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Chapter 2984: No Matter How Many Years, They Will Keep Waiting

Twelve dao patterns greatly increased the power of the Skeleton Hell.

In ancient times, many Dao Venerables couldn't gather twelve dao patterns in their entire lives.

Let alone allowing a single technique to enjoy the enhancement of twelve dao patterns. For many Dao Venerables, this was unimaginable.

Even those exceptionally talented might have twenty or thirty dao patterns.

But similarly, such people wouldn't have too few techniques.

After allocating the dao patterns, the number that could be assigned to each technique was very limited.

Generally speaking, the strongest technique being allocated six dao patterns was already the limit.

Lin Moyu directly giving Skeleton Hell twelve dao patterns was simply extravagant.

Moreover, Lin Moyu wouldn't stop at twelve dao patterns for Skeleton Hell. In the future, he might increase it further, depending on how Skeleton Hell changed.

Ever since devouring the hell fragments and the subsequent appearance of the Hell Gate and Netherworld Black Pool, Lin Moyu had high hopes for Skeleton Hell.

Skeleton Hell had already transcended the essence of a technique, existing in another special and independent form.

Although it was still a technique, Lin Moyu felt it was evolving towards a real world.

A technique evolving into a real world wasn't unheard of in the history of the Origin Continent.

But such real worlds were always very weak.

Even so, it still required a powerhouse at or above the seventh level of Dao Venerable to achieve.

Lin Moyu's Skeleton Hell was different. Whether in the rule world or on the Origin Continent, it remained consistently powerful.

And as Skeleton Hell grew stronger, it became increasingly real, evolving towards a true hell.

Perhaps one day in the future, Skeleton Hell could truly become a real hell.

The original hell had shattered. If Skeleton Hell could take its place, that wouldn't be bad.

Amidst the terrifying dragon roar, a huge black dragon burst out of the Netherworld Black Pool.

Previously, only its head had emerged, but now, half of its dragon body was visible.

Its body was incredibly massive. Just half of its body exceeded ten thousand meters in length.

On its body, huge dragon scales gleamed with a jet-black luster.

The aura it emitted was no weaker than any fourth-level Dao Venerable being.

It roared in Skeleton Hell, revealing razor-sharp dragon teeth.

Lin Moyu knew that even a sixth-level Dao Venerable would suffer if bitten by it.

Besides the Netherworld Black Dragon, the power of the Hell Fiends also increased rapidly.

They all advanced to the third level of Dao Venerable. Given how troublesome Hell Fiends were, they could previously wear down fourth-level Dao Venerables.

Now, even fifth-level Dao Venerables would be worn down by them.

The newly added six dao patterns raised Skeleton Hell's overall power by one realm.

Unfortunately, the Hell Gate didn't change much.

Lin Moyu knew that to change the Hell Gate, he might need Origin Spirit Veins and hell fragments. Dao patterns alone weren't enough.

The current changes were already satisfactory to Lin Moyu.

Of the fifty-two dao patterns, fifty were used, leaving two in reserve.

Lin Moyu reflected on this secret realm journey, reviewing it.

This secret realm trip was extremely successful, with remarkable gains.

He slew an Outer God, obtained dao rewards, and increased his dao patterns to fifty-two.

With two more, he could advance to the third level of Dao Venerable.

He also successfully obtained over a hundred ice and fire dao stones, using them to refine his soul to the fourth level of Dao Venerable, paving the way for his advancement to the fourth level of Dao Venerable.

Most importantly, [Infinite Fusion] allowed his techniques to merge, gaining two powerful techniques.

Without changing his realm, his combat power increased significantly.

With over twenty days left before leaving the secret realm, Lin Moyu didn't want to go anywhere. He pondered the reasons for the formation of this entire secret realm.

Few people would consider this question. Most people entering a secret realm would just go in and search for treasures.

As for why the secret realm formed, very few would think about it. Only some true top-tier powerhouses would really consider this question.

They sought the root of the dao, analyzing from the source to ultimately obtain the truth.

Lin Moyu liked to think and was good at it. Whenever he encountered something, he would seek the root cause, wanting to know why things were as they were.

This time was no different. Lin Moyu connected the entire situation of the secret realm, analyzing the cause and effect.

The initial reason for the secret realm's formation was naturally the two Dao Realm powerhouses, Chihuo and Lanshan, dealing with the Outer God together.

This Outer God with two pairs of wings was very powerful. Even Chihuo and Lanshan working together couldn't kill it.

For whatever reason, like many Dao Realm powerhouses, they sacrificed their lives to weave a grand formation, eternally trapping this Outer God.

Moreover, to prevent outsiders from coming and damaging the formation, they hid the Outer God in an extremely deep space.

At the same time, they held a glimmer of hope for the future, hoping someone could come and kill the Outer God.

So they didn't completely block the path, but left a way to enter.

This path was difficult, but being able to enter meant possessing extremely strong power.

They had long ago made a wish, leaving themselves a chance at life. If someone could kill the Outer God, they could be revived through the dao reward.

So they left their corpses here, and actively sent their corpses into the Outer God's soul world.

Using their corpses, they connected with the formation to seal the Outer God's soul.

Facts proved that their choice was correct.

Eventually, Lin Moyu came. The Outer God wanted to use Lin Moyu to help itself escape the formation's constraints and flee.

But similarly, Chihuo and Lanshan also wanted to use Lin Moyu to kill the Outer God.

In the end, Chihuo and Lanshan won the bet.

Thinking of this, Lin Moyu suddenly froze, realizing something. He had thought wrong.

"No, there's a problem here!"

Lin Moyu's thoughts raced, quickly flying back to when he first encountered the divine beast.

The subsequent scenes flashed before his eyes one by one.

The Outer Gods he had killed weren't just one, and the Dao Realm powerhouses he encountered weren't just one.

Whether it was Jin Lei, the Sea Race Whale Elder, or this time's Chihuo and Lanshan.

Although none of them said it explicitly, they all believed in one thing without exception: that someone could kill the Outer God at some point in the future, bringing them a glimmer of hope.

Jin Lei's choice was wrong, resulting in his death and dao destruction.

But his persistence, though helpless, also showed a glimmer of hope.

The key question was, where did this hope come from?

Lin Moyu felt that someone must have told them that if they persisted, there would be hope.

And the being who told them there was hope must be very powerful, a Dao Lord, or directly the dao itself.

So these Dao Realm powerhouses were willing to keep persisting.

For them, life was infinite, so they didn't want to die.

No matter how many years, they would keep waiting.