The middle-aged merchant's words already carried a hint of his dying wish. His plan was that if he didn't figure out the Nine Linked Rings before the lightning struck, he would hand it over to Chen Zhou so that Chen Zhou could handle the rest of the operation.
Although the middle-aged vendor now knows how to use the nine-linked rings, he hasn't put it into practice yet. So everything still needs to be investigated.
The current situation depends on how Chen Zhou places the four rings correctly. Once the four rings are in place, the middle-aged merchant will be confident that he can fully utilize the Nine Linked Rings.
Chen Zhou first took the four rings from the middle-aged vendor, then immediately drew his black sword and used the Xingyi Cloud Sword technique. Chen Zhou's figure quickly appeared in front of the demonic energy vortex. The vortex had its own speed, so Chen Zhou's speed had to be greater than its speed; otherwise, he would be immediately overtaken.
Chen Zhou's current situation is that he must crawl and move forward to place the ring.
Moreover, Chen Zhou wanted to place rings at the four corners.
In other words, once Chen Zhou has placed one ring, he immediately has to rush to the other side to place another one so that he can continue crawling forward to place the other two rings.
This was undoubtedly a huge waste of time, but Chen Zhou had no choice but to do it this way in order to arrange the four rings.
The middle-aged vendor's instructions were to arrange the four rings, so Chen Zhou had to do this in order to completely eliminate the demonic energy vortex using the vendor's method.
The middle-aged vendor didn't crawl forward; instead, he watched Chen Zhou's movements from where he stood. Chen Zhou had already crawled to the front of the vortex of demonic energy. A ring had already been placed there.
After placing one ring, Chen Zhou immediately crawled to the other side to place the other ring. However, Chen Zhou had to judge the distance between the two rings himself; it had to be greater than the diameter of the demonic energy vortex.
"I didn't expect the wind around this demonic energy vortex to be so strong," Chen Zhou murmured, because he had only reached the front of the demonic energy vortex and could just feel the enormous power within it.
The immense wind was undoubtedly hindering Chen Zhou's progress. Chen Zhou was heading to his right, but the vortex of demonic energy was rotating clockwise, which was clearly the opposite of Chen Zhou's direction.
Although the wind was not strong enough to stop Chen Zhou from moving forward, it could still have some impact on him.
In other words, Chen Zhou originally planned to rush to the other side and place the other ring within three seconds, but now it seems that it will probably take five seconds.
Five seconds was enough for the demonic vortex to advance a considerable distance, but Chen Zhou had no other choice. He had already placed another ring. At this moment, his body had already rushed out. There was nothing else in Chen Zhou's sight except for that other corner. He only needed to rush there, place the ring, and then he could immediately crawl forward.
Chen Zhou's body surged forward rapidly before the vortex of demonic energy. In the blink of an eye, Chen Zhou appeared on the other side, placing the ring on the ground. At this moment, the vortex of demonic energy had already appeared behind Chen Zhou's body.
The vortex of demonic energy was very close to Chen Zhou, but he did not panic. Instead, he gripped the black sword tightly with both hands and continued to crawl forward using the Xingyi Cloud Sword.
Although Xingyi Cloud Sword is meant for changing movement techniques, it's not suitable for crawling. However, Chen Zhou made some minor modifications and was able to use it while crawling.
Two rings have already been placed; two more need to be placed forward to complete the task assigned by the middle-aged merchant.
Chen Zhou sighed with relief.
Some time had passed since then, and the lightning behind them had grown thicker and thicker. When Chen Zhou came into close contact with the vortex of demonic energy earlier, he had already noticed that the lightning was no longer the size they had seen before.
Chen Zhou didn't know how long it would be before the lightning struck again. He had to hurry; every minute and every second was a race against time.
This time was bought back for them by the railway workers with their lives.
Chen Zhou knew they absolutely could not let down the railway's lifeline.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhou sped up even more.
"Chen Zhou, run!" The middle-aged vendor was still cheering Chen Zhou on from the spot.
The remaining rings of the Nine Linked Rings had already taken on a strange shape in his hand, but Chen Zhou had no time to pay attention to the rings in the middle-aged merchant's hands; he had to fix the rings in his own hands as soon as possible. At this moment, Chen Zhou had already created some distance between himself and the vortex of demonic energy, but this distance was not a safe one; he was still at the very back of the Advancement Alliance.
To be truly safe, Chen Zhou would have to climb to the front of the Advanced Alliance, but he wouldn't do that. Chen Zhou and the middle-aged merchant were determined to destroy the vortex of demonic energy.
If they fail to destroy this vortex of demonic energy, the two of them will certainly not be able to surpass the advanced alliance ahead.
"Smack!"
The ring landed on the illusory teleportation channel with a crisp sound! Chen Zhou then placed the last ring; he only needed to place one more ring to complete the placement of all four.
So the situation from before occurred again. Chen Zhou had to rush to his right. The demonic energy vortex had already entered the range of the four rings. Chen Zhou only needed to place the last ring and then immediately go to the middle-aged merchant.
Otherwise, Chen Zhou would have been immediately drawn into the vortex of demonic energy.
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