Standing in the center of the altar, Chen Zhou, with his exceptional hearing, overheard Ji Lanying's explanation from afar. Before Chen Zhou could continue pondering it, Elder Ren added, "There are still people so ruthless as to set up such elaborate schemes... This world... really hasn't changed at all..."
At this point, Chen Zhou was unable to continue communicating with Elder Ren, even though Elder Ren seemed to be talking to himself and not interacting with him.
Because this protective formation has already launched an attack.
The phantom image that Chen Zhou saw earlier was actually the attack method of this great formation.
One after another, illusory snake-men appeared around Chen Zhou, constantly attacking him. They wielded a variety of weapons, including human knives, swords, spears, and tridents, as well as some of their own peculiar weapons, such as fangs that seemed to be made from the fangs of a Great Wilderness Python.
Although these are all illusions, they can still cause real harm to Chen Zhou.
When Chen Zhou first encountered them, he thought they were illusions and immediately used the first level of his true eye technique. After using it, he found that he could still see these people. Just when Chen Zhou still thought that his eye technique was too weak to see through these illusions, one of the snake-men swung his large sword and slashed hard at Chen Zhou's shoulder.
Blood gushed from Chen Zhou's shoulder.
The blood seemed to act as a stimulant for the phantoms. As soon as Chen Zhou's blood was sprayed out, the snake-man phantoms, which had been motionless and dazed, immediately began to move. They all looked at Chen Zhou and attacked him in unison.
“These phantoms are the souls of the snake-men sealed by this blood array. These souls are all living people! Their souls will retain most of their strength from when they were alive!” Ji Lanying continued to explain, still stunned in place.
Ji Lanying, Zhu Yuande and Zhu Yuancheng were all thankful that it wasn't them who went to break the formation just now, it was clearly suicide!
The Great Wilderness Python didn't say that this was a blood array.
Ji Lanying thought of the description of the blood array in that book. To break the blood array, one must not only resist the attacks of the blood array, but also find a way to find the array's core.
This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of breaking the formation.
Moreover, the attack power of the Blood Array is largely related to the soul sealed within it; currently, those outside the array cannot see the strength of the soul within.
However, Chen Zhou could clearly sense that most of these souls were at least at the Enlightenment stage, with only a few scattered at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages.
Most importantly, Chen Zhou's attacks had little effect on these souls; it was as if Chen Zhou could not touch them at all.
He could only let these souls attack him.
At that moment, Chen Zhou could only dodge and weave.
Chen Zhou had no time to search for the array's core; these souls were already enough to make him suffer. Fortunately, these souls couldn't use their true energy, otherwise Chen Zhou would have been completely defenseless.
"Use the Primal Truth!" Ren Lao shouted in the spiritual world.
Upon hearing Elder Ren's words, Chen Zhou immediately began using his true energy to resist the attack on his soul.
As soon as the primordial truth appeared, those souls without physical form immediately began to flee in all directions.
The reason Chen Zhou hesitated to use his true energy earlier was that his true energy had been suppressed. Within this protective array, his Spirit Breathing Technique also seemed to be inhibited.
This caused Chen Zhou's ability to recover his true energy to decrease. On the other hand, Chen Zhou's use of true energy was also greatly suppressed. Simply put, Chen Zhou could not use his full strength in this formation.
The fact that the souls were scattering everywhere gave Chen Zhou a lot of time. Chen Zhou immediately began to use the true essence of the first level of the pupil technique. A wisp of starlight filled Chen Zhou's eyes, and Chen Zhou could finally begin to search for the array core.
In order to deliver a fatal blow to the formation after finding its core, Chen Zhou must conserve his true energy. Naturally, he dares not use his true energy excessively, as excessive consumption would be detrimental to him.
"What kind of cultivation technique is that golden-white true energy? Isn't he a formation master? How come his true energy is so powerful?" Ji Lanying was stunned. This young man was quite skilled; he was able to instantly disperse all the souls and make them all escape.
If it were those three instead, they would definitely be the ones running away now.
Those souls are spiritual entities, and only experts at the Golden Core Realm or above can launch soul attacks to cause them substantial damage. Without the strength of the Golden Core Realm, it is almost impossible to use soul power and thus impossible to harm those spiritual entities.
However, this young man now has the means to disperse most of these spirits, which shows the strength of his true energy.
It is very likely that his true energy contains the power of the soul.
However, soul power can only appear at the Golden Core stage or above. This young man is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, yet he can use soul power.
Ji Lanying was completely baffled.
For now, all we can do is wait and see what Chen Zhou does next.
For them, the best thing to do now is to pray that Chen Zhou cannot break the formation, so that they can share the experience Chen Zhou gained from breaking the formation the first time, and they will have experience to share when they break the formation next time.
If Chen Zhou breaks the formation now, the three of them will be the ones to suffer.
The three of them had already vowed not to be in the same group as that young man, because they were afraid that he would drag them down. Now it seems that it's a pity they weren't in the same group as him!
Indeed, life and death are separated by a single thought.
If Chen Zhou successfully breaks through, the Great Wilderness Python will keep its promise and let Chen Zhou go, and then the three of them will die at the hands of the Great Wilderness Python.
There's nothing they can do now; they can only silently pray that Chen Zhou won't break through.
Chen Zhou was still in a very bad state. Those powerful souls were not very afraid of the Primordial Truth, so they could continue to attack Chen Zhou without restraint.
Chen Zhou's current condition is not as good as everyone imagined.
Not only was his true energy suppressed, but Chen Zhou's mobility was also restricted. It felt as if a huge boulder weighing a thousand pounds was pressing down on his body, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Therefore, Chen Zhou not only had to use his true energy to calm his breathing, but also to protect himself. He was unable to harm these souls and could only keep fleeing.
During the escape, they also had to use their peripheral vision to search for the array eye in the blood-red array above their heads.
"Waaaaah...waaaah...waaaah..."
"Waaaaah...waaaah..."
The souls behind Chen Zhou kept emitting strange wailing sounds, and their expressions made Chen Zhou feel a chill down his back.
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