If he couldn’t outpace the opponent, then he would use other strengths to close the gap between them.

Zhou Tian saw everything clearly at the time. As for how to keep the magpies from escaping, Zhou Tian had already devised a plan. Based on the situation then, it was never going to be easy for the magpies to escape from Zhou Tian’s grasp right from the start.

In fact, as soon as the magpies prepared to flee, Zhou Tian didn’t wait for them to get far before he used some tactics to prevent their escape.

As for the tactics Zhou Tian used to stop the magpies at that time, they were quite simple. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

It was only in terms of speed that Zhou Tian was inferior to the magpies; regarding strength, he was certainly superior. Therefore, given the circumstances, Zhou Tian didn’t need to do anything extra. All he had to do was find a way to hinder the magpies’ flight, so their speed couldn’t be fully utilized, and capturing them would then become extremely easy.

Unable to match their speed, Zhou Tian didn’t believe he would fail to capture them if they couldn’t make full use of their speed.

With that thought in mind, Zhou Tian’s actions at the time became very straightforward.

Use the Time Ability on the magpies!

Though, given the environment of the current world, using his Time Ability in any way to affect the flock of magpies certainly wouldn’t be easy, it was unlikely Zhou Tian would have an impact on them under normal circumstances. But regardless of whether the magpies could resist Zhou Tian’s Time Ability, they first had to try to block it as they reacted.

Undoubtedly, given the situation then, whether the magpies could block Zhou Tian’s ability or not, in the time it took them to mount a defense, they were already doomed to spend some time doing so. And given the circumstances, as long as the magpies paused even for a moment, Zhou Tian would have achieved his goal.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Tian indeed had no chance of catching up with fleeing magpies. But if the magpies didn’t have the chance to even take off, no matter how fast they were, it would be meaningless.

As a result, at that moment when the flock of magpies prepared to flee, Zhou Tian used his Time Ability, and though the magpies initially countered it with the Wind System Rule they practiced, having to utilize rule power meant their preparatory movements to take flight inevitably came to a forced halt.

Unable to escape was certainly the worst-case scenario for the magpies at that time.

If the magpies had managed to flee, Zhou Tian, despite his strength, would likely have had to let them go. However, now that Zhou Tian had managed to keep the magpies there using his methods, what followed would certainly not be as pleasant as the magpies had hoped.

Zhou Tian’s relationship with the flock of magpies was set; he hadn’t planned to hold back at all from the outset unless he truly didn’t have the ability. Otherwise, if there was hope, Zhou Tian would surely try to kill the flock of magpies then and there.

Given the situation, since the magpies hadn’t escaped, what Zhou Tian needed to do next was naturally to keep attacking the magpies nearby. With Zhou Tian’s strength, when he was intent on attacking the flock, he could immediately achieve impressive results.

In fact, given the circumstances, as Zhou Tian kept attacking the flock of magpies, due to the difference in strength, they had no resistance at all. Basically, as soon as Zhou Tian approached them, it meant that the grim reaper was targeting them. Eventually, Zhou Tian, using his Time Ability to prevent their escape, then killed them with close combat, landing blows one after another. With such a simple method, Zhou Tian successfully slaughtered the flock of magpies.

"Phew!"

Zhou Tian wasn’t at all surprised by the result of killing the flock of magpies. For him at that time, aside from preventing the magpies’ escape, he knew from the start they were no match for him. Successfully killing a group of living beings far weaker than himself, Zhou Tian naturally wouldn’t feel any sense of accomplishment.

As a result, Zhou Tian, having successfully killed the flock of magpies, naturally collected their corpses soon after.

Now that he had managed to procure food, what remained to be done was simply to enjoy a good meal.

Although it had been a long time since he’d experienced hunger, Zhou Tian wasn’t unfamiliar with the act of eating. Thus, after successfully finding food, how to eat became simple for Zhou Tian.

After finding a new hiding place, Zhou Tian cleaned up the magpies’ corpses briefly and then prepared Steamed Magpies.

He had no choice; given the conditions of this world and considering that his own culinary skills were somewhat mediocre at best, let alone this world lacking both kitchenware and seasoning, Zhou Tian naturally didn’t have any other choices besides the simplest of dishes.

But from the beginning, Zhou Tian hunted only to prevent himself from starving, so regarding the taste of the food, he didn’t care at all. Thus, although the prepared dish was simple, Zhou Tian still found it delicious. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)