Lu Mingfei did not answer He Xiaomeng. He had not even heard what He Xiaomeng was saying.
He had fallen into a strange state. He was still standing there, his eyes still open, his gaze fixed on the depths of the dark cavern ahead, but there was no focus in his pupils. It was as though something had pulled his consciousness out of his body and dragged it somewhere very, very far away.
The program in his phone did not disturb him. He Xiaomeng stayed quietly behind the screen, watching the scene with great interest.
He could roughly guess what was happening.
Lu Mingfei's so-called "leveling up" was really just him gradually reclaiming the power that should have belonged to him in the first place. His power had not been bestowed upon him by anyone. It was his own to begin with.
He had already made the "half a life" deal with Lu Mingze. His current limit was using half his power. After each deal was completed, that portion of his power had actually already been unlocked. Lu Mingfei simply did not know it.
The world of Dragon Raja was both materialistic and idealistic.
Genji Wakana and Kazama Ruri were clearly the same person, yet Kazama Ruri was an utterly evil Oni, unstoppable wherever his blade pointed, while Genji Wakana could not even protect himself and could only curl up in the darkness, waiting to be devoured. The same blood, the same body, the same power—the difference was the heart.
Lu Mingfei was the same. Whether he possessed the "heart of a Dragon King" made a tremendous difference.
Lu Mingze had lied to Lu Mingfei, telling him he was "killing monsters to level up." Lu Mingfei had accepted that explanation, and so he had gradually grown stronger.
In the past,