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

Chapter 512 A New Deal, The Cocoon of the Dark Demon

When Augrio heard Yingyue's words, she naturally wouldn't tell them the truth: this so-called training camp was only held because their god was being coerced by that human god.

but.

She was naturally prepared for Yingyue's questioning, and her expression immediately became solemn as she said, "Priest Yingyue, are you questioning the authenticity of the divine oracle?"

Ying Yue immediately lowered his head: "I wouldn't dare."

"very good."

Augrio surveyed the crowd. "From today onward, all believers must participate in beast-fighting training. Now, I need your tribal chiefs to immediately arrange for their people to proceed to the open space on the eastern outskirts of the city to begin constructing the arena!"

"Yes…"

The followers of Auclone immediately sprang into action.

As Auglio watched the busy believers, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew her words were only half true, but she had no choice; to uphold the dignity of her god, this was the best course of action.

.........

Above the canopy of the ancient Black Spirit Tree, dragon wings carried Zeng Shen, flying close to the treetop.

The black-scaled crocodiles and black-scaled demonic bears that had been following behind were sent by Zeng Shen to wait outside the dark city in the center of the ancient black spirit tree.

Therefore, with the dragon wings carrying him, Zeng Shen was able to subdue the strange beasts at an increasingly faster pace, and soon he arrived at an area where black vines were hanging from tree trunks.

"Master, the territory of the Black Vine Serpents is just ahead," Long Yi transmitted to Zeng Shen through the mental link. "They are gregarious beasts with extremely potent venom."

Zeng Shen nodded, casting a spying glance into the vines.

[Dark-type, poisonous creature: Black Vine Serpent]

[Qualification: Lord]

[Alternative Name: Leader of the Black Vine Serpents]

Name: None available

[Tier 3: 800/15000]

[Skills: Venomous Fang Pierce (High, Green), Vine Entanglement (Medium, Green), Poison Mist Spray (Low, Green), Corrosive Venomous Fang (Low, Blue)]

[Status: Latent]

[Analysis: The Black Vine Serpent prefers the dark and damp ancient Black Spirit Forest, often coiling in tree trunks or caves covered with black vines. It is a social beast, skilled in coordinated attacks, using poisonous mist and vines to restrict the movement of enemies before strangling them. Prolonged exposure to strong light will slow its movement, and its scales will become weak in defense.]

"Not bad, another group of tamable beasts." Zeng Shen smiled with satisfaction and was about to release the taming spell when he suddenly sensed something and turned to look behind him.

Oklon's phantom reappeared beside him at some point, its face terrifyingly gloomy.

"What is it now?" Zeng Shen asked impatiently.

Oklon took a deep breath, seemingly struggling to control his emotions, and said, "I want to make a deal with you. You return those dragon eggs, as well as the beasts in my divine realm that you've tamed into pets."

"Oh? Tell me about your trading chips?" Zeng Shen asked, intrigued.

“Give me back the dragon egg, and I can give you a set of blue-quality equipment, a piece of purple equipment, and break the taming of my divine beast. In return, I'll give you a purple item card,” Oklon said through gritted teeth. “This is my final concession!”

Upon hearing this, Zeng Shen couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Do you think I care about those things?"

"Then what do you want?" Oklon asked, his face grim.

"It's very simple."

Zeng Shen said, squinting his eyes, "First, become my subordinate deity and listen to me from now on; second, I want the source code of that elf virtual game you had last time."

"What?! You want me to become your subordinate deity?" Oclon's phantom trembled violently. "And you... you actually want the source code of that elven virtual game?"

Zeng Shen smiled and said, "Just these two. As long as you finish them, I can leave you half of the dragon eggs and the strange beasts." "No, I must leave them all," Oklon shook his head.

“Then there’s nothing to discuss.” Zeng Shen shrugged and turned to cast a taming spell on the black vine snakes.

A series of white lights flashed, and soon the entire swarm of black vine snakes was tamed by him.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully tamed the Black Vine Serpent. You have gained +36 pet Black Vine Serpent, +36 followers, +36000 faith, and +36000 survival points.]

Hearing the notification sound in his ear, Zeng Shen was in a good mood. He ordered the Black Vine Serpent leader to lead the clan to wait outside the Dark City in the center of the Ancient Black Spirit Tree. He didn't even glance at Oclon and commanded the Dragon Wings to continue flying to the next gathering place of strange beasts.

Oklon's phantom stood alone, watching Zeng Shen's departing figure. A struggle flashed in his eyes, but he finally decided to wait for his mentor to arrive.

Followed by.

His illusory image slowly dissipated, and his consciousness returned to his original body on the Abyss Star. He quickly took out a communication mirror and contacted his mentor.

After Oklon's phantom dissipated, Zeng Shen rode on his dragon wings, leading a swarm of darkwing bat dragons, and continued flying over the Ancient Darkspirit Forest.

He looked down at the endless black sea of ​​trees below, a smile playing on his lips.

After all, if this spectacle hadn't been able to give birth to strange beasts, it would have been very difficult for him to replicate his previous score-farming plan in the virtual game world of elves.

Thinking of this, Zeng Shen urged the dragon wings to speed up and continue flying towards the other strange beasts and creatures.

Soon.

The dragon's enormous bat wings drew an elegant arc above the treetops, hovering atop one of the canopies. Then, through a mental link, it transmitted to Zeng Shen: "Master, although there are no gathering places for strange beasts in the river below, there are high concentrations of dark energy fluctuations."

Zeng Shen squinted, looking down at the dense canopy below.

A forest and river, shrouded in black mist, appeared and disappeared, their surfaces shimmering with an eerie purple light.

"Interesting, let's go down and take a look."

"Roar."

With a roar, the dragon wings plunged into the treetops and flew to the forest river.

As they drew closer, the river, shrouded in black mist, gradually became clearer.

This forest river has an unnaturally dark black color, and its banks are piled with a large number of white bones, some of them from wild animals and others in human form.

In the center of these rivers, dozens of translucent black cocoon-like objects float, with the outline of a curled-up creature faintly visible inside each cocoon.

"What is this thing?"

Zeng Shen raised an eyebrow and cast a spying glance at the nearest black cocoon.

[Dark Magic Cocoon: Status: Incubating (Remaining Time: 12 days). Dark magic dwarves will capture intelligent beings and, through their innate abilities, create a cursed cocoon to envelop them, ultimately assimilating them into their own kind or assimil them into dark magic servants.]

"This is the work of the Dark Dwarfs."

Just as Zeng Shen exclaimed in sudden realization, the river surface suddenly churned violently.

All the surrounding corpses suddenly converged together, coalescing into a skeletal one-eyed giant over five meters tall, covered in black scales, which roared deafeningly to the sky.

This skeletal Cyclops had a single, enormous eye that gleamed with a crimson light, and it held a giant axe made of bone and black iron.

"Roar--"

The skeletal Cyclops roared and suddenly raised its giant axe, charging straight at Zeng Shen.

Zeng Shen neither dodged nor avoided, since it wouldn't hurt him anyway.

Near the Abyss Crystal Barrier, Chedemos, who was driving his ancient ship at full speed toward the Abyss Main Star, was puzzled as he searched for a way to remove the damage transfer when he felt a shock like a giant axe cleaving his body in the chest.

Although the attack couldn't break through his clothing's defenses, it left him extremely frustrated, and he couldn't help but roar, "Damn it, what the hell is this? Why hasn't the damage transfer been removed yet?"

(End of this chapter)