Capturing Sebastian Shaw

Alex’s strength was far from weak. Sebastian Shaw’s body tilted from the punch, but he quickly straightened up again and casually wiped the corner of his mouth. His gaze at Alex remained frighteningly calm. "I apologize for what happened in the Savage Land." After a pause, Sebastian Shaw continued, his excited voice rapidly turning heavy. "But everything I did was for mutants, for the future of mutants!"

"Starting a war with humanity and making them hate us even more—was that for mutants too?" Alex sneered, his eyes filled with contempt as he looked at Sebastian Shaw. In Alex’s view, Sebastian Shaw was not doing this for mutants at all. It was entirely for his own selfish desires, for his ambition to rule the world.

"We and humanity are destined for war!" Sebastian Shaw seemed not to notice Alex’s gaze. Staring at Alex’s calm face, he defended himself. "We are humanity’s future. This is our era. The world belongs to us!"

Alex snorted, curling his lip in disdain. "There it is. Your true colors."

Sebastian Shaw finally became furious, not because Alex had exposed his ambition, but because of Alex’s indifferent attitude from beginning to end. On top of that, he had just absorbed the nuclear energy of the entire submarine. Sebastian Shaw felt more powerful than ever; it seemed he could overturn heaven and earth with a casual gesture. Brimming with confidence, Sebastian Shaw attacked without a second thought.

Whether he was too arrogant or had simply forgotten, Sebastian Shaw actually reached out and pointed at Alex’s shoulder, seemingly intending to humiliate him this way.

Alex chuckled. He neither dodged nor avoided it, even leaning closer, but his words were cutting. "You’re very stupid."

Sebastian Shaw’s fury flared, but in an instant, he remembered something. His expression changed again, turning mottled green and red in a rather ridiculous sight. After tangling with Alex for so long, how could Sebastian Shaw not know Alex’s ability?

Unfortunately, it was already too late. Sebastian Shaw’s finger had touched Alex’s shoulder.

Without any hesitation, Alex immediately copied Sebastian Shaw’s ability. The Terrigen Mist had given Alex the immensely powerful ability of Energy Control, but he had still coveted Sebastian Shaw’s Energy Absorption. Combined with Energy Control, it could produce effects no one would expect.

Sebastian Shaw realized he had made a fatal mistake. Deciding to go all out, he lunged forward, striking with both hands and feet, seemingly intending to finish Alex with a swift, thunderous assault.

Alex, however, remained unhurried. His hands clamped onto Sebastian Shaw’s shoulders like eagle claws, frantically devouring the surging energy within Sebastian Shaw’s body. Energy Absorption had originally been passive, but with the aid of Energy Control, Alex could actively devour the excess energy overflowing within Sebastian Shaw.

Sebastian Shaw knew nothing of this. Startled, he stared at Alex with a face full of horror, stammering in disbelief, "You…" He paused for a long time, yet could not utter another word.

Naturally, Alex did not explain. Smiling at Sebastian Shaw, he tightened his grip again, guarding against Sebastian Shaw breaking free.

"You forced me to do this!" Knowing he was powerless, Sebastian Shaw immediately harbored malicious intent. With a furious roar, the energy in his body became violently unstable, as though it might explode at any moment.

Alex was indeed startled at first, but he quickly calmed down. He made no move to stop him and merely watched Sebastian Shaw with a grin.

Sebastian Shaw naturally did not want to die. He had only meant to scare Alex and buy himself a moment to catch his breath. But Sebastian Shaw had not expected Alex to seemingly not care at all, not even asking a single question.

"Then let’s die together!" Once again provoked by Alex’s uncaring gaze, Sebastian Shaw growled. He stretched out both arms and tightly embraced Alex, while the energy within his body surged out in a wild torrent.

Just as Sebastian Shaw prepared to die together with Alex, he suddenly discovered that the raging energy inside him paused for a moment. Then, with the force of a thunderbolt sweeping away everything, it vanished in an instant, as though nothing had happened at all.

"Thank you for your generosity." Alex smiled faintly and spoke again, his tone still infuriatingly detached.

In order to kill Alex completely, Sebastian Shaw had truly risked everything. He had not only stirred up the energy he had just absorbed, but also mobilized all the energy he had absorbed in the past. Yet he had never imagined that, in the end, all of it would benefit Alex.

Sebastian Shaw quickly came to his senses. As he struggled desperately, he turned his head to glare at Alex, his face twisted in fury and his eyes vicious enough to devour Alex alive.

Yet even after every last bit of energy in his body had been devoured, Sebastian Shaw still could not free himself from Alex’s grasp.

Only after sensing that Sebastian Shaw’s energy had been completely drained did Alex release his hands, allowing the pale-faced Sebastian Shaw to collapse to the ground.

Without the energy sustaining him, Sebastian Shaw rapidly aged. His glossy black hair gradually turned gray, then white at a visible pace, until it became entirely white. In the blink of an eye, his skin wrinkled like dried tree bark, creating a rather chilling sight.

"I won’t let you go, Alex!" Sebastian Shaw’s voice was extremely weak, so faint it was nearly inaudible. Yet the resentment in his heart had not diminished in the slightest because of it; if anything, it had become even more obvious.

"I’ll be waiting." Alex casually glanced at Sebastian Shaw, then tore some iron plates from the submarine and fashioned them into a suit of iron armor, sealing Sebastian Shaw inside. Of course, before doing so, Alex casually removed the helmet from Sebastian Shaw’s head.

After surveying the surroundings, Alex carried the trapped Sebastian Shaw and the helmet, tore open the submarine’s metal hull, and flew out.

The battle outside had just reached its most intense stage. Alex’s uniform was already torn, and the red beams he released had lost all accuracy, flying wildly through the air. One of Angel’s transparent wings had broken, and she was struggling on the ground. Sea Siren Sean was not in much better shape; the fins on his uniform were damaged, and he had just fallen from the sky. Hank was in the worst state of all, pinned firmly to the beach by the Brotherhood of Mutants’ Teleporter as a sharp dagger slowly approached his eyes.

Alex casually tossed Sebastian Shaw onto the ground and suddenly shouted, "Our war is over!" With the chief culprit removed, Alex no longer considered the remaining Brotherhood of Mutants a problem.

Everyone stopped and turned to look at Alex as he slowly descended from the air. Then they shifted their gazes to Sebastian Shaw, their faces full of astonishment, as though they could not believe their own eyes.