If his guess was correct, this circular depression was meant to hold a crystal core.

Not the crystal core of an ordinary monster, but the crystal core of a Yellow Sand Yaksha.

Lin Moyu felt his judgment was nine times out of ten correct; for the current situation, this was the worst possible outcome.

"It seems that if we want to enter the Nether Swamp, we must kill the Yellow Sand Yaksha."

"But there are countless monsters here, and the Yellow Sand Yaksha is so powerful. How are we supposed to kill it?"

Lin Moyu fell into deep thought, continuously aggregating the information he had obtained.

First, the Nether Swamp can definitely be entered; someone has been inside before.

Therefore, the Yellow Sand Yaksha can definitely be killed; it's just a matter of finding the right method.

If there were many people, they could solve it with brute force.

But now there are few people, and if the method is wrong, then there is truly no hope.

Originally, Lin Moyu had an idea: if he found the passage, he would sneak in by himself.

But now it seems this method is not feasible.

Xiao Ming Wang is the strongest among the four; if they want to kill the Yellow Sand Yaksha, he must contribute his strength.

Of course, Lin Moyu could also use his own trump card for self-preservation, which would likely kill the Yellow Sand Yaksha.

Lin Moyu naturally would not choose to do that; his trump card was not worth using on it.

After synthesizing all the information, Lin Moyu gradually had some leads.

When the formation was condensing the crystal core earlier, the Yellow Sand Yaksha came to snatch it.

At that time, the Yellow Sand Yaksha's expression was somewhat greedy and urgent, with an air of absolute determination to obtain it.

After devouring the crystal core, it was very satisfied, willing to suffer the formation's attacks regardless of the cost.

It could be said that the attraction of the crystal core to it was enormous.

"Devouring the crystal core will trigger the formation's attack."

"In fact, all crystal cores are condensed by the formation, so as long as it devours a crystal core, it will be attacked."

"It's just unclear whether the formation will still trigger an attack if the crystal core becomes a monster, then the monster is killed to obtain the crystal core, and the Yellow Sand Yaksha devours it again."

Lin Moyu felt he had found a way to deal with the Yellow Sand Yaksha.

At this moment, the voice of Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang reached his ears, "Fellow Daoist Lin, God King Shitu's injuries have healed, we can continue."

Lin Moyu opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing in them, "How many days have passed?"

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang said in a low voice, "It has already been four days."

Lin Moyu gave a hum, "I think we don't need to continue."

"Hmm?" Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang was slightly stunned, "Does Fellow Daoist Lin intend to give up?"

His tone was neither happy nor sad, but faintly unkind.

Lin Moyu shook his head, "It's not giving up, but rather that I might have found a way to enter the Nether Swamp."

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang was suddenly shocked, "Really?"

Lin Moyu nodded, "I had some discoveries earlier, and coupled with my contemplation over these past few days, I'm likely correct."

"I have two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which would the little Buddha like to hear first?"

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang chanted a Buddhist name, "Amitabha, please speak directly, Fellow Daoist Lin."

Seeing that he chose neither, Lin Moyu was not surprised, "The bad news is that if we want to enter the Nether Swamp, we must kill the Yellow Sand Yaksha."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

The Yellow Sand Yaksha is very difficult to kill and might require paying a huge price; this is truly terrible news.

Lin Moyu continued, "The good news is that I have found a method to deal with the Yellow Sand Yaksha. Although it might not be correct, we can try."

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang asked urgently, "How do we try?"

Lin Moyu said, "I need crystal cores, the ones from the dog-headed, fish-bodied monsters in the lake."

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang said in a low voice, "No problem!"

After saying that, he put away the death branch and leaped directly into the lake.

In the next second, the lake water exploded, and a monster was blasted into the sky.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang rushed out of the water and threw his Buddhist beads.

The Buddhist beads transformed into a large blade, slashing down from the air with bursts of Buddhist chants.

The monster was instantly slain on the spot, and a round crystal core fell out.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang waved his hand, and the crystal core immediately flew toward Lin Moyu.

And he, seemingly afraid that one crystal core was not enough, killed his way back into the lake again.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang displayed his powerful combat strength, charging in and out of the lake seven times, killing six monsters and obtaining six crystal cores in just over five minutes.

If the Yellow Sand Yaksha hadn't appeared at the end, he could have continued to kill even more.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang exchanged a blow with the Yellow Sand Yaksha and used the force to return to the shore.

The Yellow Sand Yaksha bobbed in the lake, letting out a shrill roar, and it took a while before it sank back into the lake.

At this moment, Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang's aura was fluctuating. In those short five minutes, he had gone all out, and now he looked somewhat exhausted.

Lin Moyu glanced at him and felt that Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang had indeed used his full strength, but had not yet reached the point of risking his life.

His current appearance was half-acted.

As a dignified Lesser God Venerable, even if he were risking his life, it would be impossible for him to exhaust his power in five minutes.

If you said he fought for a day or two, that might be more plausible.

"If you're going to act, you should make it look real." Lin Moyu felt some disdain in his heart; the Buddhist Clan was really bad at acting.

Their hypocrisy could be seen through at a glance; it was truly pathetic.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang steadied his breathing and asked, "Is this enough?"

Lin Moyu hummed, "It should be enough, I'll give it a try."

As he spoke, he picked up a crystal core and threw it with force.

The crystal core flew out like a meteor, instantly disappearing from sight.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang watched Lin Moyu's actions without saying a word.

He did not doubt Lin Moyu, he just didn't understand what Lin Moyu was doing.

However, Lin Moyu clearly had no intention of explaining, and the scene fell into an eerie silence.

The crystal core flew thousands of kilometers before falling into the lake; this place was already very close to the Core Area.

The Skeleton Divine General had long been waiting there; the crystal core was caught the moment it entered the water, and then it quickly dived toward the nearest formation.

The Skeleton God Warrior rushed directly toward the formation at top speed.

Soon the formation came into view; at this moment, the water flow on one side began to churn as the Yellow Sand Yaksha arrived.

It seemed the entire central lake was its territory, and not a single movement could be hidden from it.

The Yellow Sand Yaksha was like a cat that had smelled fish, rushing over at an astonishing speed.

Its speed was too fast; the Skeleton God Warrior was already unable to get close to the formation.

At this moment, the Skeleton God Warrior used all its strength to throw the crystal core toward the formation.

The Yellow Sand Yaksha immediately changed direction; it didn't care about the Skeleton God Warrior at all—what it wanted was the crystal core.

When Lin Moyu saw the Yellow Sand Yaksha rushing toward the crystal core, he knew his judgment was correct.

The crystal core had an infinite attraction for the Yellow Sand Yaksha, making it willing to pay any price.

For some reason, the Yellow Sand Yaksha could not obtain crystal cores directly by eating those fish-headed, dog-bodied monsters; it could only obtain them when the formation had just condensed them into crystal cores.

Once the crystal core continued to take shape and became a monster, it was useless.

But if the fish-headed, dog-bodied monster was killed by someone else and turned back into a crystal core, it could then devour it.

Next came the next judgment; if it succeeded, then he had truly found a way to deal with the Yellow Sand Yaksha.

The crystal core sank rapidly, approaching the formation.

When it was still ten thousand meters away from the formation, the Yellow Sand Yaksha finally arrived and swallowed the crystal core into its belly in one gulp.

At this moment, the formation suddenly lit up, and an illusory whip lashed out, striking the Yellow Sand Yaksha fiercely, whipping it until its skin split and flesh was torn.

The Yellow Sand Yaksha, however, didn't care at all. It looked satisfied and swam away quickly, ignoring even the Skeleton God Warrior.

Seeing this scene, Lin Moyu felt a slight stir in his heart and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang immediately asked, "How is it?"

His tone carried urgency, as if entering the Nether Swamp was very important to him.

The next instant, Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang realized he seemed to have lost his composure and asked in a low voice again, "Is it useful?"

Lin Moyu acted as if he hadn't noticed his anomaly and nodded, "It's useful, just as I thought."

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang said, "What exactly is going on?"

Lin Moyu said, "When I entered the bottom of the lake earlier, I saw a formation. I had seen this formation in the archives of the Human Race before, and I could roughly judge its function…"

Lin Moyu pushed all the information he had obtained using the Skeleton God Warrior onto the Human Race archives.

The Human Race had an extremely long heritage in the Great World, longer than both the Buddhist Clan and the Sand Tribe.

Lin Moyu saying he had seen similar formations within the Human Race was completely unproblematic.

Even if they didn't believe him, they had no way to verify it.

Subsequently, Lin Moyu roughly explained the matter of the crystal core and the whip.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang said, "In that case, we only need to obtain enough crystal cores and then lure the Yellow Sand Yaksha over near the formation."

"The Yellow Sand Yaksha will devour the crystal core, the formation will attack the Yellow Sand Yaksha, and once the Yellow Sand Yaksha is severely injured, we will then move to kill it."

Lin Moyu nodded and said, "That's right. If the records in the Human Race archives are correct, these formations are a set."

"At the center of the lake bottom, there should be another formation. That formation needs to be activated with a crystal core, which should be the Yellow Sand Yaksha's crystal core."

What Lin Moyu said was half-true and half-false; at least to the ears of Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang and the others, no faults could be found.

The only problem now was that Lin Moyu said the formation at the center of the lake bottom needed the Yellow Sand Yaksha's crystal core to be activated; this was his speculation, not a complete certainty.

Lin Moyu was actually certain long ago, but he couldn't say it directly.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang pondered for a few breaths, "Fellow Daoist Lin, Fellow Daoist Heisha, please trouble yourselves to hold off the Yellow Sand Yaksha for a moment; this monk would like to go and see for myself."

He decided to go and see for himself, otherwise, he couldn't be sure.

Lin Moyu nodded, "I have no problem, I wonder what God King Heisha thinks."

God King Heisha also said in a low voice, "That is fine."

The two leaped into the lake together, separated by a thousand miles, waiting for the Yellow Sand Yaksha to come over.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang's reaction was actually within Lin Moyu's calculations. When he mentioned there was a formation at the bottom of the lake, Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang did not show any surprise.

But God King Heisha and God King Shitu had different degrees of shock.

This showed that Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang had long known about the existence of the formation, but had never mentioned it.

Whether he had seen the formation at the bottom of another Yellow Sand lake or at the bottom of the central lake, it all showed that he was hiding something.

Perhaps he was hiding more than just this little bit.

Lin Moyu deeply suspected that his extreme urgency to enter the Nether Swamp hid an unspeakable secret.