Chapter 235: Momentum Takes Shape
“A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. If you go out like this, I’m afraid many people will want to kill you, especially Dan Qiao Realm True Persons.”
Lan Yunyue took over Yuan Yi’s words, while Zhao Mingcheng and Suo Yunyi beside her were also worried.
No one would fear geniuses, after all, those who can break through to the Dan Qiao Realm were once geniuses surrounded by stars.
But Su Yan is different; his strength far exceeds his peers, and each of his Contracted Beasts has the potential to break through to third-order.
If he breaks through, among Dan Qiao Realm True Persons, there would probably be few opponents.
No one wants to leave such an opponent behind.
Back then, Wang Xuanxing was known as invincible among peers in the Dan Qiao Realm. Besides his own Star Constellation Profound Beast Skill, wasn’t he also targeted by others?
As soon as he appeared, peers surrounded and attacked him, and sometimes he had to worry about Dharma Aspect sneak attacks.
Dragged on like this, his lifespan naturally wouldn’t be enough.
Su Yan smiled, however: “If they come, then let them try.”
He showed no fear. He had kept a low profile before because his Fierce Insects hadn’t fully matured yet. No matter how powerful the Six-Winged Blood Centipede, Flame Armored Scorpion, Shadow Horn Spider, and others were, they were ultimately only second-order strength.
Even if invincible among peers, in front of a Dan Qiao Realm, they were still just a minor trouble.
But now it’s different. Not to mention that Troop Devouring Ghost Moth and Rock Demon Ant Queen are both third-order strength, there’s also a third-order Rhinoceros Tiger in his Insect Realm Space, giving him a total of three third-order combat powers.
Moreover, after the Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm, the Fierce Insects under his command are no longer the same.
【Third-order Insect Master 9327/10000】
【True Intent Realm, Spirit Merging Stage 320/400 (Great Accomplishment）】
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【Six-Winged Blood Centipede: 0/4 Metamorphosis Stage】
【Flame Armored Scorpion: 0/4 Metamorphosis Stage】
【Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust: 109/100（Growth Stage)】
【Shadow Horn Spider:121/400（Mature Stage）】
【Troop Devouring Ghost Moth:89/100 (Nascent Stage）】
【Rock Demon Ant Queen:50/100（Nascent Stage）】
Su Yan revealed a confident smile. The times have changed.
After devouring clean the essence blood of thousands of Blood Flood Dragon Evil Beasts, plus the energy accumulated from past cultivation, the Six-Winged Blood Centipede and Flame Armored Scorpion have now completed their accumulation and reached the Metamorphosis Stage.
The Insect Master’s level is also on the verge of breakthrough. As long as the metamorphosis is completed, he will break through to the Dan Qiao Realm and become a fourth-order Insect Master at the same time.
One encounter with wind and rain turns into a dragon. After Dan Qiao, unless a Dharma Aspect True Person personally acts, it won’t be generally difficult to trap Su Yan to death.
At this level, there’s no need to be so timid and shrinking.
Instead, roll up resources like a snowball.
Outside Jing Tian Tower, waves of light continuously spread.
Su Yan completely suppressed the Blood Flood Dragon Evil Beast, such a feat naturally drew the attention of Jing Tian Tower.
A beam of light guided to Su Yan’s front, like a paved light path.
The Jing Tian Tower in his palm was jumping nonstop. Su Yan could feel the agitation coming from within, as if constantly urging him to enter the tower.
Yuan Yi and the others saw this and immediately understood, revealing joy: “Junior Brother, this is Jing Tian Tower actively inviting you.”
Jing Tian Tower suppressing the Blood Flood Dragon originally represented Qin Jingtian’s merit. The challenges and inheritance here rely on the spirits obtained from slaying evil beasts.
Su Yan’s spirits at this time are far more than in previous years.
“Alright, I’ll go over.”
Su Yan nodded slightly, stepped forward, and in the blink of an eye entered Blood Qi Valley.
A domineering pressure like a mountain range came, but on Su Yan, it felt as light as a goose feather.
With his extremely powerful physical body cultivation, such pressure tests were negligible.
He walked forward step by step and soon arrived in front of Jing Tian Tower.
“What an ancient tower.”
After approaching, the power from the restrictions on the tower body made Su Yan take a second look. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if trying to see through the beast pattern power on the tower body.
In his perception, the power of Jing Tian Tower appeared in his eyes like Qin Jingtian’s incarnation.
Every Natal Spiritual Artifact is a manifestation of a Martial Artist’s power, especially such a Dao Soldier, which is even a kind of dao fruit of the Martial Artist.
Buzz buzz
Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower vibrated continuously. Su Yan’s major Cultivation Manuals such as Star Constellation Profound Beast Skill, Subduing Tiger Mingwang Body, Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture, etc., automatically operated, continuously merging into the tower body.
The power of the six major Fierce Insects continuously injected into Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower through the connection of the Fierce Insect Cauldron. In just a moment of sensing, the spiritual power of Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower had risen a large section.
The several major Fierce Insects flew over and entered the Fierce Insect Space. Su Yan alone had his essence, energy, and spirit faintly elevated to the peak.
Yuan Yi and the four followed closely, but as soon as they stepped into Blood Qi Valley, their bodies sank, and they fiercely circulated true essence to resist the heavy pressure.
Seeing Su Yan who had already entered Jing Tian Tower, a trace of bitterness welled up in their hearts.
“What kind of monster is he exactly… with such physical body cultivation…”
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Inside Jing Tian Tower, First Layer
The surroundings were a deep red color, with massive amounts of blood water gathered on the ground. Isolated islands rose, waves crashed continuously, and thunder rumbled nonstop.
Su Yan now stood on an island reef about ten kilometers in diameter. Looking around, it was all raging torrents.
“Is this the test?”
A majestic aura came, followed by a mental fluctuation.
‘Defeat the evil beast’
A roar came, and countless blood waters gathered into a dragon-scaled monstrous fish with six claw-like feet, its whole body covered in bright red scales. Its head horns were ferocious, and its scarlet eyes stared tightly at Su Yan.
A powerful aura swept over, immediately rolling up the blood-colored torrents like two water pillars rushing straight at Su Yan’s face.
“Half-step third-order…”
Six-Winged Blood Centipede and Flame Armored Scorpion were summoned. Without needing Su Yan to act, the two Fierce Insects flew up, striking down the water pillars.
Their massive bodies pressed down on the Blood Flood Dragon fish monster to attack. Soon, they tore the monster into fragments.
A surge of rich essence blood and abundant spirit merged into their bodies, momentarily giving the Six-Winged Blood Centipede a faint sense of transforming into a flood dragon.
With a thought from Su Yan, he suppressed this dragon transformation power. He then looked ahead, where the blood water gathered into a huge vortex. He walked toward the vortex and arrived at the second layer in the blink of an eye.
Seven layers of the tower body. Under Su Yan’s tower clearing, in just half an hour, he directly rushed to the Fifth Layer.
The first few layers were projections of evil beasts stained with flood dragon blood. After the Blood Flood Dragon was suppressed that year, flood dragon blood spilled into Lingtian River, birthing countless Calamity Beasts and several Disaster Beasts.
Qin Jingtian personally acted, slaying countless dragon blood monsters.
The tests in the tower now are to kill these monsters.
The first three layers were half-step third-order monsters whose strength, relying on the terrain, was stronger than the three Blood Flood Dragon Evil Beasts outside.
But compared to Fierce Insects like Six-Winged Blood Centipede and Flame Armored Scorpion that had reached the Metamorphosis Stage, they were much weaker.
All were torn into fragments within a few moves.
On the fourth layer, it turned into a third-order Calamity Beast, an old turtle in Lingtian River that had transformed into a flood dragon.
Its body was like an island, over three hundred meters huge, moving like a mountain range, unparalleled in water control.
The third-order strength truly made Su Yan expend quite some effort, but with Troop Devouring Ghost Moth out, Soldiers Fall to Netherworld, Ten Thousand Ren charging together, it directly pierced its turtle shell.
Su Yan passed four layers consecutively. When stepping onto the fifth layer, the scenery before his eyes changed, but it was not in the tower’s inner world, rather an open area like a floor.
About a hundred feet high, with metal stone bricks, four walls separated by a thousand meters, nothing else besides, only a human figure sitting cross-legged at the center of this fifth layer.
Su Yan looked over. That person was about a zhang tall, half-naked upper body, body like a flood dragon, covered in dark red scales, dragon head and human body, with a flood dragon tail behind, emanating a powerful aura.
He suddenly opened his eyes, flood dragon pupils like bronze bells, staring straight at Su Yan, and hoarsely said: “You are Su Yan?!”
His tone was indifferent as his body slowly stood up, muscles bulging like a sculpture carved from red gold.
Su Yan noticed that the clothes and pants remaining on this person were the standard uniforms of the Monster Suppressing Guard, with a saber at the waist, and a crimson blade faintly appearing.
“A Monster Suppressing Guard?”
“Qin Mu, seventh-generation successor of the Qin Family.”
Qin Mu raised his head, his words full of confidence. He drew his saber with a clang, pointed it at Su Yan, and said flatly.
“The Old Ancestor left Jing Tian Tower as an opportunity. I cleared five levels alone: awakened Blood Flood Dragon Body and broke through to Dan Qiao Realm on the fourth layer, fought three hundred and twenty-three rounds on the fifth layer, then defeated the alligator dragon, but Jing Tian Tower said I couldn’t ascend to the sixth layer or suppress the Blood Flood Dragon.”
Qin Mu spoke leisurely, each word containing his unwillingness.
Everyone said that among the Monster Suppressing Guard, he Qin Mu was forever the eternal second place: those who used sabers couldn’t surpass those who used swords, always a bit behind Gu Lingfeng in fights.
He didn’t argue or get annoyed, only waiting for the chance to enter the tower.
The Old Ancestor left all opportunities here, both out of public heart to give Lingnan disciples a chance at Fu Long Nu Tao Gong, but also hid selfishness.
As long as Monster Suppressing Guard doesn’t perish and Monster Suppressing Tower doesn’t fall, at least one branch of the Qin Family can be preserved no matter their disposition.
If talented, entering Jing Tian Tower gives a chance to awaken Innate Martial Body.
Qin Mu soared to the skies. Feeling the power in his body now, he felt so-called Heavenly Prodigies were nothing much.
“General Qin’s schemes for the family are truly far-reaching.”
Su Yan sighed slightly. Qin Mu suddenly raised his head, staring tightly at Su Yan: “But the spirit of Jing Tian Tower said I am not as good as you.”
Hmm?
Su Yan showed a surprised expression, his eyes narrowing slightly with a hint of playfulness.
“What do you want?”
“I’ll guard this fifth layer.”
A True Intent Beast Spirit emerged behind Qin Mu, transforming into a blood-colored flood dragon overturning rivers and seas, with a pair of sharp flood dragon horns like two Precious Swords, pointing straight at Su Yan.
“I want to see how you, a mere half-step Dan Qiao, can surpass me.”
The Blood Flood Dragon surged over, its hundred-zhang body charging straight at Su Yan’s face.
Su Yan showed a solemn expression, thinking to himself: ‘Just after breakthrough and already this powerful, this Blood Flood Dragon Body is indeed formidable.’
The power Qin Mu displayed was already stronger than the alligator dragon just now.
A lion fights a rabbit with full force.
Su Yan didn’t hold back either. With a thought, Troop Devouring Ghost Moth appeared before him.
Severed Head Great Seal!
A great seal directly struck the Blood Flood Dragon True Intent, booming like a mountain striking waves, with the momentum of earth-shattering collapse.
The Blood Flood Dragon’s body stalled, coiled to avoid the Severed Head Great Seal, then dove to attack Su Yan.
Troop Devouring Ghost Moth moved, summoning a Great Sword that slashed toward the flood dragon’s head.
The Blood Flood Dragon opened its bloody maw, its Flood Dragon Claws moving together to tear apart the Great Sword’s phantom.
However, the next moment, countless Weapons assaulted, carving countless wounds on the Blood Flood Dragon’s body.
Qin Mu’s expression changed slightly. His body moved, charging over. Dragon Claw like raging waves, growing to several zhang huge, the giant hand grabbing.
“First spar with my Fierce Insects.”
Su Yan stood unmoving. Six-Winged Blood Centipede, Shadow Horn Spider, Flame Armored Scorpion, and Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust all came out, immediately blocking in front of the Dragon Claw.
Hundred Poisons Gu Seals floated around their bodies, turning into channels for energy transmission between them.
When Su Yan’s power poured into the four Fierce Insects, their auras soared to the heavens, their strength suddenly climbing, faintly carrying some Dan Qiao majesty.
Qin Mu’s eyes widened. So many Contracted Beasts, and their bloodline strength almost catching up to his Blood Flood Dragon Body.
The Blood Flood Dragon Body was from Qin Jingtian suppressing the Blood Flood Dragon, seizing flood dragon blood and integrating it into Fu Long Nu Tao Gong, gradually turning it into the Qin Family’s bloodline.
Though not reaching the original Golden Body Realm, it was still a fourth-order bloodline comparable to Dharma Aspect level.
‘I don’t believe your true essence is inexhaustible!’
Qin Mu gritted his teeth inwardly and immediately controlled the Blood Flood Dragon True Intent to attack again.
In an instant, the fifth layer surged with true essence, torrents like sabers, churning heaven and earth.
Troop Devouring Ghost Moth at the front, with thousands of Weapon phantoms continuously attacking, repelling the Blood Flood Dragon True Intent time after time.
Qin Mu wanted to kill the Six-Winged Blood Centipede, but under the four major Fierce Insects’ teamwork, their coordination was terrifyingly seamless.
Shadow Silk bound, almost sealing the entire fifth layer. Even as a Dan Qiao Realm True Person, he couldn’t completely ignore these sharp and extremely tough spider web threads.
Six-Winged Blood Centipede used its hard carapace to block most attacks, while poisonous mist from its mouth swept over, completely enveloping the fifth layer in thick green poisonous mist.
Qin Mu protected his body with true essence, isolating the poisonous gas erosion, but under such poison gas, his true essence was continuously eroded, emitting sizzling sounds.
He could clearly feel his true essence rapidly depleting in his body.
He had just broken through; even though his true essence had formed a Golden Core in his Dantian, with quantity and quality increased several times.
But compared to other Dan Qiao Realm Martial Artists, he still lacked accumulation.
Such consumption was undoubtedly a burden for him.
He swung the Blood Dragon Saber in his hand, wanting to use sharp saber light to slay the Contracted Beasts and step by step approach Su Yan’s main body.
Although Beast King Sect disciples are powerful, they focus on Contracted Beasts; their main body lacks overly powerful Martial Skills.
He charged over, but halfway, countless Fiend Bees burst out of the poisonous mist, instantly surrounding him.
Fiend Bees self-detonated, turning into rolling malevolent energy.
Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust suddenly appeared, malevolent energy turning into blades, fiercely attacking.
Qin Mu continuously parried, his Blood Dragon Saber clanging, blocking successive attacks to shatter over a hundred malevolent energy blades.
However, under malevolent energy erosion, the Blood Dragon Saber’s surface had dulled.
Before he could feel distressed, demonic fire swept over. Flame Armored Scorpion directly crushed in, charging wildly and ferociously, knocking him flying.
Under the four Fierce Insects’ joint attack, even his Dan Qiao Realm couldn’t withstand.
“Damn monster…”
