Zhou Tian, despite saying that creating clones using the abilities of his personal world was not difficult, would absolutely not waste such great energy on those NPCs if there were no meaningful purpose. Thus, at that time, since Zhou Tian was preparing to use such a method to deplete the strength of that group of NPCs, he also made preparations to eliminate them. Given the situation at the time, it was not easy for those NPCs to escape.
Zhou Tian had not considered keeping all the NPCs behind, but with his calculations, he had already prepared to keep some of the opponent's members. According to the situation at that time, as soon as those NPCs moved, Zhou Tian made efforts to keep them there.
Silent and unnoticed, those NPCs didn't realize when Zhou Tian had made his arrangements. Nevertheless, when those NPCs were preparing to pull back, they hadn't yet figured out what was happening when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by Zhou Tian's clones.