The system was set three years in advance, but the universal deities still hadn't arrived.

Oklon was extremely anxious. He quickly scanned the location where he had first seen Zeng Shen and followed the clues left by their route, finding them in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Zeng Shen was facing the black-scaled crocodile that was charging aggressively, and without hesitation cast a taming spell.

Instantly, a notification sound rang in his ears.

[Congratulations, host! Taming successful. You have gained a Blackscale Crocodile pet +1, a Believer +1, Faith +1000, and Survival Points +1000.]

Just as the warning sound rang out, another black-scaled crocodile suddenly swung its tail and fiercely attacked Zeng Shen's waist.

"Snapped!"

"what!"

Oklon, who was above the Divine Realm, let out a shrill scream. His consciousness instantly left the Divine Realm and returned to the Abyss Star. The burning pain in his waist came again, driving him almost to madness.

He looked down at the shocking red mark that had reappeared on his waist.

In an instant, he realized what was happening. His eyes instantly turned ferocious and bloodshot, and he roared hoarsely, "Damn it, how could this be? Isn't it because I attacked him that the damage was reflected back to me? How come when those beasts attacked him, the damage was still reflected back to me?"

In his divine realm, Zeng Shen had just cast a taming spell on the second black-scaled crocodile that attacked him, successfully taming it, when another black-scaled crocodile came from the side, baring its fangs and serrated teeth, and fiercely bit at his thigh.

Subconsciously, Zeng Shen wanted to dodge, but thinking that the final harm would not fall on him, he simply didn't bother to move.

At the same time, just as Oklon finished roaring, the protective leg warmers on his legs suddenly emitted a strange green light.

Immediately afterwards, the leg warmers made a tearing sound.

"what!"

Oklon let out another bloodcurdling scream. A slight bite mark suddenly appeared on his torn leg warmers, which made him turn ashen-faced instantly.

"Can equipment mitigate some of the damage?"

Oklon looked at the tattered leg warmers and suddenly realized what was happening. He hurriedly changed out of the ruined leg warmers and put on a set of blue-quality leather armor.

But the moment he changed, the leather armor on his body seemed to be attacked by a storm, emitting violent vibrations and powerful internal forces that frantically assaulted his internal organs, causing him to cough up bitter fluid.

Simultaneously.

He was also startled and broke out in a cold sweat, feeling extremely frightened.

Without needing to think much, he knew it must be that damned human god who had completely failed to resist the attacks of those black-scaled crocodiles, allowing them to sweep their tails across his body at will, and ultimately the damage was transferred to him.

If he hadn't reacted in time and hadn't been wearing equipment that could have withstood the incoming attack, he felt he would have been crippled if not killed.

Thinking of this, he was furious. He quickly focused his consciousness and once again entered his divine realm, secretly vowing that he would never allow that hateful human god to continue to act so recklessly.

And just as he once again immersed his consciousness into the realm of the gods.

Zeng Shen has already tamed all the black-scaled crocodiles into his pets and is about to lead the crocodiles to the next gathering place of strange beasts.

A black-scaled crocodile, far larger than these black-scaled crocodiles, roared deafeningly from the mist and charged toward him with lightning speed.

Seeing this, Zeng Shen threw a spying eye at him.

[Dark-themed, swamp-type creature: Blackscale Crocodile]

[Qualification: Lord] [Alias: Blackscale Crocodile Leader]

Name: None available

[Tier 3: 1300/26000]

[Skills: Tornado Strike (High, Green), Scale Armor (High, Green), Burrowing Tide (Medium, Green), Giant Crocodile Impact (Medium, Green), Sweeping Strike (Low, Green), Blood Rage (Medium, Blue), Crocodile Ancestor Possession (Low, Blue)]

[Status: Irritable]

[Analysis: The Blackscale Crocodile is one of the advanced predators in the ancient Black Spirit Forest, belonging to the dual-type Beast category. Its body is covered with black scales, which can resist most physical attacks, but prolonged exposure to sunlight will cause the scales to harden and its movement to become sluggish. Therefore, they prefer to inhabit dark and damp swamps or streams.]

"Oh ho, so it's the leader of this group of black-scaled crocodiles. No wonder it's so huge." Zeng Shen muttered to himself nonchalantly, leisurely hovering on the water's surface, calmly waiting for the black-scaled crocodile leader to charge at him.

Upon seeing this scene, Oklon, who was above the divine realm, was terrified.

If he were to be hit, it's uncertain whether his blue-quality leather armor could withstand the fierce impact, but the terrifying force generated by the collision would definitely cause him considerable suffering.

Immediately, he focused his consciousness, drew upon his faith power, and swiftly cast a dark shield skill in front of Zeng Shen to withstand attacks. Then, consuming a thousand units of faith power, he appeared before Zeng Shen and roared furiously:
"Nima, if you want to tame these beasts, then tame them. Why do you avoid them when they attack you?"

Zeng Shen's lips curled into a sly smile. He casually cast a taming spell on the Blackscale Crocodile leader that had charged onto the Dark Shield, easily taming it into a pet. Only then did he slowly look at the furious Oklon and ask, "I hid, so how did you come out?"

"What? You let those monsters attack you just to lure me out?" Oklon was so angry he almost vomited blood.

"Yes."

"Damn it, if you wanted to find me, couldn't you have asked Ogrio to call me?" Oclone roared furiously, feeling utterly frustrated.

"Of course, but I just want you to know one thing: I can transfer all the harm I suffer to you. And if you don't want to get hurt because of this harm, then agree to my conditions," Zeng Shen said with a half-smile.

"What conditions?"

"Just two."

Oklon glared at Zeng Shen and said, "You speak."

Zeng Shen: "First, your believers see me as they see you, and must serve me with utmost respect and reverence."

Upon hearing this, Oklon's chest heaved violently, feeling utterly humiliated. But then he remembered that if he refused, he might die in vain, so he reluctantly nodded and said, "Fine..."

Seeing that they agreed, Zeng Shen continued, "Secondly, when I want to have in-depth conversations, they cannot refuse."

"You!" Oklon shook his head angrily. "Impossible."

Zeng Shen raised an eyebrow, his face threatening: "If that's impossible, then I'll just have these beasts unleash their attack skills on me and kill you."

As he spoke, Zeng Shen was about to signal the pets around him to attack him.

Upon seeing all the alien beasts gathering dark power, preparing to unleash their skills, Oclon instantly chickened out and said, "...Deal!"

After saying that, Oclon left Asgard without looking back and returned to reality.

Then he quickly picked up his communication device and sent a message to his mentor, hoping that his mentor could come over after receiving the message and completely remove the terrifying and strange ability that Zeng Shen had "affected" him.

At the same time, he hoped that his mentor would be able to uncover the true nature of that human deity and ultimately kill him to vent his hatred. (End of Chapter)