The Weak

"Eight-Claw!?" Sate, Medusa Gabo, the three Mutator, were stunned when they saw the Eight-Claw that had turned into takoyaki balls all over the ground.

Xiao He calmly snapped his fingers, and the cube surrounding the arena instantly disappeared.

The audience was stunned for a moment, then Xiao He said irritably, "What are you all waiting for? To die?"

Everyone then came to their senses and scrambled to escape.

Suddenly, Gabo threw a punch. Xiao He cautiously took a step back to avoid the attack. Gabo's fist struck the ground, exploding into a cloud of yellowish-green slime and a swarm of red worms.

This thing is made up of a huge number of densely packed worms. It's not exactly terrifying, but it's definitely disgusting. Ordinary attacks are useless against it; they just knock the worms off its body and cause it to explode with fluids.

"Disgusting..." Xiao He raised his hand to Gabo, his powerful Psychokinesis gripping Gabo and increasing the squeezing force. But at that moment, Gabo's body rapidly shattered and disintegrated, turning into countless worms that scattered on the ground and burrowed into the soil.

"Ugh!" Xiao He felt a chill run down his spine and took a few steps back in disgust to avoid the insects crawling on him.

But Medusa had already coiled up around him, her serpentine body binding Xiao He. Her beautiful face began to contort into a grotesque grimace, her cheeks splitting open to reveal sharp fangs. In this state, she looked even more like a snake than a human.

"I'll squeeze you into a meatball!" Medusa hissed with laughter, her serpentine body writhing as she began to forcefully squeeze Xiao He's body.

But then the bulge enveloping Xiao He suddenly trembled, and several bloody gashes appeared on Medusa's body, spurting out green blood.

"Ahhh!" Medusa screamed, quickly pulling back her tail, then biting Xiao He's shoulder.

With a "clang," a venomous fang flew off, spinning and embedding itself in the ground.

"Ah--!" Medusa covered her mouth and quickly retreated, looking at Xiao He in front of her, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

"What's wrong? Weren't you so arrogant when you were bullying the other Mutant?" Xiao He sneered and laughed.

"Let's attack together," Sate said, and together with Medusa, they moved to either side of Xiao He, preparing to attack from two directions.

"Let's replenish our energy while we're at it," Xiao He muttered to himself, raising his hand to catch the fist that Sate was throwing at him, and then activating "Erosion." Sate's expression immediately changed, and he struggled frantically to try to pull his hand away, but it was as if he was glued on, and his body shrank at a visible speed, as Xiao He drained away his strength.

"Damn it, let it go!" Medusa's snake tail whipped around and struck Xiao He, but Xiao He immediately grabbed her tail. Medusa screamed and, like Sate, her body began to shrivel.

However, the ground beneath Xiao He's feet began to tremble. Gabo, which had previously transformed into thousands of worms and Gabo underground, now turned into a giant, Mongolian worm-like monster. It bit Xiao He's legs and dragged him underground.

Xiao He held onto Sate and Medusa tightly, then leaped lightly out from under the ground, simultaneously stomping Gabo's body back into the ground.

"Drink!" Sate roared, severing his arm that Xiao He had grabbed. Then he swung his hand and cut off Medusa's snake tail, which had been grabbed. The two Mutator broke free from Xiao He's Erosion.

But by this time, Xiao He had already Erosion most of their power, and now these two Mutator could only huddle in a corner, weak, pitiful, and helpless.

"Wow, as expected of Mutator, this power." Xiao He couldn't help but exclaim, looking at his hands, "Now I'm at LV7, right?"

Then, Xiao He prepared to finish off the two, but the ground suddenly exploded, Gabo burst out from underground. The worms on his body wriggled wildly, and then it transformed into a rooster-shaped creature more than three meters long.

With its chubby, short body and small wings, and a head somewhat resembling that of a pterosaur, it looks rather silly and cute at first glance.

"You're essentially abandoning your strongest weapon," Xiao He couldn't help but mock.

But then Gabo opened its mouth and let out a sharp shriek, a sonic wave shooting out from its mouth. Xiao He felt a buzzing sound and was immediately dizzy, so he raised his hand to Gabo to release silence, and the sound stopped abruptly.

Gabo roaring for a while, Gabo realized it couldn't make a sound, so it shook its wings and sprayed out several insect eggs from behind its rear end. The eggs landed next to Xiao He and exploded like bombs, splashing acid everywhere.

Xiao He used his Psychokinesis to create a crystal wall to block the acid, then transformed the crystal wall into crystal swords and threw them out, piercing and detonating the second batch of flying insect eggs. The remaining crystal swords rained down on Gabo.

With a "whoosh!" sound, Gabo staggered backward as it was stabbed by the crystal sword. Then, two arms appeared on the ground beside it and slammed into its head, knocking it unconscious and causing it to fall to the ground.

"I'll deal with you first..." Xiao He muttered to himself, preparing to step forward and eliminate the three Mutator.

However, the three Mutator suddenly flickered and then disappeared from the scene.

Xiao He was taken aback, then turned to look at Claude behind him. "I thought you wouldn't get involved."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to bother you, but these guys are still useful," Claude replied with a smile, then raised his hand to his chest. "So, for now, let me be your..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao He was already in front of him, throwing a punch at his face.

"Whoa!" Claude was startled and dodged, causing Xiao He's punch to miss. However, the Fist Pressure from the punch created a strong gust of wind, and with a "boom!" a cone of dust exploded on the field.

When the smoke cleared, half of the arena was in ruins. Fortunately, the spectators had already escaped.

"Oh dear, I thought it was going to hit," Xiao He said, turning to look at Claude with interest. "You actually realized it?"

"If I got hit by that, I'd definitely die, right?" Claude picked up his hat from the ground and laughed. "Is it really appropriate for a hero to be so murderous? Judging from your performance on the field, Mr. Yinglong, I thought you were the type to capture your target alive."

"Are you kidding me?" Xiao He raised his fist and said, "Those on the field are just opponents. But you are the bad guy."

"That's a succinct answer." Claude laughed, turning to Sebastian lying beside him with a mocking tone. "So, you see? Mr. Brand. That's the difference between a true hero and you. Only when you can do that can you call yourself 'just.'"

After saying that, Claude flashed and appeared behind Xiao He, punching Xiao He in the ribs, but a line of blood spurted out from his fist.

Claude took two steps back, staring blankly at his blood-soaked hands. "Oh, this is really troublesome. This body's strength is probably already above that of a diamond, isn't it?"

Xiao He swung his fist horizontally, but the scenery in front of him flashed, and then Xiao He found himself on the other side of the arena. Naturally, his punch missed, but the strong impact of the punch leveled another third of the arena.

"Come here, I'll give you a buff." Xiao He raised his right fist and beckoned to Claude.

"Please excuse my refusal." Claude turned his head to look at the ruins behind him and laughed, then threw a few black vortexes at Xiao He.

Taking advantage of Xiao He's evasion, he snapped his fingers, and Sebastian, who was not far away, appeared in front of Claude.

Claude pulled Sebastian to his feet and laughed, "Hero is actually a title that restricts you. If you're a villain, you can do whatever you want without restraint. But if you crown yourself with the title of hero..."

Claude shook the now immobile Sebastian in his hand and laughed, "If you cut me and Mr. Brand to pieces, then you win this battle. But if you choose to save Mr. Brand, I'll run away. Tell me, Mr. Yinglong, what will you do? What would a true hero do in this situation?"

Xiao He frowned immediately. Claude's spatial ability was really troublesome. At this point, he had no choice but to ask his wife to step in.

"Little Pufferfish?" Xiao He pressed a button on his earpiece. "How is it? Can it be changed?"

"Probably. Although Claude Moriarty is his alias, people are more Cognition Level with his given name," Ye Wanqing said, paused for a moment, and then replied, "It's fixed."

Xiao He nodded and replied to Claude, "A true hero would rescue the hostages first, then smash the bad guys' heads in."

With that, Xiao He snapped his fingers, "Spatial Shockwave!"

A wave of energy emanated from Xiao He's fingertips, followed by the sound of shattering glass.

Claude looked around, then tried it out, and immediately frowned, saying, "The space is disrupted; I can't jump."

"This guy's spatial abilities are amazing," Xiao He thought to himself, "And the triggered Superpower is so powerful."

Claude's spatial abilities surpass those of anyone Xiao He has ever seen. His Spatial Jump allows him to move even when captured, but the person capturing him will not move with him. He can also send a designated target on Spatial Jump. From this, we can infer that Claude's Spatial Jump can target a specific object, and is limited to that target.

But now, no matter what Claude does, he can no longer use his ability.

"Come here." Xiao He beckoned with his finger, and the next moment Claude found Xiao He standing in front of him, reaching out to grab Sebastian's wrist.

Claude quickly retreated alertly, but Sebastian also fell into Xiao He's hands.

"I must say, you really are in a sorry state," Xiao He sighed, looking at Sebastian.

"I'm sorry..." Sebastian managed to squeeze out a single word, "This guy is just too unusual..."

"Why can you use Spatial Jump?" Claude tilted his head, scratching his head in confusion as he asked.

"Because I don't Spatial Jump, I make Spatial Jump," Xiao He laughed. "Spatial Jump is you moving, but I make space move. Do you understand?"

"Completely Dominance space? That's probably true sloth." Claude covered his mouth, his face twisted in a smile.

"Anyway..." Xiao He clenched his fist, "Could you please die once?"

"Ah, how terrifying!" Claude covered his mouth, his face filled with horror. "I'm just a madman, yet he's doing such a terrible thing to me. Mr. Yinglong, isn't this just too horrible?"

But Xiao He had already raised his hand, making a punching motion, and the instant his fist was thrown out, Claude suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Ah, I'm going to die..." Claude looked at the fist approaching him, but a smile appeared on his face, "Well then, see you soon, Mr. Yinglong."

The punch landed squarely on Claude's chest, the powerful impact shattering Claude's body and the rest of the arena into dust.

"You..." Sebastian said, somewhat astonished, "You just killed him like that?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiao He said irritably, "You have no evidence! He exposed himself and ruined the entire competition."

Because all the workers on site abandoned their cameras and fled, and the cameras had already been destroyed in Xiao He's earlier attack, no one knows what happened next.

"This guy gives me a dangerous feeling; it's better to deal with him directly," Xiao He said, pulling Sebastian up from the ground. "Besides, with his abilities, do you think there's any way to keep him locked up?"

"But..." Sebastian seemed somewhat troubled, but after thinking it over and over, he couldn't seem to come up with a way to capture Claude alive.

"Alright, I'm leaving now." Xiao He teleported Sebastian to a safe area off the field and instructed him, "I came here without your country's permission, so I won't stay any longer. I'll leave the rest to you. Remember to clean up this mess for me."

"...I'll try my best," Sebastian replied, looking back at the flattened arena.

Just then, a whisper arose from the side.

"That's Yinglong, right? I saw him on TV." "Yeah, only Yinglong is the real hero. The others are just here to die..." "It's hard to say, our country still has quite a few powerful Mutant." "But even that Balance Man was powerless against him, what can the others do?" The people who escaped from the arena looked at Sebastian and discussed in hushed tones.

Xiao He felt that the situation was not good. Although Claude had been killed, the other party had obviously achieved his goal: he had shaken people's concept of "hero".

Xiao He scratched his head, unsure how to handle the situation. However, several Helicopter had already appeared overhead, their searchlights shining in his direction. Seeing this, Xiao He had no choice but to enter the Dimensional Plane and prepare to return.

Before heading back, he recalled what Claude had said before he was killed and suddenly felt uneasy.

"I have a feeling that things aren't over yet..." Xiao He frowned and thought to himself.

In an apartment in Phoenix M Country, Arizona, a handsome, muscular young white man got out of bed, glanced at the two young girls still fast asleep, and a smug smile crept across his lips.

He cleaned up the remaining unidentified white powder and other trash on the table, then went to the bathroom to wash up.

"Look at you, baby, you look as handsome as ever today," the white man grinned, revealing a row of pearly white teeth.

But then, he noticed a small red dot, about the size of a grain of rice, on his chest in the mirror. He looked closer and exclaimed, "What the hell is this...?"

He noticed that the grain of rice was jumping and growing larger. The white man was terrified and backed away, but the grain of rice had already transformed into a human face.

He opened his mouth as if to scream, but his own hand reached out and covered his mouth.

"Calm down, sweetheart," the face on his chest said with a seductive smile, "Your body is mine now."

As he spoke, the face began to crawl up the man's chest. Although the man was terrified, he couldn't control his body and could only watch as the face slowly climbed up his face and covered it.

A wave spread across his face, and in the next moment he transformed into a middle-aged man in his forties.

Although he looks exactly like Claude Moriarty, he gives the impression of being a completely different person.

"As the saying goes, jealousy is like a seed, quietly sprouting in the dark, accumulating to a certain point before suddenly exploding..." Claude's voice became androgynous, his tone exceptionally alluring. He looked at himself in the mirror, carefully tidying his hair, then wiping the water from his face, like an elegant noblewoman. "You've failed, Claude."

After a moment of silence, he continued, as if talking to himself, "That's right, having me around is so reassuring."

He paused, then suddenly laughed, "It's alright, we can just find another host. But it's too early to contact Yinglong now. We need a bigger stage, something grander and more magnificent, a theater more suitable for him."

After another silence, he laughed, "That's right, the world has discovered the difference between 'the weak' and 'heroes.' What we need to do is make Yinglong Sweetheart the only 'hero.' Maybe, a fool can help us out."

A sharp laugh rang out, followed by a sinister chuckle, "Indeed, faith is the best catalyst for madness!"

But just then, a girl wrapped in a blanket came to the bathroom door, rubbing her eyes and complaining, "Honey, I can't find my underwear..."

The girl glanced at Claude in front of her, then screamed and backed away, "I... I've seen you before! You're the wanted one, Claude Moriarty..."

The man reached out and grabbed the girl's face, smiling seductively, "Oh, no, sweetheart. Claude hasn't come out yet. I'm Anika Moriarty. Perfect timing, I've used up one parasitic egg, so I'll use you to replenish it."

After she finished speaking, a sharp, tongue-like tentacle split off from Anika's arm and slowly approached the girl.

"Ah--! Hiccup..." The girl's scream stopped abruptly halfway through.