Demon, come and cultivate for me.

Only now did Zhou Chu discover that transforming into a demon had side effects.

The monster's inherent bestial nature will subtly affect his rationality.

In order not to make mistakes, he tried his best to restrain the bestial nature brought about by the silver wolf's body.

Faced with the gaze of the female wolf Lass, the wolf's bestial instincts once again overwhelmed its reason.

Zhou Chu reached out and grabbed the female wolf by the back of her neck, pressing her head against the coffin to avoid her gaze.

The female wolf whimpered but did not resist. Instead, she relaxed and waited for Zhou Chu to make further moves.

Zhou Chu asked, "How long did it take you, Madam, to comprehend the second formation?"

"Over two hundred years," the female wolf replied. "The speed at which one can comprehend a formation is greatly influenced by the individual's aptitude and understanding..."

Zhou Chu didn't listen to the rest of the conversation before entering his sea of ​​consciousness again.

Zhou Chu now realizes that even when cultivating techniques within the "Tai Xu Wu Xiang Tu," one must consider the aptitude of the demon soul.

Cultivating martial arts techniques requires physical constitution and aptitude, while comprehending profound techniques requires comprehension and talent.

Among the existing demon souls, the mandrill has the best physical aptitude and is suitable for practicing martial arts techniques.

If we're talking about the one with the best comprehension, it's the newly acquired little wolf demon soul.

Having figured this out, Zhou Chu decisively threw the little wolf demon into comprehending the Star Chess Formation.

Perhaps it was because the little wolf demon had such good aptitude, coupled with the accumulation of experience from the previous few initial-stage wolf demons, that the Star Chess Formation broke through to the second stage in just three years of lifespan.

The second formation, the Star Shift Formation, also appeared.

【Thirty-Six Star Formations (Second Tier)】

【Formation 1: Nine Palaces Formation】

【Formation Two: Star Shift Formation】

[Having cultivated for 432 years]

Looking at the two formations, a thought arose in Zhou Chu's mind:

The Nine Palaces Formation is a trapping formation, while the Star Shift Formation is a teleportation formation. What would happen if the Star Shift Formation were used within the Nine Palaces Formation?

However, he quickly dismissed this pointless thought; he had more important things to do.

Continue to study the third formation.

The little wolf demon's spiritual comprehension is exceptionally high.

After consuming two hundred and ten years of his lifespan, he also comprehended the third formation.

【Thirty-Six Star Formations (Tier 3)】

【Formation 1: Nine Palaces Formation】

【Formation Two: Star Shift Formation】

【Formation Three: Illusion Formation】

[Having cultivated for 642 years]

Looking at the little wolf demon's soul, its lifespan is only 207 years.

As Zhou Chu was preparing to comprehend the fourth formation, a question suddenly came to mind.

Leaving aside whether the little wolf demon's remaining 207 years of lifespan are enough to comprehend the fourth formation.

The primary problem is that setting up the formation requires using true energy to condense the chess pieces, and the more chess pieces there are, the greater the consumption of true energy.

Hu Xiaoxian, with his second-stage cultivation, nearly collapsed after using the second formation, the Star Shift Formation, once.

His current realm is the peak of the Acquired Martial Artist realm, equivalent to the third realm of the demon race, only one realm higher than Hu Xiaoxian. Using the third formation is probably already his limit.

The fourth formation requires forty chess pieces and consumes nearly half more true energy than the third formation.

If one forces the use of it, one might exhaust one's true energy, just like when one used the Tai Xu Sword Technique last time, leading to one's imminent death.

With this in mind, Zhou Chu gave up the idea of ​​continuing his comprehension.

In any case, the thirty-six array diagrams have already been printed in the "Tai Xu Wu Xiang Tu". It is not too late to study them after finding the complete guiding technique and reaching the Innate Martial Realm.

As his consciousness returned to reality, Zhou Chu opened his eyes and exhaled a deep breath.

The female wolf wagged her tail and urged, "Your Majesty, please hurry..."

"What's the rush?"

"I'm still worried about my son practicing alone up there."

"In that case, I will send you to see your eldest son."

"what?"

The female wolf sensed something was wrong, abruptly freeing herself from Zhou Chu's claws around her neck, turning around and baring her teeth as she howled:

"Who are you? What have you done to my son?"

"It's nothing," Zhou Chu said calmly. "I just twisted off its head and took away its demonic soul..."

The female wolf's eyes widened in fury upon hearing this.

"Die!" it roared fiercely, extending its wolf claws and leaping towards Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu was a level above the female wolf, and his speed far surpassed that of the female wolf.

He dodged the wolf's claws aimed at his heart, and then unleashed the Dragon Elephant Fist, striking the female wolf heavily in the abdomen.

The female wolf was propelled by the force, her body flying out of the tomb entrance and landing on the altar outside.

Zhou Chu had no intention of killing the female wolf with his fists; he wanted to use it to test the effectiveness of the third formation.

He channeled his inner energy into his palm, condensing it into thirty black and white chess pieces, which he then tossed all at the female wolf in an instant.

Before the female wolf could even get up, she was trapped in the illusionary formation set up by Zhou Chu.

As the one who set up the formation, Zhou Chu could clearly see the situation within the formation.

A dense forest materialized within the formation, with sunlight filtering through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

A female wolf and a wolf demon with white fur chased and played in the forest, until finally the white wolf climbed onto the female wolf's back...

Zhou Chu's lips twitched, thinking to himself: No wonder the little wolf demon also has white fur, it turns out the silver wolf is a sucker.

Zhou Chu originally intended to trap the female wolf in the formation, but he soon discovered a problem.

That means it would take an extremely long time to trap it.

If an ordinary person were trapped in the formation without food or water, they would surely die within six or seven days, or even ten days.

However, the female wolf is a demon with the cultivation level of the second realm, and it is unknown how long it will take to wear her down.

Furthermore, the female wolf is also skilled in formations. If she sees through the illusion and breaks the formation, it will be bad.

What you think about comes true.

The female wolf in the formation, whose eyes had been filled with satisfaction, suddenly showed a look of confusion.

Immediately afterwards, the style of the scene changed drastically.

The mountains, forests, and rivers suddenly disappeared, replaced by a giant chessboard, with the female wolf situated within it.

The female wolf darted around aimlessly for a moment, then stopped beside a white chess piece. She extended her paw, and four black chess pieces were faintly visible within it.

This process consumed a great deal of its true energy, leaving it looking somewhat weak.

It places four black stones at the intersections around the white stones, thus encircling them.

When the last black piece is placed, the white pieces that were surrounded immediately disappear.

Zhou Chu finally understood: the female wolf was trying to break the formation.

Even after the white pieces disappeared, the formation remained unchanged.

Zhou Chu became interested and prepared to see how it would break the formation.

The female wolf sat cross-legged on the ground, regulating her breathing to recover her true energy. After a moment, she continued to condense chess pieces, surrounding and killing the original chess pieces in the formation.

Until the third piece disappeared, the female wolf seemed to have no strength left to recover, and lay motionless on the chessboard.

At this moment, Zhou Chu realized the ingenuity of this formation.

Those who do not understand formations will lose their senses and be bewitched to death upon entering the illusionary formation, unless the person who set up the formation actively activates it, in which case there is a glimmer of hope for advancement.

Those who understand formations may be able to see through the illusion and seek ways to break the formation.

But there is only one way to break the formation: to surround and kill all the pieces in the formation.

It takes four pieces to surround and kill one piece in the formation. The player who sets up the formation spends one unit of cost to set it up, while the player who breaks the formation has to spend four times that cost to break it.

The price is far too high.

If the attacker is too weak, they will be worn down and killed within the formation before they can kill all the pieces, with no chance of survival.