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    ‘If someone doesn’t provoke me, I won’t provoke them.’- It seems clear that the monsters living near Zhou Tian primarily act by this principle.

    Seeing this, Zhou Tian gained great confidence in his plan to annex them.

    As long as his methods were appropriate, and considering the current situation where he was facing the undead monsters under the command of the Lord of Hades, Zhou Tian believed that even if he took some drastic actions, the Blood Moon Lord wouldn’t be overly concerned.

    With no interference from above, and provided that Zhou Tian had the means to do so, it wouldn’t matter which monster branch he absorbed.

    He even believed that no one would intervene if he unified the beginner area.

    On the subject of annexing the monster branches, Zhou Tian immediately had an idea – a surprise attack!

    Not that Zhou Tian couldn’t handle those monsters in a head-on battle.

    After all, the Beastman Clan’s current strength was considered top-tier in the beginner area.

    If Zhou Tian genuinely wanted to deal with a monster branch, they most likely wouldn’t be able to handle him.

    However, Zhou Tian was facing threats from undead monsters, and while facing strong enemies, he did not have the capacity to start a war with another enemy.

    Thus, while he could fight, he could not let the war drag on for long.

    Therefore, in annexing monster branches, while Zhou Tian could do it, there was inevitably some limitations to his actions.

    As a result, after carefully reviewing the intelligence about the monster branches near him, Zhou Tian identified the Beast Race monsters as the most suitable target for annexation.

    The beast race monsters were the weakest in the Novice Village, even the original Beastman Clan was stronger.

    While the strength of the lower ranks was similar for both races, the Beastman Clan had a beastman leader, while the Beast Race monsters only had smaller bosses without a King or leader.

    Interestingly, the composition of Beast race monsters was quite diverse.

    They occupied a wide area in the beginner area, almost all territories adjacent to human cities.

    In terms of territorial area, they definitely had the largest among all the monsters.

    Being a relatively weak faction, the reason the Beast Race monsters could occupy such a large territory naturally had a deeper cause.

    The Beast Race monsters, from low to high, were composed of wolves, leopards, bears, lions, and tigers, and all members’ strength ranged between levels five and fifteen.

    Such a race should not have only that much strength yet occupy such a large territory.

    At the end of the day, the reason for the current situation is simply that the Beast Race monsters’ territories are too special.

    If they are close to the NPC City, it means that there will be a lot of NPCs and players in that territory.

    Hence, it is clear that monsters in such locations would inevitably run into enemies regularly.

    Indeed, this was the case.

    Originally, according to the territory of the Beast Race monsters, they should not only have low power as they do now, but it would not be a problem for them to become mid-tier monsters.

    However, because they were placed in such a special position, it was difficult for a Beast Race monster to survive for three days from its birth to death.

    As a result, a group of monsters, which could at least have become a middle-tier force, ended up being a bottom-tier because of heavy casualties.

    Moreover, because their group had no ultimate Boss surviving, the lack of effective governance and high-end combat power made them three points weaker than the original Beastman Clan.

    Now that Zhou Tian has targeted them, those beast race monsters naturally lack the ability to resist, you could even say they won’t resist at all.

    Because any decent territory would have been divided up by other monsters long ago, the territories of the beast race monsters currently are basically just the unwanted leftovers.

    They hardly care about it themselves, let alone outsiders.

    If Zhou Tian wants to annex their territories, these beast race monsters probably won’t even put up a fight.

    The reason Zhou Tian selected such a target was precisely due to these considerations.

    If Zhou Tian were to target other monsters, though there would be a chance of success in a surprise attack, the risk would be too great.

    Now, Zhou Tian can’t afford to take those risks because he is already backed into a corner.

    Even a slight mishap could capsize his ship.

    So, instead of risking an annexation of other powers, Zhou Tian would rather target an area devoid of resistance.

    Of course, Zhou Tian’s current choice isn’t risk-free either.

    If he were to annex the territories of those beast race monsters, the predicaments faced by these monsters would become Zhou Tian’s future problem.

    If mishandled, this could turn into a significant issue.

    However, Zhou Tian has given thought to this problem.

    Zhou Tian is fundamentally different from ordinary monsters.

    As for his way of doing things, he never follows the crowd.

    So, problems that may seem difficult for other monsters might not be a problem for him.

    Is the territory too close to an NPC city?

    That’s not an issue.

    If it’s close, so be it.

    When Zhou Tian occupies such areas, he can simply stop sending monsters over.

    In this case, without monsters being sent, there naturally won’t be any damage.

    High-level monsters are constantly sending lesser monsters to their deaths, primarily out of fear that their territories will be occupied by NPCs.

    However, Zhou Tian finds such actions of these monsters laughable.

    What good can a few puny monsters really do?

    Will a few lesser monsters stop them if the NPCs take any action, and thwart their soldier?

    Clearly, this is never going to happen.

    If the NPCs dared to send out troops, not just a few beast monsters, even all the monsters in the area working together wouldn’t be enough to resist their attack. Sёar?h the N?vel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    So in Zhou Tian’s view, the existence of these lesser monsters merely serves as a demonstration and as spies monitoring the group of NPCs.

    If Zhou Tian were to vacate the area, the NPCs, even if they wanted to take action, wouldn’t be able to do so immediately.

    With some time granted, Zhou Tian will have more options for handling the situation once he’s regained his strength.

    Being decisive, Zhou Tian acts promptly and decisively.

    Once a thought crosses his mind, he doesn’t hesitate to act.

    Therefore, without further ado, he targeted the bestial monsters.

    And indeed, things went as Zhou Tian planned.

    When his beastman clan attacked, the target beasts didn’t resist.

    Every time Zhou Tian’s troops attacked a place, the beasts would give up their territory willingly.

    This tactic allowed Zhou Tian to easily conquer large amounts of territory.