CHAPTER 710: IT’S OVER

"It’s impossible not to break!?"

Duke’s voice spread far away.

If Duke hadn’t shattered all kinds of magic in front of more than 200,000 people, even though he was an encyclopedia of magic;

If Duke wasn’t the most powerful mage in the alliance who had already advanced to Antonidas in the eyes of outsiders;

If Duke’s opponent was not Antonidas, the Archlich of the Sun;

If Duke had not turned the tide in times of crisis;

Just based on Duke’s seemingly boastful words, it is enough to make all the mages in the world furious at Duke and spray him like shit.

But now, in the face of absolute record, others won’t care whether you are a fake Antonidas or not.

What everyone saw was Duke beating up the Sun King Anasterian Sunstrider, and now he was suppressing Antonidas, who was also the Sun King.

The reason why a legendary hero becomes a legend, in addition to his amazing achievements, the other half, of course, is due to rumors.

A blacksmith must be strong himself, but without advertising, who would know if you are strong enough?

Duke was approaching Antonidas step by step. This was certainly an imminent threat to the archlich, but from another perspective, it was also an opportunity.

Obviously, as Antonidas continued to cast new magic, Duke had less time to crack it and the situation became more dangerous.

Both of them have enormous magical powers added to them, one is the dark power of death, and the other is the bright power of the sun!

For a moment, due to various violent explosions, the elemental turbulence around the two opponents became more and more violent, it was simply at the level of a raging storm.

"Duke - you obviously have such strength, why didn’t you use it at the beginning? Why did you have to wait until I fell before using it? Making me so ugly!?" From Antonidas’ tone, it seemed that he was blaming Duke for his fall?

Looking at the current Archlich, Duke couldn’t help but think of Antonidas’s extremely conservative policies over the past ten years...

Alas! It’s because you became so paranoid and arrogant that things turned out like this!

Duke shrugged. "You couldn’t defeat a dreadlord in a one-on-one fight and were killed by a trap set by the enemy. Do you blame me?"

"You! You! You!" Antonidas said the word ’you’ three times in a row, and the cloudy eyeball seemed to be about to fall out of the rotten head at any time.

Duke’s facial muscles twitched and he cursed in his heart: That’s why I hate liches, they affect the cityscape too much.

Whether Antonidas is willing or not, he has now fallen into the undead. Unlike Sylvanas, who originally became the queen of the undead, he is not as good at maintaining his youthful appearance as Sylvanas. It is understandable that he gave up on himself because of his disfigurement after embarking on the path of lich.

Understanding does not mean forgiveness, and their different positions are destined to make them not let each other go.

No one can turn back.

Just as Duke expected, Antonidas was like a giant beast that devoured the world. After swallowing a huge amount of dark power, he finally released his ultimate move.

Suddenly, a majestic and cold aura spread across the entire world, as if the boundless chill of the sudden winter was extending in all directions with the Great Lich as the center.

Suddenly, there was no boundary between heaven and earth.

The gray sky disappeared.

The island of Quel’Danath, where even the sand glowed with the faint glow of the sun, also disappeared.

The whole world was left with only a grayish white.

That is the Plains of Death covered with ice and snow. It has to be said that Antonidas, who started out as an ice magician, seems to have a close relationship with the Lich King.

However, there was still undisguised surprise on Duke’s face.

Because according to the system prompts, Antonidas has injected more than 80% of the soul into this gray world.

It is not uncommon for any demigod to use huge magic power as energy and their own soul to build a fantasy domain world. When reaching the realm of demigod, some demigods like to extremely strengthen their bodies, while others like to suppress their enemies with domains.

For example, the Queen of Dreams, Ysera, takes the path of unity between the realm and herself. As long as she is in the dream, she is the strongest, she is the Emerald Dream, and the Emerald Dream is her. Once she or the Emerald Dream is corrupted, she will be finished.

Apparently, Antonidas chose the same path as Ysera.

"What a pity..."

It’s a pity for Duke. It’s a pity that Antonidas used it at the wrong time.

If Antonidas is a super powerful being at the peak of Dawn and is about to break through, it is possible that after borrowing the dark power of the Lich King, he can forcibly open the domain and break through the bottleneck of Dawn in one fell swoop and enter the demigod level.

But at this moment, when a lot of his magic circuits had been shamelessly taken away by someone, and the newly created magic circuits were not yet completely stable, and his strength was far from that of a demigod, he brazenly expanded into a field he was not familiar with, which would undoubtedly be a destruction of his future.

This might be the only chance for him to enter the realm in his life. From then on, because of the damage to his soul, this great wizard who once had unparalleled talent in the human race no longer had room for growth, no matter what form he existed in the world.

It’s not that Antonidas didn’t hesitate, he wasn’t so resolute, nor was he fanatically loyal to the Lich King. He... was simply abandoned by Ner’zhul.

right!

In a sense, Ner’zhul has no shortage of lich fighters.

Now he has Anasterian, the resurrected Kel’Thuzad, and Antonidas under his command. In terms of loyalty, Antonidas cannot compare to Kel’Thuzad, who shares the same ideals as the Lich King. In terms of strength, Anasterian is actually superior to Antonidas.

If we can eliminate Duke, the great enemy, at the cost of Antonidas being unable to advance again in the future, it would be a real bargain.

Duke couldn’t help but sigh, it was true that those who did evil things would definitely not have a good ending once their strength weakened.

Antonidas pulled him into the ice and snow plains of death. In the opponent’s territory, all external forces were isolated except for what Duke himself possessed.

Duke’s biggest trouble is undoubtedly that he can no longer borrow elemental power from the outside world.

Of course, this includes the most important magic of the Sunwell branch.

Although Antonidas might not be able to maintain the domain for a long time, it was still fatal to Duke. After all, without the help of external forces, Duke immediately returned to his original form and became a wizard with magic power only at the peak of the Archmage.

It has to be said that Antonidas is, after all, a veteran warrior who has experienced many battles. Although he becomes more extreme as he gets older and his soul was once captured, his keenness and judgment in magical warfare are still as good as ever.

He immediately seized Duke’s weakest link.

On the endless snowfield of death, Duke’s figure was so lonely and helpless.

The halo of the alliance commander and the glory of the legendary hero seemed to have faded away at this moment.

The only person Duke can rely on is himself.

"Duke... Edmund Duke! Are you still struggling in vain? In the face of the power of His Majesty the Lich King, what is the meaning of your resistance?" Antonidas’ voice echoed throughout the white world. The loud voice made Duke’s eardrums hurt.

"Damn it, you’re just someone else’s younger brother’s younger brother, but you, Ner’zhul, have to kneel before me. Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty?" Duke couldn’t help but complain.

The sky was suddenly filled with black clouds that were so thick that they almost turned into solid matter.

Well, it’s obvious that Antonidas, who transformed himself into the world, was upset.

Although he didn’t like looking up, Duke still looked up at the sky. For him, looking at the world was like looking at Antonidas.

Suddenly Duke felt a little pity for this former veteran of the alliance.

Duke is not a saint and it is impossible for him to save everyone from the aggressive dark forces, especially when fate changes drastically.

Compared with the fallen Antonidas now, the original ending in history where he was killed by Arthas and turned into a ghost wandering in the ruins of Dalaran seems to be more glorious and great.

"Alas!" Duke sighed.

If Antonidas had fought him in a one-on-one duel in any place far from the Sunwell, or outside the realm, he would have been beaten to a pulp. Duke might not even have been able to escape with his soul after losing his life.

Why did Antonidas drag him into such an immature field?

If this is a field that has been refined and perfected, and belongs only to Antonidas, then it is hard to say whether Duke will be the one to kneel this time.

On the surface, this realm maximizes his ice and snow magic and completely excludes all forces other than ice and death. In fact, this world is not Antonidas’s true home. This is just a realm woven by the Lich King Ner’zhul through Antonidas as a carrier and according to the laws of the Lich King.

"Antonidas!" Duke couldn’t help but sigh, his eyes full of pity.

"What!?" The veteran Antonidas wizard was slightly startled, his face full of vigilance.

Then he saw Duke’s eyes change, becoming cold and mechanical.

He didn’t know what it was, but if he knew, he would have stopped Duke immediately.

At this moment, many green dots of light poured down from top to bottom in Duke’s retina. This was naturally the data provided by the System that had completely merged with Duke’s soul.

After the system transformation, the entire domain world is no longer what it appears to the naked eye.

It is a digital world made up of countless 0s and 1s.

In a world that has been completely transformed into binary, every drop and every millimeter of Antonidas’s magic power flowing cannot be hidden from Duke’s eyes that have been strengthened by the system.

Duke spoke, his voice became low and full of regret: "We could have been close friends, but every time, you treated my assistance as a transaction. So you don’t owe me anything, and I don’t owe you anything. Just let me end this."

As he spoke, Duke slowly raised his arm and stretched out his palm towards the void.

The clenched palms were clearly grasping the air in front of them. In an inconspicuous void in the far distance, there was something with a finger print that was exactly the same shape as Duke’s hand.

Antonidas condensed his own face in mid-air, and it was clear that the old lich almost popped his eyes out of his head. There was unspeakable fear and panic in his voice: "This... can’t be possible! How did you know?"

Duke raised his lips slightly. "In fact, you are the inexperienced one. You should never, ever build this realm based on your own magic circuit model. You were afraid that you would not be able to withstand the dark power that Ner’zhul had plundered for you from nearby, so the first thing you thought of was to use the circuit you were most familiar with as the basis."

"But you can’t possibly..."

Duke raised his left hand and shook it proudly. "Have you forgotten? Fourteen years ago, you personally handed me the prototypes of the magic circuits of Arcane Throne and Ice Crown. Since I am using the same circuit prototype as you, how could I not have studied it and found out where it is most likely to be damaged?"

"Bastard!" Antonidas was furious. He roared, and immediately set off a huge wave, and was about to drown Duke with absolute dark power.

But the time in the entire space suddenly seemed to freeze.

Because the old lich saw Duke take out a round scale about the size of an egg that was emitting red light.

This was a treasure that Duke had finally obtained from a certain dragon ms. after using 9981 methods. Although it was accidentally knocked off by a certain dragon thousands of years ago and new scales have long since grown, how could something that protects a dragon be a worthless bargain?

Scales of Life——Dragon scales that contain the high heat and powerful vitality of dragon breath.

In normal situations, this is just a decent epic item.

But for the Scourge, which specializes in cold and death, this is a disposable super weapon that is no less than a divine weapon.

In this situation, the destructive power is definitely at the level of a nuclear bomb.

And now, he was going to give it to Antonidas as a gift.

"No, this is impossible." Antonidas could hardly believe what he saw. When Duke rushed back, even Lordaeron had not fallen. Could it be that he had foreseen Arthas’s fall and asked Alexstrasza for help in advance, preparing treasures against the Scourge?

How could there be such a coincidence in this world?

Or do all the mages in Medivh’s lineage have the incredible ability to predict the future?

Antonidas could never have imagined that Duke was a super-troublemaker time traveler!

Antonidas was almost mentally broken. The domain was obviously his home ground, and in this world woven by his power, he should have an absolute advantage. Why was it that now it seemed as if he had handed the phylactery under Duke’s hammer and let Duke smash it?

But this is not entirely his world, and he can’t control it at all.

As the power of darkness continued to flow into his soul, he couldn’t even pause.

"No——" The great lich let out a scream.

Duke sighed, shook his head, and flicked his finger, flicking the dragon scale to a location where thirty-six magic circuits intersected. "It’s over - Antonidas."