However, the time flow of the Abyss World is different from the worlds it prepared, and at that time, under the circumstances that the corruption of those worlds by the Abyss World had not reached the corresponding heights, although not much time had passed here for Zhou Tian, in reality, many years had already gone by for those worlds Zhou Tian was targeting.

At that point, even if Zhou Tian immediately began action against those worlds, it’s estimated that the last incident would already be ancient history for the residents of those worlds.

Even if Zhou Tian did nothing, it’s estimated that the residents of those worlds no longer held strong hostility against the Abyssal Creatures. Even if in the end, the Abyssal Creatures occupied that world through contracts, it would not be impossible. At that time, if Zhou Tian pushes forward on this, no matter how difficult it originally was to take down those worlds, accelerating the Abyss World’s corruption speed towards them would definitely not be hard.

And Zhou Tian’s method at that time was actually quite simple, merely relying on tempting them with benefits.

Under normal circumstances, even after previous events, although the lower ranks of living beings might have forgotten about the Abyss World’s invasion, surely the higher levels of these world’s living beings would have documented these matters. As rulers, they would undoubtedly regard the Abyssal Creatures as major future enemies. At that point, if they don’t prevent the contracting with Abyssal Creatures, it would be considered fortunate. Zhou Tian’s intention of allowing Abyssal Creatures to naturally occupy that world through contracts would certainly require much time and opportunity.

However, under normal circumstances, those living beings indeed guarded against Abyssal Creatures because they were the vested interests ruling that world at the time. Based on their identities, no matter how hard Zhou Tian works, gaining help from them is likely impossible.

But although the rulers of those worlds didn’t seem likely to aid Zhou Tian, what about some of the living beings being ruled?

Let the lower ranks of living beings resort to various tactics to climb higher. As long as Zhou Tian offers conditions to help those living beings become rulers, even if they know Abyssal Creatures are their enemies, it’s estimated they would still choose to cooperate with Zhou Tian.

Perhaps those living beings would guard against Abyssal Creatures, but as matters progress to the end, it’s estimated that no matter what they do, they couldn’t alter the result of the Abyss World corrupting their world. And as long as the purpose is achieved, what does it matter how those living beings thought then?

Once the Abyss World reaches a certain level of corruption towards those worlds, Zhou Tian would directly order his Abyssal Creatures to invade that world. By then, without the ability to resist Abyssal Creatures, whatever plans those supported living beings have, their chance of reversing the situation would be extremely slim.

Indeed, Zhou Tian directly felt that regardless of what responses those living beings make, they would not change their world’s fate of being annexed by the Abyss World.

Thus, having such thoughts in mind, Zhou Tian wasted no time arranging deployments.

Consequently, according to Zhou Tian’s idea, after a few small contracts, the mission-driven Abyssal Creatures made contact with the living beings of those different worlds, and soon followed Zhou Tian’s plan of action. Ultimately, according to Zhou Tian’s arrangements, the speed at which the Abyss World annexed those worlds indeed increased significantly.

Even though Zhou Tian didn’t personally take action at that time, his arranged operations led to significant progress in the Abyss World’s invasion of those worlds, and soon, one by one, those worlds fell in a relatively short time without Zhou Tian’s intervention.

However, although Zhou Tian’s arrangements accelerated the Abyss World’s annexation speed of different worlds significantly, given the current offensive strength of the Divine Realm, no matter how much time passes, they couldn’t truly overcome the Abyss World.

Yet, just as Zhou Tian had worried before, the Abyss World might seem capable of resisting Divine Realm’s invasion now, but that’s because the Divine Realm’s consciousness hadn’t mobilized much strength for attacking the Abyss World. Upon discovering the Abyss World wasn’t weaker than they anticipated, it’s likely then the Divine Realm’s consciousness would certainly mobilize more strength to invade the Abyss World.

Zhou Tian couldn’t foresee how strong the strength mobilized by the Divine Realm’s consciousness would be when they reacted, but regardless of their response, the Abyss World must brace for immense pressure. In such a situation, any increase in the Abyss World’s strength would allow it to withstand for longer in the subsequent battles.

Thus, given the situation at the time, Zhou Tian hoped the Abyss World’s gains in annexing different worlds would be as plentiful as possible. As his Abyssal Creatures began to annex some small-sized worlds continuously, Zhou Tian, unsatisfied with their gains, decided to take further actions.

To the Abyssal Creatures, annexing small-sized worlds doesn’t provide substantial help, although it’s not without some benefit. But actually, that kind of action really doesn’t help much. In certain cases, such help could be deemed non-essential. Still, as of now, with every bit of strength increase under the Divine Realm’s threat, it becomes significant, otherwise, Zhou Tian wouldn’t have allowed his Abyssal Creatures to forcefully attack those small-sized worlds merely for laying groundwork.

Now, after expending greater cost, taking down small-sized worlds posed little difficulty for Zhou Tian’s Abyssal Creatures. Naturally, Zhou Tian shifted his attention to those medium-sized worlds.

Unlike small-sized worlds, the annexation of small-sized worlds provides limited effect for the Abyss World, not greatly aiding at all. Improving strength is almost unimaginable; the annexation at most helps the Abyss World recover some consumption during its match against the Divine Realm.

Medium-sized worlds, however, differ greatly. Compared to small-sized worlds, they possess more robust rule systems and inherently stronger living beings. Moreover, even ordinary resources in medium-sized worlds exceed those of small-sized worlds by hundreds of times.

So, if Zhou Tian truly could annex a medium-sized world, according to the Abyss World’s current condition, its strength could increase considerably. Undoubtedly that’s a temptation for Zhou Tian, given the current environment, aiming to enhance strength by targeting medium-sized worlds was no surprise.

If Zhou Tian could annex several medium-sized worlds, perhaps the Abyss World’s strength could increase exponentially. Such growth certainly would be beneficial for Zhou Tian; at the very least, facing the Divine Realm’s threat would mean increased resistance ability for the Abyss World.

Though during that situation, even considering the difficulty Zhou Tian faced if wanting to aid the Abyss World in annexing those medium-sized worlds, he could still utilize small tactics to weaken their resistance ability. As long as those medium-sized worlds are corrupted by the Abyss World to a certain standard, even without Zhou Tian taking action personally, annexing those medium-sized worlds would be no difficulty.

Consequently, according to the thoughts at that time, Zhou Tian soon undertook action. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)