In a cave somewhere in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
Dou Xiaodou, a grimy little brat, looked at Xiao Mo's reply message and immediately became unhappy.
It was because Brother Qianmo hadn't accepted his blueprints and he couldn't help Brother Qianmo.
However, the little brat still replied quickly.
"I know! Big Brother!"
"I'll strive to have the goblin teams dig out more and better blueprints and give them to Big Brother!"
However, the naive little brat didn't know that his reply was actually worse.
As soon as he replied, Xiao Mo glanced at it and felt dizzy, almost spitting out a mouthful of old blood.
What was this all about?
Digging out more and better blueprints?
How could he say such a thing without any martial ethics?
Helpless, Xiao Mo had to change the subject. He was afraid he would die of sadness if he kept his mind on the blueprints.
"How is the iron essence smelting and equipment forging coming along over there? How much do you have now?"
The little brat's reply came quickly.
"Big Brother! My goblin teams have been working overtime."
"We currently have two thousand five hundred units of iron essence in storage. I've divided the goblin teams into two groups. One group is responsible for mining and smelting iron essence, and the other is responsible for forging equipment."
"By tomorrow, the iron essence storage should reach six thousand units!"
"As for the equipment, we've already completed about a thousand sets. As long as the materials are sufficient, the goblin teams' speed will be even faster!"
Seeing these messages, Xiao Mo sighed helplessly.
This was the powerful effect of functional buildings built from construction blueprints.
Without the 【Melting Furnace】, iron essence could not be smelted.
All the lords could only sporadically collect some natural iron essence by luck.
Without the 【Forge Room】, no equipment could be forged at all.
These two functional buildings were arguably the most valuable buildings among all the lords, apart from troop buildings!
Xiao Mo knew that the hope of upgrading his Immortal-Demon territory lay entirely on this little brat.
This was because he had already prepared sufficient wood and stone, and these items could be easily exchanged for food.
However, iron essence was a rare commodity!
It was as difficult as ascending to heaven to obtain enough through exchanges!
...
A day passed quickly.
It was evening again, and the Immortal-Demon team had returned.
To Xiao Mo's disappointment, the wolf pack from yesterday had vanished without a trace today.
Despite the Immortal-Demon team's powerful search capabilities and their carpet-like search, they couldn't find any clues.
This disappointed Xiao Mo, but also ignited his stubbornness.
"Qing'er, Meng'er! Take the Immortal-Demon team out to search again early tomorrow morning!"
"I don't believe such a large wolf pack could just disappear into thin air?!"
"As you command, Master!"
Xian Qing'er and Xian Meng'er replied respectfully in unison.
Then, it was Xiao Mo's turn to be busy.
However, because they were simultaneously searching for the wolf pack today, the Immortal-Demon team hunted fewer magical beasts than usual.
Even so, there were still two to three hundred of them, and more than ten elite-level magical beast bosses.
He performed the usual gathering and decomposition, and then processed all sorts of resources such as food and materials.
This time, no Soul Crystals were dropped, only five Immortal-Demon Stones.
This further confirmed Xiao Mo's thoughts.
...
Night fell.
In the 【World Chat Channel】, although it was as lively as usual, it was all meaningless information.
All the lords appeared calm, but Xiao Mo understood that this was just the calm before the storm.
Just like the world covered by the night sky.
Normally, he could hear the frenzied roars of magical beasts around the territory.
But today, it had become unusually quiet.
Although it was a bit eerie, Xiao Mo was not worried.
After all, he was still in the beginner protection period. With the protective shield, he didn't need to worry about any magical beasts or forces intruding into the territory.
...
One night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, the Immortal-Demon team left the city and continued to search for traces of the wolf pack.
After breakfast, Xiao Mo went to the 【Immortal-Demon Reincarnation Pool】 to reincarnate the Immortal-Demon troops for the new day.
Upon choosing to reincarnate Immortal-Demon troops immediately.
Soon, after the pool glowed, four orbs of light flew out.
A moment later.
The same two Immortal race soldiers and two Demon race soldiers knelt before Xiao Mo.
Seeing these four Xiao Mo soldiers, a look of helplessness appeared on Xiao Mo's face.
A 5% probability was just a 5% probability, meaning that he would have to reincarnate 20 times to have a chance of reincarnating a special or higher-grade Xuan-level troop.
The last time he reincarnated Xian Qing'er had already used up this probability, so he had only been reincarnating the most ordinary Yellow-grade Immortal-Demon soldiers these past few days.
Although Xiao Mo was a little disappointed, he quickly adjusted.
What if they were Yellow-grade Xiao Mo soldiers?
Upon reincarnation, they were already at the peak of Tier 4, much stronger than the top-tier troops summoned by other lords.
He shouldn't be ungrateful and always wish for higher-grade or special Immortal-Demons.
He should maintain a normal mindset and go with the flow.
What was meant to be his would eventually be in his hands, and what was not meant to be his, even if he forced it, would be in vain.
What was destined to come would eventually come!
Thinking this, Xiao Mo's mood improved significantly.
He named the four Immortal-Demon soldiers one by one, and then ordered them to rendezvous with the Immortal-Demon team.
Immortal-Demon troops had their own unique communication methods, so Xiao Mo didn't have to worry about them not being able to meet.
After finishing these matters, Xiao Mo sat down in the attic.
Just as he was about to open the 【Myriad Races Trading Platform】 to check his earnings.
Suddenly, an exciting interface popped up before his eyes.
[Killed Tier 4 Iron-backed Azure Wolf, Energy value +10!]
[Killed Tier 4 Iron-backed Azure Wolf, Energy value +10!]
[Killed Tier 5 Iron-backed Azure Wolf, Energy value +20!]
[Killed Tier 6 Elite Iron-backed Azure Wolf, Energy value +30, Immortal-Demon Stone +2]
[...]
The messages displayed on the interface made Xiao Mo's spirits instantly soar.
The Immortal-Demon team had found the Iron-backed Azure Wolf pack!
And it seemed they had already engaged in battle and were even hunting them!
Watching the continuous kill notifications.
Xiao Mo's thoughts churned, and his mood became beautiful, filled with anticipation.
He hoped that this hunt would yield some good items.
Even if no blueprints dropped, some slightly higher-grade equipment would be fine.
If not, dropping a Soul Crystal and a large number of Immortal-Demon Stones would also be good!
He had already accumulated nine hundred and thirty-two Immortal-Demon Stones and nine Soul Crystals.
He only needed to drop sixty-eight more Immortal-Demon Stones and one more Soul Crystal, and the 【Immortal-Demon Reincarnation Pool】 would be able to reach Saint-grade again.
Xiao Mo felt that this possibility was very high.
After all, these nearly a hundred Iron-backed Azure Wolves were at least Tier 4 at the weakest.
There were at least fifteen elite-grade ones, and an eighth-tier commander-level Iron-backed Azure Wolf King.
Xiao Mo was truly looking forward to what good things would drop from wiping out this strongest magical beast pack encountered in eight days!