The Seven's move really did leave the Avengers unable to respond, and they had no energy to respond either, because for the Avengers, the most important thing was not their disadvantage in the court of public opinion, but finding Steppenwolf's exact location.
Even if The Seven were spinning an amazing story right now and holding an absolute advantage in public opinion, Steppenwolf and Darkseid behind him could never be dealt with by a group of experimental subjects like The Seven.
In fact, whether it was The Seven, other official organizations, or ordinary people, they would all feel that this extraordinary incident was already over. After all, such a huge commotion had happened, and so many Parademons had died. This extraordinary incident should have ended here. That was why The Seven were so eager to launch an attack in the court of public opinion.
It was just that they did not seem to have considered that creatures like the Parademons, products similar to Chitauri soldiers, were clearly only pawns, or rather expendable assets. The ones truly capable of commanding these Parademons would be even more terrifying existences!
The Parademons had already caused tens of thousands of casualties among ordinary people on Earth. The Avengers were worried that when the real mastermind made a move, even more serious casualties would occur on Earth!
Moreover, although the Space Stone had been taken out of Savage Island by Kara, and the power of the Space Stone was being used through the device developed by Jor-El to isolate the Parademons' spatial Portals, this was not a way to eradicate the Parademons.
After all, while the power of the Space Stone was infinite, the device that used the Space Stone was not indestructible. The energy contained within the Space Stone was simply too terrifying. Using the