Xiao Han and Professor X exchanged glances, instantly reaching a tacit understanding.
"Scott, Ororo, immediately activate defensive protocols!" Professor X issued the command to the X-Men via telepathy, as his wheelchair automatically turned towards the door.
"Mr. Xiao, it seems our cooperation will have to start earlier than planned."
Xiao Han's lips curled into a slight smile: "Just as I wished."
He pressed a button, and his battle armor began to retract, revealing the combat fatigues underneath. Then, his figure flickered, and he shot out of the house, hovering above the academy.
Super Vision pierced through the night, locking onto the figure hovering in mid-air a kilometer away—Magneto.
Erik Lehnsherr, draped in a deep red cape, his metal helmet gleaming coldly in the moonlight.
He spread his arms, and surrounding metal debris, abandoned vehicles, and even streetlights were all controlled by an invisible magnetic force, swirling around him like a storm.
"Charles!"
Magneto's voice, amplified by magnetic resonance, echoed throughout the academy, "I know that alien energy entity is with You! Hand It over to me."
Xiao Han raised an eyebrow.
So Magneto was after the blue crystal? It seemed he had sensed that peculiar energy fluctuation.
"Mr. Lehnsherr." Xiao Han's voice wasn't loud, but with the Biofield's enhancement, it clearly reached Magneto's ears.
"That thing has been safely dealt with."
Magneto sneered: "Safely dealt with? You have no idea what that is!"
He raised his hand, and the entire academy's metal structure began to tremble, "It is creation, It can rewrite Mutant genes! Allowing Mutants to gain new abilities!"
This information made Xiao Han narrow his eyes slightly, rewriting genes?
It seemed the origin of that alien crystal was more complex than he had imagined.
Perhaps it was an experiment from the Kree Empire? Accidentally fallen to Earth?
But no matter what, this thing was already his, and no one could take it away.
Professor X's voice simultaneously rang out in both their minds: "Erik, if You have information, we can sit down and talk. Violence won't solve the problem."
"Talk?" Magneto scoffed, "Like we've talked for decades?"
With a flick of his finger, three abandoned cars violently smashed towards the academy's main building!
Xiao Han acted instantly, his Biofield expanding, catching the cars steadily.
But the next second, the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked open, and steel rebar buried underground rapidly shot out, instantly coiling around his limbs!
"You think You can stop the master of magnetism?" Magneto sneered, his palm suddenly clenching!
The rebar abruptly contracted, attempting to crush Xiao Han.
Crack!
All the rebar snapped the moment it touched Xiao Han's skin, like fragile straw.
Magneto's pupils constricted: "What?"
"A decent attempt." Xiao Han shook his head, abandoning the thought of holding back, and with a gentle tremor, all the remaining metal fragments fell to the ground.
"But my body is harder than steel."
Magneto stopped wasting words, waving his arms! All the metal within a hundred-meter radius was pulled by magnetism, forming a torrent of metal that overwhelmingly pressed down on Xiao Han!
A golden light flashed in Xiao Han's eyes, and Heat Vision erupted instantly!
Sizzle!
A crimson beam swept across, and the metal torrent was instantly melted, turning into molten iron that splashed down.
But Magneto had already used the opportunity to retreat, simultaneously pulling out a miniature device from his embrace.
Buzz!
A strange magnetic field fluctuation spread, and Xiao Han suddenly felt his body sink slightly!
"Anti-gravity field?" Xiao Han was slightly surprised, but then sneered, "Too bad, my flight doesn't rely on technology."
He suddenly accelerated, breaking the sound barrier as he charged towards Magneto!
At the critical moment, a silver lightning bolt suddenly cut into the battlefield!
Quicksilver!
The World seemed to slow down, Pietro Maximoff, at supersonic speed, circled behind Xiao Han, attempting to deliver a hand chop.
Slap!
Xiao Han backhanded and caught his wrist.
Quicksilver's eyes widened: "You...!"
"Your speed is fast."
Xiao Han suddenly turned, accurately grabbing Quicksilver's wrist, "But not fast enough."
Pietro's eyes widened. His proud speed had been directly countered for the first time.
Before he could react, Xiao Han's Biofield had already firmly restrained him.
"Let him go!"
Magneto roared, and the entire academy's metal framework began to twist and deform.
The steel plates of the teaching building's outer wall were torn off, forming a huge metal giant palm in the air, striking towards Xiao Han.
Xiao Han held Quicksilver with one hand and met the giant palm with the other.
The moment the two forces collided, the Impact overturned nearby debris.
Seeing this, Magneto suddenly changed his strategy.
He pressed his hands down, and the entire academy's underground structure began to vibrate violently!
"Since You won't hand over the fragment, I'll find It myself!" Magneto roared.
Professor X's voice suddenly became serious: "Erik! You are endangering innocent students!"
Just as the situation was about to spiral out of control, Xiao Han suddenly spoke: "Stop."
Magneto sensed Xiao Han's danger and chose to temporarily stop, saying coldly: "I only want that fragment."
Xiao Han and Professor X exchanged a look.
"The fragment has been absorbed by me," Xiao Han admitted.
"But its energy structure has been completely absorbed by me. If You want trouble, I'm happy to play with You."
Magneto narrowed his eyes: "You absorbed It?"
He suddenly burst into laughter, "Charles, this ally You've found is even more reckless than I imagined!"
Professor X calmly responded: "Erik, Mr. Xiao has already obtained that thing, we should stop."
Magneto was silent for a moment, and the surrounding metal storm gradually subsided.
Finally, he looked at Professor X and said meaningfully: "Charles, constant peace will not bring good."
With that, he created a metal platform and left with the Mutant Brotherhood.
Xiao Han watched them disappear into the sky, then turned to the arriving X-Men: "Charles, I almost couldn't resist killing him just now." (This is intentionally not killing him, as it involves a certain female lead.)
Professor X's expression was calm: "Erik has always been like this. He and I have been arguing for decades."
Beside Xiao Han, Quicksilver was still struggling in the Biofield: "Did he just leave? Leaving me here?"
Xiao Han lowered him to the ground.
"Pietro," Xiao Han looked at him, asking tentatively, "What is your relationship with him?"
Quicksilver turned his face away: "He just wants to save Mutants... that thing is really useful."
Xiao Han didn't speak, quietly watching him.
Looking at Xiao Han's sturdy physique, he made up his mind and quickly spoke: "My sister and I were separated in the war. He saved me and let me join the Mutant Brotherhood."
Speaking of this, Pietro looked a little sad: "My sister has been missing for a long time, I've been searching, but..."
He lowered his head, and Xiao Han's eyes flickered slightly, roughly understanding the character relationships.
Perhaps when he had free time, he would have another task.
For example, saving a lost girl?
Meanwhile, in the academy's laboratory, Hank McCoy had already started testing the energy residue in Andrew and the other two.
Andrew looked at his trembling hands and quietly asked: "Could what that Magneto said be true? Will the energy in our bodies change our genes?"
Hank pushed up his glasses: "That's exactly what we need to figure out. But don't worry, with Charles and Mr. Xiao here, we'll find the answer."