Chapter 3018: 989: Turning the Tide (Part 2)

In this way, although Zhou Tian took the initiative to launch a counterattack at the time, he indeed succeeded in eliminating a number of deities nearby. However, when the abyssal creatures under Zhou Tian’s command killed those deities, they also paid a considerable price. After all, at that time, the disparity in strength between the two sides was not significant, so given the circumstances, it was naturally impossible for Zhou Tian to achieve final victory without any losses. Nonetheless, despite paying a certain price at the time, Zhou Tian still managed to eliminate many deities. As a result of Zhou Tian’s actions at that time, it was clear that he had already sensed that the pressure facing himself and his abyssal creatures had eased considerably.

Ultimately, the Divine Realm’s consciousness was able to command those deities by issuing subconscious orders into their minds. Due to their not-so-powerful strength, that group of deities was unable to resist the control of the Divine Realm’s consciousness. However, regardless of their inability to resist its orders, after confronting Zhou Tian for a while, they inevitably experienced fear.

Although the Divine Realm’s consciousness could forcibly control those deities, no matter how fearful they were, once an order was given, a battle between Zhou Tian and those deities was bound to take place.

However, the Divine Realm’s consciousness could force those deities to fight Zhou Tian, but it couldn’t control their minds. So, even though the deities followed the orders, when they fought Zhou Tian, his performance was sufficient to render them unable to exert their normal strength.

Having those weak deities fight Zhou Tian, a Divine King, was in itself enough to scare them. Under those circumstances at the time, the battle results Zhou Tian achieved were significant. Knowing how many deities Zhou Tian had eliminated, and seeing how many companions were killed by the abyssal creatures they were fighting, it was absolutely impossible to say that those deities were not afraid.

According to the situation at that time, following its occurrence, it was then that an opportunity for Zhou Tian and the Divine Realm’s consciousness to turn the battle situation arose.

Although it appeared as if Zhou Tian and the Divine Realm’s consciousness were fighting to a draw, from various perspectives, Zhou Tian did not gain any advantage and instead suffered a significant loss. After all, at that time, he had gathered most of his deployable forces, while the Divine Realm’s consciousness had merely gathered a simple group of nearby deities.

At that time, if the Divine Realm’s consciousness was willing, it actually had the ability to gather an equally large divine army at any time. However, without sufficient time to recover vital energy, the number of deities Zhou Tian had lost would require a great deal of time to recover, and only then could he gather corresponding strength.

By comparing the two, it was easy to see that after fighting to the extent they did, Zhou Tian had already lost. Although the Divine Realm’s consciousness could not immediately gather more deities, it was just a matter of time. In the future, once the Divine Realm’s consciousness figured out a method to dispatch deities from other locations, it could fill the vacancies left by the ones Zhou Tian had slain with just one order.

Although Zhou Tian managed to repel the Divine Realm’s encirclement action this time, the Divine Realm’s consciousness could launch such an action again at any time. But for Zhou Tian, once is possible, but not again. With his strength diminishing, it appeared impossible for him to fully withstand the Divine Realm’s consciousness’s attacks in the Divine Realm.

However, despite how difficult Zhou Tian’s actions might have seemed, he never considered giving up. In reality, although Zhou Tian’s actions at that time were both overtly and covertly unsuccessful, he was not without gains by the time the warfare reached that point.

The Divine Realm’s consciousness had underestimated Zhou Tian, or maybe it lacked adaptability, so it failed to guard against Zhou Tian’s tactics. In that situation, although Zhou Tian would be doomed without corresponding tactics, if he had made plans in advance and those plans still had the potential to be realized at the time, then once Zhou Tian implemented his tactics, they could indeed pose a threat to the Divine Realm’s consciousness.

The response ability of the Divine Realm’s consciousness was indeed too weak. In that situation, when faced with Zhou Tian’s threat, its consideration was only about how to deal with Zhou Tian and what corresponding deployments to make based on its ability. Although to some extent the Divine Realm’s consciousness had achieved its goal at that time, coerced by the Divine Realm’s consciousness, Zhou Tian’s situation was unfavorable no matter how it was viewed.

However, while the Divine Realm’s consciousness was constantly thinking about how to deal with Zhou Tian, Zhou Tian had already started preparing from the outside. With the situation at the time, it was not apparent what Zhou Tian had done, but once the preparations Zhou Tian had made at that time played their intended role, the Divine Realm’s consciousness would likely realize that the situation had reversed without even figuring out what had happened!

In fact, the preparatory work Zhou Tian did at the time wasn’t complicated, but if one didn’t think in that direction, it’s likely that if any regular being was in the position of the Divine Realm’s consciousness, they might fall into the trap as well.

Zhou Tian’s idea was simple: he intended to give the deities ’freedom’.

In fact, at that time, based on Zhou Tian’s strength and his previous battle results, those deities facing Zhou Tian had long since been unwilling to fight him. It was only because they could not resist the commands of the Divine Realm’s consciousness that they had to fight under its control.

But no matter what those deities did at the time, they would surely feel scared. It was only because they could not resist the control of the Divine Realm’s consciousness that they had to fight Zhou Tian. Imagining the situation at the time, if any change were to occur that freed those deities from the Divine Realm’s consciousness’s control, what would everything evolve into then?

Without a doubt, although Zhou Tian lacked the ability to do so, the abyssal consciousness did. Although this method couldn’t last long and created a lot of pressure when performed, the abyssal consciousness, being an awareness of a world, could influence a small area of the Divine Realm.

Therefore, the true purpose behind Zhou Tian’s previous conflict with the Divine Realm’s consciousness was made clear. The reason Zhou Tian acted that way at the time was simply to frighten the nearby deities. Once he managed to instill fear and submission into them, although the deities couldn’t escape the control of the Divine Realm’s consciousness at the time, their mindset could accomplish Zhou Tian’s plan.

At present, those deities had no way to resist the control of the Divine Realm’s consciousness, even when knowing that opposing Zhou Tian would lead to no good outcome. But due to their inability to resist, they could only accept their fate in that situation.

However, according to Zhou Tian’s plan, if at the time he forcibly took action and erased the effect of the Divine Realm’s consciousness on those deities with the power of abyssal consciousness, then those deities, already terrified by Zhou Tian, would have no courage left to continue opposing him. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users should visit m.qidian.com to read.)