The best method isn’t how to group up, but how to impose restrictions.

God King Shitu seemed somewhat dissatisfied with this grouping, but he did not speak; the God King Heisha beside him signaled him not to say anything.

Although God King Heisha was not good at using his brain, that didn't mean he couldn't understand such a simple principle.

After thinking for a moment, God King Heisha spoke on behalf of himself and God King Shitu, "I have no objections."

Lin Moyu smiled slightly, "I have no objections either, but I think we need to swear a Great World Oath."

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang seemed to have anticipated that Lin Moyu would say this, "That is only natural."

As he spoke, he immediately swore the oath, "I hereby swear that within the central lake, I will never attack God King Heisha of the Sand Tribe, God King Shitu of the Earth Monster Race, or Lin Moyu of the Human Race. If I violate this oath, my Dao Heart will collapse and I will perish."

After he swore the oath, Lin Moyu, God King Heisha, and God King Shitu also took their vows.

Then, everyone produced a drop of essence blood and sent it into the air.

The four drops of essence blood gathered in the air and combined together.

A clap of thunder sounded out of thin air, and a bolt of lightning struck the essence blood.

The essence blood dissipated within the lightning, and the Great World Oath was established.

The higher the cultivation realm, the greater the commotion triggered when swearing a Great World Oath.

There are even legends that when those supreme, invincible existences swear a Great World Oath, the lightning sweeps across the starry sky and can easily destroy star systems.

With the constraints of the Great World Oath, all four of them felt relieved.

However, Lin Moyu remained somewhat vigilant in his heart, because Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang had agreed too readily.

Although the Great World Oath possesses extremely strong binding power, it is not omnipotent.

Perhaps Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang has some means to circumvent the Great World Oath.

Therefore, he had to be on guard; only by maintaining sufficient vigilance could he survive.

It wasn't just him; God King Heisha and God King Shitu were likely the same.

Although the four were cooperating briefly, they were each harboring their own ulterior motives and were wary of one another.

After discussing for a while longer, they decided that in the first round, Lin Moyu and God King Heisha would search for the passage together in Area 1.

According to Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang's numbering, the higher the number, the closer it is to the center point.

This was similar to the numbering method used by the Human Race in the Vermilion Bird Battlefield; many races in the Great World adopted this method.

"Let's go down."

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang and God King Shitu jumped into the lake first.

They held branches of the Tree of Death in their hands. After entering the water, the branches bloomed with a bright halo like a lantern.

Wherever the light reached, the lake water became calm.

After entering the lake, the two descended rapidly, going deeper and deeper until no light could be seen from the surface.

After waiting for about five minutes, Lin Moyu and God King Heisha exchanged glances. With mutual understanding, they both leaped up simultaneously and jumped into the lake.

In the yellowish lake water, a halo of light lit up.

Both of them held branches of the Tree of Death in their hands; the small branches emitted a hazy halo.

The large number of fish-bodied, dog-headed monsters in the lake automatically retreated upon seeing the halo.

Soon, the two arrived at the bottom of the lake and began searching for the passage.

Lin Moyu and God King Heisha maintained a distance of one kilometer. This distance ensured there would be no oversights, while also expanding the search range and increasing efficiency.

They continued moving forward on the lake bottom, with Lin Moyu carefully searching along the edge of the lake bed.

The passage could be in the edge area, or it could be somewhere on the lake bottom; until it was found, anything was possible.

The lake bottom was not mud, but grains of sand.

The sand was filled with Laws and would not be dissolved by the lake water into mud.

God King Heisha was from the Sand Tribe. The Sand Tribe was naturally close to Earth and Stone-type Laws. After entering the lake bottom, the sand would automatically spread outward as he searched.

With the advantage of his racial talent, his search speed was much faster than Lin Moyu's.

Soon, he had walked ahead of Lin Moyu.

Time passed bit by bit, and an hour went by in the blink of an eye.

In just one hour, they hadn't managed to finish searching all of Area 1; they had only completed more than half.

But the time was up, so the two quickly surfaced and returned to the shore.

After they returned, only half a minute later, Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang and God King Shitu also burst out from the water.

The two were very fast, bursting out of the lake like cannonballs, shooting straight into the sky.

Immediately after, a massive figure also rushed out of the lake.

It was a hundred meters tall, with a lion's head and a fish's body, its entire body covered in dense fish scales.

The fleshy lump on its head was incredibly ferocious, and a single horn looked sharp and keen. Thick, long arms grew from the sides of its fish body, and it held a hundred-meter-long spear in its hands.

The appearance of the Yellow Sand Yaksha was exactly the same as the projection of Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang, perhaps even more ferocious.

The Yellow Sand Yaksha chased out from the lake, and while in mid-air, thrust fiercely toward Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang and God King Shitu.

A giant phantom of a spear appeared in the void, carrying a terrifying momentum, intending to pierce through the two of them.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang turned around first, chanted a Buddhist name, and a string of Buddhist prayer beads appeared in his hand.

The prayer beads were activated and flew from his hand, rapidly growing larger in the air to become a round shield.

The round shield was engraved with runes of the Buddhist Clan. For a moment, Buddhist chanting sounded all around, as if countless Buddhas were reciting scriptures.

The spear phantom stabbed heavily onto the prayer bead shield, emitting a loud noise.

The spear phantom vanished, and the Yellow Sand Yaksha fell back into the lake.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang and God King Shitu landed back on the shore simultaneously.

Lin Moyu could see that there was still panic in God King Shitu's eyes.

His clothes were slightly damaged, and his aura was somewhat unstable; it seemed he had sustained some minor injuries.

His strength was inferior to Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang's, and compared to the Yellow Sand Yaksha, he was also much weaker.

God King Shitu did not speak, but bowed slightly to Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang, then silently sat down to the side.

Laws surged throughout his body, seemingly healing his injuries.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang let out a sigh, "The Yellow Sand Yaksha is too powerful. I was only testing it just now, but I nearly ran into trouble and caused Fellow Daoist Shitu to get slightly injured."

Lin Moyu knew this was just polite talk, so he responded, "With the Little Buddha here, you will surely be able to keep God King Shitu safe."

God King Shitu's panic outweighed his injuries; there was nothing serious.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang asked, "Was there any harvest from this search?"

Lin Moyu and God King Heisha shook their heads.

Having no harvest was normal; after all, it was only the first search, and they hadn't even finished searching Area 1.

The passage was not so easy to find; it would require a lot of time.

Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang also sat down, "In the next rotation, the two of you will attract the Yellow Sand Yaksha. Please be extremely careful, fellow daoists."

Lin Moyu nodded and said nothing more.

The surroundings fell into silence, with only the branches of the Tree of Death continuously emitting a faint glow.

Lin Moyu closed his eyes, appearing to be resting and meditating, but in reality, his mind was already connected to the Skeleton God Warriors.

Earlier, his search speed was slower than God King Heisha's; at an angle invisible to God King Heisha, he had released a hundred Skeleton God Warriors.

The Skeleton God Warriors had buried themselves deep into the sand at the bottom of the lake, and only now did they begin to move.

They moved rapidly along the edge of the lake bottom toward the other end.

In an hour, Bodhisattva Xiao Ming Wang would enter the lake bottom to search, and the Skeleton God Warriors needed to avoid him.

The Skeleton God Warriors moved quickly along the lake bottom; they were silent and did not disturb a single monster.

The Skeleton God Warriors, having no aura of life, were completely ignored by the monsters in the lake.

Upon reaching their destination, the hundred Skeleton God Warriors began their search and formed a topographical map in Lin Moyu's mind.

An hour later, Lin Moyu and God King Heisha opened their eyes simultaneously.

The two exchanged glances, then leaped high and entered the lake.

Once they entered the lake, they immediately swam toward the center of the lake.

Their goal was to attract the attention of the Yellow Sand Yaksha, so they had to head to the Core Area immediately.

The branches of the Tree of Death continued to emit a faint glow, driving away ordinary monsters, so the two were very fast.

Soon, a massive figure came into view.

Lin Moyu and God King Heisha discovered the Yellow Sand Yaksha, and at the same time, the Yellow Sand Yaksha also discovered the two.

Lin Moyu felt he had been locked onto; a powerful and tyrannical soul had firmly locked onto him.

Surpassing God King Rank 9, but weaker than a God Venerable, it was a soul that truly belonged to a Lesser God Venerable.

The branches of the Tree of Death lost their effect, and the Yellow Sand Yaksha had already charged over, brandishing its spear.

A signal of danger surged wildly in Lin Moyu's heart; being targeted by the Yellow Sand Yaksha would mean mortal danger.

"Retreat!"

Lin Moyu didn't even think about it and retreated rapidly.

God King Heisha's reaction was no slower than Lin Moyu's; he retreated immediately, and in a different direction than Lin Moyu, widening the distance between the two.

According to what was discussed beforehand, they adopted the kite-flying strategy.

The two maintained a distance of 1,000 kilometers, taking turns attracting the Yellow Sand Yaksha.

The two quickly opened up the distance. Lin Moyu was very fast, but in the lake water, the Yellow Sand Yaksha was even faster.

The distance between them was constantly shrinking.

Seeing that it was about to catch up, Lin Moyu was already prepared to withstand the Yellow Sand Yaksha's attack.

Even if the Yellow Sand Yaksha had the combat power of a Lesser God Venerable, it couldn't kill him in one second.

So, even now, Lin Moyu could still remain calm.

Suddenly, a golden-yellow arrow broke through the water flow and crashed onto the Yellow Sand Yaksha.

The Yellow Sand Yaksha turned abruptly to look at God King Heisha, who was a thousand kilometers away.

God King Heisha was already in position and attacked the Yellow Sand Yaksha without hesitation.

His attack attracted the attention of the Yellow Sand Yaksha, and the Yellow Sand Yaksha turned and charged toward God King Heisha.

After attacking, God King Heisha retreated rapidly to get away.

Lin Moyu's fingers glowed, and he followed quickly, always maintaining a distance of over a thousand kilometers from God King Heisha.

God King Heisha's attack came very opportunely; just as the Yellow Sand Yaksha was about to make a move, it diverted its attention.

God King Heisha was not good at speed; he was even a beat slower than Lin Moyu.

After only a dozen seconds, the Yellow Sand Yaksha had already caught up to God King Heisha.

Lin Moyu could tell that God King Heisha was very nervous, his whole body tense and ready for action.

At this moment, Lin Moyu tapped his finger lightly, and in the yellow lake world, a red light lit up abruptly.

Stellar-level Technique: Soul Burn!

Lin Moyu did not use the Time Curse; that power was too great, and he was afraid the Yellow Sand Yaksha would hold a grudge against him later.

Just for attracting attention, Soul Burn was enough.