Knowing the course of the future, Chen Rui had never taken Caesar Piero seriously. To him, the man was ultimately just a supporting character.
The one who truly surprised Chen Rui was Zong Shen.
After his rebirth, Chen Rui had once intended to make a name for himself.
Then Zong Shen had appeared out of nowhere. In his memories of his previous life, Zong Shen was an unfamiliar name. At the very least, he had never seen it on any leaderboard or in the [World Channel].
Yet in this life, that man named Zong Shen had maintained an overwhelming lead from start to finish.
He had even trampled all the prodigies from Chen Rui's previous life underfoot.
That was why Chen Rui called Zong Shen a wildcard.
With that thought, Chen Rui stepped away from the mountain of corpses formed by countless Dark Star Insectoids. Their hard shells would have made excellent materials, but unfortunately, they could not be taken out of the Defense Challenge, so he had no interest in collecting or studying them.
Only five or six thousand Dark Star Insectoids remained in his exclusive Defense Challenge domain, along with the Dark Star Broodmother, whose breeding had hit a bottleneck.
After calculating the remaining challenge time, he decided to rest for an hour before taking the initiative and attacking the broodmother.
With strength to spare, Chen Rui naturally aimed to kill every enemy. Only then could he earn a higher score and more rewards.
The Dark Star Insectoids followed the broodmother, so he did not have to worry about them scattering.
Still, dealing with the high-tier epic broodmother would take some effort on his part.
The Dark Star Insectoids' weakness lay in mental and psychic interference.
The broodmother possessed powerful mental strength, which allowed her to serve as