"Then let's see, You human.
Today You die, or I lose."
Shadow King clenched his fists, and cosmic energy converged into a dazzling sphere of light in his palms.
Boom!!!
He crashed into Russell like a cannonball!
The metal storm instantly tightened, tens of millions of tons of steel surged towards Shadow King like a giant wave.
"Rogue can steal others' life energy through touch, so close combat with Shadow King, who has possessed her body, is definitely not a good option."
Russell's eyes were sharp.
Bang!
Shadow King, occupying Rogue's body, possessed extraordinary power and an unstoppable Impact. He forcefully broke through layers of steel barriers, and his energy erupted, blasting a huge gap in the metal vortex!
"Your broken scraps," Shadow King laughed. "They are useless against me."
"This human woman's body is truly powerful. It's laughable that she has been suppressing this power because it was taken from others."
Buzz!
Russell suddenly raised his hand, and the entire city of New York's electricity was forcibly extracted. High-voltage cables emerged from the ground like giant pythons, coiling around the charging Shadow King, and millions of volts of current surged into him!
"Ahhh!"
Shadow King briefly stiffened in the current, but in the next second, a terrifying energy erupted, shattering all the cables!
"This move is no longer effective.
Human!"
The abilities Rogue gained by absorbing Captain Marvel's life energy included not only astonishing cosmic energy but also an incredibly powerful body, among the best on the entire Earth.
Excluding defense, even Red Tank probably couldn't compare.
Whoosh!
Shadow King attacked again, rushing in front of Russell, and his fist swung down violently, as if a mountain of power crashed onto the electromagnetic field.
Time slowed, and the electromagnetic field rippled violently like Water into which a stone had been thrown, but it was not shattered in one blow.
The next moment, Russell was deeply blasted into the ground.
A hundred-meter-high wave of Earth surged into the sky, the ground trembled, a several-hundred-meter deep pit appeared, and the Impact spread for miles.
The oppressive feeling brought by Shadow King occupying Rogue's body was undoubtedly more terrifying.
He was about to lean down and press his advantage against Russell.
"Get lost, monster!"
Wanda unleashed her power, her hair flying. As she sensed further threat, her emotions surged, and the power of Chaos Magic suddenly increased by a level, blasting Shadow King back.
"The power You control is very strong, human woman."
Stabilizing his body in the air, Shadow King's eyes narrowed darkly, and brilliant golden-blue energy surged around him. Cosmic energy surged endlessly, condensing into a thick beam of light that blasted out.
"But You haven't truly understood the essence of this power yet.
It was never born for protection."
"Join me in destroying this reality, human woman. Don't be so quick to refuse the opportunity I'm giving You…"
"Monster, do You take me for a demon like You?!
What has this World done to You that You want to destroy it?!"
Wanda coldly shouted, suspended between the shattered clouds, scarlet Chaos energy coiling around her fingertips like a living thing.
Bottomless dark red surged in the depths of her pupils, and reality slightly twisted around her—the air trembled, light bent, as if space itself feared her presence.
The dark red energy wall directly deflected the energy, shooting it into the distance and blasting through a large mountain outside the city.
Russell knew what Shadow King was, so he didn't waste any words with him.
But to Wanda, it was extremely perplexing. Even if this being called Shadow King wanted to rule the World, it would be reasonable.
But he seemed to only want to see the entire World destroyed, filled with wails, and ultimately reduced to the silence of death.
Simply incomprehensible!
"Perhaps You are truly beyond saving." Wanda waved her hand, releasing Chaos Magic, and a thick scarlet Impact wave cut through the air, striking towards Shadow King.
Shadow King quickly dodged, the energy wave grazing his shoulder, cutting a distant tall building in half.
He swooped down, attempting to suppress her in close quarters, but Wanda's Chaos Magic instantly formed a barrier, blocking Shadow King's Impact.
Click, click!
Suddenly, the sky became overcast with dense clouds, and a massive whirlwind inverted downwards. Silver snake-like lightning tore through the sky, striking Shadow King like a torrent.
"Lightning, heed my command! Destroy this demon!"
Storm's White hair danced wildly as she flew, riding the strong winds.
Beside her, also supported by the winds, were the remnants of the Blackbird jet.
"X-Men, attack!"
Cyclops let out a low roar, pressing his red quartz glasses, and a thick laser beam shot out, striking towards Shadow King, forcing Shadow King to raise his hand to block.
"A plane crash can't kill us, at least not me."
Wolverine wildly chomped on a cigar, his knees bent, accumulating power as he stood on Colossus's shoulder. Colossus's posture resembled a discus thrower at the Olympics, as he spun and powerfully hurled Wolverine.
Whoosh!
With claws extended, shimmering with cold light, Wolverine shot towards Shadow King like an arrow released from a bowstring.
"Scarlet Witch, let's subdue him together!" Beast pulled out a laser Gatling gun from the jet, slung it over his shoulder with a strap, and set it to high-power mode. Beams of laser struck towards Shadow King.
"Be careful, don't hurt Rogue."
"Just You?"
Shadow King sneered, twisting his body to dodge Wolverine's attack, then countered with an energy blast, sending him flying. He then suddenly clapped his hands together, sending a violent Impact wave forward.
The Blackbird jet was completely shattered and disintegrated, and Colossus and the others, who couldn't fly, fell towards the ground.
Only Storm, like a goddess wielding lightning, hurled bolts of lightning, joining forces with Wanda to fight Shadow King, momentarily holding him back.
During the battle, Wanda waved her hand, blasting out energy waves, and her eyes flashed with worry as she glanced at the deep pit on the ground.
Why hadn't Russell come up yet?
Had he been injured?
Snap!
"Wanda, look out!"
Shadow King seized the opportunity and charged towards Wanda. Storm quickly warned her, and Wanda regained her focus to block, but the terrifying force shattered her barrier and blasted her away.
In the Impact wave, Wanda's mouth bled, and she flew backward with a hint of pain on her face.
She landed in a firm embrace. Wanda turned her head to see the man's face, close at hand, with a gentle smile on his lips.
"You're alright?"
"Of course, I'm alright." Russell smiled faintly. Seeing Shadow King charge with a powerful punch, his body surging with cosmic energy and an incredibly fierce aura, he raised his hand and remotely pulled a shield from underground.
A 'thin' silver shield, only a palm's thickness.
"Human, have You run out of power?
You actually dare to try and block me with just one shield!"
Shadow King sneered, suddenly exerting force in his arm, intending to smash through the laughable shield with a punch like a meteor, and then continue his unstoppable charge towards Russell.
Clang!
A deafening clash of metal.
A faint pain shot through his knuckles. Shadow King's face turned pale with shock. His fist, capable of sinking small islands, had only made a dent in the shield in front of him, but had not pierced it.
Buzz!
A circular wave of air spread out, pushing Storm back several hundred meters.
Russell casually set up an electromagnetic field, shielding himself and Wanda in his arms from the overwhelming Impact waves.
"Surprised?
It seems You don't know much about this World You want to destroy."
He reached out and grabbed, and the ground trembled. Several huge alloy chain nets, shimmering with dark silver, shot out from various directions beneath Shadow King's feet.
They lunged towards Shadow King.
Shadow King punched out an energy light wave, which sent the chain nets flying, but surprisingly, it didn't shatter them, or even deform them.
"What is this?"
Shadow King's expression slightly changed.
"Adamantium."
Wanda recognized it with surprise and turned to look at Russell.
"You were underground, making these Adamantium?"
"That's right."
Without haste, Russell remotely manipulated the blasted-away alloy chain nets to lunge at Shadow King again.
After being blasted into the ground, he realized how troublesome Shadow King was, occupying Rogue's body.
If it came to close combat, Rogue's ability to absorb life energy through touch was simply impossible to ignore.
"Shadow King is definitely not like Rogue, who thinks her ability is terrifying and evil, and avoids using it as much as possible."
But if he only used the Magneto template,
It seemed he might not gain the upper hand against 'Shadow King' occupying Rogue's body.
While underground, Russell switched templates and used his matter manipulation ability, expending great effort to rapidly convert Earth into a batch of Adamantium weapons.
He had already understood the composition of Adamantium when he manipulated Wolverine to defeat Red Tank using his magnetic abilities, and now it came in handy.
"Even if Captain Marvel herself came, it wouldn't be easy to shatter Adamantium.
Moreover, the body Shadow King is controlling is just 'Rogue,' who hasn't gained Captain Marvel's full power!"
Russell controlled the magnetic field, no longer creating grand scenes, lifting buildings, or tearing up streets.
Just a few alloy nets sharply cut through the air towards Shadow King, forcing Shadow King to awkwardly dodge left and right.
His fingers danced like a musician conducting a symphony, and the several alloy chain nets moved like sentient beings, attacking from left and right.
Shadow King's cosmic energy couldn't destroy Adamantium in a hurry, nor did he dare to physically charge in and try to tear the nets. He was immediately constrained, and his fierce power was gone.
Soon, Russell, manipulating the nets, forced him into a corner, with less and less space to dodge.
Whoosh!
Shadow fell, and a several-meter-wide chain net descended over his head.
Shadow King's expression drastically changed. Before he could try to exert force to break free, several other nets followed, tightly wrapping his occupied body with dense chain nets.
And they contracted tightly, like countless giant pythons, making the bones of the body he occupied creak.
"No, get away!"
Shadow King roared, his body boiling with cosmic energy, his power pushed to the extreme, but he still couldn't tear through the nets on him.
Magneto's control over magnetic fields is actually very powerful; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to casually tear apart the Earth or treat the Golden Gate Bridge like building blocks.
However, ordinary steel and alloys are no different from fragile plastic sheets to truly powerful ability users; they tear easily, making it difficult to easily restrict or threaten them.
But with a batch of Adamantium as weapons, it's different.
Russell manipulated the alloy chain nets, tightly binding Shadow King and pinning him in mid-air, making it impossible for him to fly away even if he wanted to, while still entangled in the nets.
"Just like in the comics, Magneto forcibly manipulates Mjolnir with his magnetic field. Even if he can't use Mjolnir's divine power, having the incredibly heavy and indestructible Mjolnir, hitting wherever he aims, greatly increases his strength!"
Seeing Shadow King captured, Storm's eyes lit up with surprise, but then she grew anxious as she saw Shadow King still struggling.
"Thunder, heed my command!"
Storm, from the land of Africa, was from a hereditary priestly family of a tribe. At this moment, she was like a thunder goddess summoning lightning to slay a demon, and bolts of lightning continuously struck down from the sky.
A waterfall of electric light almost submerged Shadow King.
"Damn human, You…"
Shadow King's body stiffened, making it even harder to struggle. Through the net, his hateful and fierce gaze, if it could kill, would have torn Russell to pieces.
He had finally managed to occupy a powerful human body again, and he was on the verge of successfully destroying this World.
"How many abilities do You have?!"
"Russell, be careful, he might abandon Rogue's body and escape again." Wanda warned anxiously.
"He won't escape!"
Russell sneered. With a wave of his hand, the alloy chain nets twisted and coiled, a dense part wrapping around Shadow King's head.
"You wait, human…"
Shadow King was furious and frustrated, trying to escape again, but found he couldn't break free. A peculiar force field severely affected his mental power, trapping him within this body.
"This… this is the strange metal that made Your helmet."
He was greatly alarmed.
"I told You, don't rush, I'll give You a helmet just like it."
Russell chuckled, his incredibly powerful magnetic force controlling the metal.
The dull metal coating on the Adamantium nets flowed away, revealing the original silver color of Adamantium, like several streams of Water climbing towards Shadow King's head, condensing into an unremovable alloy helmet that settled onto Shadow King's head.
Once the helmet was on, the tight force field directly cut off the outward extension of his psychic power.
"No… no!"
Shadow King was tightly bound by the Adamantium, unable to move, and his psychic power was isolated, trapped within the body he occupied. He was completely stuck!
"Finally solved."
Wanda breathed a sigh of relief at this, and only then realized she was still in Russell's arms. Her face flushed, and she quickly stepped back, her skin as White and translucent as fresh snow, her cheeks tinged with a delicate rose color, like petals kissed by the morning glow.
Russell just smiled slightly.
[Rogue Template acquired]
"Rogue, Rogue!"
Storm rushed to the 'Shadow King' trapped by the chains, trying to awaken Rogue's consciousness.
"Let me out, Ororo, I was the first to discover Your potential.
Otherwise, You wouldn't have met Professor X."
Shadow King excitedly tempted and threatened.
"As long as You let me go, I will stay away from this reality, otherwise, if I get even the slightest chance to escape, I will definitely come back and destroy this World."
"Shadow King, You're dreaming!"
Storm's shoulders trembled, and she glared angrily.
"It's useless. Shadow King's mental power is difficult for even Professor X to contend with. You can't awaken Rogue's consciousness with just one or two calls."
Russell flew over, patted Storm's shoulder, telling her to stop doing useless work.
"Then… what can be done to separate Rogue from this demon?"
Storm looked to Russell for help.
Russell had helped subdue Shadow King, and since Russell appeared, he had displayed many miraculous abilities.
This victory over Shadow King was also entirely due to Russell.
"Human You…"
"Shut up!"
Shadow King started cursing and threatening as soon as he saw Russell approaching.
Russell, finding him noisy, waved his hand to deform the helmet and block his mouth, then shrugged.
"Matters of the mind are not my specialty."
"Perhaps we can take 'him' back and ask Professor X for ideas?"