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

"It's going to be lively tonight!"

He Chong, clad in golden armor, stood atop the watchtower, shifting his gaze from the starlight emanating from the rift in the southeast.

At this moment, He Chong was not as flustered as before. It seemed that he had gained some confidence. Looking at the rift in the distance on the east side of his territory, he couldn't help but sneer.

"They're getting anxious now that I've eaten crab. They started cracking again less than eight days after the first one. They're really bold."

"The Zhao family has the resources to do this; their blue-quality city walls are very strong, especially against this kind of beast tide."

A voice came from the side; it was Fang Si, who was standing guard nearby.

Before He Chong's sneer could fade, Fang Si's retort made him stiffen, and he could only retort in a low voice.

"Hmph, I was lucky enough to get a rare blue city wall, but it'll still be obsolete at the intermediate level!"

"However, this Sui An is quite interesting. He got to benefit from the Zhao family's crack opening, and it looks like he'll get to benefit from our second crack as well. He really deserves his bad luck."

The rift ahead is not too close to He Chong's territory, about one-third of the way across two territories.

At this moment, it can be vaguely seen that the surging beast tide has begun to split, and the direction of the split is naturally towards Sui An's territory.

"Brother Fang, I'm now a level three territory. Even if it's just a portion being diverted, that unlucky kid probably won't be able to swallow it all. He'll definitely be stuffed to death, right?"

"It's hard to say..."

Fang Si remained concise, oblivious to He Chong's murderous gaze. He was focused on the surging beast tide coming from the rift, looking quite serious.

This time, there were some large source beasts mixed in, and the roaring sounds and earthquakes coming from afar were quite strong, which seemed unusual.

……

"What a back-and-forth!"

Sui An stood on the watchtower, looking at the two cracks to his south and west, and for a moment he found it somewhat amusing.

"Should I take the initiative? Otherwise, I always feel like my neighbors don't care about me."

Sui An touched his stubble on his chin; it had grown back prickly again after a few days of not shaving. He was just about to check if the crack that opened first to the west had diverted any water from him.

"Buzz~"

Another ripple appeared, and Sui An was startled. The smile on his face slowly faded, and he looked up at the northeast side of his territory.

"Seriously? Again?"

Wang Hu's gaze swept across the area and he quickly found the location of the starlight, which was actually closer to Sui An's territory than the other two.

He turned his head and asked, "Xiao An, whose territory is that in that direction?"

Sui An patted his head and began to recall the information he had initially gathered. Because this territory had never intersected with his life, he had almost forgotten about it.

"Song Siming, a level 2 territory, has a relatively ordinary background. He seems to be just a combat professional, but his father is apparently level 5."

Having witnessed the opening of rifts one after another, Wang Hu has become quite worldly-wise. His previously distressed expression because of the Zhao family's desire to open rifts has now completely disappeared, and he even seems to want to laugh.

"Hey, this area is really lively tonight..."

"It's certainly lively. Fortunately, the other two are quite far away. I imagine the main target of our attack will be the rift branch from the Song family's direction, which is basically located between the two families."

Sui An cursed inwardly. If he had known it would be this lively, he would have been better off hiring someone to open a rift himself. It would be so much more exciting if everyone opened rifts together. Maybe the four territory rifts would merge into a medium-sized rift, and then they could all ascend to heaven together.

But soon, he forgot all about cursing, as the beast tide from the Song family's rift had already surged over.

It's probably because the Song family's territory is only level 2, so the first wave of source beasts that came were mostly level 2 source beasts.

The source beasts that came this time were particularly diverse, including Flamemane Hounds, Frostfang Leopards, and Red-tailed Sables...

Some were common, some were not, but they were all mixed together at this moment, heading straight for Sui An's territory.

Sometimes, Sui An couldn't understand the logic behind releasing source beasts into the rift. Did these source beasts look like they could usually get along peacefully?

After internally complaining for a while, Sui An immediately switched to a rogue-like fighting style.

An illusion silently appeared on the level 1 witch altar, transforming into a streak of light that flew out of the territory and landed directly in front of the wave of source beasts, within the attack range of the elemental statues.

"Awooo~ Awooo~ Awooo!"

Even a level 1 witch's altar, under the glow of the blood moon, still caused the level 2 source beasts to start rioting.

Although the level 1 Witch Illusion's taunt range is much smaller than that of the level 2 one, with a radius of only 10 meters.

But the source beasts quickly huddled together, and attacks of various elemental energy—fire, frost blades, stones—were hurled at the center of the illusion, causing heavy casualties among the source beasts closest to it.

Meanwhile, Sui An's elemental statues bombarded the outer perimeter of the illusion, and within just a few dozen seconds, the area was filled with the corpses of various source beasts.

Sui An quickly manipulated the illusion to move it left and right, trying not to let the corpse take up too much space.

Driven by the illusion altar and elemental statues, all the source beasts from the north were immediately blocked on the outside.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Sui An glanced at the south and west sides.

The Zhao family on the south side was the first to open the rift, but it seems that the rift was too close to the Zhao family, so no source beasts were lured to their territory.

Meanwhile, the He family to the west, whose rift was about six or seven miles away, actually had a small number of source beasts flowing towards them.

Watching the tide of beasts crossing the river, Sui An frowned slightly and muttered to himself.

"But something seems off about these source beasts. Have you noticed any strange sounds or vibrations?"

"Xiao An, is that an armored rhinoceros?"

Wang Hu's eyesight was still better, and he recognized the source beast race from a greater distance.

"They're all level 3 armored rhinoceroses, a full twelve or thirteen of them!"

Sui An's expression changed drastically; no wonder he looked strange.

The Ironclad Rhinoceros is a Level 3 Source Beast, known for its bony shell that resembles iron armor. But most importantly, this thing can easily be three or four meters long, one or two meters tall, and weigh one or two tons!

Moreover, its running speed is not slow either, able to keep up with Wang Zhen's transport vehicle. With its size and armored structure, it would cause a wreck and kill anyone it hit.

Two greatswords rose into the air in front of the wooden house, their doubled flames making the territory as bright as day, dazzlingly bright.

Without using the initial mode, given the size of this source beast, the Firebird's impact would be unlikely to be enough to move it. In fact, the high-temperature flames might only destroy the surface flesh, rather than melting it directly like the rock golem.

Sui An first summoned a level 1 sword star, condensing 16 flame swords that fell rapidly through the night sky like fireworks, hitting the armored rhinoceros a hundred meters away one by one.

However, the armored rhinoceros lived up to its reputation for strong defense; even a level 1 small fire sword could not completely penetrate its body, only piercing most of the blade.

Even though it only penetrated most of the way in, the high temperature of the sword still severely injured these armored rhinoceroses.

Suddenly, the armored rhinoceros, propelled by high-speed inertia, seemed to lose power, its four legs tilting to the side, and its massive body tumbling violently on the flat ground. The armored rhinoceroses behind it, unable to dodge in time, collided one after another, resulting in a chaotic scene of men and horses falling over.

Sui An frowned slightly: "A level 1 Sword Star Totem is still a bit weak in power."

More than a dozen armored rhinoceroses charged in with tremendous force, shaking the very ground. But after they were all killed, the entire western region suddenly fell silent.

Suddenly, Sui An's brows relaxed as a thought flashed through his mind: the armored rhinoceroses were enormous, and there were twelve of them in total. Their meat would be quite valuable!

"Wow, I'm rich again!"