A Duo Carrying the Girls

Despite securing the victory, the match was actually quite dangerous. If Xiao He hadn't quickly dealt with Ring Hero at the start, they would have undoubtedly lost. This woman called "Shadow Flash" was truly formidable; her constant flashing between shadows allowed her to attack enemies from blind spots, making her impossible to defend against.

Qin Weize just now was actually just luck; Shadow Flash just happened to flash back into Qin Weize's field of vision.

Otherwise, given Qin Weize's physique, experience, and Superpower, he would most likely not be able to win against Shadow Flash in a one-on-one situation.

Shadow Flash is one of the few skill-based Mutant in Mutant M Country.

Brad's Superpower is also quite formidable. Only Yue Feng was able to withstand such an attack and end the battle by inflicting heavy damage on himself as well as the enemy. Otherwise, it would have been very difficult for the rest of their team to defeat this guy quickly.

However, Yue Feng's Superpower may have already been exposed in the battle just now, after all, he had many more blades stuck in his back than in his front.

The enemy may not know Yue Feng's specific Superpower, but everyone should be able to deduce that Yue Feng's back defense is weaker than his front defense. If they target him in the next match, Yue Feng will also have a hard time.

"Yinglong just personally guided me in combat!" Qin Weize boasted excitedly as soon as he returned to the common lounge.

But before he could finish speaking, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

"Horned Dragon, are you alright?!" Cui Man quickly stepped forward to help Qin Weize up, then turned to the person beside her and ordered, "Quickly, go get a bottle of healing potion!"

"I'm fine, I..." Qin Weize said, coughing up another mouthful of blood.

Judging from Qin Weize's appearance, he was clearly seriously injured. After all, his Superpower lacked defensive capabilities, and his only defense came from his LV2 physique. However, Shadow Flash's physique was also LV2, which is why it didn't inflict fatal damage on Qin Weize.

Moreover, Xiao He suspected that Shadow Flash had hidden strength, and that she finally admitted defeat because she was the only one left.

This woman might pose a threat in the second round of the tournament.

Because in the second round, Xiao He will not have many matches left to play, and most of the time it will depend on Xie Haining and others to play.

The entire tournament consists of two rounds within each group and one round outside the group, for a total of sixteen rounds. After that, six teams advance to the semifinals, finals, and finals, which consist of three best-of-three (BO3) matches, for a total of nine rounds. In other words, the tournament has a total of twenty-five rounds.

The tournament consists of a maximum of five matches per round, totaling 125 matches; while the team tournament consists of three matches per round, totaling 75 matches.

Xiao He is entitled to 32 appearances in the arena, and he has already made 15; while in the team competition, he is entitled to 25 appearances, and he has only made 3. The number of appearances in the team competition is more generous, but the number of appearances in the arena is much smaller...

"Don't worry." Cui Man seemed to see through Xiao He's worries and comforted him, "In the Group B matches, I'll let other players play when we play against other teams. You should conserve your energy and focus on dealing with the M Country Team; they're the tough ones."

Xiao He nodded: If we only consider the M Country Team, then he has a fairly sufficient number of matches.

"What about countries with only six players? If they play in team matches, wouldn't they have to exceed the limit?" Ye Wanqing asked curiously.

Cui Man smiled slightly, "Silly child, who do you think this rule is targeting? It's targeting 'Yinglong'. It doesn't matter to the others at all; they can just apply and have them appear repeatedly."

"That's a bit unfair..." Ye Wanqing muttered softly, "Why is it targeting my husband, Old Xiao..."

"Because I have you, it's actually two against one," Xiao He said with a smile, patting Ye Wanqing's head.

"It seems... to be true." Ye Wanqing was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, Qin Weize felt a little better after drinking the treatment medicine, but his condition was still not good enough for him to participate in the next game, so Qin Weize was sent to the infirmary to rest.

However, this means that Qin Weize has lost his combat ability, and Xiao He's "Kinetic Energy Absorption" Superpower will not be able to remain active for the time being. But his other Superpower are still there, and he can trigger his Superpower through "Imaginary Enemy" when necessary, so it doesn't matter.

The task now is to decide the lineup for the next match.

"We need to accumulate enough points first to secure our advancement... then we can go wild." Cui Man smiled slightly, then turned to Xiao He and asked, "Darling, can you still play?"

"Of course," Xiao He replied immediately. Cui Man nodded in satisfaction. "Great, let's play a game with a girl."

As she spoke, Cui Man turned to Xia Yu and An Xiuru: "Next, you two will go on stage with Yinglong, so go all out. If you can't beat them, Yinglong is there. How about that? Feeling reassured?"

"Oh, that makes me feel so reassured," An Xiuru teased with a smile.

"Brother Xiao, I'll try my best not to hold you back," Xia Yu said with a shy smile.

"Tsk!" Xiao He patted his chest confidently. "Next round, you two go up and enjoy the scenery! I'll take on three of you!"

"How impressive..." Ye Wanqing pinched his ear and said coldly, "You clearly have a girlfriend."

"Hey, hey, you'll always be the only one in my heart!" Xiao He quickly replied, "Isn't this for the mission? She's my biggest fan." As he spoke, Xiao He whispered, "There are so many people here, please give me some face, baby... I'll listen to you at home."

Ye Wanqing nodded in satisfaction and released her hand. "That's more like it..."

"Why won't you let me continue playing?!" Yue Feng asked angrily, pointing to his own nose.

"Take care of your back injury first," Cui Man said coldly. "You fought so recklessly. If you fight two more matches, your Superpower will be exposed. Then, if someone attacks your back, you won't be able to beat anyone."

"How the hell can't I beat anyone?! Even if I'm exposed, I can still win!" Yue Feng Cui Man frowned and said, "Are you disobeying my orders?"

"I'm going to keep fighting!" Yue Feng said angrily, but suddenly his stomach growled, and the Oath Mark on the back of his hand was triggered. He immediately clutched his stomach and ran to the toilet. "Fine, fine, fine! I'll obey orders! Isn't obeying enough!?"

With cheers erupting overhead, the second match against R Country Team officially began.

However, Xiao He was quite disappointed when he saw the opposing team's lineup: Soul Blade did not appear.

Of course, he could understand that Soul Blade's fighting style was indeed more suited to one-on-one combat.

R Country Team fielded a team of three: Ring Hero, Charge Hero, and Shadow Flash, all of whom possessed known Superpower.

"You two, wait here. I'll be done in five minutes," Xiao He instructed An Xiuru and Xia Yu.

"Brother Xiao, I'm fine, I can fight too!" Xia Yu said, clenching her fists with fighting spirit.

"Yes, I can help too," An Xiuru quickly replied.

"No need!" Xiao He waved his hand casually. "How can a 'girl-carrying' duo let the girls do the work? Lie back, I'm going to carry this game."

"Well... alright then." An Xiuru thought for a moment and replied, then whispered in Xia Yu's ear, "We'll wait for the right opportunity, and then we'll step in when Brother Xiao needs help."

"Okay!" Xia Yu nodded vigorously, then nervously watched the game from the sidelines.

Xiao He strode forward to the three men and waved to them, saying, "Come on, I'll take you all on by myself."

"Oh?! It seems Yinglong is planning to take on three opponents at once?" The host realized something was amiss. "Does Yinglong also like to bring girls along? That's the only explanation I can think of, after all, the other two Mutant in the team are women!"

The audience chuckled, but didn't take it too seriously, assuming the referee was joking. However, after the laughter subsided, they wondered: could Yinglong really take on three opponents alone?

Those are three LV5s.

"Everyone's laughing," Cui Man said with a wry smile, arms crossed, in the common room. "Well, what can they do? They don't know that our Yinglong is the warden of the Mutant Prison."

"How dare you! You're so disrespectful!" Ring Hero roared at Xiao He, "I'll beat you to a pulp!"

After speaking, Ring Hero raised her hand and summoned four Energy Rings above her head. She then placed the Energy Rings around Xiao He, trapping him. Xiao He didn't rush to attack because he was slightly wary of Shadow Flash's ability: this woman must have held back in the last round.

In the M Country, skill-based Superpower like Shadow Flash aren't popular, so she definitely didn't use her full strength.

Taking advantage of the time Xiao He was trapped, Ring Hero turned to Charge Hero and blasted the Energy Rings in his hand at him.

The Energy Rings didn't hit Charge Hero directly, but rather struck his exaggerated gloves.

"Actually, this Superpower is somewhat similar to Kinetic Energy Absorption, only a degraded version..." Xiao He frowned and thought to himself.

Because the Charge Hero doesn't absorb all the impact, but rather converts a portion of it into energy stored in his hand, which he then unleashes at once. The energy accumulated during the attack likely comes from the "reaction force."

While the two of them were charging up, Shadow Flash was laying out her "shadows" everywhere in preparation for an attack.

"Take care of those two troublemakers first, then I'll fight Shadow Flash one-on-one." Xiao He thought to himself, spreading his arms to break free of the Energy Rings binding him, but by then the opponent's plan was already complete.

Shadow Flash retreated to Ring Hero and Charge Hero's side, grabbed Charge Hero and flashed back, the two of them appearing behind Xiao He.

"Serious Punch!" Charge Hero shouted, delivering a punch to Xiao He's back, the powerful impact piercing through Xiao He's chest.

Xiao He then remembered that Qin Weize was not there, and he had run out of Kinetic Energy Absorption, so he was knocked back several steps by the punch. Fortunately, he was physically strong enough that the punch only made him choke a little.

"Ahem..." Xiao He coughed, then turned his head and said irritably, "You call this a 'Serious Punch'?!"

But just as Xiao He was about to retaliate, Shadow Flash immediately teleported back to a different location with Charge Hero, while Ring Hero immediately fired several weaker Energy Rings at Charge Hero to continue charging him.

"Hey?!" Xiao He raised an eyebrow and turned his attention to Ring Hero: This guy is the key; without him, Charge Hero can't charge.

However, without the burst of kinetic energy, Xiao He lost his ability to move quickly. Therefore, he raised his hand towards Ring Hero, preparing to use his Psychokinesis to grab him, but he Shadow Flash back to Ring Hero's side and then flashed away with him.

"Tsk, what an annoying ability." Xiao He frowned and thought to himself, turning around to look for their traces, but as soon as he turned his head, Charge Hero's fist was already in front of him.

Xiao He crossed his arms to block the attack, and was immediately taken aback: Was it even more powerful than before?

The immense power forced him to slide backward seven or eight meters, the impact on his arms sending up wisps of smoke. Xiao He also felt a throbbing pain in his arms. But his opponent had already taken advantage of his retreat to continue charging, using Shadow Flash to teleport the two of them back repeatedly, preventing Xiao He from attacking.

"Oh--!? Yinglong is indeed in trouble! In my opinion, 1v3 is still too difficult!" The commentator couldn't help but sigh. "At this point, shouldn't his teammates step up and help him?"

"Yinglong, shall we help?" An Xiuru asked tentatively.

"Don't move!" Xiao He pointed at her and sternly shouted, "I said, this match is mine! You all lie still!"

After saying that, Xiao He turned to the three of them, Shadow Flash, who were now getting angry. "It's rare for you to bring a girl along, and you still dare to embarrass me. Don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Then, Xiao He raised his hand, and Shadow Flash immediately teleported back with Charge Hero. However, Xiao He paused time, and although it was only for two seconds, he had already locked onto the positions of Ring Hero and Charge Hero. Therefore, after the time stop was lifted, Xiao He waved his hand and threw a Soul Chains at the two of them. The chain, composed of golden light, connected the two of them together.

But the chain wasn't actually meant to cause them a chain reaction of harm; it was just a marker.

With this chain in place, Xiao He could pinpoint their location. Therefore, after the next flashback, Xiao He immediately turned around in the direction of the chain, raised his hand, and surrounded the chain with his Psychokinesis, firmly locking the two people in mid-air.

At this moment, Xiao He suddenly realized that what Shadow Flash was holding was Ring Hero...

"Where's Charge Hero?" Xiao He thought to himself, then immediately sensed something was wrong and turned to the other end of the chain.

At this moment, Charge Hero had arrived in front of Xia Yu and An Xiuru, raising his fists to strike.

"Double 'Serious Punch'!" Charge Hero shouted, throwing out both fists. A powerful shockwave spread across the arena, causing the audience to gasp in amazement.

However, upon Charge Hero realized that his fist had struck a peculiar cube formed of crystal, and the cube hadn't even trembled, let alone shattered...

"I'm here with a girl, and you're harassing her?" A menacing voice came from behind.

Charge Hero's heart skipped a beat. He turned around, and the figure of Yinglong behind him seemed exceptionally tall, like a giant. He knew something was wrong: he had already used up two charges, so he was powerless to resist.

But then Xiao He suddenly raised his hand and grabbed at the shadow beside him. The next moment, Shadow Flash appeared on the shadow and accurately grabbed Xiao He neck, making it scream in fright.

"How... how did you know I was coming back here?!" Shadow Flash asked with difficulty.

"Intuition," Xiao He replied calmly.

There is a "Lin Tiannan" who can provide him with the trait of "extraordinary intuition," allowing him to know the enemy's location even if he cannot see or hear.

"Pfft!" At this moment, Zhang Ming, who was in the common room, shivered and looked around in confusion.

Seeing the situation was bad, Ring Hero behind him quickly blasted an Energy Rings at Xiao He. However, Xiao He's body suddenly became blurry, and the Energy Rings passed through him and hit Charge Hero, sending him flying.

Ring Hero and Charge Hero were linked by the Soul Chains, and the damage was transferred to Ring Hero himself, causing him to fly backward and fall to the ground.

At this moment, Xiao He transformed back into his physical form, threw away the Shadow Flash in his hand, raised his foot and kicked the Charge Hero in the chin, sending him flying into the air. He then adjusted his posture and swept a beautiful spin across the Charge Hero's face.

The Charge Hero groaned, spitting out a stream of blood as he flew through the air and crashed to the ground, motionless. The Charge Hero behind him had just gotten up when he was affected by the power of the Soul Link. An unseen force blasted him away, sending him tumbling halfway through the air before he too passed out.

"You're the only one left," Xiao He said calmly, looking at Shadow Flash as she got up from the ground.

"You..." Her brows furrowed beneath the Shadow Flash Butterfly Mask. She took a step back and vanished in an instant.

But Xiao He, using Zhang Ming as Trigger, gained extraordinary intuition, so he knew where her true form was without even looking. He turned his head and swiftly grabbed her neck.

"Got caught again, huh?" Xiao He teased.

"Who... who caught whom?" Shadow Flash laughed, grabbing his wrist, then flashed back in time with him.

Xiao He only felt the scenery flash by, and then he found himself in the center of the arena. The shadow's posture changed during the Shadow Flash, allowing her to escape Xiao He's grasp. Just as Xiao He was about to catch her again, a strong impact came from his lower back.

However, the real body of Shadow Flash was indeed in front of him... Xiao He turned his head in astonishment and found that it was actually a shadow left behind by Shadow Flash that kicked him!

"I see..." Xiao He finally understood why the shadows left by Shadow Flash all maintained an attack prelude. It wasn't just to facilitate her attack when she "flashed back," but because those shadows were left behind specifically for attacking.

Only then did Xiao He realize that he had been pulled to the center of these shadows by the Shadow Flash.

"Chaotic Space Slaughter!" Shadow Flash shouted, and the shadows she left behind launched an attack on Xiao He.

Punches, flying kicks, palm strikes, elbow strikes—all sorts of attacks came from all directions, surrounding Xiao He. The power of the shadows was stronger than that of the main body, creating shockwaves that spread across the field.

"Hmph, this is the price of arrogance." Shadow Flash laughed smugly. "That felt so good."

The next second, Xiao He suddenly appeared in front of her out of thin air, flicking her forehead with his index finger. Shadow Flash felt her head explode with a "buzz!" and she had no idea what happened after that.