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Electromagnetic force.

When those three words were uttered lightly from Peter's mouth, Magneto's expression changed drastically.

He looked at the restless, leaping lightning in Peter's palm; the blinding light and the "chirping" shrieks felt like an invisible hammer slamming into his heart.

How is that possible?

This human not only possesses monstrous physical strength, but can even control lightning?

It is important to understand that electricity and magnetism are two sides of the same coin.

Eric was able to become "Magneto" precisely because his understanding and manipulation of the Earth's magnetic field had reached its pinnacle.

After being enhanced by Apocalypse, his control over magnetic fields has reached an unbelievable level.

He was even confident that he could forcibly control even ordinary artificial electromagnetic fields.

But the lightning in the man's palm gave him a sense of fear.

He could sense that the lightning in this person's hand was not simple!

That was not something an ordinary mutant could do—charging and discharging—but something that was infinitely close to lightning in nature!

No, not possible!

Magneto shook his head, forcibly suppressing those "unreliable" thoughts in his mind.

He told himself this silently.

A person's abilities have limits.

No matter how strong this young man is, he is still just a human being!

Although it's unknown how he obtained power greater than that of an Omega-level mutant like himself.

But having two or three such powers is already the limit!

How could one possibly reach the pinnacle of every superpower?

That's right! That's exactly it!

Perhaps, the lightning in that young man's hand was already the limit of what he could do!

If I just hold on for a while, and as long as my control and output of the magnetic field are stable enough, I may be able to forcibly reverse and suppress the electromagnetic field created by the other party!

With this thought in mind, the last hesitation in Magneto's eyes was replaced by resolute determination.

"Hmph! Don't think you can scare me with such a little trick!"

Magneto roared, suddenly pushing his control over the magnetic field to an unprecedented extreme!

Because he exerted too much force, even the veins around his temples bulged out.

As he unleashed his full power, invisible magnetic lines of force expanded, intertwined, and overlapped outwards from him, forming an absolute barrier in front of him constructed of pure repulsive force. Its strength was so exaggerated that it could be observed with the naked eye.

The metal fragments he forcibly separated from the ruins now transformed into his most loyal guards, spinning rapidly around him and forming an additional layer of strangulation storm.

But Peter remained nonchalant in the face of Magneto's efforts.

He simply stood calmly, his feet barely touching the air, facing the terrifying magnetic field that could distort light, and slowly moved forward step by step.

The lightning in his hand visibly deformed as he moved forward due to interference from the magnetic field.

But that's all. Although the magnetic field can cause fluctuations in the shape of lightning, it can never stop the lightning from moving forward.

Sizzle~

The storm of metal shards was the first to come into contact with Chidori, but the moment it touched the lightning, it was demagnetized by the high temperature and high voltage arc, turning into tiny specks that fell away.

After breaking through the metal storm, Peter calmly continued on his way.

Magneto's forehead was also beaded with cold sweat.

The second floor, the third floor...

Layer upon layer of magnetic barriers were breached by terrifying electric current.

Magneto's face began to turn pale, his body trembled slightly from the overload of his abilities, and a streak of bright red blood flowed down his nose.

That's a sign that the ability has been overused and has damaged the foundation!

Peter's figure became clearer and clearer in Magneto's ever-expanding pupils.

In the blink of an eye, the lightning was less than three inches away from his heart.

He could even smell the ozone that was ionized in the air.

The shadow of death has never been so intense.

But just then...

snort~

The unstoppable lightning bolt stopped without warning.

"..."

Magneto was stunned.

Overwhelmed by the immense relief of surviving the ordeal, he almost collapsed to the ground uncontrollably.

He felt his heart pounding like a drum, and when he looked at Peter, who was so close, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face, a mixture of lingering fear and smugness.

Won!

In the end, Magneto won this battle between electricity and magnetism!

"I told you, don't underestimate this little thing..."

Magneto was about to say something to mock Peter's overestimation of his abilities, and at the same time vent his fear of having just narrowly escaped death.

But before he could finish speaking, Storm and Psylocke's screams, a mixture of shock and horror, came from not far away:

"What is that?!"

If it were those brats from Xavier's School making a fuss, he would just scoff and dismiss it as some kind of boring charade like, "Look, a UFO!"

But since it was Storm and Psylocke, both of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who spoke up, he couldn't help but take them seriously.

He subconsciously followed their gazes, turned his head with difficulty, and looked up at the sky above him.

Just one glance.

Magneto's smile froze completely.

He opened his mouth wide, making a hissing sound like a leaky bellows, and the horror in his eyes was a hundred times more intense than when he faced death just now!

From the thick, leaden clouds overhead, a head so enormous it defies description suddenly appeared.

It was a mythical creature composed entirely of billions of bolts of lightning!

It has two horns on its head, looks like a giant dragon, and every scale flashes with destructive lightning.

Although it has no physical form, it is more oppressive than flesh and blood.

Those eyes, composed entirely of lightning, now pierced through the thick clouds, coldly and indifferently locking onto him!

"Ta-da! Congratulations on passing the second level!"

Just as he felt his soul tremble, a nonchalant, slightly mocking voice came from behind him.

"This move is called 'Lightning Release: Kirin'!"

"How is it? Do you like it?"

I love you, Thunder!

At that moment, Magneto felt like he was going crazy.

Such a dramatic rise and fall between life and death was an incredibly damaging blow to someone with such an unruly personality.

But this is only one part of Peter's manipulation of people's mentality.

Peter dismissed the Thousand Birds from his hand, crossed his arms, and leisurely watched Magneto's face, which was filled with blankness and fear, his smile growing increasingly sinister:

"Speaking of which, we really have to thank your white-haired friend for being able to create such a big thing."

He pointed at Storm, who looked completely bewildered in the distance.

"If she hadn't accumulated so much charge beforehand, I really wouldn't have been able to shake this little darling out~"