Cooperation Reached

Di Tian's pupils abruptly contracted into slits, dark-gold dragon scales instantly covering his entire body as terrifying Dragon Might erupted like a tsunami.

The ancient trees around them snapped one after another beneath the pressure, while Lake of Life churned up towering waves.

"How dare you!" The Black Dragon King's voice made even space tremble. His sharp dragon claws pointed straight at Solomon's throat. No longer caring that Solomon had a god backing him, he furiously roared, "A mere human dares speak recklessly of my lord!"

At the instant the dragon claws were about to touch the young man's neck, the entire Star Dou Forest suddenly fell into an eerie stillness.

Falling leaves froze in midair, splashing droplets turned into glistening amber, and even Di Tian's furious expression was fixed upon his face.

A pillar of silver light slowly rose from the center of the lake, as though the stars filling the sky had all dimmed for it.

A slender figure stepped out from the pillar of light. Her silver hair cascaded down to her ankles, and ancient vicissitudes flowed within her amethyst-like eyes.

"Di Tian, stand down."

When the cold female voice rang out, frozen time began to flow once more.

Di Tian immediately dropped to one knee, while Da Ming and Er Ming buried their heads deeply in the mud.

The Soft Bone Rabbit in Xiao Wu's arms trembled violently, without even the courage to run.

The Silver Dragon King's delicate toes lightly touched the water's surface, sending silver ripples spreading with every step.

She stopped three steps away from Solomon. Moonlight draped a hazy veil over her peerlessly beautiful face.

"An apostle of God." She tilted her head slightly, and starlight falling from her hair wove a galaxy between them. "How did you discover me?"

Even the gods above in the God Realm did not know where she was hiding. Some living beings even believed she was already dead.

Yet the young man before her had revealed the truth with a single sentence.

The cross on Solomon's chest suddenly floated up on its own, radiating Holy Light that contended with the Silver Dragon King.

Yet the young man reached out and pressed the cross back against his chest. He remained neither servile nor overbearing, even carrying an invisible arrogance.

He was the lord of mankind, and also the lord of soul beasts.

Yet the Silver Dragon King was now the rightful master of soul beasts. The disgust of this violation against the mission granted by God made it difficult for Solomon to feel favorably toward her.

After all, as the saying went, one mountain could not hold two tigers unless they were male and female. But even then, that only applied during mating season. Normally, if two tigers fought, there was bound to be a battle.

Such a situation existed between Solomon and the Silver Dragon King.

"Since this is guidance given by the Supreme God, esteemed Silver Dragon King, my name is Solomon. I am the Supreme God's messenger, and also the Son of Man."

"Perhaps I should call you a part of the Dragon God?" Solomon did not remember much about this portion of the story. Back then, he had only read Douluo One and Two, and only started Three without finishing it.

At most, he knew she existed. He did not know exactly what she had done.

A trace of surprise flashed through the Silver Dragon King's eyes. She had not expected this human to directly expose her true identity.

The Silver Dragon King's slender fingers gently brushed through her hanging silver hair, ripples appearing in her amethyst eyes. Oh, no, that was killing intent.

She stared at the cross on Solomon's chest. The sacred aura flowing from it reminded her of the distant Dragon God War.

"Messenger of the Supreme God," her voice was as crisp as clashing ice crystals. In the end, the gap in their strength forced her to consider the contract, and she could only speak unwillingly, "How exactly is the contract you speak of carried out?"

Solomon smiled faintly and traced a golden path through the air with his right hand.

Countless motes of light spilled from his fingertips, weaving into intricate contract runes in the air. Every stroke carried a sacred rhythm, making even the surrounding air tremble.

"The Soul Beast Pokemon Contract. I believe you have already learned about it before." He patiently explained, tapping the outermost ring of runes with his finger. "It establishes a basic contract, allowing soul beasts and humans to form an equal connection and share part of their abilities."

"We cannot understand this thing at all. Still, it sounds like something related to the level of life."

"Exactly. You are not wrong to understand it that way." Solomon smiled. "I have already explained the rest just now. I believe you heard it as well."

"Fine." The Silver Dragon King lightly raised her hand and nodded slightly. She had indeed heard everything earlier.

She then turned toward Solomon, thoughtfulness glimmering in her purple eyes. "What ritual does the contract require?"

A ritual?

In truth, signing a contract did not require any ritual at all. It only required compatibility between the two souls.

But considering that he wanted to recreate the legendary creatures known as Pokemon in this world...

If there had to be a ritual, then it could only be battle.

"Fight." Solomon smiled faintly and did not explain further.

Only after another discussion lasting three sunrises and three moonsets did both sides sign the first stage of their cooperation.

In other words, the soul beasts centered around Star Dou Forest accepted the Soul Beast Pokemon plan and would provide relatively safe locations over the next five years for soul masters and soul beasts to form contracts.

With the preliminary agreement reached, the Silver Dragon King designated the outer regions of Star Dou Forest as the "Trial Grounds."

Soul beasts and human soul masters had to establish soul resonance through battle there, completing the final formation of their contracts. However, the process was not entirely smooth.

Low-level ten-year soul beasts did not possess high intelligence and usually could not understand instructions. Incidents of soul beasts attacking humans still occurred.

However, because Spirit Hall had dispatched sufficient personnel, no deaths occurred. At most, there were a few injuries.

Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Over the past few days, Solomon had worked day and night, pulling months of overtime. After handling countless matters large and small, he finally refused to keep going.

Damn it!

Get back here and do some work, original body!

You bastard, are you up there in the God Realm eating and drinking well, worshipped by thousands, sleeping until you wake naturally every day?

Bastard!

Let's switch lives for a while!

Why did I, the clone, have to keep working all the time?

He flared up for a moment, but could only rage helplessly.

Ye Su: Do you even understand? What do you mean, eating, drinking, and sleeping all day? Being God is exhausting! I hear so many prayers every day, and I still have to make time to grant a few believers' wishes... and deal with the mess left behind in the God Realm... I'm exhausted too, okay?

Solomon rolled his eyes. You are the Omniscient and Omnipotent God, and you are already complaining about being tired?

Keep pretending!

The two cursed back and forth for several rounds like elementary school kids arguing in the street. In the end, they chose a ceasefire.

After all, cursing oneself was still a little too strange.

After calming down somewhat, Solomon brought up another matter.

"Original body, how has Little Scumbag been lately?"