Why is my territory in a 2D anime art style?

Chapter 115 The Attack from the Northeast

This is the second component-type drawing that Sui An has seen. The previous one was a green door and window type, and this time it is a town transportation kit.

Basic components are what builders need most; in some ways, they are even more useful than special buildings because they form the foundation for building a territory.

For example, Crescent City, which can be built at level six, requires sufficient supporting infrastructure to fully develop into a town.

For example, in a lower-level territory, you can empty the chamber pot every day, since you can just walk a few steps to get out, so it's not a big problem even if there's no toilet.

But you can't expect so many people in Jiangcheng to empty their chamber pots like they would in your own territory, can you?

You need a variety of supporting equipment; if you have blueprints for these equipment, the territory can be generated directly.

If you don't have one, then you have to build it manually using the old-world methods, which will involve various old-world factories, such as metal factories, stone factories, brick factories, etc. These factories can only be found in old cities like Jiangcheng now.

The reason why the three city lords built Jiangcheng based on its current location is naturally because the basic infrastructure of the old city is still usable, which can save them a lot of expenses.

But such an old-world city is no longer available to second- or even third-generation builders like themselves.

After unlocking, Sui An opened the blueprint and saw a dense array of detailed basic component drawings, which made Sui An's scalp tingle.

"If only roads in my past life had been built entirely prefabricated like this, these things would be self-contained within the core of the territory, and there would be no need to worry about ground subsidence —"

"This thing even comes with a spirit-gathering array like those in cultivation novels, it's just too outrageous!"

Sui An sighed and put the blueprints back. With these, his territory could be paved with tiles, and he would no longer have to worry about stepping into mud on rainy days.

Moreover, Sui An glanced at the templates in this kit and realized they would be enough for him to use for a long time. After all, only high-level territories have a control radius starting at 1 kilometer, and only such territories can be called towns.

"I just don't know the price of Yinghua stone crystals, or how many are produced in large quantities."

He glanced at his current merit points, which were 6159. He only needed a little over a thousand more to unlock the blueprint.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what this gold blueprint will look like!"

Sui An looked at the name on the blueprint and felt a little strange. He had heard of the altar, and remembered that it was something from Taoism. He didn't know the specifics, but it seemed to be related to talismans.

But what is a talisman? A talisman altar shaped like a statue?

Does the goddess sending spirits mean she wants me to invite a god?

Sui An suddenly thought of the Taoist concept of invoking gods, perhaps by sending a spirit or inviting a Taoist soldier like a Yellow Turban Warrior.

Based on today's progress, the thousand might only need to be collected tomorrow.

After unlocking the blueprint, the next step is to check the material requirements. Upgrading to level 5 will likely cost much more than the blueprint itself.

Once outside, apart from Fang Si guarding the watchtower, the other two had already gone to wash up.

Although the blood moon is still there, the thousands of ice demons around him have been almost completely cleared out, and there shouldn't be many ice demons coming to his territory in the short term.

"How was the harvest?" Fang Si's voice came from the side.

"It's alright, it covers the costs."

Sui An looked at the projection on the detection platform next to him. At this moment, there was not a single ice demon within 300 meters.

"This thing can actually kill empty air!"

"That's just for tonight; we can't kill them all."

"I wish there were more, I'm really short of them, just don't send the high-grade ones."

"Today is the 13th, and the day after tomorrow is the full moon, so there will only be more moonlight then than today~"

"You've reminded me that a full moon is almost always accompanied by a blood moon!"

Sui An was reminded by Fang Si that he should draw some more blue buildings.

However, the enormous expenditure today also made him somewhat nervous. If the Originium reserves were insufficient, he would also face disaster.

If I were to brave the attacks of many ice demons and forcibly expand the barrier to collect source stones, the pressure on the barrier would be too great, and the resulting losses might not be much better.

"Headache----"

"Let's wait and see. If it really comes to the point where we can't hold on any longer with just one or two more blue buildings, then we might as well just use Sword Star to flip the table and see if it really attracts any demons or monsters."

Thinking of this, Sui An breathed a sigh of relief.

"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~ Beep~"

The detection station's warning suddenly sounded again, so jarring and unexpected in the otherwise quiet territory that it left Sui An completely bewildered.

"What's going on? I've been resting for almost half an hour, why am I still getting a warning?"

He turned his gaze to the projection, where a red dot of light rapidly entered.

"Another level 5 ice demon?"

"Damn it!"

Sui An cursed out loud in an instant, but still managed to raise the Thousand Wind Barrier from the bottom of his heart, and once it was raised, it was a three-in-one great barrier.

The sharp warning sound even startled Wang Hu, who had already returned to the house to rest, and Fang Nian, who was behind him, and they came out of their rooms.

However, level 2 turrets are no longer effective against level 5 Ice Sprites; their speed and damage are like toys to Ice Sprites of this level.

Something's not right!

I had just moved the elemental statue to the northeast side when I noticed that the red dot was followed by four orange lights.

Behind the orange light spot, there are more and more alternating white and green light spots.

Sui An's scalp tingled instantly, and he subconsciously asked, "Which territory in the northeast has been destroyed?"

Such a large number of ice demons charging towards him, and in such a coordinated manner, could only be coming from the same place.

"Could it be that the Song family's territory was destroyed, or even just that small, level-one territory?"

"At this size, it's unlikely that a level one territory could stage an accident; it would shatter with the slightest touch."

"Judging from this, it should be a large wave of ice demons. All we need to do is hold them off!"

Fang Si's voice came from beside him. He had already come down to the ground from the watchtower, but his expression was somewhat heavy when he saw this situation, and his gaze even swept over the Sword Star Totem.

Perhaps it's time to use this powerful weapon. With one level 5 and four level 4 ice demons attacking simultaneously, no one in the territory can withstand it.

"I think so too!"

Sui An nodded, and the last flag in front of the house became bright. Sui An then gave himself and Fang Si the blessing of "City Defense Mode".

The other two are still cooling down and cannot be used at the moment; the fastest recovery time is about twenty minutes.

"Let me give it a big one first, then you can find your chance to strike!"

Fang Si nodded and stood guard on the northeast side of the wall, ready to be deployed at any time.

The red dot sped through the projection, even leaving the four orange dots behind it far behind.

The six elemental statues grew brighter and brighter. In the instant the ice mist surged violently, six night crows attacked simultaneously, and the terrifying lightning mixed together struck the level 5 ice demon instantly.

The thunderous roar merged into one, and the strange ice demon with four arms was instantly hit by the terrifying explosion. Countless ice flowers flew everywhere from its icy blue body.

A huge hole suddenly appeared in the middle of its three- or four-meter-tall body, as if a large chunk of snow had been dug out. The injury seemed serious, but it was nothing to such a large ice demon.

Compared to the previous giant ice demon, he was much thinner and was actually knocked back more than ten meters by the explosion, which even broke through the thick fog.

On the wall, Fang Si vanished instantly. His figure leaped out with the Ice Demon, charging up a powerful slash. But the Ice Demon raised its four arms to protect its chest. The slash only cut through two arms before being hammered open by the remaining two hands.

The energy source on his chest armor exploded instantly, and the dull thud made Fang Si's face turn pale. He retreated rapidly through the thick fog.

Just as they caught their breath and were about to charge forward again, they saw the mist surging in the distance. It was the level four ice demon leading a large force rushing over.

Fang Si's pupils contracted sharply, and she quickly retreated. Sui An immediately activated a barrier to provide support.

In the instant the blue witch phantom retreated to her territory, she brushed past Fang Si.

The four level-four ice demons struck the barrier almost simultaneously, creating a deafening explosion.

At the same time, the main force following behind arrived at lightning speed.

But the blue witch illusion suddenly exploded in mid-air, and countless blue starlight instantly enveloped the massive group of ice demons.

Silence fell for a moment in the icy fog; the mournful roars stopped abruptly, as if someone had pressed the pause button.

Only the level 5 ice demon was still charging towards him, without stopping.

But the next second, the dark eyes of the four level-four ice demons attacking the barrier turned blood red, and they turned their heads at the same time and rushed towards the four-armed ice demon behind them.

Fang Si couldn't see the real situation inside the mist, but suddenly realized that these level four ice demons had stopped attacking the barrier and left.

"boom!"

But soon, a series of booming sounds came from outside the barrier, like several giant objects colliding with each other, causing the icy mist to churn endlessly.

Sui An let out a long breath. He had gambled! And he had won!

In the previous wave, when these level four ice demons passed through the witch's illusion, Sui An noticed that they were not indifferent, but they quickly broke free from the illusion.

The Ice Demon's mental capacity might be even lower than that of ordinary Blood Moon Beasts. He had tested level 4 Blood Moon Beasts, and they barely reacted. Only the [Illusion Annihilation] effect could trap them in an illusion for a few seconds, longer than the gun and shield hunting group he had encountered before, but the confusion state could not be applied.

Therefore, Sui An bet that they could not resist the witch's illusion's stronger hallucinogenic effect, "Disillusionment," and thus entered a state of confusion, starting to attack surrounding targets.

Judging from this effect, the four ice demons have already set their sights on the level 5 ice demon, but it is unknown whether the level 5 ice demon has been affected.

But it's true that these five big guys are fighting each other!

Moreover, a large group of low-level ice demons in the rear had also fallen into chaos, attacking each other and even forcing the larger forces further away to stop and join the melee.

The territory was unusually quiet at this moment.

Fang Si was completely baffled, so he jumped onto the roof and looked at Sui An, trying to get an explanation.

After a moment's thought, Sui An decided to speak up: "This illusion has a special mode. I can choose to summon a one-time use illusion. Its function is to cause a chaotic state to targets within the range after it is detonated. They will attack all targets around them for 1 minute, but the cooldown is still 20 minutes."

"As for that level 5 ice demon, it's unlikely to be affected."

Fang Si opened her eyes wide and forced herself to calm down.

What are you talking about?

Your illusions were already sinister enough, how come there are even more sinister ones now?

This doesn't seem like something that could be created in the Source Energy World. It sounds like some kind of dark magic from old-world novels!

"Oh ho, a level four ice demon has been taken down!" Sui An watched as the four orange dots suddenly turned into three.

"Wait, there are only two left. Fang Si, you'd better get ready to steal some chickens!"

"Okay!" Fang Si pinched herself to stop her overthinking, jumped onto the top of the wall, and quietly waited for Sui An's notification.

"Only one left! This level 5 Ice Demon is really powerful!"

Sui An was a little worried and quickly ordered, "If you can't win, retreat. I'll focus our fire again!"

"Alright!" Fang Si took a long breath, and the straight sword in his hand was already accumulating source energy.

"We survived Level 5! Charge!"

As soon as Sui An finished speaking, Fang Si rushed straight into the thick fog. A golden light flashed through the icy fog, followed by a deafening roar.

Soon, Fang Si reappeared above the wall.

Even though it had been hit by the elemental statue's charged attack beforehand and was surrounded by four level-four ice demons, this level-five ice demon still seemed powerful.

Fang Si's face was deathly pale, her leather armor was torn, and there was still blood on the corner of her mouth.

Fang Nian exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, how are you?"

Fang Si raised his hand: "Level five is indeed too troublesome. The Ice Demon, a pure strength-based attack type, almost seriously injured me after just one direct hit. Fortunately, I accomplished my mission!"

He threw the ice core in his hand, and as usual, it was shattered by Wang Hu's attack, but this time there was no loot.

Sui An frowned as well. Sure enough, level five was much stronger than level four. The buffs from the banners only increased the attack effect and did not provide any benefit to physical defense. With a level four physique, taking a hit from a level five ice demon would indeed cause injury.

He said softly, "You've worked hard. Go back to the stage and get some treatment!"

Just as the minute ended, the remaining low-level ice demons in the distance suddenly stopped attacking and quickly turned their light back towards their distant territory.

The battle between the intermediate-level ice demons was extremely fierce; even the ice core was shattered by the level 5 ice demon, leaving no chance for resurrection.

However, the low-level ice demons suffered very little damage, and the number of light spots decreased very little.

Sui An felt that these low-level henchmen were mostly just fighting in groups, and there was no question of them killing everyone.

Sui An even suspected that if the level 5 ice demon hadn't missed the attack, it might not have shattered the ice core; it might have just been for the sake of fighting.

However, the remaining low-level ice demons all came from the northeast, which made things much easier for Sui An.

He summoned another illusion to intercept them a dozen meters away from his territory. The elemental statues roared, and Wang Hu and Fang Nian above helped fire the cannons, so he didn't have to worry about it much.

Turning back into the house, Sui An needed to confirm one thing: whether the few creatures that were fighting each other due to the illusions counted.

"6210 — that should be included!"

"After I finish this wave, the price should rise by another four or five hundred, right?"