Opening up the treasure chest, Zhou Zhou was surprised at the number of treasures within.
"Only 3 items."
He muttered as he picked up the items.
The first item he picked up was a battle resurrection scroll.
The second item was a thick silver book.
On its cover was a handsome middle-aged male general wearing a golden battle robe and riding a golden dragon horse!
"I've finally gotten another one."
He said as he checked out the book's information.
[Treasure Name: Hero Inheritance Secret Manual]
[Grade: Extraordinary-tier advance grade]
[Treasure Ability: After using it, you can obtain the Dragon-Horse Spear General—Jin Feilong's Hero Inheritance.]
[Introduction: We soldiers vow to fight to the death with the enemy! — Dragon-Horse Spear General — Jin Feilong]
"I can finally reward Lu Chong with something valuable."
Zhou Zhou smiled as he called his strongest combatant.
He was now more powerful than the divine-tier entity, Nezario and Aegon.
"My lord, you called."
Lu Chong arrived in front of Zhou Zhou as he said.
"Here's a little reward for your service."
Handing the hero inheritance manual to Lu Chong, Zhou Zhou said to him.
Looking through the silver back book, Lu Chong was shocked.
"This is a real hero inheritance! I can be a legendary hero with this book!"
His breathe quickened as he recalled legends of heroes and their exploits.
Taking almost a minute to calm down, he said with difficulty.
"My lord, the hero inheritance of the Dragon-Horse Spear General doesn't suit my combat path."
"I'm a warrior! With my spear, I slaughter my enemies and those opposing my lord! "
"Leading the army is the job of the commander, and I'm not one."
Presenting the hero inheritance back to Zhou Zhou, he said to him without flinching.
Shocked at Lu Chong's rejection, Zhou Zhou asked.
"Are you certain?"
"I am, my lord."
"I will always remember your kindness as long as I still breath."
Lu Chong knelt with his head bowed and his hands outstretched.
"Fine."
Taking the hero inheritance book, Zhou Zhou kept it in his new spatial ring.
Bai Yung isn't getting any special treatment.
Only when he advances his skills to the kingdom-tier would he be eligible to receive the hero inheritance book.
He made up his mind
As for the last item, it was a card.
He looked at it.
[Card Name: Supreme Challenge Immunity Card]
[Card Grade: Exclusive]
[Card Effect: When you participate in the supreme challenge, you can expel all enemies at any time, withdraw from the supreme challenge, and restore all challenge losses.]
"A useful item. A pity I won't be making use of it."
Zhou Zhou said as he checked the placement of the lords undergoing the supreme challenge.
"None have been able to pass the 3rd round except me."
"That's really troubling for their sake."
He smiled, remembering the threatening challenge they made against him.
Having to pull the entire 20,000 fire demons into their spatial rings before bringing it over to Zhou Zhou, the 3 soldiers spent over 20 minutes accomplishing that.
Easily accommodating the entire corpses in his new spatial ring, Zhou Zhou obtained the following.
84,136 mist cores! (Black iron-tier (75,656), Green bronze-tier (8,160), White silver-tier (296), Yellow gold-tier (24))
84,136 Abyss crystals! (Black iron-tier (75,656), Green bronze-tier (8,160), White silver-tier (296), Yellow gold-tier (24))
20,007 bottles of potential advancement potion! (Black iron-tier (17,666), Green bronze-tier (2,242), White silver-tier (89), Yellow gold-tier (10))
20,007 Abyss contract books! (Black iron-tier (17,666), Green bronze-tier (2,242), White silver-tier (89), Yellow gold-tier (10))
2 hours later, a line of golden text appeared in front of Zhou Zhou.
[Supreme Challenge Notification One: Congratulations, you have become the lord who participated in the most rounds of the supreme challenge!]
[Supreme Challenge Notification Two: Your strongest novice lord title and supreme reward will be released when the novice lord ranking is settled!]
A smiled appeared on his face after reading the notifications.
"They really couldn't surpass the 3rd round."
"I hope they learn to be respectful to those who are better than them."
He said as he waited for the final round.
3 hours and 37 minutes later, a line of blood-colored text appeared in front of Zhou Zhou.
[Supreme Challenge: The fifth round of the supreme challenge has begun. Lord, please be prepared!]
"You can forget about killing me easily!"
Fire demon lord Artena flew out of the scarlet fog and looked down at Zhou Zhou and his soldiers from above.
A moment later, its information appeared in front of Zhou Zhou.
[Monster Name: Fire Demon Lord— Artena (Scarlet lord)]
[Strength Level: Yellow gold-tier advance grade]
[Monster Description: The strongest enemy of the supreme challenge. He was once the 116th son of the fire lord Ardiles on the 601st level of the Abyss. Kill him and you will obtain the final round of the supreme challenge treasure chest (Unique)!]
[Loot Drop Rate: 20 Yellow gold-tier mist cores, 20 Yellow gold-tier abyss crystals, 1 bottle of Epic-tier potential advancement potion, 1 Yellow gold-tier advance grade abyss contract book, 1 Legendary-tier scarlet lord talent sphere, 2 Legendary-tier lord talent crystal fragments]
Whoa! A freaking Legendary-tier scarlet lord talent sphere!
The supreme challenge is really awesome!
An excited smile appeared on Zhou Zhou's face.
"Let's see how if your soldiers can protect you."
Seeing Zhou Zhou's smile, Artena said angrily.
Waving his hand, a massive number of fire demons surged out of the scarlet fog and charged towards Blazing Sun City.
There were more than 50,000 of them!
With 100 Yellow gold-tier fire demons in front of them.
"Kill the lord from the Supreme Will!"
He ordered.
Roar!!!
Acknowledging the command of their king, the over 50,000 fire demons charged directly towards Zhou Zhou.
"Protect the lord!"
Bai Yung commanded as he positioned in front of Zhou Zhou.
"There's no need."
"Kill every one of them."
Teleporting into the defensive barrier protecting his city, Zhou Zhou said to his soldiers.
"Thank you, my lord."
The giants were relieved as they got ready to slaughter the entire fire demons.
"I hope Tuun and Betek can be able to break through the barrier and kill the lord from the Supreme Will."
Artena muttered as he watched the battle below.
Killing everything in his path, Lu Chong refrained from using his law skill to avoid exhausting his energy.
Rather, he did his best in trying to advance his spear skill as little as he could.
Having a law skill can indeed raise my strength, but raising my spear skill is still the best path to maximize my entire strength.
The spear genius thought as he continued killing.
As for the king of the fire demons floating in the sky, he ignored him.
If he refuse to descend, we'll kill his entire army before the dragon go after him.
Hiding in the midst of their subordinates, Tuun and Betek finally made it to the front of the protective barrier.
Using their strongest attacks, they drew the attention of the entire battlefield as their Yellow gold-tier advance grade strength was revealed.
Boom!!!
They took a couple of steps backwards while the barrier remained undisturbed.
"They failed."
Artena mumbled as all hope of killing Zhou Zhou was lost.
Taking hold of his battleaxe, he inhaled deeply as he appreciated the world for one last time.
Exhaling, he vanished before appearing in front of Lu Chong.
"Let me experience the power of a law skill!"
He roared as he appeared above Lu Chong with his axe swinging down.
Turning towards Artena, Lu Chong thrust his spear.
He directly utilized his law skill against the kingdom-tier soldier.
!!
Without any sound, his spear pierced through Artena's neck, bringing his breathing to a stop.
"That's the power of a law skill."
He muttered before withdrawing his spear from the fire demon's neck.
Terrified after seeing their king get killed, Tuun, Betek, and every other fire demon began escaping.
Rumble!!!
As soon as the thought of retreat emerged in the mind of the fire demons, the Crimson Overlord immediately struck.
Thud! Thud!! Thud!!
Thousands of fire demons immediately collapsed to the ground.
They were all dead.
Sensing the promotion energy rushing into the phantom cages surrounding his soldiers, Zhou Zhou was shocked.
That was definitely the aura of the Crimson Overlord.
It's really powerful!
He thought after watching over 40,000 fire demons fall dead in a snap of a finger.
[Prompt One: You have completed the final round of the supreme challenge and obtained the final supreme challenge treasure chest!]
[Prompt Two: You have become the first on the novice lord ranking (unchangeable)!]
[Prompt Three: Your war losses have been restored!]
[Prompt Four: You can withdraw from the supreme challenge!]
[Prompt Five: You have obtained the admiration of the Supreme Will.]
"I did it!"
A smile appeared on Zhou Zhou's face.
Opening the treasure chest in front of him, he found a lustrous seed inside.
A text notification appeared.
[Item Name: Tree of Time]
[Item Level: Legendary-tier advance grade. Enhanceable]
[Tree of Time Effect: After planting it in your territory, you can experience time 5 times faster than normal or 5 times slower than normal. The older the tree gets, the more its ability grows.]
"Amazing!"
Zhou Zhou was astonished.
He understood what it means to be 5 times ahead of everybody else.
As for being 5 times behind everybody else, he also know about its benefits.
As expected of the treasure for passing the final round of the supreme challenge.
In a hurry to plant it, he fulfilled prompt four.
"Withdraw from the supreme challenge."
He said.
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