Free Web NovelChapter 1157: Chapter 457 New Ideas
The reason why Zhou Tian’s territory was lost so quickly may not be without the efforts of those Emperor-level Bosses and Demigods. Thus, based on the situation at the time, the Emperor-level Bosses’ vigorous attacks on Zhou Tian’s territory dismayed him; however, their actions inevitably led to the significant reduction of their own territories’ defense forces.
Therefore, instead of engaging in a fierce battle with those Emperor-level Bosses and Demigods to reclaim the lost territory, it made more sense for Zhou Tian to invade the territories of the Emperor-level Bosses. After all, the territories gained wouldn’t be distinguished by who is stronger or weaker. As long as Zhou Tian could seize more territory from those Emperor-level Bosses, even if all his current territory had fallen, he could still become a Human Emperor in the end.
At the same time, besides the aforementioned considerations, Zhou Tian had another reason for attacking the territories of those Emperor-level Bosses.
To put it plainly, those Emperor-level Bosses and NPCs formed an alliance against Zhou Tian simply because they feared his current strength. The NPCs’ side, being mortal enemies with Zhou Tian, could have any reaction to his advancement without being considered excessive. However, compared to the NPCs, the Monster’s response warranted deeper reflection.
Theoretically, Zhou Tian’s relationship with those Emperor-level Bosses was at most competitive. While they often became enemies due to differing interests, from a positional standpoint, Zhou Tian and those bosses hadn’t reached the point of fighting on sight.
Therefore, after Zhou Tian advanced, those Emperor-level Bosses would form an alliance with NPCs because of the threat he posed. Fundamentally, this was merely a selfish display by the Emperor-level Bosses.
Once Zhou Tian became the Human Emperor, as long as they were annexed into his territory, the strength and even the power of those Emperor-level Bosses wouldn’t decrease too much. The only probable limitation would be their potential for growth. After all, being annexed by Zhou Tian meant that those Bosses would become his subordinates. Without Zhou Tian reaching a higher level, it would be impossible for those Monster subordinates to have any room for growth.
Out of unwillingness to be subservient and for their own development, those Emperor-level Bosses suddenly joined forces with the NPCs against Zhou Tian once they discovered he had become a Human Emperor. Otherwise, if Zhou Tian and those Bosses were really on such bad terms, they should have taken action against him before he became a Human Emperor. Given Zhou Tian’s strength at the time, it would have been impossible to withstand a joint attack from those Emperor-level Bosses and NPCs.
Since those Bosses did not strike when they were most confident against Zhou Tian, but waited until after he became Human Emperor, when they had to pay a heavy price to suppress him, this indicated that they acted reluctantly and out of various concerns. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, those Bosses likely wouldn’t have been enemies with Zhou Tian.
Since those Emperor-level Bosses took an adverse position against Zhou Tian out of concern for their own interests, if Zhou Tian now targeted that aspect, it wasn’t certain he could win them over to his side, but there was still some hope of driving them back.
Zhou Tian didn’t believe that those Emperor-level Bosses could continue to calmly invade his territory after he kept attacking theirs. Once their foundations were shaken, those Bosses whose territories Zhou Tian was invading would undoubtedly need to defend themselves. As for those Bosses who had not been attacked by Zhou Tian, witnessing his performance, they would have to consider whether they could afford his retaliation when taking action. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Zhou Tian did not intend to fully drive all those Emperor-level Bosses away with such tactics, knowing that it wasn’t easy to make them change their decisions based on their intellect. However, it was sufficient for Zhou Tian to exert a certain influence on them using this method.
As long as the Bosses were influenced by Zhou Tian’s invasions, they would naturally feel fear when facing him. Thus, even if they did not retreat because of Zhou Tian’s actions, their next invasion of Zhou Tian’s territories would be riddled with heavy concerns, and given their mentality at the time, trying to take over Zhou Tian’s territories would become an exceedingly difficult task.
Thus, with such thoughts in mind, Zhou Tian certainly wouldn’t easily let go of those Emperor-level Bosses.
Once he made his decision, Zhou Tian took action without any hesitation. Not two hours passed before Zhou Tian had crossed the sea and arrived at an Emperor-level Boss’s territory. Then, without bothering to investigate that force’s situation, he immediately threw several Teleportation Arrays into the territory the moment he arrived.
Following Zhou Tian’s command, a large number of Beastmen soon emerged from the Teleportation Array. Under Zhou Tian’s lead, they launched an attack on the territory of the Emperor-level Monster.
