Mighty Lord

Chapter 1161: 458

Because if defeated, it indeed signified that they were truly inferior to the other party. Although ignorant of the principle "victory belongs to the powerful, while the defeated are wronged," monsters innately held the concept of submitting to the strong. Once they were defeated by enemies, they would develop a sense of fear towards them. Additionally, defecting to higher-level monsters wouldn’t severely weaken their own strength; at most, a reduction in power was a consequence that they could accept with not much difficulty.

After all, compared to a bit of power, life is definitely more important. In circumstances where everything is weakened, it’s possible that, driven by their pride, the monsters would have fought Zhou Tian to the end. But with only some power lost, Zhou Tian was confident in the possibility of the emperor-level BOSS’s capitulation.

In fact, the situation did not deviate from Zhou Tian’s expectations. Right after Zhou Tian made his offer, without much thought, the emperor-level BOSS readily agreed to surrender at that moment.

After all, Zhou Tian was also a Human Emperor, and surrendering to him wasn’t considered shameful. Depending on the circumstances at the time, if he refused to surrender, the emperor-level BOSS knew that Zhou Tian would indeed be able to annex his territory. This was a situation the emperor-level BOSS wished to avoid; thus, from the beginning, his surrender seemed predestined as he found himself powerless to refuse.

As a result, when everything progressed as Zhou Tian had anticipated, what followed naturally became very simple.

After the emperor-level BOSS defected to him, the situation, as Zhou Tian had envisioned, changed at that moment. Since the newly acquired territory originally belonged to the emperor-level BOSS, when Zhou Tian reassigned his original domain back to him, the emperor-level BOSS didn’t need to consolidate to gain complete control over that piece of territory. Subsequently, as the emperor-level BOSS became a Vassal Monster to Zhou Tian, his territory naturally became Zhou Tian’s as well. With that settled, along with the territories Zhou Tian had lost but not digested by the enemies, one could say his position as the Human Emperor was indeed as stable as Mount Tai.

Of course, Zhou Tian did not let his guard down just because he had secured his position, as he was well aware that the NPCs and monsters weren’t so easily subdued. If they found an opportunity, they would likely still launch attacks against Zhou Tian. Therefore, even though the crisis seemed resolved, Zhou Tian knew he must repel these enemies, and ideally, crush their will to resist. Otherwise, regardless of how stable his position as Human Emperor was, he would likely face threats from those forces.

Zhou Tian would certainly not let those enemies off!

How could he allow others to sleep on the edge of his bed? Zhou Tian was clear that the forces currently opposing him would resist him in the future if given a chance, even though he had secured his position as Human Emperor. Therefore, under normal circumstances, Zhou Tian had only one option if he wanted to completely neutralize the threat from these forces. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

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Zhou Tian believed that, given the current circumstances, conventional tactics would never make these forces obediently cease their invasions of his territory. Thus, the only action Zhou Tian could take was to diligently work to annex these forces. After all, if these forces were annexed, they would no longer be outsiders, and among monsters, there was no possibility of rebellion. For Zhou Tian at the time, peaceful coexistence with these forces was far less beneficial than directly conquering them.

Thereupon, after annexing and subduing the emperor-level BOSS to secure a part of new territory and stabilize his Human Emperor’s position, Zhou Tian did not halt his expansion. Instead, he proceeded without a second thought to invade the territories of monsters near the emperor-level BOSS.

All the way, it was as if Zhou Tian were obliterating obstacles divine and mortal alike; regardless of whether they were monsters or NPCs, anyone who encountered Zhou Tian’s large army was instantly annexed. Throughout this process, apart from the emperor-level forces that fell under Zhou Tian’s control, virtually all other monsters and NPCs below that level were forcibly occupied by Zhou Tian’s martial power.

The situation easily indicated that Zhou Tian was set on clashing with the hostile forces. Given the current situation, it was clear that Zhou Tian had a reasonable hope of conquering these forces. If Zhou Tian could continue to advance successfully, the forces currently eyeing him would likely end up entirely annexed by him in the end.

Of course, while Zhou Tian’s actions seemed to be proceeding smoothly, his success also directly provoked a fierce counterattack from the hostile forces.

People like to view problems from their own perspective.

In Zhou Tian’s eyes, his actions at the moment were undoubtedly justified; those who dared attack his territory, now that he had the ability to counterattack, could not complain about how he dealt with them.