I built a safe house in the eerie night.

The remaining monsters, some staggering over the already damaged Devouring Flower trap, continued to rush forward mindlessly.

But before they could get close to the barricade, Jiang Ning turned his second-tier arrow tower around and aimed it precisely at them.

"puff!"

Another monster was pierced through the head by an arrow and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Cool!"

Jiang Ning gave another low shout, his face beaming with excitement.

The feeling of sniping the eerie creatures through your own actions is like crushing these ghostly things one by one with your own hands, and the sense of accomplishment is simply overwhelming.

The people behind him saw it clearly.

After observing him just now, and seeing Jiang Ning's focused demeanor, they instantly understood that their young master was personally using the arrow towers to kill enemies.

"this......"

Xiong Meng took a deep breath, his face filled with shock.

Wang Fu nodded, his gaze on Jiang Ning's retreating figure a complex mix of relief and awe at the unknown power.

Yu Niu's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief and eagerness.

He licked his slightly chapped lips, finally unable to resist taking a step forward, lowering his voice, and asking eagerly:

"Young master, may I... kill a few like this too?"

Jiang Ning knew what this kid was thinking.

After all, who wouldn't want to personally kill these monstrous things?

But he tried to check the interface to see if there was an option to authorize others to operate it.

After a quick search, it was discovered that currently only he himself could control the target locking of second-tier and higher buildings through the interface, and he could not authorize it to the villagers.

However, when he glanced at the information on the viewing platform below, he was surprised to find...

【Observation Platform (Level 1)】

[Tier 2 Function 1: Briefly grants operational permissions, allowing the user to designate any attack building within the territory and launch a precise attack on a specific target.]

"The navigation function is there, but it's not working yet..."

Jiang Ning understood.

The current first-order observation platform only has the ability to observe and perform preliminary analysis. Operational permissions and precise control will have to wait until the second order.

He looked at Yu Niu's expectant face, smiled, and waved:

"Ah Niu, come here."

"Ah? Young Master!" Yu Niu came over in a daze.

"Let's get closer to this opening and take a look." Jiang Ning pointed to the cylindrical device.

Yu Niu immediately copied Jiang Ning's previous actions and pressed one eye tightly against the cover.

"Wow! So clear!" he exclaimed, then frowned.

"These things... ugh, they're fucking disgusting!"

He wanted to kill the monster, but being so close and clearly seeing those twisted and rotting details still made him feel nauseous.

Jiang Ning smiled and asked, "Did you see clearly how they were killed?"

"I saw it clearly, young master! That was a perfect shot, so satisfying!"

Yu Niu nodded repeatedly. He couldn't control it himself yet, but he was still very excited to be able to see it so clearly.

"Uncle Meng, why don't you give it a try?" Jiang Ning invited.

Yu Niu was somewhat reluctant to give up his position.

Xiong Meng stepped forward and carefully brought his eyes closer.

Upon seeing this, even someone as composed as him couldn't help but have his pupils shrink and his heart race.

In the darkness, those eerie and hideous faces exploded the moment they were struck by arrows, their struggles before death...

Every detail is so clear that it is far more impactful than what the naked eye can see.

"I want to see too," Erhu said in a muffled voice, about to step forward to replace Xiong Meng.

"etc......"

Just then, Xiong Meng, who was pressed against the observation port, suddenly stiffened and said in a somewhat hurried tone:

"Young Master...something seems wrong. Over there, it looks like a lot more are coming!"

Jiang Ning's expression hardened, and he stepped forward: "Let me see!"

He took the observation position and pressed his eyes against it.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Ning's heart skipped a beat.

Through the observation device, it can be clearly seen that in the distant wilderness and forests, in a place even deeper and darker than the first wave of eerie emergence, a large area of ​​thicker, writhing, and rolling black shadows is gathering.

The number is so large that it seems to be several times that of the first wave.

Moreover, this time there are many more strange types of creatures appearing.

Jiang Ning's pupils contracted.

He saw familiar spirits and ghosts, but in addition, there were two kinds of strange things he had never seen before!

Although the number is not too large, about the same as when the wandering ghosts first appeared, it means that a new type of monster has been introduced, and the situation is different now.

"Uncle Fu, come and take a look, do you recognize these two?"

Jiang Ning stepped aside and greeted Wang Fu, who was more knowledgeable.

Wang Fu hurriedly stepped forward, squinted his old eyes, and leaned close to the observation port, carefully examining it for a while.

When he saw those two strange features clearly, his expression became much more serious.

He stepped back and said in a low voice, "Young master, if I'm not mistaken, the one with the fleshy tumor on its head should be the 'Sac-headed Ghost,' and those that have no lower limbs and crawl on their abdomens are the 'Abdominal Ghosts.'"

"These two low-level anomalies occasionally appear outside large cities like Danhua City, but logically, their activity areas and breeding conditions shouldn't be attracted to a small village like ours so quickly... What's going on..."

Upon hearing Wang Fu's words, Jiang Ning's heart sank slightly, and he immediately turned to look at the altar in the center of the village.

The already faint glow at the top of the altar had dimmed to the point of being almost invisible to the naked eye under the intense darkness and eerie atmosphere, and it seemed that it might be extinguished at any moment.

"It's the second to last night. Did the strange creatures in the mountains sense that the altar was about to fail, so they're swarming in even more recklessly?"

"still......"

Jiang Ning looked at the bizarre corpses piled up like mountains outside the village.

"The village has seen too much killing and too much commotion, and the aura and fluctuations of death it exudes have attracted even more strange things?"

Jiang Ning prefers the latter.

The village has only about thirty people in total. Even if the altar is extinguished and the human scent dissipates, its attraction is limited. It should not have attracted such a strange and bizarre frenzy so quickly.

"This is not good..."

Jiang Ning muttered to himself, his brows slightly furrowed.

The others on the observation deck, upon hearing Jiang Ning and Wang Fu's conversation and sensing the increasingly oppressive and eerie atmosphere, also became solemn.

The relaxed atmosphere that had just weathered the first wave of the impact suddenly became tense again.

Although the people below couldn't hear what was being said, the stronger, more intense tremors from the ground and the roaring waves in the distance, seemingly threatening to engulf everything, made it clear to them.

Even bigger trouble and challenges are on the horizon!

Almost everyone couldn't help but take a half step back, and many people's Adam's apples bobbed as they gripped their tools tightly once more.

The people inside the house also sensed the dramatic change in atmosphere; the faint sound of children sobbing could be heard, but it was forcibly covered up by the adults.

Just when the pressure was increasing sharply and fear was spreading again,

Standing in front of the observation platform, facing the boundless darkness, Jiang Ning remained as straight as a pine tree.

Then, something happened that left everyone speechless.

In this terrifying night, amidst the howling of ghosts and the darkness like a prison, he suddenly shouted out a sentence without warning towards the eerie surging tide outside the village:

"This is my territory—"

"Come on, challenge me!"

The sound was clear and penetrating, carrying clearly out of the village and spreading a short distance across the open fields outside.

Dead silence.

For a fleeting moment, it seemed as if even the roaring, surging tide of monsters was momentarily stunned by this sudden, provocative, yet absolutely confident human shout.

Everyone on and off the platform was stunned.

They had never imagined, nor ever seen, that anyone would dare to shout at the eerie, raging tide in such a terrifying darkness.

But then, a surge of burning passion and fervor erupted from the depths of their hearts, like a lava eruption.

"Young...Young Master is mighty!!"

The first to react was always Yu Niu, who almost roared it out, his neck turning red.

"Damn these scum—!!"

Everyone else was so shocked they were speechless, too afraid to actually shout out, but a fire ignited in everyone's eyes, and their fear was suppressed by an even stronger emotion.

It is the trust of following, and also the fanaticism of risking everything.

Meanwhile, the more distant, treacherous tide seemed to be enraged by Jiang Ning's ant-like provocation.

"Awooooooo—!!"

A roar even more ferocious and earth-shattering than before suddenly exploded out.

It was as if the entire mountain forest was responding to this angry roar.

At the same time that the remaining sporadic strange creatures of the first wave were wiped out.

The second wave, a monstrous tide several times larger in scale, was like a black tsunami, crashing across the flat land outside the village and mercilessly crushing the piles of corpses of its own kind in front of it.

With extreme madness and ferocity, they charged fiercely towards the village's defenses.

The first to suffer were the five Devouring Flowers that had just spat out their digestive waste and were preparing to devour it again.

Their thick petals opened again, and each of them barely managed to swallow one of the strange creatures that rushed to the front.

But this time, there wasn't even a chance to chew.

The surging, eerie tide from behind instantly engulfed them.

"Snap! Sizzle—!"

The sounds of roots breaking and petals being torn apart were completely drowned out by the endless, deafening, eerie roars.

Five Devouring Flowers, the first soft line of defense, have been destroyed!

A large, strange torrent rushed towards the two outermost level one arrow towers, frantically attacking the protective wooden walls.

Fortunately, the wooden wall was sturdy enough to hold up for the time being.

More bizarre events then fiercely impacted the more than twenty-meter-long bone fence and barricade defense line.

"Bang! Bang! Sizzle—"

The sounds of impacts, bone spurs piercing flesh, and eerie screams all blended together into a single chorus.

The barricades stood firm like a pillar against the tide, remaining unmoved even as the strange tide surged forth, their sharp bone spikes piercing through the oncoming monsters one after another.

While calmly controlling a second-tier arrow tower, prioritizing the elimination of those who slipped through the net, Jiang Ning also kept an eye on the two newly emerging strange phenomena.

The "Nangtougui" is slow-moving, has a huge, fleshy, cystic head, and is short in stature.

Jiang Ning noticed that after they were shot or killed by collision, the fleshy growths on their heads would burst open, splattering a small amount of corrosive black blood, which could cause small-area damage to the surrounding area.

Interestingly, this indiscriminate harm sometimes accidentally injures its own kind, which to some extent hinders the subsequent bizarre progress.

They are few in number and slow, and are often taken out by arrow towers before they can get close to the defense line.

The "Abdominal Devils" have no lower limbs; their entire torso lies on the ground, and they move by wriggling their abdomens. They have disheveled hair and look gruesome and terrifying, but they are even slower, making them pure cannon fodder.

They struggle to crawl to the barricade, but often accidentally run into the sharp bone spikes and die on the spot, posing almost no effective threat.

"It seems... these two newly appeared creatures are probably just making an appearance for now. They are few in number, pose little threat, and are still minor monsters that have not yet reached the next level."

Jiang Ning felt somewhat relieved.

"The main pressure comes from the surge in the number of spirits, monsters, and wandering spirits."

At this moment, the defensive line is enduring the most intense attack since the start of the war.

Hundreds of bizarre creatures piled up in front of the barricades, charging, scratching, and biting.

The sound of arrows firing from the towers was incessant, especially from the three second-tier towers, where purple arrows, like the scythe of death, relentlessly reaped.

Despite the fierce attack, not a single monster was able to actually cross the barricade and enter the village.

On the open ground outside the village, bizarre corpses piled up rapidly, growing higher and higher.

The second wave of the strange tides alone has already accumulated in quantity and density almost reaching the level of the entire previous night.

"The arrow reserves are still plentiful."

Jiang Ning roughly calculated in his mind that the five bone arrow towers, each with a range of 500 arrows, totaled 2500 arrows, and the two outer arrow towers were also charged with nearly 200 arrows.

The two previous battles took some of our energy, but we can definitely hold out for much longer.

He turned his head and whispered instructions to Wang Fu.

"Uncle Fu, let the brothers below go back to their rooms and rest first. I saw their courage. They need to be well-rested so they can work better tomorrow."

"Yes, young master." Wang Fu accepted the order and stepped down from the viewing platform.

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's decree, the people below the stage finally relaxed a little.

They knew that their presence here would serve little practical purpose other than demonstrating their genuine loyalty.

The crowd nodded silently, cast another admiring glance at Jiang Ning's figure on the viewing platform, and then retreated quietly and orderly back to their respective houses.

In the open space of the village, only the five people on the viewing platform and the fierce, boiling killing field outside the village remained.

Yu Niu and Er Hu, these two young and energetic lads, were already full of energy. At this moment, their eyes were burning as they stared at the battlefield. If they were asked to go back, they probably wouldn't be able to sit still.

Xiong Meng's decision to stay represents a different kind of responsibility.

His hesitation the previous two nights made him feel guilty. This night, although his wife and daughter were still waiting and hoping inside the house.

But he made up his mind that as long as Jiang Ning was still standing here, standing outside, he would stay with him until dawn, until the sun rose again.