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

There are three conditions for advancing to a new territory.

Whether it's the rigid requirements for the number of building types or the necessary upgrade resources and materials, these are relatively easy requirements for a second-generation character.

The only problem standing in his way was how to accumulate enough soul essence for advancement.

Due to the builder's special rules, he can only absorb the source essence of the source beasts killed by his own building.

Moreover, as a profession that absorbs soul essence, the quality of soul essence required by builders far exceeds that of combat professionals of the same level. Some have estimated that it is about ten to twenty times higher.

So the question is, what factors affect this accumulation rate?

Naturally, it has powerful attack-type buildings and abundant source beast resources.

For ordinary lords, an abundance of source beasts is a danger, a disaster, just like Sui An at the beginning.

But for lords with a strong foundation, this is an abundant resource.

Perhaps He Chong is no longer satisfied with killing a few wandering source beasts every day; these wandering source beasts all come from rifts opened up in other places.

Either the source beast that opened the rift destroyed the nearby territory, leaving no new targets for the time being;

Either after the Blood Moon disappeared, a large number of Source Beasts survived, regained their senses, and escaped.

Either it's a simple wild fissure, with no territory for dozens of miles around.

"You're really brave!"

Sui An looked at the bright light in the distance, which shone like stars in his eyes.

He had a suspicion that He Chong might have hired a number of professionals in his territory to manually increase the probability of opening the rift.

Isn't he afraid of going too far?

What if the fissures become too strong and the territory can't support them?

Or perhaps he wasn't blindly inviting people, but rather gradually increasing the number of professionals to try and open the smallest possible gap.

This was a method devised by Sui An himself, but whether it would work was unknown. In the end, some secret information in this world was in the hands of those powerful people.

What I know is nothing more than a drizzle deliberately revealed by powerful people. Only when there are enough people at the bottom can powerful people have enough people to serve them.

"Ten minutes have passed~"

Sui An looked at the alarm clock beside him. The longer the rift takes to open, the greater the risk, but the opening time is uncontrollable and almost random.

The starlight in the distance showed no signs of diminishing and looked like it would continue for some time.

Fifteen minutes later... the starlight over there finally began to twinkle, a sign that the rift was about to close.

At the twentieth minute, the starlight finally disappeared completely.

It's hard to say how many Source Beasts will emerge in twenty minutes, because that's limited by the size, speed, and density of the Source Beasts.

However, a continuous beast horde lasting twenty minutes is enough to deplete the economy of a level 2 territory...

"I'm really curious about the situation over there now~" Sui An stared intently at the scene, even though he couldn't see or hear anything.

But this was a very good idea, and it gave Sui An a profound inspiration.

If you want to catch up with those who came before you, those territories that have been leading the way for decades, you naturally have to take some shortcuts.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Sui An looked at the river not far away and saw dark shadows flowing by, seemingly heading straight for his territory.

For a moment, Sui An couldn't hold back anymore and started cursing.

"No way, even from this far away, the aftershocks can still reach me!"

"grass!"

I thought I could get through the night peacefully, but I ended up getting caught in the crossfire.

You, He Chong, are ready to overtake me on a curve? I don't want to!

"Last time I encountered the remnants of the Shadow Lizard clan, and this time I'm caught up in the rift. What the hell did I do to deserve this?!"

But cursing was pointless at this point; the dark figure had already crossed the river and was heading towards its territory.

The two elemental statues automatically flashed with lightning, but since the enemy was coming from the west, the statues on the east and west sides were somewhat out of reach.

Sui An quickly activated the territory projection. There was a high probability that there would be no new source beasts in other directions tonight, only the part diverted from He Chong's territory.

So Sui An moved the two elemental towers directly to the western position. Adjusting the location of buildings requires energy, but he couldn't care less at the moment. He even moved the watchtower to the front of the house.

"Luckily, I sold 56 Originium during the day, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have enough energy tonight!"

"Boom~ Boom~"

The elemental statues roared in turn, and the first wave to be baptized were source beasts that resembled leopards, numbering about seven or eight. They were the fastest and had an astonishing stamina, continuing to rush for several kilometers with great speed.

However, its defensive capabilities are quite poor; it falls to the ground on the spot with just one hit.

However, there were only two elemental statues in the end. The remaining ones bypassed the exploding lightning balls and quickly impacted the base of their own walls, causing the protective shield to ripple.

Following behind the source beasts that resembled leopards were smaller, about the size of foxes, cats, and dogs, but their numbers had increased significantly.

Sui An fired his crossbow bolts incessantly, not even bothering to see what kind of source beasts were attacking him below. He simply used his crossbow to strike any slightly larger creatures he saw.

The area below was a chaotic mix of creatures, with a variety of source beasts. Fortunately, the Thunder Magic Bullet had a small-area explosive attack, which cleared out quite a few of the smaller creatures in a short time.

"He Chong, if I get away with this, I'll make you compensate me for my losses!"

"Damn it, we absolutely have to build a structure with a large-scale damage capability next time. This kind of situation is too dangerous!"

At this moment, Sui An had already cursed He Chong's ancestors for nineteen generations, especially his core pillar, his mother, a mid-level alchemist, who was almost falling apart.

"boom!"

The sand and stone wall that had helped Sui An resist the attacks of the source beasts for a week finally met its first challenge today. A section of the wall, three meters long, was completely destroyed by the chaotic attacks, turning into light and dissipating, leaving the energy shield completely exposed.

"grass!"

Sui An was truly desperate. The energy shield was shaking violently and was on the verge of collapse. Once the shield broke, his elemental statues and watchtowers would face annihilation.

Neither of these buildings are defensive structures, so they certainly can't withstand a strong attack.

However, he could not leave the watchtower to return to the core of the territory to repair it at this moment, as the crossbow bolts were extremely powerful and lethal.

Fortunately, with one section of the wall broken, the remaining number of red-eyed source beasts was not large. They suddenly concentrated and charged towards the gap, which inadvertently created an opening for the elemental statues to attack.

Originally, the elemental statues could only attack over the wall, but now they did not block the way. The two lightning bolts attacked alternately, and the violent lightning explosions actually blasted open a gap in the wall.

But the horde of source beasts, their eyes bloodshot, still squeezed towards the gap, even abandoning other places and charging headfirst into it, as if a hole had truly opened up there.

In an instant, the monster-clearing efficiency of the elemental statues skyrocketed.

The defensive shield has also stabilized somewhat.

Taking a quick glance into the distance, Sui An saw that no new source beasts were approaching from behind; the remaining ones were all small source beasts. Sui An felt much more at ease.

As long as the energy shield remains intact, everything else is fine.

The number of source beasts this time may not be much greater than the number of shadow lizards that night.

Normally, two elemental statues wouldn't be in such a sorry state.

The main reason is that this time the source beasts gathered together and moved quickly, rushing over all at once, which prevented the elemental statues from taking advantage of their strengths, and they were pushed to the foot of the wall by these guys.

After clearing away the remaining source beasts one by one, the area outside his western wall was now piled high with source beast corpses, even taller than his own wall.

Looking at the mountain of source beast corpses, Sui An suddenly felt like he had survived a catastrophe.

"Damn it, I was only slightly touched and yet so many source beasts attacked me. I wonder how He Chong's territory is doing."

Relaxed, Sui An slumped against the railing and looked up at the west, suddenly having a malicious thought.

"What if it just explodes?!"