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 **Chapter 1338: When Did the Stone Demons Become Smart?**

On the road to the deeper regions, there were many Earth Giants, enough for Lin Moyu to kill until he reached the ninth rank of the True God realm. He and the Skeleton King cooperated seamlessly, not even needing the Elemental Lich to take action, as they slaughtered one Earth Giant after another. One crystal core after another fell into his hands, and Lin Moyu collected them all. With previous experiences in mind, he knew that collecting crystal cores would never be a mistake, especially when the rules of the deeper regions were unknown.

Three days later, a touch of green appeared before Lin Moyu's eyes, and water elements, wrapped in laws, rushed towards him. Lin Moyu sat down by the edge of the oasis, drinking a gulp of clear water, feeling a cool sensation spread throughout his body. Even though he was not afraid of the heat, it didn't mean he liked such high temperatures. Sitting by the oasis, he looked at the junction of the two regions ahead. Here, he could clearly feel the aura from the deeper regions. Lin Moyu didn't pay attention to it for the time being and decided to rest when needed.

While resting, he felt the power of the ninth rank of the True God realm, mastering it and fully integrating it into himself and his soul. In these three days, he had almost continuously killed a total of 600 Earth Giants, obtaining 600 crystal cores and pushing his realm to the ninth rank of the True God realm. After reaching the ninth rank of the True God realm, his law mastery reached 26%. If he could further increase his law mastery to 30%, he could smoothly step into the God King realm. With the quality of his soul, stepping into the God King realm would be a smooth journey without any difficulty.

The only problem now was the law mastery. If he continued to push his soul to improve, he could forcibly increase his law mastery and indeed advance to the God King realm. However, this would result in an unstable foundation, which might not be noticeable in the short term but would be problematic in the long run. Lin Moyu was well aware of this and wanted to make every step solid. Therefore, after reaching the ninth rank of the True God realm, he stopped hunting any more Earth Giants. Advancing from the ninth rank of the True God realm to the God King realm required a vast amount of soul power. He decided to save this soul power for himself.

Upon entering the deeper regions, he might face continuous battles, not only against monsters and demons but also against leader monsters. He didn't want to suddenly advance to the God King realm in the middle of a fight, which would be troublesome. After resting for a while, Lin Moyu turned his head to look at a nearby pile of stones. The pile of stones, as large as a small mountain, was engraved with strange runes. This was the exit of the Yellow Sand Desert, and passing through this pile of stones would allow one to leave the desert. Every oasis had such a pile of stones, which Lin Moyu had seen before. However, this pile of stones seemed somewhat different.

Lin Moyu did not approach it but instead took a few steps back. He summoned a Skeleton God Warrior and had it approach the pile of stones. Just as the Skeleton God Warrior was ten meters away from the pile of stones, it suddenly disappeared. Lin Moyu maintained a connection with the Skeleton God Warrior and activated Undead Vision at the moment it disappeared. In the Undead Vision, Lin Moyu saw a large area of soul fire. Each soul fire was extremely vigorous and powerful. Immediately, overwhelming attacks fell, and the Skeleton God Warrior collapsed on the spot. But in the next second, the Undying Undead activated, and the Skeleton God Warrior was revived instantly. This revival clearly caught the opponent off guard, and they didn't react in time. In that moment of surprise, Lin Moyu saw the opponent's appearance.

In the gray and white world, sand flew in the air, and a sandstorm was raging. In the sandstorm, numerous Stone Demons, with a majestic aura and blood-red eyes, stared at him. In the next second, attacks rained down again, and the Skeleton God Warrior was killed once more. This time, Lin Moyu didn't let it revive but instead had it return to the spell star. He already understood what was happening. He got up and left without hesitation, turning into a beam of light and disappearing into the vast desert.

After Lin Moyu left, dozens of black figures appeared at the junction of the middle and deeper regions. Numerous ninth-rank God King Stone Demons appeared, scanning the oasis with their eyes. Discovering that Lin Moyu had already left, they silently returned to the deeper regions. Lin Moyu stopped only after moving a million kilometers away from the oasis. "It seems they already know about the base being wiped out and have prepared a trap for me." "As soon as I enter the deeper regions, I will be besieged." "If I choose to retreat and leave, I will be teleported into the trap they set up near the pile of stones." "They've thought it through quite well. It seems the Stone Demons aren't as dumb as I thought!"

Lin Moyu muttered to himself with a hint of sarcasm. Looking at the fireball above his head, he knew that the deeper regions were under the radiation of the eighth and ninth fireballs. Although there were only two regions, their area was larger than both the middle and outer regions combined. He had just entered the eighth region from the sixth region. However, the sixth region was not only connected to the eighth region but also had a connection point with the ninth region. The deeper regions were so vast that he could choose to enter from the ninth region. This way, the traps set by the Stone Demons would naturally be ineffective.

Normally, this would be the case. Given the intelligence of the Stone Demons, being able to set up the previous trap was already commendable. Lin Moyu set his sights on the direction of the ninth fireball and was about to move forward when he suddenly stopped. "No, I'm thinking too conventionally." "The Stone Demons may not be smart, but not all of them are dumb. It's possible that there are some smart ones among them." "Moreover, there might be other demons inside, possibly intelligent ones." "If they could set up the previous trap, they could set up other traps and might guess that I would head towards the ninth region." "Demons have many tricks. Even if I enter from the ninth region, they might still find and surround me." "Even if they can't teleport me, they might teleport themselves over." "And I'm not familiar with the deeper regions, not knowing what the situation inside is like..."

Lin Moyu thought from the perspective of the enemy. If he were setting up the trap, he would have many ways to surround the opponent. Although he was confident in his strength, he didn't like being ambushed. Lin Moyu immediately changed direction and headed towards the seventh region. Among the three regions in the middle layer, the fifth region was jointly controlled by the Sand Tribe and the Earth Monster Tribe. The sixth region was occupied by the Demon Tribe. The seventh region was occupied by various small tribes, each ruling independently, making it relatively more chaotic. However, Lin Moyu didn't mind this. As long as they weren't hostile tribes and didn't provoke him, he wouldn't bother them. If they were hostile tribes, he would kill them. If anyone provoked him, he would also kill them.

He planned to enter the ninth region through the edge of the seventh region. He didn't believe the Stone Demons' reach could extend that far. In the yellow sand, Lin Moyu turned into a stream of light, moving quickly. The Yellow Sand Desert was vast and full of restrictions, and Lin Moyu's speed had reached its limit. Along the way, he encountered Earth Giants, but this time he didn't kill them, just passing by. By the time the Earth Giants fully awakened, Lin Moyu was long gone, and they could only turn back into statues.

Two days later, Lin Moyu saw an oasis again, which belonged to the seventh region.

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