…This is the power to reduce the heat of a tenfold conference! This… it's pure, extreme, and irrational… the aesthetics of violence! Look at this scene. Magneto, floating in the air, and the Brotherhood members behind him, all gasping for breath, their faces filled with incomparable… shock! "This… this… impossible!!" Mystique shouted, unable to believe her eyes! The metals beneath that giant green man's fist were as fragile as tofu dregs? Mystique's eyes widened, her heart surging with huge waves! Even Magneto's pupils contracted sharply! He could distinctly feel the force of his own magnetic fields being utterly destroyed before the terrifying fist of his opponent… Broken! This big green guy… where did he come from? His power… isn't this perversion? This… this isn't a power a mutant should have at all!
Realizing Hulk couldn't be stopped, he smashed through every metal obstacle in his path, quickly closing in on Magneto. For the first time, a look of unease appeared on Mystique's face! She never thought Erik's armor could withstand this green monster's terrifying fists!
"Stop him!" Mystique shouted sharply, her body flickering as she rushed forward! Azazel, Torrent, and the Sabretooth—all key Brotherhood members—reacted instantly, unleashing their powers to attack Hulk from the side!
Azazel's form left a trail of red smoke in the air, teleporting behind Hulk for a sneak attack! Torrent formed two powerful tornadoes in his palms, roaring as he rolled them toward Hulk's legs, trying to trip him! Sabretooth roared even louder, his muscles swelling, his skin hardening like steel—he barreled into Hulk's side like a heavy tank!
But! They were fast. The X-Men were faster!
"Your opponents are us!" Storm, Ororo, sneered coldly, her eyes instantly turning snow-white! With a wave of her hand, a terrifying storm of golden solar wind particles—ten times larger than Torrent's tornadoes—burst forth in midair!
"Boom—"
Torrent's mini-tornadoes lasted less than a second before being blown away! The golden storm didn't stop, lifting Torrent into the air like clothes in a washing machine, spinning him madly until he couldn't tell north from south—let alone attack!
This was why Storm hadn't killed Torrent out of respect for Professor X and Magneto's friendship. Otherwise, Torrent would've died long ago!
"Trying a sneak attack?" A cold voice rang out! Azazel had just teleported behind Hulk but was instantly struck by a curved laser beam!
"Aah—" he screamed, falling from the air! Laser Eyes—Scott!
Next moment—"Bang—" a huge crash!
Taking advantage of the chaos, Sabretooth charged at Cyclops with all his might. Cyclops didn't dodge, covering his body with an energy shield and facing Sabretooth head-on! Their bodies collided!
The result shocked everyone! The one sent flying, coughing blood, was the famously tough Sabretooth!
Scott merely staggered, unhurt! After learning from Lucci how to control his laser energy, he could now shield himself with energy, though his melee skills seemed to have declined!
Mystique couldn't even get close to Hulk, swept away by the shockwave of his fists. Just facing him head-on! In a flash!
To everyone's shock, Magneto's proud Brotherhood elites… were effortlessly subdued like local chickens and stray dogs!
Watching the scene before them, Magneto, Mystique, and all of the Brotherhood were… confused! What's happening?
The enemies they'd once known were at best their equals or slightly weaker… Why had they become monsters after a brief separation? Whether it was strength, speed, energy intensity, combat skills, or coordination… everything had skyrocketed beyond imagination!
Dangling in the air, Magneto watched his elite team defeated as easily as chickens and dogs. He saw the unstoppable green giant still charging at him. Under his helmet, his face had gone pale! Unprecedented anger and shock tangled in his chest!
"Alright… very well!" Magneto's voice turned icy, as if echoing from the depths of the underworld. "Charles, is this the surprise you prepared for me?"
Slowly, he raised his hands. "Since everyone wants to see it, the real power…"
"Then open your eyes!!"
"Boom—"
The sky above Xavier's Academy darkened!
Thunderclouds rolled in from all directions, lightning and thunder rumbling within, as if the end of the world was at hand! Centered on Magneto, a powerful magnetic field erupted!
"Vmm—"
Everything nearby, whether Hulk's metal scraps, underground pipes, steel bars in buildings, or even distant city cars, streetlights, railways—anything with metal—began to tremble and buzz under the terrifying magnetic field, slowly rising into the air!
Thousands of tons of metal converged behind Magneto like rivers returning to the sea, forming a steel storm that blotted out the sky… a storm of death!
Meanwhile, far off on the lawn in the principal's office, Lucci lounged on the sofa, Jean peeling fruit beside him!
Professor X, sitting in his wheelchair, mused, "…So, Prince Lucci, you're saying the power of the mind isn't simple brainwaves or spiritual energy, but a higher-dimensional message projection?"
Quickly recalling Lucci's previous words, he asked humbly and curiously for advice. He'd just asked Lucci whether psychic power could evolve further. Lucci, both shocked and inspired, had shared a new insight—the foundational theory of the [Infinite Heart Technique] he created.
Lucci nodded slightly. "That's right. Your telepathy is merely a passive ability to send and receive messages within this dimension. What I'm talking about is taking the initiative to open a fully independent domain within the sea of higher-dimensional information."
"In this world, you are the only god. Within, you create worlds, deduce futures, even… bring your realm into reality and warp the laws of reality itself."
Boom—these words sent shockwaves through Professor X's heart again!
To make your domain real?
To warp the laws of reality?
That… that was completely beyond his understanding of 'superpowers'!
This was… divine creation!
Just as Professor X was still reeling from the shock, "Buzz…" a strange buzzing sounded in the office. Several metal ornaments on the bookshelf and the metal pen holder on the table began to vibrate uncontrollably!
Then, as if called by an invisible force, they all whooshed out the window!
Upon seeing this, Professor X's expression changed instantly!
This powerful magnetic manipulation covered almost the entire school…
"Not good! It's Erik!"
Professor X reacted immediately. "He's… going after the others too!" A surge of anxiety flooded his heart! He'd only invited Erik to witness hope—how did things end up in a fight?
"Hank! Quickly! Push me out!"
"Yes, Professor!" Hank understood the urgency, immediately preparing to push the wheelchair.
But just then, Lucci's casual voice echoed: "Why bother? It's a hassle."
Both Professor X and Hank were stunned. Was there a problem? The situation outside was chaotic—if they didn't stop Erik, and he went berserk, what if he destroyed the whole school?
Before they could process Lucci's words, he simply moved his thoughts.
"Buzz—"
An indescribable, mystical force enveloped the four of them! Professor X and Hank only felt their vision blur! The next moment! When their sight cleared, they were shocked to find they were… no longer in the office! In an instant, they appeared at the edge of the lawn!
"This… this… this…" Hank stammered, unable to form a full sentence! He looked down at the grass, then back at the office in the distance. From the office to here… just… in the blink of an eye? That's it… just crossed over?
Professor X's face was full of shock, his heart in turmoil! Space! This… was control of spatial laws! The thought made Professor X's face twist into a bitter smile. With the power to manipulate space, rushing out in a wheelchair was truly… too much trouble…
As Professor X and Hank were still stunned by the mysterious teleportation, Lucci's gaze had already passed over the chaotic battlefield, lingering on the figure floating in the air—an overwhelming presence, as if about to judge the whole world… a man.
Magneto was a powerful mutant—no doubt about it. Lucci realized as he stood there, the surrounding magnetic fields focusing and distorting around him, as if he was one with the planet's magnetic field.
Next moment!
Extraordinary comprehension activated!
In Lucci's vision, the world transformed instantly! The macroscopic material world faded away, replaced by a dazzling energy world composed of countless micro-particles!
He "saw"! He saw Magneto's body as a gigantic, unique 'biological magnet.' Each of his cells emitted a powerful and peculiar… bio-magnetic field! This bio-magnetic field was like an invisible 'lever.' Through this lever, Magneto could easily 'draw out' one of the universe's four fundamental forces—'electromagnetic force'!
He saw Magneto resonating with the electromagnetic fields between heaven and earth through his bio-magnetic field. He distorted these force fields, bouncing the trajectories of positrons and electrons to generate powerful magnetism to manipulate metals. He disrupted these fields to influence photons, bending light. He could even drastically alter local electromagnetic strengths to directly affect atomic structures, decomposing materials at the molecular level! This… was Magneto's true ability!
He wasn't 'creating' magnetism; it was about the 'manipulation' and 'application' of the pervasive electromagnetic force in the universe!
And then… Lucci's vision pierced deeper into the laws. He saw that electromagnetic force was not just magnetism and current—it was light! It was heat! It was chemistry! It was the fundamental force binding atomic nuclei and electrons to form everything in the world! Along with the "strong force," "weak force," and "gravity," it formed the four unshakable pillars of the universe!
Magneto's power was indeed one of the universe's most fundamental laws—a god-level potential! Sadly… Magneto had only mastered the key to the treasure vault, but he was using it on the simplest, crudest door. Lucci immediately gave the most accurate evaluation in his heart. In Magneto's hands, this mighty 'electromagnetic force' was mostly limited to low-level physics, like 'metal manipulation.' Truly… a waste.
In that instant, Lucci gained insight into the essence of everything. His understanding soared up to the heavens! Countless pieces of information, formulas, laws, and mysteries about electromagnetic force flooded his mind! From Maxwell's equations to quantum electrodynamics… from macroscopic electromagnetic waves to microscopic photon exchanges… everything discovered—and yet to be discovered—about 'electromagnetic force' was instantly… comprehended and verified!
And on that basis, he began to act—sublimating and creating!
[Congratulations! You have analyzed the origin of electromagnetic force and, combining your own knowledge, created [Electromagnetic Control]!]
Electromagnetic Control, as the name suggests, allows one to freely control all phenomena related to electromagnetic force in the universe. This includes, but is not limited to, plasma creation and manipulation, railgun launching, matter transformation, light and heat control, interference and manipulation of electronic devices, and even… at higher levels, direct intervention in the interactions between strong and weak forces to trigger nuclear fusion or fission!
Feeling this new power, a faint smile appeared on Lucci's lips. He looked up at the majestic Magneto, still amassing power. At that moment, in his eyes, the metal storm Magneto was so proud of—enough to destroy a city—was nothing more than a beautiful, childish trick.
"Stop!!" Just then, Professor X shouted, his voice carrying a soul-calming power. The nervous X-Men immediately responded. Storm dispelled the storm around her, Cyclops' red light dimmed, and Wolverine, who had just climbed out of the lake, stopped angrily. On the other side, Magneto, frowning, glanced embarrassedly at his subordinates, then snorted coldly and waved his hand. The Brotherhood members also immediately ceased their attacks.
For a time, the entire battlefield—except for the airborne metal storm and Hulk—fell silent!
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