Mighty Lord

Chapter 1281: Chapter 498 Start of Battle_2

Since these opponents now wish to fight, Zhou Tian is not the slightest bit hesitant to engage in battle with them.

Although Zhou Tian’s interest in expanding territory has waned, this does not mean that his strength has lessened in the interim. On the contrary, even without any deliberate effort, arrangements Zhou Tian had previously put in place have, over this period of cultivation, significantly enhanced his strength.

Firstly, because the two power systems are cultivated differently, the strength of demigods is far from that of the Human Emperor, but in terms of attack power alone, it is not much less than that of the Human Emperor. Zhou Tian, possessing both the defensive abilities of the Human Emperor and the attack power of a demigod, has undeniably become much stronger.

Furthermore, during the cultivation of his existing powers, not only did Zhou Tian himself become a demigod, but his subordinates from the Beastman Tribe also did not disappoint him.

Following Zhou Tian’s arrangements, his large army of beastmen had been continuously annexing Ancient Ruins Space. Though they encountered dangers in that process, Emperor-level combat power was already a formidable force in the Ancient Ruins Space. With a multitude of lower bosses having Emperor-level strength under Zhou Tian’s command, there were not many entities capable of withstanding their onslaught in the beginning.

Thus, under the assault of Zhou Tian’s beastmen, despite not having completely occupied all of the Ancient Ruins Space, the gains they managed to secure were still quite significant. As a result of the beastmen’s diligent efforts and Zhou Tian’s additional hundred years of cultivation, they passively integrated the conquered Ancient Ruins Space. Although Zhou Tian would not directly upgrade to a higher-tier monster because of this, his strength at that moment had become much greater than before.

Conversely, while the NPCs fared well, a hundred years were insufficient to trigger a fundamental change in their strength. However, after a century of rest and recuperation, they had regained most of their power by then. Different from Zhou Tian and the NPCs, and given monsters’ growth methods, with no territory to expand in the Main Plane and with Ancient Ruins Space remaining undiscovered, the capabilities of that opposing Human Emperor had hardly changed, even after the passage of a hundred years.

One can easily imagine that the Human Emperor was no match for Zhou Tian even before. And now with Zhou Tian having made substantial advancements in strength while the Human Emperor’s power remained stagnant, the gap that already existed between them inevitably widened even further during that time. freёweɓnovel.com

Without question, based on the current situation, that Human Emperor was completely no longer a match for him. Even with the addition of those NPCs, they could only contend against Zhou Tian, and the thought of suppressing him once again as in the past was now utterly impossible.

Zhou Tian refrained from counterattacking only because he was too lazy to waste more time on them, but since those foes had now foolishly attacked him, Zhou Tian was not at all hesitant to teach his opponents a lesson at this moment given his current strength.

As a result of that situation, Zhou Tian swiftly commenced action.

Upon Zhou Tian’s command, a massive number of beastmen were mobilized at once. Following Zhou Tian’s arrangements, battalions of beastmen were dispatched to the frontlines one after another, and under Zhou Tian’s control, they launched a counterattack against those attacking NPCs and monsters without a word.

The subsequent course of the war was entirely within Zhou Tian’s expectations.

Although the NPCs and monsters boasted considerable strength, they still fell slightly short compared to Zhou Tian’s beastmen, who had once again made progress. Even though they were at the same level, a single beastman under Zhou Tian could now match two or even three opponents, and under these circumstances, despite facing simultaneous attacks from two same-level forces, Zhou Tian’s beastmen were still fighting on par with them.

Undoubtedly, if nothing unexpected occurred, Zhou Tian’s Territory would remain unthreatened, no matter how persistently the enemies attacked. Looking at the current balance of power, Zhou Tian was overwhelmingly stronger than his opponents.

It can be said that unless that Human Emperor and those deities took action, Zhou Tian’s defense line, based on the performance of his beastmen, would be utterly impregnable. Regardless of whether the NPCs and the Human Emperor could accept it, they all knew it had become a fact.

Hence, it was no surprise when those top combatants got involved.

After realizing the substantial progress in the strength of the Beastman Tribe, the NPCs and that Human Emperor found themselves compelled to form an alliance once more. After allying, they fully committed to their offensive against Zhou Tian, but without taking direct action themselves, this war would end in an anticlimactic finish.