I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

A brilliant holy light condensed on the gun and gradually flowed into Duke's body, making the tormented Duke feel a little better.

The power belonging to the "savior" is gradually weakening, so Duke needs to rely on the external force of the star map system.

"I want to shoot down this city."

He tossed the spear in his hand into the air.

Then, the brilliant holy light that had previously transformed into the hope of all living beings in the floating city condensed in the sky into a heavy blow from hell. The Spear of "I Think" transformed into a fist of brilliant holy light, and just like what Duke had just done, this fist slammed heavily onto the ground!

"Boom—"

The floating city, now split in two, could no longer be reassembled, and it could no longer maintain its floating position. The floating city began to tilt and fall, and the beings inside began to go crazy and scream.

not enough.

Despair had spread from his thoughts to Duke's body. He felt the urgency of time, and the divinity belonging to the mute within him was almost unable to suppress the divinity belonging to the savior.

Not fast enough.

Duke took a deep breath, and then the Soul Requiem began to play.

A soul song from the apocalyptic deep sea spreads among people's hearts.

The dark sea, spilled from the overturned Pandora's Box, is about to fill the deep trench.

The indistinct miniature planet reappeared in the sky.

There are many, many more... This floating city in the parallel world contains far too many scattered world rules. For Soul Requiem, this world is the best breeding ground, where one can obtain a large amount of power seeds in a short period of time without doing anything.

Duke now craves all the power that can destroy the floating city.

He clenched his fist, and with the intense strains of a soul-soothing symphony playing, he delivered another punch.

"boom--"

One punch.

The floating city began to falter.

One punch.

The floating city was teetering on the brink of collapse.

One punch.

The floating city is falling.

One punch, one punch, one punch...

Duke seemed oblivious to the frantic cries for mercy and the desperate will to survive of the masses, continuing to silently relentlessly strike the floating city.

The star map that made up the floating city finally couldn't withstand such an attack and began to collapse.

As the star map collapsed, the foundations supporting all the buildings in the floating city also began to crumble.

For the first time, the inhabitants of the floating city, who had enjoyed their eternally untouched floating city for millennia, realized that the floating city could also crash... No, the floating city could never crash, because before it could crash, it would collapse and disintegrate in mid-air.

The inhabitants of the floating city were abandoned by the floating city.

In the desperate fall, some people desperately tried to grab onto something, especially some of the more powerful professionals, who even tried to control their bodies in freefall. But as the star map collapsed, the foundation of the floating city was being crushed into dust bit by bit!

Only the truly powerful, such as Fei and Howard, can remain suspended in the air, while at least 99.99% of the ordinary people fall from the sky.

All that remained after falling from the sky were ordinary people.

In that instant, no one cared about the invasion from another dimension anymore, and no one realized that the invasion from another dimension had stopped forever without a sound.

Seeing this scene.

Duke finally smiled.

"It's up to you now."

As he spoke, Duke's humanity temporarily receded, and his divine savior nature reawakened.

He distributed power to all people; the powerful thoughts constituted powerful divine power, giving everyone the power to land safely and freely.

This is the answer Duke gave.

Destroy the floating city.

They rescued everyone in the floating city.

For this floating city, filled with arrogance and prejudice, which had banished all spellcasters, survived for a thousand years under the protection of the Little Prince, and was completely unprepared for the imminent doomsday, destruction was its only fate.

Duke racked his brains but couldn't think of a way to save the floating city, so he settled for a way to save everyone in the floating city, but... what was the price?

After the divinity took over the divine body, Duke's humanity once again entered a state of overlooking God's perspective. He watched as the diligently working divinity indeed accurately saved everyone, even Fei and the others who were still fighting fiercely. The divinity treated them equally and gave them the power to protect them—even though they did not make any defenses and were able to land freely from the sky, most of them were unharmed.

If this continues, the inhabitants of the floating city will safely reach the ground. What happens next is up to them and has nothing to do with Duke anymore.

Because he was going to die.

Divided ideologies began to tear Duke's divine body apart.

The side effects of going against the prevailing ideology are beginning to appear.

The part of the Savior's divine duty that is "to save the floating city" is directly destroying Him.

The power of divinity is growing stronger, but the sense of being torn apart by that power is also growing stronger.

After truly saving everyone, Duke closed his eyes.

Both the human half-body and the divine half-body closed their eyes.

Then, Duke, like the floating city he had destroyed with his own hands, was instantly reduced to dust.

Chapter 428 The Aftermath of the Floating City

Duke is dead?

While fighting Howard, Lady Scarlet kept a close eye on Duke's situation. When Duke was crushed into dust by some unseen force due to the backlash from the gods, Lady Scarlet couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

Clearly, she never imagined that Duke would actually die.

Despite Duke's disobedience to the gods and his reckless actions that actually destroyed the floating city and attracted the attention of two top legends, Fei still never imagined that Duke would actually die.

Fei was never one of Duke's core partners. After all, she was the pinnacle of another floating city, and even Duke, a notorious scumbag in the floating city, obviously wouldn't dare to mess with Ms. Fei—Duke felt it was better to cling to her coattails than to ruin her reputation. Therefore, Fei and Duke never had much contact.

However, after only a few interactions, Fei's evaluation of Duke was quite high.

In Sleeping Beauty, even though Duke's soul was torn apart and swallowed whole by Talia, he could still return from hell. Despite being more insane and reckless than anyone else, he possessed a powerful life force that seemed to be favored or cursed by fate.

So, can he pull off another miracle this time?

Ms. Fei narrowed her eyes.

No, this kind of thing can't even be called a "miracle".

Of course, she hoped Duke could make a triumphant return, because Carol had told her that Duke was an indispensable part of saving the floating city... At the same time, Fei didn't believe that Duke would be willing to sacrifice himself to save the lives of the people in this city—if he had such a spirit of sacrifice, wouldn't it be better to save his own floating city? What was there to save about this floating city that was already terminally ill?

Didn't he know that what he was doing would kill him?

Of course not, so Duke must have left himself some kind of backup plan, so that even if he looks completely dead now, he can still stage a "return of the dead".

But... what backup plan did he leave behind?

Just then, two girls and a cat appeared at the spot where Duke had vanished into thin air. Ms. Faye spotted them immediately—clearly, they were Duke's backup plan.

But Ms. Fei still couldn't figure out what tricks Duke had up his sleeve.

Could he possibly be resurrected on the spot?

Lady Scarlet stared at Amber, Cecil, and Little Black for a while, still unable to figure out what tricks Duke had left behind. Cecil's legendary destiny couldn't bring the dead back to life, and Amber, who inherited the Space Witch's talent, was far from capable in the realm of time. Carol might be able to reverse time here, but she certainly couldn't. Little Black was even less of a possibility; what could a shadow creature possibly do?

"Tsk."

Ms. Fei clicked her tongue, feeling once again that she was indeed getting old. Although her appearance was still young and beautiful, her mindset had indeed aged. She no longer had the drive and ambition of a young person, and even when faced with things that piqued her curiosity, she no longer had the persistence to get to the bottom of them.

She sighed, once again repelling Howard's aggressive attack, and then asked softly:

"The floating city is already in such a state, do you still want to fight me?"

Howard Howard frowned, but he did stop his attack and silently sensed the protection the "Savior" had just given to every creature in the floating city. He quickly confirmed that this protection was sufficient for a safe landing. So, he waved his hand dismissively.

"There's really nothing left to fight. You're as troublesome as ever, and I don't want to fight you to the death."

"What's there to distinguish between life and death? It's simply a matter of me being born and you dying."

Fei raised an eyebrow and said without backing down an inch.

Howard shrugged, not wanting to argue with Fei any longer, and instead lifted himself off the air, chasing after the floating city's inhabitants who were falling freely—although the fall wouldn't hurt them, once they reached the ground, no city could accommodate an entire floating city of refugees, and the floating city's inhabitants needed a leader to step forward.

The "savior" who destroyed their escape route was no longer an option; only Howard could come.

Nevertheless, the people of the floating city were not in a hopeless situation, and they still maintained their confidence.

This floating city had two core competitive advantages: first, the ubiquitous magical technology that provided its inhabitants with a life of convenience out of step with the times; and second, the powerful, top-tier individuals residing within it. The former was destroyed in the event of the floating city's annihilation, but the latter had not yet suffered much damage from the apocalypse caused by the interdimensional invasion.

With so many high-level professionals, including multiple legendaries, the people of the floating city possess such a level of power that they can rebuild their city anywhere, even without the city's protection. With legends like Howard and Lohena leading the way, it wouldn't be difficult for the people of the floating city to build a city in the bottomless abyss.

Fei and Howard have ceased hostilities, while the battle between Ida and Lohena ended even earlier; they stopped fighting after the destruction of the floating city.

To be precise, Lohena, caught up in the heat of the fight and no longer thinking, wanted to continue, but Ida clearly didn't want to. At this point, Lohena, who was still trying to pursue, was finally persuaded to leave by Howard.

"It's finally over."

Fei let out a soft breath, and then saw Ida fly in front of her with a mournful face, making a tearful expression, and crying to Fei, "It's over, Fei, I'm going to die!"

"?" Fei looked at Date with an expression that said "you're an idiot," then thought for a moment and gave him a thumbs up: "Good riddance."

"Damn it! How come you don't care about me at all?" Ida was still whimpering, pretending to cry. "Didn't you hear what Duke said? He said if he dies, I will die too, and it's not a lie... Because of the fact that he resurrected me, our fates are tied together. If he dies, I really will die too!"

"Oh." Fei raised an eyebrow, her resolve unwavering as she countered, "Then are you dead?"

"..." Ida's lips twitched slightly. "Okay, I was faking it. Since I'm not dead, either Duke is not dead, or he has terminated his fate-sharing with me, and I will be free from now on. Either way, it's good news for me."

"pity."

Fei clicked her tongue in disappointment.

"You want to fight, huh?"

"So what if I am? What can you do to me if I'm not?"

The two stared at each other for a while, then suddenly started fighting—it was a real fight, but they didn't intend to kill each other. The attack was just out of habit and long-standing mutual dislike.