155: Chapter 155 Camphor Tree King, Refining Spirit Ointment.

Of course, the fragrance emitted by this camphor spirit wood was not that overwhelming.

Rather, the rich aroma would damage the Golden-Winged Hard-Shell Insects' sense of smell, putting them into a state of coma and weakness.

These Golden-Winged Hard-Shell Insects, with bodies comparable to bears, directly developed muscle weakness after inhaling the fragrance, and their wings lacked the strength to maintain flight.

This led to the scene in the global live broadcast where tens of thousands of Golden-Winged Hard-Shell Insects fell from mid-air and crashed onto the ground.

This sudden scene left Li Shunyao, who had been fantasizing about revenge, momentarily stunned.

"No... what's going on?"

Li Shunyao's second insect clone flew forward, and he smelled a very unique fragrance.

This fragrance seemed to damage the Zerg's nerves, making the insects unable to breathe and causing the Spiritual Qi within the Zerg's bodies to become chaotic.

The Golden-Winged Hard-Shell Insects that had fallen from the sky were all weak and helpless, lying on their backs with their legs in the air, unable to get up.

The scene truly resembled mosquitoes being smoked out and knocked down after lighting a mosquito coil.

Xu Xuan, standing on the high tower, was delighted to see this effect.

"General Chi You, why is the effect of this camphor spirit wood so good?"

Chi You, who had just finished planting the trees, was also satisfied with the effect of the spirit wood and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Great King, there's something you don't know! There are too many poisonous insects and ants on the Lord Continent. I specifically cultivated a special camphor wood using the cultivation techniques from the Shennong Book, growing a camphor wood king tree."

"Didn't you notice, Great King, that there are almost no mosquitoes or insects in your palace and courtyard?"

When Chi You said this, Xu Xuan finally realized something.

Oh, right?

He usually didn't pay much attention; he would just fall asleep as soon as he got home.

Logically, the Lord Continent was full of poisonous insects and ants, and as far as the eye could see, most of it was no-man's land.

If you dared to take your girlfriend to a small forest, you would definitely come back covered in small bumps bitten by poisonous insects and ants.

On his first day on the Lord Continent, although Xu Xuan was wrapped tightly in his school uniform, he was still bitten dozens of times.

But recently, while sleeping in the palace, he hadn't seen a single mosquito.

The centipedes and other insects that used to crawl around the room had also vanished without a trace.

Could all of this be thanks to Chi You?

"General Chi You, was it you who had someone send the incense to my bedroom?"

Chi You cupped his hands and said, "Great King, it was just an unintentional act. The camphor wood king tree I cultivated produced branches that turned into camphor spirit wood."

Interesting!

Chi You was skilled at cultivating crops. He hadn't expected that the camphor wood king tree he grew for mosquito repellent would have such a miraculous effect after entering the era of Spiritual Qi Recovery.

Looking at it now, with a ring of camphor spirit wood planted outside the island, the Zerg Swarm didn't dare to invade at all.

But this wasn't enough; it only served as a defense for now. In the coming days, even more powerful Zerg Swarms would attack.

If only...

Xu Xuan thought of something; camphor wood branches and leaves could be made into natural mothballs.

And the sap from this spirit wood should have an effect similar to a pure natural insecticide.

To humans, it was a non-toxic, harmless, fresh, and natural fragrance.

But to the Zerg, the spirit wood cultivated from the camphor wood king tree was their ultimate nemesis.

Thinking of this, Xu Xuan immediately ordered: "General Chi You, build a workshop on the newly added open space to extract the spirit wood sap and condense it into a paste. Once ignited and heated, it can emit a even more intense scent."

Hearing Xu Xuan's command, Chi You's eyes widened.

"Great King, this is a wonderful idea!"

Before, Chi You had only thought about cutting down the wood and carrying it on his person to repel insects.

He hadn't expected the Great King to suggest extracting the essence and letting it cool into a medicinal paste; this method was far more powerful and effective.

This paste, when evaporated at high temperatures, could emit an even richer aroma.

"Great King, I will lead the men to refine it immediately!"

No sooner said than done. Chi You had people plant more camphor spirit wood in the open space, then took the branches and leaves and put them into a pit.

Two strongmen took stone pillars and forcefully smashed them into the pit, pressing the sap out of the branches and leaves.

In an instant, the fragrance filled the air.

Mozi, who had been closely following the war, rushed to this outer workshop.

When Mozi saw Chi You using manual labor to press the leaves, he shook his head.

"General Chi You, this manual method is too physically demanding, even though every citizen in our city possesses divine strength."

"But if you add a fulcrum to the stone pillar and then add a wooden pole, you can easily pry it up..."

Before Mozi could finish, Chi You gave a dry laugh: "Brother Mo, I'm okay at forging weapons and cultivating plants, but I'm truly clueless when it comes to mechanics. You should take over."

With the help of Mozi's Mechanism Techniques, a more convenient crushing device for juicing was created.

The milky-white sap flowed from the stone pit and into wooden buckets.

This leaf sap quickly solidified into a paste, becoming blocks of fragrant insecticidal ointment.

Meanwhile, the outside world knew nothing of this.

They saw the scene of Xu Xuan being surrounded, yet he hadn't made a move for a long time, making everyone anxious.

[Zhou Wu: Brother Xuan, say something! The brothers have already gathered over a thousand Great Xia Lords and brought over ten million reinforcements!]

[Li Fei: Brother! We have no fewer people than the insects. If every lord contributes ten thousand men, we can easily gather a force of ten million for you.]

[Zhao Hao: Brother Xu, just say the word and send the coordinates to the group, and we'll open a teleportation gate to help immediately!]

Everyone was worried sick.

Xu Xuan was the banner of Great Xia. If he was worn down by the Zerg, who would lead everyone to contend against them in the future?

The Zerg had only just appeared, yet they had already displayed terrifying combat power.

Just imagine, when the real Zerg appeared in 6 days, as long as tens of thousands of insects had enough food, they could produce a million-strong swarm in half a day.

How terrifying is that?

Wherever the insects passed, not a blade of grass would remain; they would eat all your iron mines and spirit mines. No race could match the Zerg's speed of frantically churning out troops.

Under these circumstances, everyone's only hope was Xu Xuan.

Just as they were pacing in circles with anxiety, becoming kings of impatience...

[Xu Xuan: Everyone in the Great Xia Lord group, don't worry, and there's no need to come help. I'm just making some insect repellent. Please stay calm.]

Insect repellent?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the next second, the group messages exploded.

[Zhou Wu: Brother, you already have a way to deal with the insects?]

Hundreds of messages flooded the group instantly, and Xu Xuan didn't have time to look.

He just wanted to experiment with his concept now.

From the high tower, Xu Xuan looked at the mozi Giant God Soldier standing up in the Mohist Workshop.

"Load all of this refined Camphor Spirit Ointment into the mozi's arms and legs. Add heating devices to the limbs and ignite the spirit paste!"

Following Xu Xuan's command, the Mohist disciples quickly poured the transported paste into the steel body.

The mozi stood up from the workshop area, its arms began to heat up, and an even stronger camphor scent diffused.

It was like steam gushing out, visible to the naked eye!

Following that, the mozi leaped from the dozens-of-meters-high Floating Island into the Zerg Swarm.

The arms and legs of the twenty-story-tall mozi began to spray hot steam. Wherever it passed, a large number of Zerg foamed at the mouth and collapsed weakly on the ground.