Chapter 3

After gritting his teeth and choosing the elite evolution, Zhou Tian quickly felt some changes in his body after making the decision.

Especially, he became an exceptionally fast beast slave.

After a sudden piece of information about his identity appeared in his mind, Zhou Tian understood that after making the decision, he had gained something at that moment.

After choosing to evolve, Zhou Tian, after consuming the experience he had collected, gained a speed talent. Although, among the various talents of monsters, being exceptionally fast was not a particularly powerful talent, with this talent's boost, Zhou Tian's strength had indeed changed significantly.

Even after evolving, Zhou Tian, as an elite monster, had a subtle sense of pressure over ordinary beast slaves. Although Zhou Tian did not have the ability to command those beast slaves, controlling a few to do some simple tasks seemed to be no longer a difficult task for him.

With a qualitative change in his own strength and the ability to command a few beast slaves, given the situation at the time, Zhou Tian, with his current strength, would naturally not find it difficult to deal with those NPC soldiers.

Thus, when Zhou Tian finally wanted to deal with those NPC soldiers, it was not even necessary to use ambush tactics; even if he directly confronted them, his chances of winning were quite high.

And indeed, the situation was as such. With an increase in strength, when Zhou Tian dealt with those NPC soldiers again, he clearly felt that the difficulty had decreased. By controlling a few beast slaves to distract isolated NPC soldiers and then ambushing them, the NPC soldiers targeted by Zhou Tian almost all met their end. In the end, in a very short period, Zhou Tian successfully killed dozens of NPC soldiers.

However, after successfully evolving, although Zhou Tian felt the gain of experience when killing those NPC soldiers, he did not receive any further evolution prompts even after killing more NPC soldiers.

Zhou Tian's actions eventually drew the attention of the NPC army.

On the battlefield, no one would specifically pay attention to anyone, but if the battle was almost over, some noticeable situations would inevitably be noticed.

Zhou Tian was already being very careful, but his actions controlling other beast slaves could not be hidden from the NPCs. Even if Zhou Tian was cautious, he still caught the attention of the higher-ups in the NPC army.

As a result, just as Zhou Tian was doing well, the officer of the NPC army gave an order, and Zhou Tian's good days were basically over.

Although Zhou Tian had killed many NPC soldiers, he still relied on ambush tactics. When the NPC army used a small unit to surround Zhou Tian, his situation became quite dire.

Almost as soon as the NPC army made a move, the small group Zhou Tian had formed suffered a devastating blow. A charge by a team of over a dozen people resulted in the majority of Zhou Tian's beast slaves being killed or injured. If Zhou Tian had not seen the situation and retreated in time, it would have been questionable whether he could have escaped unscathed.

Even after Zhou Tian retreated, his situation under the attack of over a dozen NPC soldiers was still not good. Given the battlefield environment, Zhou Tian's speed talent was difficult to fully utilize, and in such a situation, it was naturally hard for him to deal with those NPC soldiers.

If there were no other changes, it could be predicted that under the continuous encirclement of those NPC soldiers, Zhou Tian would not die, but he would inevitably suffer some setbacks.

However, just as Zhou Tian was in danger, the battle situation suddenly changed.

"Roar!" A furious roar suddenly sounded. When Zhou Tian turned around, he found that a group of half-orcs, led by a half-orc warrior, had arrived at the edge of the battlefield. Given the combat power of that group of half-orcs, their participation would undoubtedly change the course of the battle.

Although half-orcs were not beast slaves, as part of the monster group, Zhou Tian knew they would definitely be his reinforcements.

Thus, seeing the reinforcements arrive, Zhou Tian naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

In contrast, upon discovering the group of half-orcs, the NPC army was greatly alarmed. Without any hesitation, knowing they could not be their match, the NPC army immediately decided to retreat.

However, even if the NPC army wanted to retreat, the half-orcs would not let them off easily.

As the NPC army prepared to retreat, the half-orc warrior gave an order, and a large number of half-orc warriors immediately charged at them.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Tian was naturally also affected. The NPC soldiers who had been relentlessly pursuing Zhou Tian, determined to capture him, suddenly abandoned their mission and prepared to retreat with the NPC army.

However, Zhou Tian would not let the NPC soldiers retreat easily. Given the current situation, the victory of the monster side was already a foregone conclusion. Under this premise, the NPC soldiers no longer posed a threat to Zhou Tian. In his eyes, they were just a pile of experience. As long as he took advantage of the situation and put in more effort, Zhou Tian believed he could gain more experience without any problem.

As a result, when Zhou Tian continuously entangled the NPC soldiers, preventing them from retreating easily, they were indeed unable to escape. They were quickly surrounded by the half-orcs who caught up from behind.

The next events were quite simple. In the face of overwhelming strength, the NPC soldiers naturally fell under the blades of Zhou Tian and his allies. With the help of the half-orcs, Zhou Tian also successfully killed a few more NPC soldiers.

In the end, when the battle was over, not many NPC soldiers truly managed to escape. However, even though Zhou Tian's side won, the number of beast slaves and half-orcs sacrificed in the battle with the NPC army was also quite significant.

However, for the monster side, as long as they won, no one really cared about the losses in the battle.

Thus, when they confirmed their victory, the surviving beast slaves and half-orcs on the scene loudly cheered.

It was unclear whether it was because Zhou Tian's previous performance was too outstanding or if his actions accidentally caught the attention of the half-orc warrior. In any case, after the battle ended, just as Zhou Tian was about to leave, he unexpectedly received an order from the half-orc warrior to meet him.

Although Zhou Tian did not want to meet the half-orc warrior, thinking about the strength the half-orc warrior had displayed in the battle with the NPC soldiers, Zhou Tian did not have the courage to defy the order. Thus, after receiving the message, although Zhou Tian was somewhat hesitant, he still obediently followed a half-orc warrior to the half-orc warrior's presence.