The lightning kept crackling and popping, and everyone thought it would strike at any moment.
That's why the lightning bolt was now as thick as a man's thigh. The previous lightning bolts were all emitted at this time. At this moment, Chen Zhou couldn't care less about anything else. He placed the last ring and immediately rushed towards the middle-aged merchant.
As soon as the last ring was placed and the demonic vortex was within the four rings, the middle-aged merchant immediately initiated the next action.
Chen Zhou's eyes were no longer focused on anything else; he was only single-mindedly trying to climb to the middle-aged vendor's side, so he didn't see clearly what the vendor's movements were. He only vaguely sensed a series of sounds coming from behind him.
Then, miraculously, the crackling sound of lightning disappeared.
Once he regained his footing and looked back, he discovered that the vortex of demonic energy had been dispersed by the four rings of the middle-aged merchant's feet, and the demonic energy was constantly surging towards the four rings.
As Chen Zhou continued climbing towards the middle-aged vendor, the demonic energy vanished from its spot. When Chen Zhou looked closely, everyone discovered that the demonic energy had been absorbed by the middle-aged vendor's four rings.
The other five rings remained in the same position in the middle-aged vendor's hands.
The effect of these nine linked rings was so great that the enormous vortex of demonic energy rapidly shrank. It disappeared at a visible speed, vanishing from sight.
The lightning within the vortex of demonic energy also vanished at that moment.
The lightning was originally brewing in the vortex of demonic energy, so as the vortex disappeared, the lightning had no carrier and naturally disappeared as well.
"It actually succeeded." Chen Zhou stared at the vanished vortex of demonic energy, frozen in place, and slowly spoke.
All the members of the Advanced Alliance who had been crawling ahead stopped, their gazes fixed on the vortex of demonic energy behind them. It had truly vanished. This thing had troubled them for a long time, and now it had been resolved by Chen Zhou and the middle-aged merchant working together. At this moment, Chen Zhou didn't feel that he had contributed much to the vortex of demonic energy; in fact, it was all the middle-aged merchant's doing.
I had only helped the middle-aged vendor complete the setup.
"I underestimated these nine-linked rings," Chen Zhou said to the middle-aged vendor.
"It's alright, these nine-linked rings still have a great use," the middle-aged merchant said slowly. He didn't rush forward, but quickly walked to the place where the demonic energy vortex disappeared, and quickly put away the four rings. The next moment, the rings shone brightly, and streams of demonic energy rushed out.
As mentioned earlier, the demonic energy within the teleportation channel cannot be truly absorbed. Although the ring absorbed the demonic energy, it did not remain within the ring but instead burst out again and dissipated within the teleportation channel.
"I only used the Nine-Linked Rings to disperse the vortex of demonic energy; I still can't absorb this demonic energy," the middle-aged merchant said.
"To have achieved this much is already quite impressive," Chen Zhou said.
With the demonic energy vortex resolved, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, the members of the Advanced Alliance walked towards the middle-aged merchant. They had been desperately pushing forward because of the two men's orders, but now that the demonic energy vortex had disappeared, they returned to the two men's side.
The Advanced Alliance now only has those two leaders left.
"The Advanced Alliance is now led by the two of us. Do you have any objections?" the middle-aged merchant said. Since the railway had entrusted the Advanced Alliance to the two of them, they had to do their best to lead it well and could not simply abandon it.
Chen Zhou and the middle-aged merchant turned around and looked at the people from the Advanced Alliance behind them. The middle-aged merchant had already put away the nine-linked rings.
"No objections," all the members of the Advanced Alliance said in unison.
"That would be perfect," the middle-aged vendor said.
"So, I hope that in this teleportation tunnel, all of you will obey our orders and prevent a repeat of what happened earlier. In a place like this, subjective judgment is useless; you must obey orders," Chen Zhou said.
Chen Zhou was absolutely right. In a place like this, if they were to subjectively judge the situation based on personal feelings and loyalty, they still wouldn't be able to completely resolve this vortex of demonic energy.
"Yes." The members of the Advanced Alliance continued to answer in unison, and the middle-aged merchant continued to crawl forward.
"Enough with the unnecessary words, let's keep crawling forward! There are more unknown dangers ahead waiting for us! We must get into the eighth level!" Chen Zhou said immediately.
So everyone continued crawling forward, and the teleportation tunnel returned to calm.
Having resolved the vortex of demonic energy, there were actually many more forms of demonic energy waiting for them, but now they had more methods to deal with them, such as the middle-aged merchant's ring.
The group continued crawling forward. It was still dark ahead, and no one could see what lay ahead, but they weren't afraid. They simply kept moving forward. By this time, the middle merchant and Chen Zhou had reached the front of the Advancement Alliance members and were leading them forward. The danger they had faced earlier was behind them; now the danger was ahead.
Neither Chen Zhou nor the middle-aged merchant placed the Advanced Alliance in the most dangerous position; rather, the two of them were in the most dangerous position within the Advanced Alliance.
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