Chen Zhou was sleeping comfortably when he felt someone poking him from behind. He had to open his eyes and look at Yu Qirui, who was poking him from behind with one hand and continuously outputting true energy with the other.

Seeing this, Chen Zhou had no choice but to stretch reluctantly and then slowly stand up.

"Your true energy is exhausted?" Chen Zhou looked at the weak Yu Qirui and said with a surprised expression.

Chen Zhou has been setting up the formation for so long, and he has never run out of true energy while maintaining the formation. Isn't Yu Qirui's true energy far too little?

Yu Qirui had no way to express his suffering. With his strength at the Fusion stage, he could have lasted much longer, but these three formations seemed to be a bottomless pit. The more he poured his true energy into them, the more they needed!

Moreover, it also possesses a suction force, constantly drawing away the true energy within Yu Qirui's body.

"I'll take over," Chen Zhou said, and then took over Yu Qirui's position.

After an hour of rest, Chen Zhou's true energy had recovered to about 70-80%, and his energy had also been restored considerably. Since the Salted Fish System increased his spiritual value, his mental strength had also increased significantly. This not only allowed him to better concentrate his spirit, but also enhanced the power of his cultivation techniques.

As soon as Yu Qirui left, he breathed a sigh of relief. He finally understood Chen Zhou's predicament. He hadn't expected that this formation would consume so much true energy. He had only been able to hold on for an hour before he couldn't continue.

Chen Zhou not only had to maintain the formation, but also had to constantly use his true energy to draw the next formation, which undoubtedly consumed much more true energy than Chen Zhou.

However, what Yu Qirui didn't know was that Chen Zhou only needed a little true energy to maintain these three formations, and for him, there was no such suction force from the formations.

As soon as Chen Zhou took over the three formations, he felt that their power had increased significantly, and they seemed to be more solid and less likely to collapse.

What's going on?

Chen Zhou wondered to himself, then thought of Yu Qirui's weak appearance just now. Could it be Yu Qirui's true energy?

Yu Qirui understood this difficulty, which is why he wanted to persevere longer to buy Chen Zhou more time to rest. He had just woken Chen Zhou up because he couldn't hold on any longer.

As soon as Chen Zhou began, Yu Qirui quickly left the vicinity of the divine tree and walked to Yu Junya's side about ten meters away.

"Brother Qi Rui! How are you?" Yu Junya saw Yu Qi Rui walking over weakly and immediately led a group of soldiers to surround him.

"Step back, step back, I'm fine..." Yu Qirui waved his hand and said to Yu Junya and the others, indicating that they should step back and not get close to the formation, otherwise it would affect Chen Zhou's formation.

Yu Qirui was starting to admire Chen Zhou. Despite his young age, he looked even younger than Yu Junya, and his true qi was even more abundant than Yu Qirui's, a Fusion stage expert. Keep in mind, Chen Zhou was only at the Foundation Establishment stage!

Why is it that someone in the Foundation Establishment stage has such a large amount of true energy that far exceeds that of someone in the Fusion stage?

Logically speaking, this is completely impossible. Could it be because of the roots of the poisonous tree?

Yu Qirui didn't think too much about it. Right now, the divine tree protection formation was more important. This was the most crucial moment, the last formation!

Once this formation is successfully set up, the entire Divine Tree Protection Formation will be complete!

Everyone looked at Chen Zhou with tension. Could this young man really bring hope to their tribe?

All the previous contempt and slander are now being refuted.

"Chen Zhou, calm down. This is the most crucial moment. We can't afford to make any mistakes!" Elder Ren was already sweating bullets for Chen Zhou in his spiritual world.

Chen Zhou had set up the previous three formations almost entirely during his prime, which is why he was able to do so without any major incidents. Now, the last formation is not only the most difficult, but Chen Zhou is currently only at about 70% or 80% of his prime.

This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of setting up the formation.

For Chen Zhou, although the feeling was not very obvious at the beginning of setting up the formation, the feeling of exhaustion and depletion of true energy would probably come faster as the process progressed.

Just like the previous two times, Chen Zhou used his hand to crush the scroll to find the location of the array eye, and then began to set up the array eye behind the divine tree. The last array setup began.

"It's starting... it's starting..." Yu Qirui clenched his fists, watching nervously as the nascent formation slowly appeared.

Chen Zhou sighed softly. Fortunately, this scroll was an original formation, which is why the formation eye was shown with small protrusions. Otherwise, he would probably have wasted more true energy searching for the formation eye, and he would have had a hard time setting up the first two formations.

"Brother Qirui, don't worry! You believe in him so much! He can definitely do it." Yu Junya was also extremely excited, as this concerned the future of the entire Yinatar tribe.

Yu Qirui nodded, and he and Yu Junya both looked at Chen Zhou. Now almost everyone was looking at Chen Zhou; he was the center of attention.

Once Chen Zhou knew the location of the array's core, he quickly set it up. With the core in place, the basic structure of the entire array was revealed.

Once the basic shape of the formation was formed, Chen Zhou began to concentrate on outlining it.

In the past, Chen Zhou would feel relieved as soon as he found the core of the formation, because the subsequent formation was relatively easy to outline and very simple for him.

But now that the array's core is there, Chen Zhou isn't even confident he can set it up. He now feels deeply ashamed of his previous ideas.

"Clap clap clap..."

Lines of defense slowly appeared under Chen Zhou's fingers, eventually overlapping to reveal a complex formation.

With the appearance of the fourth formation, the pleasure levels of the other three formations increased. Now, Chen Zhou no longer needed to use his true energy to maintain them. Their current pleasure levels, combined with the long lifespan of Chen Zhou's original formations, provided that Chen Zhou had enough time to set up the fourth formation.

It doesn't mean setting up a fourth formation, but rather that it's enough to sustain Chen Zhou until his true energy is exhausted. If Chen Zhou's true energy is exhausted and he still hasn't set up the fourth formation, then it's highly likely that he won't be able to set it up at all.

Time ticked by, and no one knew how much time had passed. They only saw that the fourth formation was already more than half completed.

However, Chen Zhou's movements became slower and slower, and the same state he was in when setting up the third formation came back to him.

Chen Zhou couldn't hold on any longer.

"It's almost finished..." Yu Junya said nervously, not daring to blink.