Chapter 93

Without maintaining a distance from the enemy, the orc archers were not much stronger than the orc warriors, and naturally, they were far inferior to the undead, whose strength had always been above that of the orcs.

Thus, when those zombies successfully approached the orc archers under Zhou Tian's command, casualties began to appear in large numbers in Zhou Tian's team.

Moreover, to make matters worse, when the orc archers were struggling under the siege of the zombies, the graves in the area originally occupied by Zhou Tian's team began to crawl out with more zombies. To put it bluntly, given the situation at the time, if Zhou Tian did not come up with a solution, there was a risk of total annihilation.

Zhou Tian's current losses were originally unnecessary. If he had not been greedy, he would not have encountered such a crisis. However, since things had already developed to this point, Zhou Tian did not have any regrets. Just as the zombies were about to separate and encircle the orc team, Zhou Tian indeed gave orders to his subordinates: "Form units of a hundred and break through to the rear!"

Faced with the enemy's carefully prepared trap, Zhou Tian did not think he had the ability to counterattack. Since he was already destined to suffer a loss today, it was better to retreat from this dangerous territory early rather than stay and engage the enemy.

As a result, with Zhou Tian's order, a large number of orcs split into small teams and fled to the rear. Although many orcs were surrounded and killed by the undead during this process, due to the fact that many zombies had not yet appeared, taking advantage of that gap, the majority of Zhou Tian's orcs managed to retreat smoothly.

Glaring at the undead territory with hatred, although Zhou Tian was angry about the casualties in this place, he was also well aware that this was not the time for revenge. Not only had his current strength been greatly reduced, but also, being on the enemy's territory and engaging in battle without reinforcements would put him at a significant disadvantage.

"Retreat!" Clenching his teeth, the calm Zhou Tian ultimately did not make any futile moves. If he wanted to take revenge, he would have to wait until he was strong enough. Since he did not have the strength to defeat the enemy now, it was better to retreat early.

With this retreat, Zhou Tian saw the problem.

"No wonder these bastards gave up so easily when facing my attack; it was because of this." When he came, Zhou Tian was focused on taking over the undead territory, so he did not pay much attention. It was only when he was preparing to retreat that he realized the undead territory had no defensible positions. In such an environment, either he had to defeat the enemy or retreat. Otherwise, without a place to defend, he would constantly face attacks from the enemy. Even if he occupied the territory, he did not have enough troops to garrison it.

Since there was no possibility of occupation, Zhou Tian no longer had such intentions. Upon discovering that the undead territory had no strategic points, Zhou Tian decisively led his orcs back to the passage.

Although Zhou Tian suffered a hidden loss at the hands of the undead and did not even see their BOSS, his intention to demonstrate his strength was still achieved. After retreating to the passage, the undead did not further pursue him.

Although there was no communication, Zhou Tian was clear that, at least in the near future, the undead would not dare to advance on the Skeleton Cave.

After dealing with the undead, Zhou Tian naturally turned his attention back to the beginner area.

Although Zhou Tian suffered a hidden loss at the hands of the undead and his current strength was greatly reduced, he still did not intend to change his original plan. Although he had not succeeded, Zhou Tian did not really take the monsters in the beginner area seriously. Apart from the puppet maker, whose personal strength made him wary, the other monsters in the beginner area had never been a threat to him. If it were not for the puppet maker, Zhou Tian would have already absorbed those monsters. Now, with his strength damaged but still confident in dealing with the puppet maker, Zhou Tian felt he could still absorb the monsters in the beginner area.

After confirming that the undead had no plans to attack the Skeleton Cave in the near future, Zhou Tian left some orc archers to guard the passage and then gathered his troops and launched a direct attack.

He had to act quickly. If it were not for the need to prepare something to deal with the puppet maker, Zhou Tian would not have waited until now to act. Since the monsters were almost fully recovered, Zhou Tian did not want to engage them when they were at full strength. He had to act first.

With this move, Zhou Tian directly and swiftly incorporated a large area outside the Skeleton Cave into his territory, connecting the lost territory of the Skeleton Cave with his current territory.

Zhou Tian's actions did not stop there. Since he planned to take over the entire beginner area, his appetite naturally could not be limited to just a small piece of territory.

After taking over the territory outside the Skeleton Cave, Zhou Tian immediately attacked a group of monsters near his territory. Without the enemy organizing all their forces, he easily took them down.

Although Zhou Tian's actions were quite successful, they naturally provoked a reaction from the other monsters. After all, the monsters, even with low intelligence, had already understood Zhou Tian's character. Based on Zhou Tian's past behavior, as long as there was an opportunity, he would definitely absorb other monsters. Therefore, even if they did not want to confront Zhou Tian, to prevent their territories from being absorbed by him, the monsters still had to organize to resist Zhou Tian's attack.

As a result, after Zhou Tian absorbed two monster territories, all the monster forces in the beginner area, except for the puppet house, directly formed an alliance and stood in front of the orc army, formally confronting him.

"This time they didn't waste any words; it seems they have learned a lot!" Seeing that the monsters did not try to negotiate with him as before, Zhou Tian could not help but praise them a little.

Since they already knew his ambitions, the smart thing for the monsters to do would have been to take him down directly. It was precisely because the monsters in the past could never make up their minds to act that Zhou Tian was able to take advantage of them repeatedly. Now, with sufficient strength accumulated, Zhou Tian was preparing to absorb them.