Chapter 2993 - 977: The Threat of the God Kings
In fact, during the last surprise attack Zhou Tian made against them, had those Divine Kings not been cautiously on guard, it’s estimated they would have already been taken down by Zhou Tian. And after forcing Zhou Tian to retreat successfully last time, seeing that kind of tactic couldn’t further threaten them, given Zhou Tian as such a formidable enemy, it was naturally unsurprising that those Divine Kings showed the kind of performance they did at the time.
However, since Zhou Tian had decided to retreat at that time, the defensive actions of those Divine Kings were essentially a futile effort. After all, Zhou Tian didn’t plan to continue the surprise attack, so the defensive actions of those Divine Kings were destined to be wasted effort.
Those Divine Kings couldn’t have known Zhou Tian’s plans at the time, so upon seeing Zhou Tian disappear, they naturally would only act defensively. It wasn’t until they’d been on guard for half the day, yet saw Zhou Tian hadn’t made any moves, that those Divine Kings finally realized maybe Zhou Tian had already fled when they hadn’t noticed.
Having such thoughts at the time wasn’t odd; the importance of the Abyss World to Zhou Tian, without Zhou Tian explicitly stating its value, it’s estimated those Divine Kings wouldn’t have thought of it under any circumstances. Although Zhou Tian had achieved certain battle results according to the circumstances at the time, the precariousness of his own situation was clear to those Divine Kings. If they continued fighting like this, Zhou Tian would definitely be the one to perish.
Thus, when one’s life is threatened, Zhou Tian reacting in such a way was not surprising. Given the situation at the time, even considering the importance of the Paradise World to the Light God King, under the same circumstances, it’s estimated the Light God King would abandon the Paradise World!
Without knowing the value of the Abyss World, anyone in Zhou Tian’s position would have fled unless they lacked the ability to escape. As for the situation where those Divine Kings wanted to withdraw but ultimately couldn’t leave, at this moment, there isn’t anyone among those Divine Kings who cares anymore.
The situation differed slightly from what Zhou Tian expected; based on the circumstances at the time, it seemed to Zhou Tian those Divine Kings would soon part ways. Even if not immediately opposing each other, given the inability to truly unite in action, for their own benefit, those Divine Kings acting separately at that time wouldn’t be surprising.
In reality, when Zhou Tian thought internal problems would soon arise among those Divine Kings, the actual situation was that those Divine Kings had no intention to split. According to the circumstances at the time, since those Divine Kings weren’t taking any action, Zhou Tian’s plans naturally had no room to be implemented.
The situation at the time was undoubtedly not what Zhou Tian hoped to see.
Why did Zhou Tian suddenly disappear at this moment? Could he not realize the destructiveness of allowing those Divine Kings to act freely? If those Divine Kings really intended to wreak havoc inside the Abyss World, directly destroying the Abyss World would be exaggerated, but significantly compromising the strength of the Abyss World wouldn’t be difficult for those Divine Kings. Even with Zhou Tian still alive, if several Divine Kings teamed up, seizing control of the Abyss World from Zhou Tian wouldn’t be a problem. According to the situation at the time, the free actions of those Divine Kings within the Abyss World posed a significant threat to Zhou Tian.
And Zhou Tian certainly wouldn’t relinquish control of the Abyss World, so if the actions of those Divine Kings exceeded Zhou Tian’s psychological bearing limit, he might have no choice but to confront them in battle. But if Zhou Tian really chose to do that, then all of his prior series of actions would essentially be meaningless.
Thus, unless there was an extremely important reason, how could Zhou Tian possibly take such a risk? After all, if not to preserve the Abyss World, those Divine Kings wouldn’t pose any threat to Zhou Tian.
If Zhou Tian truly disregarded the Abyss World, given his current ability, who could stop him from leaving? And according to the various performances of the Divine Realm consciousness, if Zhou Tian expressed an intention to return to the Divine Realm, it’s estimated that aside from wanting to annex the Abyss World, the Divine Realm consciousness would be very welcoming to Zhou Tian’s defection! After all, according to the direction of Divine Realm’s development, as long as living beings defect to it, the Divine Realm consciousness is welcoming.
But clearly, Zhou Tian demonstrated no such intent at the time, so being reluctant to part with the Abyss World meant Zhou Tian had to consider what dangers he might encounter next.
Undoubtedly, those Divine Kings posed a significant threat to Zhou Tian at the time, yet upon careful calculation, Zhou Tian’s mind was clear; although those Divine Kings posed a considerable threat, when it came to the greatest threat to him, Zhou Tian knew well that even those Divine Kings combined couldn’t compete with the threat posed by the Divine Realm consciousness. After all, though those Divine Kings couldn’t do much to him in the Abyss World, if the Divine Realm consciousness wished, it indeed had the ability to annex the Abyss World and kill Zhou Tian.