Zhou Tian is currently incessantly killing enemies according to his arrangements. Although not many living beings have died by his hand at the moment, each kill under the circumstance of his undamaged power would inevitably represent a small increase in Zhou Tian’s strength. In this situation, if Zhou Tian continued to grow in this manner, his power would inevitably become stronger progressively.

Moreover, those living beings would not retreat just because of slight casualties. Not to mention that if they wanted to withdraw, the living beings behind them would not give way, and if they could retreat, those living beings would have to consider how to explain to their superiors if they went back like this.

Based on the things Zhou Tian has done during this time, even the lower-tier living beings are aware that Zhou Tian has a relationship with their organization that could be described as a fight to the death. Given this situation, having now encountered Zhou Tian, they would not be able to return without deciding a victory or defeat with Zhou Tian, otherwise they would not be able to explain themselves when they returned.

Hence, those living beings had an unavoidable reason to fight Zhou Tian. However, given the situation at the time, it was clear that those living beings did not possess the ability to defeat Zhou Tian. In the process of combat with Zhou Tian, the efforts of those living beings not only failed to play a significant role but, on the contrary, due to their attacks, Zhou Tian’s strength started to increase gradually.

If those living beings continued to attack in this manner, it was clear they would not only fail to kill Zhou Tian but instead, they would be playing right into Zhou Tian’s hands. If Zhou Tian could leverage the current situation to make a breakthrough, once he possesses more Clone Bodies, even if the group of living beings had powerful strength, Zhou Tian would still be able to confront them head-on.

However, while entirely unaware of Zhou Tian’s plans and thoughts, as the battle progressed to this point, those living beings could not possibly fail to notice the changes in Zhou Tian.

Thus, even if they were completely unaware of Zhou Tian’s plans, just knowing that their attacks not only failed to clean up Zhou Tian but instead made his strength even stronger, those living beings would certainly act accordingly to this situation.

After all, they had clashed with Zhou Tian multiple times, and those living beings had gained a deep understanding of Zhou Tian’s capabilities. Based on their relationship and when conditions allow, those living beings would not give Zhou Tian any chance to enhance his power, because they knew very well that even if Zhou Tian was already challenging to deal with, letting his power increase would make it even more difficult to handle him.

So, even though Zhou Tian had gained quite an advantage at the start, once his opponents responded, it became challenging for Zhou Tian to continue to capitalize on his opponents’ weaknesses.

Everything was as Zhou Tian feared. Given the current situation, after the Human Sea Tactic failed to achieve its intended effect, based on their capabilities alone, they absolutely did not have the ability to take down Zhou Tian. Hence, to kill Zhou Tian, this adversary, those living beings had to summon powerful individuals from their camp.

Within the Underground Tunnels at that time, unable to defeat Zhou Tian’s Clone Bodies, those living beings knew they would not have the opportunity to face Zhou Tian in direct combat.

Even attempting to kill Zhou Tian’s Clone Bodies seemed impossible without the ability possessed by ordinary living beings. Given that Zhou Tian’s Clone Bodies’ strength had almost reached the level just shy of Ascension and, coupled with the cultivation of the Time Rule, even if their intelligence was slightly inferior to normal living beings, given the situation inside the cave, this flaw did not compromise their combat power at all.

As a result, if they wanted to truly face Zhou Tian, that group of living beings knew they must possess sufficiently strong power to defeat Zhou Tian’s Clone Bodies. Only by defeating Zhou Tian’s Clone Bodies could their actions continue.

To defeat Zhou Tian’s Clone Bodies, the powerful living beings, if they did not take action at that time, would undoubtedly fail to achieve that goal.

Result...

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, his cultivation level had increased significantly, and feeling the change in his own strength, Zhou Tian’s expression immediately changed. Because Zhou Tian knew very well what the change in his cultivation at this moment represented.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Tian’s strength would not likely change easily, and a sudden increase in strength like now could only happen under one scenario.

His Clone Bodies had been killed.

Zhou Tian knew that at this moment, only after his Clone Bodies had been killed and their cultivation returned to his main body, would his cultivation suddenly surge. This situation was naturally not good news for Zhou Tian, because if he had not actively retracted those Clone Bodies, then the emergence of their situation would also mean, from another perspective, that Zhou Tian’s strength had been slightly decreased at that time.