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

No longer paying attention to this side, Sui An confidently handed the northern side over to his elemental stone statue and began to observe his surroundings.

The howling and wailing gradually subsided, but a dozen or so wolf shadows were still approaching.

Even as thunderous explosions echoed repeatedly in their territory, the wolf shadows still charged towards it without hesitation, seemingly unaware of the fear of death.

This is the negative effect of the Blood Moon. If the Blood Moon did not descend frequently, the source beasts that came to this world might slowly become the species of this world.

If they possessed a certain level of intelligence and wouldn't have attacked humans so frantically, then humanity might have developed better.

"Awooo~ Awooo~ Awooo"

The howls of wolves echoed under the night sky, mingling with the roars from within the territory.

When these wolves reached the vicinity of their territory, they all began to howl to the sky in unison, as if they had discovered a delicious meal and had to send out coordinates to call their buddies to come and try it together.

But Sui An didn't care about this or that, and started aiming and shooting while they were standing still.

"Boom~boom~boom..."

While they were howling, Sui An fired five arrows in succession, hitting three of them.

The remaining wire wolves were startled and bared their teeth as they rushed to their enclosure. This time, without any protective shield, they instinctively leaped up.

A mere 1.5-meter-high wall was indeed no match for these agile wolf-like beasts.

"Bang!"

The wire wolf crashed into the power shield in mid-air, its ferocious head creating ripples on the light waves. Neither the wall nor the shield had a foothold, so it could only slowly slide down the wall.

"Boom!"

If these wire wolves were hiding by the wall, they would be difficult to deal with. But they suddenly leaped up, and it would be a shame not to give them an arrow.

Several wolves that had encountered the wire mesh the first time would have given up jumping over the wall under normal circumstances.

But affected by the blood moon, they had little ability to think and instinctively leaped high into the air again.

A crossbow bolt suddenly shot down from above, its powerful force piercing through the creature. The residual force sent it crashing to the ground, where it twitched slightly before coming to rest.

After clearing out this wave of wire wolves, Sui An took the opportunity to observe the surroundings and found that there were no more source beasts around for the time being.

Even the thunder from the north has become less frequent, attacking only once every long while, and the vast expanse of gray fog has noticeably dimmed.

Sui An looked at the vast expanse of dark ground to the north. There were no more shadows coming up in the distance, and the automatic attack frequency of the elemental statues suddenly dropped a lot.

The number of Shadow Lizards was unknown; they even fought the blue-colored elemental statues for a long time, and the battle had reached their own walls.

Some gray mist remained on the shield, and the corrosive effect caused the energy shield to ripple continuously, which made Sui An feel a little sorry for him.

Ultimately, there were just too many Shadow Lizards. A distance of ten meters or so seemed far, but the Shadow Lizards could always run over there, since the Elemental Statue had a cooldown period after all.

Fortunately, the shadow lizard was already exhausted, and the entire territory suddenly fell silent.

Taking advantage of the absence of source beast attacks, Sui An quickly went down to check the energy consumption of the territory's core.

Only 39% of the stored source energy remains. The majority of this energy consumption was definitely caused by the elemental statues, with some also due to the wear and tear on the energy shield and crossbow sentry towers.

This means that at least 100 rounds were fired.

Sui An felt a little numb.

Logically speaking, a small camp like his shouldn't have attracted so many source beasts. Moreover, the number of shadow lizards was clearly abnormal. Even the Iron Wire Wolves, which are good at running, only came about twenty after the wolf howls rallied them.

To be honest, I wasn't worried about these twenty or so Ironwire Wolves. With my shield almost at full energy, these source beasts could withstand the attacks for quite a while, enough for me to clear them out.

However, something is very wrong with these Shadow Lizards. They are slow to begin with, and no new rifts have opened nearby. How could such a large number of them suddenly appear, even faster than the Iron Wire Wolves?

Sui An could only think of one reason: "Could it be that the blood moon that descended the night before last opened a small rift in this area, bringing many new source beasts, and even a group of shadow lizards stayed behind?"

"I can't be that unlucky, can I...?"

The Shadow Lizard is quite restrained when it comes to territories like its own that rely on crossbows for defense.

If I only had crossbows, I definitely wouldn't be able to clear out so many Shadow Lizards, not to mention that the gray fog is very effective against energy-based shields.

Sui An broke out in a cold sweat instantly. He had risked coming to the wasteland to cultivate the land in order to avoid having the lord's core attached to someone else.

Risks are to be expected; there are risks everywhere in life.

For example, at the beginning of the year, there was a small city 200 kilometers east of Jiangcheng, which was built by a level 6 architect and had more than a dozen low-level territories under it. It was then conquered by a high-level source beast.

It's said to be a high-level source beast, the Thunder Cyclops, over ten meters tall, which swept through the small town and shattered it.

Sui An shook his head, trying to banish those painful news from his mind.

Only half the night has passed, and it's hard to say whether there will be any danger in the second half of the night.

Looking at the Lord Core, which still had 39% energy remaining, Sui An glanced at the Originium reserves inside the core, which still had 21.

I've heard that once the energy reaches the critical 10% threshold, the territory's core will replenish the energy from its own stockpile of Originium to maintain it at 10%. I just don't know if that's true or not.

But after thinking about it, Sui An used all the source stones, and his energy instantly returned to 72%.

Don't let the news turn out to be fake, or you'll be finished.

At this point, we can't worry about whether to keep or discard the Originium. If another wave like this comes in the middle of the night, there won't be time to run down and replenish energy.

Back on the watchtower, Sui An began to survey the surroundings again, but the entire territory was unusually quiet, without any new movement.

Sui An wasn't in a hurry. He took the opportunity to rest on the watchtower. The night was still long, and he wanted to conserve as much energy as possible.

As time went by, the night grew quieter and quieter, as if there were no living creatures left in the wasteland, not even the chirping of insects.

Sui An knew that this was all normal.

The Blood Moon has a great impact on living beings. If there are still source beasts near your home, they would have already come to attack your territory.

Quiet means that the source beasts around your territory have been basically wiped out, or they've gone to fight your neighbors.

Under the shroud of the blood moon, the area will not be quiet unless there are absolutely no targets to attack near the source beast.

For the rest of the night, as long as no rifts are opened around your territory, the area around your home is considered safe.

As for the native non-source energy creatures, they will also enter a state of suppression under the influence of the blood moon, and they will no longer make a sound. Even the insects will shut up.

Before awakening, I would feel depressed and uncomfortable when bathed in the blood moon, as if there were terrifying creatures in front of me. But if there were buildings to block the direct sunlight, these feelings would be much better.

One hour, two hours...

The blood moon in the sky gradually faded, and the eastern sky gradually turned golden and brilliant. The brilliant sunlight shone through the morning mist, making the wasteland look as if it were draped in a golden robe, while the blood-red veil on the wasteland had long since disappeared without a trace.

Sunlight streamed through the empty windows of the watchtower, shining onto Sui An, which was slightly dazzling.

Sui An slowly opened his eyes and looked outside. The sky was already slightly bright.

"My first time is finally over..."

Sui An rarely joked with himself.

In the latter half of the night, Sui An had already fallen asleep, wrapped in a blanket and leaning against the watchtower. Although experience told him that he was safe, he did not go back to his room to sleep, but instead fell into a light sleep against the watchtower.

The Origin Realm can be quite unreasonable sometimes. If it opens a crack in your back door in the middle of the night and you're asleep inside, who knows what will happen to you?

I stood up from the watchtower and stretched vigorously; my body was still a little sore from sleeping against the wall like this.

After moving around for a while, Sui An finally looked around the territory. The scattered iron wire wolf corpses did not attract his attention much.

However, the place to the north of his own territory left Sui An speechless at just one glance.

From the wall, a range of more than ten meters outwards, the densely packed corpses of shadow lizards covered the entire wasteland, making Sui An feel refreshed and relaxed.

"I'm rich!"