Chapter 3016: 988: (Part 2)

After initiating a direct attack head-on, with Zhou Tian at the forefront, the group of abyssal living beings naturally had the strength to overpower the divine army. Thus, during Zhou Tian’s aggressive assault, the divine army had no ability to resist at all. In such a situation, how could they possibly be opponents for Zhou Tian’s forces? As a result, with just one strike, Zhou Tian led his abyssal creatures to completely rout the divine army. Undoubtedly, after events unfolded to this point, Zhou Tian’s intentions were already quite clear. Facing Zhou Tian’s strategic layout, if the divine consciousness couldn’t find a solution, even if it reacted in time and planned to utilize the divine army effectively, it likely still couldn’t pose enough threat to Zhou Tian.

At that time, Zhou Tian’s tactics were extremely simple, but simplicity didn’t mean they were ineffective. In fact, regardless of how simple his tactics appeared, the effect they produced was excellent.

Zhou Tian was very aware that fighting the Divine Realm and its consciousness, no matter his efforts, would not suffice to overpower it in overall strength. After all, the Divine Realm’s overall power was evident; even if future prospects were uncertain, at least at the present moment, even if the divine army stood there waiting to be killed, Zhou Tian would likely find no relief from their superior strength despite his actions.

Thus, despite Zhou Tian seemingly achieving decent battle results and having threatened the divine consciousness enough to cause some change, even as he weakened the divine army’s strength, reducing his pressure considerably, if the divine consciousness acted freely, it would likely regroup sufficient divine forces to pose another threat.

In that situation, Zhou Tian couldn’t allow the divine consciousness to consolidate strength, given the environment in the Divine Realm, Zhou Tian would not gamble with his life.

Therefore, since Zhou Tian dared not gamble on his ability to protect himself against the gathered divine strength, he had to attack the divine army at that time. Given the circumstances from every angle, the divine consciousness was autonomously assembling the divine forces; hence, the longer the time passed, the stronger the gathered power would become.

In that circumstance, Zhou Tian’s options were limited, and the best choice seemed to be as it was, to directly attack during the divine army’s gathering process, while they were still dispersed.

Though if the divine army gathered fully later, it wouldn’t be difficult to pose a threat. But at the moment, they were scattered, and if Zhou Tian chose to attack in such a state, they might not have the ability to resist.

At least when Zhou Tian acted decisively, the initial attacks were bound to yield some results.

After Zhou Tian’s first move, he quickly achieved the desired outcome, and after he eliminated that portion of the divine army, there was no corresponding response from the divine consciousness.

In essence, no matter the divine consciousness’s prowess, it couldn’t be considered a sentient creature. Since the divine consciousness wasn’t a creature, in terms of adaptability, it was unlikely to show outstanding performance.

Generally speaking, unless the situation became dire, with a simple response needed, the divine consciousness would rarely react. Events prior had already confirmed this behavior.

Initially, the divine consciousness’s handling of Zhou Tian was rigid. Even after ordering nearby divine forces to gather and encircle Zhou Tian, regardless of Zhou Tian’s actions and their adverse impact, the divine consciousness made no arrangements. Due to the divine consciousness’s character, Zhou Tian managed to eliminate quite a number of divine beings.

Even though Zhou Tian’s acts vastly weakened its power, finally eliciting some reaction from the divine consciousness, yet even then, the divine consciousness merely planned to gather the called divine forces, with no substantial strategy.

Clearly, from past situations, the divine consciousness wasn’t keen on strategy. Facing ordinary issues, it might have had adequate capabilities, but when tackling complex problems needing some tact, its abilities seemed lacking.

At least during Zhou Tian’s use of open schemes, the divine consciousness appeared bewildered, and during Zhou Tian’s overt actions to forcibly defeat gathered forces, other than urging the divine beings to gather faster, it seemed incapable of further actions.

At that time, from all perspectives, the divine consciousness couldn’t conceive a solution for its immediate dilemma. Thus, given Zhou Tian’s tactics, as the divine consciousness failed to devise a countermeasure, Zhou Tian could use his open scheme to severely impact it.

Now that Zhou Tian had made his intentions clear, the divine consciousness could prepare specific deployments, but unless those tactics could halt Zhou Tian’s actions, his destructive acts would persist. With repeated actions, his ultimate plan might eventually succeed.

Undoubtedly, if Zhou Tian accomplished his plan, it would be disastrous for the divine consciousness. Despite its immense strength, Zhou Tian was battling within the Divine Realm, and despite its territorial advantage, the Divine Realm’s combat flaws persisted.

Due to the ongoing struggle within the Divine Realm, if Zhou Tian caused destruction, only the divine consciousness would be affected. That reality was unacceptable for it. Hence, if Zhou Tian’s destruction is substantial enough, forcing the divine consciousness to concentrate forces to repel him is not impossible.

Zhou Tian’s ultimate goal was this outcome; thus, even aware that pushing the divine consciousness to such extremes would amplify pressures extraordinarily, he still had no intention of changing his decision. Based on circumstances, unless unexpected events occur, Zhou Tian should be able to induce immense pressure on the divine consciousness. When the pressure grows sufficiently, his seemingly unreliable plan might eventually have a chance to be realized.

No matter the current intensity of Zhou Tian’s pressures, having reached this point, he was unlikely to give up. Thus, given the situation, since Zhou Tian had no intention of abandoning his plan, no matter the divine consciousness’s formidable display, Zhou Tian had to continue with his plan. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) and vote with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)