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

"Clang~ Clang~ Clang~"

An alarm clock rang, and Sui An opened his eyes. He sat up in bed and calmed himself down before reaching out to press the alarm clock, which immediately stopped ringing.

These days, Sui An entrusted Wang Zhen to purchase some daily necessities, including this wooden bed and alarm clock.

An alarm clock is a mechanical clock powered by a source of energy. When living outdoors for extended periods, having an alarm clock that can tell the time and set a timer is quite necessary.

"Is it getting dark?"

To avoid having to stay up all night again when the blood moon appeared, Sui An took a nap in advance.

He stepped out of the wooden door. By then, the sun had almost completely disappeared, leaving only patches of fiery clouds that shone brightly in the position of the setting sun.

"If the sunlight dims a little more, we'll be able to see the moon!"

Shaking his head, Sui An went back into the house, took out a stove, lit a fire, and began to boil water.

The food was still the same old bland energy bars, but after eating them for a week straight, I couldn't take it anymore, so I stocked up on some instant noodles. They're easy to store and taste good, but you can't eat too many, or you'll get tired of them.

Although the lord is a professional with a very poor physique, he is still much stronger than the average person overall. If he only eats instant noodles, he will not be able to withstand the hunger for long.

That's why the combination of instant noodles and energy bars came about.

"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~"

The boiling water kept sloshing against the kettle lid. Sui An snapped out of his daze, reached for the kettle, and cooked the instant noodles. He then brewed a strong cup of tea for his large enamel mug.

"Slurp~ Slurp~"

After taking the first bite of hot noodles, Sui An's somewhat dazed body became much more alert, but the taste started to make him feel a bit greasy again, so he took a big bite of the energy bar.

"Forget it, I'll just get some rice and cured meat tomorrow, I can't hold on any longer..."

"Damn it, when I'm rich and recruit people in my territory, the first thing I'll do is find a cook!"

As Sui An ate his instant noodles with gusto, streaks of blood-red light streamed down from under the eaves and shone into the room through the crack in the door, instantly making him feel nauseous.

"Slurp~ Slurp~"

After finishing the noodles in two large bites and drinking all the soup, Sui An walked out of the courtyard.

The moon was now halfway up the sky, much brighter than the crescent moon it had been a few days ago, but also redder in color.

"What's the date today?"

Sui An scratched his head; living alone every day had made him lose his sense of time.

"It's been eight days since I arrived in this territory, which is the eighth day of the ninth month. Time flies!"

On the second Blood Moon Day, Sui An was noticeably calmer. After all, as a Level 1 lord, his territory had two incredibly powerful blue elemental statues, making his defensive capabilities comparable to those of second-generation lords.

The worry was simply Sui An's natural fear of the unknown.

"Let's go, up to the watchtower!"

As night deepened, the moonlight in the sky grew brighter, and the crimson color on the wasteland became increasingly intense. In the distance, the cries of unknown wild beasts rang out, and the source beasts under the moonlight gradually became agitated.

"Sizzle~ Boom!"

The elemental statue behind Sui An suddenly lit up and released a magic bullet into the distance.

Sui An quickly turned around and looked over, only to see seven or eight clusters of green light flashing in that direction, like will-o'-the-wisps.

"Wow, I've met a good bro!"

The four ghost foxes rushed straight towards the territory, showing none of their usual cunning. They charged straight at the enemy, their speed even surpassing that of the wire wolves. The elemental statue's 20-meter warning range seemed unusually short at this moment.

After all, a three- or four-second charging time is enough for them to run to their enclosure.

After being taught by the Dark Breath Silver Scale Beast, the second weakness of this blue stone statue has been revealed to Sui An: its attack interval is still a bit long.

However, the problem is not actually with the elemental statues, but with Sui An's wallet.

If he were to place seven or eight elemental statues in a row, then there would be no problem with the charging interval being too long.

"Boom!"

The bowstring twanged through the air, and a crossbow bolt flew out, but it missed the rapidly running ghost fox. Its small size and high speed made it highly vulnerable to crossbow bolts.

"Money, money, money!"

"Ultimately, it all comes down to a lack of money!"

At this moment, the ghost foxes were no longer a threat to Sui An, but rather resembled individual source stones.

Although the first arrow missed, it had little impact. The four ghost foxes came to the wall and leaped over it, but crashed into the energy shield.

Its limbs clawed wildly, trying to grab the rough surface of the wall to steady itself, but its exposed head was hit by an arrow and was violently thrown to the ground.

The flames outside the wall flickered with energy, as if a ghost fox was spewing flames in an attempt to burn down its sand and stone wall. It was hiding at the base of the wall, and for a moment, Sui An really couldn't do anything about it.

The tall wall that had blocked it also protected it at that moment.

However, it overestimated the power of its flames. Before level 4, whether it is a professional or a source beast, source energy is almost always a supporting means, and the main source of attack damage is strength.

Even the behemoth from yesterday only concentrated its energy in its claws to increase the attack effect; what was truly terrifying was its physique.

The mere level 1 ghost fox's fiery breath only managed to blast a small wound, less than a few centimeters deep, into the wall, which was a little over a foot thick. It wasn't even as fast as when he slowly scratched it with his claws.

"Cough~ cough~ cough~"

The fox spirit that tried to burn down the wall suddenly coughed a few times after burning fiercely for a while, with tiny sparks occasionally popping out of its throat, clearly indicating that it had exhausted its source energy.

"Pfft~"

A small crossbow bolt suddenly shot out from above the wall, hitting the fox spirit. However, the crossbow was not very powerful, and the fox spirit was still able to jump up after being hit, baring its teeth and trying to attack Sui An who was standing behind the wall.

But a magic bullet grazed past Sui An and struck the ghost fox on the spot. The powerful force blew the fox's skin open, and it fell to the ground, trembling slightly before becoming still.

"Holy crap~"

The explosion at such close range startled Sui An. The shield in front of him rippled slightly, and he quickly took a step back. If the energy shield hadn't been a one-way defense and the two hadn't shared the same energy source, he would have at least been hit by the power of the lightning bomb.

"That's the downside of automatic attacks; they have no scruples whatsoever and don't even consider whether they might hit friendly forces..."

Sui An shook his head. Taking advantage of the fact that there weren't many source beasts around, he came down to check on the mischievous ghost fox, only to find that it had consumed not a single drop of source energy.

There's something peculiar about Source Energy: even if a Source Beast has exhausted its Source Energy after fighting with humans, if you take out its Source Stone, the Source Stone will still look exactly the same as a normal one.

The Originium is still usable, as if the Origin Beast is not consuming the Originium's energy. Moreover, this thing is a one-time consumable item, so there is no way that you will be left with a shell after you have absorbed all the Originium's energy.

There might be some special principle behind it, but Sui An didn't know.