1196

**Chapter 1196: Only One Way Left**

In their eyes, no matter how strong Lin Moyu was, he was still just a True God Fifth Rank. Lin

Perhaps his attack power was very strong, but attack is not the same as defense.

Facing an attack from a God King realm, his defense instantly collapsed, and the God King realm attack landed on him.

But in the next second, everyone was stunned.

Lin Moyu remained unfazed, calmly taking all the attacks.

White light flickered on his body, and the skeletal armor kept appearing and collapsing.

Meanwhile, in a certain part of the blue light, white light kept exploding, as if someone was attacking there.

The white light illuminated the blue, and everyone saw the Gold-Eating Beasts, all blue in color. Meng Gang, being a God King and the most experienced among them, recognized what Lin Moyu had done and murmured, "Multi-Star Spell." Only the Multi-Star Spell's induced spell linkage could passively find the hidden enemies in this way.

The Gold-Eating Beasts were entirely blue, hidden in the blue light, with no apparent aura, making them extremely difficult to find. But Lin Moyu used this method to forcefully find them.

Killing intent rose in Lin Moyu's eyes, "It seems everyone who came in was ambushed!" With a light sigh, the light around him flickered continuously.

Hundreds of Skeleton God Generals responded to the call and swiftly charged at the Gold-Eating Beasts.

As Lin Moyu's cultivation continued to improve, the combat power of the skeletons also rapidly increased.

The weakest of the three types of skeletons could rival a True God Eighth Rank.

And the Skeleton God Generals formed by their fusion had combat power reaching God King Second Rank.

The Skeleton God Generals pounced, wielding sharp bone swords imbued with the Undying Law, slashing out astonishing sword energy.

The massive sword energy swept through the starry sky, almost shattering the passage.

There were only ten Gold-Eating Beasts that ambushed Lin Moyu, all at God King First Rank.

Facing the Skeleton God Generals with God King Second Rank combat power, they were no match.

Moreover, they were outnumbered ten to one.

In an instant, the ten Gold-Eating Beasts were slaughtered by the Skeleton God Generals.

After the Gold-Eating Beasts died, their bodies quickly curled up, finally turning into a fist-sized piece of blue metal.

Lin Moyu picked up a piece of blue metal and used a detection spell.

[Refined Gold: Excellent material for refining tools.]

Using the detection spell outside the coverage of the Human Emperor Network, the information obtained was less detailed, but it was enough for Lin Moyu.

Gold-Eating Beasts feed on refined gold, and after they die, their bodies turn into a piece of high-quality refined gold.

Sometimes, the bismuth gold collected contains impurities and needs further purification and refining.

Often, out of 100 pounds of collected refined gold, only ten pounds can be refined.

The refined gold formed after the death of the Gold-Eating Beasts does not need further purification and refining, and its quality is very high.

Lin Moyu weighed the refined gold in his hand. It was not heavy, only about five pounds for a fist-sized piece.

In terms of pure mass density, it was not even as dense as iron.

But the laws contained within it made its value far exceed that of steel.

Meng Gang and the others were completely shocked by the scene just now. They never expected Lin Moyu to so easily slaughter ten God King realm Gold-Eating Beasts.

Reaching God King First Rank already made them elite members among the Gold-Eating Beasts.

Moreover, Gold-Eating Beasts, feeding on refined gold, had astonishing defense. It was very difficult for cultivators of the same rank to kill them.

Usually, powerful magical treasures were needed to do so.

Meng Gang knew that even if he wanted to kill a God King First Rank Gold-Eating Beast, it would take some effort.

But the skeletons summoned by Lin Moyu easily slaughtered the Gold-Eating Beasts, indicating that these skeletons had terrifying combat power, likely stronger than his own.

"Are these puppets?"

"Where did such powerful puppets come from, and in such large numbers?"

Meng Gang couldn't figure it out.

Yuzhu's nervousness eased a lot, her beautiful eyes looking at Lin Moyu, finding him increasingly mysterious. Lin Moyu put away the refined gold and slowly said, "Meng Gang, based on your understanding of the Gold-Eating Beasts, do they ambush?"

Meng Gang thought for a moment and then shook his head, "I'm not very sure. Actually, I haven't had much contact with Gold-Eating Beasts." Lin Moyu was slightly disappointed. Without more information, he couldn't make a more accurate judgment.

At this moment, Yuzhu suddenly raised her hand, "Captain, I know."

Lin Moyu responded, "Go ahead."

Yuzhu had mentioned before that her family, the Yu family, had deep cooperation with the military.

This indicated that the Yu family was a long-established family.

Such families often had a lot of information.

Yuzhu said, "Gold-Eating Beasts usually act in groups, with numbers ranging from a thousand to tens of thousands. Their actions are not fixed, and each time they act, they seek out large amounts of refined gold to devour. At the same time, all living beings they encounter are killed."

"However, I've never heard of Gold-Eating Beasts ambushing. I find today's events very strange." Lin Moyu nodded, Yuzhu's words adding some credibility to his suspicions.

Lin Moyu continued to ask, "In the information you know, are there any special Gold-Eating Beasts?"

Yuzhu thought for a moment and then shook her head, "Special Gold-Eating Beasts? There's no mention of them in the information."

Lin Moyu pondered for a few seconds, his gaze serious as he said in a low voice, "Although it's not confirmed yet, we have reason to suspect that there has been some special change among the Gold-Eating Beasts."

The others looked at Lin Moyu, wanting to know what he meant.

Lin Moyu continued, "I suspect that among the Gold-Eating Beasts, there has appeared an intelligent Gold-Eating Beast, and it is very likely a Gold-Eating Beast King."

"This would explain why the Gold-Eating Beasts ambushed us."

"The previous teams that entered were likely also ambushed, caught off guard, and possibly suffered losses." Meng Gang's face changed slightly. A beast group without intelligence, no matter how strong, was not to be feared because their power was scattered. But once they had intelligence, their power would be united, making them terrifying.

If the intelligence was strong enough, capable of ambushes, sneak attacks, and strategic thinking...

Thinking of this, Meng Gang shivered, realizing the seriousness of the situation, "Should we report this?"

Lin Moyu shook his head, "No."

Meng Gang was slightly stunned but didn't ask further.

He remembered Lin Moyu's words: Lin Moyu's words were orders, to be unconditionally obeyed.

Lin Moyu said, "First, we have no evidence. Second, you can't go back."

Can't go back?

Meng Gang's face changed, and he immediately sensed the situation, his face turning grim.

They were still in the passage, but for some reason, it had become one-way, allowing entry but not exit.

Meng Gang murmured, "It's different from when I came before."

Yuzhu also sensed this, her beautiful face turning grim, "It's different from the records. Why has the passage become one-way?"

Lin Moyu said, "Something special must have happened, and the reason the previous teams didn't send back any information is likely related to this."

"It seems we only have one way left to go."