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Just then, Wanda moved! Her figure was as fast as a ghost, not at all like a witch who relied on magic, but more like a warrior who was proficient in fighting!

Crimson energy flowed between her fists and feet, each strike accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air.

The first to be affected was Baron Mordo, who was closest to her.

As the current Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj, Mordo's physical skills far surpassed those of ordinary people, and he instinctively adopted a defensive stance for Kamar-Taj to block.

boom!

With a muffled thud, Modu felt a sharp pain in both arms, as if he had been hit by a battering ram. He was sent flying uncontrollably and crashed heavily into the wall.

"Damn it!" Mordo coughed up blood, staring at Wanda in disbelief. "This power..."

"Is this a mage who has maxed out physical skills?" A slightly mocking voice suddenly came from the laboratory doorway.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a figure wearing a red cloak and sporting a neat little mustache who had appeared there at some point.

It was Stephen Strange, the Dark Lord, who rushed to the scene after receiving Rosso's "warning"—in short, Black Strange.

He did not immediately form hand seals to cast a spell, but instead scanned the crowd until he found Strange in Universe 616 before stopping.

"Another Strange?" Everyone in Universe 838, including Mordo who had just gotten up from the ground, was stunned.

Ignoring the crowd's surprise, Black Odd turned his gaze to the berserk Wanda, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Wanda, stop. You've gone far enough for a child that doesn't even exist," he said in a deep voice.

"Hypocrite!" Sensing the lingering dark aura emanating from Black Strange, Wanda cursed angrily. Then, relying on her body enhanced by chaotic energy and her not-so-skilled combat instincts, she transformed into a scarlet whirlwind and rushed straight at Strange!

"When reasoning fails..." Strange sighed. The next second, he moved!

There was only magical radiance, no physical distortion. It was a body enhanced by multiple energies, with its hands forming a magic circle to withstand every punch and kick from the witch!

Bang! Snap! Thud!

A series of booming sounds from the collisions echoed through the laboratory.

Two people who should be top-tier mages are now engaged in a brutal and dangerous close-quarters fight!

"This...this is Strange?" Captain Carter stared in disbelief. The Strange she remembered, while possessing some fighting skills, certainly didn't have this level of mastery!

"Your obsession has blinded you, Wanda!" Black Odd seized an opening in Wanda's movements during an exchange, delivering a precise chop to her wrist joint. Although it didn't interrupt the attack, it did momentarily halt her movements.

"Look around you! Look at this universe! Because of your dream, two universes are heading towards destruction! If those children exist, would they want their mother to be a world-destroying monster?"

Black's strange words, imbued with a seductive power, struck Wanda's wounded soul with pinpoint accuracy.

A fierce struggle flashed in her scarlet eyes, and her attack noticeably slowed down.

"No... my child..." Wanda clutched her head, letting out a painful scream, the crimson energy around her fluctuating violently, sometimes raging, sometimes weak.

Black Strange stopped attacking and began forming hand seals. With a flick of his wrists, runes landed on Wanda's head.

"Now!" he shouted at Reed.

Reed immediately understood and adjusted the output frequency of the device in his hand, concentrating and strengthening the suppression field around Wanda.

The crimson glow emanating from Wanda finally faded completely, and the madness in her eyes was gradually replaced by exhaustion and pain.

"I...what did I do..." She collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face. "My child!"

Overwhelmed by the desire to see her child, she staggered and began to walk outside.

The laboratory was silent except for the dragging sound of Wanda's footsteps.

Seeing Wanda move again, the others, now free from the force field's suppression, also became wary.

"No," Charles waved his hand to stop them from going any further, "she is now Wanda of our universe. Just a mother longing to be reunited with her children."

Turning his gaze away from the staggering figure, Hei Qiyi breathed slightly and straightened his somewhat disheveled collar and cloak.

He glanced at Rosso in the chair and raised an eyebrow: "'I'm going to deliver it'? Your warning is certainly 'timely'."

Rosso shrugged: "Wasn't the effect pretty good? We even got to see two magicians having a real, hand-to-hand fight!"

At that moment, Strange from Universe 616 walked over, looking at his alter ego with a complicated expression: "So... this is how you usually fight?"

Hei Qiyi glanced at him and said calmly, "Of course not. But you can't expect the enemy to reason with you every time and stand still and wait for you to finish the hand seals, can you?"

"You didn't just do meditation during your morning exercise at Kamar-Taj, did you?"

616 Strange: "..."

The Illuminati members: "..."

Reed thought to himself, "It seems we need to reassess the Sorcerer Supreme's combat capabilities."

After dealing with the invaders, the Illuminati didn't forget about the few visitors from other universes. Moreover, the newcomer, Stephen, bore a striking resemblance to the Stephen from their universe who had come into contact with the Dark Book.

Charles wheeled himself forward, his gaze shifting between the two Stranges and Rosso before finally settling on the Black Strange: "Dr. Strange... or rather, Dr. Strange from another universe. Thank you for your help!"

But please understand, because of our late Stephen Strange in this universe, we're always prejudiced against people who resemble him in appearance and personality. And you... seem to have had contact with the Dark Book?

Black Strange calmly met Professor X's gaze: "I come from a universe you may not have numbered. As for the Dark Book, I did come into contact with it, drew power from it, and paid a price. But I am different from the one in your universe."

"Different?" Baron Mordo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his tone skeptical. "The power of darkness corrupts the mind; Stephen of our universe is a prime example! How can you prove you haven't fallen into darkness?"

"I don't need to prove anything to you." Black Strange looked at Rosso and then continued, "Darkness and light are not absolutely opposed; the key lies in the user's will and purpose."

Just as I helped you banish the Chaos Witch, I use the power of darkness to achieve my goals of light—a point I don't expect you to understand.

Seeing that Mordo still wanted to say something, Black Strange ignored him and went to Rosso's side: "Lord Rosso, all the aftermath has been taken care of. I've come to fulfill my promise."