The scales and bones crackled and were directly bitten apart.
The White Bone Poison Centipede seized the opportunity to close in, its sharp mouthparts tearing open the fish’s belly and burrowing inside.
The Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish struggled, but it was soon dragged ashore, completely lifeless.
The White Bone Poison Centipede voraciously chewed and devoured its molting material.
The Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon transformed into a body seven to eight zhang long, destroying the entire dock and diving into the water to turn the area into a poison pool.
All the water bandits who had entered the water perished without exception, becoming the souls lost in the water.
By the time the White Bone Poison Centipede finished devouring the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish, its wounds and cracks had completely healed. Although it had not yet metamorphosed, the energy accumulated within its body had significantly increased.
In the entire water stronghold, hundreds of water bandits were left without a single survivor. Those who weren’t had their blood sucked dry by the Blood Bees died, while others who fell into the water were either torn apart or poisoned to death by the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon.
Su Yan stepped into the water stronghold, plundered all the goods stored within, and then, riding on the Blood Fiend Mother Worm, returned to Grindstone Stockade.
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In Grindstone Stockade, Su Yan returned at just the right time.
Wang Cang had purchased a large quantity of poisonous creatures through the Little Mountain Association. Combined with his and San Die Stream’s own accumulated resources, he already had over a hundred types.
The blood pool, which he had instructed his subordinates to excavate, was now filled with feral beast blood and was ready.
The Hundred Poisons Blood Pool was prepared.
Ding Meng and Cai Peng, who had gone to capture the Bat-Winged Eagle, entered Grindstone Stockade just as dawn was breaking, escorting a metal cage.
The cage was about ten feet long and wide, and approximately two meters high, with iron bars as thick as wrists, making it extremely sturdy.
Inside the cage was a severely injured Bat-Winged Eagle, its wings broken and hanging limply, appearing half-dead.
Both Ding Meng and Cai Peng were injured, having been scratched during the fight with the Bat-Winged Eagle, their large wounds still bleeding.
“We did not fail our mission. This beast hunted at night, and we seized the opportunity.”
“Well done.”
Su Yan nodded, then took out the Five Aggregates Pill, whose pill prescription he had modified, and handed it to the two.
“Use this along with your wound medicine, and your injuries will heal faster.”
“Thank you, Lord.”
The two gladly accepted the reward. Seeing them like this, Su Yan mused, “While cultivation pills are necessary, I also need to prepare healing medicine.”
“One Blood Essence Condensing Pill each, and later, I’ll find medicinal herbs for the True Intent Pill to help you advance further.”
Su Yan distributed the Blood Essence Condensing Pills to the five as rewards. Then, in front of them, he released the White Bone Poison Centipede, which directly burrowed into the cage and began to devour the Bat-Winged Eagle.
The Bat-Winged Eagle was no match for the Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish. In just half an hour, it was completely devoured.
Visibly, the White Bone Poison Centipede’s pale bone carapace became more lustrous, and the power within its body became more apparent, as if it could burst out at any moment.
After devouring two molting materials, Su Yan controlled the White Bone Poison Centipede and entered the Hundred Poisons Blood Pool.
The dark red blood pool churned, and the White Bone Poison Centipede was completely submerged. Soon, the blood from the pool gradually converged towards its body, being absorbed bit by bit.
【 The White Bone Poison Centipede devoured the molting materials Blood Bone Flood Dragon Fish and the Bat-Winged Eagle, as well as the Hundred Poisons Blood Pool, metamorphosing into a Six-Winged Blood Centipede. 】
【 Six-Winged Blood Centipede 1/100 （ Nascent Stage ） 】
