Chapter 3243 - 1102: Surrender

Chapter 3243: Chapter 1102: Surrender

Even under the circumstances at the time, even adhering to the normal rules, if Zhou Tian could, it would still be best to remove all the original members of the ruling class. After all, times have changed, and the territory Zhou Tian occupied used to be under the joint rule of many forces. In their situation, where they couldn’t unite, Zhou Tian annexing them didn’t need to worry about those Heavenly Eye Users causing any trouble.

This time, however, the situation was different because back then, Zhou Tian aimed at a castle where most of the Heavenly Eye Users were originally members of a single force. In that scenario, the Heavenly Eye Users who originally ruled the castle definitely had more influence over their subordinate Heavenly Eye Users than ordinary ones.

Thus, Zhou Tian could tolerate the continued existence of leaders of the small forces he annexed, but he had already decided early on to eliminate all the high-position Heavenly Eye Users in this castle.

Without a doubt, since Zhou Tian had already mentally prepared to solve the issue of those Heavenly Eye Users back then, regardless of whether they could pose a threat to him, once Zhou Tian made that decision, it was already destined that those Heavenly Eye Users had no chance of survival back then.

Thus...

"Pfft..."

"So strong!"

Although at the time those Heavenly Eye Users had already anticipated Zhou Tian’s immense power, estimating that even if they personally confronted him, they probably wouldn’t be able to defeat him. But when they actually faced off against Zhou Tian, they still found that they had underestimated him. The cost of their underestimation was their lives.

It was almost like an instant kill; when the lead Heavenly Eye Users decided to attack Zhou Tian, their attack hadn’t even launched before Zhou Tian’s figure vanished instantly, and before the Heavenly Eye Abilities of those users had any effect, Zhou Tian reappeared and the lead Heavenly Eye Users were already dead at his hands.

Zhou Tian’s performance was unexpected not only to the lead Heavenly Eye Users but also to their soldiers. After all, ordinary Heavenly Eye Users didn’t have the chance to witness the top-tier combat power of that world, so in their minds, all Heavenly Eye Users’ strength should be similar. Even if some Heavenly Eye Users were stronger, they thought it would only be at the level of their leaders.

Even if the mayor’s strength was certainly stronger than their leaders, the Heavenly Eye Users believed that the mayor’s strength couldn’t possibly match Zhou Tian’s performance back then. And precisely because they understood what Zhou Tian’s series of performances meant, many Heavenly Eye Users, upon truly witnessing Zhou Tian’s strength, were directly scared into losing the courage to fight.

The current situation was unprecedented; even the leaders, who were stronger many times over, personally took action and were instantly killed by the enemy. Based on Zhou Tian’s displayed strength, in every aspect, they clearly weren’t opponents they could resist.

Therefore, knowing full well that Zhou Tian’s strength far surpassed theirs and that forcing a fight would yield no winning odds, those Heavenly Eye Users certainly didn’t want to continue fighting.

Clearly, under normal circumstances, the possibility of them wanting to cease fighting didn’t seem high, given not just Zhou Tian’s previous actions but also their differing positions that predestined Zhou Tian and them not peacefully coexisting.

Thus...

"We surrender!"

Under normal circumstances, those Heavenly Eye Users would certainly face dire consequences, but in that situation, since they didn’t want to die, they could only choose to capitulate. Only by directly surrendering to Zhou Tian did they have a chance to preserve their lives. After all, based on Zhou Tian’s previous performance, they could mostly determine Zhou Tian wasn’t a bloodthirsty person. Otherwise, judging by Zhou Tian’s current strength, if he wanted to go on a killing spree, those who witnessed Zhou Tian’s strength surely wouldn’t believe anyone in the castle could withstand his attack.

So, since Zhou Tian didn’t act ruthlessly before, as long as they didn’t oppose him again, Zhou Tian surely wouldn’t harm them in a normal situation.

Although such thoughts had no basis at the time and if Zhou Tian thought differently, actually intending to eliminate them all, surrendering wouldn’t change the outcome. But with Zhou Tian’s displayed strength, what would matter if they didn’t surrender?

With Zhou Tian’s exhibited strength, even if they resisted however much they could, they still wouldn’t be Zhou Tian’s match. Within such circumstances, rather than stubbornly colliding with Zhou Tian, they might as well gamble.

Indeed, those Heavenly Eye Users’ decisions were correct. Although Zhou Tian didn’t want excessive casualties among the castle’s Heavenly Eye Users, he still planned to annex that world. Compared to such a grand target, the castle they faced was just a small territory. To achieve his purpose, Zhou Tian didn’t mind spending a bit of time on the castle, but if it demanded too much time and energy, the impatient Zhou Tian wouldn’t find the situation agreeable.

Zhou Tian was indeed reluctant to kill those Heavenly Eye Users easily because he saw them having Utilitarian Value, but to Zhou Tian, those Heavenly Eye Users had just a sliver of Utilitarian Value, and aside from that, they seemed insignificant as ants in his eyes.

Concerning Zhou Tian’s heart...

Maybe to those Heavenly Eye Users, Zhou Tian seemed like someone easy to deal with. After all, Zhou Tian had the ability to eliminate them, yet refrained due to not wanting excessive slaughter. Thus, as long as they didn’t overstep boundaries, Zhou Tian presumably wouldn’t act against them.

However, truly decent people like Zhou Tian wouldn’t live long indeed.

If Zhou Tian were a standard of kindness, then one could directly say no good people existed in that world at all.

Zhou Tian didn’t act ruthlessly towards those Heavenly Eye Users solely because they held Utilitarian Value. If there wasn’t such a reason, based on usual circumstances, Zhou Tian would’ve wiped the castle off the map already. Considering Zhou Tian, who had destroyed worlds, wouldn’t have any guilt destroying one or two castles.

Thus, those Heavenly Eye Users’ actions were certainly correct, and fortunately, they responded as they did; otherwise, an impatient Zhou Tian wouldn’t waste time on them.

So, without the Heavenly Eye Users realizing, they truly teetered at the brink of Ghost Gate. Whether Zhou Tian was kind-hearted remained uncertain to them, but their surrender at least heavily correlated with Zhou Tian’s exhibited strength. Had they not discovered this strength, which none of them, not even those within the castle, could resist, recruiting them wouldn’t have been easy.

Anyway, at this moment Zhou Tian successfully achieved his goal, and after subduing that group of Heavenly Eye Users, he basically completed this Action. (To be continued. If you liked this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest Power. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)