?38: Chapter 38: Invading Allies 38: Chapter 38: Invading Allies “Kill!” Without any hesitation, even those skeletons with limited intelligence knew that Zhou Tian, having set up such a formation, had obviously made up his mind.

    Under such circumstances, they had absolutely no possibility of persuading Zhou Tian.

    Thus, since a battle was inevitable for both sides, the skeletons naturally didn’t feel like wasting words with Zhou Tian.

    Consequently, thousands of skeleton warriors charged out from the bottom of Skeleton Cave.

    At the command of the new Skeleton King, they immediately clashed with the Beastman Warriors at the cave entrance.

    Given the roughly equivalent strength of the Beastman Clan and the Skeleton Tribe at this moment, it was natural that the Beastmen immediately gained an absolute advantage when both sides clashed.

    Several factors contributed to this outcome.

    First, Zhou Tian’s preemptive strike gave him the absolute initiative. S~ea??h the Novёl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Furthermore, the Sacrificial Scepter in Zhou Tian’s hand could greatly enhance his team’s combat power.

    Plus, Zhou Tian’s resurrective ability continuously reinstated his fallen team members back into the battle.

    In such a situation, how could Zhou Tian not have the upper hand?

    As a result, despite the fierce counterattack from the Skeleton Tribe, no matter how hard they tried, they were simply unable to break through Zhou Tian’s defense.

    At the same time, due to the ongoing annexation of the Skeleton Tribe’s territory by outside Beastmen, Zhou Tian and his team were unknowingly drawing closer to victory.

    Ultimately, unexpected changes were not common, and the monsters didn’t have high IQs.

    In this world, strength was everything.

    If you were powerful, you could do whatever you wanted.

    Similarly, if you were weaker than your opponent, while these monsters knew they had to fight desperately, they had no idea how to bridge the gap in strength.

    As such, once Zhou Tian had taken the initiative, the situation was unlikely to change.

    After several hours, the territories outside Skeleton Cave directly fell into Zhou Tian’s hands.

    As most of the Skeleton Tribe’s territories were located outside, the actual Skeleton Cave didn’t account for too much of their land.

    Under these circumstances, with the clan’s external territories annexed by the Beastmen, the strength of the Skeleton Tribe naturally diminished drastically.

    At the same time, in contrast to the Skeleton Tribe’s situation, the Beastman Clan dramatically increased its strength.

    Given the dynamic situation of increasing strength on one side and decreasing strength on the other, victory became an inevitable outcome for the already dominant Beastman Clan.

    Finally, as the gap between the forces widened and the skeletons of the Skeleton Tribe, even with their numerical advantage, found themselves unable to defeat Zhou Tian, they knew, albeit unwillingly, that their defeat was only a matter of time.

    Undeniably, the Skeleton Tribe was unwilling to accept this situation.

    Even though they knew that surrendering would have been the best choice at that moment, not a single skeleton in the tribe had the intention of surrendering.

    In a situation where they had absolutely no means of resisting Zhou Tian, the skeletons gritted their teeth and decided to abandon their breakout effort and instead, all retreated into the Skeleton Cave.

    Furrowing his brows, Zhou Tian certainly did not expect the Skeleton Tribe to react as they did.

    After driving the Skeleton Tribe to this point, Zhou Tian had already regarded them as sitting ducks in his mind.

    But now, even when he fully held the upper hand, he had not expected that the Skeleton Tribe would be so ungrateful.

    Thinking of the additional trouble he would face later, Zhou Tian’s mood would naturally not be good.

    However, whether his mood was good or not didn’t matter.

    Since Zhou Tian had already carried the matter this far, he wouldn’t show mercy because of his relationship with the Skeleton Tribe.

    As a result, when the Skeleton Tribe was in full retreat, Zhou Tian did not hesitate for a moment and immediately issued the order to pursue them.

    It’s best to pursue a vanquished enemy.

    Zhou Tian would not give the Skeleton Tribe any breathing space.

    After all, the biggest merit of this battle was catching them off guard.

    While Zhou Tian managed to surprise the Skeleton Tribe this time, it didn’t mean he would always have this opportunity in the future.

    As such, since he currently held the upper hand, Zhou Tian naturally planned to bring down his opponent in a single battle.

    But when Zhou Tian’s side started their pursuit, the progress of events was so smooth that Zhou Tian himself was surprised.

    Perhaps the Skeletons of the Skeleton Tribe never thought they would end up in their current situation!

    Therefore, as the battle began, the skeletons probably didn’t make any preparations for their defeat.

    Caught off guard by a crushing defeat and being pursued by the enemy, the group of skeletons could hardly cope.

    As such, under Zhou Tian and the Beastman Clan’s relentless pursuit, the Skeleton Tribe did organize some resistance, but because the capabilities of both sides differed greatly, the resistance of the Skeleton Tribe naturally didn’t yield any desirable results.

    As a result, it took less than a day for Zhou Tian to take over the first level of the Skeleton Cave.

    The Skeleton Cave, being the base camp of the Skeleton Tribe, had a large number of tribal members but didn’t cover a large area.

    Not only did the Skeleton Cave not occupy a significant proportion of the Skeleton Tribe’s territory, but it also only had two levels.

    Now, after Zhou Tian occupied the first level of the Skeleton Cave, all the members of the skeleton tribe were indeed forced into the last patch of their territory.

    Having lost almost all of their territory, the strength of the members of the Skeleton Tribe was severely weakened.

    Zhou Tian’s strength, on the other hand, was bolstered by annexing the territory of the Skeleton Tribe.

    With the situation as it was then, the strength of the Beastman Clan was no longer on the same level as the Skeleton Tribe.

    Under such circumstances, it should not have been difficult for Zhou Tian to take down the Skeleton Tribe.

    However, what should have been a sure thing, unexpectedly hit a snag.

    Just as the Beastman Clan had managed to trap the entirety of the Skeleton Tribe in the Skeleton Cave despite being less powerful, the Skeleton Tribe, despite being weaker than Zhou Tian’s forces, was easily defeated in the first level of the cave.

    However, when the entire Skeleton Tribe retreated to the second level of the Skeleton Cave, using the same principle, no matter how much weaker the Skeleton Tribe was compared to the Beastman Clan, they stubbornly kept Zhou Tian’s Beastman Warriors at bay.