Mighty Lord

Chapter 1038: Chapter 417 Choices_2

Zhou Tian had understood this principle long ago: one should not wait until there is no way out to fight desperately. If one finds oneself in a predicament, one must carve a path forward even if it means taking risks; otherwise, if one’s strength is gradually whittled away by an opponent, there will be no opportunity to even consider perishing together with the opponent when one is incapable of counterattacking.

In Zhou Tian’s view, although he was not at a juncture of life and death, if he did not find a way to break the situation, he would eventually let those players annex all of his territory. Therefore, if he did not want to ultimately be defeated by those players, he must not stop his actions to resist the players, and at the same time, Zhou Tian also needed to find his own way out. freewebnoveℓ.com

He needed to increase his own strength while combating the players, and only when his strength increased faster than those of the players could Zhou Tian drive them out of this world again. Otherwise, based on Zhou Tian’s experience, those players were like cowhide candy; once stuck, they could not be detached.

The problem now was how Zhou Tian planned to enhance his strength.

Currently, Zhou Tian was strictly confined to his own territory, and for the same reason that he had not continued to expand, if he dared to expand outwardly, no matter in which direction he developed, he would likely provoke a significant counterattack. Under such circumstances, Zhou Tian could only choose the most cost-effective route from those that would inevitably encounter counterattacks.

The Ancient Ruins Space was out of the question; in Zhou Tian’s view, those demigods were simply madmen. Without reason, those fellows could stir up trouble, and if they found Zhou Tian daring to invade their territory despite being warned, who knew what those fellows would do.

Previously, Zhou Tian had preferred to stay in one place for a thousand years rather than risk angering that force. Now, even when facing the threat of players, he naturally dared not offend them. After all, to some extent, dealing with those players was much easier than handling demigods. Compared to demigods, the players’ strength was much weaker; there were likely very few members in their camp who could pose a threat to emperor-level bosses like him!

Expanding overseas also seemed troublesome.

Firstly, the players currently came from overseas. If Zhou Tian expanded overseas, the first problem to solve was how to avoid interference from those players; otherwise, when attacking other Monster Forces, he didn’t want to end up being caught between monsters and players. If that happened, Zhou Tian, however many armies he had, would not be enough to fill that trap.

Secondly, the same reason still applied. Zhou Tian, not to mention the favors he owed to most of the emperor-level bosses of the Main Plane, just for the sake of defending against a possible invasion by demigods, could not afford to attack other emperor-level forces of the Main Plane. Therefore, while expanding overseas wasn’t impossible, unless it was a matter of life and death, he better not do so.

Hence, after thinking it over, Zhou Tian seemed to have only one choice left.

Since two of the three routes were cut off, the remaining one naturally became his only choice.

Annex his part of the Mainland!

For Zhou Tian, a small piece of the Mainland was not enough to change his current situation. However, it can’t be denied that acquiring a piece of the Mainland would be a great accomplishment for any Monster Force. Besides satisfying his vanity through achievement, the effect on strength enhancement was also visible. freewёbnoνel.com

Zhou Tian occupied nearly half of the territory of the Mainland, but even so, the Mainland’s territory still supported two other emperor-level forces. Thus, if Zhou Tian could annex the other’s territory, though he might not immediately gain the ability to drive those players out again, at least the then Zhou Tian would certainly see a significant increase in strength. And when Zhou Tian’s strength was much greater, facing the threat of those players could be a bit easier.

Considering that he had no better choice at that moment, once the idea of taking action against those two Monster Forces had formed in Zhou Tian’s mind, he promptly began making preparations.

Although Zhou Tian had already made a decision, and according to his circumstances, his idea was not wrong at the time, but when he really got ready to start the war against those two forces, his heart still lacked confidence.

If those two forces were so easy to annex, they probably would have been annexed by Zhou Tian hundreds of years ago. And since the then Zhou Tian couldn’t annex those two forces, now when he prepared to annex them, he must be ready to fight a tough battle.

Of course, even though the opponents were known to be difficult, Zhou Tian, having made a decision, still did not hesitate to send out his troops.

Zhou Tian was also aware that every action he took was under the surveillance of those two emperor-level forces nearby. After all, Zhou Tian’s strength was too powerful; even though he had not initiated a war for a thousand years, those two forces could not so easily forget the past.