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

Ten minutes have passed since the rift opened, but there is still no sign of it closing.

The main force of the Shadow Lizards has just been wiped out, and what remains on the battlefield are the rock golems that keep emerging from the rifts.

Fortunately, the number of rock golems that appeared later was not as dense as at the beginning, and the large ones also appeared relatively less.

Nevertheless, the people within the territory have begun to feel anxious.

Even with his best efforts to restrain himself and wait until a certain number of source beasts had gathered before using it, Sui An had already released the Flame Sword ten times. At this moment, his accumulated energy reserves had already dropped to 10%, and even his source stones were almost depleted.

"Sui An, let the erhu in!" Wang Zhen's voice pierced through the small wooden house, making Sui An's face light up with joy. He quickly went out and opened the energy shield.

Erhu came in through the courtyard gate, carrying two large cloth bags with a lot of things in them, and hurried over here.

"The temperature of your flames is terrifying, but thankfully the Originium is unharmed."

"I didn't count the number. They were all picked up from the rock golems you burned to death. Most of them are level three. I didn't look for level four ones. I guess they're in the middle of the herd."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work!"

Sui An didn't say much. He picked up the bag and carried it back to the core of his territory to collect all the source stones. He then did a quick calculation.

That's equivalent to an extra 528 Originium!

Sui An felt much more at ease. With this reserve, plus what he had left, the territory could operate at full capacity for at least twice as long.

Back on the watchtower, now that the gray mist of the Shadow Lizard was gone, the scene on the field was exposed to everyone.

Tonight, the blood moon is unusually long and narrow, its crimson hue somewhat pale, making the battlefield below appear exceptionally eerie.

Some of the places struck by the Fiery Sword still glowed faintly, while others had long since cooled. The original grass, gravel, and yellow earth were now filled with deep pits, as well as melted brown mud such as yellow soil and rock golems.

Compared to the rest of the battlefield, the sparse rock golems were still heading towards him. At this density, even if he shot down with his sword, he wouldn't hit more than ten of them, which was a waste.

Erhu sighed, "The blood moon really has a big impact!"

"Under normal circumstances, this thing would never rush forward. Instead, it would stay a dozen meters away and throw all sorts of rocks and objects at you. It would never rush forward like this, getting beaten up for nothing and just handing money to the lord."

With the source stones in reserve, Sui An felt much more at ease and started joking again: "What you're saying is, if it weren't for the Blood Moon, we wouldn't have been able to gather all of these to attack the territory."

"Unfortunately, the level 3 rock golem is too tanky; my blue elemental statue's lightning damage reduction was too severe!"

"It's alright, not completely unscathed. The main problem is that the level 3 golem is too tough and has no internal organs, so the explosion effect of your lightning bombs wasn't ideal."

Zhao Feng's voice came from below the wall. She jumped up in a few steps and sat on the top of the wall, her tone revealing an undeniable weariness: "Those level 2 underage puppets have much weaker defenses, but their explosive effects are still quite impressive!"

The three statues have now been deactivated from their split mode, and their level 2 blue building power is sufficient to kill those low-level rock golems.

Upon hearing the sound, Wang Zhen, who was on the stage inside the courtyard, opened his eyes, stood up, and leaped to the top of the wall. After exchanging glances with the crowd, he rushed down.

This was the plan the two devised: they would take turns going down to help clear out the level 3 rock golems, otherwise simply defending wouldn't work in the end.

Based on the scale tonight, the three of them have killed a hundred or two source beasts of various levels.

Before Wang Zhen could rush out, Sui An controlled the sword star to fire another sword at the most densely packed area. This attack was far less effective than the previous ones.

With a single strike, approximately twenty rock golems were hit.

"Aunt Zhao, go and rest first! Erhu is back. Erhu Huzi and I are watching over things upstairs. These problems shouldn't be too serious for now."

"Alright, I did expend a lot of energy." Zhao Feng observed for a moment, and realized that thanks to the ranged attacks from the elemental statues and crossbows, these slow-moving source beasts were having a hard time surrounding them.

She then turned away from the wall and returned to the stage to recover quickly.

"Sigh~" Erhu sighed as he watched Wang Zhen charge straight at the level 3 rock golem.

Sui An shot a sword, then looked at the erhu with some confusion: "What's wrong?"

Erhu reached out and touched his buzz cut, then smacked his lips, feeling that something was off.

"I think it's almost unbelievable that we managed to defend against a Rift Beast of this size so easily."

"???"

Sui An looked at the erhu with disdain. It was better to be quiet than to start complaining.

Besides, isn't this all the result of spending money?

"Believe it or not, I'll spend more Originium tonight than I'll mine tomorrow!"

Erhu paused for a moment, turned his head to look behind him, and stammered, "It can't be that bad, can it? Is it that energy-consuming?"

Sui An didn't reply, but his eyes didn't deny it. Of course, most of the expenses tonight were for drawing cards.

Whether we can earn back today's money tomorrow is really hard to say.

"Hey, the rift is starting to flicker!" Wang Hu suddenly shouted from the side.

Sui An quickly looked over and saw that the two sides of the three-meter-high crack had indeed begun to flash and contract. Once it completely contracted, the crack would be over.

As a result, the frequency of rock golems appearing has also become very low, with only one appearing every ten seconds or so, as if the rock golem population in a certain area of ​​the Origin Realm has all run away.

"Phew, it's almost over!"

Sui An's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally began to slowly settle down. In fact, a three-meter-high crack was quite small.

In recent years, cracks have appeared in the vicinity of Jiangcheng every few days, ranging from five or six meters high to more than ten meters high, after all, Jiangcheng has such a large population.

But only lords who venture out to explore the land themselves can truly understand the terror that such rifts can bring to their territories.

Erhu suddenly leaped up, soaring a full 3 meters high, catching a large rock that suddenly appeared in mid-air, and then landed steadily on the wall, looking exceptionally graceful, making Sui An extremely envious.

"Keep pushing, it'd be best to finish sooner!"

Once the lava golems had gathered a few, Sui An looked at Wang Zhen's position, dodged him, and struck again with his sword. Now, there were only about ten rock golems left on the field.

Wang Hu and Sui An were still using crossbows to attack. Although the piercing effect of the crossbow bolts was greatly reduced against the rock golems, the impact force was still there. The crossbow bolts could greatly prevent the rock golems from surrounding them.

"Be careful!"

The erhu player on the wall suddenly changed his expression and shouted.

Sui An looked up and saw a huge rock fly up from the direction of the crack and crash down on him.

The stone was over 1 meter in diameter and shone with a rich light of primal energy. Due to the height it was thrown, it was so powerful that even the erhu dared not block it.

"Jump!"

Looking in the direction of the rock, Sui An felt a sudden, inexplicable fear rise in his heart. Without thinking, he climbed over the watchtower and slid down it, hugging the tower.

"boom!"

The massive stone struck the level 2 energy shield, and after only a slight pause, a loud crack was heard, and the energy shield dissipated into starlight.

The boulder's power remained almost unchanged. Like a meteor, it crashed down from the sky above the territory, smashing the crossbow watchtower where Sui An was located. Its remaining force continued to smash the western wall, shattering half of it before it slowly stopped and dissipated into light.