Chapter 725: Chapter 472: Competition Between Lords, Return to the Territory

The Icefield Wolf closest to him had long been unable to contain its eagerness, its head with a gaping bloody mouth attempting to tear Zong Shen apart.

It had a thick coat of silvery-white fur

Zong Shen wielded the Nail-Head Hammer, remarkably displaying an even fiercer stance than the Icefield Wolf!

He smashed the head of the Nail-Head Hammer down onto the Icefield Wolf’s skull.

It’s true what they say about wolves having heads of copper and bones of iron but waists of tofu.

Its skull was indeed hard, yet it was still shattered by Zong Shen’s single strike, with fragments piercing through its own fur.

With just a single blow, Zong Shen inflicted over 180 points of damage on the Icefield Wolf.

After a fluid series of three strikes, this Icefield Wolf lost all signs of life.

The other Icefield Wolves seized the opportunity to pounce and bite, with one viciously clamping onto Zong Shen’s shoulder.

Sharp canine teeth scraped with a harsh sound against the dark red Battle Armor.

The immense biting force surprisingly caused a slight dent in the shoulder armor.

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A few pitiful damage values emerged, and these Captain Level Icefield Beasts could only inflict minor damage on Zong Shen.

He remained calm and collected, and the Icefield Wolves hanging onto him, each 1.78 meters long, seemed as light as feathers.

He grabbed one by the throat, forcibly yanking it down, breaking many of its razor-sharp teeth in the process.

Then, with his other hand, he smashed the wolf’s head.

His speed was swift, and in less than a minute, the howling Icefield Wolves were reduced to lifeless corpses.

He thus acquired 8,000 to 9,000 experience points, 625 Frosty Winter Points, and 125 Extraction Value points.

After dealing with these Icefield Wolves, Zong Shen quickly stepped inside, and spent several minutes chiseling through the ice with the Nail-Head Hammer to extract the Frosty Winter Treasure Chest, which he stored away.

He then slipped the Nail-Head Hammer into his weapon holster, flicked his wrist, and retrieved the [Hiking Merchant’s Badge].

He stored the bodies of these Icefield Wolves into the Badge’s built-in Storage Space,

Unlike Storage Grids that require categorization, Spatial Storage Items only require consideration of the volume occupied by items.

Before presenting this badge to Hoy, it was just right for common use to store the bodies of these Icefield Beasts.

Waste is shameful behavior.

During this period, the surface of Zong Shen’s [Strength Demon Armor] transformed into a dark red viscous substance, and after a wave of flowing, the scratches and bite marks left by the Icefield Wolves were restored to their original state.

After neatly taking the Treasure Chest, Zong Shen walked out of the Small Ice Mountain and came next to the Drilling Machine, pulling out Reese Ulysses, then storing the Drilling Machine in the Storage Grid.

He pointed in a direction, signaling that the next Treasure Chest was over 20 kilometers away.

With a flash of blue-gray light, the two vanished from the original spot.

Half an hour later, when the nearby Lords chiselled through the ice and rushed back here, there was only a single tunnel left by a Small Ice Wolf.

Three parties gathered here, casting hostile glances at each other.

In an area, if one of every six or seven Lords could obtain a Treasure Chest, it was considered good.

Moreover, the rewards of a Frosty Winter Treasure Chest are equivalent to a Silver Treasure Chest, an allure most Lords cannot resist.

Of course, to ordinary Lords, excavating a Small Ice Mountain is also not an easy task.

They were fighting fiercely over the Treasure Chest here just yesterday.

Now it seems like such a ridiculous scene, they felt like clowns.

Because unbeknownst to them, someone had already gotten ahead and taken what was here.

For a moment, the three groups of Lords glared at each other, cursing to vent their animosity.

In the end, they opted to return to their respective places.

The Frosty Winter Treasure Chest here was already taken; fighting here was meaningless.

More importantly, the ultra-cold ice rain in the second half of the night scared them stiff.

Not everyone, like Zong Shen, can know the weather changes inside the challenge period clearly.

In the eyes of ordinary Lords, traveling during the challenge period is risky, and extreme weather events could be deadly.

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Over two hours later, time had reached 11 in the morning.

Zong Shen and Reese Ulysses had reached a place 57 kilometers south of their territory.

During this time, their gains were average, including the one they previously obtained, they only got four Frosty Winter Treasure Chests.

They ran from the south to the southeast, unknowingly ended up in the southwest, and finally returned to directly south.

The number of Frosty Winter Treasure Chests was dwindling, and the gaps were growing larger.

Even with the assistance of [Basic Flash], the efficiency of obtaining Treasure Chests fell into a bottleneck.

In the process of pursuing Treasure Chests, Reese consumed more than 2 liters of Magic Spring Water and engaged in frequent Meditation to recover,

During this period, they even encountered more than a dozen Lords divided into two opposing sides fighting on the ice near a Small Ice Mountain southwest of the territory.

Each Lord brought over ten Warriors, with a total of more than two hundred people.

It was considered a small battlefield.

Zong Shen had met the leader of one side before.

It was Medina, who established the [Light Chaser Legion].

Zong Shen had encountered him during the Burrow Challenge when he visited Jiang Yi’s territory, attempting to recruit Jiang Yi into the [Light Chaser Legion].

Lately, Zong Shen thwarted his plan, yet he turned out to be someone who could bend and flex, caving in and slipping away immediately.