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

"This illusion is truly a wonderful thing. With it existing, wouldn't we be invincible in the Rift defense battles?"

"Aren't these architect's buildings a bit too bizarre? They have all these things, and the style is really weird. Other low-level territories have all kinds of arrow towers and cannons, or at most some elemental statues or catapults. Yours are all so strange."

Erhu was rather bored at the moment. The illusion's attraction range was so large that no black-armored beasts came to him for a while.

Sui An moved the illusion from time to time. Since he had decided to rely on the Sword Star to clear out this special source beast, he pulled the illusion out of the elemental statue's attack range.

Each time you adjust your position, accumulate enough Black Armor Beasts and then use Sword Star to attack. As for the meat being cooked, so be it; after all, life is more important than Originium.

The cooked meat might sell for some money; after all, it's level 2 source beast meat. The amazing alchemist might still be able to refine it into basic source materials, or perhaps it could be given to professional chefs.

Hearing Erhu's sentiments, Sui An shook his head.

"There is no such thing as an invincible building. The hallucinogenic effect of this thing has an upper limit. Even a level 2 purple building may not be confused by a level 3 source beast. It can only deal with low-level source beasts."

"That's strong enough. These low-level source beasts can overwhelm an entire territory. Don't underestimate the Ghost Fox as a source beast!"

Erhu yawned. He was genuinely bored. He never imagined that he would one day be a mascot in a level 2 territory.

As time went on, the illusions in the field became somewhat unreal, so Sui An directly summoned a second illusion to replace them.

"Is there something wrong with these black-armored beasts? I haven't seen a single level 3 one. Logically speaking, a group of black-armored beasts of this size should have a leader."

After firing another sword strike, Sui An was somewhat puzzled. He had seen level 3 black-armored beasts before, as they were significantly larger.

Erhu sat on the wall, resting his chin on his hand and gazing into the distance. After 10 minutes of exposure, the number of black-armored beasts that had emerged from that direction had decreased significantly.

"As I just said, I didn't see any Level 3 ones, but I didn't pay attention after that. There might have been some, maybe you mixed them in and burned them."

"Maybe~"

Sui An shrugged. A few more level-three monsters would only mean a few more source stones, which wasn't a huge benefit, and he didn't really care.

"Thump!"

Suddenly, a muffled sound rang out in the territory, and Sui An's territory core suddenly issued a routine warning.

Sui An's expression changed, and he said, "Something is attacking my energy shield!"

The three of them quickly looked around for the attacker.

Sui An was somewhat puzzled. Since the wall was built, few source beasts had directly attacked his energy shield.

Moreover, his three elemental statues were enough to cover his territory; could it be some special source beast that had intruded into the edge of his territory?

"Snapped!"

Before everyone could locate the point of attack, a second sound rang out, and Sui An's energy shield suddenly shattered before everyone's horrified eyes.

"not good!"

Without a second thought, Sui An immediately expanded the Thousand Winds Barrier that enveloped him, attempting to include the erhu on the wall as well.

As the barrier expanded rapidly, as if it had suddenly bumped into something, Sui An looked at the projection of his territory. At this moment, it seemed that something was being pushed out of the barrier from below.

"Holy crap, what kind of source beast is underground?!"

Sui An immediately understood why his energy shield had suddenly shattered. He shot an arrow into the courtyard, and the arrow sank halfway into the ground.

That place was just a little inside, below the base of its own wall.

Erhu immediately understood the situation. He leaped up from the wall, his silver longsword swirling with azure energy, as if reflecting the barrier itself.

The longsword slammed into the ground where the arrow had been, and a huge gash suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Erhu's long sword kept striking the spot designated by Sui An, and a huge crater quickly appeared.

"when!"

It wasn't until a clang of metal clashing suddenly came from below that everyone realized Erhu had struck a huge black shadow through the barrier with his sword.

Erhu's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously leaped up. Sui An then shone the spotlight into the pit.

Below the pit was a massive passage, and at the entrance stood a gigantic black-armored beast. Its scales were shrouded in golden energy, giving it a dark gold hue, and its long, slender head was adorned with a pair of exceptionally ferocious, crimson vertical pupils.

"Good heavens, this black-armored beast leader dug straight through the ground and came down to the territory."

Erhu sighed, but his hands didn't stop moving at all. Suddenly, the wind aura on the silver longsword surged, as if winds from all directions were rushing into the blade in his hand, making it exceptionally bright.

"Gale Strike!"

With the blade fully charged, Erhu swung it downwards, while the enormous black-armored beast in the underground pit extended its dark golden claws.

"boom!"

The two collided violently, and the already large crater was once again swept up by the powerful source energy. The tornado-like shockwave forcefully scraped away another large layer of soil from the crater.

The barrier rippled and trembled, teetering on the brink of collapse from the powerful aftershocks of energy.

Erhu was knocked back from the bottom of the pit by the impact, and used the momentum to jump to the side. The giant black-armored beast's claws were also knocked back, and its entire body pressed down on the pit below, causing it to collapse even further.

"It's fucking hard!"

Erhu stretched his right arm, frowned, and looked at the big guy huddled underneath, feeling a bit of a headache.

"We have to let it out, otherwise it'll be difficult to fight. But even if it comes out, it'll still be difficult to fight; it's too tough!"

"Then I'll give it a try!"

Sui An contracted the barrier slightly, making room for the opening, and the large creature below eagerly prepared to rush up.

But then 16 fiery swords descended from the sky, transforming into a sky full of fire lines that swooped down and precisely pierced the back of the black-armored beast that had just climbed onto the ground.

"Clang~ Clang~ Clang..."

The series of strikes almost merged into one, and the golden source energy that enveloped the black-armored beast was almost shattered in the first four or five strikes.

The immense impact slammed the black-armored beast into the burrow below.

The remaining flaming swords continued to strike the dark golden scales, which instantly turned crimson red. After a dozen or so flaming swords hit a single spot, a large chunk of the terrifying scales was finally shattered.

The last sword of fire finally pierced through the flesh where the scales had shattered, but the great black armored beast was also extremely powerful. The sword could only penetrate a small part before it was unable to go any further and finally turned into flames and vanished.

"roar!"

The great black armored beast's painful roar was particularly piercing, while the erhu player beside it had already gathered its strength once again.

This time, instead of swinging the blade, he held it upright and thrust it downwards, the tip plunging into the charred wound. Intense energy erupted from the blade, violently rupturing the wound, sending blood and flesh flying everywhere.