In front of Superman, you have no choice but to give yourself to a little girl.

With its enviable compatibility with the Phoenix Force, if it can continue to grow, it might become the strongest Phoenix Force host in the future.

For some reason, the thought suddenly popped into his head, and Phoenix Force couldn't help but smile.

He didn't think Qin had that chance anymore.

Kang's right arm armor, equipped with time technology, lit up—with the aid of the time field, golden-red flames formed a fiery phoenix that blotted out the sky.

Phoenix Force Kang clenched his right fist, and the enormous energy continuously converged, his right fist seemingly transforming into a newborn sun!

Sensing danger, Jean instinctively used the power of the Phoenix to protect herself.

However, just as Kang said, she had only had the Phoenix Force for a very short time compared to Kang, and her control over the Phoenix Force was rather rough.

The golden-red newborn sun, carrying the field of time, crushed everything in its path with deep red flames!

Qin stared in astonishment at everything before her, her mind blank.

Will you come to save me?

For some reason, the figure she had locked deep in her heart resurfaced in her blank mind.

Faced with impending death, Qin felt no fear, no anger... only an indescribable sadness—it seemed she would never see him again.

Her slightly dry red lips clenched tightly, and two lines of clear tears slowly slid down her cheeks... "Liar."

"Still crying so much even though you're all grown up~"

The familiar voice that had appeared countless times in Qin's dreams entered her ears despite the vacuum barrier. Qin stared blankly at the white cloak that was blocking her way and moving without wind.

Unlike Qin's side, Kang's side was like a complete horror movie.

Almost blinded by the sudden appearance of a large golden M, he threw a punch full of Phoenix Power, only to have it caught by the opponent with a single hand!

"Are you kidding me!"

What do you mean my charged ultimate attack unleashed a hidden boss?

What do you mean a hidden boss can take my ultimate attack without taking any damage?!

Phoenix Force Kang raised his head in disbelief, his gaze meeting Wayne's disdainful eyes.

"What are you looking at?"

Snapped--! ! !

Wayne slapped him so hard that space itself twisted violently. The Phoenix Force sent Kang flying backward, flying out of the solar system in the blink of an eye, crushing dozens of planets along the way before crashing into a star, his fate unknown.

After easily defeating Kang, Wayne had just turned around when he was suddenly bumped into by a soft, warm body.

Jean buried herself tightly in Wayne's arms, her arms wrapped around the back of his neck, refusing to let go.

Wayne caught her somewhat awkwardly. To him, Jean was a little girl "just now" and a mature woman "now"—but she was still just as prone to crying.

Wayne glanced at the crimson phoenix power surrounding Jean, but didn't take it too seriously—it was nothing.

Although Qin had gone berserk, the situation wasn't too difficult to handle. He didn't even need to intervene; Qin calmed down on her own and everything was fine.

If the rampage becomes more severe, or even transforms into the "Dark Phoenix," then he will have to intervene. After all, the "Dark Phoenix" is a hybrid entity dominated by the Phoenix Force, and it is no longer a simple case of anger and rampage.

Wayne waited a while, but seeing that Jean still didn't let go, he patted her back to indicate that it was enough. "Cough cough... I can't move if you're holding me like this."

"It's best if they can't move!"

Jean slowly raised her head, her beautiful, wet eyes filled with resentment as she glared at Wayne. "You bastard, you actually abandoned me! Do you know how long I've been looking for you?!"

"Just a few seconds... what are you doing?"

"Don't you feel any pain, you bastard?"

"Should I be in pain?"

Jean was initially worried that she might pinch him too hard and hurt him, but seeing Wayne completely unresponsive, she felt even angrier.

However, upon seeing Wayne again, even Jean herself didn't notice that the originally deep red phoenix power around her began to turn crimson gold.

If some mischievous little devil saw this scene, he would probably complain - "A hug is enough, but riding on it would evolve him?"

Jean subconsciously reached out to touch Wayne's cheek, looking at the face that was exactly the same as she remembered, and seemed lost in thought.

After a long silence, Qin couldn't help but laugh. "You liar! You said you'd go back to Krypton to save that child you were talking about. Did you even save her?"

"She was saved. Just as I expected, she was crying terribly."

"Really? Then you must have arrived too late."

Qin reluctantly let go of her hand. She looked at the ripples in the distance, but still reminded her, "You're not allowed to run away after this is all over."

"Do I look like someone who leaves without saying goodbye?"

"If you dare run away, I'll ignore you! No! Hmm... you really are a jerk!"

During their conversation, Jean and Wayne looked at the ripples in the distance—two extremely similar figures emerged from them.

One of them was Phoenix Force, whom he had just slapped away. Half of his armor was shattered, and blood seeped from his face, which was mostly stained red. He didn't look well.

Phoenix Force surged with golden-red flames, reshaping its armor and repairing its body. Its eyes were filled with apprehension as it looked at Wayne.

This thing is terrifyingly powerful, and its hand speed is as fast as a ghost. If he hadn't used the time field to help him gather the power of the phoenix and protect himself just before the attack hit, he might have been killed on the spot!

Moreover, his years of combat instincts told him that Wayne had just given a casual slap and hadn't used his full strength at all!

Fortunately... this isn't a problem I should be troubled by.

Phoenix Force glanced discreetly at the purple figure who was half a body length ahead of him—the armor was almost identical to his own, except for a noticeable difference in the chest area.

It was a palm-sized transparent cube, embedded in the center of the breastplate, emitting a faint but undeniable glow.

Cosmic Cube!

Unlike the Space Stone container Tesseract in the MCU, this is an extremely terrifying technological product.

By using technology, a stable rift is forcibly opened between the real universe and a "special realm" called the "Transcendental Realm," which is "independent of the multiverse." Then, an energy constraint matrix is ​​created using a special force field or a special alloy. Once the energy from the Transcendental Realm is filled, it will automatically stabilize into a cosmic cube.

The Cosmic Cube possesses immense power; it can easily alter reality or manipulate spacetime, and even reconstruct the entire reality structure of the universe.

However, if you use this thing for a long time, it will develop an independent personality. For example, thousands of years ago, the Skrulls created the first known Cosmic Cube. Later, that Cosmic Cube developed consciousness, blew up two-thirds of the Skrull Empire, almost causing it to regress to a primitive society, and then left.

Furthermore, although this thing is awesome, it's not actually as rare as you might think in the multiverse. Including Kang's, there are more than one Cosmic Cube in this universe alone.

It's just that very few people can control the Cosmic Cube for a long time, since this thing will grow legs and run away after being used for a while.

However, its immense power still led many people to "steal electricity," and Wayne could hardly imagine how many breaches had been made in the Transcendental Realm to date.

However, it is said that the entire multiverse is as insignificant to the Transcendental Realm as a drop of water in the vast ocean—so for the vast and powerful Transcendental Realm, the stolen little bit of energy should be nothing.