Chapter 60: Phosphorus Stone Sharp Tools

After a busy morning, Mo Xiaobai and Dong Zhen finally finished polishing and cutting all ten units of phosphorus ore.

Taking advantage of the rest break after lunch, Mo Xiaobai called over Li Ji, and they personally dug a deep pit in the northwest corner of the territory.

The pit was filled with many thorny wooden spears and weeds. Mo Xiaobai then scattered some fragments and powder of phosphorus ore into it. After fiddling with it for a while, he turned his head and asked: “Maogong, do you know how long it takes to ignite this pit?”

“This pit is only half a zhang square, but igniting the wooden spears inside is not easy.” Li Ji examined it closely for a while and shook his head, showing his lack of optimism.

In his opinion, if setting a trap, what was in front of him was enough, but starting a fire was not easy.

“Hehe, come on, come on, all step back.”

Mo Xiaobai knew that Li Ji did not understand the wonderful uses of phosphorus ore, so he smiled proudly, signaled for everyone to step back a few more steps, and took out a small torch that had been prepared long ago.

“Take this!”

With a low shout, Mo Xiaobai casually tossed the torch into the pit.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

With a sudden “whoosh,” a cloud of white smoke rose before the eyes of Mo Xiaobai and the others, mixed with greenish flames.

Then, not long after, red flames appeared through the green fire, and the entire earth pit was roaring with fire reaching three zhang high.

“My Lord, is, is this ghost fire?” Even though Li Ji was well-traveled and experienced, he couldn’t digest what he saw in front of him at that moment.

If the pit had been flooded with fire oil, he believed lighting it up would be easy. But now, there were only some dry wood in the pit and the stone fragments Mo Xiaobai threw down, yet the fire that started was even fiercer than using fire oil.

“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s step back a bit more.”

Watching the smoke rising from the fire pit gradually spread, Mo Xiaobai waved for Li Ji and Dong Zhen to follow him back.

Burning phosphorus ore was no joke. Inhaling a few extra breaths might not kill you, but it would definitely make you feel unwell.

“What I threw down just now was crushed phosphorus ore and powder. As long as there is even a slight bit of high temperature, it will spontaneously combust. The burning speed is extremely fast, and the smoke released has high toxicity.”

After explaining the strategic value of phosphorus ore, Mo Xiaobai calmly looked at the earth pit, which was still entirely red with fire: “With these sharp phosphorus stone tools, we have another twenty percent chance of winning in this Chaos of the Hundred Beasts.”

“My Lord’s strategy, this subordinate is extremely impressed.” Li Ji looked at the fire pit in front of him and showed his respect to Mo Xiaobai.

With such a sharp tool, wasn’t the chance of defending Daming Village increased by more than twenty percent?

As long as enough traps were dug, they would be impenetrable fire walls. No matter how many Evil Beasts came, they would all be burned to death.

Li Ji had already started thinking about how to make good use of this big killing weapon, while Dong Zhen on the side frowned and said: “My Lord, based on the phosphorus ore polished this morning, it is probably not enough to use on all four sides at the same time, right?”

“Using it all at once would definitely not be enough. The phosphorus ore traps are mainly used to deal with the side where the Beast King has no leader.”

Mo Xiaobai would have liked to use fire to solve all the trouble, but that idea was just a thought.

“The key to this battle still depends on the actions of General Li. I wonder how his scouting mission went.”

Just as Mo Xiaobai was thinking about the situation with the Beast Territories outside, a soldier in a hurry, wearing rattan armor, ran quickly towards where the three were.

“My Lord, General Li has sent a message back.”

“Speak.”

“Twenty-one li west of the territory, there is a Wolf Mountain. The wolves travel in packs and show strong territorial awareness. General Li went there alone and has confirmed that a Wolf King exists on the mountain.”

Wolf King!

The first Beast Territory!

Mo Xiaobai silently noted it down, then asked: “What about the other sides?”

“I came back from Wolf Mountain and do not know the situation on the other sides.”

“Good. Return to the Camp and rest for now. In two days, there will be a major battle in the territory, and you all will need to charge and fight to the death.”

“Yes!”

The Rattan Armor Soldier bowed his fist in response, turned around, and retired towards the Mountain Stream Rattan Armor Barracks.

…

After an entire afternoon, the Rattan Armor Soldiers sent out with Li Guang returned to the camp one by one. The news they brought back was not unexpected by Mo Xiaobai; there were Beast Territories on the east, south, and west sides of Daming Village.

“The Plane Intellect must have failed in its previous plan to destroy the village with bandits, so now it is trying to use wild beasts to destroy my Daming Village~”

Thinking about the world progress of his past life, even four or five territories sharing two Beast Territory attacks were exhausted, so facing numerous Beast Territories alone now, Mo Xiaobai instinctively smelled the deep malice from the Plane Intellect.

“But even if you want to kill me, I will survive tenaciously. The Hundred Beasts’ attack cannot stop me from upgrading my territory. I will slap your face again!”

With a belief in certain victory, Mo Xiaobai and Li Ji separately organized people to carry out defense arrangements.

Setting traps, building stockade walls.

The whole Territory was busy with great enthusiasm.

It was not until nightfall that the stockade wall on the west side was finally built.

Standing on the newly built wall, Mo Xiaobai took a deep breath and pulled out a Territory Building Upgrade Talisman.

“Ding~ Detected that Player ‘Daydreaming’ is using a Territory Building Upgrade Talisman. Please confirm to upgrade the building.”

“Territory Stockade Wall!”

“Ding~ Congratulations to the Player for successfully upgrading the building. The Territory Stockade Wall (Village Level 2) has been upgraded to Territory Stone Wall (Village Level 3).”

As the Intellect Brain’s prompt sounded, the wall under Mo Xiaobai’s feet began to change.

The original wooden stockade wall slowly showed a yellowish-brown tint, and its height climbed from one zhang to two zhang.

“The changes for a Level 3 building are indeed quite big. I’ll let He Chun guard this side tomorrow, and it should not be a problem.”

Testing the solid hardness of the stone wall, Mo Xiaobai nodded with satisfaction.

Although wolf packs were fierce, the threat was not too great in front of such solid defense. He had also prepared enough large stone materials, so unless an accident occurred, he should be able to hold them off.

“The Wolf Mountain on the west side is handed over to He Chun. The Tiger King of the Tiger Territory on the east side will be handled by Li Guang. The south side is Snake Valley, and the Rattan Armor Soldiers can just handle it. As for the north side, Li Guang has not returned for a long time. Could it be that he encountered trouble midway during the scouting?”

Mo Xiaobai walked down the city wall and met Li Ji, who was bringing many Territory Citizens back from setting traps. After hearing his concerns, Li Ji thought for a moment and suddenly laughed: “My Lord need not worry. If the Flying General does not return tonight, he should return by tomorrow.”

“How is Maogong so certain?”

“If this subordinate’s guess is not wrong, the strong enemy on the north side must be in Daye Marsh.”

“Daye Marsh?”

Reminded by Li Ji, Mo Xiaobai suddenly nodded in understanding.

The north side of the territory was an open grassy plain, and further ahead was not just Daye Marsh?

Thinking of this, Mo Xiaobai smiled: “There are few Water Monsters in Daye Marsh that can come ashore. This is good news.”

Li Ji also agreed and joked: “It is a hardship for the Flying General. I guess he is having a headache right now trying to find the Beast King in Daye Marsh.”

“The Flying General might not be good at swimming. It is better to send someone to find him and bring him back.”

Imagining a funny picture of Li Guang helplessly facing the vast Daye Marsh, Mo Xiaobai smiled but also wanted to summon him back to avoid any trouble during his outing.

However, just after Mo Xiaobai finished speaking, Li Ji shook his head to stop him: “My Lord need not do that at all. The Flying General has a proud and fierce personality. It is truly necessary to temper his character. Since he failed to complete the task My Lord entrusted today, he will surely give his all to serve tomorrow.”