As soon as Lion spoke, everyone else lost the opportunity to intervene.
Even Scorpio, who had been calm all along, now frowned because of Lion’s incessant chatter.
"Silence!" Scorpio shouted.
"Oh, you can talk. I thought you had suddenly become mute!" Lion stopped talking, glanced at him, and continued his monologue.
Scorpio looked at Lion, his frown suddenly relaxed: "So, it’s the Ruler of Sun City... Good, let’s start with you then!"
"Damn, do you think I’m made of clay? If you dare to, come on over, let’s see who’s really getting cut!" When challenged directly, there was no way Lion was going to back down, and so his bluster grew louder.
"Well, we’ll just have to wait and see."
Scorpio just smirked confidently, making Lion’s loud outburst seem a bit lacking and powerless.
"As for the rest of you... all of you, pray that you don’t meet me soon." Scorpio then looked at everyone present, giving a meaningful smile before touching the pattern in front of him.
In this conference space, those in the higher positions can kick out anyone ranked below them at any time, ’below’ includes themselves too.
"So, I won’t be disturbing your conference. I hope there won’t be too many people missing this time next week..."
After saying this, Scorpio activated the exit function.
In the rolling black fog, Scorpio’s figure began to swiftly fade.
However, just as Scorpio was about to completely exit, a surge occurs in the black fog around him, and his figure once again solidified.
Scorpio, like someone hit by a tremendous force, was forced to stay in place, stuck to his chair, unable to leave with the black fog, and couldn’t even move his body.
Scorpio looked at Taurus across from him in disbelief, his previously arrogant voice now wavering for the first time.
"Your attitude is annoying," Taurus said, looking at Scorpio across the way.
"Didn’t you want all of us to pray not to encounter you? Then bring it on, let’s see what you’re capable of, to be so arrogant!"
With Taurus’s words, the pressure placed on Scorpio seemed to continue to increase, and there was the constant sound of bones cracking.
Scorpio opened his mouth but was unable to speak, as if his throat was tightly constricted and continually tightening further.
Feeling the pressure on his body still rapidly increasing, a hint of fear finally flashed in Scorpio’s eyes.
Aside from Mu You, the others didn’t understand what was going on. It seemed like the World Walker was showing off and was suppressed by Taurus using some special method.
However, just when everyone thought Scorpio was going to be crushed to death this way, Scorpio’s figure suddenly vanished, leaving only an empty seat.
"Did he escape..." Taurus sighed.
"Damn, Sister Taurus is so mighty!" Lion was the first to react, promptly raising his thumb to Taurus.
A dangerous and mysterious figure like the World Walker was almost cornered by Taurus, and that too within this space where they couldn’t attack each other.
However, Taurus just shook her head and suddenly said, "I’m tired, I’ll leave first... see you next week..."
Without waiting for a response from the others, she disappeared from her seat.
"Huh, why did she leave?" Lion was taken aback as were the others.
Mu You, however, understood what had happened.
Taurus was just bluffing, trying too forcefully to hold Scorpio back had put a great strain on herself as well.
He was right next to Taurus, so he could clearly feel that by the end, Taurus was already weaker than when she had held him back last week, indicating that she had pushed herself to the limit. Even if Scorpio didn’t run away, she couldn’t hold on much longer.
The sudden departure of Taurus showed Mu You that she had hurt herself by overexerting.
Taurus had risked injury to show her hand, not for the sake of showing off, but to protect the others.
She clearly saw through Scorpio’s unusual ability, hence shocking him once, letting him know that there were people in the organization that he couldn’t afford to mess with, to deter him from causing chaos.
No matter what the ability of the World Walker was, after this experience, if Scorpio still wanted to hunt them down one by one, he would have to think twice. After all, he didn’t know who Taurus was, much less the fact that Taurus couldn’t leave the Abyss. What if when he attacked, Taurus was nearby? The stronger and more arrogant the person, the less likely they are to take risks.
No matter what, at least the aim to intimidate Scorpio was achieved.
Mu You shook his head, putting this moment aside temporarily. When Scorpio disappeared earlier, Mu You noticed a small move: his fingers seemed to squirm a bit.
At first, Mu You didn’t see it clearly, so after Scorpio disappeared, he sneakily activated his pocket watch, returning to five seconds ago, and reobserved the moment when Scorpio disappeared.
He repeated this process 132 times.
Finally, after witnessing Scorpio’s disappearance 133 times, Mu You was eventually able to discern the details and confirm that the small movement of Scorpio was: At the moment of Scorpio’s disappearance, his right-hand fingers made a difficult curling gesture, while the thumb made a pressing down motion.