Shadow of the Beautiful World

The fire is blowing.

After the core of power was shattered by the double bombardment, the wings spread out by the power of the phoenix were like shattered light feathers, constantly drifting towards the sea of ​​stars.

But as before, those shattered energies have not disappeared.

After they broke away from the main body, they lost control and burned along the stars. To be honest, this scene is very beautiful.

But also extremely dangerous.

The power of the Phoenix Fire had been clearly revealed in the short fierce battle just now, and heroes below the legendary level were almost seriously injured.

Without the quick rescue of The Flash and Quicksilver, the casualties of the heroes would have reached an extremely terrifying level.

Professor! It's your turn.

In the transition zone of the blue zone of the moon, the blue beams of light streaked across the stars and hit the main body of the Phoenix Force.

When he clearly saw that the Phoenix Force began to disintegrate, the bald-headed Luthor wearing a strange suit of armor immediately turned around and said to Professor Charles beside him:

Wake up your disciple... let her gather the scattered Phoenix power, and don't let those flames fall into the earth.

In fact, Luthor didn't need to say, the professor knew what to do.

In the battle just now, Professor Charles did not participate. He had been waiting for this moment. After Clark notified Qin's status, the Illuminati's battle plan was changed.

They originally planned to use the spell of the god Doom to lead the Phoenix Fire to the dark dimension that is currently out of control.

This is a very dangerous battle plan.

Even the Supreme Mage himself is not sure what will happen if something like the Phoenix Force falls into the currently unmanned dark dimension.

But in the face of the power beyond the Almighty Father, there are not many choices left to the heroes in order to save.

But now, they have a more secure way to deal with it.

On the surface of the moon, pushed by tired Cyclops, the professor sits in a wheelchair and wears a special metal hat with light-emitting motors on his head.

This thing is a smaller version of the brainwave enhancement machine, and it is a very dangerous thing.

In the case of wearing this thing, the strength of the professor's spiritual power will temporarily break through the limit of the heavenly father.

Once the bald old man wanted to do something dangerous, even Doom, who was holding the Time Stone, might not be able to stop him in time.

Qin...

As the professor's fingers touched the smooth forehead, the tyrannical spiritual power, like invisible fingers, crossed over the disintegrating Phoenix Force, and touched the sleeping Jean Gray's consciousness with a very gentle gesture.

The professor wanted to infiltrate Qin's dream, but it was very difficult to do so while the Phoenix Force was still in place.

However, spiritual communication is not affected by time. In the professor's perception, this kind of contact is very slow, but in the time axis, it is only a few seconds.

hum

The professor's will fell into the spiritual world of Phoenix Girl in the form of an incarnation.

This place was completely different from the last time Merlin was here.

The spiritual world that was destroyed when Dark Phoenix was out of control has been rebuilt, and it looks like a beautiful world that radiates light, without any scenes of ruined cities.

Instead, there is a green grassland filled with gentle breeze.

The sun shines on the grass, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

Unbelievably peaceful.

In front of the professor, on the slightly drooping grass that was blown by the wind and rolled out like waves, Jean Gray in a long red dress was lying on the grass in a relaxed posture.

Her long chestnut hair was blowing in the wind, and she was having a good time with her eyes closed.

This is Qin's current state of mind.

The professor in the spiritual world is no longer a disabled person who can only sit in a wheelchair. He stands upright on the grass, with his left hand in his trouser pocket and his right hand hanging down.

Don't pay attention to the bald head, that is a very handsome old man.

He looked at the disciple he hadn't seen for a long time, and there was a touch of tenderness in his smiling eyes.

Qin.

Professor Charles emphasized his tone, and this call seemed to finally wake up Meimei's sleeping Qin.

Her eyelids moved a little.

The next moment, Qin opened her eyes, and a mass of orange flames burst out in Qin's eyes. In the blink of an eye, a phoenix phantom completely composed of flames wrapped around Qin's body.

She is very much like Carol Danvers in combat state.

Every strand of the chestnut-red hair was ignited in the flames, and it was burning, setting off the piano like a queen of flames.

The entire spiritual world of singing birds and flowers suddenly turned around at this moment. Under the professor's gaze, the whole world turned into a sea of ​​burning flames at this moment.

Charles?

The awakened Qin didn't care about her own state. She seemed to have adapted to this state of symbiosis with the Phoenix Force in the years since she left.

She just looked at Professor X in front of her, and said in surprise:

Why did you appear here? Can your spiritual power travel through the starry sky and reach the deepest part of the universe?

Ah, it looks like you really don't know anything, Jean.

The professor rubbed his bald head helplessly, and he smiled and said to his disciple:

It wasn't my spirit that crossed the stars, Jean, it was you who came back to Earth, and you came back with the Phoenix Force intact. Before we continue talking, let me make sure, Jean.

The professor asked softly:

You have gotten rid of the influence of the Dark Phoenix, and you don't plan to burn the earth and everyone in the world to ashes right now?

Is not likely to?

Jean let out an exclamation, raised her hands, looked at the flames burning in her fingers, and said:

The black phoenix is ​​dead, the greedy evil spirit born of the darkness in my heart, has been killed by Merlin and his friends, although I don't know how I was resurrected in the depths of the stars, but now I am I'm pretty sure I'm sober.

The reason why I want to go into a deep sleep is also to prevent the power of the Phoenix from roaming the stars again due to the will of my heart...

Phoenix Girl herself also looked very puzzled.

Like the flame queen, she tilted her head, spread her hands, and said to her mentor:

I also don't understand why the Phoenix Force, which was stable before, crossed the sea of ​​stars and came to Earth by itself.

However, Professor, if you can come to my spiritual world, it means that you have broken the protection of the Phoenix Force from the outside world, right?

Um.

The professor nodded and said:

It was tough, and it cost us a lot, but yes, we thwarted the Phoenix Force.

Uh, fine.

Hearing the professor's words, Qin scratched her nose helplessly.

She looked at the professor with burning pupils, and with her hips akimbo, she said in a girlish clear voice:

I have two bad news for you, Professor.

First of all, you didn't defeat the Phoenix Force, you just broke it up, but as long as the Phoenix Force is willing, it can complete the reorganization in an instant. This is the power of the single universe. For it, there is no 'failure' That's what it says.

In other words, it's just playing with you... the thing you've given your all to do, and it just needs one thought to make everything you do meaningless.

Secondly, I probably understand why you wake me up. You are hoping that I will help you control the Phoenix Force, right?

Qin shrugged, she said helplessly:

But I can't control it, Professor.

The phoenix girl suspended in the air explained:

It chose me as the host, not because of how powerful I am, but because I was lucky enough. After experiencing the rampage of the Dark Phoenix, I learned from Merlin and Elsa how to coexist with the Phoenix Force. It makes a connection.

This means that I can mobilize some of its power, but I'm just a mortal after all, and my soul is not comparable to the power of the Phoenix.

Having said that, Qin scratched her chestnut red, burning long hair with some headaches, and said:

And I was asleep, and I learned a lot of weird information from the Phoenix Force. I can't tell you its essence, professor, but what I can tell you is that in this universe, the birth of the Phoenix Force and Merlin related.

So, the current situation is that I can only do my best to help you gather the power of the Phoenix.

Jean Gray said to the stunned professor in a gentle tone:

I can probably gather three-tenths of the current Phoenix Force, but for the remaining seven-tenths, you have to figure out a way for yourself.

I will make the Supreme Mage ready!

The professor's face became serious, and he said to Jean:

Buy us some time, Jean, we had other preparations for dealing with the Phoenix Force, and we'll banish it to a different dimension...

No way!

Jean shook her head, and she said:

Out of my control, the power of the Phoenix will instinctively attack all energy that is harmful to it. As far as its current energy level is concerned, different dimensions cannot trap it!

You have to deal with it in a better way... wait, I figured out a way.

The Phoenix girl rolled her eyes, moved her fingers, and said to the professor:

You brought a lot of people this time, right?

right.

The professor nodded:

About 1,000 people.

That's enough!

Jean waved her fist, and she chuckled and said:

I can make it change the form of existence and be dispersed in a more harmless way, but the Phoenix Force needs a carrier, a host like me, with its current energy level, at the level that has not reached the heavenly father, at least It takes hundreds of people to carry it.

But I want to remind you, professor, that when the power of the Phoenix is ​​applied to a mortal body, it will modify existing objects in a surreal manner. I can't predict what will happen to this kind of action.

The professor was a little taken aback.

After a few seconds, he asked:

Will the result of this action be more serious than the Earth being burned by the Phoenix Force?

of course not.

Qin said slowly:

As long as it is dispersed small enough, the power attached to each fragment can be controlled. As long as everyone does not destroy everything insanely at the same time, then the earth will not be destroyed.

They just need to take those fragments and get used to it for a short period of time. I'll go find Merlin.

The Phoenix girl opened her arms, the flames on her body were quickly extinguished, and she quickly returned to the form of a mortal body.

She flicked her long hair and said to the professor:

He must have a way to deal with all this. After all, he is the 'initiator' of everything.

Then...I'll get them ready.

The professor nodded, and he said to Jean:

You are ready to begin.

It has already begun, Professor.

A strange light appeared in Jean's eyes, and she said:

While we were talking, I had already started transmuting the shards, and, because you are the closest to me, you are the first hero to receive the shards.

Also, there is something else that needs your attention.

The phoenix girl blinked at her mentor, and the phantom of the burning spiritual world behind her shattered like glass at this moment, representing the professor's will being expelled from the phoenix girl's spiritual world.

At the moment when the professor's consciousness returned to his body, he saw Qin's eyes all turned black, and Qin Gray whose personality seemed to have been changed a lot.

And the slightly indifferent and mocking exhortation of the real Phoenix girl:

Master, the power of the phoenix has the ability to distort reality, so the apostles who carry the phoenix fragments will be affected and reshaped from the level of self-existence.

I mean, if they are not firm enough, they will be driven out of their inner darkness, just like Dark Phoenix back then, and me now...

Pray that your heroes are steadfast, Charles, and pray that their hearts are pure.

The apostles of the Phoenix have descended, and there is nothing to stop it and me from returning to Earth.

At the same time when the professor's face changed drastically, Qin's slightly sad voice also sounded faintly:

I will save you, the premise is that you can last until the mercy of me and Merlin comes.

To be honest, this time, you shouldn't be so reckless...

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In the outside world, all the heroes are gathered in the rest area on the surface of the moon, waiting for the conversation between the professor and Jean Gray to finish, and they are also admiring the rare scenery among the stars.

The Phoenix Force is disintegrating.

It was very similar to the process of a bonfire being blown out by the wind. Under the gaze of nearly a thousand pairs of eyes, the ion flames that made up the phoenix's body died little by little, and turned into flying light feathers, blooming in the starry sky.

The phoenix itself, which has become extremely thin, still maintains the posture of spreading its wings, like a phoenix-shaped sun, hanging among the stars, emitting warm light and heat to this sea of ​​stars.

Those orange light plumes fell towards the surface of the moon, without any aggressive force, quite gentle and quite beautiful.

This scene should really be recorded.

The wild mage Strange leaned against the battle ax he had inserted into the ground. He looked at the light feathers falling from above his head, and said to the Wolverine beside him who had already healed himself:

Women definitely love that scene.

He looked back at the bouncing girl Lorna holding hands with Daisy, trying to catch the shining feather of flame, and many others were preparing to do the same thing.

Don't touch them!

The next moment, the professor's hoarse voice sounded in the hearts of everyone on the surface of the moon.

but...

late.

ah!

Girl Lorna let out a scream.

The light feather passed over the magnetic field around her weightlessly and penetrated into her fingers, the orange light shone like a blooming light curtain.

She and Daisy, who was caught off guard by her side, were engulfed in it together.

This is just the beginning, countless flames and light feathers are awakened at the same time, and the beautiful scenery is transformed into a herd of predators in an instant, rushing towards the heroes closest to them, even Doom, who is manipulating time, has no time to react .

Sudden change!