Free Web NovelChapter 1202: Chapter 472 Deity Joins the Battle
When Zhou Tian was powerful, no force dared to truly attack his territory with full strength. It was not until they saw Zhou Tian besieged by three forces not weaker than his that they collectively set their sights on him, driven by the idea of pushing over the wall that was already tilting. Apart from not wanting to see Zhou Tian rise, the main reason was that seeing Zhou Tian on the brink of defeat, they thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to gain something at his expense.
According to the thoughts of those forces at the time, if Zhou Tian really lacked the strength and was defeated by the enemies, there was no doubt that all the forces capable of launching an attack on his territory would not miss such an opportunity. Not to mention the things Zhou Tian had done before, just for the sake of picking up a bargain, the number of forces wanting to kick someone when they’re down would certainly not be small.
It could be said that Zhou Tian could not afford to be defeated at that time because once he was, he would definitely be cleaned up by his enemies right then and there. freewёbnoνel.com
In that situation, Zhou Tian resorted to a method that was nearly mutually destructive to deal with his enemies. It must be said that Zhou Tian’s tactics, although somewhat brutal, were highly effective in practice. At least after seeing Zhou Tian’s performance, the majority of those looking to pick up a bargain were scared off by Zhou Tian’s revealed determination.
Without considering how powerful Zhou Tian’s actions showed he was, just based on his performance, those forces were already lacking the courage to intrude into his territory. After all, Zhou Tian had the guts to let them into his territory and also the ability to take out those enemies who entered. As such, even if those forces still wanted to take advantage of Zhou Tian, upon realizing that they could not only fail to find advantages but also become easy pickings for Zhou Tian at any moment, they would not dare to provoke Zhou Tian rashly any longer, even if they were given the boldness to do so.
As a result, with just a few crystal bombs detonated, Zhou Tian not only caused substantial losses to the invading hostile forces. He also scared away the majority of forces that had not resolved to fight him to the death. It’s believed that if it were not for the fact that he was unable to extricate himself and his beastman NPCs found it difficult to approach the deities with the crystals, based on Zhou Tian’s performance at that moment, he could have directly scared those deities back again.
Of course, scaring all the deities away would be difficult, but for the NPCs, it was precisely because of Zhou Tian’s recent series of tactics that they directly retreated at that time.
The NPCs could not, and did not dare, to not retreat!
What would they do if they didn’t retreat? These NPCs were not like the monster force; if the monster force suffered heavy losses, as long as they had enough special energy and with the ability of the Demonic Transformation Pool, no matter how great their losses, they could still replenish them in a very short time. Therefore, if monsters really resolved to fight to the death with the enemies, they would not care about their losses, because as long as their territory was not lost, they would not need to worry about any major losses.
But NPCs did not have such conditions.
The rules for NPCs were quite similar to those of the past epochs, although there had been some changes in strength. However, NPC members still needed to reproduce sexually, and basically, it takes decades for each generation to grow up.
Although a few decades may not seem long, when it comes down to it, the NPCs who grow up in batches over a few decades could not afford to be easily wiped out. For NPCs, that’s not something that can be simply compensated for.
So, for monsters, it didn’t matter how many of their armies died—they controlled the Demonic Transformation Pool. To them, the dead armies were merely a number, and barring accidents, they could entirely make up for those losses in a very short time with their abilities.
NPCs, however, were different. Normally, they did not dare to risk their lives, and once their armies suffered huge losses, they basically would not dare to continue fighting. Not that they did not want to continue the fight, but they knew clearly that they could not afford to engage in such combat. Compared to the monsters who had the Demonic Transformation Pool, their disadvantage in population growth could not be overlooked.
Because NPCs could not bear the impact of substantial population losses, even those forces that held the deepest grudges against Zhou Tian and could not reconcile with him did not dare to deploy their elite teams at the beginning of the war. It was not that they did not want to do their best to eliminate the enemy Zhou Tian, but these NPCs could not afford to lose their teams in Zhou Tian’s territory; otherwise, it would take them over a decade to recover their vitality.
Originally, it was because they saw that the Human Emperor was about to be defeated by Zhou Tian that they sent out their troops, and initially, their deployment seemed to have yielded corresponding battle results. After unexpectedly defeating several of Zhou Tian’s beastman armies, the higher echelons of the NPCs thought for a moment that they could take the opportunity to eliminate the threat of Zhou Tian.
