Lu Mingfei might not have been as powerful as he seemed!
He looked incredibly powerful and completely at ease right now, but that was only because he was bluffing!
Everything he did was part of some hidden plan!
This wasn't just wild speculation. They had evidence.
First, why had Lu Mingfei gone all the way to Tokyo instead of demonstrating his power in the city where he was? There had to be a reason. Considering how he had destroyed everyone in that city with a single move...
The city might have been prepared long in advance. It could have been surrounded by some kind of alchemical array, allowing him to destroy every living thing there with just a little effort.
Then there was the question of why Lu Mingfei had made a global display of his power. It was because this was his last chance to unleash such terrifying strength—and everything he had done was meant to achieve his unknown objective.
He had used the city's inhabitants to build a cocoon!
Yes, a cocoon!
Their understanding was limited, but they had still deduced that the thing Lu Mingfei had created was meant to nurture something.
It was a massive ritual.
That made everything clear. Lu Mingfei wasn't actually powerful. He only seemed so because he had planned ahead and set things up in Tokyo.
He had livestreamed it to show off his power and make the world's nations hesitate, wary of opposing him. In reality, he was just buying time. Once the thing inside that cocoon had matured, it would be too late to turn back.
Then there was the way he had intercepted the nuclear missiles with his own power.
Pay attention: intercepted, not tanked!
The missiles had still been a long way from Lu Mingfei when he stopped