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

The fourth blood moon has arrived!

This time is different from the previous three times because today is when the moon is at its fullest, and also when the blood moon is at its most powerful.

The size of the Blood Moon often directly affects the extent of its ferocity towards the Source Beasts, as well as the frequency of rift opening.

Tonight, only half an hour has passed, and Sui An has already vaguely sensed the fluctuations of the rift opening twice.

Unlike He Chong's incident, this fluctuation was extremely far away and seemed to be closer to Jiangcheng.

"This time, I really won't be caught in the crossfire..."

Sui An stood atop the watchtower, already looking around, but couldn't even see the starlight bursting forth from the opening of the rift. Either it was blocked by obstacles, or it was too far away for the naked eye to detect.

"Zzz~ Boom!"

The stone statue had already started automatically, still facing north. Looking at the black shadow that had been blown into a puddle, Sui An smiled.

"My good brothers, you're here again..."

The source beast protagonists, who have appeared without interruption for three consecutive blood moons, are back again.

On the northern riverbank, many shadows were creeping toward him.

At this moment, Sui An had a new speculation: before he arrived, the Shadow Lizard family might have already dug a large and deep enough pit on that riverbank, and there might still be many hidden inside.

"Boom~"

Although the shadow lizards were small, there were quite a few of them this time, and they actually broke through the blockade of his three stone statues.

Sui An had no choice but to take over the post himself, but his crossbow bolts could only shoot at the shadow lizards that came to the edge of his wall.

The shadow lizard is very small; he can't even see it from a distance, let alone hit it.

But he soon couldn't shoot anymore. As more and more shadow lizards broke through the elemental statues' blockade, a continuous gray mist rose up in an area of ​​about four or five meters around his northern wall, completely blocking his vision.

"Oh no!"

Sui An, who was just excitedly shouting about making money, is now staring in disbelief at the hissing sound emanating from his energy shield.

If he were standing in front of the energy core right now, he would probably see the energy begin to drop wildly like a flood.

There wasn't much of a solution, but fortunately the elemental statues were still functioning normally and weren't blocked by the gray fog that simply obscured their view.

The continuous emergence of primal spiritual light from the gray mist calmed Sui An's mind somewhat.

"This corrosive gray mist drains the shield's energy, well then I'll let you wear it down. Let's see how many lives you have left to replenish it!"

The fact that the shadow lizards gathered together actually benefited the elemental statues. The explosion radius of the magic bullets was originally very small, but now it seemed to have the effect of hitting two or three at once.

After a while, the gray mist outside the energy shield gradually faded, and even the attack frequency of the elemental statues began to slow down, and the landing point of the magic bullets gradually extended outward.

The shadow lizards at the wall have been cleared away, and no more new gray mist has been generated. The remaining gray mist was gradually dispersed by the explosion of the Thunder Magic Bullet.

But the gray fog in the distance was still quite thick, and there should still be some scattered shadow lizards heading towards this place.

Suddenly, the gray fog in the distance began to tremble violently.

The next moment, a fist-sized jet of black energy shot through the black mist and towards his energy shield from such a distance.

The transparent energy shield fluctuated violently, like waves, and even the nearby gray mist was dispersed.

In the distance, the head of a giant shadow lizard emerged from the thick gray fog, and then a second energy blast shot out from its mouth, colliding with the incoming lightning blast.

"boom!"

The lightning bomb and the energy bomb exploded together, creating a black firework in the air.

But the giant shadow lizard suddenly began to accelerate, its entire body instantly leaving the gray mist.

Sui An glanced at it and found that its body length was more than twice that of the level 2 Shadow Lizard he had killed that day, and it looked like a large crocodile.

At this moment, its eyes were fierce, its mouth was wide open, revealing extremely sharp teeth, and sharp claws were exposed on its thick limbs, making it look much more ferocious and monstrous than the little shadow lizard.

"Is this level 3 or level 4?!"

A thought flashed through his mind, and without hesitating, Sui An immediately activated the territory projection.

The stone statues had already been moved to the north. The two elemental stone statues began their attack as usual, but Sui An directly locked onto the giant shadow lizard and could no longer pay attention to the smaller shadow lizards around it.

The magic bullet, which could have easily killed a level 1 Shadow Lizard, only managed to stop the giant Shadow Lizard's charge with its explosive effect.

Fortunately, the two elemental statues attacked in turn, which immediately slowed down its sprint speed.

As time passed, a lightning raven finally completed its charge, and its immense power nearly flipped the giant shadow lizard over.

At this moment, its back, having endured a series of lightning strikes and such an explosion, finally began to break.

The skin on this large shadow lizard no longer appears to be fleshy like that of a normal shadow lizard, but rather has an extremely thick keratin layer like that of a crocodile, looking like stone scales.

What was destroyed was this thick layer of cuticle; in some places, large areas of flesh were exposed, and blood was flowing, clearly indicating that it had been damaged.

Whether it suffered any internal injuries from the shock remains unknown.

This attack seemed to make it even more ferocious. A thin layer of dark energy surged from its body, and with its support, its speed increased dramatically, as if it were charging forward.

"boom!"

Bursting with primal energy, it slammed into Sui An's sand and stone wall, shattering the foot-thick wall into dozens of pieces that vanished into light.

But his movement was forcibly stopped, and the lightning ball finally struck again, along with a crossbow bolt radiating a mysterious yellow light.

The two attacks struck in succession, and most of the dark energy on its back was instantly blasted away by the lightning ball. The crossbow bolt struck the injured part of its back, penetrating more than ten centimeters deep.

"Hiss~ Hiss~ Hiss~"

Its enormous body trembled violently, and it raised its head, emitting an extremely piercing hiss, as if it were in great pain, but it still did not try to escape.

Its thick forelimbs had incredibly sharp nails, and most of its energy was concentrated on them, making them extremely dense. It fiercely tore at the energy shield that had no walls to protect it.

"Snapped!"

This energy shield, which had withstood numerous crises for Sui An and achieved remarkable feats, was destroyed for the first time. Like a bubble, it burst and dissipated instantly, turning into starlight and vanishing into the air.

"Boom!"

A second crossbow bolt, glowing yellow, shot out from the watchtower and embedded itself firmly in its back.

Sui An, who had expected to panic and be terrified, suddenly seemed to have returned to the state he had first participated in defending the city with his team. He appeared to be in a special state, calm and collected.

The lightning ball struck again from the other side, and the colossal shadow lizard, which had been consuming a large amount of source energy, finally began to run out of energy.

The dark energy that had just barely gathered on his back was completely shattered and could no longer be condensed.

The third and fourth crossbow bolts hit again. The bolts that hit the wound one after another, and the superimposed special effects of the attacks, finally brought about a different effect this time.

The giant shadow lizard's back suddenly exploded open, sending chunks of flesh and bone fragments flying everywhere. A horrific wound was exposed on its back, revealing its mangled internal organs.

"hiss!"

Amidst a sharp, agonizing scream, the second super magic bullet successfully charged up again and slammed into the powerless, gigantic shadow lizard.

"boom!"

The wound on his back widened again, his internal organs were blown to pieces and charred black, and even the blood was evaporated.

The enormous shadow lizard's raised head slammed into the ground in an instant, its life force vanishing completely.

However, the normal shadow lizards following behind the giant shadow lizard still surged towards the gap.

The two normally functioning elemental statues attacked alternately under Sui An's control, and with the addition of the unusually powerful crossbow bolts, they were finally brought under control at the breach.

The gray mist was still spreading slightly, and even the elemental statues emitted a slight corrosive sound, but it eventually ran out of steam. The shadow lizards hiding in it were all wiped out, and the gray mist began to slowly dissipate.

However, Sui An's energy shield was broken, which meant that he was no longer safe standing on the watchtower. He quickly put the elemental statues back in their positions and then quickly returned to the wooden house to avoid being ambushed by a sudden remote attack.