Even though he utilized the skill trait of Death Withering, he wasn't sure if the final damage determination would still count as his.

Thinking of this, he resolutely decided to return!

Based on the damage from Death Withering, the Netherworld Snake Apophis' 20% Life Value wouldn't last for 5 seconds.

Zong Shen had not returned far when the serpent's Life Value was already at zero!

The entire Netherworld Serpent suddenly stiffened, its fierce and captivating eyes abruptly dulled, its scale armor lost its luster, and ultimately, it began to petrify from its lower limbs to its entire body, then gradually crumbled into dust and dispersed with the wind.

The regional challenge boss, the mythical beast Netherworld Snake Apophis' reproduction limit form, was just finished like that.

The Lords who were chased down fell to the ground in dismay, feeling a sense of emptiness as if they survived a disaster.

After the death of the Netherworld Snake Apophis, it completely crumbled into dust, leaving nothing behind.

Not even any notifications, which left Zong Shen somewhat puzzled.

"Is it just over?"

Someone said in confusion, and everyone felt a bit bewildered.

Including Zong Shen himself, the world suddenly fell silent, all sounds disappeared.

The thick clouds in the sky began spinning and surging, forming a vortex in the clouds.

In front of all the Lords, a thick red beam of light burst from the center of the vortex.

This beam shot rapidly downward, immediately surrounding Zong Shen.

At the moment the beam descended, a golden notification of small characters flashed quickly before Zong Shen's eyes.

(Evasion detected, Guide Module dormant for 12 hours)

The notification disappeared swiftly, and before Zong Shen could react, he was enveloped in the red beam of light.

Zong Shen only felt his body rapidly float upward, continually flying quickly toward the sky.

There was a sensation of his soul leaving his body, this peculiar sense of departure made him lose the concept of time, and he didn't know how long had passed until he felt his body come to a halt.

Beams of white light swept across his body, instantly giving him a feeling of being completely exposed.

This feeling made him extremely uncomfortable, but at this moment he couldn't control his body, even his consciousness felt a bit adrift, as those white lights swept across him hundreds of times, like rippling light rings appearing on the surface of his body.

Everything around was a red, blurry void state, but he couldn't see any scenery aside from his own body.

After those white beams swept thousands of times, they finally stopped as if they had reached some conclusion.

The next moment, Zong Shen's body suddenly sank, endlessly sinking; however long he felt his body was flying before, now it was sinking just as long, causing a sense of weightless panic to arise within him.

Yet another process where time was indiscernible, and when the surrounding red beam of light disappeared, Zong Shen's consciousness was finally able to control his body.

"Huff... Huff..."

His eyes widened, his face displaying an expression of disbelief.

"Wh-what happened?"

Zong Shen's words were unstable.

He looked around, seeing that everyone was frozen in place, in a state of time stop.

Only Zong Shen himself could maintain activity and a clear consciousness.

Suddenly, bold subtitles emerged before his eyes.

[Successfully killed the regional Boss]

[Acquired Unique Challenge Title: Extraordinary Miracle]

[Beginning to settle your rewards]

[Acquired Basic Challenge Fragment ×100]

[Acquired Reputation Value ×10000]

[Acquired Gear of Destiny (Unknown) ×1]

[Acquired King Noah's Ring of Domination (Golden) ×1]

[Acquired High-Level Resource Treasure Chest (Purple) ×3]

[Acquired High-level Material Treasure Chest (Purple) ×3]

[Acquired Heroic Badge (Orange) ×3]

[Acquired Master of Greed's Purse (Orange) ×1]

[Acquired Hundred Kilometer Level Teleportation Array Construction Map (Orange) ×1]

[Acquired Dragon Taming Rein (Golden) ×1]

A series of reward subtitles whose brightness almost blinded his eyes.

A large pile of Orange Legendary and Golden Epic Level rewards emerged.

It appears that after some determination, the kill of the regional Boss was credited to Zong Shen.

Such abundant rewards were beyond what Zong Shen had anticipated.

After these reward subtitles appeared, they flickered and transformed into glittering spots of light, merging into Zong Shen's body.

In his personal storage grid, corporeal objects condensed out one by one.

Once all the rewards were fully condensed, the surrounding space-time resumed its flow.

Including those Lords who were in a state of time stop.

They all raised their heads to look at the sky, for their last impression before the time stop was the light pillar emitted by the vortex in the sky.

While everyone was at a loss, enormous golden banner messages appeared in the sky.

[Lord Zong Shen 1999514 successfully killed the regional Boss and received lavish rewards]

[A solid step forward on the path to becoming the Strongest Lord]

[All Lords in the area of Lord Zong Shen 1999514 will receive an additional buff lasting 72 hours and will be awarded a small reward treasure chest]

[Special Buff: Regional Blessing (Experience Value acquisition increased by 30%, Resource gathering rate increased by 50%, Universal Attack and Defense increased by 10%) This Buff is effective only within the region]

[Due to the particularity of this kill, the regional Boss will be temporarily adjusted]

The five golden banner messages were extremely conspicuous, shining with golden light.

These were five global messages, visible to all Lords across the continent.

At this moment, all the Lords were blown away.

"Zong Shen? That seems to be the one ranked first in Territory Level, Zong Shen?"

"It really seems to be him!"

...

"Oh my god, he managed to kill the boss within less than an hour of the challenge starting!"

"This regional challenge Boss had fifty million points of super high Life Value, how did he do it!"

...

"Is there a complaint window?"

"I'm suspecting someone cheated! An investigation is necessary!"

...

All these Lords who saw the golden banner messages almost went berserk.

Fifty million Life Value vanished just like that, most Lords simply couldn't believe it.

However, a few of the Lords who had previously slain the Wailing Lich had already guessed how Zong Shen accomplished it.

Including the Lords of Zong Shen's region, they too were fervently discussing, unbelievably shocked.

Those who came to support, and witnessed how Zong Shen dealt with the Netherworld Snake Apophis, basically also figured out the sequence of events.

As for those Lords who hid in their territories and didn't come to support, they were each utterly bewildered.

Now both the [World Channel] and various [Regional Channels] were in a state of extreme uproar.

It even made them forget for a moment that the ultimate challenge wasn't over yet.

However, in comparison, the Lords within the region were quite happy, as they scored a pretty decent 72-hour Buff for free, along with a small reward treasure chest.

Those on-site Lords who dealt damage to the Netherworld Snake Apophis received more or less some additional rewards too; overall, these rewards were unexpected surprises for other Lords.

However, those Lords who knew how Zong Shen dealt with the serpent felt a bit regretful inside.

If only they had been more careful, they might have had a chance to take down the Burrow Monsters.

Yet Zong Shen's method is doomed to be irreproducible since the golden banner mentioned that the lower Boss would be adjusted.

Zong Shen's situation is a unique exception; more importantly, it seems that the Lord System is patching!

Of course, it could be the Lord System intentionally left a flaw, whoever discovered it first and had the ability to use it, then the kill would count as theirs.

Zong Shen doesn't know any of this, and as the beneficiary, he doesn't need to explore further.

Now it is determined that his mode is non-reproducible.

But that doesn't rule out the possibility that many Lords might discover other methods.

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