The Vipers.

The serpentine world god is understandably distraught. The sage on the other hand remained nonchalant about the serpentine world god's insistence not to give up. He shrugged and said, "I know that victory will not be easy and that you are not so helpless in this situation. That is why I tried so hard to empower my champion."

The serpentine world god sneered. "We'll see if your champion is up to the task."

There is a large reason why the sage had to put a lot of things into action to win this bet. He can't be laid back like the serpentine world god. It takes confidence to bet a lot of wealth on a competition and the serpentine world god has a lot of it because of the divine ability of his race. Their divine ability isn't the absolute domain. That's just a technique. A technique that can be learned can not be the reason why the sages decided to wipe out the entire Viper race in the Virut plane.