The Hidden Eighth Personality

"Despicable... villain!" Raphael roared furiously as soon as he recovered, then raised his hand at Wade Moriarty, "Sin Judgment, Gluttony!"

"Ughhhh!" Wade roared in pain, clutching his head, as his body was instantly engulfed by golden light.

After the golden light disappeared, Wade staggered back two steps, his expression changing.

"This guy has changed his personality..." Xiao He realized this.

Now he understood why Claude was so wary of Raphael.

Raphael's Sin Judgment could temporarily "eliminate" one of Claude's personalities. Although Xiao He knew that Claude's personality was only temporarily sealed and not killed by the Sin Judgment, that was enough.

If Raphael can force out each of Claude's personalities and make Ye Wanqing record their names in the database, recording the names of all seven of his personalities, then this battle will be won.

"Well done, you old charlatan! That's it! Seal off every one of his personalities!" Xiao He laughed at Raphael.

"Sin Judgment, Sloth!" Raphael continued with the Sin Judgment.

But this time the effect seemed poor. The newly appeared "Moriarty" was almost unharmed by this Sin Judgment, and immediately launched an attack on Raphael. He waved his hand and threw something in front of him, and then Moriarty's movement speed increased dramatically. In an instant, he was in front of Raphael and punched Raphael in the face.

Raphael grunted and flew away, but the punch was delivered with perfect force, only knocking Raphael unconscious instead of killing him. Therefore, the archangel behind Raphael did not heal Raphael.

"Is it because the correct trial was not conducted?" Xiao He wondered to himself.

The reason why the previous attacks were so effective against Wade was probably because Wade happened to represent the "Gluttony" personality, which can also be seen from his Superpower, which is a kind of "devouring" Superpower.

This time, however, the personality trait was not "sloth," so the Sin Judgment of "sloth" did not cause significant harm to Moriarty.

"So, Anika represented 'envy,' Wade represented 'Gluttony,' and Claude represented 'sloth'?" Xiao He muttered to himself. "In that case, the remaining four personalities are 'anger,' 'pride,' 'greed,' and 'Lust.'"

Xiao He stared at the Moriarty in front of him: Which personality is this?

"And who are you?" Xiao He asked Moriarty, but the other man ignored him, his features contorted with anger, his teeth grinding together.

"Looks like this guy is 'Anger'... but I need to find out his name first." Xiao He pondered, glanced at the unconscious Raphael, and then raised his hand to use Entropy Reduction.

Raphael's state immediately began to rewind, but at that moment Moriarty also raised his hand, and Raphael's rewind speed, which was in a state of Entropy Reduction, suddenly slowed down.

Upon seeing this, Xiao He was stunned: Really?! Time Control!

So far, this is the first time Xiao He has seen another Mutant with the Superpower to Time Control. However, Moriarty didn't actually slow down time throughout the entire world; he only slowed down the flow of time within a specific area.

"You're not Claude, are you?" Xiao He continued to probe the other person's name, and then threw a punch.

"None of your business!" the other person said irritably, waving their hand.

Then Xiao He felt as if his fist had struck a mud pit, making it extremely difficult to move forward.

"Time Slowdown!" Xiao He snapped out of his daze and quickly stopped, trying to pull his arm out. However, because the flow of time around his Xiao He had been slowed down, it felt as if it were glued to him, making it extremely difficult to pull out.

Then Moriarty aimed at Xiao He again, and this time Xiao He felt a strong pulling force coming from behind him.

With a sharp pain in his arm, Xiao He was sent flying backward and crashed to the ground.

The first thing Xiao He did upon getting up was to check his arm, but thankfully, it wasn't broken.

In fact, Xiao He was very clear about what had just happened. His fist had entered the deceleration time flow, so the speed of his fist attack was slowed down, but he himself was not affected by the deceleration. He just felt as if his arm was stuck in some kind of gel.

As Xiao He retreated, Moriarty used an accelerated time flow to envelop his body.

His arm was slowed down, but his body was being accelerated backward. So, to Xiao He himself, it felt as if one person had grabbed his hand and another was pulling him backward. Fortunately, Xiao He was physically strong enough; otherwise, if it were an ordinary person, his arm would probably have already been separated from his body.

This seemingly insignificant "Time Control" is far more threatening than imagined. Each of Moriarty's personalities possesses powerful Superpower.

"He's pretty impressive, considering he's a nobody." Xiao He said, rubbing his elbow.

"My name is..." Moriarty murmured, then lunged forward in a rage. "Javier!"

"Wanqing?" Xiao He pressed his earpiece and said. Ye Wanqing replied, "I'll change it right away."

Javier's acceleration and deceleration abilities can be used on others as well as on himself. He released an acceleration stream as he pounced, which greatly increased his speed, and he instantly arrived in front of Xiao He, punching Xiao He in the ribs.

After such a long and fierce battle, Xiao He's initial absorption of power from the Mutator has been increasingly depleted. Now, his physical condition has dropped to LV5, and he can already feel pain from this punch.

However, in close-quarters combat, even a level 5 physique is sufficient for Xiao He.

Therefore, while taking the punch, Xiao He also retaliated with a jab to Javier's face. Javier grunted and leaned back, but when Xiao He prepared to continue his combination punches, he felt his fist sink into the mud, and his speed suddenly slowed down. Meanwhile, Javier accelerated his punch and slammed it into Xiao He's chest.

Both of them took a step back, but Javier suddenly slowed down, while Xiao He seemed to be pulled backward at an accelerated speed as if by a powerful force, and fell to the ground.

"This guy..." Xiao He was somewhat surprised by Javier's proficiency in using his Superpower, but Javier wasn't the only one who could control time.

Taking advantage of Xiao He's fall, Javier immediately rushed forward, using Time Slowdown to bind Xiao He's limbs, and then delivered a Superman Elbow Strike to Xiao He's face. However, at this moment, Xiao He paused time, and the effect of Time Stop directly overwrote the Time Slowdown, allowing Xiao He's limbs to regain their mobility, while Javier remained suspended in mid-air in his lunging posture.

Without saying a word, Xiao He landed two jabs and an uppercut on Javier's face.

The time-stopping effect ended, and the power of the three punches was transmitted simultaneously. Javier was sent flying backward, tumbling to the ground.

"?" Javier looked at Xiao He in astonishment, seemingly not understanding what had happened.

"What are you looking at? I'm your father!" Xiao He said irritably, and launched a pursuit on Javier. Javier immediately raised his hand towards him, but Xiao He rolled on the ground, unaffected by the Time Slowdown effect, and arrived in front of Javier, delivering a straight kick to Javier's face, sending him rolling on the ground.

"Your Time Acceleration and deceleration only affect regions, not individuals. That's a real blunder," Xiao He mocked. "As long as you avoid your accelerated and decelerated time flows, you won't be affected."

"Screech..." Javier roared, frowning, then picked up a pebble from the ground and threw it violently.

Then, Javier waved his hand, unleashing several accelerated time streams. The stone accelerated continuously and disappeared with a "whoosh." The next second, it struck Xiao He's shoulder with a force stronger than a sniper rifle bullet.

However, when the stone struck Xiao He's shoulder, it merely turned into a cloud of dust, temporarily obscuring Xiao He's vision. By the time he regained his senses, Javier's fist was already upon him.

At this moment, Xiao He activated Time Stop once again.

"A four-second interval..." Xiao He thought to himself: The Superpower to pause time for two seconds every four seconds Xie Haining far too powerful. However, this ability also has a flaw: when time is paused, Xiao He's time does not stop. In other words, every time he activates time pause, he consumes two more seconds of his life than others.

Taking advantage of this Time Stop, Xiao He landed a Russian Grand Swing Punch on Javier's face, followed by a high kick.

The Time Stop effect ended, Javier screamed as he flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

"??" Javier looked both angry and confused. "You... stopped time?!"

"What, it's not working?" Xiao He said irritably, quickly maneuvering to maintain high speed and avoid being controlled by the opponent's time flow. Although time stop can cover Javier's time flow, Xiao He's time stop has a four-second interval, while Javier can use it without limit, which is something to be wary of.

However, this means that Xiao He can still defeat each of Moriarty's personalities using his existing abilities, rather than necessarily requiring Ye Wanqing to change her name.

However, at this moment, Xiao He felt that he had triggered another Superpower. This Superpower should be the one that Javier in front of him had triggered for him. Only the current personality can trigger Superpower for Xiao He, instead of directly triggering seven Superpower for Xiao He.

"Alright, let's see what kind of Superpower this guy triggered for me..." Xiao He said, activating his Superpower.

A black and white space expanded out from Xiao He as the center, instantly enveloping him and Javier within it.

Xiao He noticed that everything in this space was frozen in place; only he and Javier could move. But Javier's expression was one of terror. "My... my ability! It's failed!?"

"Because this is a space where time doesn't exist," Xiao He suddenly realized.

Unlike the Time Stop triggered by Xie Haining, this space directly excludes the concept of time; time does not operate within this space. The evidence is that the time on Xiao He's phone also stopped. However, if Xie Haining had triggered the Time Stop, the time on the items on his person would have continued to run.

Therefore, even if Time Stop, Xiao He's own time would continue; however, within this time rift, he would not be affected by time. In other words, he could even achieve "immortality" within this time rift.

Moreover, besides including the enemy in the time rift, Xiao He could also cover himself only in the time rift. In this way, people outside the time rift, such as Raphael at this moment, would still be in a state of Time Stop, while Xiao He inside the time rift would not be affected. He could, like Xie Haining, have more time than others to think and decide on the next countermeasure.

The thought of the possibilities this Superpower could create filled Xiao He with a sense of dread.

If Moriarty weren't such a terrifying madman, Xiao He might have hesitated to kill him. Each of Moriarty's personalities possessed powerful Superpower and combat abilities, but correspondingly, the Superpower triggered by each of his personalities for Xiao He were also exceptionally strong, so strong that each triggered Superpower could almost overturn the laws of this world.

But once Moriarty is killed, these Superpower can no longer be triggered, just like Raven 'Ruiwen before.

Since the person was already dead, Xiao He could no longer use Ruiwen as Trigger to initiate "Usurpation" for himself.

However, Javier, who is currently trapped in the Spacetime Rift with him, has completely lost his ability to fight.

"How about it? Time to switch?" Xiao He said, then rushed towards Javier. Having lost his ability to control time, Javier was nothing more than a Mutant without any Superpower.

Javier retreated repeatedly, but then the Spacetime Rift disappeared.

Xiao He was startled, but he quickly realized that it wasn't that the Spacetime Rift had disappeared, but rather that the Superpower he had triggered was gone. Because Moriarty had switched to another personality and Javier had disappeared, the Trigger's effect had naturally temporarily disappeared. However, Xiao He could still trigger the Spacetime Rift through the "Imaginary Enemy," but... it wouldn't be very meaningful for other personalities.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xiao He caught up and punched Moriarty in the face. Moriarty tumbled and flew out, crashing to the ground. After sliding a long distance, he rolled to his feet and seemed completely unharmed.

"Not bad, I've 'Collection' this punch." Moriarty laughed, his eyes filled with greed.

"A greedy personality?" Xiao He thought to himself: Now only "arrogance" and "Lust" remain as two personalities.

"Ah, as expected of Yinglong." Moriarty stared greedily at Xiao He and laughed, "Last time I thought that tsunami would cause some damage, but you completely thwarted it."

"!?" Xiao He was immediately stunned. "Did you cause that tsunami last time!?"

"Really?!" Xiao He was utterly astonished. He knew that the power of natural disasters was far beyond what ordinary Mutant could match. Even "Yinglong" could only rely on Ye Wanqing's name change to fight against natural disasters. And this Moriarty personality could actually create natural disasters?

"To be precise," Moriarty chuckled, "It was me Collection. I happened to 'Collection' a powerful tectonic event that erupted near Yellowstone Park, Earthquake, and then released it into the seabed not far from Hawaii, triggering a tsunami. Although I only intended it to attract your attention, but... I never expected it would be taken down."

"So, what's your name?" Xiao He asked coldly.

"Ahhh... No way!" Moriarty laughed. "You have to give your own name before asking someone else's. I'm a very greedy person; if you want information from me, you'll have to give me more in return."

"Tsk... it seems this personality isn't as easy to fool as the previous one," Xiao He frowned and thought to himself.

Since he couldn't trick the other person into revealing their name, he could only keep fighting, defeating this personality and then tricking the next one out. He already had the names of four personalities and had changed them. If he could trick one more personality out of their name, he would basically have Moriarty firmly under his control. The remaining two personalities could be dealt with using other Trigger.

"Then stop talking nonsense." Xiao He said, and attacked Moriarty, landing a left straight punch on Moriarty's face, followed by a right hook and an uppercut, and then a low kick.

But just as Xiao He was about to finish the combination punch with a knee strike, he was surprised to find that Moriarty was completely unmoved, as if all of his previous attacks had been absorbed.

"Not bad combination punches..." Moriarty chuckled, covering his mouth. This personality also seemed somewhat feminine. Then he gently placed a hand on Xiao He's shoulder. "Shall I return the punch from before?"

The next moment, Xiao He felt his head explode with a "buzz," and then he flew backward, rolling several times on the ground before getting up. He moved his jaw, and a "crack" sound came from the bones of his jaw.

"This is... the punch I just threw at him," Xiao He thought to himself, subconsciously touching his mask.

However, the mask was not damaged, meaning the damage was directly transmitted to him.

Moriarty's ability is likely "Collection," allowing him to Collection anything he can Collection, such as "attacks," "explosions," "fire," and even "natural disasters."

"This ability is a bit troublesome..." Xiao He thought to himself, because this ability is more like "attack backlash". It is not like his Kinetic Energy Absorption, which Kinetic Energy Absorption of the enemy's attack and then reflects it back. Instead, it stores the attack that Moriarty receives and feeds it back to the enemy.

In other words, what Xiao He just took was the same punch he had thrown earlier, even the point of attack was the same.

"There must be a limit, right?" Xiao He thought to himself. "I'm afraid there's no way to Collection indefinitely."

However, judging from his previous attacks, the combination of punches he threw earlier should have been Collection as well.

"What if the Mutant itself has no reaction time? Can it absorb it?" Xiao He wondered to himself, then activated the Time Stop effect and launched an attack on Moriarty. However, in order to avoid the opponent Collection too much power, Xiao He did not dare to hit too hard, but only hit Moriarty's chin, chest and the side of his knee.

The time-stopping effect ended, and Moriarty raised an eyebrow. "Oh, not bad! I'll take it!"

Then, Moriarty reached out his hand to Xiao He slapped it away and threw another punch.

"You ran into me? Here you go..." Moriarty said with a slight smile.

Xiao He was startled, and then four more impacts came from various parts of his body. Judging from the order and location of the attacks, it should be the combo that was launched before Time Stop.

"So, it'll be returned as soon as it touches?" Xiao He frowned, pondering. He then created some distance and hurled a large number of crystal swords. Moriarty raised his hand and laughed wildly, "Not bad! A beautiful attack, I'll take it!"

As Moriarty's ability activated, the crystal sword that Xiao He had shot out vanished instantly.

"Troublesome ability..." Xiao He spat, but he wasn't without a solution.

Since contact is required to activate it, we can use that to our advantage. Xiao He himself has a similar ability, "Kinetic Energy Absorption." When the opponent returns an attack, he can absorb the kinetic energy of the attack he received and return it again, creating an endless chain reaction. At worst, it just comes down to who can store more attacks.

"Sin Judgment... Greed!" a whisper came at that moment.

"Huh?" Moriarty was stunned for a moment, then was enveloped in golden light.

"Ughhhh!" Moriarty screamed in agony as he stumbled out of the golden light and collapsed to his knees.

"Sin Judgment, Lust!" Raphael roared at Moriarty.

Another golden light engulfed Moriarty, and his heart-wrenching screams echoed through the town.

"Hey, wait!" Xiao He raised his hand to Raphael, trying to stop him: This old charlatan, don't let him switch personalities so quickly! We haven't even asked his name yet!

But Raphael has already begun the final Sin Judgment: "Sin Judgment, pride!"

Another scream rang out, and this time, after the golden light passed, the scene fell silent.

"All the Sin Judgment have been brought down; go to that world with a holy body..." Raphael said breathlessly.

However, the Moriarty who appeared on the scene was unlike any of the previous ones.

He looked flustered and terrified, but more than that, confused, looking around. "W-why? Why am I here? Where is this? Where are Claude and the others? How could this happen?"

As he spoke, he turned to Xiao He: "Hey, where is this place? What year and month is it now?"

"Huh? July of the 22nd year..." Xiao He replied, puzzled, "Why do you ask that?"

"July 22nd year!?" Moriarty covered his mouth in horror, looking as if he was about to vomit. "So, I... I've actually been deprived of control for ten months!? Ugh..."

At this moment, Xiao He realized something: this guy must be Moriarty's true form!

Xiao He immediately came to his senses and realized that this was his best opportunity to attack.

Although it was unknown whether the true form was a good person, there was no doubt that as long as the true form was stunned, Moriarty could be dealt with. Therefore, without saying a word, Xiao He launched an attack on the true form of Moriarty in front of him.

"Eek--! No!" Moriarty recoiled in fear, dodging the punch with astonishing speed.

Xiao He's punch slammed into the ground, sending shards of stone flying everywhere. The impact sent Moriarty flying backward, his head hitting the ground as he crashed to the floor, writhing in pain.

"This guy... doesn't he have Superpower? He's just an ordinary person?" Xiao He thought to himself in surprise.

However, upon closer reflection, it's not surprising. After all, for patients with dissociative identity disorder, multiple personalities arise precisely to protect themselves. Therefore, the fragility of the original personality is quite normal; it is precisely because the original personality is too fragile that it needs human protection.

"Then I'm sorry," Xiao He said, taking a step forward and teleporting to Moriarty's side.

For a moment, Xiao He hesitated: In the special case of dissociative identity disorder, are the actions of the split personality related to the original personality?

However, Moriarty, this madman, posed a strong threat to him, so it was better to eliminate any future trouble.

Therefore, Xiao He threw this punch with all his might.

Given the opponent's current physical condition, this punch should probably shatter them into pieces.

However, at that moment, Moriarty swiftly raised a finger and caught Xiao He's punch.

"Huh?" Xiao He was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Moriarty. At this moment, Moriarty's eyes were bloodshot, his body was bulging with terrifying veins, his body was swelling violently, and his skin was gradually turning black. He looked like a demon from hell!

"*%￥#@!" Moriarty uttered an unknown whisper, then threw a punch.

Xiao He raised his arms to defend himself, but it felt like a train had crashed into him. He was sent flying backward, smashing through countless houses before being buried under the rubble.

"Demon!" Raphael roared at Moriarty before him, "You've finally revealed your true colors!"

"Roar--!" Moriarty let out a deep roar. At this moment, he had transformed into a monster more than three meters tall, more like Mutator than a human.

Xiao He stood up from the ruins, pushed aside the rubble, and thought to himself: Has this guy suddenly changed his ways at this moment!?

"No one... can hurt William..." Moriarty roared in anguish, then lunged at Raphael. "I won't let you hurt William!"

The archangel behind Raphael swung his sword fiercely, the lightsaber piercing through the monster's body and pinning it to the ground. But the monster howled in agony, actually tearing its body apart and breaking free from the lightsaber.

The torn body regenerated and healed rapidly, but after the other person got up, their body began to return to normal! They became an ordinary human again!

However, this time his expression was different from all previous Moriarty; it appeared so calm and indifferent. He looked around, then rested his chin on his hand in contemplation for a moment. The next instant, he snapped his fingers, and then vanished from the scene in a flash.

Why!? Xiao He was dumbfounded: The personality that just now wasn't Claude, so he didn't trigger the "Spatial Shockwave" Superpower, but the other party undoubtedly used Claude's Spatial Jump ability to leave!