?68: Chapter 68 Clan Evolution 68: Chapter 68 Clan Evolution You might not notice it when looking at each territory individually, but if you add up all the territories owned by those bosses, they would be shocked to realize that Zhou Tian had already allocated all the territories near the exterior of Skeleton Cave to them.

    As long as they took over these territories, the only territory left for the Beastman Clan in that area outside of the Skeleton Cave would be the cave itself.

    Zhou Tian’s intentions have become undeniably apparent.

    It’s just a pity that these bosses either failed to notice his plan or simply refused to believe that Zhou Tian would act so boldly.

    Nevertheless, after Zhou Tian allocated those territories to these bosses, months went by in relative peace for the Beastman Clan and other monsters.

    Though a few months is not a long time, it’s not short either.

    During this period, many developments occurred in the beginner area

    After the bosses went back and took over their respective territories from Zhou Tian, they realized that Zhou Tian had indeed transferred the territories around the Skeleton Cave to them.

    However, considering the large number of Beastmen still present in the Skeleton Cave and not believing that Zhou Tian would give up such a large territory, the bosses accepted Zhou Tian’s arrangements without any objections.

    In those following months, Zhou Tian showed considerable restraint, not only did he stop attacking other monsters, he also rarely organized actions against NPCs.

    Seeing Zhou Tian’s behavior, most of the bosses felt reassured.

    However, whether they failed to notice or simply ignored it, those bosses on guard against Zhou Tian seemed utterly oblivious to the fact that from the moment he allocated the territories outside Skeleton Cave to them, he had ceased to send reinforcements there.

    What this behavior meant by Zhou Tian should have been clear to those bosses, had they paid any attention.

    Regrettably, those bosses failed to uncover Zhou Tian’s scheme in a timely manner.

    Just when they were letting their guards down, preparing to return to their previous peaceful existence, Zhou Tian was secretly making preparations to annex them.

    Though the Beastman Clan gave away much of their territory to those bosses, it didn’t mean their strength had declined.

    On the contrary, without attracting too much attention, the Beastman Clan had by now become the strongest monster group in the beginner area, next only to the Puppet House.

    First, Zhou Tian swallowed the Skeleton Tribe, then forcibly claimed part of the Beast Race’s territory, and finally, despite allocating away some territories, he managed to annex the Carnivorous Flower Clan.

    After these series of actions, Zhou Tian now controlled several branches of monster territories.

    Even though Zhou Tian previously occupied a large portion of territory, it would take time to absorb the strength boost that comes with it.

    Hence, while Zhou Tian’s power had increased, it hadn’t fully manifested yet.

    Now, after several months of rest and recuperation, the power that came from controlling these territories was finally in his hands. S~ea??h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    As for power, this boss, Zhou Tian, had now almost tripled in strength, compared to when he first became the Beastman leader.

    While other lesser bosses didn’t grow as much as Zhou Tian, they had also nearly doubled their strength.

    Moreover, due to the expansion in territory, the structure of the entire Beastman Clan had also changed.

    The original structure of the Beastman Clan consisted of beast slaves, Beastman Warriors, and the Beastman leader.

    Even though the increase in territory led to a growth in overall strength, it didn’t change the structure.

    It wasn’t until Zhou Tian fully absorbed the gains from his recent series of actions that the structure of the Beastman Clan underwent a drastic change.

    The structure of the evolved Beastman Clan, after assimilating their territories, felt like it had been forcibly overturned and reorganized.

    The newly formed monster branch could no longer be called the Beastman Clan.

    The original Beastman Clan was now a thing of the past, replaced by the Beastman Race.

    Regardless of the organizational structure or the strength of its members, the Beastman Clan had become significantly stronger than their original Beastman state.

    If it wasn’t for Zhou Tian’s territory still not being vast enough, then the current Beastman Clan would have definitely had the potential to challenge the Puppet House.

    The new set-up and strengths of the Beastman Clan were as follows: Beastman Warriors were at Level 18, Beastman Archers at Level 20, Beastman Guards at Level 25, and the Beast King at Level 35.

    Compared to the five positions in the Puppet House, the Beastman Clan still only had four, just like other beginner area monsters.

    However, when looked at in terms of strength, the lowest level within the Beastman Clan was 18, which was a significant improvement from before.

    Without mincing any words, if the Beastman Clan could evolve once more, then they would definitely possess the strength to compete with the Puppet House.

    Nevertheless, even though the Beastman Clan’s strength wasn’t there yet, it was already sufficient to fortify Zhou Tian’s plan of annexing most of the beginner area monsters at one go.

    In the course of a few months, under Zhou Tian’s player-killing-for-military-power tactic, he had replenished his forces to their maximum.

    And once the military forces were at full strength, Zhou Tian naturally initiated the action he had prepared for a long time.

    In reality, Zhou Tian didn’t need to prepare anything else.

    Once his plan started progressing, things were destined to develop as planned.

    Having divided his territories among other monsters, Zhou Tian had not sent reinforcements to the Skeleton Cave ever since.

    Even in such a situation, the fact that the Beastman force that had almost entirely stayed there was able to persist up to now was nothing short of a miracle.

    However, since Zhou Tian had already given up on those Beastman as pawns, their perseverance yielded no dividends.

    After the casualties of the Beastman, or rather the beast race, that were stationed in the Skeleton Cave exceeded ninety percent, the defense line that Zhou Tian had set up there naturally became useless.

    The undead monsters that were originally in the Netherworld Realm, which was connected to the Skeleton Cave, successfully occupied the cave through that passage.

    Instantly losing such a territory as the Skeleton Cave was certainly not a good thing for Zhou Tian at the time.

    Although Skeleton Cave was small, it accounted for about one-tenth of Zhou Tian’s territory.

    The loss of such a large territory significantly weakened the strength of Zhou Tian and the Beastman Clan.

    However, although Zhou Tian lost part of his territory, he didn’t show much anger over the loss.

    On the contrary, when he received news of the fall of the Skeleton Cave, he revealed a look of excitement.

    He couldn’t help but be excited.

    Zhou Tian had gone against his own conscience, calculating not only against his opponents but also using his own subordinates as pawns.

    After making so many preparations and seeing that his plan was about to be finalized, how could he remain unmoved?

    Any mishap might jeopardize Zhou Tian’s plan to strengthen his monster forces by annexing other monsters.

    Under such circumstances, Zhou Tian didn’t mind resorting to some cunning tactics for the sake of a better future.

    He temporarily got rid of those bosses’ willingness to fight by assigning them territories.

    But when these bosses innocently accepted the territories that Zhou Tian had carved out for them, they didn’t know that they had unwittingly fallen into Zhou Tian’s plot.

    Looking at the territories Zhou Tian assigned to these bosses individually might not raise any suspicion.

    Each of the territories Zhou Tian gave out was in the belly of the monster area.

    Although they inevitably attracted harassment from the NPC and players, there was no doubt that Zhou Tian certainly fulfilled his promise by assigning excellent territories.

    However, if those bosses really understood what their territories entailed, they would perhaps no longer be pleased.