Chapter 176
byYang Kai could sense that Demon Earth and the insect king were engaged in a fierce battle in the star map space on the back of his hand. Although Demon Earth was not the insect king’s opponent at the beginning, after the insect king swallowed so much energy, it couldn’t resolve it at all. Its body became bloated and its speed was greatly reduced, so Demon Earth was actually evenly matched with it.
As time passed, the insect king swallowed more and more energy, and Demon Earth gradually reversed the situation and gained the upper hand. The Broken Soul Cone displayed its great power, beating the insect king back step by step and leaving it with wounds all over.
The back of his hand was extremely hot. Having endured so much energy impact, it is also a kind of harm to Yangkai himself. Looking down, the originally hidden star map was now shining with light, and the endless starry sky, as always, came into view. In that starry sky, Yang Kai seemed to be able to see two figures, one black and one gold, crisscrossing.
A little bit of a scorched smell came out, but it was because too much True Yang Yuan Qi had been poured in which had already burned his hand.
Yang Kai gritted his teeth and persisted, still pouring True Yang Yuan Qi into it. The enormous amount of Yuan Qi not only made the Insect King unable to bear it, but even the Earth Demon was affected.
The Earth Demon’s soul and the Soul-Breaking Cone were Yin and evil things, and the True Yang Yuan Qi was originally their Nemesis. If it wasn’t for recognizing Yang Kai as its master, the Earth Demon wouldn’t have been able to carry the Soul-Breaking Cone and hide in his body.
Ordinarily, there was no problem, but now, the Earth Demon felt as if it was about to be melted by that extremely hot and Yang Yuan Qi.
A feeling of unease circulated in the Earth Demon’s heart, and it urgently transmitted its thoughts to Yang Kai, but it never received a response from Yang Kai.
As if waiting for thousands of years, the Earth Demon faintly heard Yang Kai’s call.
“Come out！”
The Earth Demon almost shed tears. Just now, he even thought that Yang Kai was going to be cruel and eliminate him together with the Insect King so he didn’t give him any response. Now that he heard the Young Master’s call again, he suddenly felt a sense of being willing to die for a bosom friend.
Not daring to stay for a moment, the moment Yang Kai opened a gap in the star map space the Earth Demon instantly fled out.
The Insect King also wanted to follow and run out, but that gap opened and closed suddenly, not giving it this opportunity at all.
“Star Mark!” Yang Kai growled, his right fist slowly raised and the pattern of the endless starry sky lingered around him, render the gloomy cave with countless stars.
With a loud boom, the entire insect lair seemed to tremble a few times, and Yang Kai even spat out a mouthful of blood.
There were no traces left by the martial art around. The Earth Demon saw clearly what had just happened While being Youdaoplaceholder0 in his heart, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “Young master!”
“It’s nothing serious！” Yang Kai spat out several mouthfuls of congested blood in succession, his complexion became extremely pale, and he panted heavily, lowering his head to look at his right hand.
On the back of the right hand, it was a mass of bloody flesh and blood. Even the meridians and white bones could be faintly seen inside. After carefully checking it again, Yang Kai couldn’t help but laugh.
The Insect King was already dead, and there was no longer its aura in its body.
First, it was force-fed so much energy by himself, then it was severely injured by the Earth Demon, and then it directly took a star mark. It was simply a miracle that it could still survive.
The Earth Demon’s heart trembled, and it took a long time to hold back before sincerely saying, “Young master… This old slave admires you！”
He had to admire that Yang Kai’s star mark had no target to attack. Instead, he directly detonated it at the back of his hand.
Once there was a little bit of error in it, Yang Kai would surely die！
Fortunately, Yang Kai controlled it very well. The vast majority of the killing power of this move was added to that Insect King, and he himself only endured a little bit of the remaining power.
To be so cruel to oneself, this is not something that ordinary people can do. The Earth Demon was truly and sincerely convinced.
“You should be vigilant around first. I may need a few days to recover！” Yang Kai tore his clothes, wrapped his injured right hand, and hurriedly gave an order. Then he closed his eyes.
The power of the Star Mark is huge. Yang Kai could knock a sixth-order monster beast to the ground with a single punch. Now although he only endured some of the remaining power, it is not something that a martial artist at the fifth level of the Qi Movement Realm like him can resolve.
The right hand hurts severely. The whole body’s vitality is chaotic, and the internal organs have been shaken and displaced to some extent.
The only thing that makes Yang Kai relieved is that although the back of the hand is bloody and blurred, the star map space still exists, and he doesn’t have to worry about not being able to use the killing move of the Star Mark in the future.
It took a lot of effort for Yang Kai to put the whole body’s vitality back in order. He kept running the True Yang Art, controlling the True Yang Yuan Qi in the body to moisten the injured part and remove the congestion in the body.
It was not until two full days later that Yang Kai slowly opened his eyes and asked immediately, “Didn’t those bugs break in？”
This is the problem he is most worried about. There is no need to worry too much about those small bugs. Their rank is low, but their number is large. But those big bugs as tall as a human are clearly monsters of not low grade. Any one of them is probably not much worse than those disciples of Yunxia.
“No.” The Earth Demon replied, “Those bugs dare not come in here. This is the residence of the insect king.”
“That’s good.” Yang Kai heaved a sigh of relief and couldn’t help but feel that his injury was recovering much faster than before. He untied the cloth wrapped around his right hand. Although the back of his hand was still a mass of bloody flesh, it was clearly healing rapidly, and the white bones and meridians could no longer be seen.
As if knowing Yang Kai’s doubts, the Earth Demon said, “Young Master, last time you refined a few drops of Coagulation Blood Beads on the right peninsula of Yunxia, and your overall Qi and blood greatly increased. Naturally, your recovery is faster than before. The more Qi and blood, the stronger the vitality.”
“So that’s the case.” Yang Kai nodded secretly.
“Young Master, although the Insect King is dead, have you felt that it left something for you？” The Earth Demon asked a question that made Yang Kai confused.
“What thing？”
“This old slave doesn’t know. Please, Young Master, check carefully.”
Hearing him speak seriously, Yang Kai also furrowed his brows and immersed his mind to search within his body.
After a long while, he indeed found something amiss in his body. There was a strand of unusual energy in the Dantian. This was not the True Yang Yuan Qi that he had cultivated, nor had it been absorbed by the Proud Bone Golden Body. It just stayed in the Dantian. If it weren’t for the reminder of the Earth Demon, Yang Kai wouldn’t have discovered it either.
“What’s going on？ The remaining energy of the Insect King？” Yang Kai was suspicious.
Hearing him say this, the Earth Demon couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief and said, “Sure enough！”
“What do you know？ Speak in detail.”
“Does the young master still remember that this thing was somewhat similar to an ancient strange insect that I knew about as I said before？”
Yang Kai nodded.
“Before, this old slave was only suspecting and didn’t dare to be certain. After all, I have never seen this kind of thing with my own eyes and only heard about it. Then, after fighting with it, I had a five or six out of ten certainty. Now that the young master has felt something different, it can be determined that it is indeed that ancient strange insect.”
“What kind of insect？”
“Sky-devouring Insect！” After uttering the name, the Earth Demon quickly congratulated： “Congratulations to the young master for obtaining another strange treasure. The young master is deeply blessed, which makes this old slave envious.”
“Be more specific.” Yang Kai corrected his sitting posture and prepared to listen to the Earth Demon talk about some unknown secrets.
“This kind of ancient strange insect eats everything, especially likes to devour all kinds of energy and flesh and blood. Moreover, there is a kind of opportunity in the body of each Sky-devouring Insect. If someone can refine it, they can obtain extremely great benefits. This opportunity could be an unrivaled cultivation method, could be a peerless martial skill, could also be a secret treasure with great power, and it is even more possible to make people’s strength increase greatly without any hidden dangers！ There are countless changes in it, which can’t be clearly explained. It all depends on personal luck.”
“How could there be such things in the body of an insect？ I can understand that it can make people’s strength soar, but the appearance of an unrivaled cultivation method and martial skill is too strange, right？” Yang Kai was extremely surprised.
“The Young Master doesn’t know. Each of these Heaven Devouring Insects is born according to fate and is extremely rare. Their bodies contain the Heavenly Dao, and their various mysteries are beyond even this old slave’s comprehension. Moreover, in this world, there are many supreme cultivation techniques and martial skills that are born naturally between Heaven and Earth and exist in the world. Only those with good fortune can glimpse their mysteries and pass them on. So it’s not surprising that these things can appear in the body of a bug, let alone a famous Heaven Devouring Insect! Demon Earth’s tone was full of envy. After saying this, seeing that Yang Kai didn’t respond for a long time, he was astonished and said, “Young Master, you don’t believe it?”
“I don’t know, but since it can be refined, we’ll know if it’s really that miraculous after refining.” Yang Kai didn’t say he believed it or not.
Seeing is believing, and besides, everything about this Heaven Devouring Insect that Demon Earth knows is just hearsay. He doesn’t know the truth of the matter.
Closing his eyes again, Yang Kai used his spiritual sense to communicate with the strand of strange energy that had settled in his Dantian, circulated the True Yang Art, and refined it with the scorching True Yang Yuan Qi.
One cycle, two cycles… Day after day, he kept circulated and refined. That strand of energy was also slowly changing. At first, it was completely at odds with Yang Kai. After all, it was something left behind by the Insect King after his death and not something Yang Kai originally had.
But as the refining continued, it gradually took on Yang Kai’s aura. Finally, one day, it suddenly split in two and uncontrollably surged into Yang Kai’s body. At the same time, Yang Kai felt a sharp pain on both sides of his back, around the shoulder blades, as if branded by a hot iron.
The pain came quickly and disappeared just as fast. Before Yang Kai could react, it was already gone.
Carefully checking his own strength, he found that he was still at the fifth level of the Qi Movement Realm！
That big liar, Di Mo！ Yang Kai was furious.
Although he didn’t really believe what Di Mo had said before, he still harbored a glimmer of hope in his heart that it could greatly increase his strength.
But until he refined that thing, his strength didn’t increase at all. Not to mention any supreme cultivation methods or peerless martial skills, he didn’t even see a shadow of a secret treasure.
Opening his eyes with a iron blue face, Di Mo couldn’t wait to ask, “Young master, did you have any harvest?”
“Damn it! That thing has been refined away.” ” Yang Kai replied angrily.
Di Mo was shocked： “Impossible! This is the Heavenly Dao energy left by the legendary Heaven Devouring Insect!”
“Legends are all just deceiving people!” Yang Kai said earnestly.
“No no no, Young Master doesn’t know. This old servant remembers that there was once an enemy who precisely because he refined a Sky-devouring Bug and obtained a supreme secret technique, achieved a great reputation in his lifetime. This is not a legend. This is a real happening. This old servant uses his life… uses his soul as a guarantee.” The Earth Demon almost swore an oath.
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