Mighty Lord

Chapter 1223: Chapter 479 Old Method

NPCs, players, Zhou Tian, and the Human Emperor supported by a deity.

After most of the neutral forces were annexed by Zhou Tian and his group, the relationship between Zhou Tian and those forces naturally underwent some changes at that stage.

Originally, the NPCs were united with the Human Emperor to combat Zhou Tian. However, with the assistance of the deities, the Human Emperor annexed more territories than Zhou Tian, and eventually, his strength almost equaled that of Zhou Tian. At that time, the relationship between the Human Emperor and the NPCs inevitably suffered some impact.

Long before, there were signs of this manifestation; while fighting against Zhou Tian, the NPCs had always been very cautious of the Human Emperor. After all, their positions had predetermined that they could never become true allies. Their alliance against Zhou Tian was merely a forced response, and once Zhou Tian’s oppression was gone, it was possible that the two forces would begin to fight each other.

Under circumstances where they were destined to become enemies in the future, genuine cooperation between the two forces was naturally impossible. If it were not for the deities pressing from above, they would probably have turned against each other long ago due to various reasons. frёewebnoѵēl.com

At present, although the deities have not yet withdrawn from the Main Plane, and the NPCs and Human Emperor had not completely turned against each other at that time, the atmosphere in their interactions had indeed changed subtly.

It’s estimated that even the attitude of the deities at this moment had already become ambiguous.

The deities’ support for the Human Emperor from the beginning was not because their relationship was particularly close; fundamentally, the real trust of the deities lay only with the players. Even the NPCs were an object of their caution, as the growth of the NPCs was still limited and posed no threat to them; otherwise, it is estimated that the deities would not still be caring for them as they are now.

Compared to the group of NPCs, at present, the Human Emperor had already become a target for the deities to suppress.

After all, the deities’ support of the Human Emperor was only meant to counteract Zhou Tian, so essentially, if the Human Emperor’s strength surpassed that of Zhou Tian, the deities might even help Zhou Tian to fight against the Human Emperor.

Whether it was Zhou Tian or the Human Emperor, even including the NPCs, they were all targets for caution and suppression by the deities. Whenever the strength of any force exceeded their control, they were bound to face suppression by the deities. At present, due to their help, the strength of the deities was already nearly surpassing that of Zhou Tian, and under these circumstances, although they had not immediately changed their stance, the deities were no longer as supportive of the Human Emperor as before.

As a result, although it seemed that Zhou Tian and the deities’ camps were confronting each other, in reality, Zhou Tian’s enemies had already started to split at that time.

The force of the Human Emperor, now not weaker than Zhou Tian, stood alone as one camp, while the group of NPCs along with players and deities formed another camp. Together with Zhou Tian, they became the three major powers of the current world.

If Zhou Tian were to make a move against the Human Emperor or those NPCs, he would immediately draw the joint resistance of those two forces. And based on the strength of those two forces at that time, honestly, Zhou Tian was really not their opponent. And if Zhou Tian did not make a move, it was estimated that it would be difficult for those two forces to unite again to invade Zhou Tian’s territory. And once they could not unite, based on Zhou Tian’s intimidation, those two forces seemingly had no courage to confront Zhou Tian for the time being.

Thus, although the outcome might have some discrepancies, in fact, the situation had indeed turned out as the deities had foreseen. Until they all withdrew from the Main Plane, Zhou Tian and the other forces had already reached a balance, and before this balance was disrupted, it was estimated that Zhou Tian would really have a hard time finding opportunities for expansion.

Furthermore, in the previous actions, a group of deities had not taken action and stayed in the Main Plane; believing in the arrangements of those deities, it was estimated that it would not be an easy task for Zhou Tian to continue his expansion.

So, from the surface, it appeared that Zhou Tian had fallen into the plot of those deities; if no accidents occur, when those deities figure out a way not to be expelled from the Main Plane, and if they intend to eliminate Zhou Tian and disrupt the current situation upon their return, Zhou Tian would likely have no ability to resist them.

However...

It seemed like the deities had successfully plotted against Zhou Tian, but even if Zhou Tian was initially unaware of the deities’ plot, after the situation developed to a certain stage, could he not see the deities’ intentions?

And since Zhou Tian was aware of the deities’ plan and still responded according to their plotting, it also meant that Zhou Tian had his own thoughts. Otherwise, even if powerless to stop the deities’ plans, Zhou Tian would not have remained completely passive; if he had chosen to resist, it might not have completely blocked the Human Emperor’s expansion, but it could have at least caused some impact.