Chapter 029: Summoner

“Brother Shang, are you, are you really a second-tier ability user?” Lu Yan panted as he walked over, asking in astonishment.
Destroying a second-tier monster with just one move—wasn’t that the power of a second-tier ability user?
“That’s right. I am a second-tier ability user,” Chen Xiao said. He carefully assessed his current strength—possessing the mental power of a third-tier sorcerer, but due to a lack of combat experience, he could barely be considered a second-tier sorcerer.
“A master at the peak of second-tier, even half a step into third-tier!”
The three immediately defined Chen Xiao in this light, their gazes toward him filled with greater respect.
No one said anything else. Lu Yan secretly resolved that in the future, whenever faced with danger, he would never recklessly charge in. Their goal was to find useful ores and spirit herbs to exchange for contribution points, not to fight desperately against the monsters and beasts here.
As for Chen Xiao, he had no interest at all in these spirit herbs or ores. He was someone who had inherited the legacy of the Supreme God—such things here held no value in his eyes. Even star coins, which were extremely useful for ability users’ cultivation, were merely currency to him.
His purpose here was to hone his control and utilization of abilities.
Their inner thoughts almost coincided.
The group continued on their journey.
However, around the Ability Association, the powerful monsters and beasts had been mostly cleared away by its strong members. They didn’t encounter any particularly formidable foes, and the few weak monsters they did meet were all dealt with by Chen Xiao.
…
The group didn’t know how long or how far they had walked.
“Heart-Revealing Grass!”
Suddenly, Ren Tong let out a delighted cry.
“Heart-Revealing Grass?” Hearing Ren Tong’s shout, the other three also showed ecstatic expressions.
Not far away, a small green plant seemed to have just sprouted from the soil, emitting a faint green glow. In this world dominated by gray tones, it added a touch of vitality.
“What is the Heart-Revealing Grass?” Chen Xiao followed over and asked curiously.
“The Heart-Revealing Grass is an extremely precious spirit herb in the ability world. As for its uses, only the alchemists in that world truly understand its value. But this single plant is worth a thousand star coins in contribution points!” Zhang Ting, who clearly knew a lot about this, explained. “I never expected our luck to be so good—we found it right here.”
Her voice trembled slightly. A thousand star coins was undoubtedly a huge sum of wealth.
Meanwhile, Ren Tong bent his head, holding a small iron shovel, carefully digging around the green plant, afraid of damaging it.
“Alchemists?” Chen Xiao was puzzled. Weren’t the types of ability users limited to sorcerers, martial warriors, summoners, and beastmasters? When did alchemists appear?
Of course, Chen Xiao didn’t ask such a foolish question. He would eventually find out what he needed to know.
“You have quite the audacity—daring to touch our Heart-Revealing Grass!”

Suddenly, a shout came from afar, followed by seven figures rushing swiftly toward this place. In this gray world, the Heart-Exposing Grass was the only trace of green, visible even from a great distance. Hearing this sound, Lu Yan and Lu Feng immediately stood up. “Your Heart-Exposing Grass?” A earthy yellow glow appeared on Lu Yan’s body, while strands of blue wind began to swirl around Lu Feng’s body. Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes, quietly observing the seven figures approaching closer and closer. “This is a place rarely visited by people, and without the constraints of worldly laws, it seems robberies will be common here.” An epiphany struck Chen Xiao—no matter where one went, strength was the most important thing. Even in the civilized world with its legal systems, this was true, let alone in this world governed by the law of the jungle. With a wave of his hand, the Star-Moon Staff appeared in his hand. After spending some time together, Chen Xiao had come to trust these four people and integrated himself into their team, as they seemed to have no ill intentions toward him. Meanwhile, Ren Tong and Zhang Ting worked together to speed up the digging for the Heart-Exposing Grass. The seven men with dark expressions and black combat attire had already arrived nearby. “You’d better give up this Heart-Exposing Grass, or it will be the end of you,” said one of the seven, a man with a ferocious scar on his face, speaking coldly. “Oh? So it’s not yours after all?” Chen Xiao used his mental power to scan them and discovered an inhuman aura emanating from these seven men. Moreover, he couldn’t see through any of them! This meant they were all at least third-tier superhumans! Looking at their high noses and deep-set eyes, it was clear they weren’t from China. Lu Yan and Lu Feng tensed up, gripping their weapons tightly, clearly unwilling to give up the Heart-Exposing Grass they were about to obtain. “It wasn’t ours before, but it is now. Don’t you agree?” the scarred man sneered. “They’re beyond our capabilities. They’re all third-tier superhumans. Do you still insist?” Chen Xiao sighed and then asked. Lu Yan’s expression darkened; he too had sensed their formidable aura. He glanced at his brothers, then at Zhang Ting and Ren Tong, before saying, “Alright, we’ll give up.” But his reluctant expression showed how unwilling he was. “Elder brother,” Lu Feng called out reluctantly. “Lu Yan!” Zhang Ting and Ren Tong also stood up; none of them wanted to give up the Heart-Exposing Grass. “We can find wealth again, but life is only once!” Lu Yan shouted softly. As Chen Xiao had said, these seven were at least third-tier superhumans. Even if he didn’t fully believe it, he didn’t dare take the risk. Besides, their number was greater than theirs, and even if they were seven second-tier superhumans, they still wouldn’t be a match. All three were stunned and fell silent.

“Consider yourselves lucky.” The scarred man smiled, then neatly adjusted his clothes before saying, “But now I’ve changed my mind. Whether you like it or not, you’ll all die.”
Whoosh!
As he spoke, the scarred man’s body suddenly turned into a blur and rushed toward Lu Feng.
“You!” Lu Yan’s expression changed drastically, and a earth-yellow glow erupted from his body, enveloping the five people with him.
Boom!
With just one impact, Lu Yan’s earth-based defense barrier was shattered. His face turned pale as blood gushed out violently.
“Lu Yan!”
“Brother!”
The others were instantly terrified.
“You’re quite good for withstanding 30% of my strength.” The scarred man’s body returned to its original position in an instant, as if nothing had happened. The six men behind him also showed bloodthirsty eyes.
“Do you believe I could destroy the Heart-Revealing Grass right now?” Lu Feng’s expression turned fierce as a blue wind blade formed in his hand, aimed at the Heart-Revealing Grass.
“Destroy it then, but I guarantee you’ll regret coming to this world after that,” the scarred man said indifferently with a smile.
“It’s already 11:43 now.” At that moment, Chen Xiao took out his phone, checked the time, and murmured to himself.
“Oh?” The scarred man glanced at Chen Xiao, raising his eyebrows.
“I still have a little over an hour left today. I can’t waste it, right?” Ignoring him, Chen Xiao continued, “In my name, I summon you, mighty warrior from another world!”
Immediately, Chen Xiao’s Star-Moon Staff began to draw patterns rapidly in the air.
Boom…
A slight tremor ran through the air as a strange formation suddenly took shape. Then, a cold-faced man in black stepped out of the formation.
“Summoner!”
The scarred man’s expression changed.