Long Tianyu did not understand.
Just moments ago, they had been at daggers drawn, the atmosphere tense.
It had looked like they were about to fight, so how had one quiet sentence from Sheng An made Li Wanyun surrender?
At that moment, Long Tianyu felt bewilderment, shock, and even... a faint sense of awe.
Sheng An...
This woman really was more formidable than he had imagined.
He swallowed.
For the first time, his resolve to carry out his "rebellion" genuinely wavered.
Could he possibly beat a woman this formidable?
Long Tianyu had no idea that, at that very moment, Li Wanyun was thinking-
Sheng An?
This woman was probably more formidable than I imagined.
Hadn't even the arrogant Long Tianyu been brought to heel by her?
Just now, Sheng An had whispered in her ear, "Are you looking at Long Tianyu? He's one of our members too, a reborn esper with the flash ability. His situation is exactly like yours. You two can have a chat."
Such a simple sentence, yet it contained plenty of information.
Even as Li Wanyun reeled in shock, she gleaned three things from it.
First, Sheng An could subdue Long Tianyu.
That instantly struck fear into Li Wanyun, because she knew how powerful Long Tianyu was. Looking at his bruised, swollen face, he had clearly suffered quite a bit.
Second, Long Tianyu had been reborn, just like her.
That made Li Wanyun's anger vanish instantly, replaced by confusion.
Third, Long Tianyu might intervene.
With Sheng An, the concealed gunmen and sniper, and Long Tianyu with his flash ability, her defeat was certain. There was no point in struggling.
At that very moment.
Because of Long Tianyu-and Li Wanyun, respectively-Li Wanyun's and Long Tianyu's awe of Sheng An reached its peak.
The others approached the two