[Somewhere in the Main World]
D was absentmindedly repairing an area that had been ravaged beyond recognition by the Witherzilla.
Although the work in his hands never stopped, his thoughts had already drifted far away, carefully weighing the current situation.
There was no doubt that the present situation was exactly what D had hoped to see.
After getting rid of J, this troublesome stumbling block, D's every move no longer needed to be restrained or restricted in any way.
However, D could not deny that this turn of events had truly gone beyond his original expectations.
For a long time, D had always carried a firm, unwavering goal in his heart, revenge was the very first thing he intended to do after arriving in the main world.
But because D had never been able to figure out a way to get rid of J, this also meant that he had been unable to come up with a detailed and complete action plan for a long time.
D knew this perfectly well, if he didn't deal with the thorny problem that was J, then no matter how flawless a plan he devised after racking his brains, it would ultimately amount to nothing, with no possibility of being put into practice.
Because he was very clear that J would absolutely do everything possible to stop him or sabotage things, so before kicking J out of the way, making any plan at all was nothing but wasted effort.
For this reason, for a long time, the only thing D repeatedly pondered in his mind was how to successfully shake off J, this shadow-like burden that clung to him wherever he went.
He firmly believed that as long as he could completely eliminate the interference caused by J, then even without any advance planning to speak of, relying solely on his own powerful strength and exceptional intelligence, all difficulties would be resolved with ease, and everything would naturally develop in the direction he desired.
Originally, D's plan after coming to the main world had also revolved around getting rid of J first.
But what he hadn't expected was that everything progressed so smoothly, he didn't have to expend any real effort at all to easily shake J off.
Now that the trouble of J had already been resolved, what D needed to consider next was naturally his following plans.
D's goals were very clear, the top priority was revenge, and after that, to once again become the God of Creation and rule this game world.
Obviously, compared to simple revenge, such a grand objective as ascending the throne of the God of Creation again and taking control of the entire game world had a level of complexity that grew exponentially.
This inevitably involved Notch.
After all, the current God of Creation ruling this game world was precisely Notch.
How could Notch be forced to hand over the authority in his hands?
And how should J and a whole series of related people or forces be dealt with?
If he wanted to successfully achieve this goal, he would have to face many intertwined and extremely challenging problems.
Moreover, these problems were by no means things that could be easily solved in a short period of time. Every single one required careful planning, deep consideration, and the formulation of detailed and comprehensive solutions.
For precisely this reason, at the present stage, D did not devote his energy to thinking about these matters. At this very moment, all of his focus was placed on one thing alone, revenge.
However, even revenge, this seemingly simple task, was just as full of difficulties and challenges when viewed under the current circumstances.
D desperately wanted to completely erase the true HIM, along with Xu Yuan and everyone under Xu Yuan's command.
But even though he now possessed combat power that could be called the strongest in the game world, it was still not easy for him to achieve this wish.
The main reason for this situation was that D was unable to directly engage the true HIM and Xu Yuan in a head-on confrontation.
Just as Entity 303 had analyzed in depth, the power controlled by D and the power possessed by the true HIM were, in essence, a subtle balance formed between different manifestations of Notch's spirit.
Although the materialized D possessed astonishingly powerful strength, he still could not step into the Land of Trials, let alone destroy it.
Therefore, he could only patiently wait until the Land of Trials came to an end before he would have a chance to make his move.
However, a confrontation between a transcendent existence of D's level and the winner of the Land of Trials, who had already obtained the power of the true HIM, was bound to be earth-shattering.
Their battle would absolutely not be able to begin quietly and then end without a sound.
This meant that as long as the two sides drew swords and clashed, Notch would certainly become aware of the situation at the very first moment.
Based on D's many years of understanding of Notch, even if Notch were to believe the various "truths" that had been twisted and altered by D, and even if a trace of guilt were to arise in Notch's heart toward D, Notch would still never allow both sides to let the flames of war spread unchecked.
Notch had always been calm and rational. He would inevitably do everything he could to stabilize the situation first, and only then make long-term plans.
Obviously, for D, "taking the long view" was absolutely the option he resisted the most and was least willing to face.
After all, the lies he had woven were far too fragile, like thin paper that could be pierced with a single poke. And besides, J was only temporarily trapped by D, he wasn't dead.
For a long time, D's every move had been fully observed by J.
As long as J had the chance to get in touch with Notch, all of D's lies would be exposed.
After learning what D had done, Notch would not be like J, turning a blind eye for the sake of friendship.
By that time, let alone controlling the entire world, even D's goal of revenge would probably become extremely difficult to achieve.
Not only that, even if he temporarily assumed that Notch would not intervene, D still did not dare to rashly engage in a direct confrontation with the person who had successfully passed the trials of the Land of Trials.
D knew very well that the Land of Trials had been personally created by the true HIM, and at the same time, he also understood that anyone who could conquer the Land of Trials would inevitably obtain the power of the true HIM.
For this reason, D did not have absolute confidence that he could defeat the victor of the Land of Trials.
Because the true HIM still existed in this world, this meant that no matter how much effort he had exerted in the past, he had not completely killed the true HIM.
Although D did not know why he was unable to completely kill the true HIM, since the true HIM had bestowed his power upon the winner of the Land of Trials, it was very likely that even now, D would also be unable to kill that victor.
For all of these reasons, if D wanted revenge, he could only find another path.
After thinking this through, D pondered for a moment, and then invaded the game forum.
He then began searching through posts on the forum about the situation in the Land of Trials.
After casually browsing for a while, D discovered that there was basically no longer any suspense regarding the winner of the Land of Trials.
The players writing the posts had a god's-eye view, allowing them to directly analyze the situations of each faction.
Virtually all of the posts had already defaulted to the assumption that Xu Yuan would win the Land of Trials.
After foreseeing that the winner of the Land of Trials was very likely to be Xu Yuan, D felt much more at ease, after all, Xu Yuan was not unfamiliar to him.
At this moment, a perfect revenge plan had already taken shape in his mind.
'Since there's no one-hundred-percent certainty of killing him…'
'Then the only option is to find a way to make him kill himself.'