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 **Chapter 1321: The Method in the Outer Layer No Longer Works**

The entire Area 6 is elliptical, much larger than Area 2. 

In the Yellow Earth Desert, the deeper the area, the larger the territory.

The demons' stronghold is about 10,000 kilometers from the center of Area 6.

From the center point, the monsters' levels increase to the eighth level of the Divine King realm.

Moreover, the closer to the deep layer, the denser the monsters.

Therefore, the demons' stronghold is not set at the center but slightly off-center.

Lin Moryu naturally understood why they did this. This way, they could avoid the eighth-level Divine King monsters while still being able to hunt them at any time.

Even if they encountered danger, as long as they were not far from the stronghold, they could lure the monsters back and kill them together.

"With the Stone Demons' brains, they probably wouldn't think this through so carefully."

"But within the demon race, it's not just the Stone Demons who come here. Previously, in the outer layer, there were other demons present."

The demon race is a strong race with many internal factions.

There are countless types of demons, probably exceeding ten thousand.

Besides the Stone Demons who are proficient in earth and stone laws, there are other demons who also master earth and stone laws, or even the laws of the earth.

Unlike the human race, which has the Sea of Laws, it's normal for them to come here.

Lin Moryu didn't find this surprising; after all, he would just kill them.

No matter what kind of demon, they would all end up as dead demons.

One by one, Death Knights silently spread out in all directions, their warhorses burning with Undying Flames, leaving shallow footprints in the sand.

Based on his experience in the outer layer, Death Knights, being non-living entities, wouldn't attract attacks from the desert monsters, making them the best scouts.

But this was only based on outer layer experience; the outer and middle layers are different.

The Yellow Earth Desert was quiet, with undulating sand dunes forming an endless world.

One Death Knight ran tens of thousands of kilometers, crossing sand dunes, and quickly sent back information.

The Death Knight saw a blazing soul fire through its undead vision, and Lin Moryu saw the monster through the Death Knight's eyes.

It was a withered giant tree.

The tree was only half its original height, with its vines and branches scattered on the yellow sand.

The Death Knight stood on a sand dune, at least a kilometer away from it, but in its vision, the half-tree was still towering.

Even with only half its trunk, it was still over a hundred meters tall.

A normal person would think the tree was dead at first glance.

But in the undead vision, it was very much alive, with its soul fire burning intensely.

Soon, more information came in.

The scattered Death Knights continuously sent back information, all encountering monsters.

The middle layer not only had a larger area than the outer layer but also far more monsters:

Thousands of Death Knights ran in different directions and all encountered monsters.

The monsters they saw were all half-trees over a hundred meters tall.

The Death Knights didn't touch the tree monsters or the withered vines scattered on the yellow sand but chose to bypass them.

Suddenly, the yellow sand ground moved slightly.

The next moment, the withered vines suddenly lashed out at the Death Knights.

In an instant, sand and stones flew, and the yellow sand rained down.

The vines were too fast, showing the speed of a seventh-level Divine King.

The Death Knights activated their charge ability, rushing forward at high speed.

But there were too many vines, and the difference in strength was too great.

With a bang, a Death Knight was directly struck by a vine, its bones shattered, and its body torn apart along with its warhorse.

It wasn't just one tree; all the Death Knights were attacked by the trees and died on the spot.

Facing the attacks of seventh-level Divine Kings, the Death Knights had no resistance.

In almost an instant, thousands of Death Knights were all killed.

The yellow sand was scattered with the bones of the dead Death Knights.

After the Death Knights died, they activated the **[Undying Undead]** passive spell and instantly revived.

Their bones reassembled, and the Death Knights appeared intact again.

The vines lashed out again like whips, instantly shattering the Death Knights.

After two consecutive times, Lin Moryu suppressed the **[Undying Undead]** spell, temporarily stopping the Death Knights' revival.

Such revivals were meaningless; they were killed as soon as they revived, with no chance to react. Lin Moryu quickened his pace, approaching the area where the Death Knights were attacked.

Standing on a tall sand dune, Lin Moryu looked towards the direction where the Death Knights had died, tens of thousands of meters away. The thousand Death Knights weren't far apart, and the tree monsters were spaced thousands of meters apart, occupying a large area. They seemed scattered but appeared to follow some order.

"Have the rules changed?"

"The monsters here no longer use life aura as a judgment standard."

"Then what standard do they use to attack?"

Previously, when the Death Knights observed from a kilometer away, the tree monsters didn't attack.

But when the Death Knights tried to bypass them, the tree monsters attacked.

The distance between them didn't change, always maintaining about a kilometer.

"It's not because of life aura, nor because of distance. Then what is it?"

Lin Moryu pondered for a few seconds and seemed to find the answer.

He noticed that before the trees attacked, they all had one thing in common.

The yellow sand ground would have a slight tremor.

The tremor was very subtle, lasting only two or three seconds, easily overlooked if not paying attention.

Lin Moryu had previously ignored this detail.

Now he realized that this slight tremor alerted the tree monsters to the approaching enemies.

The key was, what caused these tremors?

With a thought, he activated the **[Undying Undead]** spell, and a previously dead Death Knight silently revived.

The revived Death Knight remained motionless, making no sound.

The tree monster a kilometer away didn't attack it.

"If I don't move, the enemy doesn't move."

Lin Moryu controlled the Death Knight's vision, monitoring all its movements, including those of its warhorse.

The aura wasn't restrained, but the Death Knight emitted only death aura, not life aura. The death aura clearly didn't trigger the tree monsters' attacks.

As long as the Death Knight didn't make any noise, it wouldn't be attacked by the tree monsters.

The tree monsters seemed to be in a dormant state, only waking up to attack.

The key question was, what woke the tree monsters to attack the Death Knights?

Since the problem wasn't with the tree monsters themselves, it must be something outside the tree monsters.

Especially the slight tremor in the sand, which Lin Moryu believed was the key.

If he could find the cause of the tremor, he could find the reason for the tree monsters' attacks.

He wasn't afraid of the tree monsters; he just didn't want to cause too much commotion before eliminating the demons.

A Death Knight's head gradually lowered, moving gently and slowly, trying not to make any noise.

Lin Moryu tried to find the problem through the undead vision.

In the undead vision, the world turned gray and white.

The yellow sand also turned gray and white, rolling on the ground and in the air with the wind.

After searching carefully for a long time, he found nothing.