Changing Heaven and Earth

At that moment Xiao He began to lament in his heart: How could it be such a coincidence!

As someone who gets tongue-tied when lying, Xiao He was a little embarrassed. Luckily, Ye Wanqing reacted quickly and replied, "Oh, Old Xiao and I managed to snag some student discount tickets, so we came to browse around."

"Why didn't you tell me? We could have gone shopping together!" Yin Jia said happily, while her boyfriend Zhang Guangyao muttered dejectedly behind her, "Sigh, what a pity, we didn't run into Yinglong... I really wanted to take a picture with him."

"How about I take a picture with you?" Xiao He chuckled to himself, thinking to himself.

"Oh well, forget it. He has a match today, it's not like we'll run into him easily," Yin Jia comforted him. "Besides, there's still a chance, isn't there? Next week, he'll be playing against a team from Group B. We can come and watch the match then, and if we still don't run into him, we'll wait until the week after."

"Sigh, that's true." Thinking of this, Zhang Guangyao felt a little better, then turned to Xiao He and Ye Wanqing and smiled, "Let's go, let's all go for a walk. I heard from Jiajia that you're a little short on living expenses this month, so I'll treat you to a meal."

"Oh?" This one sentence from the other party immediately changed Xiao He's opinion of him.

Xiao He had been somewhat resentful of Zhang Guangyao for causing trouble during their last shopping trip, which had implicated him and Ye Wanqing. However, Zhang Guangyao's recent comment made Xiao He realize that the man wasn't inherently bad, just a bit dim-witted.

Ye Wanqing, standing to the side, whispered anxiously, "What should we do, Old Xiao? If we delay any longer, your match is about to start..."

"Don't worry, let's ask Sister Man." Xiao He kissed Ye Wanqing's head to comfort her.

"Hmm..." Ye Wanqing immediately quieted down obediently, holding his hand and following behind.

"Sister Man, we've run into a bit of a problem here, what should we do?" Xiao He whispered the situation into the earpiece.

"Oh? Interesting." Cui Man smiled with interest. "Perfect, let's use this opportunity to pull off a surprise attack."

"A switcheroo?" Xiao He raised an eyebrow and asked. Cui Man explained softly, "That's right. Later, I'll do this and that, and you just need to do this and that..."

After hearing her plan, Xiao He asked with some concern, "Is this really alright?"

"It's okay! It's a good opportunity to test if it works, and it can also clear your name in your circle. Isn't that great?" Cui Man laughed cheerfully on the other end. "Is that all? You can play around for a while, and when the competition starts, just do as I say."

So Xiao He, Ye Wanqing, Yin Jia, and Zhang Guangyao strolled around the area.

Although Zhang Guangyao didn't make a good first impression on Xiao He, he completely redeemed himself today. He not only treated Xiao He and Ye Wanqing to a meal, but he didn't just offer them cheap food; instead, he deliberately bought some relatively expensive snacks and, fearing they might feel embarrassed to accept them, he made sure to say that these things were quite inexpensive.

However, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing had visited this place many times before, and they knew the prices of the snacks very well.

"I think he's a nice guy," Ye Wanqing said softly. "He's quite generous and not at all pretentious."

"Yeah... I'll satisfy him next time and take a picture with him," Xiao He said softly. "Sure enough, my fans aren't all that bad."

Ye Wanqing pinched his cheek. "Take it easy, or people will find out."

"No, I'll just do as Sister Man tells me to do later," Xiao He replied.

"I hope nothing goes wrong..." Ye Wanqing muttered worriedly.

At this moment, the host has already begun introducing the participants for the next match.

Zhang Guangyao excitedly rushed to the window. "Oh! Yinglong's competition is about to begin!"

"Yes, the fight is about to begin." Xiao He also came to the window, choosing a spot with a good view of the entire arena.

They were on the second floor of the arena. Because the arena was an inverted cone-shaped structure, it was about 40 to 50 meters away from here. Some of Xiao He's Superpower could be used here.

This match is between the Dragon Country and Y Country. The Dragon Country's representatives are "Mirage Dragon" Zhang Ming, "Feilian" Li Xue, and "Yinglong" Xiao He. Of course, the Yinglong on the field is just a shadow created by Zhang Ming using illusions; the real one is watching the match from here.

Y Country Team sent out Apasi, Yaksha, and Garuda.

This actually surprised Xiao He a bit: Why didn't Y Country Team send Asura up, but instead sent these three useless guys? Are the management out of their minds...?

Although Xiao He was not present, no one knew it. Therefore, the battle began in a 2v3 format.

"Wanqing, the fight's starting, cover me for a bit, okay?" Xiao He pressed Ye Wanqing's head, letting her lean on his shoulder.

Ye Wanqing nodded nervously. "Concentrate, don't let anyone see through you..."

"Don't worry," Xiao He said with a smile, his eyes fixed on the three members of Y Country Team on the field.

Both Yaksha and Li Xue control the wind, so they targeted each other right from the start. Li Xue struck first, creating a Tornado at Yaksha's feet.

However, Yaksha controlled the hurricane and flew into the air. He couldn't completely control the hurricane that Li Xue, but he could still weaken its power so that she couldn't hurt him.

This resulted in a stalemate in their fight.

Meanwhile, Zhang Ming had already quietly disappeared, leaving only Yinglong on the field.

"Hmph! Today is the day I defeat 'Yinglong'!" Apasi said confidently, then opened the lid of the bucket behind him, but this time the water coming out of the bucket was black.

Xiao He took a closer look and immediately got goosebumps: it wasn't black water at all, but water mixed with giant cockroaches, which was why it looked black.

"Damn it..." Xiao He's forehead veins throbbed. "This bastard! I'll kill you!"

The black water rushed towards the "Yinglong" on the field, and the Yinglong's body disappeared. The next moment, it appeared behind Apasi and raised its hand to Apasi.

Xiao He, standing off the field, also raised his hand and pressed it against the window, then activated Inorganic Matter Control. The iron sand beneath the ground quickly coalesced into iron spikes, attacking Apasi.

While Apasi is indeed somewhat flamboyant and has an annoying personality, he is a true LV5 Mutant with exceptional strength and control over water. Before the iron spikes struck him, he redirected the black water back to his side, creating a high-speed water pressure. When the water collided with the iron spikes, the spikes were even bent!

However, the water flow also turned into a mist that splashed out, and the cockroaches in the water were also shattered into pieces, scattering and flying everywhere with the mist.

Yinglong on the field quickly took a few steps back, Xiao He immediately raised an eyebrow: Zhang Ming did a good job with this detail...

After taking a few steps back, Yinglong suddenly slammed his fist into the ground, and dust spread out, temporarily obscuring his figure.

Xiao He, on the other hand, was focused on the game from the sidelines, ready to use his abilities to assist at any time.

Right now, everyone's attention is focused on the game, and no one is paying attention to him. But even if they were, they would only see one person with his hand pressed against the window, intently watching the game.

"Hiding won't help!" Apasi sneered, gathering the water flow and then dispersing it into a large number of dense water droplets.

"Not good..." Xiao He frowned: The next move was likely an attack without any blind spots. It would not only expose the truth about "Yinglong" but also force Zhang Ming, who was hiding, to come out.

Therefore, Xiao He raised his hand towards Apasi and used Reverse Perfect Cube to envelop Apasi in the middle.

Water droplets burst forth, hitting the Perfect Cube with a series of clattering sounds, and the cockroach corpses stuck to the outer wall of the Perfect Cube. The audience gasped in disgust.

"This guy is disgusting!" Zhang Guangyao roared, waving his fist. "If you're so capable, win with your abilities! What kind of hero relies on these petty tricks!"

"So noisy..." Xiao He frowned and thought to himself, moving to the side and then taking a deep breath: this competition was a good opportunity for him.

Previously, his battles usually relied on hand-to-hand combat, mainly because of his strong physical abilities, and also because he, as a man, genuinely enjoyed the thrill of fistfights. However, this does not mean he lacked ranged attack capabilities.

Psychokinesis and Inorganic Matter Control are the best means of ranged attack, and the Perfect Cube can provide him with an invincible output environment.

Therefore, this is a good opportunity for him to practice ranged attacks. He has already witnessed many ranged attack methods in this competition. With his abilities, it will not be difficult for him to Replication these attack methods.

"It's about to start... What follows is a storm." Xiao He exhaled and muttered to himself, pressing his hands against the window.

A wall of Psychokinesis appeared on the field, then shattered, transforming into sharp blades that pierced towards Apasi.

Apasi quickly controlled the water flow to form a high-speed water wall around himself, deflecting the incoming Psychokinesis blades.

Xiao He tried to control Apasi's water flow, but his current Inorganic Matter Control was triggered by Trigger "Lin Tiannan" in the prison, so it was not strong enough to defeat Apasi, and his control over water could not surpass Apasi's.

But it didn't matter, Xiao He could still control other inorganic matter to fight. So, inside the water wall, a rock pillar suddenly bulged out and hit Apasi's chin. Apasi was knocked backward, and the next second, more than a dozen stone pillars continued to pierce out from the ground and slam into Apasi's body.

Apasi screamed as he was relentlessly battered into the air.

At that moment, a fist formed from Psychokinesis fell from the sky and slammed Apasi into the ground.

"Boom!" A shockwave spread out, and dust engulfed half of the arena.

Despite the relentless attacks, Yinglong did not appear on the field. However, everyone assumed that Yinglong's figure had been concealed by the Mirage Dragon, and thus failed to realize that Yinglong himself was using his Superpower from outside the field.

"Wow--! What a fast attack! I didn't expect Yinglong to be so good at manipulating inorganic matter! In my opinion, this control is no less than that of Scorpio Scott from the Australian Team!" The commentator was still passionately commentating on the battle. "But what really happened, nobody knows! Because there's a 'Mirage Dragon' on the field, whether it's real or fake, who can say for sure!?"

"Hmph, well done," Xiao He thought to himself with a smile. "It wasn't for nothing that I brought this kid back; he actually came in handy..."

Just then, the figure of "Yinglong" appeared from the edge of the arena. But a thin stream of water suddenly flew out from the smoke and dust. Xiao He immediately followed and erected the Perfect Cube next to the illusion of "Yinglong" to block Apasi's water stream.

Then Yinglong clasped his hands together, and Xiao He followed suit, controlling the rocks to form dozens of arms, which he then struck behind the smoke and dust.

A water dragon roared out from behind the smoke and flew around Apasi, shattering the attacking rock arm. But a metal pillar suddenly rose from beneath Apasi's feet, sending Apasi flying into the air.

The heavy blow left Apasi stunned. He floated in mid-air, gazing at the dazzling night sky, the arena lights almost blinding him. He suddenly realized how brilliant the stars were tonight, but then he realized they weren't stars at all, but crystal swords formed from Psychokinesis.

Ten? Twenty? Countless? He didn't know; his mind couldn't process it.

The crystal swords floated in the air, paused for a moment, and then transformed into a dazzling rain of light that fell upon Apasi.

Apasi fell to the ground along with the crystal swords, the cutting sounds echoing continuously. Apasi was pinned to the ground, but the crystal swords continued to fall, the dust they stirred up gradually engulfing Apasi.

After the smoke cleared, Apasi, who was lying on the ground, was engulfed in a pool of blood. Although he appeared to be still alive, he had lost consciousness.

At this moment, those in the Mutant Arena who still harbored a sliver of hope regarding the "cockroaches" silently destroyed their pre-prepared "secret weapons."

Xiao He glanced at the other two. Garuda was currently entangled with the shadow of the "Mirage Dragon." Zhang Ming's true form was actually hiding in a corner. Garuda was only attacking an illusion, but Garuda was also constantly searching for Zhang Ming's true form. He used the wide-range burst of Flame Nova to explode wildly all over the field.

This method of relying on luck isn't entirely unacceptable, but it only works in a one-on-one situation.

In a one-on-one situation, Garuda doesn't need to worry about attacks from the Mirage Dragon, since the Mirage Dragon is just an illusion and can't really hurt him. So as long as he continues to bombard the field with wide-range attacks, he will eventually hit the Mirage Dragon's real body.

At least that's what Garuda thinks.

"Damn insect, where are you hiding?" Garuda couldn't help but curse, throwing a crescent-shaped flame at the Mirage Dragon in front of him. But this time, the Mirage Dragon dodged his attack!

"The true form!" Garuda raised an eyebrow and thought to himself, then raised his hands and blasted a large fireball at the Mirage Dragon.

The fireball engulfed the Mirage Dragon in front of it, which roared in agony on the ground, "No, impossible! How could you have guessed that!"

Garuda grinned smugly, but his smile froze instantly as a sharp blade emerged from his abdomen, and a mocking voice came from behind him. "You'd never guess, you idiot..."

"Despicable... despicable..." Garuda turned to look at the Mirage Dragon behind him and cursed, but the Mirage Dragon took a step back triumphantly, drawing its sharp blade. "You'd better surrender quickly, this strike isn't..."

"Surrender!" Garuda blurted out before he could finish, clutching his wound and roaring at the referee, "Go find a doctor! Save me! I'm a high caste! How can I die in a place where lowly people fight!"

"Who the hell are you calling a lowlife?!" Zhang Ming angrily punched Garuda in the face, sending him spinning twice before flying out of the air and falling unconscious.

At this point, only Li Xue and Yaksha remained on the field. Their abilities clashed, and without help from others, it would be impossible to determine a winner. Therefore, a third person was needed to assist them.

Zhang Ming probably received a notification in his earpiece, so he concealed his own form and then controlled the illusion of Yinglong to raise its hand towards the Yaksha.

Xiao He, on the other hand, turned to Yaksha, because he actually had another ability he wanted to test today.

Vector Control! Xiao He recalled the figure of Anna, the woman who used gravity. Information from the world flooded into his brain. He ignored the irrelevant information, focused his attention on Yaksha, and then modified his gravity parameters.

"Ouch--!?" Yaksha suddenly screamed, his entire body falling uncontrollably to the ground as if a mountain had suddenly crushed him. With a loud "BOOM!", a large cloud of dust rose from the ground, and Yaksha sank deep into the earth.

"Oh no, it seems I've gone too far with the modifications..." Xiao He's brow twitched slightly: This Superpower is too difficult to use; I need to find an opportunity to practice it more...

"Ah--! Although we don't know what Yinglong did, it seems that Garuda is being suppressed by the Five Finger Mountain! Congratulations to the Dragon Country for winning this match once again!" the host roared excitedly.

Yinglong, along with Mirage Dragon and Feilian, retreated back to the preparation room.

No one realized that this was actually a battle between only two people.

Using the "Mirage Dragon's" Superpower, they completed this "sky-swapping" operation.

"How interesting..." Xiao He raised an eyebrow and thought to himself: Warriors are good, but mages have their own charm too.

If given the chance again, Xiao He plans to continue practicing his "Vector Control" ability. Although it's difficult to use, this ability is undoubtedly very powerful.

However, this "switcheroo" was theoretically cheating. After all, he wasn't on the field, so the enemy couldn't attack him, but he could attack the enemy, which made him feel a little guilty.

However, recalling what M Country had done in this competition, Xiao He's guilt disappeared. "As long as no one else notices, it's not considered cheating, right?"