The Third Personality

Xiao He calmly observed the battle from the sidelines.

Raphael's abilities are quite troublesome. Without knowing the source of his abilities, it's practically impossible to defeat this old charlatan. Therefore, we sent him to test the strength of the mutated Mutant Jin Shaokang and Liu Yufei.

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So on the day of the team competition semi-finals, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing were just waiting on the spot, but Cui Man had no intention of letting him play personally... unless something unexpected happened.

Before they were needed to take the field, Xiao He planned to accompany Ye Wanqing for a stroll around the area, a long-awaited date.

"The match between the M Country Team and the A Continent Team last time was so fake," Ye Wanqing said, frowning.

"Actually, I wouldn't say that," Xiao He said dismissively. From his "professional" perspective, there wasn't much wrong with the matches played by A Continent Team. It could only be said that Thousand Magnet was really strong. But Xiao He really didn't expect that Thousand Magnet could defeat five people from A Continent Team by himself. It was just that he ran out of energy when he fought the sixth person.

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, almost as if... he had acquired Ruiwen's "Plunder," but not quite. First, this guy also became stronger when defeating enemies who were clearly weaker than himself.

Secondly, 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, like 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, he was playing 2v1, and 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 at that stinky tofu stall." Ye Wanqing pointed at the stinky tofu stall in front of her and said coquettishly. Xiao He flicked her forehead. "That one is very 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.

"They sell it for at least four yuan a bowl, and you only eat one yuan. What are you going to do with the remaining three yuan?" Xiao He asked, lifting her chin.

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

"No OIO, no discussion." Xiao He raised his hand to interrupt Ye Wanqing. Ye Wanqing glanced at him sideways and said irritably, "It's like this is a step that's always missing. You say you're a leg fetishist, but you're always talking about OIO..."

"Boss, a bowl of stinky tofu, slightly spicy, please," Xiao He said with a smile, turning to the boss.

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 stood 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, which Ye Wanqing gulped down in one go, but still gasped from the spiciness. Seeing her adorable expression, Xiao He couldn't help but chuckle. He pinched her bottom, feeling its elasticity push his finger away, before letting out a sigh, "Oh... so good."

"Ouch, that hurts..." Ye Wanqing said coquettishly, taking his arm as they walked forward. She handed him the remaining three pieces of stinky tofu, saying sweetly, "You eat these, okay? I'm going to eat something else... Q-egg waffles! They smell so good!"

Xiao He couldn't help but notice that the M Country Team had sent Thousand Magnet to the field again.

"This guy is really enthusiastic..." 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!"

Ye Wanqing ran to the vending machine next door, bought a can of drink, and hurriedly returned to hand it to Xiao He. Xiao He immediately opened the can and took a big gulp before sighing, "... I'd be dead if I'd been any later."

If people knew that Yinglong's final cause of death was "chili peppers," I wonder what they would think.

Now, the game has officially started, with the M Country Team fielding Thousand Magnet, the Ball Thrower, and Taro.

"They replaced the Blastproof Man..." Xiao He thought to himself, eating his second piece of stinky tofu, then downing half a bottle of beverage in one gulp. He handed the last piece back to Ye Wanqing: "Sorry, I really can't take it anymore."

"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's the point of this? Two people who can't handle spicy food are challenging themselves to eat the spiciest stinky tofu in the country..."

"Because I'm with Old Xiao, I thought I'd give it a try," 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. "Shall we try some more things?"

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

After eating for a while, 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, occasionally letting out a soft "pfft." Ye Wanqing quickly covered her mouth. "Ugh, that made a weird sound!"

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

But after a while, the cheers outside continued, making it impossible for him to watch the movie in peace.

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

"These bastards..." Xiao He clenched his fist and cursed, "Can't they just let me have a day off?! It's rare that I don't have a competition, and I'm supposed to spend time with my girlfriend, but instead they're doing this! I'll kill them all!"

As he spoke, Xiao He turned to Ye Wanqing: "Xiaoqing, change all their contestant code names!"

"Hmm? Oh..." Ye Wanqing responded, took out her phone to change her code name, while Xiao He used Dimensional Walker to take Ye Wanqing back to the Dragon Country's rest room, quickly changed into Yinglong's clothes, and came to the arena. At this moment, because Ye Wanqing changed the code names of these people, Xiao He was in a "Six-in-One" state.

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

"Huh?" The Ball Thrower raised an eyebrow. "Did your own people say that? 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, whatever the problem is, we can discuss it in the next match."

"This has nothing to do with the competition!" Asura roared in fury. "You have insulted our dignity! Then we will make you pay the price!"

"Wow, that's quite an impressive statement," Taro chuckled, covering his mouth. "Even though he lost so badly."

"What did you say?!" A female Mutant from Y Country Team flushed with anger. "You only won by a narrow margin!"

At this moment, Thousand Magnet suddenly realized that this was a very good opportunity: when they encountered Yinglong on the field, no matter how they fought, they only had a 3v1 chance, but if they fought now, Yinglong would have to fight 1v6 to stop them... If they 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 kidding me? You lowly people." Thousand Magnet laughed exaggeratedly, "You don't even know you've been beaten like dogs? Come on, let's have another fight right here, and see if I don't beat you so badly that you'll run back to your slums with your tails between your legs?"

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.

"They really don't take me seriously..." Xiao He said through gritted teeth.

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, scooping away the soil on the ground like a spoon. Xiao He noticed that this ability was actually a spatial Superpower, erasing everything within the space where the black sphere exploded. It was an attack that ignored defenses, making it an extremely powerful Superpower. However, its drawback was that the black hole's travel speed was too slow.

This type of attack is easy to defend against and avoid.

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

But at that moment, the remaining male Mutant of Y Country Team, "Fahan," suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the rubber ball in his hand. The rubber ball simply vanished. Then, Fahan raised his right hand, and the vanished rubber ball flew back. It was as if Fahan's body was a human-shaped spatial portal.

However, Xiao He didn't care about all that. He was there to maintain Order, not to compete, so the code names of the six people present were all changed to "Lin Tiannan." In other words, their attacks would absolutely not be able to hurt him.

The rubber ball struck Xiao He squarely in the cheek, but it lost momentum and stopped the instant it hit him.

This isn't Kinetic Energy Absorption, because Xiao He once used Kinetic Energy Absorption on Ball Thrower. The Ball Thrower's Superpower allows the kinetic energy of thrown objects to continuously increase, so it's impossible to stop the ball by Kinetic Energy Absorption. This must be a more advanced ability that directly eliminates the kinetic energy of an object, rather than absorbing it.

At this moment, Asura rushed towards Taro, while Xiao He stood between them.

"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. But Xiao He didn't care about the humiliation he had suffered in China. His current task was to calm these guys down so that they could continue the game.

Seeing that Xiao He had no intention of dodging, Asura swung his sword down. Xiao He raised his right arm to block the sword that was falling on his head. Just as the sword touched Xiao He hand suddenly felt a strange sensation. He then reached out and grabbed Asura's arm and pulled it backward. The three-headed, six-armed demon was actually torn off by him.

"Uh..." Asura stood there dumbfounded. He tried to activate his ability again, but the three-headed, six-armed demon was struggling wildly 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 groaned and flew backward, crashing to the ground. Only then did Xiao He release the ghost spirit from his grasp, which immediately flew back into Asura's body.

"You really are just like them, looking down on us!" 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, which burst open like two soap bubbles with a "pop!"

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

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

His existing Trigger already granted him various abilities, except for one: movement. But now he has finally gained that ability through "the Void." The black hole of the Void 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.

"Two," Xiao He said, turning to Fahan behind him and throwing a punch. Fahan raised his hand to catch Xiao He's punch, but the fist passed through Fahan's hand, then out of Fahan's chest, and came back to hit Xiao He's face.

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, and Xiao He's fist passed through the spatial gate and hit Fahan's face.

Fahan rolled sideways several times before collapsing to the ground and remaining motionless.

"Useless! Can't even last five seconds!? I haven't even figured out how to make a move and it's over! "Thousand Magnet cursed inwardly.

"Wow, as expected of Yinglong!" Taro clapped his hands and laughed. "The Order are dealt with, so we can take a break now."

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

"Huh?" Taro suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. She quickly stepped back and began drawing cards. "Hey, we weren't the ones who started this! Aren't you going too far?"

Xiao He raised her hand to the Taro quickly drew a Taro and discovered Taro was white with no design... The 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!? If you do, I'll fight back! We're the victims, why are you punishing us too!?"

Xiao He ignored what he was saying and rushed forward. The Ball Thrower grabbed a handful of pebbles from the ground and threw them at Xiao He, but the pebbles stopped abruptly half a meter away from him and fell to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao He was already in front of him. The Ball Thrower shoved Xiao He, but he himself flew out and crashed to the ground, rolling around a few times before letting out a groan and losing consciousness.

"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.

Chapter 248: The Taste of Despair

After Xiao He eliminated the six people on the field, the audience fell silent: Wasn't that a bit of a foul?

Although Xiao He had shown some of his strength in the team competition, this was a 1v6 situation, and it was the semi-finals! In other words, he wasn't facing some weaklings, but a strong team that had made it to the top four!

At that moment, everyone had the same thought: This competition isn't going to be interesting anymore, is it? Yinglong is definitely going to be the champion anyway, so what's the point of a 1v6 semi-final?

"Well done." After Xiao He returned to the common room, Cui Man patted his head and laughed, "If you ask me, you might as well go to the United Nations as a referee next year."

"If there are still Mutant Competition, I'll consider it," Xiao He said with a sneer. After all, playing in competitions is too tiring, and most importantly, it affects the suspense of the competition: with Yinglong around, other countries basically have no chance.

Of course, the competition isn't over yet, and nobody knows the outcome. A tiny bit of people still hold onto a sliver of hope: what if M Country is hiding some secret weapon?

What most people don't know is that the M Country does indeed possess a secret weapon, but it escaped before reaching Dragon Country and is now hiding somewhere in the M Country, ready to go berserk at any moment...

After a short rest at noon, at 2 PM, it was the turn of the Dragon Country team to play against the R Country Team. Because the team match involved three players, it was different from the ring match and was a best-of-five series.

"I'm ready to go anytime," Xiao He said lazily, resting his head on Ye Wanqing's legs on the sofa in the lounge.

"No," Cui Man shook her head, "Today I want others to show off, to let them understand that the Dragon Country is strong not just because of Yinglong, so..." As she spoke, Cui Man turned to the crowd behind her, her gaze lingering on Xia Yu, "For the first match today, Black Tortoise, Bixi, and Gluttonous Beast, the three of you will lead the charge, let them see our two-protect-one strategy."

"Okay, Sister Man!" "Yes, sir!" "No problem, Chief Cui." The three responded, while Yue Feng rubbed his chin and sighed, "Ah... two against one, it was a dreamlike experience. I really want to do it again."

"You'd better practice your boxing first!" Cui Man said irritably.

"Boxing?" Xiao He raised an eyebrow. "These guys have been practicing martial arts lately, huh?"

"Yes," Cui Man said, turning to the group behind her, "Your goal is to survive one round against Yinglong without using your Superpower. That would be considered a beginner's achievement!"

"It's settled!" Yue Feng roared, then turned to Xiao He: "Everyone, please don't use your Superpower. If I can survive one round, I'll pass, right?! I'll definitely do that before the finals begin!"

Just then, a cheer came from overhead; it must be the contestants from both sides taking the stage.

So everyone turned their attention to the arena, and the host announced the start of the match. As usual, An Xiuru and Han Tianyu buffed Xia Yu first, as Xia Yu was the core of the team.

The opposing team's Ring Hero and Soul Blade immediately targeted An Xiuru and Han Tianyu, the two support characters, and launched an attack. Meanwhile, Shadow Flash began to set up her shadow on the field. This woman could use her shadow to "flash back" to the state and posture of her shadow self, and also allow the shadow to continue attacking. It was a very powerful Superpower, and could be said to be both offensive and defensive.

Ring Hero raised his hands and threw out several Energy Rings. The Energy Rings bounced several times on the field, separating Xia Yu and the other two. Then he attacked Han Tianyu, aiming the Energy Rings at Han Tianyu. Meanwhile, Soul Blade pressed closely on An Xiuru. His Superpower could ignore the opponent's physical defense and cut through the soul, making it perfect for targeting An Xiuru.

However, on the other side, Shadow Flash and Xia Yu had already clashed.

Shadow Flash's idea was excellent: instead of engaging Xia Yu in direct combat, he would simply use Flash Shadow to constantly maneuver and buy time until his teammates dealt with the other two from the Dragon Country. Then, the three of them could gang up on Xia Yu, greatly increasing their chances of success.

However... Xia Yu got into position, bent over and leaped onto the ground, then disappeared from the field.

The next second, Shadow Flash screamed and tumbled as he flew out, crashing to the ground and clutching his abdomen in pain.

Xia Yu's figure appeared not far in front of Shadow Flash, maintaining a stance where he had already thrown a straight punch.

But nobody saw her move; no one saw her throw a punch, or even how she rushed out.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Ring Hero froze on the spot. "Really? The battle was over in a second, wasn't it? What's the point of dragging it out? At least hold out for a minute!"

In fact, what enabled Xia Yu to do this was not Han Tianyu's enhancement, but An Xiuru. Muscle fibers are like springs; when An Xiuru enhanced the resilience of the muscle fibers, Xia Yu could use the muscle fibers in his legs to achieve an explosive acceleration effect similar to a crouch start, and then use the same method to compress the muscles and throw a punch...

However, simply strengthening the toughness of muscle fibers will only make it difficult to move. But at this time, the strength and speed enhancement provided by Han Tianyu, combined with Xia Yu's own 1.5-stage enhancement, can create an explosive effect.

"What a terrifying punch!" Xie Haining said, frowning as he rested his chin on his hand. He was the only one who saw it clearly. "Do you know what? Xia Yu's punch didn't even hit Shadow Flash. She just knocked Shadow Flash down with the impact of the punch... If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that such a thing as 'Fist Pressure' actually existed."

"I can't even Fist Pressure..." Xiao He said with a dry laugh.

Keep in mind that Shadow Flash is Mutant with a physique of around LV2. A single Fist Pressure could knock Shadow Flash down. If Xia Yu's fist had hit him directly... Shadow Flash's body would probably have been turned into minced meat.

"What's the point of delaying?! It's an instant kill!" Ring Hero said irritably, throwing several Energy Rings at Xia Yu.

But Xia Yu merely kicked the ground lightly, then flashed forward and appeared in front of him in the next moment. Just as Ring Hero raised his hand, a spurt of blood spurted from his forehead, and he tumbled halfway around and fell to the ground.

Xia Yu then turned to the Soul Blade, his hands flashing. "Bang! Bang!" The sound of air being torn apart came, and the Soul Blade, which was still seven or eight meters away from Xia Yu, groaned and was sent flying backward by the Fist Pressure.

Soul Blade quickly steadied himself in mid-air, and after landing, he planted his twin swords in the ground in an attempt to stop his retreat. However, before he could stop, Xia Yu had already caught up again, his hands flashing.

Then, Soul Blade couldn't help but gasp in pain, and the knife slipped from his hand. Xia Yu's hands flashed again, and the knife magically reappeared in her grasp. Xia Yu smiled slightly and said, "You're Yinglong's friend, I won't hurt you."

"Yes... I lost." Soul Blade sighed helplessly, clutching his arm.

No one expected that the 1v1 victory would be so overwhelming...

Because the team competition had experimented with various combinations, everyone now has plenty of matches. Therefore, Cui Man plans to continue having An Xiuru and Han Tianyu play as a two-protect-one team, but this time the two-protect-one team will be Xie Haining.

"Oh? I've actually managed to get two people to support me one day?" Xie Haining smiled with interest. "Then I'll gladly accept your offer and let me experience it."

Xie Haining's two-protect-one play wasn't as impressive as Xia Yu's, but it was pretty much the same.

Old Xie's playing style is such that he can seize every mistake his opponent makes without making a single error of his own. So even if the opponent hesitates for a mere tenth of a second, Xie Haining can turn it into an opportunity for victory.

Xie Haining's victory also helped them secure the first game of the BO3 series.

The first match of the second round was still a two-protect-one situation, but the target of the two-protect-one was changed to Li Zhengliang, and the result was naturally... a crushing defeat.

"This was so exhilarating!" Li Zhengliang exclaimed excitedly after leaving the arena. "Is this what it feels like to Yinglong?"

"Right?" Xia Yu laughed happily, "I feel like I'm super awesome."

"Ugh, damn it, I really want to experience it too!" Zhang Ming said anxiously, biting his nails.

What is it like to become "Yinglong"... Xiao He pondered to himself, resting his chin on his hand.

"Alright, alright, just one more win and we'll be in the finals." Cui Man waved her hand to quiet them down. "The next match..."

All the main DPS players on the scene turned to look at Cui Man expectantly, wanting to go on stage and experience the two-support-one-carry strategy.

"You've all experienced what it's like to be a 'Yinglong,' right?" Cui Man teased, then suddenly turned to Xiao He, "I think everyone's a little curious now, right? If it were a real 'Yinglong,' how powerful would a two-man support team be?"

"!?" Xiao He immediately raised an eyebrow: Could it be...?

"Go!" Cui Man slapped Xiao He on the butt, then whispered in his ear, "Let the enemy experience the taste of 'despair'..."

"...I understand." Xiao He smiled, inwardly sighing: This woman can be quite wicked at times.

Han Tianyu clenched his fist excitedly. "Finally, I can assist Mr. Yinglong!"

"Oh dear, you've made Yinglong hard again," An Xiuru teased, patting Ye Wanqing's head. "Using your Superpower."

"What's wrong with that? I can do it too..." Ye Wanqing muttered softly, a little unconvinced.

Xiao He, Han Tianyu, An Xiuru entered the elevator and prepared to go upstairs.

"Is there anything I should be careful about?" An Xiuru asked with a smile.

"Hmm..." Xiao He thought for a moment and replied, "Try to be careful and don't get caught in the crossfire of my attack."

"Okay, okay." Han Tianyu replied after a moment of hesitation, unsure whether Xiao He was serious or joking.

Once on the field, it was R Country Team's last chance; a loss would mean elimination. Therefore, they fielded their final trump card: Charge Hero, Shadow Flash, and a rookie named "Iron Smith."

This guy called "Iron Smith" was a tall, wild-looking middle-aged man who had never been on the field before.

"Sending them out at this time, are they trying to turn the tide?" Xiao He wondered to himself.