I built a safe house in the eerie night.

Night swallowed the heavens and the earth, and the entire Changyin Mountain was shrouded in surging darkness and thin black mist.

Deep in the mountains and forests, various indescribable shrieks and roars could be heard from time to time, looming in the distance.

No one knows how many terrifying beings lurk deep within these mountains, or how many strange creatures have been spawned there.

Only at the very heart of the mountain range, a colossal ancient tree, seemingly connecting heaven and earth, stands silently in the darkness, vast and ancient, overlooking this ominous land.

The village of Baiye was deathly silent, with the altar emitting a faint white light, swaying back and forth in the night wind.

Following Jiang Ning's instructions, more than 30 villagers gathered in several adjacent houses, with the doors and windows tightly closed, and waited anxiously in a suffocating silence.

Jiang Ning peered intently through the crack in the door, staring intently at the outside.

The two bone arrow towers were fully charged. The process was simple: just pile the collected strange skeletons at a specific location at the bottom of the towers, and black smoke would automatically rise from them, thus charging the arrows.

On the tower, the eye sockets of the skull device emitted a faint glow in the night, coldly facing the darkness outside the village.

In front of the tower, two "Devouring Flowers" were also releasing that special rotten, sweet, and fishy smell, their petals swaying slightly, like huge mouths waiting for their prey.

coming!

A piercing scream, sharp enough to shatter eardrums, abruptly shattered the silence outside the village, ushering in the terrifying night.

Shadowy, oddly shaped figures began to emerge from the edge of the dead forest, growing more and more numerous and densely packed.

Jiang Ning watched, his heart pounding in his chest.

These strange things are also noticeable. As before, most of them are twisted and deformed, with disgusting tumors hanging on their bodies. They may be mutated Tai Sui, or other ominous components.

It is these very things that endow them with the ability to act strangely, as well as a frenzied bloodlust.

These low-level monsters multiply extremely quickly, and within a short period of time, they spread like tides, wave after wave, roaming and roaring freely in the mountains and fields.

They appear to have no purpose whatsoever, seemingly only asserting the dominion of the night, proclaiming themselves as the rulers of this land.

Just as Jiang Ning was observing these bizarre, zombie-like main forces—

"Bang!!"

A dull, loud thud resounded through the night, echoing throughout the village and striking a chord deep within everyone's heart.

Jiang Ning's eyes narrowed as he saw the fastest-charging monster suddenly crash into the wooden wall surrounding the bone arrow tower on the left side of the village entrance.

The wooden wall trembled slightly, but was not damaged.

"It's within firing range!" Jiang Ning's heart skipped a beat, his pupils contracted sharply, and he screamed inwardly, "Shoot it!"

The skull on the left-hand bone arrow tower is turning slightly, indicating it's about to charge up its power.

But even faster than the arrows was the "Devouring Flower" that was closer to the wooden wall.

Its menacing petals suddenly opened, then snapped shut like a trap, swallowing the strange creature that had crashed into it whole!

"Gurgle, cluck, gurgle..."

The sickening sounds of chewing echoed, exceptionally clear in the darkness.

The commotion attracted more low-level monsters, who roared and surged toward the Devouring Flower, raising their rotten or mutated forelimbs to attack.

"call out--!"

A sharp, piercing whistle followed!

A black light flashed in the eye sockets of the skull on the left bone arrow tower, and a pale white bone arrow wrapped in black smoke shot out at an extremely fast speed!

Under Jiang Ning's tense gaze, the bone arrow accurately struck a strange head that was lunging towards the Devouring Flower!

"puff!"

The sound was not loud, but it was exceptionally clear.

The eerie head was instantly pierced, its movements abruptly halted, and then its entire body was sent flying backward by the force of the arrow.

With a "thud," he was pinned to the ground several steps away, twitched twice, and then fell completely silent.

"Holy crap...that feels amazing!"

Jiang Ning was so excited he almost shouted it out, his fists clenched tightly.

The other strange creatures seemed to be momentarily stunned by the sudden attack, but their instincts, or rather their inherent madness, quickly overcame this brief hesitation, and they continued their frenzied attack on the Devouring Flower that was constantly emitting an alluring scent.

The skull on the Bone Arrow Tower turned again, and the faint light in its eye sockets seemed to have intensified.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

Then came the continuous sound of air being torn apart!

Bone arrows rained down like black raindrops, accurately and ruthlessly striking the strange creatures gathered around the Devouring Flower.

Almost every arrow could take a life, either piercing the skull or tearing the torso apart.

In the blink of an eye, several strange corpses lay sprawled in front of the arrow tower.

Some were still struggling to get up, but the arrows that swept by, or even just the strong wind, were enough to make them fall completely.

Its power is considerable! Quite considerable indeed!

Jiang Ning was so excited watching that his face turned red.

Wang Fu, who shared a room with Wang Fu, and several other men from the other rooms who had mustered up the courage to peer through the cracks.

People like Xiong Meng and Yu Niu were all dumbfounded, their mouths agape, their faces filled with unprecedented shock.

Xiong Meng's throat bobbed incessantly, and his breathing became heavy.

His wife, Du, was tightly holding their daughter, Xiong Qiuqiu, behind him, huddled up and trembling.

The little girl twisted her body, trying to pop her head out to look, but Xiong Meng firmly held her down, pressing her head back into his arms and whispering in her ear in an almost inaudible voice:

"Brother Jiang Ning is dealing with the monsters outside, let's not cause trouble, let's not make a sound..."

The little girl nodded obediently and innocently, no longer curiously peeking out. Xiong Meng also stopped looking outside, tightly embracing his wife and daughter, and closing his eyes.

And at this moment, what surged in his heart was no longer the despair of the past when he could only curl up and wait for the dawn, but tension and excitement, and even a feeling of "exhilaration"!

The village used to rely on the faint light of the altar to endure endless fear until dawn.

But now, they have the power to fight back.

Even though it was just two towers, the sight made him vaguely see the shadows of those legendary great cities resisting the strange.

How could this not stir his heart and soul?!

The battle on the right side of the village entrance also broke out almost simultaneously. Another Devouring Flower also performed well, attracting some of the monsters, while the Bone Arrow Towers behind it began to efficiently pick off and kill them.

However, the number of bizarre occurrences is simply too great.

Only a portion of the fish were lured to the two bait locations; many others slipped through the arrow towers' coverage area and roared as they burrowed into the village.

They began to wander aimlessly, and soon followed the scents to the area around the houses where the villagers were hiding.

The violent and meaningless scratching and roaring may be an attempt to intimidate, test, or lure living people into exposing themselves.

Jiang Ning remained calm and observant throughout, his mind filled with deep thought.

The village's pervasive drafts have become glaringly obvious, and the construction of a wall must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if the protective light of the altar were to be completely extinguished, or if these strange phenomena were to strike a house again, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, the two arrow towers had a decent range, and occasionally they could free up their hands to fire bone arrows at the strange creatures roaming the village to eliminate them. Even if they couldn't cover every corner of the village, it still relieved some of the pressure.

To expand the attack range, upgrading the arrow towers to increase range and power is the only way.

However, Jiang Ning is more worried about the immediate situation.

Although the arrow tower is powerful, the number of arrows it can charge is ultimately limited.

All the strange skeletons collected were ultimately converted into approximately 60 bone arrows for each tower.

Once the bone arrows are exhausted, how long can the Devouring Flower in front withstand the eerie siege?

After the flowers are destroyed, what about the arrow tower itself...? These two treasures, built with a total of 400 kilograms of black Tai Sui, can they be saved from the bizarre siege?

Hopefully, it can last a little longer.

Even if it can hold out for a long time, can it withstand the crazy onslaught all night?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning's heart clenched.

If those two towers were truly destroyed, my heart would bleed uncontrollably.

He stared intently outside, watching the bone arrows being fired again and again, watching the eerie corpses gradually pile up, silently counting the dwindling number of arrows and the slowly passing, endless night.

Hold on a little longer.

At the very least, it should be worth the price!