The moment Shi Feng's words left his lips, the members of the Battleblood Adventure Team watching from a distance were left slack-jawed.
Every single one of them could scarcely believe what they were seeing.
Even Shen Ying and the others, bound by the chains, stared in slack-jawed disbelief, feeling as though they were dreaming. This scene had completely shattered everything they thought they knew about Tier 4 Classes.
They had experienced the power of those blood-red chains firsthand. Not only was their force immense, but even someone possessing the Legendary power of Tier 4 couldn't break free—and there was no dodging them at all.
Yet now, those very blood-red chains hung suspended in midair, unable to bind Shi Feng in the slightest!
They hadn't even seen him make a single movement. He simply stood there, perfectly still, but the chains seemed to cower before him—all of them freezing a full yard away, unable to advance even a single inch closer…
"Impossible!"
"That's absolutely impossible!"
Cao Mu Yiqiu stared at Shi Feng, who hadn't so much as moved a muscle, and his mind went completely blank. More than anyone else present, he was utterly bewildered by what was happening.
After all, *he* was the caster. He had held nothing back—this was everything he had.
"Not using a single magic skill to neutralize a Tier 4 spell—that's absolutely impossible!" Unable to make sense of what was happening, Cao Mu Yiqiu fixed his gaze on Shi Feng and couldn't help but demand, "What exactly did you do?!"
If Shi Feng had used some magic skill to counter his spell, that would still fall within the realm of understanding. But Shi Feng had clearly done nothing at all—all he'd done was release the mana around his body, and that alone had kept the Tier 4 binding spell from getting close. Who would believe that?
At that moment, not only was Cao Mu Yiqiu reeling—even Yu Luo and the other three who had come with Shi Feng were struck dumb with shock.
They knew Shi Feng was incredibly strong. A single sword strike had nearly taken Lionheart Feixue's life. But to face a Tier 4 binding spell cast by a Tier 4 Magic Ranger and simply burst with mana to render it completely ineffective—this truly shattered everything they thought they understood about Shi Feng.
"You've already seen it clearly enough," Shi Feng said calmly, looking at Cao Mu Yiqiu, whose eyes were filled with terror. "As a Tier 4 Magic Ranger, you should understand—magic ultimately comes down to the magnitude of one's mana. Do you think a thin, fragile thread can restrain an elephant?"
After obtaining his first tier of World Authority, his affinity and control over magical elements had both improved. Most importantly, his comprehension of the laws governing mana circulation had seen a significant boost, allowing him to channel far more mana—and far more powerful mana—than before.
The amount of mana he could mobilize now was incomparable to when his Mana Body had first reached 110%—it had increased by more than 50%.
Within his magic domain, all magical elements answered his command. Against a binding spell whose Tier 4 completion rate didn't even reach 100%, attempting to use magical elements to bind him was nothing short of a joke.
In truth, such an attack would have been more effective if he'd simply swung a blade directly.
"What exactly do you mean?" Cao Mu Yiqiu was dumbfounded, completely unable to grasp what Shi Feng was saying.
A contest of magic ultimately did come down to a contest of mana magnitude. But he was a Tier 4 Magic Ranger, and he was using a Tier 4 spell—how could it possibly fail to bind a fellow Tier 4 player?
"What do I mean?" Shi Feng shook his head. He thought he had made himself perfectly clear. "Fine. Then let me show you firsthand!"
As Shi Feng's words fell, a wave of force instantly radiated outward from his body, engulfing everything within a thousand-yard radius. The space within the domain turned a muted, ashen grey, and from a distance one could see the very fabric of space distorting and warping.
Inside the domain, Cao Mu Yiqiu suddenly felt his mind go sluggish, as though he had sunk into a quagmire. The ambient mana had completely transformed—it could no longer even be called mana. Dark, turbid, and deathly still, this oppressive force pressed down on his entire being, draining all color from his face until he was deathly pale. He nearly retched on the spot…