The Fall of a God and the Dawn of a New Era

The crystal swords pierced the ground from almost every angle. Xiao He tried his best to cover the scene with his Psychokinesis, but because the coverage was too wide, the Psychokinesis barrier became very thin. The first wave of crystal swords shattered the Psychokinesis barrier, and several more Mutant fell to the ground after being hit by the swords. The light on Adam's body dimmed again.

"This will never end..." Xiao He frowned, raised his hand to the injured people, and used Entropy Reduction to restore them, while the light on Adam's body also brightened again.

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At this moment, Xiao He spotted someone in the crowd and froze, his mind racing: a new plan was gradually taking shape in his mind.

Feasible!

"We won!" Xiao He clenched his fist and laughed, then went to the man's side.

"Our task is to bring the contestants to the competition venue, 'when the situation allows'," Cui Man said, arms crossed. "I believe you can see that the contestant Faust put up a fierce resistance on his way to the venue. Under such circumstances, we can only try our best to bring him to the venue safely, while ensuring the safety of others, and that's what we did."

"I believe you did this on purpose!" the O Continent Team representative said discontentedly. "I strongly demand that Yinglong have one appearance deducted!"

"That's impossible," Cui Man said calmly. "You signed a waiver of liability at the beginning, agreeing to have the prisoners managed in our way. That's why we agreed to let these vicious criminals participate in the competition. Our methods are reasonable and legal, and there's nothing wrong with them. However, considering Faust's condition..."

Then, Cui Man paused, "We can compensate you with a bottle of healing potion."

"What's the use of healing potions?! He's completely exhausted!" the O Continent Team representative asked incredulously.

While healing potions can treat injuries, they cannot restore lost strength.

"I regret this; this is the best we could have done," Cui Man said with a slight smile. "If you are dissatisfied, we can let you manage these participants yourselves."

"..." The O Continent Team representatives fell silent. They knew they couldn't control Faust with their own power.

After repeated discussions, O Continent Team requested that the match be postponed by one hour.

"Did I cause trouble?" Xiao He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I suppose so," Cui Man sighed. "But it's not a big problem. The problem we need to solve now is Faust."

As she spoke, Cui Man turned to Xiao He and asked, "You just defeated him. What are your thoughts on his abilities? Weaknesses or countermeasures?"

Xiao He nodded. "First, this guy can only play roles that are easily recognizable. For example, he can play Superman because his features are very obvious. But he can't play Doomsday because Doomsday is too unrecognizable; he can only yell and scream, while Hulk at least has the catchphrase 'Hulk attack!'"

"But Hulk is also difficult to deal with..." Cui Man said, frowning.

"Don't rush, Sister Man, there's a second point," Xiao He laughed. "When he plays a role, he has to 'get into character.' Once he does something that goes against the character's established traits, his abilities will disappear. So if he plays Superman, he can't kill people. Although Superman killed a lot of people in Injustice, he probably can't portray the character to that extent."

"So..." Cui Man suddenly realized, "If he plays the Hulk, he can only fight around like a gorilla?"

"But even so, it's still very difficult to deal with..." Xie Haining frowned. "Hulk ...who can handle him?"

"He's not that strong," Xiao He explained. "The character he plays is about the same level of strength as in the movies and TV shows, not as terrifying as he's portrayed in the comics. I think it depends on how well people Cognition Level the character. When he becomes the Hulk, his abilities are about the same as the Hulk that everyone is most familiar with."

"If that's the case, I should be able to," Xia Yu thought for a moment and said seriously, "Give it my all."

"You used up a lot of energy in that fight too, let me go," Li Zhengliang said, standing up. "If it were the Hulk from the movies, I should be able to handle him, but it's Superman ... even if he doesn't kill me, I'll have a hard time dealing with him."

"Hey!" Xiao He thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea. "I have an idea, we can do this and that later..."

After hearing his idea, everyone fell silent. Ye Wanqing asked hesitantly, "What if your idea is wrong? Then we'll lose this game, okay?"

"Then I'll go," Xiao He said, rolling up his sleeves. "It's not a big deal..."

"Wait a minute." At this moment, Li Zhengliang raised his hand to interrupt him, "Let me go on stage, I want to try."

"Alright then." Cui Man nodded. "At worst, we'll just have to fight one more match. It's fine."

Therefore, Li Zhengliang took the stage for the third match, while O Continent Team naturally sent out Faust.

After all, Faust was the only trump card left for O Continent Team; otherwise, they wouldn't have been so furious just now.

"Huh, it's not Yinglong after all." Faust looked at Li Zhengliang in front of him with some regret and said, "I was originally looking forward to putting on a good show with Yinglong. It was so close just now. If Yinglong had just killed me in front of everyone, the show would have ended perfectly, and my life would have had meaning. Oh, what a pity..."

"Tell me," Li Zhengliang lowered his voice, staring at Faust as he asked, "Will you bleed?"

"Oh?" Faust raised an eyebrow, turning his attention to Li Zhengliang. "An interesting opponent..."

Next, Faust took a pair of underwear from his pocket and put them on over his clothes, then put on a red cloak.

"If I wanted to, you would be dead," Faust said arrogantly, floating in mid-air with his arms crossed.

"I'm right here," Li Zhengliang replied with a smile, getting into position. Faust paused, then charged at Li Zhengliang with incredible speed, but as Li Zhengliang got into position, the shadow of a praying mantis appeared behind him.

The next moment, Faust tumbled and crashed to the ground, leaving a long trail of broken scratches.

But Faust immediately sat up, turned to look at Li Zhengliang behind him, and then instantly appeared in front of Li Zhengliang, raising his hand to push him in the chest. Li Zhengliang groaned and fell to the ground, a golden light appearing around his body.

"Thank goodness I have Iron Shirt..." Li Zhengliang breathed a sigh of relief, but he still coughed violently.

"Next time you see me, don't come out. Consider it an act of mercy," Faust sneered. Li Zhengliang stood up, then swung his arms, unleashing a golden dragon at Faust.

Faust stood in mid-air and took the full force of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms. The golden dragon instantly dissipated, and the cloak behind Faust fluttered slightly before the attack ended.

"Really...?" Li Zhengliang couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly.

"Hmph." Faust landed on the ground and walked towards Li Zhengliang step by step, his arrogance and confidence suggesting that nothing in the world could harm him. Li Zhengliang got into a fighting stance, and the shadow of a fierce tiger appeared behind him. Then, Li Zhengliang stepped forward and launched a fierce attack on Faust.

Despite Faust's fierce punches and kicks, employing all sorts of martial arts techniques, Faust didn't lose a single hair.

"See, that's why I don't like Superman, he's too pretentious," Xiao He whispered to Ye Wanqing.

"That's because other people don't like you..." Li Xue rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath.

"But he has a really nice butt, like the guy who plays Superman ..." Ye Wanqing replied.

Xiao He pinched Ye Wanqing's ear and frowned. "Look at yourself! You're someone's fiancée now, and you're still focusing on those actresses' shapely butts!?"

"Your butt is quite perky too," Ye Wanqing said with a smile.

"You too." Xiao He patted her head, and the two exchanged a knowing glance, deciding to have a big battle tonight.

Meanwhile, Li Zhengliang's attack frequency on the field slowed down, and he was panting heavily as he struck Faust with each palm.

But judging from Li Zhengliang's expression, he was the one who was in pain.

"Ha." Faust raised his hand and swept it lightly, and Li Zhengliang flew out like a piece of paper. He adjusted his body in mid-air and stabilized himself, while Faust was already in front of him.

Li Zhengliang was taken aback, but the next moment he smashed a green glass ball into Faust's face.

With a "ping!" sound, the green fluorescent powder rapidly spread. Faust froze, then coughed violently before plummeting from mid-air to the ground, as if all his strength had vanished in an instant. "This... could this be!"

"That's right, it's Kryptonite." Li Zhengliang landed on the ground and laughed. "How does it feel to be an ordinary person?"

Two delusional, childish drama queens... Xiao He chuckled dryly from the sidelines: Of course, that wasn't Kryptonite powder, but just green fluorescent powder made with props. It was just ordinary powder, but that's how Faust's Superpower worked.

Taking advantage of Faust's weakened state due to the Kryptonite Faust, Li Zhengliang once again assumed a Toad Skill stance, leaped forward, and pounced on Faust in the Toad Style, striking Faust's chest with both palms. Then, Li Zhengliang launched Left-Right Combat, unleashing the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms with his left hand and the Dark Nether Palm with his right, transforming into two shadows and continuously attacking Faust.

After several rounds of this exchange, Li Zhengliang struck Faust in the chest with his final palm strike. A golden dragon pierced through Faust's body, sending him flying. Faust crashed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"You are not brave; humanity is brave," Li Zhengliang said calmly, looking down at Faust lying on the ground.

Faust paused for a moment, then smiled slightly, "This symbol has great significance; it represents the entirety of some people's beliefs, their only hope."

"No, Superman has never been a reality; he's just a Kansas farmer's dream." Li Zhengliang said, striking Faust on the head with a Nine Yin White Bone Claw. Faust groaned, fell backward, and lost consciousness, a blissful smile on his face, as if he were content that someone had played along with him in this charade.

"Isn't this just chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)? "Xiao He thought to himself.

The host then excitedly roared, "Oh! Faust has lost his fighting ability! Congratulations to the Dragon Country for winning this match and securing the first spot in the finals! Now, please don't rush off, because after the morning's matches, there's another match this afternoon between the M Country and the A Continent Team. Please stay tuned..."

On the field, the Kryptonite powder effect on Faust had worn off, and Faust took a deep breath and woke up.

But as soon as Faust got up, he flew towards Li Zhengliang, who was preparing to leave, and no one had time to stop him!

To everyone's surprise, Faust did not attack Li Zhengliang.

"How was my performance?" Faust asked excitedly in broken Chinese. Li Zhengliang shrugged. "Your acting was pretty good, your facial expressions were very detailed, but the props..."

"Oh!" Faust looked at his underwear, which he was wearing on the outside, with some regret. "I know it's a bit too simple, but that's all I could get in prison..."

It was only then that Xiao He recalled that Li Zhengliang used to be a stuntman; this could be considered a case of actors appreciating each other.

Xiao He only played twice in this match. In other words, he still has ten appearances left against M Country, so winning this championship match shouldn't be a problem. Of course, today's matches aren't completely over yet; there's also the match between M Country and A Continent this afternoon, but everyone knows how it will end.

Ninety percent of the members of A Continent Team are "borrowed" from M Country. What kind of results can they expect?

As expected, M Country won the match with a crushing victory, ending the game 2-0.

At this point, next week's final will be a battle between M Country and Dragon Country.

Although everyone knew from the beginning that this would be the outcome, the moment still filled everyone with excitement: finally, the world's top Mutant battle was about to begin. Would the invincible "Yinglong" continue to win, or would it be defeated in some way, ushering in a new king? Ninety percent of the members of A Continent Team were "borrowed" from M Country; what kind of result could they achieve?

As expected, M Country won the match with a crushing victory, ending the game 2-0.

At this point, next week's final will be a battle between M Country and Dragon Country.

Although everyone knew from the beginning that this would be the outcome, the moment still filled everyone with excitement: finally, the world's top Mutant' battle was about to begin. Would the invincible "Yinglong" continue to win, or would it be defeated in some way, ushering in a new king's ascension to the throne?