Saike soon found Chen Ao.
"Swear the oath first. Once it takes effect, I'll give you enough corpses!" Chen Ao said. "And I require you to hunt Second-Order World Beasts with me. Seventy percent of the corpses from our joint hunts will go to you!"
Saike looked surprised. "You only want thirty percent?"
Normally, Chen Ao's contribution to killing World Beasts would far exceed his own. Even if Chen Ao demanded seventy percent, he would have agreed.
Yet Chen Ao only wanted thirty percent.
That really was very little.
Chen Ao glanced at Saike. World Beast corpses were utterly useless to him. He only wanted to curb Saike's growth a little.
By withholding thirty percent each time, he could slow Saike's progress considerably.
"Swear the oath!" Chen Ao offered no explanation.
"All right!"
With benefits on offer, Saike became remarkably decisive. "I, Saike, swear in the name of the World Beast King, before the rules of the Universe Ocean, that I will never attack..."
"Oh, right. Low-Level Life, what's your name?"
Chen Ao's face darkened. "Chen Ao!"
"All right. I swear before the rules of the Universe Ocean that I will never attack Chen Ao or his race!"
Then Saike forced out a drop of his blood and performed a special ritual.
For an instant, Chen Ao seemed to sense a trace of the power of rules appearing, placing another restraint on Saike.
"You can sense my oath, can't you?"
Chen Ao nodded. Though he did not understand how it worked, he could indeed sense something.
Still, Chen Ao smiled inwardly. This oath only bound Saike. After all, Saike had never said that Chen Ao could not attack him.
*World Beasts always suffer from arrogance. He thinks a Second-Order World Beast is my limit, so a World Beast King would