Chapter 1362: Good News and Bad News, Which Do You Want to Hear First?
The first impression Lin Moyu had of the core area was that the concentration of laws here was astonishingly high.
Pure and unadulterated laws of earth and stone, along with a small amount of earth laws, dominated this place.
The dense laws converged to the point of being almost visible to the naked eye.
It even gave Lin Moyu the illusion that the lake water was materialized from laws.
The skeletal warriors quickly moved through the core area, searching for clues.
Soon, the skeletons made a discovery, and Lin Moyu connected to their vision. In the gray-white world, Lin Moyu saw the grand formation again.
In a central area of the lake, the yellow sand disappeared, and the ground became solid, like gold.
The formation was complex, mysterious, and difficult to understand.
The entire formation was extremely introverted, not emitting a trace of power.
Lin Moyu had seen a similar formation at the bottom of the Yellow Sand Lake, and there was no difference between the two. Just as he discovered the formation, it began to operate.
Countless yellow sands surged from the lake bottom, converging with the water flow, forming a crystal core at the center of the formation.
Lin Moyu had seen this scene before. After the crystal core condensed, it would form a body. Eventually, the soul fire would ignite, turning into a monster with a dog's head and a fish's body.
Indeed, more yellow sand gathered, and the laws within the sand erupted, using the formation's power to prepare to condense the monster's body. At this moment, a fierce water current shot out, transforming into a water arrow that struck the crystal core, sending it flying to the side.
The Yellow Sand Night Demon pounced with its massive body, opening its huge mouth to swallow the crystal core.
After devouring the crystal core, the Yellow Sand Night Demon showed an extremely satisfied expression, as if it had tasted a rare delicacy.
But the enjoyment lasted only two seconds before the formation suddenly emitted a stronger light, and many previously unlit runes lit up.
A whip formed from laws appeared out of thin air, lashing at the Yellow Sand Night Demon like lightning.
The Yellow Sand Night Demon let out a strange cry, not daring to confront the whip, and turned to flee.
However, the whip still struck its body, shattering its scales and tearing its flesh.
After one lash, the Yellow Sand Night Demon had already fled far away, and the formation returned to calm.
Seeing this scene, Lin Moyu couldn't help but say, "Men die for wealth, birds die for food."
No one expected that the formation could not only create a ninth-rank God King monster but also attack.
Even more unexpected was that the Yellow Sand Night Demon would come to snatch the crystal core, even at the cost of being injured.
Lin Moyu left two skeletal warriors by the formation, while the rest continued to search the core area.
Soon, more formations were discovered.
In the core area, there were a total of seven formations.
Six of them were identical to the one seen at the bottom of the Yellow Sand Lake, used to create monsters.
The other formation was somewhat special. It was not large, but at its center, there was a circular depression, seemingly meant to hold something.
This small formation had extremely complex runes carved on it.
Just looking at it for a while made Lin Moyu feel dizzy.
Lin Moyu dared not look any longer and focused his attention on the circular depression.
After a moment, he knew what should be placed there.
"It's a terrible result," Lin Moyu sighed inwardly.
If his guess was correct, the circular depression should hold a crystal core.
Not an ordinary monster's crystal core, but the Yellow Sand Night Demon's crystal core.
Lin Moyu felt his judgment was almost certainly correct, which was the worst possible outcome for the current situation.
"It seems that to enter the Nether Swamp, we must kill the Yellow Sand Night Demon."
"But with so many monsters here and the Yellow Sand Night Demon being so powerful, how can we kill it?"
Lin Moyu fell into deep thought, constantly summarizing the information he had obtained.
First, it was certain that the Nether Swamp could be entered, as someone had done so before.
Therefore, the Yellow Sand Night Demon could definitely be killed, but the right method had to be found.
If there were many people, they could rely on brute force to solve it.
But now, with few people, if the method was wrong, it would be hopeless.
Originally, Lin Moyu had an idea to sneak in if he found the passage.
But now it seemed that this method was not feasible.
Xiao Ming Buddha was the strongest among the four. If they wanted to kill the Yellow Sand Night Demon, he had to contribute.
Of course, Lin Moyu could also use his life-saving trump card, which would almost certainly kill the Yellow Sand Night Demon.
But Lin Moyu would not choose to do so, as the life-saving trump card was not worth using on it.
After integrating all the information, Lin Moyu gradually had some clues.
Previously, when the formation condensed the crystal core, the Yellow Sand Night Demon came to snatch it.
At that time, the Yellow Sand Night Demon looked greedy, eager, and determined.
After devouring the crystal core, it was very satisfied, willing to endure the formation's attack.
It could be said that the crystal core had an enormous attraction for it.
"Devouring the crystal core will trigger the formation's attack."
"In fact, all crystal cores are condensed by the formation, so devouring any crystal core will trigger the attack."
"It's just unclear whether, after the crystal core becomes a monster, killing the monster to obtain the crystal core and then letting the Yellow Sand Night Demon devour it will still trigger the formation's attack."
Lin Moyu felt he had found a way to deal with the Yellow Sand Night Demon.
At this moment, Xiao Ming Buddha's voice came to his ears, "Daoist Lin, Daoist Erosion's injuries have healed, we can continue."
Lin Moyu opened his eyes, his gaze sharp, "How many days have passed?"
Xiao Ming Buddha said softly, "It's been four days."
Lin Moyu nodded, "I think we don't need to continue."
"Hmm?" Xiao Ming Buddha was slightly taken aback, "Daoist Lin plans to give up?"
His tone was neither happy nor sad, but there was a hint of displeasure.
Lin Moyu shook his head, "It's not giving up, but I might have found a way to enter the Nether Swamp."
Xiao Ming Buddha was shocked, "Really?"
Lin Moyu nodded, "I had some discoveries before, and after these days of contemplation, I think it's correct."
"I have two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which one does the little Buddha want to hear first?"
Xiao Ming Buddha chanted a Buddhist mantra, "Amitabha, please speak directly, Daoist Lin."
Seeing that he didn't choose, Lin Moyu was not surprised, "The bad news is that to enter the Nether Swamp, we must kill the Yellow Sand Night Demon."
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces changed.
The Yellow Sand Night Demon was very difficult to kill, and it might require a great cost, which was indeed terrible news.
Lin Moyu continued, "The good news is that I found a way to deal with the Yellow Sand Night Demon. Although it may not be certain, we can try."
Xiao Ming Buddha asked urgently, "How to try?"
Lin Moyu said, "I need crystal cores, the kind from the dog-headed fish-bodied monsters in the lake."
Xiao Ming Buddha said softly, "No problem!"
With that, he put away the Death Branch and leaped into the lake.
The next second, the lake water exploded, and a monster was blasted into the sky.
Xiao Ming Buddha rushed out of the water, throwing out a string of Buddhist beads.
The beads transformed into a large knife, accompanied by Buddhist chants, slashing down from the sky.
The monster was instantly slain, and a round crystal core fell out.
With a wave of his hand, Xiao Ming Buddha sent the crystal core flying towards Lin Moyu.
He seemed to think one crystal core was not enough and dived into the lake again.