American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 226 - Ordinary but Confident

Xiao Xian glanced at his body. At this moment, Xiao Xian was still unable to observe the system on his body, but he could see the power of rules flowing within him. It was a power formed by the superpowers that Xiao Xian had obtained from the strange creature.

Xiao Xian clearly perceived the rules governing and operating methods of the three superpowers surrounding him: Super Regeneration, Super Charisma, and Fear Absorption.

With a sudden inspiration, Xiao Xian gained a deeper understanding of his superpowers through the perspective of the Spear of Destiny, and used the Spear of Destiny to deduce how to control his superpowers.

After pausing for a while, Xiao Xian felt the Spear of Destiny in his hand tremble, clearly urging him on. Xiao Xian then gripped the hilt of the spear and walked toward Gabriel.

Fear crossed Gabriel's face. She tried to back away and run away, her dazed eyes filled with disbelief and trembling. However, her feet seemed to be bound by invisible chains, and she could not move an inch.

"Father?!" Gabriel murmured in disbelief as he watched Xiao Xian approach with the Spear of Destiny.

Without any hesitation or pity, Xiao Xian gripped the spear of fate and cut off Gabriel's pair of wings.

The wings fell before Xiao Xian's eyes like a holy ray of light, a scene as beautiful as a poem or a painting. The severed wings spun once in the air, and miraculously, they did not fall, but instead transformed into a golden bracelet with wing patterns, automatically fitting onto Xiao Xian's left wrist.

Then the Spear of Destiny trembled slightly, and as if it had come to life, it flew away from Xiao Xian's hand on its own.

Having lost his wings, Gabriel temporarily became a mortal, standing there blankly.

Out of respect for Gabriel's powerful backer, Xiao Xian did not kill Gabriel. Instead, he re-sensed the lower dimension. At this moment, Xiao Xian was not only able to cast spells in this world again, but the world also granted him more permissions.

Clearly, just as Kamar-Tekki moved dimensional space from the blacklist to the whitelist, Xiao Xian's dimensional space in this world has also moved from the blacklist to the whitelist.

Originally, Xiao Xian was a demon god from another dimension who had secretly crossed over into the world. It wouldn't be wrong to say he was an unregistered person. Now, however, Xiao Xian has gained the recognition of two main gods of the pantheon and is considered a half-official member. Naturally, his status in this world is different now.

Of course, Xiao Xian also made some promises, such as not causing trouble, abiding by some of the unspoken rules of the gods, and not being able to withdraw the world essence he earned in this world on a large scale before the end of this era.

"You still need connections in higher places."

After a moment of reflection, Xiao Xian opened a portal and stepped out to the bar downstairs from the Love Apartment.

Under the bar's lights, Xiao Xian walked straight to a corner of the bar after emerging from the restroom, where a beautiful woman was sitting alone, drinking.

When Xiao Xian walked up to the beautiful woman, he didn't hesitate at all and casually asked, "Hello, beautiful lady, are you alone?"

The beautiful woman glanced at Xiao Xian, her eyes scanning him up and down. Not only was he handsome, but he also looked very wealthy; the fabric and workmanship of his clothes were top-notch.

The beautiful woman's lips curved into a radiant smile, and she replied gently, "Yes, I'm bored right now. Want to chat?"

Xiao Xian was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. This was not quite what he had expected. Then, Xiao Xian looked at his attire and his handsome face reflected in the wine glass. It seemed that even without super charm or superpowers, his current charm was already deadly to ordinary people.

How can I then experiment with the method of controlling super charm that I deduced using the Spear of Fate?

Thinking of this, Xiao Xian smiled slightly at the beautiful woman and said, "Excuse me for a moment." Then, he turned and walked towards the restroom.

When Xiao Xian reappeared, his appearance had completely changed. His face had become ordinary, lacking the striking handsomeness he once possessed, and he even sported an extremely ugly hairstyle.

Xiao Xian's clothes had become cheap, rough in texture, and even showed signs of wear and tear. Only his sharp eyes still proclaimed his extraordinary nature.

Xiao Xian straightened his hair, then walked towards the beautiful woman again, smiling very approachably, and said, "Hello, beautiful lady, can I have your WeChat?" His tone was full of politeness and sincerity.

The beautiful woman glanced at Xiao Xian sideways, then rolled her eyes and smiled disdainfully. "I already have a boyfriend."

Xiao smiled with satisfaction and said, "Are you sure? Won't you reconsider?"

The beautiful woman didn't even bother to look at Xiao Xian this time. She snorted coldly and didn't answer his question. She turned her head to the side, disdainfully focusing on playing with her phone. Her fingers moved rapidly across the screen, occasionally tasting the wine in her hand.

Xiao Xian glanced at her phone screen discreetly. What he saw was the beautiful woman complaining to her best friend.

"Some idiot guy in the bar tried to chat me up. These days, even guys like that dare to hit on me. Do I look that bad?"

Xiao Xian smiled slightly and said to the beautiful woman

"I'm not just an ordinary guy, I'm actually super handsome, you just haven't noticed. I don't know how many people would hit on me if I changed my hairstyle."

Faced with his confidence, the beautiful woman scoffed and glanced at Xiao Xian with disdain: "You?" Her words were laced with sarcasm, clearly indicating that she did not believe Xiao Xian's words.

Xiao Xian's mood remained unaffected, and he replied with a faint smile, "Want to bet? If I just change my hairstyle, all the other girls in the bar will swarm around me like moths to a flame."

Upon hearing this, the beautiful woman burst out laughing, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. She laughed for a while before looking at Xiao Xiandao.

"Are you dreaming? You're just an average guy, and you're already throwing yourself at the fire. You've probably never been approached by a girl before, have you?"

Xiao Xian listened calmly and said, "I've probably been hit on far more times than you think. So, are you willing to bet?"

The beautiful woman thought for a moment and said, "Fine, I'll bet. If you lose, give me five thousand yuan; if you win, you can kick my head like a ball."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xian continued, "So you're saying that if I win, anything goes?"

The beautiful woman nodded and said, "Okay, but it can't be too much."

Xiao Xian laughed and said, "You said it yourself." A soul delivered right to one's door—why not take it?

After saying that, Xiao Xian reached out and messed with his hair, turning his already unattractive hairstyle into a bird's nest. Anyway, what he would be relying on later was super charm, not looks. In fact, the more ordinary he looked, the better the test results would be.

The beautiful woman laughed out loud at the sight, saying with a smile, "You look even uglier with your new hairstyle. You lost. Five thousand yuan, transfer or cash?"

"Did I lose?" Xiao Xian smiled faintly, his smile full of confidence.

Before the beautiful woman could retort, several girls had already run up to Xiao Xian, looking at him with infatuated expressions.

"Handsome guy! Handsome guy!! Can we get to know each other? Handsome guy?!!"

"Look at me! Look at me! Handsome, do you have a girlfriend yet? Want to have a sweet romance?"

"My family doesn't want a bride price, and we'll even give a dowry of 300,000 yuan!!"

"No way, what's so handsome about this average guy? You're all blind."

Before the beautiful woman could finish speaking, she noticed that all the other women in the bar were also staring at Xiao Xian with shining eyes and fiery gazes, even more intense than super fans looking at their idols. In that instant, the beautiful woman began to wonder if there was something wrong with her eyes.

However, the beautiful woman rubbed her eyes and looked at Xiao Xian again. No matter how she looked at him, he was as ordinary as could be, and had nothing to do with the word "handsome".

Seeing the beautiful woman's puzzled expression, Xiao Xian realized that the method he had used to deduce with the Spear of Fate had worked. Now, in the bar, his super charm was only not working on this beautiful woman, but it worked on everyone else.

(End of this chapter)