The three minutes of time stop is actually meant for Lords to actively read and ponder the announcements.

Zong Shen went over the subtitles of the announcement several times, a slight smile curling his lips.

The Lord System always manages to present him with some new tricks.

The final challenge is very targeted because the regional challenge Boss will refresh in the region of the Lord who has accumulated the most Cave Points.

And the Lord who has gained the most points in the region must be the strongest in the area. Even if by some chance the Lord with the most points isn't the strongest, they definitely are the biggest beneficiary in this Burrow Challenge in the region.

Arranging the regional Boss this way undoubtedly places this Lord under direct pressure, because although the regional challenge Boss has a smaller attack intention, it's still a Boss. Moreover, the most crucial point is that the entire regional Burrow Monster Swarm will be attracted to it, putting them in a dangerously prominent position.

At the same time, the final challenge aligns with the intention of a nationwide challenge. Once the monster swarm is attracted, the external crisis for other Lords in the region will be alleviated, and the Lord System encourages everyone to support, jointly attacking this regional challenge Boss. After causing damage to the Boss, there will be extra reward settlement.

This is essentially a two-way attraction and indirect decisive battle operation.

On one hand, the final Boss attracts Burrow Monsters and Burrow Heroes to focus here; on the other hand, it calls for regional Lords to provide support, relying on the strongest Lord's Territory to fight together, indirectly creating a final decisive battle between the Lord's side and the Burrow Monsters' side.

The movement of Burrow Monsters isn't fast; they can't cover much distance in three hours. The reason for giving both Burrow Monsters and Lords advance time is considered a deliberate adjustment.

After all, with the sparse monster swarms near Zong Shen Territory, if there wasn't advance time, by the end of the 6-hour challenge, not many Burrow Monster Swarms would make it close to his territory.

This final challenge event can't be called brilliant, rather sly and intricate. Without any coercive measures, it ensures the situation develops as expected. After analyzing, Zong Shen could only give a thumbs up.

Zong Shen has accumulated over 165,000 points by now, a vast number, mostly gained from proactive hunting in the latter days of the challenge. Moreover, as Burrow Monsters gradually refresh, points and their acquisition efficiency increase steadily. This is the trend for the entire region, though others can't handle constant battles against five or six thousand or even tens of thousands of monster swarms like Zong Shen can.

It seems that the one who has accumulated the most points in the region is, nine times out of ten, none other than Zong Shen himself.

He still has quite a few Defense Tower blueprints, initially planning to deploy them directly at planned locations after the challenge ended to save the hassle of relocation later. Unexpectedly, the final challenge introduces this new twist.

This gives Zong Shen a bit of a headache. To cope with the final challenge, Zong Shen must set up those Defense Towers first.

Simultaneously, more defensive deployments are needed outside the territory, like constructing more Road Barriers and digging some trenches and spine traps to address potential monster swarm sieges.

Meanwhile, the [Nordic Array-Breaking Heavy Crossbow (Purple)] and [Storm Crossbow (Blue)] can be put to use, placed flexibly in the direction of the highest pressure to work wonders at the critical moment.

Zong Shen pondered for a moment, arranging future plans, and then the three minutes of time stop ended.

Everything around returned to normal as the small hands kneading his back resumed their activity.

However, Zong Shen no longer had the mind to enjoy the massage; his thoughts had returned to the territory.

With 18 hours remaining, Zong Shen needed the Warriors to rest quickly and make both internal and external deployments; the frontlines could also be withdrawn around then.

Holding close to 100,000 points, Zong Shen was undoubtedly financially robust. After learning of the final challenge, he had no mind to farm more points but only wished to return to his territory quickly to adequately prepare, to avoid messing up.

For caution's sake, to prevent any dragon-less incidents, Zong Shen still inquired about the strategy with a hint of curiosity.

"Am I the first in accumulated Cave Points in this area?"

(Yes, the current second in the region is 8 times behind you).

Seeing the response from the strategy prompt, Zong Shen didn't have much psychological fluctuation.

Having come this far, if he couldn't secure the first place in the region, it would be better to end himself.

Moreover, this first place doesn't bring much glory, still facing the final challenge, and the last point exchange evidently won't open until after the final challenge, so the benefits corresponding to these points cannot be converted before the final challenge.

Zong Shen shook his head and gently patted the small hands of the Mapple sisters resting on his shoulder.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work."

Hearing Zong Shen's words, the sisters sensibly stopped their actions.

Zong Shen slowly stood up and clapped his hands.

"Attention everyone, the situation has changed. Our territory will be besieged by Burrow Monsters tomorrow morning."

"Now the hunting operation is over, everyone return!"

Upon hearing his words, all Warriors dared not delay, rising one after another.

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