Mighty Lord

Chapter 1563: 568_3

And in reality, the intentions of those living beings were no secret to anyone; neither Zhou Tian nor the abandoned creature were unaware of this. It was just that based on their respective positions, they had different thoughts at the time.

The creature that had been abandoned was unwilling to be the sacrificial lamb, hence it had tried to flee at that moment. Unfortunately, in the end, it failed to escape and, despite abandoning its mission, it still perished at the hands of Zhou Tian.

As for Zhou Tian, he was well aware of his opponents’ scheme. However, Zhou Tian believed that even if his clones couldn’t repel the living beings, they would have no problem defending themselves. In that case, since these beings were aiming to stall him, and he was confident in his clones, he might as well play along and ultimately devour the "bait" they had thrown at him.

Consequently, Zhou Tian acted on this thought, successfully killed that seemingly strong creature, and immediately rushed to the other passages after resolving the crisis at that one.

On the surface, it seemed like Zhou Tian had achieved his goal, eating the bait thrown by his enemies without any problem with his defense line. Thus, considering the situation at that time, if Zhou Tian continued to defend the passages according to his original plan and with the help of the geographic advantage, it was not guaranteed that he would defeat the living beings, but there was still a certain hope to ensure the defense lines would not be breached.

However...

Although it seemed that Zhou Tian had outwitted those living beings, in reality, how could those beings be so easily outmaneuvered? freeweɓnovel.cøm

While the environment meant those living beings couldn’t be too cunning, their longevity was undeniable. Zhou Tian’s age was probably not even a fraction of theirs. With such an expanse of lifetimes worth of wisdom, while it couldn’t guarantee their intelligence, it also meant Zhou Tian couldn’t easily outsmart them.

Zhou Tian still treated those living beings’ ruling class as ordinary beings, and inevitably, there were oversights in his consideration. By underestimating his opponents, when Zhou Tian believed he had outwitted them, it was often precisely when he fell into their trap.

As a result, just as Zhou Tian thought his clone bodies could persistently defend against the living beings’ assault, his defense lines suddenly collapsed at that moment.

The situation then made it clear that those living beings had long been preparing to break through his defenses. They only hadn’t fully prepared earlier, which is why they used that creature to distract Zhou Tian’s attention. With Zhou Tian underestimating the enemy, he ultimately failed to realize their plans at that time. And just as he managed to kill that formidable enemy, his opponents had already made the necessary preparations. When the living beings made their move, Zhou Tian was caught completely by surprise.

In just an instant, Zhou Tian’s defense line, about which he had received no prior information, was broken through. Subsequently, as Zhou Tian had feared, a massive number of living beings poured into the Underground Cave through the breached passage.

Seeing the situation then, Zhou Tian knew that his dominance was gone.

According to Zhou Tian’s plan, he still had a certain chance of winning. However, Zhou Tian’s odds of winning were based on the premise that all his defense lines remained intact. Once his defense line was breached by the enemies, and if enemies appeared behind him as well, given Zhou Tian’s strength at that time, he had no ability to endure against so many opponents.

Thus, unless his defense lines remained unbroken, once they were breached, Zhou Tian would have no chance of victory. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

In essence, either Zhou Tian would hold the defense line until the right Opportunity, grow to a certain height, and then defeat his enemies, or as it was now with the defense lines breached, Zhou Tian would have absolutely no chance left.

In fact, upon realizing that his defense line had been breached by the enemies through some unknown Method, Zhou Tian saw no need to persist in his defense. Knowing he no longer had the capital to confront the enemy, Zhou Tian then considered retreating.

As a result, when Zhou Tian conceived such a thought, with a mere shift of his mind, all the clone bodies that had not yet been killed by the enemies were withdrawn by him.

As a massive number of clone bodies returned to his body, Zhou Tian immediately felt the World Rules come into effect on him again. With a pulling force, he began to slowly ascend.

Although he was Und the underground, under the effect of the rule Ability, Zhou Tian should have been able to transform into an energy-like state and move directly through the ground.