Practice

Xiao He hadn't forgotten that his mission was to practice his Superpower, so he didn't plan to kill these people instantly, as that would defeat the purpose of his practice. He intended to choose a Superpower to practice first. He was already quite familiar with the "Kinetic Energy Absorption" ability that Qin Weize had triggered for him, so it would be best to choose some Superpower that he hadn't used much before.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao He first focused his attention on Liu Yufei.

Liu Yufei's Superpower is "Descent," which allows him to Descent Old God to his body. The Superpower he triggered for Xiao He is "Assimilation," which allows Xiao He to absorb and enslave those Old God.

Xiao He's "Assimilation" is essentially a level above Liu Yufei's "Descent." One borrows the power of Old God, while the other enslaves one. Xiao He doesn't need to use his own body; he can directly give commands to the Old God. However, the awkward thing about this ability is that because he can only Assimilation and not summon, he can only use the ability by absorbing the Old God within Liu Yufei.

Thinking of this, Xiao He wanted to test whether the Old God would still obey him after being absorbed into his body and the "Assimilation" ability was removed. If they would, he could store a few in advance and release them during the Mutant Competition —wouldn't that be interesting...?

Just then, another flashbang flew towards him. Xiao He raised his hand, caught the flashbang with his Psychokinesis, and threw it into the air. The flashbang made a muffled "bang" in the air, without affecting anyone.

Then Xiao He bowed slightly, unleashing a small portion of the kinetic energy he had accumulated beneath his feet, instantly moving more than ten meters to Liu Yufei's side and grabbing his arm.

"Ah! No, no!" Liu Yufei roared in terror, then watched as the Old God on his body was forcibly sucked away by Xiao He, and he himself became a mortal.

Xiao He sensed the Old God within his body and guessed that it was the same one he had absorbed last time.

"So, even if this thing is killed, it can still be summoned again?" Xiao He pondered, then punched Liu Yufei on the head. Liu Yufei groaned, a shockwave spreading out from the ground, and then he froze like a soulless puppet before collapsing to the ground.

The Old God that Descent upon Liu Yufei was always the same one, but now that Xiao He Assimilation, he was essentially useless. The reason Xiao He knocked him unconscious was to see if the Old God would still behave itself inside him after he lost his ability to "Assimilation" it.

With his current abilities, even if it misbehaves, it can't cause any damage to his body.

However, after losing the ability to Assimilation, the Old God immediately began to violently resist within his body.

"Tsk, is that not allowed?" Xiao He frowned and thought to himself, spitting out the Old God.

Upon contact with the air, the Old God's body rapidly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a gigantic red ball of flesh four or five meters in diameter. It viciously brandished its claws and fangs, and a deep roar echoed in everyone's minds, "I am M'nagalah the Eternal One! The Great Old Dominance, the cancer of the earth, the one who withers all things! Foolish..."

But Xiao He raised his hand towards it, and his powerful Psychokinesis enveloped it, squeezing its massive body and causing it to emit a sharp scream. Then Xiao He clenched his fist tightly, and the unfortunate Old God was once again squeezed into a huge ball of flesh by his Psychokinesis, before turning into black smoke and dissipating.

"This has completely killed my interest in this ability..." Xiao He sighed to himself. "By the way, did it just speak?"

From this perspective, the ability to "Assimilation" is only useful in dealing with Liu Yufei, and there is no need to practice it.

This can also be considered a weakness of Xiao He's abilities: the Trigger he receives only grant him Superpower specific to the Trigger themselves, and these Superpower may not be effective against other enemies. Therefore, he needs to carefully select and choose high-quality Trigger.

"So... what kind of Superpower should we practice now?" Xiao He turned to the others and pondered.

The people behind him were so frightened that they all retreated, watching Xiao He warily, but dared not resist.

Xiao He currently doesn't know what Superpower some of these people might trigger for him, so he plans to investigate them one by one.

First, he had to eliminate the known Superpower Trigger. So Xiao He leaped again, this time targeting Danny Wu. This guy's physique was rather average, so Xiao He didn't dare to use too much force, only extending his index finger to flick him.

But Danny Wu was trained after all, and he actually ducked to avoid the blow!

Xiao He was immediately angered and roared at him, "Don't move!"

The Psychic Intimidation Superpower was activated again, and Danny Wu was stunned by his roar. Xiao He took this opportunity to flick him on the forehead. As if hit by a hammer, Danny Wu rolled backward half a circle and fell to the ground, motionless.

The Superpower Danny Wu triggered for him was "Forced Mediation Domain," which exists continuously once activated and doesn't require much skill, so it doesn't need to be practiced for now and can be ruled out.

Xiao He then looked at the others present; everyone looked terrified.

"Who else is here?" Xiao He pondered, surveying the people present. These poor "Lin Tiannan" suddenly felt like fish on a chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered.

"Stop hitting me! I surrender!" The Thai man Wasagu from the Raven organization immediately raised his hands, speaking fluent Chinese: "I... I was instigated and encouraged by him. I didn't mean to resist. Please don't hit me!"

This guy's triggered Superpower is Physique Enhancement, no need to keep him alive. Xiao He thought to himself, his figure flashed in front of him, and he gave him a sharp rap on the head. Wasagu screamed "Ugh!" and curled up like a shrimp after being hit, then fell straight to the ground. Saeed next to Wasagu was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a thud.

Xiao He slowly turned his head and stared at Saeed, who immediately let out a scream like a girl.

"Please, please don't kill me! I know I was wrong!" Saeed quickly clasped his hands in apology, "I was confused for a moment, please be magnanimous!"

Xiao He couldn't help but exclaim, "Good heavens, one after another, they used to pretend they didn't understand Chinese, but now they're speaking quite fluently, huh?"

However, Xiao He already knew about the "Inorganic Matter Control" Superpower that Saeed had triggered for him. However, he didn't particularly like this Superpower, so he decided to exclude Superpower for the time being. So he swung his hand back and slapped Saeed across the face.

The poor unlucky fellow tumbled and flew out, crashed to the ground, twitched once, and then went still.

"That's too brutal..." Li Xue, who was watching the scene from the sidelines, covered her mouth in horror and said, "They didn't let them go even after they begged for mercy."

"It's a dog-eat-dog world," Yue Feng sighed, pouring himself a cup of tea. "Hey, little girl, pass me that bag of salted peanuts. Don't keep it all to yourself."

"He truly is my idol..." Qin Weize sighed, looking down.

Of course, Xiao He didn't actually want to appear so brutal, but to eliminate the triggered Superpower, he had to make the Trigger lose consciousness. He controlled himself well, and the group simply fainted without sustaining any injuries.

"You bastard, are you a demon?!" Anna said angrily, punching Xiao He in the face. "Bang!" It had no effect.

Xiao He slowly turned his head and stared at Anna. The white girl suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. The hollows behind the eyes of the "Yinglong" mask seemed to emanate endless killing intent, as if it wanted to devour her soul!

She swallowed nervously, too afraid to move, her mind filled with only one thought: she was going to be killed!

But after looking at her for a while, Xiao He turned his head, skipped over her, and turned to the others.

The girl triggered "Vector Control" for him, which is a more advanced ability than "Kinetic Energy Control," but the technique for using it is too complicated. I'll leave this Trigger for now and practice it separately later if I have extra time.

Anna was so frightened that she fell to the ground with a thud, her whole body covered in cold sweat. She wanted to continue resisting, but her legs were too weak with fear to stand up.

"I told you this was a bad idea!" Jin Shaokang retreated in fear, covering himself with his shadow, and begged Xiao He for mercy, "Wait, Yinglong! I tried to dissuade them! I was against this plan!"

"Why are you objecting?" Xiao He asked, puzzled, then raised his hand towards Jin Shaokang.

The Superpower triggered by Jin Shaokang was "Psychokinesis," so that can be ruled out. Jin Shaokang was bound by Psychokinesis and lifted into the air. Then Xiao He waved his hand and made a tearing motion. Jin Shaokang screamed as the shadow on his body was forcibly peeled off.

Then, Xiao He flicked his finger from a distance, and Jin Shaokang's head was jolted by the Psychokinesis, leaving him suspended in mid-air unconscious.

"Next is..." Xiao He turned his head and looked around, and the people around him retreated one after another. Xiao He noticed the first batch of Raven members captured, the mercenary from M. D., Du Dinglun.

His Superpower is Ultrasonic Waves. Xiao He doesn't know what kind of Superpower he will trigger for himself yet, so he will skip him for now.

Once Xiao He eliminated the known Superpower, he would know the Superpower that the remaining people had triggered for him.

Sometimes having too many Trigger can be quite troublesome, as it can trigger a whole bunch of Superpower at once, leaving Xiao He himself unsure of what abilities he possesses. However, usually when attacked by enemies, he will use his Superpower to counter them in a "passive" manner.

"Who are you again?" Xiao He frowned as he looked at the round-headed Asian man behind him. "I don't remember you."

"Reporting to Warden, I... I'm called Kabal, from Old W..." the other man said nervously, drenched in sweat. "You know, the Mutant who can... absorb other materials to cover his body as armor..."

"Oh--!" Xiao He suddenly realized. Now that the other person mentioned it, he remembered that this guy was the stone giant who fought Yue Feng at the press conference. Xiao He hadn't had a direct confrontation with him, and since the guy was covered in stone at the time, he couldn't see his true face, so he didn't have much of an impression of the man's appearance, but he still remembered his Superpower.

"Hmm, I don't know what Superpower he'll trigger yet, let's keep him for now." Xiao He thought to himself, skipping over this guy.

Finally, only the Superpower of "Pseudo-Spatial Leap" remained: Saraqi Murman from the Philippines. Xiao He hadn't fought him head-on last time, so he planned to keep him here as well.

"Alright, you four." Xiao He waved cheerfully at them. "Come here and line up in front of me." But the four just kept moving away from him. Xiao He frowned and said, "Hurry up! Don't waste time, we have important business to attend to!"

The four people immediately stood before Xiao He, trembling like children who had been scolded by their teacher.

"Looking back now..." Xiao He glanced back at the four people he had knocked unconscious, resting his chin on his hand in contemplation, "Actually, all I had to do was put them in prison, right? Once they were out of my sensory range, their Superpower wouldn't be triggered..."

Thinking of this, Xiao He shrugged: Forget it, he's already knocked unconscious, there's no point in thinking about it anymore.

Xiao He examined the four people in front of him. They were Anna, Kabal, Du Dinglun, and Saraqi. The Superpower Anna had triggered for him was known, so Xiao He decided to check the Superpower the other three had triggered for him first.

"Do you understand Chinese?" Xiao He asked the four men, arms crossed. "You do, right? You were speaking quite fluently when you were begging for mercy."

"I... I only know a few lines..." Kabal said with a fawning smile.

At this moment, Xue Ting stepped forward. "Let me help you translate; this is one of my tasks for coming here today."

As she spoke, Xue Ting chuckled softly, "As expected of Yinglong, he's terrifyingly strong."

"It's alright, dealing with them won't be a problem." Xiao He said modestly, "Let these three people go in, and then call them out later."

Xue Ting gave them some instructions, leaving only Kabal at the scene. Xiao He continued to Xue Ting, "Have him try using his Superpower."

Kabal then gathered the dirt from the ground and formed it into a suit of armor around his body.

But this time Xiao He noticed: presumably for breathing and seeing, this guy's face and eyes were exposed, and this alone allowed him to immediately discover which part of the stone giant's body was hidden.

"Isn't this stupid?" Xiao He reached out and pinched Kabal's exposed nose, frowning as he spoke.

"Ugh!" Kabal groaned, struggling to breathe, then raised his fist and slammed it down on Xiao He, hitting him squarely on the back of the head.

"Bang!" A cloud of smoke erupted, and Kabal's stone arm shattered into pieces.

"What are you doing? You've covered me in dust! Don't you have any manners?!" Xiao He frowned in displeasure, then raised his right hand towards Kabal. The stones on Cabal crumbled and shattered, sliding off his body.

After falling to the ground, Kabal looked at Xiao He in horror and said, "I'm so sorry! I was in a hurry!"

"Inorganic Matter Control ...isn't that the same as that Saeed guy?" Xiao He immediately lost interest, waved his hand, and said, "Alright, alright, go in and call Dulentine out for me."

Kabal breathed a sigh of relief, looking like he'd escaped a tiger's mouth, and scrambled into the prison. A short while later, Dulentine emerged from the prison looking reluctant, and respectfully approached Xiao He, asking, "Um, you were looking for me?"

Xiao He sensed his newly activated Superpower and was somewhat bewildered.

"Try attacking me," Xiao He said, waving his hand at Dulentine.

"No, no!" Dulentine quickly raised his hand. "I... I was misled by Danny into doing that stupid thing!"

"Hey, hurry up!" Xiao He said impatiently.

The other person hesitated for a moment, then opened their mouth and let out a scream, the sound waves distorting the air and flying towards Xiao He. Xiao He raised his hand towards them, and the world instantly fell silent; the scene was completely quiet.

But Dulentine was actually still screaming with her mouth open, only now she was silent.

Xiao He hummed a few times and realized that there was a sound, meaning that the effect was only targeted at the target.

"Silence?" Xiao He frowned, thinking to himself, "Isn't this a useless Superpower? It can only restrain this guy, so I'll rule it out."

Xiao He waved his hand impatiently at him. "Alright, you can go in now. Tell that guy who did the Spatial Jump to come out and see me."

Soon, Saraqi also emerged from inside. Like Dulentine, he stood trembling before Xiao He, awaiting his fate. Xiao He, as before, ordered him to use his Superpower.

Saraqi nodded, and then vanished from Xiao He's sight.

Xiao He activated the Superpower that Saraqi had given him, and the world instantly blurred, as if it were constantly swaying before his eyes. Xue Ting, who was beside him, looked at him in surprise and asked, "Yinglong? Are you there?"

Xiao He reached out his hand to her, but their hands couldn't touch. Although they seemed to be together, they were in two different dimensions. Xiao He walked towards Xue Ting, their figures passing each other, and he passed right through Xue Ting's body.

"This ability is quite interesting..." Xiao He thought to himself with amusement.

At the same time, he saw Saraqi running quickly in the distance, so he took a step forward and grabbed him by the collar.

"Ah--!" Saraqi screamed as if he had seen a ghost.

"Ugh, so noisy!" Xiao He said impatiently, releasing his ability to bring Saraqi back to his original dimension.

Xiao He threw Saraqi to the ground, and Saraqi sat on the ground and crawled backward, as if Xiao He were some kind of devil who had crawled up from hell.

"You... you suddenly became very blurry, I couldn't touch you," Xue Ting said nervously from the side. "And then you disappeared."

"Dimensional Walker," Xiao He explained, "I should have just entered another dimension."

To be honest, this ability is quite interesting. In that dimension, he can defy the laws of physics and pass directly through obstacles to reach the other side. This ability is probably similar to Saraqi's, but more advanced, as it can pull him out of his dimension.

"If only I could learn it instead of triggering it," Xiao He sighed inwardly.

In this way, everyone knew the Superpower that had been triggered on him.

In fact, among the Superpower triggered by these eight "Raven" members, the most practical ones should be Danny Wu's "Forced Mediation Domain" and Saraqi's "Dimensional Walker," both of which are highly functional.

The other people's Superpower are too targeted; they're very useful against the individuals themselves, but not suitable as Trigger for use in the Mutant Competition. Perhaps we could have these Raven members work as security guards at the Mutant Competition Arena and act as Trigger for him. However, triggering too many Superpower isn't necessarily better; too many Superpower could make it difficult for him to make choices at certain times.

A typical example is the "Vector Control" that Anna triggered for him. This ability is too mentally taxing to use and may require a long time to practice before one can master it.

Xiao He originally wanted to call Anna out to practice his Vector Control Superpower alone, but after checking the time, he realized it was already past 3 p. m., and delaying any longer might affect his and Ye Wanqing's dinner.

Therefore, he decided to stop here for now and practice the "Vector Control" Superpower separately later. When that time came, he could just send everyone else back to prison and call Anna out by himself.

"I've got it all sorted out. Shall we begin the interrogation?" Xiao He turned to Xue Ting and said.

Xue Ting nodded, then glanced at the scattered Raven members lying on the ground behind her and laughed, "Let's take them inside. We need to talk to them one by one."

Xiao He roared at the group, "Still sleeping?! Wake up!"

The Psychic Intimidation effect was so intense that the group was jolted awake from their unconscious state as if they had been slapped in the face.

It took them a while to remember what had happened, and they were immediately filled with despair: their carefully planned sneak attack was completely useless, and they had been thoroughly thrashed. Could they possibly live peacefully together on Earth now?

"The interrogation is about to begin, all of you come over," Xiao He said, waving his hand at them.

But the people present were utterly despondent, lacking even the strength to take a step. Seeing this, Xiao He frowned, raised his hand, and used his Psychokinesis to lift them into the air. He then turned to Xue Ting and said, "Shall we go?"

"As expected of the warden, he's really something," Xue Ting teased.

"Hey, just practicing my Superpower," Xiao He said modestly with a smile.

The two arrived inside the prison, where Saraqi, Kabal, and Du Dinglun were telling Anna about their experiences outside. The white girl looked like a lamb about to enter a wolf's den.

When she saw Xiao He enter with a group of people floating in mid-air, she trembled with fear and backed away repeatedly. However, Xiao He's attention was not on her, but rather on observing the interior decoration of the prison.

Every time Xiao He came to the prison, he felt a sense of comfort. The well-designed layout made the most of every space, which gave him an indescribable sense of satisfaction, especially for someone with obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

"Hey, Sister Man, who designed this place? I want him to design our Wanqing wedding room too," Xiao He said with interest, pressing his earpiece. Cui Man readily agreed, "No problem, I'll introduce you to someone."

"Shameless! I never said I would marry you," Ye Wanqing retorted defiantly.

"She's lying," Xue Ting said with a laugh, pressing her earpiece as she exposed Ye Wanqing's lie.

Xiao He immediately became a little smug and retorted, "Tsk, it's not like I'm determined to marry you."

Before Ye Wanqing could even get angry, Xue Ting replied through the earpiece, "He's lying too."

"Sister Man, I... I'm going downstairs for some fresh air!" Ye Wanqing said nervously, then left the channel.