Set truly deserved his reputation as a famous ancient god. He was also one of the demon gods most closely connected to the Main World, and he was genuinely intelligent.
Even if he had most likely failed to guess what method Deathstroke had used to track him, he had indeed found his own way to avoid being followed.
When his Serpent Crown was worn by certain fools on Earth, those unlucky people who considered themselves fortunate automatically shared their knowledge with the snake god.
Simply put, it was their life experience within human society, along with most relatively easy-to-use skills.
For example, if someone was good at grilling meat, then after putting on the Serpent Crown, that skill would automatically be shared with the snake god. It was not an innate superpower, so Set did not need to use Devouring Method to eat one of the pigs he raised in order to master it.
But if someone shared their knowledge of flying a plane with the snake god, Set might acquire the relevant theoretical knowledge, yet if he were actually asked to pilot a flying vehicle, he would most likely still crash it.
Skills that required too much hands-on operation would not work. Knowledge that was too high-tech would not work. Knowledge involving human nature or the psychology of human society would not work either, and so on.
Set's Devouring Method was indeed powerful, but it was not omnipotent.
"Playing dead. How did he do it?" Polaris asked as she supported her sister.
Since Wanda had been remotely wrestling with Chthon the entire way, she had barely said anything, and she was now drenched in sweat.
"Because he's a snake." Harley had already guessed the answer. With a biologist as her best friend, she knew a thing or two. "Snakes