The other lords were also staying up, waiting for midnight to arrive.
The benefits they had gained from exchanging with the two mysterious merchants, Alpha and Beta, were not actually that great.
After all, everyone had a limited number of points.
Moreover, when the mysterious merchant Alpha appeared, most lords had chosen to exchange for items and privileges that would help with the challenge.
As a result, they had very few points left to exchange for general items and props.
There were even quite a few lords who, for various reasons, had failed to spot the mysterious merchants disguised among the attackers—such as those firmly committed to hunkering down, or those whose detection capabilities were too limited and had overlooked them.
There were quite a lot of such lords. Not everyone could flawlessly find and exchange with the mysterious merchants both times.
Unlike the mysterious merchants, challenge reward settlement was a gain available to every surviving lord.
Thus, lords scattered throughout the Endless Continent were all eagerly awaiting it.
Zong Shen, on the other hand, was rather calm. He merely wanted to see the challenge rankings.
Earlier, at the mysterious merchant's place, he had used the [Another Chance Privilege Coupon (Special)] to earn double the challenge points, exchanging them for many useful items, pieces of equipment, and privileges.
His normal strength was now no weaker than that of Mogeluo Ga Blackvein, the mid-tier Legendary Blackvein Clan chieftain. Once he activated his various buff skills, he could utterly crush Legendary powerhouses. It could be said that this strength was enough for him to wage war against a Great City!
Moreover, he still had quite a few [Lucky Lottery Tickets] and [Lottery Balls (Gold Body)] unopened. All of those counted as part of his reserves.
In addition, after the challenge ended, the