In short, they still had a lot to learn.

After lunch, everyone returned to their rooms with heavy hearts.

During the meal, Chu Chen had already reviewed the knowledge he learned in the morning.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned Nirvana and Shadow Kill.

During this period, they all needed to learn how to survive; as for combat, it wasn't needed for the time being, so Chu Chen planned to place the two beasts in the Star Gathering Array to cultivate.

He took out several bottles of elixir pills and some Star Treasures containing Star Power and said, "These are for you to use for cultivation."

The two beasts nodded silently upon hearing this, evidently not in high spirits.

Seeing this, Chu Chen couldn't help but sigh. It wasn't their fault, after all, they were aware of Lei Yao's situation, and their bond with Lei Yao was extremely deep, experiencing such a drastic change, how could they have the mindset for cultivation?

Chu Chen took a moment to adjust his emotions before comforting, "You don't need to be too upset, I have found a way to heal him, only..."

At this point, he suddenly paused, raising his head to look at the two beasts.

He saw the two beasts staring at him anxiously, obviously waiting for him to continue.

Nirvana scratched the ground impatiently.

Seeing this, Chu Chen continued, "We need to become very strong to have the possibility of saving Lei Yao, you must at least cultivate to the Lord Level."

The two beasts were momentarily stunned upon hearing this, but their eyes quickly became resolute.

Nirvana let out a low growl, as if swearing, then swiftly took an elixir pill and started cultivating in the Star Gathering Array.

Shadow Kill hurriedly followed suit upon seeing this.

Seeing this, Chu Chen was quite pleased, and the figure of Lei Yao couldn't help but emerge in his mind.

At this moment, in the Fourth-Level Insect Secret Realm, a blood-red figure was trapped in a mountain hollow by a group of Bloodthirsty Marching Ants.

Its body was covered with dozens of wounds of varying depths, and even its gaze had grown somewhat dim.

It was gasping for air, as if it had just experienced a great battle.

At this time, a low hiss came from the rear of the Bloodthirsty Marching Ants.

The Marching Ants, which had been stagnant, once again charged towards the blood-red figure.

At this moment, the blood-red figure suddenly let out an angry roar, its aura began to surge madly, and yellow, blue, and blood three-colored domains appeared outside its body.

The Bloodthirsty Marching Ants enveloped by the domains had their strength halved instantly.

Violent currents shuttled back and forth continuously on their insect armor.

The blood-red figure raised its right palm and clenched it fiercely, instantly exploding dozens of Bloodthirsty Marching Ants.

The blood-red figure opened its mouth and took a vicious breath, drawing in a large amount of fresh blood, and its body's injuries began to heal at a visible speed.

It let out a roar and charged into the ant swarm, its millstone-sized fists pounding down continuously, each swing killing a Marching Ant.

It seemed like a tireless killing machine, the number of Marching Ants dwindling at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This blood-red figure was precisely Lei Yao, exiled to the Fourth-Level Secret Realm.

At this moment, the Ant King hiding at the rear finally moved, flapping its insect wings and flying directly over Lei Yao's head.

It let out a low growl, and a bloody domain emerged from its body.

Its domain was over twenty feet in size, instantly suppressing Lei Yao's triple domain.

The Marching Ant army saw this and pounced again.

"Roar"

Lei Yao let out an angry roar, his eyes turning crimson-gold, as if a peerless beast inside him was waking up slowly, his aura erupting like a geyser.

The suppressive force of the domain was significantly weakened.

The Ant King looked on in horror, trying to escape by flapping its insect wings.

But it was still a step too slow; Lei Yao bent his legs, then soared towards the Ant King.

The terrifying explosive power left a pit several meters deep on the ground.

Lei Yao, at this moment, was like an arrow, shooting directly towards the Ant King.

Its speed was too fast, the Ant King had no time to evade.

With a loud "boom", the Ant King was shattered with a single punch, its splattered blood swallowed by Lei Yao.

After the blood was ingested, his aura subtly grew, and the Star Power he'd just expended was mostly restored.

The Marching Ants, seeing the Ant King being blasted apart, dared not linger any longer, turning and rushing towards the ant nest.

Seeing this, Lei Yao wouldn't let them escape easily, letting out a roar and charging back into the ant swarm.

As he chased and killed, most of the Marching Ants soon ended up dead or injured.

However, quite a few Marching Ants managed to escape back into the burrow, but Lei Yao wasn't letting them go and pursued into the Marching Ants' burrow to continue the slaughter.

Until reaching the depths of the burrow and encountering the Ant Queen, did his advance stop.

Lei Yao looked at the massive mound of flesh, his eyes showing not the slightest ripple of emotion.

The Ant Queen let out a low hiss, launching an invisible spiritual attack towards Lei Yao.

Lei Yao did not dodge but stood firm, allowing the attack to hit.

However, a shocking scene occurred; the spiritual attack landed on Lei Yao without any effect, as if he was immune to spiritual attacks.

This was indeed the case, as Lei Yao was now devoid of rationality; he acted entirely on instinct, and under the transformation of the Blood Ancestor Essence Blood, his soul had become extremely powerful, making ordinary spiritual attacks ineffective against him.

It could be said that the soul strength of Blood Beasts was generally higher than that of Guardian Beasts, which was also why they could ignore the backlash from soul contracts against their masters.

Unwilling to concede, the Ant Queen launched several attacks, but the result remained unchanged.

Lei Yao did not feel any threat from his opponent, so he stopped waiting and directly charged forward.

Despite the Ant Queen's enormous size, aside from spiritual attacks, she was a Battle Five Trash.

The battle ended entirely within a few breaths, and the Marching Ant army was annihilated.

Lei Yao stood atop the corpses, his emotions unchanged, as if this was just another day.

In terms of strength, Marching Ants weren't particularly strong; their reputation was due mainly to their numbers.

But with the empowerment of blood, Lei Yao's stamina was nearly infinite, a perfect counter for these Marching Ants.

At this moment, Chu Chen was suddenly jolted awake from his meditation, as the Slaughter Atlas popped up again, displaying a message before him.

"Slaughter Value meets the conditions for an upgrade, proceed with upgrade?"

Chu Chen was taken aback but did not immediately choose to upgrade. Instead, he opened the Slaughter Atlas to inspect the changes in his Slaughter Value.

At this moment, the Slaughter Value had exceeded the ten-thousand mark.

Chu Chen pondered for a long while and decided: ten thousand Slaughter Value would allow the Slaughter Atlas to upgrade once. Would it upgrade again in the future, and if so, how much Slaughter Value would be required next time? What kind of changes would this upgrade bring to the Slaughter Atlas?

This series of questions echoed in Chu Chen's mind, but they were all unknowns. No amount of speculation would change anything.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen hesitated no longer and chose to upgrade.

He watched as the Slaughter Value diminished at a visible speed; in just a single breath, tens of thousands of Slaughter Value were cleared out.

The Slaughter Atlas emitted a golden radiance, enveloping itself, before it delved into the Soul Sea and vanished without a trace.

No matter how Chu Chen probed, he couldn't find a single hint of its presence.

This realization left Chu Chen in shock, his heart beset with panic.

The reason behind his current achievements relied heavily on the Slaughter Atlas, without it, his greatness would be but a laughable illusion.

Chu Chen furrowed his brow, deliberately calming himself down; the Slaughter Atlas was merely upgrading, it would undoubtedly return upon completion.

With this thought, he felt considerably soothed, realizing that he had simply been too anxious, leading to his reckless imaginings.

Now, he only needed to cultivate peacefully and wait patiently.

Chu Chen ingested another pill, preparing to continue cultivation.

However, he soon realized his error; his mind was in turmoil, rendering him incapable of calm cultivation, not even meditation.

With a sigh, Chu Chen picked up his notes from the morning to study them carefully.

Since he couldn't cultivate, he could only consolidate the knowledge he learned in the morning.

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