Chapter 2778: Chapter 870:
Thus, aware of his involuntary reaction at that time, Zhou Tian naturally was no longer surprised.
And after hearing Zhou Tian’s words, that group of living beings, who were already Zhou Tian’s followers and were currently facing hardship, immediately knelt down at that moment.
"We dare not deceive the supreme deity. We are all believers of the supreme deity. Only because of encountering great calamity, we have to invite the deity to descend to the lower realm!"
Upon hearing the leading creature’s words, Zhou Tian couldn’t help but feel a sense of absurdity at that moment. Zhou Tian had extracted the faith power of these living beings while they paid the corresponding cost to invite Zhou Tian to their world, which is plagued by misfortunes. Thus, having taken full advantage, they, who only get some returns by paying the corresponding cost, were surprisingly grateful to Zhou Tian.
However, despite having such thoughts in his mind at that time, as the party who obtained the advantage, Zhou Tian naturally chose not to say more at that moment. Even though it seemed like Zhou Tian had benefited from those believers, without Zhou Tian’s help, the fate of these living beings would have undoubtedly been dire. Thus, even though Zhou Tian profited greatly, since he would take action to help them this time, the living beings wouldn’t have lost out completely.
Of course, adhering to the situation at that time, although Zhou Tian viewed all this as an unequal transaction, he knew the living beings wouldn’t see it this way. And for the dissemination of his faith, Zhou Tian naturally wouldn’t let the other party know the truth.
Therefore, after hearing their words, Zhou Tian regained his composure and immediately offered assurance at that moment.
"Since you are my followers, I naturally shall ensure your safety. If there is any danger, just report it, and I will take the lead for you!"
"Thank you, supreme deity, it’s a long story..."
After receiving Zhou Tian’s assurance, the group of living beings couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief at that moment. Then, upon Zhou Tian’s inquiry, they revealed their predicament to him.
As Zhou Tian expected, even in an intermediate world, without certain status and strength, summoning an avatar with consciousness to descend to the lower realm is quite improbable. Zhou Tian’s avatar requires souls as tribute to descend, and among them, the souls of beast species have the lowest value, while primate souls have a relatively potent summoning effect. Particularly the souls of powerful living beings, if used as tributes to summon Zhou Tian, it could certainly bring forth Zhou Tian’s stronger energy avatar to the lower realm.
Considering the situation at that time, where could the lower ranks of living beings in either intermediate or advanced worlds obtain strong souls to summon Zhou Tian? Hence, even if they were truly followers of Zhou Tian, it was typical for them to use livestock as offerings. In dire situations, they might even sacrifice some of their own as tributes. Without formidable souls, summoning Zhou Tian’s powerful energy avatar naturally became difficult.
And truly, the living beings kneeling before Zhou Tian at that moment couldn’t be considered mighty. But even if they weren’t powerful, as long as they held sufficient status in this world, they always had ways to obtain some cultivator souls. At worst, with no alternatives, they could use a massive amount of their kind’s souls to summon Zhou Tian at that time. Thus, while their actions seemed cult-like sacrificial rituals, regardless of how successful their actions were, as long as those forces engaged in such rituals, it ensured the summoning of Zhou Tian’s stronger energy avatar.
Hence, Zhou Tian’s consciousness-descending avatar at this moment already indicated that the group of living beings before him must possess certain status in this world.
In reality, with the leading living being’s narrative, Zhou Tian’s speculations were soon confirmed.
It turns out that the world into which Zhou Tian descended was an intermediate world where Fighting Qi and Magic were the primary power systems. And in that world, there existed only two main intelligent creatures; humans and beastmen. The war between the two races had been ongoing since their recollection, for beastmen had astonishing talent in fighting qi, making their warriors far superior to humans, with one beastman of equivalent realm capable of defeating three human warriors of the same level. Moreover, the beastmen’s reproduction rate was several times that of humans. Since the inception of the conflict, humans had always been suppressed by beastmen.
In fact, if it weren’t for humans simultaneously cultivating Magic, a power that exerts a significant effect on the battlefield, they would have been exterminated in confrontations long ago.
And even with the help of Magic, humans often could only rely on weaponry and magic to barely protect themselves against beastmen attacks. Defeating or even annihilating beastmen, given the current situation, was no easy feat.
In fact, until now, humans had always been at a disadvantage. It was precisely because humans were perpetually struggling that their desire for external assistance was intense, leading to Zhou Tian’s Angels being dispatched to this world. Although equally wary by the residents of the world, considering the angels’ combat power, those in power didn’t resist their preaching in their territories.
Thus, although it seemed Zhou Tian’s angels didn’t hold significant power in this world, thanks to their potent strength, they had firmly grasped divine power. However, since Zhou Tian’s angels hadn’t incited any trouble, the humans to this day remain oblivious to the strong influence gained by letting Zhou Tian’s angels take charge of divine power.
Certainly, the achievements of Zhou Tian’s angels mattered little to his current mission. Now that Zhou Tian’s energy avatar arrived in this world, his primary aim was to expand his influence here, and secondly, to aid these believers through their tribulations.
Nevertheless, to Zhou Tian, after hearing his followers’ plight, he immediately grasped the situation.
Indeed, the hardships his followers faced at present were dire. Believing only when reaching this juncture would they choose to summon Zhou Tian’s avatar to the lower realm. First, as Zhou Tian was their deity, disturbing his avatar was something they naturally wouldn’t prefer to do. Second, and most importantly, regardless of how Zhou Tian’s angels advertised him, the method of his divine descent bore resemblances to a cult ritual. Thus, even if these beings had no doubts Zhou Tian was an evil deity, naturally, with rational human thinking, they wouldn’t relish relying on such an ability.
So, what troubles were those humans facing at the time?
This story began with the humans’ location.
In the world where Zhou Tian’s avatar dwelled, beastmen completely suppressed humans, thus beastmen naturally assumed the role of aggressors. Occasionally, beastmen would invade human territory, though humans constantly struggled to resist, often relying on their castle defenses to barely safeguard themselves. Truly driving back these invading beastmen, as it stands now, humans lack such ability.
Hence, although human territory undoubtedly belonged to humans, owing to the constant need for defense, when a small number of beastmen infiltrated deep into human territory, the defense works built by humans became ineffective.
