The middle-aged vendor believed that Chen Zhou had absorbed the demonic energy, which is why he said that. However, in reality, Chen Zhou did not absorb the demonic energy; he was currently unable to absorb it.

For some reason, the demonic energy within this teleportation channel could not be absorbed by anyone. All Chen Zhou did was suppress the demonic energy. In fact, Chen Zhou had come up with a brilliant method to change the original shape of the demonic energy: by directly compressing the entire shape, thus suppressing the structure of the demonic energy vortex from all aspects.

Previously, Chen Zhou had been suppressing the demonic energy from one aspect, which is why he was unable to change the shape of the demonic energy, that is, the form of the demonic energy vortex.

If the form of this demonic vortex cannot be changed, it cannot be truly resolved, and those people cannot be saved.

But now it seems that Chen Zhou has succeeded.

"It actually succeeded," the middle-aged vendor said slowly. Everyone had thought it would fail, but thanks to Chen Zhou's efforts, it was a perfect success.

"Now we just need to let them walk straight over," Tie Dao said slowly, because the vortex of demonic energy had been greatly reduced by Chen Zhou's Rootless Fire. The vortex no longer blocked their path.

In other words, the rest of the people can walk directly to their side.

"Make them move over there immediately," Chen Zhou said loudly, his voice unusually tense for some reason.

Upon hearing Chen Zhou's voice, everyone immediately sprang into action, not daring to linger for even a moment.

"What's going on?" the middle-aged vendor asked curiously, because Chen Zhou's tone was so tense that they were afraid something might happen to him.

However, Chen Zhou didn't say what had happened; he was the only one bearing the burden. After everyone had passed by, the demonic energy vortex suddenly began to expand, quickly returning to its previous shape.

Chen Zhou's alteration of the demonic energy vortex's shape was only temporary! The demonic energy vortex eventually broke through Chen Zhou's control.

Unable to ultimately control the vortex of demonic energy, Chen Zhou could only slowly transform into a cluster of flames and quickly escape from the vortex.

After Chen Zhou transformed into flames and escaped the vortex of demonic energy, the vortex immediately reverted to its original form. Both its speed and direction underwent significant changes; the speed increased rapidly, while the direction shifted back towards them.

In other words, the problem of this demonic energy vortex has not yet been solved; it has simply changed direction and is now a demonic energy vortex chasing after them.

"Run!" Chen Zhou shouted. As soon as Chen Zhou escaped the vortex of demonic energy, the flames immediately transformed into Chen Zhou's human form. Chen Zhou quickly caught up with the middle-aged merchants and their group.

"What happened?" the middle-aged merchant asked immediately as he ran. By this time, the middle merchant had already retrieved all nine rings and was tightly gripping them in his hand, shouting loudly.

"I didn't expect the power of this demonic vortex to be so strong. I can't suppress it at all. I only changed its shape briefly, and now it's just a last gasp! Its power is getting stronger and stronger. We must not let them catch up with us," Chen Zhou said as he ran.

"I see," the middle-aged vendor said slowly.

The two rescued the Advanced League once again.

This difficulty was clearly solved by Chen Zhou and the middle-aged merchant working together. Without Chen Zhou's flames, the demonic vortex could not have been delayed, and without the middle-aged merchant's Nine Linked Rings, so many people could not have been rescued at once.

"Thank you both so much," the railway worker said.

"Now is not the time for sentimentality," the middle-aged vendor chuckled.

Yes, although they have temporarily escaped the danger of this vortex of demonic energy, it is still chasing them and its speed is increasing, so they must get up as soon as possible.

Even after getting up, they still couldn't run inside the teleportation vehicle because the ground was too slippery; they could only crawl.

“We’re crawling too slowly. If this continues, he’ll catch up with us sooner or later,” Chen Zhou said gravely.

“That’s true. What should we do then?” Railway asked.

The previous problem was just solved, but a new one has arisen. This teleportation portal is really a headache.

"It's no use saying these things now. We need to find another way to speed things up quickly," Chen Zhou said solemnly.

However, the fastest among them was the middle-aged merchant. He placed four rings on his four limbs, which attracted the teleportation channel, allowing him to climb up faster. The others, on the other hand, had to grip the wall tightly with their palms to climb quickly. The middle-aged merchant didn't need the rings to attract the teleportation channel at all.

They were able to stick their bodies to the wall by using the attraction of the middle-aged vendor's ring.

"I only have two sets of rings here, which are still usable and can only help two people. My strength is the weakest among everyone, so I definitely need one set. Who should I give the other set to?" the middle-aged merchant asked.

Indeed, there are only two sets of the Nine Linked Rings. Five of them must be in the hands of the middle-aged merchant, and the other set can help another person. At this moment, this person is definitely the weakest among them.

However, there are many people who cannot sense the demonic energy in this teleportation channel. These people can all be classified into one category. So, who should receive this ring?

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