The journey of dragon transformation starting from Demon Slayer

Therefore, food is urgently needed to replenish.

What is even more tragic is that, as a controlled familiar, their lifespan is extremely short, only a dozen hours or so.

It can be said that they are just disposable consumables that can be discarded at will after use.

However, it is such consumables that can bring the insect magician fruitful results to the greatest extent.

The hunger caused by the recent molting, the consumption of a large amount of energy in the body, the "frenzy" attribute bestowed by the barrier, the terrible carnivorous nature and the terrifying number, plus the magician's superb manipulation technology, all of these combined make these insects become the most terrifying killing weapons.

Now, Sakura, this sweet and delicious little cutie, is quietly staying in front of them, how can they not be hungry and thirsty.

Although Tatsumi has full confidence in his defense, Sakura next to him doesn't think so.

This scene is really horrible.

Hitting and biting.

Although these were just two extremely simple attack methods, the madness of the swarm made Sakura feel cold all over.

Faced with Tatsumi's solid defense, they were like a high-speed train. Even if they were half-dead from the attack, they would continue to attack the enemy in front of them.

The swarm's fearlessness and bravery could not move Tatsumi's cold heart, but as if he felt Sakura's nervousness, facing the winged insects in front of him, Tatsumi simply raised his arms above his head, intending to kill all the insects in front of him with one blow.

A large amount of magic power began to be drawn from the air and quickly gathered in the palm of his hand.

The bugs sensed Tatsumi's intention, and went crazy, pouring their attacks towards the center.

Venom, spider silk, biting, impact, explosion, corrosion, all kinds of means were displayed before their eyes. Soon, the offensive was upgraded to several levels, making people feel like they were fighting an army.

Of course, there was more than that. The sickle worms hiding in the dark also pounced over. It was obvious that they could not sit still any longer. They used their sharp blades to chop out a series of flames on the protective shield.

Their attacks are so swift and deadly, and contain a terrifying madness.

Every attack would take the lives of several 'poor creatures' that were a little closer.

However, even though they chopped their weapons and produced sparks of fire, Tatsumi's defense remained motionless, only causing ripples on the surface, and then nothing happened.

"Hmm? This time it's a bug that eats magic power? As expected of a great magician who has lived for more than 500 years, he really has some tricks..."

"But rather than killing you, it is better to destroy the barrier first..."

Looking at the endless tide of insects, Tatsumi suddenly said in a cold voice.

Just in that period of time, he had already completed the analysis of the barrier of the Matou residence.

Although it involved an "alien world", it was not difficult for him to unravel this barrier. After all, he had set up more complex space barriers than this one.

Moreover, compared with the difficulty in analyzing the barrier, some things inside it made him feel lingering and extremely interesting.

Human imagination is very interesting. No wonder the demons in the underworld like to sign contracts with human magicians.

With this thought suddenly popping up in his mind, Tatsumi squatted down and slapped the ground. The next second, a huge magic circle instantly appeared and began to disappear quickly underground, only stopping when it covered the entire Matou Mansion.

"Hmm? The main body isn't here?"

Feeling the message in his mind, Tatsumi was slightly stunned, but then he put the matter behind him.

He had expected that Zouken Matou's real body was not inside the workshop, because magicians as a group can be easily tied to the so-called workshop. Once the workshop is destroyed, the magicians staying inside will naturally be doomed.

People always say don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Matou Zouken has lived for five hundred years, there is no reason for him to make the same mistake.

However, as Tatsumi completed the setting of the barrier, Matou Zouken, who was staying in the outside world, also sensed something unusual in the workshop.

His eyes widened and he murmured in disbelief.

“That guy! He actually covered the barrier I set up from inside the ‘other world’?!”

"And this feeling is actually a space barrier?!"

"He's not even a 'Caster'..."

Zōken had never expected that the Heroic Spirit inside could affect reality even if he was in the "Other World", and he had never expected that the other party's attainments in magic would be so high.

The next moment, accompanied by clearly visible electric light, all the insect warehouses of the Matou family and the circuits connecting to the barrier lit up.

As "Reduction" was activated, crackling sounds of electricity and explosions continued to echo in the Matou residence, and the originally ingeniously designed barriers collapsed and destroyed one by one at this moment.

The magic circle is a very delicate thing, just like the circuit on electronic hardware. Once an important part is missing, short circuits, overheating, explosions, etc. will occur.

Now without the assistance of the barrier, Zang Yan's control over the insect swarm began to deteriorate.

At this moment, the swarm of insects in the Matou residence began their riot. Along with the crisp crackling sound of space shattering, Tatsumi also took Sakura out of the other world and returned to reality from there.

Dark green light and disgusting stench, dense swarms of insects and dark insect warehouses.

Disgusting slime, white spider webs, and of course, the most dazzling blue light.

Looking at the swarm of insects coming towards him, Tatsumi's voice echoed in the air.

"All life fluctuations have been detected..."

"Then, let's start with the reduction..."

As he finished his words, an invisible wall suddenly rose from the barrier he had set up, separating the Matou residence from the outside world.

There was a strange atmosphere in the air, and the insects hiding in various insect bins began to buzz non-stop.

"What is this?! This old body..."

"Is it a 'Noble Phantasm'?"

"That guy actually launched an attack on the entire workshop..."

On the other side, Matou Zouken, who had just watched the barrier collapse, looked at his rotting body in disbelief and muttered to himself.

In order to stay away from the heroic spirit, he deliberately returned to the center of the mansion, where he controlled the insects in various insect warehouses.

Although this is not as convenient and easy as direct control, and the field of vision and information processing will also be hindered, in order to avoid a head-on confrontation with the heroic spirit, Zang Yan has done the best he can.

According to Zang Yan's speculation, it would only take his insects about two to three hours at most to completely drain the magical power of the heroic spirit.

After all, the master of the "Adventer" is just a little girl, there is no reason for her to have so much magic power to waste, so the fighting method will definitely be close-range hand-to-hand combat. Not to mention releasing the "Noble Phantasm".

He said that he could reduce the amount of magic power he needed, but Zōken believed that this reduction would not be without cost.

After all, forcibly releasing magic will drain all the magic power in the master's body, and in serious cases it may even affect the master's life. He doesn't believe that the heroic spirit dares to do that.

Without the Master's magic offering, it is only a matter of time before the Heroic Spirit disappears.

But how did he manage to perform such a large-scale magic?

Not only did it destroy the barrier, it also killed all the bugs in the workshop...

Thinking of this, Zang Yan frowned slightly and began to think while enduring the pain.

Suddenly, there was a light knock on the wooden door, a creaking sound rang in the ears, and Zōken's son Tsuruno pushed the door open from outside.

Bang, bang, bang! Crunch!

"Father?!"

Seeing the rotting appearance of Zōken, Tsuruno was stunned for a moment, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but he still went into the room with gritted teeth.

At this time, the room was full of insect corpses, not only around Zang Yan, but also at the base of the walls and under the tables and chairs.

It was as if Zang Yan summoned the insects, but these insects died due to external forces.

Thinking of this, Tsuruno recalled what had just happened.

Not long after he left the insect warehouse, Zang Yan appeared in front of him and said that he would arrange a job for him.

Because Zōken was the actual controller of the Matou family, Tsuruno did not refuse, but followed his instructions and opened all the protective barriers of the Matou mansion.

Although he didn't know why Zōken did this, Tsuruno knew that he had no choice but to obey orders.

Tsuruno has a talent for magic, but this talent is not enough to support him to become a magician, so he usually helps Zouken and is responsible for handling assistant-level chores.

Opening the barrier is like turning on a TV or opening a valve that controls the flow of electricity in a building. For ease of use, magic barriers also have so-called switches.

This is done on the one hand to facilitate the operation of the magician and his assistant, and on the other hand to reduce the flaws of the barrier itself.

Different enchantments have different switches, and sometimes the places where they need to be opened are also very different.

Of course, a barrier that is too complicated needs to be operated by the magician himself, especially large-scale magic used in rituals, which requires several magicians to work together to perform successfully.

In short, the barriers used in normal magician workshops are basically automatic types. The patterns and circuits are ready-made. You only need to put a source of magic power in it to start and close it normally.

Zang Yan finally came back to his senses from his confusion. He turned his head to look at the center of the room and muttered to himself.

"Hmm? It's Tsuruno..."

"Yes, it's me...Father..."

Listening to Zōken's voice, Tsuruno lowered his head and shifted his gaze away from the engraved bug covered in slime on the ground.

"Um, what happened? Father..."

"Nothing...Tsuruno...you..."

"investigation..."

"church..."

"Damn..."

"..."

"Squeak..."

At this time, Matou Zouken was no longer "Matou Zouken", because at this time he was not even a human being, but just a mass of constantly wriggling meat, unable to maintain even the appearance of a human.

The ground was full of squirming imprint worms, and the dead imprint worms began to turn into dust bit by bit, leaving behind traces of their existence on the ground.

Zang Yan tried hard to tell Tsuruno some things, but the problem was that he couldn't do it now.

Due to Tatsumi's powerful conceptual ability, the bugs in his body have begun to die little by little under the effect of reduction.

The bugs in other bug warehouses died first because they had little magic power in their bodies.

The reason why Zang Yan didn't die early was because he had a lot of magic power in his body, which could withstand the erosion of "reduction".

However, all of his magic powers are important means to maintain his body.

He always has to choose between defense and maintaining his body.

In addition, the marking worms are the lowest level of all the familiars. Now that they are no longer controlled by magic, they will fall apart and die quickly in just a moment.

Seeing that Zōken had lost his reaction and only a pool of foul smell was left on the spot, Tsuruno, who was in the center of the room, began to panic.

What's going on? Did something happen at home?

Could it be that this old guy is preparing to torture him again?

Or is there something he didn't do well enough?

A trace of panic arose in He Ye's heart, and he had a lot of thoughts, but no one could answer his doubts.

......

On the other side, Tatsumi, who had killed all the insects, walked out of the gloomy passage in the basement with the lovely Sakura in his arms.

As the iron gate was pushed open, the moment light shone on the two of them, Tatsumi took off the pure white armor he was wearing, turning it into crystal blue light spots, which began to dissipate into the air bit by bit from his feet.

When Sakura noticed that she had escaped from that horrible insect warehouse, a few tears squeezed out of her eyes and a hint of surprise of surviving a disaster flashed across her face. At the same time, the tension on her face began to fade away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If possible, Sakura would definitely want to cry here, but the sound of Tatsumi removing his armor just attracted Sakura's attention.

The little girl turned her head curiously, tears sparkling in her eyes.

Among the endless spots of light, the figure of a man gradually became clear.

Sakura widened her eyes and stared at that direction, as if she wanted to see through the light in front of her.

Finally, the man's complete appearance was revealed before her eyes, causing Sakura's expression to be stunned for a moment.

Sakura's mouth opened wide, her lips moving up and down, but she couldn't utter a word.

So many things happened today, just like the ups and downs of stock prices.

First he was adopted into the Matou family, and then he saw a terrifying old man in the car.

Although the journey was peaceful, the little girl couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

After arriving at the new home, Sakura first saw a beautiful butterfly, and then was taken into the dark insect warehouse.

Just when she thought she was going to be eaten by insects, the appearance of the heroic spirit brought her new hope.

For a young child who is only five years old, today's experience was too exciting!

After all, the child is still so young, and his body and mind are very fragile and sensitive!

However, at this moment, Sakura wanted to say that no matter what happened in the future, she might never forget the scene before her.