“You’ve lost!”

Lin Ye looked down from above, his golden eyes flashing with a terrifying light. “Do you submit?”

“I’m convinced, of course I’m convinced. I’ve lost many times in my life, but I’ve never been so happy.”

Although the old man from the Elevation Hall was defeated miserably, with all his bones shattered and his flesh mangled, his face was filled with sick madness.

He stared at Lin Ye with a burning gaze and hurriedly said, “You used a total of 777 lord-tier buffs on me just now. All of them were comprehended from the Voice of the Great Dao, right?”

“Strictly speaking, there are only 776 of them. The other one belongs to me,” Lin Ye corrected.

“It’s all the same, all the same, hahaha.” After receiving confirmation, the old man laughed until his mouth was about to split open.

“There’s something wrong with your body.” Lin Ye glanced at him and frowned slightly.

Considering that the other party had already submitted verbally and he had confirmed it with the prediction effect of Hint.

He released the suppression and threw out a rain of life.

This was a special halo of the Life Lord Dao. It was extremely effective in healing injuries.

As expected, after a moment, the old man’s ruptured skin healed rapidly.

“It can’t be helped. My main body is too strong. My avatar can’t accommodate the true myriad of techniques. Otherwise, even if you had comprehended 777 Daos of the Lord Dao, you wouldn’t be my match,” the old man said smugly.

“A person like you shouldn’t appear here.” Lin Ye narrowed his eyes in confusion.

The feeling that the old man gave him was that in the early stages, other than the Xuanji from the Underworld, no one was more mysterious than him.

Mastery over ten thousand skills. This was not just a saying.

Even though he had 100xReward, he still shuddered.

How much manpower, resources, resources, and knowledge did he have to spend to do this? The other party was proficient in everything.

This was too ridiculous!!!

It was unimaginable how the old man could cultivate all these terrifying secret techniques by himself back then.

“This is nothing. Some inconspicuous people are the most terrifying.”

The old man grinned and reminded, “For example, 001 of the Reflection Hall.”

“Oh?”

Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, “Is that guy, 001, very powerful?”

Compared to the other guardians, he was most familiar with Guardian 001 of Reflection Hall.

However, the other party was a little sloppy and his mentality was not stable. He was still ranked at the lowest level of the Reflection Hall.

This gave him the illusion that this guy might be the weakest among all the guardians.

But from what the old man said, that didn’t seem to be the case?

“Of course he’s powerful. During his heyday, 001 was also a top existence. That guy was the darkest, most terrifying that all of us guardians have personally experienced…”

At the mention of Guardian 001, the old man narrowed his eyes as if he was recalling some unbearable memories.

He said with a hint of sadness, “I regret that I can’t advance hand in hand with those geniuses in my life. When they shone, I was just a piece of cloth. I studied and accumulated in the rear of humanity. When I mastered all my skills and left the mountain, it was all over.”

“…”

Lin Ye was a little surprised.

This old man’s life was too tragic.

After some thought, he asked, “Senior, since you’ve mastered all your techniques, why were you locked in the Elevation Hall? Why didn’t you escape to the underground space like the people from the Underworld?”

“Nonsense, do you think I don’t want to? I just left the mountain and was targeted by the final boss. How could I run?”

The old man rolled his eyes and snorted. “Don’t look at how lousy I am now. Back then, I was also the overlord of the chaotic world, the most ruthless person amongst all ruthless people. Although my season was not as good as the initial season, the final battle also caused the world to collapse.”

“In terms of strength, it’s enough to rank in the top three of the past millions of years. Unfortunately, my foundation and luck were still a little lacking.”

“If I could comprehend ten thousand arts in a year and a half back then, combined with 001 and the others, I might be able to restart the glory of the early season.”

“What glory? It’s just humiliation.” Lin Ye snorted.

He had long heard of the story of the strongest human in the initial season.

That guy was indeed powerful. He beat the hell out of Hell and used all forms of secret taboos, but what was the use?

In the end, the humans still lost everything.

Perhaps that battle had destroyed more than half of humanity’s foundation and luck.

This was why the Human Race was not a popular choice as the winner for the next dozens of seasons.

It would not be long before they were all killed by Hell and became food for countless zombies and ghosts.

Because of this, he had always hated that strongest human.

“It’s different. You weren’t born in that era so you can’t understand our thoughts. Before our rise, all humans experienced and knew was defeat. Only the glory of the initial season shone on the last pure land in our hearts. We lost, but we at least saw hope.”

“It’s all thanks to the hard work of our generation. After that, the aura of humans will become stronger and stronger. The east and west produced top experts one after another, beating those from Hell until they cried for their parents. With the accumulation of luck, we can finally see the true light.”

At this point, he stared fixedly at Lin Ye.

“Are you talking about me?” Lin Ye smiled.

“I guess so, but don’t think too much about it. I’ve never hoped for the light of hope of humans to be with just one person. You only have the most potential. This season, there are many interesting little fellows. It’s not like you’re the only one,” the old man said with a faint smile.

“It doesn’t matter. I don’t care anyway. It’s such a big hat. I don’t care who it is.”

Lin Ye shrugged and spread his hands. “Alright, we’re both adults. Cut the crap. Since I have won, according to the old rules, pass on your skills to me. I’ll bring glory to you this season.”

“…”

The old man looked at him faintly and felt a toothache.

After looking at each other for a moment, the old man succumbed to his fate. He sighed and said, “It’s not impossible to pass it on to you. My myriad skills suit you the best. Other than you, I’m afraid I won’t be able to find a second successor in this life.”

“That’s right. You should have realized this long ago. Give it to me quickly. I’ll protect you from now on!” Lin Ye’s eyes lit up.

“Hehe, the person who said that last time has been decomposing the grass at his grave for millions of years.”

The old man’s face was filled with disdain as he reminded, “Remember, being able to live is more important than anything else!”

“Don’t worry about that. I don’t dare to say anything else, but in terms of survival, if I say I’m number one, no one will dare to say they’re number two.”

“My motto is to fight if I can, and escape if I can’t.”

Lin Ye patted his chest confidently.

“What if you can’t even escape?” The old man teased.

“If I can’t escape, I will just raise the white flag and surrender. Isn’t Senior the same?”

“That’s true. Your mindset is much better than 001 and the others back then. In this world, if you’re too righteous and kind, you’ll suffer greatly in the end.”

The old man nodded, a look of relief in his eyes.

“Here, brat, admire my art!”

As he spoke, he threw a thick book over.

Its entire body was pitch-black, as if it had fused into the night sky. It did not cause any energy fluctuations.

If one did not look with the naked eye, even if an expert passed by it, they would ignore its existence.

“What a powerful concealment power.”

Lin Ye looked surprised.

Just on the surface of the black title page, he could sense dozens of different halos.

If he could really comprehend the ten thousand myriad arts, his combat power would probably soar to an extremely terrifying level.

At the center of the main page was a sparkling gem. It was like a lamp that lit up in the night, illuminating the world in the book.

When his fingers touched it, the system’s congratulatory message quickly sounded in his mind.

“Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained a half-step Reincarnation-level Secret Technique—Ten Thousand Daos Technique!”