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

"Aren't you guys thinking a bit too far ahead? Putting everything else aside, even the three of us combined probably couldn't kill that big guy."

Zhao Feng glanced at the two people behind her, then pointed to the tall figure in the distance. The figure was so large that it was a blurry one that could be seen from this distance.

"If that thing eats grass, it's fine; if it eats meat, hehe..."

"careful"

As soon as Zhao Feng finished speaking, Erhu suddenly exclaimed in surprise. His silver longsword was surrounded by azure wind, and he slashed hard behind him.

"boom!"

A black energy ball was cleaved in two by Erhu's blade, and the violent energy impact sent him flying back several steps.

Wang Zhen and Zhao Feng quickly turned around and looked behind them, only to see a gray behemoth that had arrived not far away, launching a dark energy ball attack.

"Old Wang, was this the size of the one Sui An had yesterday?"

"No, only this one is half the size!" Wang Zhen said in a low voice, his face grave.

The shadow lizard in front of us was no longer visible; it looked like a giant crocodile, eight or nine meters long, with its back covered not only with keratinous protrusions but also with dense bony spurs.

Although it was crawling on the ground, it was still more than a meter tall. With its thick limbs and flat torso, it was more than two meters thick, which looked terrifying.

"Something's not right. Could this thing be a level 5 item?"

The giant lizard charged forward, and Zhao Feng leaped into the air. Flames surged from the saber in her hand, and the massive blade became incredibly powerful as she wielded it.

The blade collided with the giant beast, whose body was already enveloped in a layer of dark energy. The energy was extremely dense and undulating, like black water.

"when!"

The collision of flames and source energy created a tremendous impact, but Zhao Feng's power also seemed extremely terrifying. His blade cleaved through the wave-like dark source energy and struck the massive back of the giant beast, producing a metallic clanging sound.

"No, retreat!" Zhao Feng's expression changed, and he used the terrifying impact to retreat sharply, stopping the two erhu players, Wang Zhen and his companion, who were about to rush forward.

"If you can't beat them, run!"

As expected of a member of a hunting party who spends most of his time on the road, he sensed something was wrong with his first strike and turned to leave.

Wang Zhen and the other man's expressions changed drastically, and they rushed into the cave after Zhao Feng.

The giant beast above did not give chase, but instead let out a sudden roar, emitting a piercing shriek.

From behind it, countless shadow lizards surged out, some large and some small, like a surging tide moving towards the cave.

Wang Zhen turned his head and glanced at it, and felt his scalp tingle. Even if he and three intermediate professionals were skilled at dealing with such a Shadow Lizard, they would not dare to linger.

Zhao Feng turned around and shouted, "That giant lizard's energy level is average, but its physique is outrageous! It's at least a level 5 behemoth, maybe even the king of this group of shadow lizards!"

"However, its size is too large to break through the dimensional portal. Once we leave the secret realm, we won't be afraid of them anymore!"

"good!"

All three were level 4 combat classes, and their speed was much faster than the Shadow Lizard behind them. Before long, they arrived in front of the dimensional gate.

The three did not leave immediately, but instead watched the cave above the crypt warily.

Sure enough, a large shadow lizard, much smaller than the giant beast, led the charge, followed by a dense swarm of shadow lizards.

"They really hold grudges, coming all this way just to get here!"

Zhao Feng muttered under his breath, the flames on his blade reigniting: "Back off, try fighting from the doorway, and if that doesn't work, run!"

Judging from their speed just now, the three of them were quite confident in their escape.

After the three retreated to guard the gate, swarms of shadow lizards gradually spread outwards, but the largest shadow lizard leading the way did not rush to pass through the dimensional portal.

Without the influence of the Blood Moon, most of the Source Beasts possess a certain level of intelligence. At this moment, the large lizard raised its neck and roared, and the small Shadow Lizard seemed to hear the command and began to crawl into the narrow dimensional portal.

Wang Zhen's spear shone with golden light as he thrust it fiercely towards the dimensional gate. The powerful impact instantly shredded four or five shadow lizards into pieces.

But the remaining shadow lizards, as if unafraid of death, rushed in headlong at the command of the giant lizard.

Zhao Feng also tried to stab inside with her broadsword, but because the door was too small, she couldn't cut through it and could only use it as a weapon.

But the large lizard behind it, though not entering the door, didn't ignore the danger. It opened its mouth wide and hurled a smaller dark ball at them.

However, its power was far less than that of the super-sized Shadow Lizard, and it was easily shattered by Wang Zhen.

Seeing that its attack had failed, the large Shadow Lizard hissed again, and countless gray wisps of smoke spread from the smaller Shadow Lizards around it, surging out directly across the dimensional gate.

"Let's retreat, we can't win this!"

Erhu occasionally added insult to injury to the escaping Shadow Lizard: "If we stay in this gray fog for too long, we'll all get injured and our vision will be impaired. When the area gets bigger, we won't be able to escape even if we want to."

"Alright, let's retreat!"

Zhao Feng and Wang Zhen did not linger in the fight. They each unleashed a powerful attack and then turned and fled.

The two stopped slowly outside the cave, but the gray fog inside the cave was expanding faster and faster, showing no sign of stopping.

"Damn, this thing is so cheating!"

Zhao Feng disregarded her image in front of the younger generation, spat into the cave, and even uttered a vulgar curse.

"Does this thing have no natural enemies in there? It reproduces too fast and its numbers are too exaggerated."

"It's very likely that the burrow was crammed full, probably with over a thousand of them."

Erhu shook his head, somewhat sighing.

"I thought the number of Shadow Lizards in Sui'an Territory was already unmatched, but I didn't expect there to be a master hiding here."

With gray fog thick, the three had no choice but to retreat; staying there was futile.

Sui An and Wang Hu sat on the wall, bragging about how great they had been lately, while drinking from large tea mugs as if they were wine.

"Hey, they're back. They look a bit disheveled."

"My mom doesn't think so, but the erhu looks a bit dejected."

Wang Hu grinned; although he was simple-minded, it didn't mean he was stupid.

Wang Zhen and his two companions ran wildly and soon returned to the territory. Erhu took his knife and chopped at the wall, finding it to be quite sturdy.

"Wow, the fence is finished! It looks much safer now!"

Sui An looked down and asked loudly, "Brother Hu, with your skills, how long would it take you to break down this wall of mine?"

"Am I stupid? I'll just cut your shield directly, one cut is enough~" Erhu curled his lips, only an idiot would keep staring at your wall and cutting it.

"This thing can only defend against low-level professionals and source beasts. No mid-level professional can get over a 3-meter wall."

Sui An didn't care: "I don't provoke intermediate professionals. It's not worth it for an intermediate professional to fight me."

"Hehe, that was true before, but it's hard to say now." Erhu chuckled maliciously and waved at the two people on the wall.

"Come on, let's go inside and talk."