Pan Shi had not completely recovered from all his injuries, but it was true that his condition had improved somewhat. Given the situation at the time, even if Pan Shi was not fully healed, he still couldn’t defeat Zhou Tian. However, if Zhou Tian now wanted to capture Pan Shi, he would indeed need to expend much more energy. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

As Pan Shi’s strength grew stronger, it naturally became even more difficult for Zhou Tian to capture him. And hadn’t Zhou Tian’s efforts all along been aimed at preventing Pan Shi from recovering from his injuries?

If Pan Shi were to regain his strength, then Zhou Tian would certainly find it very difficult to capture him. Clearly, although Pan Shi had healed some of his injuries by now, given his current condition, it would still not be easy for him to withstand Zhou Tian’s attacks.

So, the difficulty for Zhou Tian to capture Pan Shi had undoubtedly increased from the beginning. However, this did not mean that Zhou Tian couldn’t capture him at this point. In fact, given the current situation of Pan Shi, which couldn’t be considered good, and relying on Zhou Tian’s strength, if he could keep suppressing Pan Shi, eventually killing him was not out of the question.

However, although Zhou Tian certainly had the absolute upper hand based on the current power levels, Pan Shi had many hidden trump cards. Although it seemed he was at a disadvantage now, if Zhou Tian couldn’t swiftly capture him, once Pan Shi started using his tactics, Zhou Tian might not have the ability to keep this formidable opponent.

It should be known that Zhou Tian had only managed to gain an early advantage, and while he might have some upper hand in terms of strength, in terms of tactics, he still couldn’t match a being with as deep a foundation as Pan Shi.

Thus, unless Zhou Tian could prevent Pan Shi from using his tactics, considering Pan Shi’s foundation, he wouldn’t need to do anything extra and could simply release his abilities one by one. Zhou Tian would likely find himself unable to hold him.

And Zhou Tian did want to prevent Pan Shi from using any of his abilities, but clearly, although Zhou Tian wanted to do so, the possibility of him being able to do so was extremely low.

In fact, from the beginning, Zhou Tian had never intended to let Pan Shi use his abilities. However, clearly, judging from the current outcome, Zhou Tian’s efforts could be said to have failed. Pan Shi’s strength might not be as great as Zhou Tian’s right now, but he wasn’t far behind. Although Zhou Tian’s presence did have some impact on his ability to perform, preventing Pan Shi from employing his abilities wasn’t an easy task from any angle.

Given this, since Zhou Tian previously hadn’t been able to prevent Pan Shi from using his abilities, it was unlikely that he could stop him now, as Pan Shi was preparing to use his powers.

Hence, from the moment Zhou Tian failed to block Pan Shi, it was already a sign that Zhou Tian might not find it easy to detain him today. And under these circumstances, if it had been possible then, Zhou Tian might as well have given up at that time.

But obviously, it was extremely difficult for Zhou Tian to just give up, as he simply couldn’t bring himself to make that decision.

Judging by Pan Shi’s strength, even Zhou Tian himself knew that forcing his opponent to this point today was an absolute miracle. If he missed today’s opportunity, even though his strength was currently superior, given Pan Shi’s tactics, Zhou Tian might still find it hard to gain the upper hand in the future.

Thus, knowing full well that he couldn’t kill his opponent before he recovered, and that he’d be incapable of killing Pan Shi once he had recovered, continuously wasting time on Pan Shi might as well be avoided altogether.

However, giving up this opportunity might mean there wouldn’t be another one. Because of this, facing this choice now was precisely why Zhou Tian was indecisive.

According to his instincts, even though he knew well that he no longer needed to waste time on Pan Shi at this moment, not wanting to miss this opportunity, Zhou Tian still chose to stay at that time.

Although Pan Shi’s ability to hide wasn’t bad, under Zhou Tian’s determined search, he eventually managed to quickly find Pan Shi’s location. Upon finding Pan Shi, Zhou Tian didn’t consider how big of a chance he had to detain him; his mind was solely focused on killing Pan Shi. Thus, with that mindset at the time, Zhou Tian didn’t harbor any other thoughts. After finding Pan Shi, he immediately began attacking him relentlessly.

Thus, when Pan Shi was cornered without being fully recovered, his situation naturally was not going to be good. Zhou Tian’s relentless attacks landed on him. Although these attacks didn’t manage to kill him outright, under Zhou Tian’s assault, Pan Shi’s injuries were indeed exacerbated. However, as Zhou Tian had anticipated, despite his attacks having an effect, how vast were Pan Shi’s abilities? Even if Zhou Tian had inflicted further injuries, with Pan Shi’s foundation, he still had the ability to escape using some power.