Team Competition

After the Group B matches concluded and a day of rest followed, the second week began.

Today, the team matches for Group A will begin, so Xiao He and Ye Wanqing have come to the arena. Just like the previous arena matches, today the Dragon Country will be playing against all five teams at once.

However, the format of the team competition and the arena competition is slightly different. Although both consist of three matches, the composition of the team can be adjusted for each match, and the number of appearances in the team competition and the arena competition are counted separately.

"It's finally my turn to step up!" Yue Feng roared through gritted teeth. "I've been watching the matches for a week, and my hands are itching to play! Come on, let me take the stage for the first match!"

Cui Man glanced sideways at Yue Feng, arms crossed, her index finger lightly tapping her forearm, seemingly considering the matter. After thinking for a while, Cui Man replied, "Alright, then for the first match, you, 'Horned Dragon,' and 'Feilian' will go first together."

"Horned Dragon, Feilian?" Xiao He raised an eyebrow, then turned to Qin Weize and Li Xue.

"That's right, it's me..." Qin Weize pointed to himself and smiled awkwardly, "Although I don't know the origin of this code name."

"Didn't you want to become Yinglong? A dragon becomes Horned Dragon after five hundred years, and Yinglong after one thousand years," Cui Man explained with a smile. "If you want to become Yinglong, start by becoming Horned Dragon."

Qin Weize nodded repeatedly, then Cui Man turned to Li Xue: "Feilian, Fengbo, is a perfect code name for you, don't you think? You two have been training a lot lately, but you still need to participate in actual combat to gain experience. Team matches are different from arena matches; the three of you can take care of each other and make up for each other's weaknesses."

"Weren't they not on the substitute list?" Ye Wanqing asked with some suspicion.

"As long as they are Mutant from Dragon Country, there's no problem," Cui Man explained. "This competition has contingency plans. To avoid a shortage of participants due to Mutant injuries, we can temporarily send extra Mutant to fill the gaps. Other countries can also temporarily send personnel from their own countries."

After the participants were decided, the sponsors and advertising slogans were finished, and it was finally the turn of the two teams to take the stage.

"Don't feel pressured, I'm here for you," Xiao He waved to the crowd reassuringly. "Just do your best."

"Yinglong is reliable." Li Xue winked at him.

Ye Wanqing immediately stood guard in front of Xiao He, adopting an attitude that said, "He is mine."

"The first match features 'Qiongqi,' 'Feilian,' and 'Horned Dragon' from the Dragon Country, against 'Hastur,' 'Black Witch,' and 'Chain God' from Australia!" the host introduced the team members. "Let's give them a round of applause!"

"The enemy has two newcomers whose abilities are unknown, so be careful," Cui Man reminded them, pressing her earpiece. "Feilian and Horned Dragon can stay in the back for now, let Qiongqi test their abilities, and then..."

But before Cui Man could finish speaking, Yue Feng roared and charged at the three opponents like a tank.

"Qiongqi, follow orders!" Cui Man roared angrily into the walkie-talkie, but Yue Feng had already gone up.

A Mutant shrouded in a yellow robe raised his hand to Yue Feng, and then dozens of octopus tentacles emerged from his sleeves and wrapped around Yue Feng's body.

This Mutant was clearly "Hastur," Superpower were ominous but seemed to be related to octopuses. Countless octopus tentacles completely enveloped Yue Feng, forming a giant cocoon.

But then the cocoon began to stir, and then burst open like a balloon with a "bang," Yue Feng rushed out of it, continuing to approach the three people.

Seeing this, the last Mutant raised his hand towards Yue Feng, and several golden chains fell from the sky, binding Yue Feng's hands and feet.

"He is the Chain God," Cui Man explained with a frown. "He's a Level 5 Mutant that the M Country bought from Ethiopia."

Although Xiao He didn't remember the Mutant, he did remember the chain; he had been chained by this golden chain during the restaurant riot.

However, these chains could be broken. Yue Feng struggled to take a step forward, and one of the golden chains on his body snapped with a "ding!" But Chain God immediately replaced it. Judging from this, his Superpower could only summon a fixed number of chains.

Xiao He roughly counted them; there were seven chains in total. Each time one broke, Chain God would be added to replace it.

Bound by seven golden chains, even Yue Feng's forward speed was slowed down, and he eventually came to a stop.

"Just grab him like that!" the Black Witch instructed, then fused the fire and lightning elements gathered in his hands and blasted them towards Yue Feng: "Twin Dragon Strike!"

The thunder dragon and the fire dragon intertwined and spiraled together, slamming into Yue Feng's chest. Flames and lightning instantly engulfed Yue Feng's massive body, and a pillar of fire, entangled in lightning, flew into the air.

But the next moment, Yue Feng burst out from behind the flames and roared as he crashed into Hastur.

The yellow robe shattered instantly, Hastur was smashed into pieces by Yue Feng. However, the pieces of flesh quickly transformed into octopuses of various sizes, which then coalesced behind Yue Feng and reformed into human form.

"It's so sticky and disgusting..." Ye Wanqing turned her head and buried her face in Xiao He's chest. "No, I can't stand it anymore!"

"Looking at this makes me want to eat some takoyaki..." Xiao He thought to himself, stroking the back of Ye Wanqing's head.

At this moment, Yue Feng did not stop. Instead, he slid forward, then made a sharp turn and accelerated towards the Chain God and the Black Witch behind him. "I can take you all down by myself!"

This time, the Chain God laid out seven golden chains in front of him. By this time, Yue Feng's speed had reached about eight or nine seconds to cover a hundred meters. These fragile chains didn't seem like they could stop Yue Feng.

However, Xiao He noticed a detail: the chain had suddenly become thinner.

The Chain God clearly intended to use Yue Feng's own power to have these chains cut his body into pieces.

But just as he was about to crash into the chains, Yue Feng suddenly leaped to the left and forward, then pushed off the wall with all his might, maintaining this high speed as he made a sharp turn, bypassing the chains and crashing into the Black Witch behind him.

"Oh? He's not stupid after all!" Xiao He thought to himself in surprise: in the opponent's formation, the Black Witch is the strongest damage dealer.

The Black Witch was also startled, never expecting that Yue Feng, with his physique, could turn so quickly. She only had time to unleash the flames and lightning in her hands, which hadn't yet reached their maximum capacity, onto Yue Feng's face before she was struck head-on.

The Black Witch let out a scream, as if she had been hit by a tank, and flew more than ten meters away before rolling several times on the ground and remaining motionless.

Xiao He knew Yue Feng's strength very well; if he used his full power, he could easily turn the other Mutant on the field into mincemeat. However, before colliding with the Black Witch, Yue Feng brought the brakes on suddenly, sparing the opponent's life.

I initially thought Yue Feng was just a simple-minded brute, but I didn't expect him to be so shrewd and shrewd in his choice of targets and control of his strength.

However, the Black Witch's attack was not without effect. The initial Twin Dragon Strike formed a ring of fire pillars, causing extensive burns to Yue Feng's back, but leaving his front unscathed.

Xiao He wasn't sure if anyone else had noticed this detail, but in any case, the Black Witch had been dealt with, and the situation on the field was now clear.

"One will end up the same way, and there are two more." Yue Feng turned around and stared at the Chain God and Hastur.

The Chain God spat in annoyance, turned to look at the unconscious Black Witch behind him, and suddenly took a step forward. Golden chains automatically appeared under his feet, and he stepped onto the chains that appeared out of thin air and came into the air. Then he kicked onto one of the chains and launched himself out, aiming directly at Qin Weize and Li Xue, who were observing the situation behind Yue Feng.

The purpose of the Chain God was straightforward: they had suffered losses on their side, so they needed to reduce the number of people in the Dragon Country's team as soon as possible, otherwise it would be troublesome to create a situation where they outnumbered the enemy.

Hastur turned to Li Xue and Qin Weize and raised his hands, his octopus tentacles wrapping around them. But this time, the ends of the tentacles suddenly opened, revealing a hideous, blood-red maw.

"What do you mean!? Do you think I'm easy to bully?" Li Xue said irritably, waving her hands and sending two powerful hurricanes flying towards the octopus tentacles, shredding them into pieces like a meat grinder.

But the pieces of flesh on the ground immediately transformed into octopuses of all sizes, lunging towards Li Xue. Li Xue clapped her hands together, and two Tornado appeared on the field, swirling and crisscrossing, shredding the octopuses on the ground.

"I'll deal with the guy with the chains!" Qin Weize said, unleashing a shockwave with his left hand towards the ground, propelling himself into the air. He then unleashed another shockwave mid-air, meeting the Chain God in the sky head-on.

The Chain God erected a large array of chains in front of him, blocking Qin Weize's approach. Qin Weize reached out his left hand, grabbed the chains, and thrust the impact into their interior. The chains instantly shattered and disintegrated from the inside out.

Then Qin Weize collided headfirst with the Chain God, and the two entangled in mid-air before falling to the ground.

Just as Qin Weize was about to strike, a chain wrapped around his left wrist, then his right hand and legs, leaving him suspended in mid-air.

"You're finished." The Chain God sneered, reaching out to grab the chain binding Qin Weize's right hand. "Let me break one of your arms first."

"Who are you calling finished?" Qin Weize asked with a smile, sending shocks into the chains. The shocks immediately traveled along the chains to the hand of the Chain God, and then exploded within the Chain God.

"Ugh!" The Chain God spat out a mouthful of blood, and the chains binding Qin Weize vanished instantly, causing the two of them to plummet to the ground together.

"Caught!" Li Xue summoned a hurricane to catch Qin Weize as he fell, while the Chain God landed not far away.

However, Hastur had somehow transformed into a field of tiny octopuses, which secretly coalesced behind her, forming a dozen sharp octopus tentacles that emerged from under the yellow robe, ready to pierce Li Xue!

"What the hell are you doing?!" Yue Feng suddenly appeared in front of Hastur, blocking the tentacles, and slapped Hastur on the waist.

This attack sent Hastur flying, crashing into the arena wall with a "thud" and forming a pile of minced flesh. However, it quickly transformed into a large number of octopuses, which then coalesced back into Hastur's original form.

"What I hate most are those lowlifes who sneak up on you from behind!" Yue Feng spat angrily.

"It's not over yet!" Li Xue said, suddenly adjusting the angle of her arm. The hurricane that caught Qin Weize suddenly turned in mid-air and sent him toward Hastur.

"Beautiful!" Qin Weize exclaimed, extending his right hand towards Hastur.

Hastur looked up at Qin Weize, then suddenly lifted his cloak, and countless tentacles emerged from beneath it, transforming into sharp spikes that pierced towards Qin Weize.

Qin Weize clasped his hands together and unleashed a powerful shockwave, blasting the oncoming sharp tentacles into dust before successfully reaching Hastur.

"Maximum Wheel Impact!" Qin Weize shouted, injecting the impact into Hastur's body.

The impact didn't penetrate Hastur's body, but instead continued to pound inside him, causing Hastur to tremble and stagger backward, looking as if he were performing a robot dance. In no time, all the octopuses on his body were shaken off.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old Asian girl emerged from under the yellow robe, her face contorted in pain. Then, with a "whoosh!" she vomited up all of her dinner from the night before, looking at Qin Weize with a pitiful expression and tears welling in her eyes.

Qin Weize never dreamed that beneath those disgusting, slippery tentacles would be such a beautiful girl, and he was immediately stunned.

The girl pouted and cried out in distress, "You're bullying me! Waaah!"

"It's the number of attacks..." Xiao He suddenly realized.

Hastur's abilities seem quite overpowered at first glance—she can be shattered into pieces without dying—but in reality, her ability to withstand attacks depends on the number of attacks. After a certain number of attacks, the outer layer of her body will be peeled off.

But to be fair, this ability is indeed quite strong, at the LV5 level.

However, just when everyone thought the outcome was decided, the girl was suddenly enveloped by a layer of dark aura, and her body began to swell, transforming into a yellow-robed creature over ten meters tall.

Although it appears to be in human shape, numerous octopus tentacles can be seen wriggling at the hem of its yellow robe.

"This is..." Cui Man frowned and said, "The Yellow-Robed Lord 'Hastur,' her Superpower is 'Descent,' just like Liu Yufei, summoning Old God to Descent upon her."

But even when facing Hastur, Yue Feng had no intention of backing down; he was a man who could only move forward.

"Interesting!" Yue Feng wiped his hand on his mask, then roared as he charged towards Hastur. When he was about ten meters away from Hastur, he leaped forward. "Hey, brat, give me a ride!"

"Who the hell are you calling a brat!" Li Xue said irritably, but still waved her hand to summon a hurricane and shoved Yue Feng.

Yue Feng flew towards Hastur like a missile. A huge tentacle emerged from Hastur's robe and swept across Yue Feng's face. Yue Feng forcibly tore the tentacle apart, but due to the obstruction of this attack, he was exhausted before reaching Hastur and fell to the ground.

"One more shot!" Yue Feng shouted, turning his head.

However, suddenly more than a dozen ferocious tentacles emerged from the ground beside Li Xue and Qin Weize, slamming down on them relentlessly, leaving Yue Feng no time to spare. Seeing this, Yue Feng spat in annoyance and reluctantly landed on the ground.

More tentacles rose up around Yue Feng, constantly slamming into him, one of them striking him from behind.

"Ugh!" Yue Feng groaned and fell to the ground. He quickly rolled over to face the tentacles, but he was unable to get up for the time being.

"Tsk!" Li Xue used a hurricane to protect herself and Qin Weize from harm, but the situation remained deadlocked.

The host couldn't help but roar excitedly, "Oh!? We thought the Australian Team was doomed, but they've turned the tide! Hastur is taking on three opponents single-handedly, is this a comeback!?"

"Do something!" Li Xue urged Qin Weize, "I can't hold on much longer!"

More and more tentacles surrounded them. Qin Weize took a deep breath. "I can do it, I can do it!"

After saying that, Qin Weize rushed out of the hurricane, raised his hand and smashed the tentacle that was crashing down on him, then pressed it onto another tentacle and injected the shockwave, causing that tentacle to explode.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qin Weize broke through the encirclement and ran towards Yue Feng, with tentacles emerging behind him and crashing down on him.

Caught off guard, Qin Weize was struck by one of the tentacles, staggering and falling to the ground. But he immediately rolled to his feet, leaped forward, and slammed his hand down on one of the tentacles surrounding Yue Feng, shattering it.

Then Qin Weize quickly shattered the other tentacles and pulled Yue Feng up from the ground.

"Go!" Qin Weize reached out and pressed on Yue Feng's back, unleashing the impact in a scattering manner.

"Good!" Yue Feng roared, accelerating as he lunged at Hastur, but two tentacles emerged from beneath Hastur's yellow robe, crossing as they slammed down on Yue Feng.

Qin Weize immediately raised his hand, aimed, and unleashed the shockwave, severing one of the tentacles.

But another tentacle had already slammed down in front of Yue Feng. At that moment, two hurricanes flew up from behind. One hurricane deflected the oncoming tentacle, while the other hurricane pushed Yue Feng to accelerate further.

"Take this punch!" Yue Feng roared, throwing a punch at Hastur's face.

He swept past like a bullet, slicing off Hastur's entire head. The yellow robe and tentacles began to dissipate into black mist until only the beautiful girl in her true form remained, lying on the ground unconscious.

"Chirp!" Yue Feng roared in triumph, then turned to Qin Weize and Li Xue and laughed loudly, "Haha! You two did a great job! I like you!"

"Ah... haha, you played quite well together, even though it was your first time playing together." Qin Weize said with a slightly shy smile.

"Tsk, I'm just going along with you guys reluctantly," Li Xue said, turning her face away unhappily.

After a moment of silence, a burst of surprised cheers erupted: no one had expected that these unassuming, seemingly insignificant Mutant would put on such a spectacular fight!

But the most surprised person was actually Xiao He: he never imagined that those people he had utterly defeated in prison, if randomly selected and placed in the arena, could actually fight on equal terms with LV5 Mutant...

" With Yinglong gone, even the writing style has changed. It's gone from an invincible story to a hot-blooded anime," Cui Man joked, arms crossed.