"Mutant... never to be enslaved!"
Cyclops gave a stubborn roar, pushing through the pressure on his body as he struggled to raise his head and look up at the high-and-mighty Ryan in the sky.
"Scott, no!!"
Jean gasped in shock, already realizing what Cyclops was trying to do, and instantly wanted to stop him.
But it was already too late; Cyclops had already pressed his special ruby quartz glasses, firing a crimson beam of light at Ryan!
Jean subconsciously wanted to use her ability to block Cyclops's laser for Ryan, but when she reached out, nothing appeared.
Jean's expression changed.
The Phoenix Force had actually exhausted all of her innate telekinesis!
She currently had no ability at all to stop Cyclops!
Meanwhile, the others behind Ryan remained indifferent to Cyclops's attack, showing no intention of helping Ryan at all.
They simply let Ryan be struck by the red light shot by Cyclops!
"Aren't you going to help?" Jean asked, very puzzled.
Sif's cold blue eyes glanced gently at Jean. "Compared to us helping, he'd rather play by himself right now. You haven't been with him long enough yet, so you can't tell when we should make a move and when we shouldn't."
And indeed, that was the case.
Ryan at this moment just wanted to play by himself.
Ryan raised one palm, easily blocking the oncoming laser beam.
He even had the leisure to close his eyes and feel the components within this laser beam.
"The impact power is not bad, but the heat is a bit lacking. The quantity is quite ample, as if it's inexhaustible, but..."
"This isn't its true power, right?"
As Ryan explained, he slowly floated toward Cyclops.
Cyclops continuously increased the output power of his glasses, but no matter how much he increased it, it was completely useless.
"Even so, are you still unwilling to take off those glasses that are obviously a burden to you?"
Ryan still maintained that relaxed look, and even his speed floating toward Cyclops remained unhurried.
"We can't let Scott fight alone. X-Men, attack!"
Storm glanced at Professor X, who was deep in thought and wondering what he was contemplating, and then at Cyclops, who was struggling to resist Ryan's advance, before finally gritting her teeth and giving the order.
As the second-in-command of X-Academy, Storm's words still carried a lot of weight.
The other X-Men members, who were still hesitating, immediately went into action.
Storm took the initiative to strike first, her eyes turning entirely white. Using her abilities to control the weather, she summoned a lightning tornado to force back Ryan, hoping to drive him away.
Swish——————
But before the lightning Storm she summoned could approach Ryan, another tornado appeared!
Swish——————
Moreover, this tornado was ice-blue, mixed with sharp ice shards!
The two tornadoes collided with each other, just like two spinning tops crashing together, and both tornadoes immediately retreated a certain distance in opposite directions.
Storm was startled and abruptly looked up, only to see a graceful figure perched atop the ice-blue tornado, looking down at her elegantly.
Clearly, the ice tornado was summoned by her!
Sylvie said indifferently to Jean: "Did you see that? This is when we should make a move—while Ryan is focused on the 'things' that interest him, to prevent some blind trash from disturbing him."
"Trash?" Jean's eyelids twitched. "Are you talking about Storm?"
"Storm? Even if she were Ms. Marvel, as long as she is an enemy of Ryan, she's still trash!"
Zombie Wanda sneered disdainfully, crimson light appearing in her eyes and hands.
Looking at the group of X-Men below who had already assumed battle stances, the corners of her mouth curled into a cruel arc!
"Since you've chosen to make a move, then I don't need to hold back either!"
The moment Zombie Wanda used Chaos Magic, the X-Men below instantly felt a terrifying power comparable to when Jean was out of control!
This caused Quicksilver, who was in the formation, to experience an instant acceleration in his heartbeat, subconsciously using his ability.
Although his heartbeat accelerated, the surrounding time seemed to slow down. Everything in his eyes became sluggish, and only he himself could maintain a 'normal' speed!
"Huu! Calm down, Pietro. Last time you got wiped out by Jean because you didn't perform well, this time you definitely have to win an MVP!"
As Quicksilver cheered himself on, his gaze swept across the figures in the sky.
In the end, his gaze settled on Ryan, who was walking down from the sky and approaching Cyclops.
"Hitting ladies is not what a gentleman does; a real man should directly slay dragons and fight the boss!"
With that, Pietro pulled down the windproof glasses on his forehead and sprinted quickly toward Ryan.
At a speed that nearly made time stand still, Pietro quickly approached Ryan and swung his fist at Ryan's face, which was worthy of being called a national treasure, a victorious smile blooming on his face.
Whoosh————
With a single punch, to Quicksilver's astonishment, his punch missed completely, landing in empty air.
In Quicksilver's incredulous gaze, Ryan turned his head—though Quicksilver had no idea how he dodged—and chuckled,
"Kid, your ability is indeed very interesting, but in front of your Uncle Ryan, you're still too slow and need more practice~"
Saying that, Ryan stuck out one leg.
With his body leaning forward from that previous punch and unable to brake at all, Quicksilver instantly tripped over the leg Ryan extended, sending his whole body tumbling forward.
The moment he tumbled, the surrounding time also returned to normal.
In the eyes of everyone else, Quicksilver instantly turned into a silver afterimage and vanished.
When Quicksilver appeared again, he was already flying past Ryan, having no idea what had happened in between.
After tumbling a dozen meters across the ground, Quicksilver tried to climb back up despite the excruciating pain all over his body.
But just as he propped up his arms on the ground, he saw a pair of long legs appear right in front of him.
Quicksilver subconsciously looked up and saw a pretty face with a bright smile looking down at him with a grin.
"Hello-lo, Pietro. Maybe you don't know me, but I'm your sister from another Universe~"
"Sis... sister?"
Pietro stared blankly at that unfamiliar pretty face.
Even though they had never met, it felt so familiar...
Except for Pietro's side—because he was facing the kindest Main Universe Wanda, and because he had a variant in the Monarch main Universe, Wanda only used Chaos Magic to restrict his movements and didn't harm him—
the other X-Men were out of luck~
Zombie Wanda pinched Beast, who was constantly struggling in her hands, her face full of disgust: "A blue stuffed toy wearing glasses, you really look so ugly, not a single bit of that flawless, eye-pleasing feel of Ryan!"
"So how about I process you a bit, let your ugly blue fur rot and become a member of the Zombie Universe? Maybe you'll look a bit better!"
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