The journey of dragon transformation starting from Demon Slayer

The transparent energy shield created by Tatsumi was being hit hard by wave after wave of insects.

These insects seemed to be pouring in endlessly, and the first thing that caught my eye was a group of small black insects crawling quickly on the ground.

They gathered together like a tide, forming a surging torrent that instantly surrounded Tatsumi and Sakura, forming a huge, creepy insect ball.

These insects are stacked and squeezed together, tightly fitting together, so that the entire surface of the insect ball is covered with wriggling bodies.

They desperately use their hard shells to hit the seemingly fragile protective shield, launching crazy attacks again and again. Some smarter insects will climb up along the bodies of their companions, trying to find the weaknesses of the protective shield and break through.

At the same time, more bugs concentrated their strength on biting the shield with their sharp teeth.

Each bite was accompanied by a dazzling flash of blue light, showing the insects' powerful bite and attack power.

Tatsumi and Sakura, who were inside the shield, could clearly see these disgusting mouthparts, and could even witness the horrific scene of some insects' teeth breaking and blood splattering due to excessive chewing.

Faced with such a thrilling scene, Sakura couldn't suppress her inner fear. She hugged Tatsumi's neck tightly, closed her eyes and dared not look again.

Unlike the little girl in his arms, Tatsumi did not panic when he saw this scene. Instead, he maintained the stability of the protective shield and began to analyze the changes that Zōken had made to the workshop.

Countless insects are attacking this side through the tunnels hidden underground.

At the same time, the insects located outside the insect ball have clear division of labor and strict organization, just like a disciplined and decisive elite force, methodically devoting themselves to their respective tasks.

As for some other bugs that had no fighting power, they were transferred by Zang Yan to a bug warehouse far away from here.

Some insects stopped after climbing a certain distance. As if they were dead, they lay quietly on the ground and began a series of internal physiological activities.

At this moment, those poisonous insects that looked like spiders and were clinging to the walls also began to stir.

They carefully prepared mucus in their bodies and used the bristles on their limbs to quickly crawl along the wall. Soon, they used a large amount of sticky spider webs to seal off this dark and gloomy space layer by layer.

Not only that, even the only way to escape from here was blocked by spider silk by these cunning spiders, making the two people trapped in the core area of ​​the insect warehouse become pitiful turtles in a jar, unable to escape.

Spiders are well-known predators in nature!

Their spider silk can be used to gather intelligence, transmit information, set traps, and even made into tough ropes or armor. It can also be used to restrain enemies. It can be said to have many uses.

Within these complex swarms of insects, there is another type of insect hiding at the very back of the swarm.

Their bodies are filled with sticky liquid and are the size of a five-year-old child. Their multiple tentacles wriggle constantly like earthworms, constantly secreting disgusting yellow mucus.

Tatsumi made a mental judgment and realized that this should be an insect familiar that was bred for the purpose of countering fire attacks.

Insects have a weak resistance to fire, and only a few insects in nature can withstand high temperatures.

As an insect master, Matou Zouken must be aware of this weakness of insects.

In order to avoid being at a disadvantage in the battle with the magician, he needed to ensure the diversity of his methods.

In addition, the buzzing sound of mosquitoes began to appear in the air.

They exude faint magical power and are using sound to weave illusions to help the assassination army lurking in the Zerg swarm hide.

Not only that, these mosquitoes also have certain fighting capabilities.

With just a gentle sting, they can inject a paralyzing toxin into their enemies, causing them to fall to the ground.

In the endless swarm of insects, there are also beetles with heavy shells on their backs.

It is not difficult to see from their appearance that these are bugs that specialize in defense.

As for the most dangerous ones at the moment, they should be the sickle worms with four pairs of sharp abdominal feet that stay in the shadow of the insect swarm.

This is an insect familiar that resembles a black spider. It has sharp blades on its eight legs, so sharp that it can completely cut off a human head with one blow.

Rather than being insects, they are more like biological weapons bred to kill people.

In addition to these bugs, Zōken also activated the barrier in the workshop.

There are "accelerated growth" and "frenzy" and so on.

Basically, they all complement these insects!

Seeing Zōken using all his methods, Tatsumi's eyes lit up.

As if he was watching "Man and Nature", he analyzed the bugs and barriers of Zangyan one by one in his mind and guessed their functions.

However, at this moment, Tatsumi suddenly froze.

He murmured in a low voice: "Hmm? Barrier magic?"

Tatsumi shook his head, denying what he had just said: "No, that's not right... This should be called "magic"..."

As he spoke, he felt the abnormal fluctuations in the air around him while confirming the current situation in his mind.

"So that's how it is. Did they use barrier magic to turn the entire workshop into an 'alien'?"

"I didn't expect that the magicians here could come up with something like this... Are you trying to trap us like a turtle in a jar? Matou Zouken!"

"..."

Tatsumi murmured for a moment, then began to comment on the dark space in front of him.

"Well, there are just some minor flaws, and the strength of the space is not enough..."

Tatsumi took a closer look and said, "This structure... huh? Why is there only one layer... Are they so poor that they don't have the materials?"

"What's going on with this phase space? It's connected to the workshop? Isn't this cracked at first glance?"

"As far as I'm concerned, the alternate dimension should be set in the universe or in the void..."

Perhaps in Tatsumi's opinion, the barrier of the underworld is the one that is truly worthy of study. After all, the demons can be said to have created a planet as big as the earth out of nothingness, and covered it with various barriers, allowing it to switch freely between day and night, and even the flow of time can be easily controlled.

It is difficult for life to survive in nothingness, and the devil's handiwork is evident.

In this world, the mystery has begun to fade, and the Age of Gods has completely disappeared from people's sight.

If you want to assume that the alien space is in the universe or nothingness, the first thing you need is a stable source of magic power.

For example, the "Holy Grail", "Light Belt", "Planet" and so on.

After a while, Tatsumi lost interest in the barrier before him.

It's interesting in some places, but that's about it.

He quickly raised his arm, and a not-so-big blue magic circle slowly emerged in the air.

He filled the magic circle with obscure fonts, and in the center of the circle was his own dragon-shaped icon.

A large amount of magic power was filled into it, making the light of the magic circle more dazzling, and even shining through the gaps between the insect balls, lighting up the basement.

In an instant, a dazzling light suddenly lit up.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by an extremely violent explosion of magical power, the insects that were originally clinging tightly to the protective barrier were instantly blown into countless pieces!

Without the slightest power to resist, they could only turn into tiny particles of dust in the end, floating in the surrounding air!

Those terrifying insects were crushed so easily.

They were so powerful that even if several adults were sent to deal with them, they would be killed on the spot.

However, when facing Tatsumi, he destroyed them all with just one strike.

After their death, the pure magic power remaining in the air was continuously "absorbed" into the light wings behind the armor.

Countless blue dots of light exuding a mysterious aura were constantly attracted by Tatsumi, like enchanted elves, forming a sharp contrast with the hideous and hideous tide of monster insects around him.

There was a blue glow in Sakura's big round eyes. She stared in amazement at everything that was happening before her eyes. She stood frozen in place as if she was frozen in time, completely at a loss as to what to do.

The little girl's cherry lips opened wide, forming an exaggerated O shape, and she couldn't help but murmur.

"Amazing..."

With Sakura's limited vocabulary, she could only offer this simple compliment to Tatsumi.

As she spoke, the little girl couldn't help but stretch out her hand, wanting to touch the beautiful scenery before her.

However, those light spots were like water droplets. When they touched Sakura's slender fingers, they turned into more light spots, avoiding the girl's body and floating gently past her.

Seeing Sakura's innocent look, Tatsumi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and his originally bad mood became much better.

However, before he could say anything, something strange happened.

Click, click.

Rhythmic cracking sounds rang in my ears.

If it was Sakura she would definitely not notice such a faint sound.

After all, it's so noisy here, with all kinds of sounds coming together, it's like a concert for insects.

However, for Tatsumi, these sounds are like alarm clocks in the morning, with their maximum attraction.

Tatsumi looked closely and found that the insects lying on the ground had begun to shed their skin.

"I see, has it metamorphosed?"

Tatsumi's muttering caught Sakura's attention.

The little girl slowly raised her head, looked in the direction Tatsumi was looking, and then took in the scene of the winged blade insect shedding its skin.

"That's it!!" Sakura couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw it.

Hearing the little girl's scream, Tatsumi quickly found the answer in his mind, muttering to himself.

"It looks like a dragonfly, um~ I remember it was called a winged insect..."

The larvae of the winged blade beetle are worm-like. When they move, they wriggle their bodies like maggots and then crawl slowly on the ground.

What is worth noting is that their bodies are as fat as white mice, and the largest one is even larger than an adult's palm, which shows how huge their size is.

And even when they are just larvae, their skin is still covered with hard keratin.

When they molt, the adult first struggles a few times inside the pupa, then a black crack opens behind the pupa, and then the adult desperately squeezes out from inside.

Like their larval form, these winged blade insects are all white, have three red eyes, and their carapaces reflect a steel-like color.

On their backs, there are also red spots similar to those in their eyes, which are as crystal clear as gems and emit a faint red glow.

Finally, on their abdomens, there are sharp weapons like blades. It seems that they are organs that have evolved specifically for cutting and tearing the bodies of prey, which makes people shudder.

Under the gaze of Tatsumi and Sakura, these newly emerged winged insects immediately entered a state of frenzy as soon as they were born.

Their huge and sharp jaws bit back and forth, making a sharp and high-pitched insect chirp, and the wings behind them began to vibrate rapidly, making a noisy "da da da" sound like a motor.

The next second! The signal to start the war! The battle has begun!

In a flash, a winged blade insect rushed over first, followed by its companions.

They gathered like a swarm of bees, transformed into a thick black fog, and with the momentum of an army, they attacked this side desperately.

In an instant, the sound of metal and hammering could be heard. At such a close distance, Sakura could even see flashes of fire passing before her eyes.

The little girl looked carefully and found that it was those hideous-looking insects that were using their sharp abdomens to stab at the blue shield that looked like an eggshell.

They stab at the same point rhythmically, and when one of them finishes its attack, the next one will immediately come forward to fill the position.

If the previous wave of black insects was an all-out attack, then this time the winged insects were just a point-to-point attack.

The noises ringing in my ears began to become louder and louder.

The sound was so dense that if Sakura hadn't clearly seen the swarm of insects in front of her, she would even suspect that she had tinnitus.

Noticing the girl's slightly frowning face, Tatsumi raised his hand and gently brushed her ear. The next second, Sakura found that her ears felt much better.

"..."

A hint of joy flashed in the little girl's eyes, and she just opened her mouth, ready to express her gratitude to him. But at this moment, the attack of the outside insect swarm suddenly intensified, becoming more ferocious and fierce than before.

These winged insects seemed to realize that their attacks did not produce the desired effect, so they changed their strategy and began to frantically bite the solid blue energy shield with their sharp teeth.

They desperately try to break through this barrier and catch the people trapped inside to eat as delicacies. Such greed and persistence are chilling.

In fact, these winged insects have consumed a huge amount of energy after completing the molting stage of growth.