Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

That's a very good question. Retreat, but where to retreat to?

You have to understand that there are still many players who haven't reached level 99 and can't ascend to the Netherworld at all. You can't just abandon them, can you?

Besides, who would be willing to leave so slinking away like this?

Dragon City was built brick by brick by them, and there are also incredibly large reserves of anti-magic rock ore here, which is a huge amount of wealth!

Giving up so easily? What's the difference between that and cutting off a piece of your own flesh?

Wang Mian's heart skipped a beat, and he thought of a place—the competition area where the centaurs were located next door.

There are level restrictions there; demons can't get in.

However, the problem is also obvious: once you get there, it's their territory. You don't have the authority to build a city, you can't set up resurrection points, and players can't resurrect there if they die, unless they choose to become vassals of the centaurs.

Moreover, as far as he knew, the neighboring competition zone was also not safe.

The threat of the Gorgon King always loomed overhead, and the Fogborn had also been active there.

What if something goes wrong over there too? Besides, they'll be completing their upgrade war soon, and once they're converted into ancestral lands, they won't be able to stay there any longer.

Wang Mu then spoke up: "I think we can team up all the players who are below the required level, and then have higher-level players carry them through the levels, allowing everyone to ascend to higher levels in a short time!"

Wang Mu's idea is indeed a good one. With the current strength of the Divine Dragon Guild, it is more than enough to carry people one-on-one to level up.

But the key question remains... what about Dragon City?

Are we just going to throw it away like that?

Aside from the floating city, the level 8 main city ruins of Ascalon in this entire region are probably the richest in resources.

Forbidden Magic Rock Veins, high-level dungeons, and the eternal energy source Terra Heart—these are all priceless treasures! The loss from giving them up is painful to even think about.

No one was willing to accept this!

But... what can you do if you're not willing to accept it?

The other side has no sportsmanship. Level 999 Eternals ganged up to bully people. How is this any different from a group of WWE burly men breaking into a kindergarten and beating up the kids?

Just when everyone was at a loss, the last king, Hector, who had joined the meeting, suddenly spoke up.

"Ascalon is not a place, Ascalon is the people!"

Everyone: Huh? Why does that sound so familiar?

Since the Heart of Terra was activated, Hector's soul has become increasingly solid. He slowly swept his gaze over everyone: "Actually, there are only two truly precious things in Ascalon: one is the treacherous, magic-free mine, and the other is the eternal energy, the Heart of Terra. We just need to find a way to take these with us!"

"Take him away? How do you take him away?" Wu Zhan scratched his head.

"Yes! We can't possibly mine all these veins in such a short time, can we?" Wang Mian frowned as well.

"Even if you take it, where can you take it? You need somewhere to put it, right?" Yun Xiangrong added insult to injury.

Just as everyone was talking at once, Liu Nian tapped the table, making a "thump-thump" sound, and the council hall instantly fell silent.

"I do have an idea," he said.

Everyone immediately turned to look at him.

Liu Nian's gaze narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly:

"It seems we still have another territory—the Abyss of Demons!"

"The Abyss of Demons".

The moment those two words were uttered, everyone's gaze sharpened, and the air in the council chamber tightened.

The Abyss, to be precise, is not an "abyss," but the body of an ancient divine dragon.

The divine dragon was named "Huang Sui," the ancestor of the dragon descendants. After it died in battle, its body transformed into a huge independent space, inside which was an ancient city in the style of a dragon kingdom.

The ascension trials of the Dragonborn were completed there.

Strictly speaking, that place also doesn't restrict entry by level, but there's only one teleportation portal at the entrance.

Moreover, the entire Demon Abyss is a vast space, capable of accommodating at least hundreds of thousands of people. It could easily hold several more than one Ascalon.

Although the ancient city inside is dilapidated, its main structure is still intact, so it is not difficult to restore.

"But," Wang Mian began, "it's still the same problem. People can go in, but how do we move Ascalon over there?"

Ultimately, Ascalon won't become a backpack that you can just carry around.

This is a huge city built within a vein of magic-free rock—towering city walls, scattered buildings, a large number of NPC residents, as well as teleportation arrays, dungeons...

Liu Nian did not answer directly, but looked at the illusory figure beside him.

Hector noticed Liu Nian's gaze, pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke: "As we all know, Ascalon is built within the Anti-Magic Rock Mine. The mine is underground, connected to the earth. Theoretically speaking, unless the entire mine is excavated, it would be impossible to move the city. But that project is far too massive, and it probably cannot be solved in a short time."

After he finished speaking, he shook his head, the meaning of which was clear: This is difficult, extremely difficult.

Wu Zhan looked at Liu Nian with a "you're definitely up to something" expression in his eyes: "You must have something on your mind, right?"

Liu Nian nodded, then said something surprising: "How about we transform the entire Ascalon, along with its mineral veins, into a floating city?"

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

"Is... this even possible?"

The council chamber immediately erupted in chaos, with everyone talking at once, all feeling that Liu Nian's idea was simply outrageous.

But Wu Zhan, standing to the side, frowned and fell into deep thought.

Wait a minute... this isn't impossible!

He suddenly slapped his thigh, startling Jiang Yi who was standing next to him.

Back when they were farming the Anaxis Rift, they found a lot of blueprints in the library, including complete blueprints for building a floating city! Those blueprints weren't just drafts; they were proper engineering blueprints, detailing exactly what materials, runes, and procedures would be used.

The related technologies are not as complicated as you might imagine, because they are mainly achieved through magic.

For example, Anaxim used a powerful forbidden spell to cut a mountain in half, then used gravity reversal to hang the mountain upside down, covering it with a large array of anti-gravity runes, making the inverted cone-shaped platform float in mid-air.

After that, you can add buildings on top or hollow out the mountain below, it's up to you.

To put it simply, the core technologies of a floating city are twofold: a sufficiently large platform and a sufficiently powerful energy supply core.

The most crucial element here is the perpetual energy core!

Ascalon itself possessed the Heart of Terra and reappeared after Liu Nian completed the "Let there be light" quest.

In other words, Ascalon fully meets the necessary conditions to become a floating city!

The foundation is there, the energy source is there, the blueprints are there—everything is ready, all that's left is to get started!