After choosing to evolve into an elite, Zhou Tian quickly felt some changes in his body.
An exceptionally fast beast slave.
With the sudden addition of information regarding his new identity, Zhou Tian understood that after his decision, he had indeed gained something.
Having chosen to evolve, Zhou Tian, after using the experience he had collected, received a Speed Talent. Although being exceptionally fast is not considered a powerful talent among various monsters, with this talent, Zhou Tian's strength had undergone a considerable change.
Especially after Zhou Tian had evolved and become an elite monster, he seemed to have an intimidating effect on ordinary beast slaves. Although Zhou Tian did not have the ability to command the beast slaves, controlling a few of them to do some simple tasks was no longer a challenge for him.
Having undergone a qualitative change in his strength and now being able to command several beast slaves, with his current strength, Zhou Tian could definitely deal with the NPC soldiers without much difficulty.
Consequently, Zhou Tian, in dealing with the NPC soldiers, could win overwhelmingly, even without resorting to sneaky tactics like ambush.
And it was indeed the case. After his power had increased, Zhou Tian found it easier to handle the NPC soldiers when he faced them again. By controlling several beast slaves to distract the isolated NPC soldiers and then ambush them, almost none of the targeted NPC soldiers could escape their fate. Ultimately, even though the battle was not over, Zhou Tian successfully killed dozens of NPCs in a very short period.
However, after successfully evolving and killing those NPC soldiers, although he also received experience as before, he did not receive any prompts to evolve further, even after killing several times more NPC soldiers than before.
At this point, Zhou Tian's actions inevitably attracted the attention of the NPC army.
No one on the battlefield would specifically pay attention to anyone else, but if the battle was about to end, some conspicuous situations would inevitably attract attention.
Zhou Tian had been careful enough, but he couldn't keep the fact that he was controlling other beast slaves from those NPCs. As such, even though Zhou Tian had been cautious, he couldn't avoid being noticed by the higher-ups of the NPC army.
Eventually, just as Zhou Tian was on a roll, an order was given by an officer of the NPC army, and Zhou Tian's good times came to an end.
Although Zhou Tian had killed many NPC soldiers, his strategy was still based on ambush. Therefore, when the NPC army dispatched a small team to corner him, Zhou Tian's tactics were clearly ineffective.
Almost as soon as the NPC army made its move, the team Zhou Tian had assembled suffered a devastating blow. A charge by a team of more than ten NPC soldiers resulted in heavy casualties among Zhou Tian's beast slaves. If Zhou Tian had not withdrawn in the nick of time, it would have been doubtful whether he could have escaped unscathed.
Even though Zhou Tian had retreated, he was still in a predicament under the pursuit of dozens of NPC soldiers. Given the conditions on the battlefield, Zhou Tian's Speed Talent was hardly useful, and under such circumstances, he could not cope with that group of NPCs.
If nothing else changed and the NPC soldiers continued to corner him, it is foreseeable that even if Zhou Tian wouldn't die at their hands, he would undoubtedly suffer.
However, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed just as Zhou Tian was in danger.
A roar of anger suddenly resounded. Zhou Tian turned around to find that a team of Beastmen, led by a Beastman Warrior, had unexpectedly arrived on the outskirts of the battlefield. With the strength of this Beastman team, it was clear that their arrival would change the outcome of the battle.
Although Beastmen are not beast slaves, as they were part of the same monster group, Zhou Tian knew that they were definitely his reinforcements.
Thus, with the arrival of the reinforcements, Zhou Tian naturally breathed a sigh of relief.
On the other hand, upon noticing the Beastman team, the NPC army was caught off guard. Without any hesitation and knowing that they could not possibly defeat their opponents, the NPC army decided to retreat immediately.
However, even if the NPC army wanted to leave now, the Beastmen would not let them go easily.
As a result, when the NPC army was preparing to retreat, a large number of Beastman Warriors charged at them on the orders of the leading Beastman Warrior.
Under such circumstances, Zhou Tian was also inevitably affected. The group of NPC soldiers, who had been pursuing him relentlessly, abruptly abandoned their mission and prepared to retreat with the NPC army.
However, Zhou Tian would not let these NPC soldiers retreat easily. Given the current situation, it was certain that his side, the monsters, would achieve victory. Under these circumstances, the NPC soldiers were no longer a threat to Zhou Tian. In his eyes, these NPC soldiers were a pool of experience. Zhou Tian was confident that if he could put in a little more effort, he would have no problem gaining more experience.
As a result, when Zhou Tian constantly harassed these NPC soldiers, preventing them from escaping easily, they eventually failed to escape due to his interference. Under such conditions, they naturally ended up being surrounded by the Beastmen who were catching up from behind.
The rest was straightforward. Against overwhelming strength, the NPC soldiers inevitably fell before Zhou Tian and others. With the help of the Beastmen, Zhou Tian also managed to kill a few NPC soldiers while opportunistically taking advantage of the situation.
By the time the battle ended, not many NPC soldiers had managed to escape successfully. Even though Zhou Tian's side had won, the number of beast slaves and Beastmen who had fallen in battle against the NPC army was still substantial.
However, clearly, for the monster side, achieving victory was all that mattered. No one cared about the casualties suffered in the battle.
As a result, when they confirmed their victory, the surviving beast slaves and Beastmen who remained at the scene let out loud cheers.
Zhou Tian didn't know if it was his outstanding performance or his actions that had somehow caught the Beastman Warrior's attention. Anyway, when the battle was over, and Zhou Tian was about to leave, he unexpectedly received an order to meet with the Beastman Warrior.
At that moment, Zhou Tian didn't really want to engage with that Beastman Warrior. However, remembering the Beastman Warrior's strength displayed during the fight against the NPC soldiers, in the end, Zhou Tian didn't have the courage to resist the other's command. As such, upon receiving the order, although Zhou Tian hesitated, he dutifully went to the Beastman Warrior himself, escorted by a Beastman Warrior.