57: The Spirit Gathering Formation! Failed again!

An incense stick's worth of time later,

Wei Zhou slowly opened his eyes, which were as still as an ancient well. He felt the depleted Divine Sense and magical power in his mind and Dantian replenish once again!

He then threw himself back into carving the Formation patterns of the Spirit Gathering Formation!

......

After several more failures, Wei Zhou finally saw a glimmer of success!

He successfully carved half of the Formation patterns!

This was undoubtedly a milestone success! It meant that from then on, Wei Zhou was only half a step away from successfully becoming a First-Grade Formation Master!

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said joyfully,

"I finally succeeded in carving half of the Formation patterns! I truly have some Formation talent!"

"Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Finally, he couldn't help but put his hands on his hips and laugh loudly towards the sky a few times!

Immediately, he continued carving the Formation patterns, full of fighting spirit and confidence!

......

After six or seven more attempts, Wei Zhou still couldn't successfully carve half of the Formation patterns!

It proved that his previous success in carving half of the Formation patterns was purely a matter of luck!

Wei Zhou poked the small pit on the ground with his hand and said with a puzzled and frustrated expression,

"This shouldn't be!"

"With my extraordinary talent! How could I fail to successfully carve a First-Order Formation after dozens of attempts?"

"This is truly too illogical!"

As he spoke, Wei Zhou fell into deep thought!

After a long while, Wei Zhou muttered to himself,

"Sigh---! Forget it, if I can't think of it, I won't think about it!"

"I'll go out for some fresh air!"

As he spoke, Wei Zhou straightened his body and stretched himself!

He returned the way he came in!

In the quiet and empty secret passage, a slow and steady sound of footsteps echoed!

Wei Zhou looked at the wall a few feet in front of him!

He gently stomped his foot!

"Rumble---!"

The wall in front of him split in two, slowly opening from the middle!

Wei Zhou stepped through! The wall behind him rumbled again!

The wall behind him slowly closed!

He walked straight to the door, pushed open the wooden door, and stepped out!

The moment he stepped out of the door, his finger subtly hooked, and the wooden door slowly closed!

Wei Zhou walked out unhurriedly with his hands behind his back!

After reaching outside the pavilion, Wei Zhou looked at the beautiful, picturesque valley in front of him, took a deep breath, and said,

"Long-lost fresh air!"

He then lightly patted his Storage Pouch, summoned his Magical Artifact sword, and lightly jumped onto it!

After flying around the valley on his sword to check if there were any problems with the Formation Flags placed around the valley!

He threw more than ten Spirit Stones into the great Formation!

Then he flew out of the valley on his sword!

After leaving the valley, Wei Zhou casually picked a direction, instantly transformed into a streak of light, and disappeared directly into the distant horizon!

While he was flying on his sword, he suddenly sensed a figure a mile away, sneaking around, exuding Evil Qi, flying directly towards him!

Wei Zhou quickly activated the Mixed Origin Breath Concealment Art with all his might, completely blending his figure into the surrounding environment!

His aura also transformed into that of a small blade of grass!

Only two dark eyes were exposed, staring unblinkingly at the Void Realm where he had just stood!

A few breaths later,

A terrifying large man, whose body was filled with a bloody aura and around whom a bloody aura faintly swirled, quietly appeared!

He stood in the Void Realm where Wei Zhou had just been!

He muttered to himself,

"The little mouse actually ran away!"

"But you better hide well! Otherwise, if you're found! This venerable one will skin you and refine your bones!"

As he spoke, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth!

A compass immediately appeared in his hand! The large man injected spiritual power into the compass!

The needle on the compass immediately spun wildly!

Finally, it pointed in the direction where Wei Zhou was standing!

The large man looked at the direction the compass needle was pointing, and a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth!

He cackled strangely,

"Hehehe! Little mouse, you can't escape now!"

As he spoke, he flew towards the hidden place where Wei Zhou was concealed!

Wei Zhou looked at the terrifying large man getting closer and closer, and an alarm bell rang in his heart!

He turned and was about to use all his might to cast an escape technique!

Just then, the compass needle in the large man's hand spun again!

Finally, it pointed directly in the opposite direction from Wei Zhou!

The large man hesitated as he looked at the direction the compass needle in his hand was pointing!

After a brief moment of hesitation, he still flew in the direction the compass needle in his hand was pointing!

Seeing the large man fly several miles away, Wei Zhou patted his chest, let out a long breath, and slumped to the ground, saying with a sense of relief,

"That was close!"

The large man, whose body was filled with a bloody aura, was a genuine Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Peak demonic Cultivator!

Judging solely from the Evil Qi emanating from him, the number of innocent lives that died by his hand was countless!

Wei Zhou was merely a newly promoted Foundation Establishment Initial Stage Cultivator; that large man, whose body was filled with a bloody aura, could crush Wei Zhou with a single finger!

Facing that large man, Wei Zhou could only run! And whether he could escape the large man's grasp was still an unknown!

That's why Wei Zhou felt it was a close call, but fortunately, he still managed to escape!

Wei Zhou, who had slumped to the ground and let out a long breath, dared not delay any longer!

He quickly fled in the opposite direction from where the large man had gone!

......

It proved that Wei Zhou's decision was correct!

After he had fled several hundred miles away, the large man, whose body was filled with a bloody aura and faintly exuded bloody Evil Qi, returned to this place!

Feeling the residual aura here, the cruel smile at the corner of the large man's mouth couldn't help but tighten, and he said in disbelief,

"He actually managed to evade the search of my [Treasure Seeking Compass]? That's truly unbelievable!"

([Treasure Seeking Compass] is a Second-Grade High-Tier Magic Treasure, its power far surpasses Magic Treasures of the same grade, and it is a very rare type of Magic Treasure! It is priceless in the market; once, a [Treasure Seeking Compass] was auctioned for a high price of 8000 Spirit Stones at an auction!)

(It is forged from dozens of rare Materials such as extraterrestrial meteor iron, crimson gold profound wood, profound yellow copper mother, solar gold stone, yellow lustrous copper, etc., along with thousands of Low-Grade Spirit Stones!)

(Its main effect is to detect the aura of treasures within a ten-mile radius, including Magical Artifacts and Magic Treasures cultivated within a Cultivator's body!)

(It cannot detect the aura fluctuations of a Cultivator! However, by detecting the aura of treasures within a ten-mile radius, if the treasure has an owner, the Cultivator can also be found!)

(After killing him, all his property will belong to the killer!)

At the same time, Wei Zhou, who was hundreds of miles away, also vaguely sensed the terrifying large man whose body was filled with a bloody aura and whose body was faintly surrounded by Evil Qi!

As for why Wei Zhou, hundreds of miles away, could vaguely sense the large man's figure!

It was because that large man's body was filled with a bloody aura, and his body was surrounded by Evil Qi!

Making it possible to sense the towering bloody aura on him from hundreds of miles away!

Coupled with the fact that the large man had been recklessly releasing his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Peak aura!

It was hard not to notice him!