Mighty Lord

Chapter 1529: Chapter 560

What good is anger?

When those subordinates disobeyed, the high-ranking beings were naturally enraged, but their anger could not change the minds of the subordinates. On the contrary, if they had not listened to the opinions from below and compromised, they would likely have ended up facing a rebellion from those subordinates, which was not out of the question. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

The reason Zhou Tian was so wary of those local forces, and the extent of their strength, was precisely because the rulers had a large number of subordinates under their command. With those beings generally possessing some level of cultivation, once their numbers reached a certain threshold, even Zhou Tian’s strength would only allow him to retreat.

Just as Zhou Tian dreaded them for that reason, those beings, although they were deterrents due to their ranks, also had to compromise when their will clashed with the collective will of their followers due to the sheer number of their subordinates.

What choice was there but to compromise?

Zhou Tian’s strength was perhaps slightly superior to that of the kings among those beings, but even with Zhou Tian’s strength, when faced with those troops, he still had no option but to keep retreating. Under these circumstances, if those beings who were weaker than Zhou Tian faced a rebellion from their subordinates, it was certain that their end would be extremely dire.

It was precisely because of a deep-seated fear of their subordinates’ power that when they tried to issue orders for their beings to spread out, which were ignored, the high-level beings, although unhappy, ultimately still had to opt for compromise at that time.

And since those high-level beings had already chosen to compromise, their original plans at that time naturally could no longer proceed.

The initial strategy was to disperse all their forces to gradually locate Zhou Tian’s hiding place, and then upon confirming his location, they aimed to capture him in one fell swoop.

But now, their plan had barely started, and with the exclusion of certain areas following this incident, their subordinates had caused such chaos at this time, leaving them unable to carry out their plan, leading to changes in the situation.

If they couldn’t disperse, they would have to mobilize more troops, or else they could only trap Zhou Tian within that area; the prospect of locating and eliminating him as before seemed impossible.

Clearly, those beings did not have the capacity to mobilize more troops at that time.

Although this world’s rank was exceedingly high, and each being within it was quite powerful, the number of beings has always been quite limited due to environmental factors.

Even though this world had a certain population, however sparse, the rulers, despite their great power, could not govern all beings. While they were called rulers, from another perspective, they were merely some of the largest powers within this world.

In fact, at that time, the mainstream of that world primarily consisted of beings acting independently or in family units. While there seemed to be a considerable number of organized beings, they actually only accounted for a very small portion of the beings in that world at that time. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

Given the small proportion of beings they represented, the forces that were battling Zhou Tian, although strong, likely had relatively few members internally. According to the situation at that time, mobilizing tens of thousands of members against Zhou Tian was already generous. If they had to pull together hundreds of thousands of troops for Zhou Tian after failing to capture him with tens of thousands, it would not only be uncertain whether those powers had the capacity, but also unlikely they would make such a large move for just Zhou Tian.

After all, although Zhou Tian was in conflict with those powers at the time, fundamentally speaking, the situation had not escalated to a point of life and death. Thus, while those powers wouldn’t mind mobilizing a portion of their members to fight Zhou Tian, letting their leaders expose all their strength was another matter the leaders of those powers would likely hesitate over.

To mobilize all their strength to deal with one Zhou Tian—was it worth it?

First, while it seemed that Zhou Tian was battling the local overlords of this world, regardless of how united Zhou Tian’s opponents appeared, it couldn’t change the fact. That is, the actual force battling Zhou Tian was not a single power; the local force opposing Zhou Tian was actually an amalgam of numerous large and small powers.