Ben10: A Romantic Adventure with a Gender-Swapped Class

Mo Bai's mind was still immersed in the enormous threat and ominous premonition brought about by Mojas's intention to acquire the interstellar spaceship. The cold chill had not yet faded, and she didn't even have time to think about the possible conspiracy hidden behind it.

A very faint "click" sound, yet unusually clear in the deathly silence, rang out from very close behind him!

That's the sound of shoes scraping against the smooth floor! Someone's there! And they're already very close!

The fighting instinct surged through my spine like an electric current.

Without even thinking, Mo Bai suddenly exerted force in her waist, bending her upper body backward as if it were being broken.

A sharp gust of wind almost grazed his nose and scalp!

A figure shrouded in a strange uniform, whose face was obscured, lost his balance slightly as his punch missed its mark. The wind pressure generated by the missed punch stung Mo Bai's cheeks.

so close!

Using the momentum of bending over, Mo Bai's body suddenly spun around like a taut spring.

The gaze fell upon the attacker—his entire body was tightly wrapped in a dark uniform with a metallic sheen, even his face was hidden under a mask, making him unremarkable, only exuding a cold, command-driven mechanical aura.

Mo Bai clenched his right fist, his knuckles turning white from the force. His fist, imbued with all his strength, shot out like a cannonball, tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound, and slammed straight into the opponent's face!

However, just a split second before the fist was about to touch that cold mask—

Something weird happened!

Just as Mo Bai's fist was about to land, he vanished!

It wasn't a fleeting afterimage left by high-speed movement, but a complete, utter, and utter disappearance from the spot!

Mo Bai's all-out attack slammed into empty air, the immense inertia causing him to stumble forward.

He steadied himself abruptly, his gaze sweeping across the empty space before him with shock and disbelief. His pupils contracted slightly in astonishment, and a low curse escaped his lips:

"What the hell......"

Before he could finish speaking, those chilling, seemingly out of nowhere footsteps sounded again from behind him!

This time it was even closer, almost touching his back!

"Again!?" Mo Bai's scalp tingled, and her body, relying on her honed reflexes, once again dodged sharply to the side!

Sure enough, another vicious straight punch pierced through the spot where he had just been, but missed again!

The repeated and bizarre sneak attacks completely enraged Mo Bai!

The instant he completed his dodge, his arm shot out like lightning, like an iron clamp, and precisely grabbed the attacker's wrist, which hadn't yet had time to retract! The touch was cold and hard, as if he were grasping something other than flesh and blood.

Before the opponent could use that strange disappearing ability again, Mo Bai's core strength exploded, and she grabbed that arm and pulled it forward sharply. At the same time, her body sank down, and she executed a clean, neat and explosive over-the-shoulder throw!

The steel cultist was violently swung up by his immense strength, his body tracing a messy arc in the air before crashing into the distant wall!

But just as he was thrown to his highest point, about to violently collide with the wall—

That extremely disturbing, physics-defying phenomenon has reappeared!

Swish!

Once again, the figure vanished from mid-air, disappearing without a trace as if erased from reality, under Mo Bai's watchful gaze!

There was no sound of impact, no sound of landing, only the slightly rapid breathing of Mo Bai due to exertion echoing in the empty space.

This kind of enemy, which is untouchable and elusive, flickering like a ghost, is more frustrating and makes one more wary than a powerful opponent who can be confronted head-on.

His gaze was as sharp as a hawk's, quickly scanning the seemingly empty space around him.

Without further hesitation, he placed his right hand directly on the Ultimatrix watch face on his left wrist. His icy gaze seemed to pierce through the void, locking onto the enemies hidden in the dimensional rifts, his voice a low roar of rage.

"Damn it, you're trying to play dirty tricks on me, aren't you?!"

"I can do it too!"

With a crisp click of the mechanism operating, the Ultimatrix dial was slammed down!

The red light suddenly shone like the eyes of a giant beast awakening!

A powerful energy flow instantly enveloped Mo Bai's entire body, and his figure rapidly changed, expanded, and reshaped amidst the dazzling light!

Meanwhile, Xiao Ban on the other side was also clearly fed up with this frustrating game of hide-and-seek, and his thoughts were surprisingly in line with Mo Bai's!

Almost at the same time, she also photographed the watch face and transformed into an ice phantom.

The light has faded!

The two figures that were originally in human form have disappeared, replaced by two icy phantoms.

The cold compound eyes scanned the void, and the moisture in the surrounding air instantly condensed into tiny ice crystals that fluttered down!

But this is not over yet!

Mo Bai, transformed into the Ice Ghost, hovered above the center of the hall. He raised his right hand and slammed it heavily onto the watch face on his chest, transforming into the Ultimate Ice Ghost.

“Buzz——!!!”

Those eyes locked onto several abnormal, subtle energy fluctuations in the space below—those intermittently appearing and disappearing Great Steel Believers!

The Ultimate Ice Ghost's chest heaved violently, as if drawing in the cold air from the entire space.

Immediately, a visible red plasma freezing beam shot out like a high-pressure water gun.

Wherever the beam of light passed, the air was instantly frozen and shattered, emitting a piercing, mournful "crackling" sound!

The beam of light seemed to have a life of its own, sweeping rapidly through the air and precisely covering all areas where energy fluctuations were detected!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

A series of rapid, crisp sounds erupted as objects were instantly frozen!

Those Steel Cultists who were originally elusive and difficult to catch due to their unpredictable and elusive abilities froze instantly the moment they were struck by this ultimate icy breath!

Their bodies were covered with a layer of extremely solid, dark blue ice, several feet thick, at a visible speed!

Almost instantly, they were completely frozen into ice sculptures, each maintaining a strange and unpredictable pose!

The astonishment and disbelief on their faces were frozen in the extreme cold.

There were more than a dozen such ice sculptures scattered throughout the hall, reflecting a deadly cold light in the dim light.

The temperature in the entire hall plummeted to the point where your breath would freeze instantly!

"You two, stop right now!"

Just then, a male voice, filled with shock, anger, and urgency, suddenly rang out from behind Mo Bai and Xiao Ban, completely out of place with the frozen hellish scene!

The two, now transformed into icy phantoms, suddenly turned their heads to look—and saw that the heavy bronze door that Mo Bai had closed had somehow been reopened.

A figure is walking quickly out of the door!

His attire was distinctly different from that of the other believers.

He wore a deep red robe trimmed with dark gold, its style ancient yet exuding a religious solemnity.

Unlike other believers, he did not hide his face. His face, which was about forty years old and had the fanaticism and pallor characteristic of a zealous believer, yet he tried to maintain the dignity of a leader, was completely exposed to the cold air.

His gaze swept quickly over his frozen subordinates, a flicker of fear and anger in his eyes, before finally settling on the two icy phantoms hovering in the air.

Xiao Ban and Mo Bai immediately realized that this was probably the leader of this group of steel believers!

Xiao Ban deactivated her transformation, the light faded, and she landed lightly back on the ground, stepping onto the cold, frozen earth.

She met the red-robed leader's gaze without fear, her voice clear and forceful as she attempted a final plea.

"Stop being so stubborn!" Her gaze swept over the ice sculptures, then turned to the red-robed leader. "Even if the 'Great Steel' you worship really exists, its free development, which uses alien technology to forcibly intervene in and improve Earth's environment, will never bring you the ideal utopia you imagine!"

Her tone hardened, carrying an undeniable seriousness: "That would only bring unpredictable disasters and chaos! History has taught us this lesson!" She tried to rouse the other person's rationality, "Otherwise, why do you think the Heavenly Crafts Association would have issued those strict prohibitions against the inflow of advanced alien technology into lower civilizations and against interference with the natural processes of civilizations?"

She took a deep breath, pointed at Mojath, and said in a resolute voice:

"But that's not the most important thing! The most important thing is—it's not a 'big steel' at all! It's deceiving you!"

Her voice suddenly rose, like the sounding of an alarm bell: "Its real name is Morgas! It is not a hero, not a prophet! It is a selfish, cruel, and ruthless monster who only wants to use you to achieve its own evil purposes!"

She looked at the red-robed leader, her gaze intense, trying to pierce through the veil of fanatical faith: "You put it on that spaceship, it will never create any new world! It will immediately fly back into space to gather its army and launch an even more terrible, bloody war that will sweep across the stars! At that time, Earth may even become the first battlefield to be destroyed!"

The younger student's words came out like a machine gun, each one resounding and forceful, attempting to shatter the other's illusions with harsh reality.

However, no sooner had she finished speaking than another familiar voice, tinged with a cynical yet unusually calm demeanor, abruptly rang out from the entrance of the hall, interrupting the tense standoff: "You guessed pretty much right, except for the part that went into space."

It's Kevin.

Everyone turned around abruptly at the sound.

Kevin and Xiaowen were walking briskly from the other side of the passage.

With a relaxed smile on his face, Kevin casually tossed a uniquely shaped crystal about the size of a fist, emerald green in color, with what appeared to be slowly flowing energy inside.

The crystal emitted a faint but stable pulse energy fluctuation, which anyone with a little knowledge of interstellar space could recognize as the core power source of an interstellar spaceship: the pulse core.

Kevin caught the tossed pulse core steadily, and under the red-robed leader's suddenly terrified gaze, his five fingers tightened sharply.

His arm muscles bulged, and the incredibly hard pulse core, in his palm which had absorbed and amplified the surrounding metallic properties, felt as fragile as glass.

"Clap!"

A crisp popping sound rang out!

That precious pulse core, which could be called the heart of the spaceship, was instantly crushed into countless fragments that flickered with a faint green light and lost all energy reaction, scattering all over the ground in a drizzling sound!

“There’s no such thing,” Kevin said, waving his hand dismissively, as if he’d just crushed a cookie. “Even if you gave him a Titan-class mothership, it would just be a bunch of useless scrap metal that couldn’t float; it couldn’t go anywhere.”

Xiaowen stepped forward, her gaze icy as she looked at Mojaus, her voice carrying clearly so that Mojaus inside could hear her too.

“We just recovered the Heavenly Guild stealth reconnaissance ship that you stole,” her gaze swept over the red-robed leader’s instantly pale face, “So, Mojath, we heard every single word of your ‘heartfelt’ self-narration and grand plan just now.”

Kevin grinned and added, his tone dripping with sarcasm, "That's why I was thinking of bringing this most important pulse core... over here to 'have some fun' with you."

Mojas inside the container clearly knew what was happening outside, and the viscous liquid suddenly boiled violently.

Countless tentacles frantically pounded against the reinforced glass wall, producing dull and violent "bang bang" sounds!

He immediately turned his attention to the red-robed leader outside, his voice like the most vicious curse, full of seduction and command.

"Kondu! And you fools! Listen! We cannot allow these ignorant, progress-obstructing heretics to ruin Earth's glorious rebirth! For the Great Steel! For the future! Eliminate them!"

The red-robed leader, known as Kandu, shuddered violently, as if lashed by an invisible whip.

The last trace of hesitation and wavering in his eyes was completely dispelled by Mojas's command, replaced by a fanatical, reckless ferocity!

He suddenly raised his head and swung his arm!

In an instant, the space around him distorted violently like ripples on water!

Swish!Swish!Swish!Swish!

One after another, figures appeared out of thin air! More and more! Densely packed! All of them were Great Steel believers, dressed the same, their faces covered, exuding a cold aura!

They emerged from nothingness like ghosts, instantly surrounding Mo Bai, Xiao Ban, Kevin, and Xiao Wen, who were standing in the center!

Their numbers far exceeded those that had been frozen before! The entire hall was almost filled with these silent and dangerous gray shadows!

"For the Great Steel! For the future of intellect!" Kanto raised his arm, his voice hoarse and shrill with fervor, "On the Great Steel's command—attack!"

At the command, the group of silent believers instantly sprang into action.

Their attack methods are unpredictable! They don't charge in a straight line, but rather appear like flickering ghosts, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, sometimes appearing out of nowhere from an unbelievable angle, launching an attack and then disappearing in an instant, making them impossible to defend against!

“Strange…” Xiaowen was astonished to find that even the semi-transparent celestial energy steps that instantly appeared beneath her feet for dodging and gaining a high vantage point could be manipulated by these believers, who seemed to disregard the laws of physics, appearing out of thin air on the steps and even using these incomprehensible “fulcrums” to chase her through the air!

Kevin roared, absorbing and assimilating the metal material of a large area of ​​the floor beneath his feet. His entire body was covered in thick armor that gleamed with a cold metallic light. He swung a thick metal water pipe that he had casually torn off and smashed it like a whirlwind at a believer who had just appeared beside him!

But just before he struck, the believer vanished again like a phantom, the heavy metal pipe only cracking the air and the ground with a loud hollow sound!

Mo Bai, suspended in mid-air, also found himself in trouble!

He not only had to guard against believers who appeared out of nowhere from all directions and attacked him with physical fists and feet, but also had to be constantly careful to protect those below who could not fly.

His bizarre teleportation ability made it difficult for his freezing breath to accurately lock onto the target!

"You guys have really pissed me off!" The little boy below saw his classmates in a passive position and a surge of anger suddenly rose to his head!

Without further hesitation, she abruptly raised her hand and slapped the Ultimatrix watch face!