Mighty Lord

Chapter 1280: Chapter 498 Battle Begins

The Main Plane was where Zhou Tian’s foundation lay. Although Zhou Tian was no longer following his old path at that moment, the strength of the Human Emperor was something he dared not lose. Without the Human Emperor’s strength, Zhou Tian knew what his end would be. Thus, he was very concerned about the power of the Human Emperor, and under those circumstances, he needed to protect the power he held in his hands.

Clearly, if Zhou Tian did not want to lose the position of Human Emperor, he had to participate in the imminent war on the Main Plane. Moreover, in the battles to come, Zhou Tian might not aim to gain much, but at the very least, he could not afford to be at a disadvantage against those opponents. Otherwise, even if he participated in the coming war, if he suffered heavy losses, he knew his position as Human Emperor would also be hard to maintain.

As a result, given Zhou Tian’s current situation, he naturally had no appropriate opportunity to cultivate the old power system. Becoming a demigod was already an unexpected joy, so continuing to cultivate and aiming for deification became a luxury for Zhou Tian. He would continue to cultivate whenever he found the time, but given the intermittent nature of his cultivation, he honestly wasn’t very confident about eventually advancing successfully.

However, regardless, now that Zhou Tian had chosen the path of cultivating the old power system, whether he liked it or not, he had to continue on it.

Given the circumstances, after he had hidden in his territory and cultivated for about a hundred years, along with the actions of his hostile forces, he found himself dragged into the ensuing global war.

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There was nothing surprising about that situation, as the real warmongers were only the monsters, NPCs, and those demigods. They were not just at a disadvantage but also lacked the strength to wage war. Even if they had the strength, given their character, unless absolutely necessary, they would unlikely initiate a conflict.

If not for the fact that Zhou Tian required a substantial amount of time to cultivate the old power system, the other Human Emperor would not have had to initiate the battle. Probably long before, after Zhou Tian had gained something from the Ancient Ruins Space, he would have turned back and started the war.

It was because Zhou Tian had taken another path that he was able to coexist peacefully with them. The other Human Emperor, not experiencing what Zhou Tian did, naturally ended up on the current path, which was not surprising.

Thus, when that Human Emperor initiated the battle, his Monster Army launched an attack, but did not succeed in a surprise strike despite the long period of peace. No matter how peaceful it had been, both NPCs and Zhou Tian had always remained vigilant against that Human Emperor. Consequently, when the Monster Army attacked, they quickly encountered fierce resistance from Zhou Tian and the NPCs.

Given the strength of Zhou Tian and the NPCs, that Human Emperor not only failed to gain any advantage but even suffered significant losses. If not for retaining some strength, it was estimated that the lesser monsters he sent out might not have taken any advantage from Zhou Tian and the NPCs, and had it not been for their strength, his entire forces might have been wiped out.

Thus, not long after that Human Emperor’s attack began, Zhou Tian and his allies promptly repelled them thanks to their advantage in strength.

However, although that Human Emperor’s attack was repelled by Zhou Tian and his allies, soon after, another war was ignited by them.

After all, neither Zhou Tian nor the NPCs regarded each other as allies, and although it was that Human Emperor who had started the war, it did not mean that Zhou Tian and the NPCs would unite against him. On the contrary, based on the last conflict, Zhou Tian instead found himself jointly opposed by the NPCs and that Human Emperor.

So, soon after repelling that Human Emperor’s attack, Zhou Tian did not counterattack, not expecting that Human Emperor to then join forces with that group of NPCs to launch an invasion against him.

After all, the wars that had occurred between them had already shown that Zhou Tian’s strength was the strongest among the three major powers. And although it was not clear why Zhou Tian was acting this way currently, previously the most aggressive force had been Zhou Tian. Having suffered at Zhou Tian’s hands, and even though they had been allies before, at that moment, that Human Emperor and the group of NPCs, though not continuing their alliance, still had enough understanding to immediately treat Zhou Tian as their first target in the next attack.

As a result, with that understanding in their hearts, just after experiencing the attack from that Human Emperor, Zhou Tian had not yet had the chance to launch an attack of his own when he received the news that his territory adjoining the NPCs was being invaded by that group of NPCs.

For Zhou Tian, neither the invasion by the Human Emperor nor by the NPCs was of any concern; upon receiving the news, he merely paused for a moment, then issued the order to counterattack.