Mighty Lord

Chapter 1162: 458 Chapter Laying a Solid Foundation_3

But to those powers, the matter did not seem so simple.

Attacking Zhou Tian’s territory, whether by those monsters or NPCs, was seen merely as an act of self-preservation. Under these circumstances, when they attacked Zhou Tian’s land, the monsters did not feel there was anything wrong with it. On the contrary, when Zhou Tian counterattacked, those powers one by one seemed unable to accept his actions.

In a word, those powers thought they could hit Zhou Tian, but Zhou Tian was not allowed to hit back!

As such, with those powers holding that idea, when Zhou Tian had successfully obtained the ability to crush them, naturally, they became very worried.

Those powers also feared; they were afraid that Zhou Tian might annihilate them eventually. So, when they realized that Zhou Tian’s strength was greater than they had imagined and that there was no chance of defeating him, those originally determined to be Zhou Tian’s enemies then made two drastically different responses.

One was the defection camp led by some emperor-level bosses. Seeing that Zhou Tian was not troubling those emperor-level bosses at that moment and would almost certainly subdue them after defeating them, and realizing that defeating Zhou Tian was no longer possible, a part of the emperor-level bosses simply considered defecting to Zhou Tian.

After all, Zhou Tian had no intention of taking their lives. And if they were to surrender to Zhou Tian, those emperor-level bosses would not have to pay too big of a cost, apart from losing some autonomy, and they could continue living as before.

Thus, rather than engage in a desperate fight with Zhou Tian and end up provoking him, possibly risking a deadly response, it was natural for some emperor-level bosses to be willing to surrender directly.

How good it would be to surrender directly, maintaining most of their authority without worrying about reprisals from Zhou Tian. For some emperor-level bosses who were afraid of trouble, that was naturally the best choice.

However, while some emperor-level bosses were willing to surrender directly, naturally there were also some powers that had other reactions.

Firstly, there were the NPCs. Leaving other powers aside, the NPCs would definitely not surrender to Zhou Tian. Given their hostile relationship with the monsters, not to mention the deep grudges they had already formed with Zhou Tian, achieving peaceful coexistence between them was difficult. Even without the reasons of their enmity, just based on the conflict between their positions and power systems, the NPCs would find it difficult to defect to Zhou Tian.

Therefore, the NPCs were destined to become Zhou Tian’s enemies. If conditions permitted, Zhou Tian would be best to think of how to resolve them as soon as possible.

At the same time, apart from the NPCs who were destined to be Zhou Tian’s enemies because of their identity, there were also some monsters that would not surrender.

Weak monster forces would not surrender; after all, Zhou Tian had only spared the emperor-level bosses he had conquered. As for the monster forces below emperor-level, whether or not they had participated in the war against him, Zhou Tian’s forces would certainly annex their territory once they marched through. Thus, based on Zhou Tian’s actions at the time, whether or not they intended to desperately fight Zhou Tian, those actions alone were enough to force a large part of the monsters to adopt a hostile position against him.

Moreover, aside from the weaker monsters, there was no shortage of emperor-level bosses stubbornly determined to fight to the death with Zhou Tian.

The thoughts of these emperor-level bosses varied. Some believed that after Zhou Tian had spared them, he would eventually come for them, so they did not trust joining him. Others thought they had already profoundly offended Zhou Tian in the previous wars and that even if they defected to him now, they would still face retaliation, so they could only maintain their current position.

Of course, apart from those existences, there were also ambitious figures at the time. After all, not everyone could so easily give up their power. So, as a large number of monsters directly defected to him because of Zhou Tian’s actions, naturally, there were those emperor-level bosses unwilling to give up their autonomy who chose to confront Zhou Tian to the end.

Although Zhou Tian’s situation seemed not too bad at the time, having secured his position as the Human Emperor, his hostile forces seemed unlikely to pose a threat to him anymore.

But some things are not so easily resolved; although Zhou Tian was far stronger than those powers in terms of strength, this did not mean they posed no threat to him at the moment.

After all, the foundation of those powers was still stronger than Zhou Tian’s. If they truly intended to be enemies with Zhou Tian, they might not threaten his life and safety, but they were certainly capable of causing trouble for him. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

Whether it is termed a dying counterattack or simple resistance, once those powers made the necessary preparations and decided to keep fighting Zhou Tian, the conflict between them was destined not to end easily.

As a result, while Zhou Tian, relying on his far superior strength, crushed through other forces and annexed them, those powers did not put up any futile resistance. Aside from the monsters that clashed with Zhou Tian’s forces, other powers that persisted in fighting Zhou Tian seemed to be making some related preparations at the time.

Zhou Tian was not unaware of the minor actions of those powers but even if he knew, he could do nothing about them.

The world was so vast at the moment that even if those powers really planned to do something, even if Zhou Tian was a hundred times stronger, he did not have the ability to prevent such a situation from happening directly. So, if those powers had truly resolved to deal with him, there was no way Zhou Tian could stop them regardless. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)