The two fell silent.
Their expressions turned solemn.
"Brother Li, shouldn't we hurry? They might be entering the forbidden area soon."
This was an obvious attempt to change the subject, but seeing their faces, Li Chonglou knew he wouldn't get anything out of them. He nodded.
Anyway, he had made up his mind. No matter how big the trap in this formation was, Li Chonglou dared to jump into it!
Because Elder An had already given him the inside story.
"Don't worry, Xiao Li. Although the formation spirit is more difficult to deal with than a seventh-level expert, or even an eighth-level expert, for others, you have us."
"We soul bodies are naturally adept at countering formation spirits!"
This was what Elder An had said when explaining the formation spirit, which was why Li Chonglou was so confident now.
Of course, if the opponent's trump card wasn't this, then he would be in trouble.
However, with great skill came great courage. With the breakthrough of the seal as his last resort, and the ancestral help from Old Lin and the others, Li Chonglou was confident that even if he couldn't change the situation, he could at least save his life here!
Seeing Li Chonglou leap down and stand in the center of the open space, the two men in beast skins visibly relaxed.
"Brother Li, you should close your eyes first. We're about to activate the formation."
"Alright."
Li Chonglou obediently closed his eyes and then asked Elder An to help him observe what the two men were doing.
"How is it? Can you see their actions?"
Elder An whispered, "Yes, I can. They are cutting their wrists."
Li Chonglou froze, not understanding for a moment.
"Cutting their wrists?"
Wait, wasn't there that strange water below?
Indeed, Elder An then directly said, "They dripped their blood into the water and ran off."
"Ran off?"
"Ran off."
Elder An used the word "ran," and Li Chonglou confirmed it. He couldn't help but open his eyes.
Whoosh!
A red light flashed almost simultaneously. Li Chonglou could even see a faint silhouette of the two men, and they were indeed running.
Could there be danger?
Li Chonglou's vigilance was instantly heightened.
When the two locals ran off like that, who would believe it was safe?
However, before he could react, the red light that had only been flickering on the surface of the water suddenly began to spread and, with lightning speed, instantly enveloped Li Chonglou.
His body became unable to move!
The red light, like a shield in a game, passed through the walls and spread outwards, even covering the entrance he had come through.
No wonder the two men ran. This red light actually had a immobilizing effect!
However, it was only immobilization. Li Chonglou could sense no dangerous aura within the red light. His attention was drawn to the source of the red light, the body of water.
"Elder An, do you think the formation spirit might be hiding in this water?"
Elder An replied, "It's very likely. And this formation spirit is probably usually fed by their blood, otherwise it couldn't be activated by just a little blood."
Li Chonglou asked curiously, "Can formation spirits be fed by humans? Don't they absorb some kind of spiritual energy from heaven and earth?"
"Not necessarily others."
Understood.
Li Chonglou suddenly realized.
It turned out that it was because of the villagers' special nature. The old village chief had mentioned before that their bodies carried the power of seals, and if unsealed, they could wield the power of lightning.
Moreover, the petrification rope was made from their diluted blood. Looking at it this way, feeding the formation spirit with blood wasn't so strange anymore.
Just then, behind Li Chonglou, a strange sound suddenly came.
The sound was loud, like someone dragging a heavy stone slab, but unfortunately, the red light was still present, and Li Chonglou couldn't turn around.
He had to rely on Elder An to act as his third eye again.
After the soul bodies merged, besides sharing organs, they also gained a perceptual ability, similar to the divine sense used by experts above the seventh level. The effect was similar.
The difference was that divine sense could also be used as an attack method, but this characteristic of Elder An and other soul bodies currently only served as a third eye.
"The stone wall has opened. The stone wall behind you is a secret door."
It was as expected.
"Can you see the environment inside?"
"Yes, but you should see it for yourself."
Li Chonglou initially thought there was something special inside, until the next second, the red light in his vision suddenly retracted rapidly from the outside inward, and his body regained freedom.
Turning around, he saw that where the wall should have been, it had become a passageway, about three to four meters thick.
Inside, the scene was filled with strange rocks.
It was like the terrain of mountains in Western Europe, with strange rocks piled everywhere, in stacks of varying heights. On top of the rocks, a hint of green could be seen.
Green, something rarely seen on Thunder Magnetic Island.
For some reason, as Li Chonglou saw this scene, his first reaction was vigilance.
"Is there any danger in here?"
This vigilance was an instinctive reaction of a strong person. The stronger the person, the more sensitive they were!
Unlike the warnings that signaled obvious danger, this was an intuition of crisis in a place that seemed perfectly safe.
Although Li Chonglou was still in a state of soul damage, he was, after all, a peak seventh-level expert, and he still possessed this instinct.
With just one glance, he immediately abandoned the idea of going in to take a look.
"Elder An, how should we deal with that formation spirit? Let's finish quickly and leave."
He really didn't want to stay here guarding as the old village chief had said.
Just the assassins who came to take his bounty this time were all at least fifth-level. Even if there were any fourth-level ones, they were probably specialists.
In any case, there were no easy targets!
Not to mention that these were just pawns of the person who sealed the island. There were definitely stronger experts following behind. Perhaps the person who sealed the island possessed seventh-level strength!
What Li Chonglou didn't know was that his rewards on the Black Net had already reached a level that even eighth-level experts would covet, and the assassins who came this time weren't limited to seventh-level!
However, it didn't matter if he didn't know. Li Chonglou had no intention of playing games with them here.
As for the old village chief.
Elder An had told him when they talked about the formation spirit that this so-called formation guarding was actually a sacrifice!
It might not be life-threatening, but it would at least reduce his strength by more than eighty percent. And if he encountered a fierce formation spirit, it could even be permanent!
If someone truly wanted to cooperate, wouldn't they mention such a situation?
The old village chief and the others hadn't mentioned it at all. There could only be two possibilities!