"Invulnerable Domain" and "Usurpation"
After "persuading" everyone in the prison, Xiao He went to the side and reported the situation to Cui Man.
"Very good, I knew you could do it." Cui Man nodded in satisfaction. "Come back and rest for a bit. The information for the three contestants from this afternoon has arrived; I'll introduce them to you."
Xiao He responded, then turned to the people in the prison. "Someone will come this afternoon to explain the details of tomorrow's work. See you at the competition tomorrow. Remember to exercise more, don't stay indoors all day eating junk food and watching TV."
After saying that, Xiao He used Dimensional Walker to return to the arena.
"So? Are those guys behaving themselves?" Cui Man asked curiously.
Xiao He rolled his eyes. "They've been too honest, making the place quite deserted now. I think we should find a way to give them some companions. Have there been any unruly Mutant lately? Let's throw them in."
"That might be coming next," Cui Man chuckled. "Let's see what the contestants are coming this afternoon. None of them are pushovers. I've already spoken with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; if these guys cause trouble, they'll be arrested and thrown in jail."
Xiao He nodded, then went to the table and listened to Cui Man begin her introduction.
"The 'Joker' from Australia, Joker real name is Morgan Adner," Cui Man replied. "His Superpower are unknown, but he has caused numerous disappearances, most of whom are minors. The fate of the missing persons is unknown, and their whereabouts remain a mystery. On the one hand, Germany does not have the death penalty, and on the other hand, in order to find the missing persons, he has not been punished."
"That damn bastard who slew men..." Yue Feng said through gritted teeth, "I'll kill him when the time comes!"
Next, Cui Man began introducing the second person. "Faust from Italy, Superpower are unknown. He has caused several horrific murders in Italy. However, because the country does not have the death penalty, he can only be imprisoned."
Ye Wanqing asked curiously, "How do they imprison these Mutant?"
Cui Man explained with a grave expression, "The methods used abroad to imprison Mutant involve using sufficient doses of sedatives to keep them in a state of incapacity, thereby limiting their Superpower."
"Aren't these a bunch of antisocial elements?" Han Tianyu asked, dissatisfied. "How dare they even participate in the competition?"
"If things go smoothly, they can defeat Yinglong; if not, they can use Yinglong to eliminate these lunatics and reduce a potential threat. It's a win-win situation, so why not?" Cui Man sneered. "There's also a third guy, Ripper Rick. He's from the M Country, but now he's representing United Kingdom in the war, using medical experiments as an excuse to conduct a lot of horrific experiments."
"All three of them are freaks and lunatics..." Xie Haining frowned. "But since they've sent these people as reinforcements, they must be some formidable individuals, right?"
"This is what I think," Cui Man sighed, "Aren't the Mutant's Superpower derived from the desires of your 'hearts'? These abnormal humans have more severe heart defects and stronger twisted desires, which is why their Superpower more powerful... Everyone, be careful, the second phase of the arena is about to begin."
After Cui Man introduced the information about the three "guests" they would be receiving that afternoon, Xiao He's morning task was finished.
Xiao He took Ye Wanqing home, planning to have dinner before heading to the arena in the afternoon.
As soon as she got home, Ye Wanqing went to the refrigerator and began searching for ingredients.
Standing behind Ye Wanqing, Xiao He watched as the girl bent down to search for pork tenderloin in the refrigerator's freezer compartment. Her cute little bottom sticking out in a particularly beautiful curve, like a plump peach. At that moment, Xiao He felt a little itchy.
"Hold on, you're a man..." Xiao He thought to himself.
But one voice inside him was saying, "What are you holding back for?! Kiss her!" while another voice was saying, "Okay, okay!" So he leaned over and kissed Ye Wanqing's little bottom, then exclaimed: Ah... this elasticity.
"Ah!" Ye Wanqing exclaimed, jerking her head up. But Xiao He had anticipated her reaction and quickly pressed her head down, saying, "Don't bump your head on the refrigerator door, silly girl."
"You!" Ye Wanqing glared at him while rubbing her bottom, her face flushed, both ashamed and angry. "You didn't help me, you just kept causing trouble!"
"Your backside started it," Xiao He said sternly.
"Shameless!" Ye Wanqing glared at him and commanded, "Alright! Come and help!"
However, the two had been dating for so long and knew each other very well, so Ye Wanqing wouldn't take such a small matter to heart.
"Old Xiao, how's it going?" Ye Wanqing asked while washing vegetables. "Did my changed ID work?"
"I don't know yet. The prisoners over there are too well-behaved. Let's try again when we pick them up at the airport this afternoon," Xiao He said, patting Ye Wanqing's head.
Ye Wanqing nodded, looking at him with a smile, as if just looking at him made her incredibly happy.
Her appearance amused Xiao He as well.
"Silly girl..." Xiao He gently pinched Ye Wanqing's little nose, "Are you that happy?"
"Yes! Seeing Old Xiao makes me happy." Ye Wanqing smiled and nodded.
Xiao He placed his hand on the shapely curve of her hips and teased, "Because I protected you in my dream?"
Ye Wanqing blinked her beautiful eyes, then suddenly realized, "That dream, it was you..."
"Yes, I thought you were having a nightmare, so I used Dreamweaver to take a look." Xiao He gently lifted Ye Wanqing's chin and smiled. "Even in a dream, I will never let those bastards bully my Little Pufferfish."
Ye Wanqing blushed and lowered her head shyly. "What... so you already knew?"
"I'm sorry, I did think about it, but it's a bit of an invasion of privacy to pry into someone's dreams." Xiao He gently kissed Ye Wanqing's forehead, "But I just couldn't bear to see you having nightmares, so..."
"It's okay." Ye Wanqing rested her face on his shoulder. "We have no secrets between us... at least I don't have any for you."
"That's true, we've basically done everything we could." Xiao He nodded, and Ye Wanqing winked playfully. "Then let's try things we haven't done yet?"
"With pleasure," Xiao He smiled, while Ye Wanqing mischievously placed a piece of chicken butt on his plate. "Eat more."
After having a meal and resting for a while, Xiao He took Ye Wanqing to the Mutant Arena, while he himself brought Xue Ting to the airport.
On the one hand, it was to let Xue Ting see the big stage, and on the other hand, it was also necessary for her "Truth Listener" ability to discern whether the people sent by various countries to accompany her were telling the truth, so as to decide where to place these athletes later.
As the plane slowly landed at the airport, Xiao He also came to the gangway to wait for the "guests" to disembark.
"Gulp." Xiao He could hear Xue Ting behind him nervously swallow.
"Don't worry, I'm here. No one can hurt you," Xiao He whispered to comfort him.
Xue Ting gave a wry smile, "Of course it's best if you say that, but... those people are perverts and lunatics, and they're all vicious criminals... I... I'm scared."
"But they still got caught, right?" Xiao He asked with a smile. "I don't quite understand your thinking. You're not even afraid of me, yet you're afraid of guys who are much weaker than me. Why is that?"
"Hmm, that makes a lot of sense," Xue Ting thought for a moment and nodded.
At that moment, the plane's cabin door opened, and then a person walked out backwards with their back to them.
But then, Xiao He realized that someone had grabbed him by the neck and dragged him out. The next second, the person grabbing him by the neck threw him out of the cabin.
Xiao He raised his hand, Psychokinesis coalesced into a soft cushion to catch the man. The man was covered in blood, but he still seemed to be breathing.
Xiao He looked up and saw a burly man appear in front of the cabin door.
The man was white with a light brown buzz cut, the kind of hairstyle you'd see in prison. He had small eyes, a big nose, and a square face, but he was tall and strong, practically a square, so much so that he had to squeeze out of the cabin door by turning sideways.
However, the man actually smiled very kindly, unlike his vicious behavior or the twisted Joker from Batman. He gave the impression of a friendly, approachable neighbor.
"The Joker, Morgan Adner," Xiao He wondered to himself, "What kind of Superpower he have?"
The other person glanced down at Xiao He and Xue Ting, said something in German, then switched to English and laughed, "What a rather lackluster welcome ceremony. Let's liven things up a bit."
As he spoke, the Joker clapped his hands, and with a "bang!" the surroundings suddenly went dark, but then immediately became bright again. Xiao He found that he and Xue Ting had arrived at an amusement park, replacing the original helipad, with only one plane still behind them.
The quiet environment instantly became noisy, with amusement park music, children's laughter, and the sounds of rides crashing in from all directions. Xue Ting was so frightened that she quickly hid behind Xiao He.
"Welcome to... my, Dream Amusement Park!" Adner, who was standing in front of me, suddenly changed into a Joker costume and Joker. His big red nose and exaggeratedly large gloves and shoes made his burly figure look fat. However, he did not have the comicality of Joker. Instead, he was filled with a twisted ferocity and eeriness.
Xiao He never thought Joker were funny or ridiculous; on the contrary, he found them somewhat frightening.
"Hahaha!" Adner let out a twisted laugh, then jumped down from the airplane stairs, bouncing around Xiao He like a cartoon character. "Won't you come and play with me? Sir, Miss!"
"How scary!" Xue Ting screamed, grabbing Xiao He's arm, while Adner continued to laugh shrilly, "Why are they scary? These things are so fun and cute! Don't you want to come and play with everyone?"
"Everyone?" Xiao He frowned, looked around, and then noticed that he could vaguely see some figures among the amusement park rides. Perhaps those were the "missing persons"?
"Perfect, let's try out the new Trigger..." Xiao He thought to himself, then recalled the image of Sebastian.
A circle of golden light spread out from him, then remained within a radius of two meters. Amazingly, within this circle, the "playground" disappeared, revealing the original airport ground.
The Joker's Superpower is clearly a domain-type Superpower, capable of replacing the current world with another domain, although Xiao He doesn't know how to attack this amusement park.
"You..." Adner suddenly stopped jumping around. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly exploded in anger. "Why did you ruin my playground?! You bad kid! You must be punished!"
Adner roared madly, his face becoming increasingly ferocious. It wasn't a hallucination; his body was truly twisting, transforming into a monster with sharp teeth, long arms and legs, and the skin of Joker.
Xue Ting screamed in fright and hid behind Xiao He, too scared to show her face. But as soon as Adner entered the circle around Xiao He, his Joker costume and distorted body instantly returned to normal, and he became the burly man he had been before.
"!?" Adner was startled and immediately stopped, taking two steps back to leave the circle of light. His body instantly reverted to its previous Joker.
Clearly, the two-meter radius circle around Xiao He rendered his Superpower ineffective.
"Invulnerable Domain." Xiao He smiled. "All Superpower are ineffective within this area..."
With this Superpower, Sebastian would be unable to fight him if he stole his Superpower.
Because Sebastian can only fight in close combat, and to fight in close combat one must enter the circle, all of the enemy's Superpower are nullified once inside the circle, while Xiao He's Superpower are still intact, Sebastian is naturally no match for him.
Xiao He couldn't help but sigh inwardly: Sure enough, the Superpower these powerful guys triggered for him were also very strong.
However, this Superpower may not be effective on others, since its range is only two meters and it only works on Superpower. This "Invulnerable Domain" will not work on the Physical Strength and physical effects of the Mutant.
However, everything in this amusement park is a product of Superpower.
"Screech..." Adner let out a low roar, then he raised his hand. Suddenly, the head of the roller coaster that was passing by behind him split open into a gaping maw, coiled up like a venomous snake, and pounced on Xiao He.
However, the moment it touched the "Invulnerable Domain," it turned into smoke and vanished, as if it had evaporated.
"I'll give you three seconds to shut down your Superpower and cooperate with the transfer, or I'll have to resort to violence," Xiao He said calmly.
Shu Ting breathed a sigh of relief behind him: As expected of Yinglong, he gives me an absolute sense of security!
"Oh, violence." Adner chuckled and sneered, "I hate violence!"
But the next moment, Adner was grabbed by an invisible arm, and he was squeezed out of shape like a cartoon character, his eyes bulging out exaggeratedly.
Xiao He then began counting. "3...2!"
"OK, OK!" Adner replied in a high-pitched voice, and then the amusement park vanished instantly, and they were back at the airport.
Xiao He then put Adner down, Adner grinned and stepped aside to behave himself. Only then did Xiao He notice that a man was squatting on the person Xiao He had rescued, his hands flailing about.
"Hey! What are you doing?!" Xiao He scolded, but the man simply raised his hands, stood up, turned around, and smiled, "Calm down, I just performed surgery on him to stabilize his condition. He's out of danger now, but it was just emergency treatment. Please get him to a hospital as soon as possible."
The man in front of me had blond hair and blue eyes, handsome features, a gentle voice, and a slender figure, giving off the feeling of a white version of Xie Haining. However, his eyes were cloudy and lacked Xie Haining's warmth, instead exuding a... sinister and indifferent aura.
This man was Ripper Rick. Although he saved the escort, he didn't seem to show any emotional reaction.
"At least he's honest," Xiao He thought to himself, while the other person was different.
Xiao He suddenly turned around and reached out to grab Xue Ting. Xue Ting was startled, but Xiao He's hand only brushed past her cheek before grabbing the person behind her. Xue Ting turned around in surprise and realized that there was someone behind her at some point.
The man was Asian, about 1.75 meters tall, with a buzz cut, small eyes, and a long, horse-like face. He had no particular charisma, as if... he had no personality. His smile was also numb. And this kind of person was named Faust.
"Oh? How did you find me?" Faust asked with a smile.
"I can smell your stench," Xiao He sneered, then recalled the image of Ruiwen Raven.
However, the lack of any sense of Superpower puzzled Xiao He somewhat.
"Go f*** yourself!" Faust's aura suddenly changed, becoming fierce. The next moment, three sharp metal claws shot out from his hand, aiming straight for Xiao He's face.
Xiao He reacted in time, dodging the claw by sidestepping, and at the same time, threw an uppercut at the opponent's face. He then followed up with a powerful shoulder strike to Faust's chest. Taking advantage of the opponent's backward movement, Xiao He swiftly stepped forward and followed up with a powerful punch to Faust's face.
"Ugh!" Faust slammed his head on the ground, groaning as he clutched his forehead.
At this moment, Xiao He discovered that his strength had increased. Moreover, this increase in strength was not due to an enhancement of Superpower, but rather an increase in his own inherent power, somewhat like... leveling up in a game.
Xiao He realized that this must be Superpower that Ruiwen had triggered for him, which could permanently enhance his physique upon defeating an enemy. It was somewhat similar to the "Erosion" ability that the Oliver brothers had triggered for him before, only more Erosion, like...
They "Usurpation" the enemy's power and then made it their own.
"I absolutely adore these amazing guys..." Xiao He grinned, lifted Faust from the ground, and turned to Rick and Adner behind him, asking, "Are there any other people on the plane?"
"You mean living people or dead people?" Adner said with a laugh, then let out a suffocating, maniacal laugh, "Cough... Hahaha! Of course! I'm just kidding! How could I possibly kill them all!? I hate violence!"
What a bunch of lunatics... Xiao He frowned and thought to himself: But let's keep them for now and see what abilities these lunatics can trigger for him in the future.