Ren Lao's explanation gave Chen Zhou a better understanding of the formation.

"So that means whose life force this formation absorbs, whose soul will appear in this blood formation?" Chen Zhou asked curiously.

"That's the truth, but the principle is different. The horror of the Blood Array lies in this: if your life force is used by that evil array master to set up this array, when the array succeeds, your soul will be extracted by the array and imprisoned within it, eventually turning into something like the souls of these snake-men you see now."

Ren Lao explained it very clearly, and Chen Zhou finally had a thorough understanding of the formation.

Just then, the souls, armed with weapons, appeared before Chen Zhou. They brandished their weapons and recklessly slashed at Chen Zhou's body.

Blood gushed from Chen Zhou's body.

What puzzled Chen Zhou was that no matter how many wounds he had, he didn't feel any pain now, but why did he feel it just now?

"Because you were running around just now, as long as you don't move, you won't feel any pain. It's all fake. This blood array is nothing more than a smokescreen, making you think you are seriously injured and then go crazy. That's the purpose of this blood array."

"Once you go berserk within the Blood Array, the array will incorporate you into its structure. When you go berserk, your soul is incredibly vulnerable, and the Blood Array will absorb it, imprisoning you within the array."

Ren Lao continued.

Chen Zhou understood the reason, but the people outside didn't. They knew very little about blood arrays, so naturally they wouldn't know these things.

"Why...is he sitting still?" Zhu Yuande asked slowly, covering his eyes as he looked at Chen Zhou, whose body was now a bloody mess.

Upon hearing Zhu Yuande's words, Zhu Yuancheng did the same as Zhu Yuande, covering his eyes with his hands, unwilling to witness such a bloody scene. At this moment, those souls were still waving around on Chen Zhou's body, and Chen Zhou's wounds were increasing.

"Sigh...it seems we overestimated him. That soul power just now caused him real damage. Now he's probably...a fool..." Ji Lanying said with great regret.

Ji Lanying's words undoubtedly explained Chen Zhou's current sitting still, so Zhu Yuande said again: "So, he's now a fool? That's why he's sitting still and letting these soul attacks happen?"

Ji Lanying nodded helplessly. Seeing her fellow clansmen being so cruelly murdered by the snake-man's soul, her heart was heavy.

She had initially thought that there really were such geniuses in the world.

It seems to be fake after all. That mental attack from a Golden Core cultivator was exceptionally powerful, and Chen Zhou had no way of withstanding it.

Watching Chen Zhou's body gradually disintegrate, surrounded by blood.

The three of them helplessly covered their eyes. They were all delicate flowers in the hothouse of the sect, and had never seen such a scene before.

"Did it fail...?" The Great Wilderness Python stared blankly at Chen Zhou in the altar formation, unable to clearly see Chen Zhou's condition for a moment.

Chen Zhou is now surrounded by countless snake-man souls, and it can be said that he has become numb.

Despite the snake-men's relentless attacks, Chen Zhou remained unaffected, his head held high as he gazed at the blood array above him.

After searching for a long time, Chen Zhou still couldn't find the core of the blood array.

Just when Chen Zhou made no progress, the enormous snake-man soul that had been faintly visible stood up shakily, and the spear he was holding tightly once again condensed into a soul attack.

The giant snake-man was extremely weak at this point, and this was probably the last attack it could launch.

The terror of the Blood Array lies in this: even knowing that he was doomed, he was still controlled by the Blood Array to launch a final attack. It is likely that after launching this attack, the soul of this Golden Core Realm snake-man will be completely wiped out from this world.

A power even stronger than the previous azure force quickly appeared on the giant snake-man's fang spear and was launched in an instant, its target being Chen Zhou, who was enveloped by the snake-man.

The pale blue orb shattered several souls that were blocking Chen Zhou's path.

"Howl... Waaah..."

One by one, the souls howled in agony as they were shattered by the pale blue orb of light and vanished from the world.

The obstacle in front of Chen Zhou was shattered by the dark blue light sphere, so the next attack from the dark blue light sphere was aimed at Chen Zhou.

Although Chen Zhou sensed the approaching blue orb, he thought it would stop in front of his snake-man companions. However, after seeing the snake-man souls dissipate one by one, Chen Zhou realized he had been overthinking things.

The dark blue orb quickly collided with Chen Zhou's body. The next moment, the giant snake-man's soul immediately turned into specks of blue light and dissipated, while Chen Zhou's soul remained unharmed.

As the giant snake-man's soul gradually dissipated, Chen Zhou seemed to see a slight upward curve at the corner of the snake-man's mouth, an expression of relief.

"Ding! Host has helped the snake-man's soul find liberation, accumulating battle merits +!"

"Ding! Host has helped the snake-man's soul find liberation, accumulating battle merits +!"

"Ding! Host has helped the snake-man's soul find liberation, accumulating battle merits +!"

......

Upon hearing the notification sounds that appeared in Chen Zhou's ears, Chen Zhou's battle merits instantly increased from 0 to 1!

The dissipation and liberation of these snake-men's souls unexpectedly brought Chen Zhou so many battle merits.

With so many battle merits, Chen Zhou no longer needed to painstakingly search for the array core. He could just relax and be a lazy bum, leaving that task to the lazy bum shop.

At this time, the price for one formation guidance session was 5,000 battle merits, and Chen Zhou chose to exchange for it without hesitation.

"Ding! Host has successfully exchanged. Please select an array."

Chen Zhou immediately turned his gaze to the blood array above his head.

"Ding! Host selection successful, system scan successful, Blood Array. Blood Array analysis in progress."

Upon hearing this notification, Chen Zhou immediately understood. Sure enough, he was better suited to being a lazy bum; he couldn't handle such technical work.

Moreover, each formation guidance session only requires 5,000 battle merits, which is a small amount for Chen Zhou now. After this formation guidance session, he will still have battle merits, enough for Chen Zhou to do many things.

Furthermore, as Chen Zhou's strength increases, he can now redeem more and more items in the Xianyu Shop.