An Lao could feel the change in his emotions and couldn't help but ask, "Little Li?"
"An Lao, do you think it's possible that this Divine Thunder Source is behind all this?"
Li Chonglou directly voiced his suspicion.
"The Divine Thunder Source is behind it? You mean this Divine Thunder Source has developed its own consciousness?"
An Lao thought for a moment, then denied it, "No, if the Divine Thunder Source was involved, it would be colluding with the old village chief and the others, not an outsider."
The current situation was clearly being orchestrated by the Black Net.
The old village chief and the others were merely reacting passively.
Li Chonglou initially thought so, but then another possibility suddenly occurred to him, causing his pupils to contract sharply.
"An Lao, then do you think it's possible that the Black Net and the old village chief are actually a team, working together to deal with the Divine Thunder Source?"
An Lao was also startled by this conjecture.
"That shouldn't be the case, right? If that were true, would they dare to let an outsider like you control the formation?"
Li Chonglou sneered, "Let me control it? They clearly knew the formation spirit had awakened and would try to possess my body, which is why they let me come."
He had seen the doubt in the eyes of the three people just now very clearly.
"That's still unlikely. Have you forgotten about the people from your General Bureau? If they really wanted to cooperate to lure some experts over for a sacrifice, why wouldn't they just kill you? Why go through all this trouble?"
Li Chonglou's expression froze.
He had indeed forgotten about that.
"However, I just have a strange feeling about this."
An Lao could only comfort him, "Perhaps it's just your imagination. But it doesn't matter now. As long as you subdue the formation spirit."
That was true.
Li Chonglou nodded.
There was one thing he dared not mention to An Lao: not long ago, when he used his divine sense to disperse the consciousness in the formation beneath his feet, he had felt something peculiar.
It felt like that soul was not quite the same as the purple qi mass surrounded by Old Lin and the other.
But he had dispersed it with his divine sense. If he told An Lao, what was happening in his sea of consciousness might not be kept secret.
However, An Lao was right about one thing. Regardless of the reason, he just needed to subdue his formation spirit.
With this in mind, Li Chonglou shifted his attention back to the three energy signatures in the air.
With the help of everyone earlier, Li Chonglou had already refined most of the formation beneath his feet.
There was indeed a connection between them. As he refined the formation, Old Lin and the other began to feel the weakness of the purple qi mass, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Li Chonglou's refining speed also increased by several times.
He estimated that it would only take about half an hour to completely refine it.
He would wait a little longer then.
As he was thinking, several more figures appeared in the distance.
No, it was the old village chief and everyone else, a total of sixteen figures!
"Brother Li, you really haven't seen anyone else coming?"
Li Chonglou frowned, "Old village chief, what do you mean by that? You don't believe me?"
The old village chief's transformation was indeed astonishing. His muscles alone were incredibly exaggerated, and the wrinkles on his face had significantly reduced.
However, Li Chonglou was not afraid of him.
He was currently within the formation, and the purple qi mass was almost completely refined by him, making him absolutely safe.
Even if the old village chief had some means to control the formation spirit before, he certainly couldn't use them now!
The old village chief did not respond immediately but turned and whispered something in the ear of a man wearing animal skins that Li Chonglou could not understand. The man immediately ran off.
Li Chonglou's heart skipped a beat. Was he going to check the location?
It wasn't impossible. Although he still didn't know what method the old village chief and his group used for tracking, he dared not underestimate its power.
"Brother Li, we'll have to trouble you here. We'll go look around again."
After saying that, the old village chief left with his group.
However, not all of them left; two were left to guard not far away.
"An Lao, can we speed things up a bit?"
"You can let Old Lin and Cai Hong try to attack again."
Earlier, to conserve soul power, Old Lin and Cai Hong had both reduced their soul power output, only passively defending against the attacks of the purple qi mass.
Upon suddenly resuming their offensive, the latter's reaction became even more intense.
But it was indeed faster.
"No, it's not enough! An Lao, are there any other methods? I suspect that old man will react within a minute."
Although not afraid, Li Chonglou knew he couldn't stay in the formation forever.
Moreover, he didn't know if the formation would still be usable after he successfully refined the formation spirit.
After all, he had no idea how to control the formation. If the formation spirit then lost its reaction, and the formation lost its offensive capabilities, he would suddenly face over a dozen experts from the old village chief's group, all wielding lightning power.
Li Chonglou could only say, "Give me a quick end."
An Lao also understood the gravity of the situation and gritted his teeth, saying in a deep voice, "I can temporarily drag it into your sea of consciousness. This would be considered a temporary refinement, but it can only last for a day at most. And afterward, you must replenish the soul power for Old Lin and the others!"
Only a day?
Li Chonglou's mind raced, and he finally thought of Donghai Island.
His eyes sharpened, and he quickly said, "Okay, one day should be enough!"
An Lao stopped wasting time and disappeared from his mind.
He didn't immediately attack the purple qi mass but entered the bottle space to inform the soul bodies of the situation.
Then, he came out and dragged the purple qi mass back into Li Chonglou's sea of consciousness.
Other soul bodies not only lacked this ability but couldn't even understand its principles.
However, no one questioned it.
They were already accustomed to the incredible things An Lao did.
This was because all the soul bodies knew about that miraculous book.
In private, they even speculated that An Lao was no longer a mere human soul body, but the book spirit of that miraculous book!
After the purple qi mass disappeared, Old Lin and the other two breathed a deep sigh of relief and returned to Li Chonglou's body, looking weak.
"Little Li, I can't hold on much longer. Please take care of things."
Li Chonglou comforted him, "Don't worry, within three days, I guarantee you'll all recover to your original level."
"Really?"
Old Lin's tone became surprised, and Li Chonglou smiled faintly and confirmed.
At the same time, not long after the purple qi mass disappeared, Li Chonglou felt several soul bodies, led by An Lao, enter his sea of consciousness.
His body also regained its freedom.
"Finally, I can move."
Li Chonglou also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not show it. Instead, he secretly glanced at the two animal-skinned men left guarding not far away.
Meanwhile.
The animal-skinned man the old village chief had sent away found the old village chief with a look of panic.
"Village chief, bad news! All those people are now in our tribe!"
The old village chief's expression suddenly changed, and he said coldly, "I knew he was behind it!"