Chapter 27

"Get lost!" Seeing that Zhou Tian did not personally take action but instead had those half-orc warriors charge at it, the Skeleton King was clearly quite angry. After a roar, it directly swung its right hand to the side with great force.

Even just a motion that could not even be considered an attack caused the Skeleton King to inflict significant casualties on Zhou Tian's half-orc warriors.

Those who touched it died, and those who grazed it were injured. After several half-orc warriors acted on Zhou Tian's orders, they did not even have the chance to launch an attack before they were all killed by the Skeleton King.

"Damn! How can it be so powerful? Fortunately, this guy is a bit stupid; otherwise, we might not have enough people to deal with it." After a moment of fear, Zhou Tian gritted his teeth and cautiously approached the Skeleton King.

Although the Skeleton King's strength was stronger than Zhou Tian had imagined, under normal circumstances, Zhou Tian should not have approached the enemy at this time. However, given Zhou Tian's situation, fearing that the Skeleton King would personally attack and destroy his half-orc warriors, thus ruining his plan, Zhou Tian had no choice but to face it head-on.

"Move faster! If you don't quickly get rid of those skeletons, I'm done for." While calmly walking towards the Skeleton King, Zhou Tian secretly issued several commands to the half-orcs outside, hoping that they would follow his plan and eliminate the skeletons and come to his rescue as their leader before he was killed.

With his own thoughts, Zhou Tian's movements inevitably slowed down a bit.

"Kill you." Perhaps because Zhou Tian had offended it too much, when Zhou Tian approached it, the Skeleton King glared at him fiercely, leaving a message in Zhou Tian's mind before charging at him.

"Damn!" Faced with the Skeleton King's attack, Zhou Tian did not dare to resist. After a scream, he quickly rolled to the side to avoid it.

"Coward!" Seeing Zhou Tian's performance, the Skeleton King was very angry. After a roar, it immediately began to chase him.

Several times, the Skeleton King aimed at Zhou Tian and attacked, seemingly determined to kill him in one go.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Each attack missed, and Zhou Tian's performance directly enraged the Skeleton King. As a result, the Skeleton King lost interest and no longer wanted to fight Zhou Tian alone.

"Attack together!" With the Skeleton King's order, a group of skeleton warriors not far from Zhou Tian immediately surrounded him.

"Trouble!" Zhou Tian had hoped to use this method to buy time, but he did not expect the Skeleton King to have such poor patience. In a moment of inattention, he had provoked the Skeleton King. Now, with the situation suddenly changing, his position became quite precarious.

Not to mention that Zhou Tian's side did not have many half-orc warriors left, and it was uncertain whether they could hold the entrance. Even Zhou Tian himself, now surrounded by skeleton warriors, was at risk of being killed by the Skeleton King's attacks.

However, fortunately, although Zhou Tian's situation was quite dire, he sensed the situation outside. After using nearly twice the planned time, Zhou Tian's half-orcs, despite suffering heavy casualties, finally completed their task.

Even as the Skeleton King finally ordered its skeleton warriors to surround Zhou Tian and had not yet had the chance to personally deal with him, Zhou Tian's slave beasts and half-orc warriors appeared in their line of sight.

"Saved." Although the reinforcements were weak, in the current situation, the significance and impact of the reinforcements could not be ignored by either Zhou Tian or the Skeleton King. When the half-orcs appeared, the Skeleton King immediately showed a look of panic.

"Kill them!" The Skeleton King, aware of what the arrival of the half-orcs meant, dared not waste any more time. While issuing a death order to its skeleton subordinates, it directly pounced on Zhou Tian.

"Now you're worried, a bit too late, isn't it!" The size of the territory one controlled determined one's strength. Although Zhou Tian had received such information in his mind, he did not have a clear understanding of the specifics of the monsters' territorial disputes. It was only after taking action against the skeleton clan that he gained some understanding through personal experience.

The battle for territory would not suddenly increase one's strength just because one occupied a territory, nor was there a restriction that one had to occupy the territory for a certain period to have an effect. When Zhou Tian's half-orcs occupied the territory outside the skeleton clan, their strength began to change subtly, though not very noticeably.

At first, Zhou Tian's half-orc elite warriors were on par with the skeleton clan's ordinary skeleton swordsmen. After Zhou Tian's half-orcs completely occupied the territory outside the skeleton clan, the skeleton swordsmen were no longer a match for Zhou Tian's half-orc warriors. Even the skeleton clan's skeleton warriors were not much stronger than the half-orc warriors.

In a sense, although the strength gap between the two sides was still significant, the gap was narrowing and even reversing at a steady pace. Zhou Tian believed that as long as this situation continued, his position would only improve.

Of course, although Zhou Tian's strength was increasing at a steady pace, his current situation would not change. With his health not fully restored, being surrounded by skeleton warriors and facing the threat of the Skeleton King, Zhou Tian was still in a dangerous position.

Zhou Tian was clear about his situation, but given the circumstances, he could not change anything for the moment. All he could do was protect his own life.

Relying on his own strength, Zhou Tian suffered a minor injury and managed to deal with several skeleton warriors in front of him. Just as the Skeleton King was about to attack him, knowing he could not hold on, Zhou Tian quickly raised his hand and said, "Wait, I have something to say." After saying this, perhaps considering that the skeletons might not stop, Zhou Tian quickly added, "It's about the territory."

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