Chapter 1147: 1349
**Chapter 1349: You're Not the Only One Who Can Use Traps**
Flames engulfed an area, within which lay the shattered remains of Stone Demons and actual stones. In the midst of the undead flames, a Stone Demon quickly completed its physical rebirth and soul reconstruction.
In the blink of an eye, a tall Stone Demon was prostrated before Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu asked, "Tell me about the situation here."
The Stone Demon, with a dull and unpleasant voice, answered honestly, "About nine hundred years ago, we cleared out the nearby flying ants and established a stronghold here."
"This stronghold is only a million kilometers from the nearest Yellow Sand Lake, making it easy to reach the lake without being affected by it..."
Lin Moyu frowned and interrupted, "Stop."
He realized he had asked the wrong question again.
He wanted the Stone Demon to talk about the situation here, meaning he wanted to know how many of them were in the deeper regions, whether they were all here, or if there were any stragglers.
Or, how many strongholds they had, and whether this was just one of them.
He didn't want a history lesson on why the stronghold was built here. Of course, he was also interested in that, but now was not the time.
Lin Moyu thought for a moment and changed his question, "How many strongholds do you have in the deeper regions?"
The Stone Demon answered honestly, "One."
Only one stronghold, and it was here. Lin Moyu felt a bit more at ease. This meant that even if there were stragglers, there wouldn't be many.
He continued with the second question, "How many of you are in the deeper regions?"
The Stone Demon answered, "31."
31, and 30 were killed by the flying ants, meaning there was one straggler.
Lin Moyu immediately asked, "Who is the one who wasn't killed by the flying ants?"
The Stone Demon replied in a low voice, "His name is Jin Hui, our leader."
Lin Moyu's heart skipped a beat.
The opponent had a name!
From what Lin Moyu knew about the Demon Tribe, ordinary demons were not worthy of having names. They usually only had nicknames or simpler numbers.
Even those who reached the God King realm didn't have names.
For example, the God King Bat Demon who had chased Lin Moyu before could be called the Bat God King, but he didn't have a specific name.
This was a characteristic of the Demon Tribe.
In the Demon Tribe, only the truly strong or those who reached the God Sovereign realm had names.
Any demon with a name was very powerful.
They were invincible in the same realm and could often fight across levels, sometimes even across realms.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be worthy of having a name.
Lin Moyu became cautious. Jin Hui was the leader of the Stone Demons here, so he wouldn't leave easily.
Lin Moyu asked, "Tell me more about Jin Hui."
Knowing oneself and the enemy is very important.
Lin Moyu needed to know everything about Jin Hui to make appropriate plans.
Through the Stone Demon's account, he began to understand Jin Hui and learned about the special reproduction method of the Stone Demon Tribe.
Besides naturally born Stone Demons, there was a special birth method where a very strong being could split itself to create offspring.
There could be several avatars, but only one offspring.
The offspring was like a biological child in the Human Tribe, and it was an only child.
Jin Hui was the offspring of Lord Jin Shi, an ancestor of the Stone Demon Tribe.
The Stone Demon didn't know Lord Jin Shi's exact strength, only that he had reached the ninth rank of the God Sovereign realm a long time ago.
Jin Hui inherited some of Jin Shi's traits and possessed a bloodline inheritance secret technique. Although he was only at the ninth rank of the God King realm, he was not inferior to a small God Sovereign.
Moreover, Jin Hui was very smart, much smarter than ordinary Stone Demons.
This also explained the origin of the stronghold.
The traps originally set for Lin Moyu were also designed by Jin Hui.
There were traps not only here but also in the peripheral areas.
Fortunately, Lin Moyu didn't choose to enter the deeper regions from the periphery. Otherwise, they would have known as soon as he entered, and he would have been forcibly teleported here to face their combined attack.
This time, Jin Hui left to see Little Ming Wang Bodhisattva.
Because Lin Moyu didn't fall into the trap, Jin Hui wanted to know Lin Moyu's whereabouts, and Little Ming Wang Bodhisattva might know.
After listening, Lin Moyu slowly analyzed and thought.
He organized the Stone Demon's words, deducing the previous events and what Jin Hui might do after returning.
Jin Hui had combat power comparable to a small God Sovereign. If Lin Moyu fought him with all his might, without soul power replenishment, his original spells wouldn't last long.
The Starlight Lich's illusion might not trap him.
The Fire Lich and Skeleton King would also find it hard to harm him.
The undead army would be even less effective.
His presence seemed to touch the limit of Lin Moyu's combat power.
The best way now was to avoid him.
But Lin Moyu didn't want to let him go.
Killing Jin Hui would sever Jin Shi's lineage, making it very difficult for him to create another offspring.
For the Stone Demon Tribe, this would be a severe blow, even more damaging than killing 30 ninth-rank God Kings.
If left alone, Jin Hui would surely become a God Sovereign, adding a powerful enemy to the Human Tribe.
So, from the bottom of his heart, Lin Moyu didn't want to let Jin Hui go.
The question now was how to kill him without letting him escape.
After thinking for a while, a plan formed in his mind.
Lin Moyu flicked his fingers, and clusters of undead flames shot into the sky, exploding into a rain of fire that covered half the stronghold.
In the undead flames, Stone Demons began to be reborn, becoming resurrected beings.
Lin Moyu resurrected fifteen Stone Demons and ordered them to collect the remains of the other Stone Demons and pile them together.
He also collected the crystal cores left by the flying ants.
As for the stronghold, he left it as it was.
The stronghold was in ruins, clearly showing signs of a great battle.
After finishing everything, Lin Moyu gathered the resurrected Stone Demons and instructed them on what to do next.
He also asked them about the leader-level monsters.
The Stone Demons knew nothing about this.
They had been here for hundreds of years, some for nearly a century, but they didn't know there were other places beyond the deeper regions.
However, Lin Moyu repeatedly heard about Yellow Sand Lake from them.
He vaguely felt that the Nether Swamp might be related to Yellow Sand Lake.
Jin Hui might know more.
Half a day later, Lin Moyu had everything set up, just waiting for Jin Hui to return.
"You can use traps to kill me; I can repay in kind."
He left the stronghold and quickly moved away.
The Death Knights once again spread out, heading to various sand dunes.
Within a 100,000-kilometer radius centered on the stronghold, the locations of the flying ants had already been thoroughly investigated in previous actions.
The Death Knights quietly waited on the sand dunes where the flying ants were.
Lin Moyu waited for another day. Suddenly, a faint light appeared in a corner of the stronghold.
Dark green abyssal flames roared to life, spreading out like ripples.
A tall figure appeared in the flames.
Jin Hui had returned. As soon as he entered the stronghold, his eyes narrowed sharply, and his expression changed instantly.
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