Tang Wanli had never expected things to turn out like this.
The key was, no one could have expected it.
Lu Chengwen had first led his team into the field, and one could say that at the most critical moment, he chose the most dangerous position and charged against the tide, stopping East Gate from falling and saving Jiang Yuanshan.
That laid the foundation for everything that followed.
After that, he had... mobilized Tianwu, forcibly tying down a large portion of the Elder Council's combat strength so they had no way to enter the field;
Then he broke the array and defeated Lin Jiangxian, forcing the Elder Council to start frantically mobilizing its forces and go all in.
And finally, at the most critical moment, he somehow stumbled into the Light Array and bundled all the Important Figures together, threatening every single one of them.
What had originally been a matter between a few Important Figures ended with him becoming a pivotal figure here, even someone who could decide everything.
Whether everyone lived or died was actually up to him, Lu Chengwen.
Ridiculous as it was, that was how things had happened.
What was even more absurd in the end was that a situation that should have ended only with one side dead had been forcibly turned by him into Song Sheng Chaoying producing a historic contract worth hundreds of billions.
That was practically most of the Elder Council's funding, right? (It was not, however.)
But... once this agreement was signed, the Elder Council definitely could not make a move against the Jiang Family anymore.
Lu Chengwen's move was brilliant.
First, it put a huge leverage point over the Elder Council in Lu Chengwen's hands. If you dared turn hostile, I'd make sure you didn't get a single cent of