By this point, Nati knew he really had only one choice left: cooperate with Ryan Oakes in exchange for his life.
After all, he still cherished his life greatly. He was unwilling to wager it on whether Ryan could kill him in his state as "Divine Light."
As far as he was concerned, he would only fight for his life after Ryan tore up their verbal agreement and tried to kill him.
If he could live a little longer, he would have a better chance of finding Ryan's weakness...
There was also a more fundamental reason: his pride as a Deity had already been battered into fragments during that exceedingly brief period of contact with Ryan Oakes.
He was still very powerful, but he could not deny that Ryan Oakes was even stronger. Before finding Ryan's fatal weakness, perhaps even all the other Deities combined would not be Ryan's match.
God of Heaven-Suppressing—Nati yielded beneath Su Hao's imposing might. "If what you say is true, I agree to your request, Ryan Oakes. However, I have one condition."
Su Hao said generously, "As long as you agree to cooperate with my experiment, everything is negotiable."
God of Heaven-Suppressing—Nati said, "First, during the experiment, you may not harm my Divine Light. Its integrity must be preserved; second, I have certain fixed needs. Without my servants attending to me, I become so irritable I want to go mad. Therefore, please return my Golden Dragon incarnation to me, and bring my envoys here to serve me! That way, I can focus more fully on cooperating with your experiment.
Third, once your experiment is complete, release me to return to Dragon Continent and do not trouble me again. What do you say?"
After hearing him out, Su Hao agreed readily.
But it was precisely because