Outside the main gate of Vardy Manor, Su Xiao learned from Madam Smoke that the extraterrestrial creatures inside had only recently arrived in this world and were still being rejected by it. Thus, they could not leave Vardy Manor.
These extraterrestrial creatures wanted to rush out and wreak havoc throughout High Wall City, but they would have to wait until the purple-black pillar of light descending from the sky disappeared.
In other words, there was still time to prepare. Madam Smoke did not reveal any more specific information. Nearly two hundred of her elite troops had died, so she naturally would not disclose what she had learned easily—not until she received adequate compensation, at least.
Su Xiao and the Duke said nothing about it. Su Xiao did not know what the Duke thought. As for himself, he could know or not know; it made no difference. He intended to flatten Vardy Manor with explosives anyway.
Knowing that the place was filled with danger yet entering it regardless was something a hero in a story would do. Su Xiao was no hero, so he chose a more direct, efficient, and unacceptable method: evacuate the civilians nearby first, then blow the entire cluster of buildings in the northern district flat.
Did the Duke lack high-powered explosives? Of course not. The reason Su Xiao had avoided fighting him earlier was precisely because of his formidable ability to make explosives. Even if Su Xiao defeated him, he would still have to withstand the Duke's desperate final attack.
The Duke clearly possessed powerful explosives, so why was he not using them now? Because he was the leader of the Steam Divine Religion, and there were things he could not do. Not only could he not do them himself, he also had to vehemently oppose anyone