Free Web NovelChapter 1199: Chapter 471 Untitled
Zhou Tian, when not in a position of advantage, watched as those powers one by one hesitated to exert themselves, fearing that their own strength would be damaged in the struggle against him. However, once Zhou Tian truly exerted his power and defeated the Human Emperor power, those forces began to fear that Zhou Tian might actually win.
Therefore, taking those NPCs at that time as an example, they knew that if Zhou Tian won this battle, he might soon become unbeatable and potentially unify the world. So, regardless of how severely their own strength would be compromised, they saw it necessary to step in and block Zhou Tian’s expansion.
Thus, just as Zhou Tian was about to exploit his slight advantage to defeat or even annex the Human Emperor, no one expected that group of NPCs to suddenly exert their strength at that moment. As a result of the sudden involvement of a large number of NPCs and players in the battle situation, Zhou Tian, who previously held the advantage, found his Beastman large army under attack from all sides. Under the assault of these NPCs and players, Zhou Tian not only lost that bit of advantage he held, but he was also pushed onto the back foot by the changes in the battle situation, even allowing those forces to occupy some of his territory.
Losing territory was a minor issue to Zhou Tian; not to mention that the territory he lost at present was very minor, it couldn’t affect his strength. Even if Zhou Tian lost more territory, it was unlikely to intimidate him. On the one hand, Zhou Tian held a lot of territory at the time, so losing a portion was not too worrisome in terms of weakening his strength. On the other hand, Zhou Tian himself had the ability to recover lost lands, and until now, the fact remained that Zhou Tian was still the one thriving as the ultimate winner. Those powers that had initially succeeded in seizing his territory had now become his stepping stones. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
But what truly concerned Zhou Tian was that the intervention of those NPCs now symbolized that those major powers he was wary of had begun to make their moves. With these forces joining the battle, Zhou Tian found it would be far from easy to defeat the Human Emperor as effortlessly as before.
Indeed, with the involvement of the NPCs, Zhou Tian’s predicament had fundamentally changed at that time.
As Zhou Tian had feared, the action of the NPCs didn’t mean only one major power had taken action, setting aside those smaller forces. Another major power, the Deities, unable to refrain any longer, intervened at that moment.
At present, those Deities weren’t sending their members down to confront Zhou Tian anymore, but this in no way implied they tolerated his existence. They actually never wanted Zhou Tian to continue existing; if not for Zhou Tian’s power and the threat of the Crystal Bomb making the Deities concerned for their safety, they probably would still be engaged in combat with Zhou Tian in the Lower Realm. freёwebnovel.com
Originally, if Zhou Tian had not been held back, even if they really didn’t want to see Zhou Tian unify the world, it’s unlikely that the Deities would have dispatched their members. It’s not that the Deities were unaware of the threat Zhou Tian would pose after unifying the world, but they probably valued their own lives far more than the threat posed by Zhou Tian.
However, although under normal circumstances the Deities no longer had the courage to provoke Zhou Tian, the current situation was clearly not normal. With the exertion of the NPCs, Zhou Tian’s situation was starting to look grim, and at this time, the Deities’ renewed involvement meant they no longer had to worry too much about how Zhou Tian might affect them.
Therefore, convinced that Zhou Tian was no longer able to harm them, the Deities naturally didn’t mind giving him an extra kick while he was down.
Hence, the situation that Zhou Tian was greatly worried about arose. Just as the Human Emperor was on the verge of defeat, many powerful forces that had not previously exerted themselves sprung into full strength action against his Beastman large army. Consequently, with one major power after another taking action, the Beastman large armies Zhou Tian had deployed suffered devastating blows.
Even though Zhou Tian’s strength didn’t suffer a major loss with the death of many Beastman, the loss of such a sizable contingent sufficed to thwart his expansion plans.
Thwarted expansion was just the beginning. As these major powers began to exert themselves one by one, Zhou Tian started to struggle under their onslaught. Given the formidable strength of those powers, if not for an accident, it was quite possible for Zhou Tian to be overwhelmed and destroyed.
Zhou Tian couldn’t say he had anticipated the situation from the start.
But to suggest he never considered the possibility of such a scenario arising wasn’t true either. After all, Zhou Tian was crystal clear about the kind of enemies he faced. Knowing he had such a group of enemies, Zhou Tian had contemplated the worst-case scenario, and in terms of how he had initially anticipated it, the current situation wasn’t even the direst yet.
