The entire formation covers a vast area, with very long lines, thus containing a huge amount of black true energy.

The powerful suction force emanating from the poisonous tree root within Chen Zhou's body immediately drew the black true energy into his dantian. The true energy in Chen Zhou's dantian was already quite low, and it was instantly replenished.

The roots of the poisonous tree continuously absorbed the black true energy and transformed it into white true energy, which was then placed in Chen Zhou's dantian. Before long, Chen Zhou's dantian was full, and the true energy from the external array was also absorbed into Chen Zhou's dantian.

The area, which was originally filled with black true energy, immediately became clean, because the Black Mist Swamp here was not covered by black mist to begin with; it was a special place within the Black Mist Swamp.

"Boy, how exactly did you break this formation? This is the second time already. Both times you broke the formation and somehow found the core of the formation? What's going on?" Old Ren was completely bewildered. If the first time was just luck, how could the second time be explained? It couldn't be that he got lucky twice in a row, could it? Chen Zhou's luck was just too good.

Ren Lao doesn't believe in luck at all.

Especially in terms of formations.

Luck is the most useless thing.

In formations, the most important thing is strength. Without sufficient strength, even the best luck is useless. With sufficient strength, even bad luck can break the formation.

Chen Zhou has broken through the formation twice in a row. The first time could be attributed to luck, but the second time is definitely not due to luck. In Ren Lao's opinion, Chen Zhou must have some special method to see the formation's core.

Moreover, this method was something he didn't know, otherwise Chen Zhou would never have been able to find the array's core so quickly.

"Elder Ren, if I said this was really luck, would you believe me?" Chen Zhou asked slowly and tentatively. It was absolutely impossible to tell Elder Ren about the Salted Fish System now, and Chen Zhou had no intention of telling anyone about it.

"Impossible. Even with the best luck, it's impossible to find the array's core so quickly twice in a row," Elder Ren said stubbornly, shaking his head. It seemed that Elder Ren wouldn't give up until Chen Zhou revealed the reason.

Chen Zhou couldn't help but complain in his heart. The most important thing right now was to rescue Ji Lanying and the others. Now that he had broken the formation, he could fulfill the bet and rescue them.

However, Ren Lao was like a child, stubbornly sitting in Chen Zhou's mental world, and wouldn't give up until he got an explanation from Chen Zhou.

"Elder Ren, this really was just an accident. Think about it, this mysterious person is so cunning. If he was betting with me, then he must have been completely confident that I wouldn't find the key to the formation. I tried and I really couldn't find it, so I just decided to try anything, since the castle was so conspicuous, and I launched an attack directly on it." Chen Zhou spread his hands and said helplessly.

Chen Zhou looked completely innocent, as if what he said was absolutely true.

After hearing this, Ren Lao did not answer Chen Zhou, but simply nodded slightly. Seeing this, Chen Zhou did not continue to linger with Ren Lao and immediately prepared to go find the mysterious person.

After the formation was broken, the giant ape monster also disappeared along with the formation, and Chen Zhou immediately put away the Little Dragon Roar Formation.

"I have broken the formation; now it is time to fulfill my promise," Chen Zhou said, looking around.

Upon hearing this, the mysterious man did not continue to hide, but instead stepped out and appeared in Chen Zhou's sight. Ji Lanying and the other two were also behind the mysterious man. The three of them were tied together, and wisps of black true energy supported them so that they did not fall to the ground.

Walking slowly like this, the mysterious man approached Chen Zhou.

This was the first time Chen Zhou had met the mysterious person.

The mysterious man was dressed in a long robe, his entire head hidden inside a large conical hat. Chen Zhou could not see his face clearly, only his body shape.

This person appeared to be of similar build to Chen Zhou, both being rather thin. The only difference was that the mysterious man's fingernails were exceptionally long, as long as one of Chen Zhou's fingers, and they were black, surrounded by rings of black true energy.

"poisonous!"

Chen Zhou was shocked, because the roots of the poisonous tree were emitting a powerful light, which was a sign that it had encountered a poisonous creature.

The mysterious man's fingernails were covered in deadly poison.

"The people are right behind me. Now you can take them away from here," the mysterious man said to Chen Zhou, enunciating each word clearly, as if he were keeping his promise.

Chen Zhou didn't feel like he had been tricked at all. He rushed to the three of them and was about to use his true energy to untie their ropes when he saw dark figures emerging from their bodies!

This really startled Chen Zhou.

What is this?

How could it still enter the bodies of three people?

"Don't be afraid, this is just my shadow puppet, it won't hurt you." The mysterious man immediately explained when he saw Chen Zhou's shocked expression. He had changed his previous style and was even somewhat gentle at this moment.

"When will they wake up?" Chen Zhou asked immediately, looking at the three unconscious people.

It would be difficult for him to lead the three away quickly by himself, so the best way was to wake them up.

However, no matter how Chen Zhou tried, the three of them just wouldn't wake up. Chen Zhou had already tried using his true energy to quickly revive them, but it was all in vain. The three of them seemed to have become puppets.

Although Chen Zhou could sense their pulse, aura, and fluctuations in true energy.

However, Chen Zhou could no longer sense that they had active and thinking brains. When Chen Zhou's true energy entered their bodies, it flowed smoothly without any obstruction.

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