Part-Time Referee

Before the finals of the arena tournament begin, they still have the semifinals of the team tournament to play.

Dragon Country's team lineup for the group stage was quite strong, featuring an illusion-based strategy centered around Zhang Ming, as well as a two-protect-one strategy with An Xiuru and Han Tianyu. Therefore, on the day of the semi-finals, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing were merely on standby at the venue; Cui Man had no intention of having him play himself...

Unless something unexpected happens.

Before they were needed to go on stage, Xiao He planned to accompany Ye Wanqing for a stroll around the area, which was a long-awaited date for the two of them.

"Yesterday's semi-final match between M Country Team and A Continent Team was so fake," Ye Wanqing said, frowning.

"Actually, I wouldn't say that," Xiao He said dismissively. From his "professional" perspective, the fact that A Continent Team didn't deliberately throw those games only shows that Thousand Magnet's strength is genuinely quite formidable.

But Xiao He really didn't expect that Thousand Magnet could defeat all five members of A Continent Team by himself. It was only when he ran out of stamina by the sixth person that he was able to defeat all six of them.

What also slightly bothered Xiao He was that Thousand Magnet seemed to be getting stronger with each battle...

It wasn't just a matter of growing stronger with each battle; his actual strength was increasing, as if... he had acquired Ruiwen's "Plunder," but not quite.

The first difference is that this guy gets stronger when he defeats enemies who are clearly weaker than him, but Ruiwen only gets stronger when he defeats enemies who are stronger than him.

The second difference is that Ruiwen's "Plunder" enhances his physique, while Thousand Magnet enhances the effects of his Superpower.

So it doesn't feel like Ruiwen's Plunder, but more like... an upgraded version.

However, considering that Thousand Magnet's Superpower are gravity and repulsion, it might be one of his hidden abilities, such as the Hungry Ghost Path...

Xiao He didn't take it too seriously. No matter how strong the participants were, it didn't matter. After all, with the girl by his side, he was invincible.

The good news is that the girl beside him will always be on his side.

"Old Xiao, I want to eat that stinky tofu stall," Ye Wanqing said coquettishly, pointing to the stinky tofu stall in front of her.

Xiao He flicked her forehead. "That place is really spicy, okay? I heard Sister An say last time that she almost cried from the spiciness. You know Sister An, that woman who eats noodles with more chili peppers than noodles and still finds it spicy."

"I want to eat it, it's okay if I only have one piece," Ye Wanqing said coquettishly.

"Others eat at least four pieces of tofu in a bowl, but you only eat one. What are you going to do with the other three?" Xiao He asked, lifting her chin.

"Of course, I'll have my beloved fiancé handle it!" Ye Wanqing said cheerfully.

"Without OIO, there's no point in discussing it," Xiao He interrupted Ye Wanqing, raising his hand.

Ye Wanqing glanced at him sideways and said irritably, "It's like you've never missed this step before. You say you're a leg fetishist, but you're always yelling about wanting OIO..."

"My girlfriend has the means, why should I waste it, right?" Xiao He joked. "Boss, a bowl of stinky tofu, slightly spicy, please."

Ye Wanqing happily took the bowl from Xiao He's hand, then pulled him forward, saying, "I want to eat so much more! Let's go."

Xiao He turned his head and looked at the field. The semi-finals of the team competition had already started.

The match currently underway is between M Country Team and Y Country Team, which Xiao He believes should be a foregone conclusion.

To his surprise, Y Country Team sent two newcomers today, with only Asura being a familiar face. According to the host's introduction, all three were clearly from impoverished backgrounds.

"Ha... these Indians have finally abandoned their aristocratic pride and started begging for help from lower-class families, "Xiao He sneered.

"What a terrible country, especially for girls..." Ye Wanqing complained from the side, then took a bite of stinky tofu.

Xiao He could see that her hair was standing on end from the spiciness, like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"Ouch--! It's so spicy..." Ye Wanqing's eyes welled up with tears from the spiciness, and she quickly waved her little hand, "Quick, a drink!"

Xiao He handed her the drink, and Ye Wanqing gulped it down in one go, but she still gasped for breath from the spiciness.

Looking at her adorable appearance, Xiao He couldn't help but chuckle. He pinched her bottom, then felt its elasticity push his finger away before letting out a sigh, "Oh... that feels good."

"Ouch, that hurts... I was already burning from the spiciness, and you're still teasing me." Ye Wanqing said coquettishly, taking his arm as they walked forward. She handed him the remaining three pieces of stinky tofu and said sweetly, "Eat these, okay? I'm going to eat something else... Q-egg waffles! They smell so good!"

The host was shouting outside, "M Country Team has sent out Thousand Magnet, the Ball Thrower, and Taro..."

"It's Thousand Magnet again. This guy is really proactive..." Xiao He sighed inwardly as he ate a piece of stinky tofu. But he felt as if he had swallowed a cannonball that exploded in his mouth.

"Quick, quick! A drink! A drink!" Xiao He waved anxiously at Ye Wanqing, who scrambled to her feet, "But... but I already finished that one! Wait a minute, I'll go buy you one! Just a moment!"

After finishing their drinks, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing looked at each other, bewildered, at the remaining piece of stinky tofu in their bowls.

"Then, how about we each eat half?" Ye Wanqing glanced at him furtively and smiled.

"Fine..." Xiao He sighed, took a bite of the stinky tofu, and said helplessly, "What are you doing this for? Two people who can't handle spicy food, going to challenge the spiciest stinky tofu in the country..."

"Because I'm with you, I... want to try everything," Ye Wanqing said cheerfully, finishing the remaining half of the stinky tofu.

"Ouch--!" Naturally, Ye Wanqing's eyes welled up with tears from the spiciness. But for some reason, Xiao He felt a warm glow in his heart, and then took Ye Wanqing's hand. "There are many more things waiting for us to try together in the future."

"Hmm..." Ye Wanqing nodded, grabbed her drink, and gulped it down.

After wandering around for a while, because there were too many people crowding outside to watch the game, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing went to the cinema to watch a movie.

This movie theater is usually a place for people to pass the time when there are no matches or they don't want to watch matches, but today is the semi-final, so everyone else is outside watching the match, and only the two of them are in the theater, as if they have the whole place to themselves.

Taking advantage of the passionate kiss between the male and female leads in the drama, the two also kissed gently and tenderly, and couldn't help but let out a "smack" sound.

Ye Wanqing quickly covered her mouth: Ugh, I made a weird sound!

She quickly turned her head to look and found that there were only the two of them in the screening room. She breathed a sigh of relief, then happily took Xiao He's arm and leaned on his shoulder.

The occasional cheers of the audience could be heard outside, but the two of them paid no attention to them. At this moment, they were not Yinglong and White Marsh, but just an ordinary college couple.

"That's wonderful..." Xiao He sighed, stroking Ye Wanqing's head, then involuntarily shifted his hand. "The power of justice is so great that it cannot be contained in one hand..."

"Tsk... Enjoy the movie." Ye Wanqing glared at him, then stuffed a handful of popcorn into his mouth.

However, Cui Man then said into the earpiece, "Darling, there's trouble on the field. Neither side is willing to back down, and they've started arguing. The situation doesn't look good... Can you go and handle it?"

Normally, there would be a Level 5 Mutant sent by the United Nations as the referee, but... there are six Level 5 Mutant in a 3v3 match, so it's really difficult for one referee to keep things under control.

"These bastards..." Xiao He clenched his fist and cursed, "Can't they just let me have a day of peace?!"

As he spoke, Xiao He turned to Ye Wanqing: "Little Pufferfish, change all their contestant code names! Beat those bastards to a pulp!"

"Oh..." Ye Wanqing responded, taking out her phone to change her code name.

Xiao He then used the Dimensional Walker to take Ye Wanqing back to the Dragon Country's rest room, where she quickly changed into Yinglong's clothes and went to the arena: because Ye Wanqing had changed the code names of these people, he was now in a "Six-in-One" state.

The two groups were still hurling insults at each other, neither willing to back down.

"Who the hell are you calling inferior?!" Asura roared, pointing at the three members of the M Country Team.

"What does this have to do with us?" The Ball Thrower raised an eyebrow. "Your own people said that, didn't they? Didn't they say in the cafeteria yesterday that all they needed to do to deal with us was send in the lowest of the low? And what happened? You lost so badly."

Xiao He suppressed his anger and smiled slightly, "Alright, let's talk about any problems in the next match."

"This has nothing to do with the competition!" Asura roared in fury. "They insulted our character! We'll make them pay!"

"Oh, please give me some face," Xiao He said with a smile, his anger already reaching its breaking point.

"Oh, that's quite the talker." Taro ignored his words, covering her mouth and mocking, "You lost so badly, yet you expect others to pay the price."

"What did you say?!" A female Mutant from Y Country Team's face flushed with anger. "If you hadn't been lucky just now, you would have lost!"

He was angry. Xiao He's face immediately darkened.

However, the five people on the field were unaware that they were recklessly flirting with death, while only one person remained calm.

At this moment, Thousand Magnet suddenly realized that this was a very good opportunity: if a fight broke out now, Yinglong would have to fight 1v6 to stop them... If he could seize this opportunity and find a way to shake Yinglong's hand, then there would be no need for this foolish match to continue!

"A narrow victory? Are you lowly people kidding me?" Thousand Magnet laughed exaggeratedly. "You were beaten like dogs and you still dare to be arrogant? Is it because you can't accept losing that you have to go back to your pathetic slum to live and die?"

Thousand Magnet's words ignited the fury of the three members of Y Country Team, who bypassed Xiao He and launched an attack on the three members of M Country Team. M Country Team, of course, would not stand idly by and take the beating, and a battle was about to break out between the two sides.

The female Mutant from Y Country Team, named "Void," raised her hand and threw a black hole at the three members of M Country Team.

The black hole exploded between the three members of the M Country Team, then expanded instantly, like a spoon digging up the soil on the ground and breaking up the M Country Team's formation.

This ability belongs to spatial Superpower, erasing everything within the space where the black sphere explodes. It's an attack that ignores defense, making it an extremely powerful Superpower. However, its weakness is that the black hole's speed is too slow, making it easy to defend against and dodge.

"Ungrateful wretch..." the Ball Thrower sneered, throwing a rubber ball at Asura.

The remaining male Mutant of Y Country Team, "Fahan," suddenly stepped forward and raised his left hand to meet the rubber ball. The rubber ball simply vanished from his palm. Then, Fahan raised his right hand, and the vanished rubber ball flew out from his right hand, as if Fahan's body were a human-shaped spatial portal.

But at this moment, Xiao He suddenly intervened. He came to Fahan and the rubber ball hit Xiao He's cheek. However, the rubber ball bounced off the moment it touched him and disappeared into the air.

Then Xiao He a sidestep and blocked Asura's path.

"Get out of the way! This has nothing to do with you!" Asura said angrily, as if he wanted to vent all the humiliation he had suffered in the past on the three members of the M Country Team.

"How is this none of my business? You're disrupting the game," Xiao He said calmly. "Do you think I wanted to abandon my lovely girlfriend to play this pointless game with you guys? What a joke."

"Playing house? You have no idea what kind of pressure we're facing!" Asura roared, swinging his sword down.

Xiao He raised his right arm to block the sword that was falling on his head. Just as the sword touched him, he suddenly felt a strange sensation. He reached out and grabbed one of Asura's arms and pulled it backward. The three-headed, six-armed demon was torn off by him like a piece of clothing.

"Uh..." Asura stood there dumbfounded, while the three-headed, six-armed demon struggled frantically in Xiao He's hand, like a bird tied with a rope, unable to break free.

"Let's take care of one first," Xiao He said, flicking Asura's forehead with his index finger.

Asura let out a muffled groan and flew backward, crashing to the ground. Only then did Xiao He release the ghost spirit in his hand, which immediately flew back to Asura's body.

"Why target us but ignore those M Country? You really are just like them, looking down on us! There's no fairness in this world at all!" Void said angrily, throwing two black holes at Xiao He.

"Don't rush, after we deal with you, it'll be their turn." Xiao He raised his hand towards the two black holes, and the black holes burst and disappeared like two soap bubbles.

This black hole is a spatial distortion effect that shatters matter within space by warping it. Therefore, Xiao He simply used his spatial control Superpower to cancel this spatial distortion.

Xiao He then took a step forward, but as soon as he took that step, his figure flickered and disappeared from the scene. The instant his step landed, Xiao He appeared in front of her in the Void and gave her a sharp rap on the head.

Void a muffled groan, he fainted.

"A spatial Superpower..." Xiao He felt a surge of joy: He had finally obtained the last key.

His existing Trigger already granted him a variety of abilities, except for one: movement. Now, he has finally gained that ability through the "Void."

"Take care of two..." Xiao He said, turning to Fahan behind him and throwing a punch.

Fahan raised his hand to catch Xiao He's punch. The fist passed through Fahan's hand, then through Fahan's chest, and struck Xiao He's own face instead.

Xiao He was slightly surprised, but he immediately raised his left hand, and a spatial gate opened from his left palm. Then another spatial gate opened from the side of Fahan's face. Xiao He's fist passed through this spatial gate, went through twists and turns, and finally hit Fahan's face.

Fahan was knocked to the ground and slid several meters before quickly passing out.

"These useless trash! They can't even last five seconds!? I haven't even figured out how to make a move yet, and it's already over!" Thousand Magnet cursed inwardly.

"Wow, as expected of Mr. Yinglong!" Taro clapped his hands and laughed. "Now that we've dealt with these Order, we can take a break."

But Xiao He turned his head and stared at the Taro again.

"Huh?" Taro felt a chill run down her spine. She quickly stepped back and began drawing cards. "What do you want? We're not the ones starting this!"

Xiao He raised his hand to the Taro quickly drew a Taro, only to find that Taro was white with no design...

Taro immediately sensed something was wrong, but Xiao He was already in front of her, his right hand on her forehead. "Just like Y Country Team said, I can't be racist. Everyone should be treated equally, right?"

After saying that, Xiao He flicked his index finger, and Taro let out a soft moan and collapsed into his arms.

Xiao He tossed her aside and then turned to the Ball Thrower and Thousand Magnet.

"Hey, seriously?" The Ball Thrower swallowed hard, then said nervously, "Don't come any closer!? I'm warning you, if you come any closer I'll fight back!"

"Screaming your head off won't do any good!" Xiao He said irritably, and rushed forward.

The Ball Thrower grabbed a handful of pebbles from the ground and threw them at Xiao He, but the pebbles bounced back after hitting Xiao He. The Ball Thrower howled and ran around, covering his head, trying to avoid the stray bullets that bounced back.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao He was already in front of him. The Ball Thrower instinctively shoved Xiao He, but he himself flew out and fell to the ground, rolling around a few times before lying unconscious.

"I... I surrender!" Thousand Magnet hurriedly raised his hands, smiling ingratiatingly, "I admit defeat, do whatever you want with me!"

"Hmm..." Xiao He nodded in satisfaction, and Thousand Magnet breathed a sigh of relief, but then Xiao He punched him on the head.

Thousand Magnet stood ramrod straight, then slowly fell forward and remained motionless.

The doctors on the field then approached from the perimeter and carried the six unconscious people off the field.

"It's really not easy for me. I finally get a day off and I still have to work part-time as a referee. I wonder if the United Nations pays me?" Xiao He sighed and thought to himself.