Chapter 453

Su Quan, with the intent of appreciation and critique, had the Black Queen provide a place where they wouldn't be disturbed. As it turned out, Madame Hydra used a "heavy sword with no edge, great skill without craft" approach—though clumsy and unsharpened, it possessed immense lethality, almost allowing her to secure victory.

One can only say, this is a master!

Clearly a novice, yet she possessed the supreme goodness of water and the humility of a valley!

Extremely high value.

The next day, at dusk.

The sun set, the crescent moon and the stars shone upon each other, their light scattering across the Hudson River. As the evening breeze blew gently, the river surface rippled in layers, like falling dominoes.

On Liberty Island, the Statue of Liberty stood tall. The building across the river was the site of the summit, where the heads of state from various countries had gathered.

At the Statue of Liberty, Magneto stared at the distant building with a sinister gaze, preparing to activate the machine when the summit began to transform all the heads of state into mutants.

"Whoosh—"

A sound of air being torn apart rang out. Below the Statue of Liberty, several figures in tight black leather suits appeared without warning.

These figures were Storm, Jean Grey, Colossus, Iceman, Pyro, Shadowcat, and Petra.

Having just joined, they had to face Magneto and the Brotherhood of Mutants to save humanity. Iceman, Shadowcat, Colossus, and Petra were more or less nervous; only Pyro was eager, fiddling with his lighter, wishing he could immediately tell the whole world that he, Pyro, had debuted.

Storm led the group to the entrance of the building at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The corpses of several guards lay scattered on the ground. The group wore solemn expressions, exchanged glances, and walked inside vigilantly.

As soon as they entered, several mutants who had been waiting in ease revealed expressions of having waited for a long time.

It was the Brotherhood of Mutants!

The X-Men had added new members, and the Brotherhood of Mutants had also replenished their fresh blood, and their strength—was only higher, not lower!

The first to catch the eye was a big guy whose muscles looked like they could crush a person to death. The steel helmet on his head added a touch of ferocity, making it clear at a glance that he was not to be trifled with!

His name was Cain Marko, codenamed Juggernaut!

Uh, although there wasn't a hint of "red" on him.

Standing to the left of Juggernaut was the old member Toad, and to his right was a female mutant who looked gender-neutral at first glance, but was hideous upon closer inspection—Arclight. Beside Arclight was a middle-aged man named Multiple Man.

Juggernaut, Arclight, and Multiple Man were all mutants who appeared in X-Men 3, now recruited by Magneto in advance to join the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Is that all for the Brotherhood of Mutants?

No, no, no, there's more—

Above their heads, there was a man with snow-white wings spread out. His name was Warren Kenneth Worthington III, codenamed Angel.

In another timeline, he, along with Storm, Magneto, and Psylocke, were the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse.

Finished?

Not yet!

In the corners on the left and right stood a man and a woman respectively. The man was somewhat unfamiliar, dressed sloppily, his identity and ability unclear.

The woman was dressed somewhat scantily, her exposed skin resembling snake scales, making one feel evil at a glance.

The two sides confronted each other, and with a tacit understanding, they launched their attacks simultaneously.

Storm's thunder directly blasted Juggernaut away. Arclight clapped her hands with force, and a seismic shockwave roared toward them.

A rumbling sound echoed as the ground was raised by Petra's control, only to be shattered by the shockwave.

Iceman and Pyro faced off against Multiple Man and the sloppy man respectively. One controlled ice, the other controlled fire. They held the advantage at the start of the exchange, but soon Multiple Man split into several identical clones, and the sloppy man leaped onto the wall, moving rapidly like a gecko.

"Bang!"

Jean Grey waved her hand, using her psychic ability to control Toad and throwing him hard against the wall.

Angel flapped his wings and rushed toward Jean Grey, but was blasted away by a punch from Colossus, who had rushed in from the side.

The snake-skinned woman in the corner sneered, about to release her ability—she could control hormones—but she was grabbed by the throat by a hand reaching out from the wall. Then, she was bizarrely pulled into the ground, passed through the wall, and dragged directly into the Hudson River by Shadowcat.

"Gurgle..." The snake-skinned woman struggled weakly, her eyes rolled back, and she became the first character to exit the scene and "collect her lunchbox."

Inside the Statue of Liberty, various superpowers flew everywhere. The two sides were mixed in a chaotic brawl, hitting each other in a total mess.

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Super Defense (Juggernaut)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Shockwave (Arclight)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Duplication (Multiple Man)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Wings (Angel)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Steel Body Structure (Colossus)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Earth and Stone Manipulation (Petra)"

The notifications for the dropped rewards from watching the battle rang out one after another. Su Quan took a look; the most useless ability among them was probably the sloppy man's adhesion—the only use of this ability was to stick to walls and crawl.

Those who drown are usually the ones who can swim. In the movie, the sloppy man climbed to a high place, but was hit by the cure serum, lost his ability, fell from the height, and died.

Besides these abilities, there was also hormone control, from the snake-skinned woman Miranda Leevald. Her codename was Stacy X; it was unclear if it had any special meaning, but in the comics, she belonged to an organization called X-Ranch.

Su Quan had a tiny bit of interest in her, mainly because her snake skin matched Madame Hydra's well. He could have them form a CP later and play around with a "Viper Gang."

"Pfft—" On the surface of the Hudson River, a head popped out, breathing in the fresh air deeply in the night.

"Damn bastard, almost drowned me. You wait, I will never let you go!"

Stacy X cursed and wanted to swim back to the shore to continue the battle, but she suddenly heard a voice behind her, which made her freeze instantly.

"Isn't it better to be alive?"

"Who!"

Stacy X turned her head abruptly and saw a sofa floating eerily on the river. A man sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, leisurely shaking a glass of red wine in his hand.

She activated her ability, wanting to control the other party's hormones, but to her disbelief, although the person was right in front of her, her perception was a void, as if he weren't there at all.

"Who are you?" Stacy X asked vigilantly.

Su Quan glanced down from above and hooked his finger gently. She instantly felt the world spin and fell to her knees on the ground with a thud.

Wait, the ground?