Chapter 062: Establishing Authority

“A trusted friend’s request?” Li Chenggang frowned and pondered for a while, but he still chose to believe his younger brother.
Swish! A pale golden staff appeared in his hand. Li Chenggang stretched out his hand forward, aiming the staff at Chen Xiao.
“Don’t force me to use force.” Li Chenggang’s expression grew even colder.
“Brother, be careful! He has a staff that can cast spells instantly!” Li Chengfei came behind Li Chenggang and said cautiously.
“A staff that can cast spells instantly?” Li Chenggang’s eyes lit up, followed by a hint of greed.
To cast spells, a sorcerer must first inscribe a spiritual spell, using its power to draw upon the elements of the world. However, there’s a time lag between this and the spell’s activation, which is extremely fatal for a sorcerer.
Although higher-level sorcerers can also cast spells instantly, as a third-tier sorcerer, Li Chenggang was far from capable of doing so. Now that he heard Chen Xiao had a staff that allowed instant spellcasting, how could he not be envious?
Noticing Li Chenggang’s expression, Chen Xiao sighed slightly. The slight goodwill he had toward him vanished completely.
There was nothing more to say about what happened next.
With a wave of his hand, the dozen or so ablers behind him—ranging from the lowest first-tier to the highest second-tier—surrounded Chen Xiao instantly.
A pale golden staff also appeared in Li Chenggang’s hand. The staff slowly inscribed a spiritual spell in the air, which appeared in an instant.
Chen Xiao’s expression remained unchanged. He stretched out his right hand, and a blue glow pulsed gently at the tip of his index finger.
“Go!”
With a sharp command, Li Chenggang’s inscribed spiritual spell vanished underground. The ground beneath Chen Xiao began to tremble, creating waves that seemed intended to disrupt his mental focus.
So Li Chenggang was actually a earth-based sorcerer.
At the same time, among the dozen ablers surrounding Chen Xiao, three of them quickly retreated, their index fingers emitting various colors of light as they inscribed spiritual spells in the air. The remaining ten were clearly martial warriors, their bodies radiating intense energy, completely blocking Chen Xiao’s path to escape the turbulent area.
“Well-trained!”
That was Chen Xiao’s assessment of them.
In just a moment, three offensive spells rushed toward Chen Xiao.
“This Li Chenggang really isn’t holding back at all.”
Since this area was near the Yanhun Domain teleportation array, there were many ablers passing by. Seeing such chaos, they immediately gathered around.
The tremors on the ground grew stronger, and even tiny thorns of earth emerged.
Chen Xiao drew his hand through the air, creating a water barrier that just in time blocked the three spells.
“Hmph!”
Chen Xiao’s gaze turned cold. He slapped the ground with his hand, sending a powerful surge of water energy underground. Moments later, ice crystals appeared on the surface, breaking apart Li Chenggang’s earth-based spells.
Seizing this opportunity, Chen Xiao pushed off with both feet, turning into a blur as he rushed at one of the first-tier martial warriors.

“So strong, this guy—at least at the peak of Stage 3! No need to hold back, go all out!” Seeing Chen Xiao effortlessly break through his spells, Li Chenggang was shocked. Shouting loudly, he restored his staff in the air and inscribed new spiritual spells. The ten martial warriors and three spellcasters didn’t even react in time. Bang! The sound of a fist hitting a face echoed as the Stage 1 martial warrior targeted by Chen Xiao was sent flying backward. Chen Xiao’s fist glowed with blue light, and his body flickered through the air, clearly using some kind of supportive combat technique as well. Li Chenggang wasn’t slow to react—he was after all a Stage 3 spellcaster with extremely quick mental responses. In the next moment, his spiritual spell was complete. With his body as the center, the ground within three meters trembled, and soon, three earth waves, each one meter wide and five meters long, surged upward toward Chen Xiao. The other thirteen superhumans also reacted instantly, unleashing their own abilities to attack Chen Xiao. But Chen Xiao showed no fear. He was no longer the novice he had been at the beginning; now, he could rival a Stage 4 spellcaster. Although Stage 3 and Stage 4 differed by only one level, it was a qualitative difference. A Stage 4 spellcaster could cast spells instantly! Now, Chen Xiao didn’t even need the assistance of the Star and Moon Staff to cast spiritual spells instantly! His ten fingers all glowed with a faint blue light as he tapped the air, unleashing the power of the Supreme God to manipulate the water elements in the surroundings, turning them into various forms of water. Roar! A giant water dragon, ten meters long and half a meter in diameter, emerged from thin air in an instant. This wasn’t a water elemental creature summoned by Chen Xiao—it was a dragon made entirely of water! Its features were countless times clearer than those Chen Xiao had formed before—its whiskers, scales, claws, and even eyes were vivid, just like a real divine dragon. Crack! The divine dragon head-on challenged the three earth waves sent by Li Chenggang. With a swipe of its front claws, ignoring the natural constraints of the five elements, it shattered those waves. Turning again, it opened its massive mouth, and a fierce wave of water sprayed out, dispersing the various abilities coming from the other side. “Instant spell casting—this is a Stage 4 superhuman! His rank is Stage 4! Damn Li Chengfei, he said he had a staff that allowed instant spell casting!” At this moment, Li Chenggang regretted greatly having listened to Li Chengfei’s instigation and completely severed ties with Chen Xiao. A Stage 4 superhuman wasn’t someone to be trifled with. Chen Xiao drew his hands again, summoning another ten-meter-long water dragon. By now, he had decided to establish his dominance. In the Soul of China, he would use Chen Wenhú to intimidate the other members. In the world of superhumans, Li Chenggang and the others became targets for Chen Xiao to assert his power. It wasn’t manly to hesitate or worry about everything when it was time to act. Chen Xiao hated the feeling of being suppressed and unable to breathe. Howl!

The two divine dragons wreaked havoc in the air, completely defeating Li Chenggang and the others in just a few breaths, leaving them lying scattered on the ground. Chen Xiao drew back his hand, and the two water dragons vanished into thin air. The onlookers around all gasped in shock, their faces filled with fear. A fourth-tier abuser must surely come from that giant family. Chen Xiao stepped forward slowly, came to Li Chenggang’s side, and said calmly, “Do you still want my staff and that Heart-Revealing Grass?” Li Chenggang shook his head with a bitter smile. Even his own family wouldn’t dare to offend a fourth-tier abuser. And even if Chen Xiao had indeed stolen that Heart-Revealing Grass, what could they do? But at that very moment, the abuser cards on all abusers in the Flame Soul Realm began to vibrate simultaneously. …