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Heavenly Court’s Three Greatest Rebels Assemble, Wanda Goes Berserk
"Yang Jian, what does Chen Tang Pass have to do with you?! By provoking the Dragon King like this, are you trying to drag Chen Tang Pass into an abyss of eternal damnation?"
"Nezha, you little beast! If you still have even a shred of conscience, hurry up and use your life to appease the Dragon King’s wrath."
Li Jing dropped all pretenses. Chen Tang Pass was on the brink of destruction, and for the sake of its people, he had to draw a clear line between himself and Nezha and Yang Jian.
"Li Jing!"
Nezha’s eyes were filled with coldness. The Fire Tipped Spear in his hand trembled violently, radiating murderous intent.
Yang Jian did not hesitate in the slightest. He brought the Heaven Supporting Pillar down in a crushing blow, carrying the force of thunder.
Li Jing was horrified. He had not expected Yang Jian to actually attack.
He hurriedly raised his three-foot sword to block, but in an instant, the sword shattered. He was sent flying backward, vomiting blood without end.
The Heaven Supporting Pillar, like the Sea Stabilizing Divine Needle, was a divine weapon made for devastating combat. How could Li Jing possibly block it?
Pfft!
Li Jing’s face turned pale, and his aura weakened. Yang Jian swung his staff down again. Terrified, Li Jing shouted, "Nezha, save me!"
Hearing this, Nezha raised the Fire Tipped Spear and blocked Yang Jian’s strike. Yang Jian took two steps back and said, "Nezha, why are you still saving Li Jing? Have you forgotten how he just forced you to die?"
Nezha’s face darkened, while Li Jing let out a sigh of relief.
"Nezha…" Li Jing was about to speak.
But Nezha suddenly turned his spear around and decisively thrust it into Li Jing’s heart.
"Urgh…" Li Jing was too shocked to speak as blood gushed wildly from his chest.
"You little beast, you… you dare commit patricide. You defy Heavenly Principles. May heaven strike you down with lightning."
Li Jing fell to the ground, and the fluctuations of life gradually vanished from his body.
Yang Jian was also startled by Nezha’s sudden backward strike, but he said nothing.
Nezha pulled out the Fire Tipped Spear, then stabbed him once more, severing all of Li Jing’s remaining vitality. "Li Jing, if Brother Yang had killed you just now, you would have died without question. I saved you, so that counts as repaying the debt of raising me.
You call it a debt of upbringing, but I, Li Nezha, was born of heaven and earth. You never spent even one day raising me.
You forced me to kill myself just now. You are unworthy of being my father.
Since you cannot protect Chen Tang Pass, I will."
Li Jing could no longer speak. His consciousness blurred, and in the end, he fell completely silent.
The East Sea Dragon King was dumbfounded. Damn, this Nezha was outrageous. He had actually killed his own father. What a ruthless person!
But if their positions had been reversed, he would never have forced his own son to die. At worst, they would have perished together.
"Brother Yang, I’ll bear the reputation of patricide. You don’t need to act," Nezha said.
"Hahaha, good. Nezha, I, Yang Jian, acknowledge you as my brother," Yang Jian said.
Nezha pointed the Fire Tipped Spear at the East Sea Dragon King. "Old loach, if you still want to flood Chen Tang Pass, then go ahead. But I, Nezha, swear that from now on, I’ll go to the East Sea every day and slaughter your Dragon Sons and Grandsons. Unless I wipe out every living thing in the East Sea, I swear I won’t be human!"
"…" The East Sea Dragon King fell silent. What kind of logic was that? He had pulled out his son’s dragon tendons, and now he was threatening him like this? By now, the East Sea Dragon King was afraid. He could not defeat Nezha, and Nezha had even killed Li Jing. If such a ruthless person went mad, it would be a disaster for the East Sea.
After weighing the matter, he saw no need to fight to the bitter end.
Although the Third Prince had had his dragon tendons removed, he had not actually died. He was merely crippled. If nourished with heavenly treasures, he might still recover.
The East Sea Dragon King waved his hand, and the towering waves in the sky slowly receded into the East Sea. The dark clouds gradually dispersed. He said, "Nezha, I can spare Chen Tang Pass, but this matter is not over. I will report everything truthfully to the Heavenly Court. When the time comes, the Heavenly Court will deal with you."
"Whatever." Nezha did not care in the slightest.
The East Sea Dragon King glanced at Yang Jian and Nezha before leaving with the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals.
He could not afford to provoke Nezha, this baleful star, and Yang Jian was no different. Both were killing gods who did not care about the consequences at all.
Nezha looked at the unconscious Yin Shi beside him, his emotions complicated.
"Second Brother, Nezha!"
Yang Chan finally arrived and saw Yang Jian and Nezha, whom she had not seen for a long time.
There was no helping it. One had learned the Somersault Cloud, and the other rode the Wind Fire Wheels. Yang Chan’s cloud-riding technique was simply too slow.
"Third Sister! Why are you here?" Delight appeared in Yang Jian’s eyes.
Ever since the Yang Family had been destroyed and their father and eldest brother had been killed by the Great Golden Crow, he and Yang Chan had fled for their lives. Later, they had become separated. Who would have thought they would reunite here? "Sister Yang Chan!" Nezha said happily.
"You know each other?" Yang Jian asked.
"Second Brother."
Yang Chan threw herself into Yang Jian’s embrace. Seeing family again, all her pent-up emotions surged forth at once.
"Third Sister, you’ve suffered." Yang Jian sighed and gently patted Yang Chan’s back.
Yang Chan then explained her relationship with Nezha.
Only then did Yang Jian understand the cause and effect behind it. It turned out Nezha had saved Yang Chan. Otherwise, she might have long since been captured by demons and made into a bandit chief’s wife!
"Second Brother, why did you come here?" Yang Chan asked.
"I happened to be passing by. I couldn’t stand it, so I acted," Yang Jian said, temporarily not mentioning that it was because of the Chat Group.
"Sister Yang Chan, didn’t Master tell you not to come?" Nezha asked.
Yang Chan explained, "Real Person Taiyi divined that this trip would bring you great misfortune and that you might lose your life. He sent me here to collect your body, in case you could be revived."
In the original story, Yang Chan collected Nezha’s body, built a temple, and fashioned a golden statue for him. She allowed Nezha’s Primordial Spirit to enter it and recover, while using the power of incense offerings to revive him.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last. Just as he was about to revive, Li Jing discovered him. In the end, Li Jing directly destroyed Nezha’s divine statue, cutting off his final chance at resurrection. This forced him to be revived with a lotus root body instead.
This was also why Nezha had been determined to kill Li Jing after his resurrection.
After all, in Nezha’s eyes, he had already repaid the debt of upbringing by cutting off his flesh and bones. He owed Li Jing nothing.
Yet his golden body had still been destroyed. Instead, Li Jing owed him a life.
"Master still cares about me," Nezha said.
"Brother Nezha, what are you planning to do next?" Yang Jian asked.
Nezha thought for a moment, then smiled. "My mother is my last attachment in this world. I’m going to send her to Master. There’s no need for me to stay in Chen Tang Pass anymore.
"Brother Yang Jian, aren’t you being hunted by the Heavenly Court? I’ll join you in wreaking havoc in the Heavenly Court."
"? Hahaha! Good!" Yang Jian smiled.
"Nezha, if you do this, Real Person Taiyi will truly be frightened by you," Yang Chan said.
"It’s fine. Master will understand me," Nezha said.
"Let’s go!"
Yang Jian mounted the Somersault Cloud and flew away with Yang Chan. Nezha stepped onto the Wind Fire Wheels, carrying the unconscious Yin Shi as he followed. Before long, they disappeared from Chen Tang Pass.
Chat Group.
Sun Wukong: "Nezha actually killed Li Jing? Hahaha, interesting, interesting. Does that mean there won’t be a Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King in the future?"
Qian Renxue: "Good riddance. What use is a father like that? At a critical moment, he actually wanted to sacrifice his own child."
Snow Moon Sword Immortal: "Exactly."
Iron Man: "Now this is getting interesting!"
Xu Yi: "Two of the Heavenly Court’s three greatest rebels have already gathered together."
Ye Hei: "Three greatest rebels?"
Sun Wukong: "Oh, who’s the third one?"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Who could the third one be? Pass the popcorn?"
Xu Yi: "You’re asking when you already know. Isn’t it you, Wukong…"
Sun Wukong: "?? No, Old Sun is so polite and kind to everyone. How am I a rebel?"
Ye Hei: "Hahaha, Monkey Bro, just tell us whether you ever wanted the Jade Emperor’s throne. Didn’t you also cause Havoc in Heaven?"
Sun Wukong: "Fine!"
Demon Child Nezha: "Hiss! This Nezha is cute, but he’s so fierce!"
Although Demon Pill Nezha was also a little demon king who caused trouble everywhere, he was merely mischievous. He would never directly kill his own father, much less stab him again afterward.
But considering Nezha’s experiences, it was understandable.
Ye Hei: "Nezha, did that scare you?"
Demon Child Nezha: "Not at all, not at all. Just kidding, I’m a Demon Pill. This is small stuff, nothing worth mentioning!"
Sun Wukong: "Hehehe!"
Yang Jian: "At least the outcome is good. Nezha didn’t commit suicide or cut off his flesh and bones."
Bad Commander: "Yes."
Sword God Li Chungang: "This old man thought the world of immortals should be free from worldly strife and filled with peace. It seems that is not entirely true."
Ye Hei: "How could it be so peaceful? Even in the myths based on our Earth, the gods and Buddhas are all full of schemes. How could there possibly be peace? Besides, mythological stories were all created by humans. Stories created by humans are naturally filled with the flaws of human nature."
Ye Hei: "Agreed, no argument there."
Iron Man: "Agreed. Our Western myths are the same, a complete mess!"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Immortals are still people. They have desires too. If they truly severed all emotions and desires, what would be the point of living for tens of thousands of years?"
Snow Moon Sword Immortal: "That makes sense."
Qian Renxue: "Agreed!"
At the same time, in the Marvel World, in Wanda’s time and space.
In New York City, on a secluded street, Wanda’s Chaos Magic issued a warning. She looked up and saw dozens of fighter jets circling in the sky, while thousands of armed personnel closed in from every direction. Among them were several threatening auras.
"What’s going on? I clearly changed my appearance. How could I have been discovered?"
Wanda thought to herself. She was completely different from before. Even those closest to her would not recognize her.
A coincidence? Wanda fell silent.
The warning in her heart grew stronger, and these military personnel were indeed approaching her.
"No, their target is me." Wanda came to a conclusion.
Mutants were special, with all kinds of bizarre abilities.
There were always some special Mutants skilled at tracking, capable of locking onto targets through scent.
She had changed her appearance, but she could not change the scent of her body. If she did, it would mean she had completely become another person.
"Heh, I didn’t even go looking for revenge, yet you came looking for me first. Then you’ll pay the price." A flash of ruthlessness crossed Wanda’s eyes.
After undergoing experiments in the military laboratory and seeing so many Mutants dissected like pigs and dogs, Wanda’s heart had long turned cold. She no longer held any expectations for this world. She sought peace and stability, but if anyone dared to provoke her first, she would never let them go.
"Ding, group member Mutant Wanda has activated the Chat Group livestream function."
Chat Group.
Ye Hei: "Sister Wanda, why did you start a livestream?"
Iron Man: "Do you need help, Wanda?"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Pass the popcorn!"
Xu Yi: "Pass the popcorn!"
Mutant Wanda: "I’m just inviting everyone to watch a good show."
Wanda briefly explained her situation, her expression relaxed.
Iron Man: "I suggest bringing out the Infinity Gauntlet."
Da Gu Member: "Sure. I don’t plan to use the Infinity Gauntlet for the time being anyway. Wanda, you can use it first if you need it."
They had previously obtained Six Infinity Stones Ultron’s Infinity Stones and Infinity Gauntlet.
Tony, Ye Hei, Da Gu, and the others had decided to take turns using them for a period of time. In truth, whoever needed them could use them first.
Mutant Wanda: "It’s fine. My current strength is enough to deal with them. If I really can’t handle it, then I’ll use the Infinity Stones."
In the livestream, soldiers dressed in black tactical uniforms and fully armed stopped roughly five hundred meters away from Wanda. They all knew that the human before them possessed exceptionally powerful mutant abilities.
It was not only Wanda who had started a livestream. The United States authorities had also hired a famous host to conduct a live broadcast.
In other words, most ordinary people could watch the situation unfold during this pursuit operation.
On the livestream platform, countless ordinary people were sending comments.
"Those damned Mutants, why don’t they just die!"
"Breathing the same air as them is suffocating!"
"I hope the military captures all Mutants. Otherwise, the safety of ordinary people can’t be guaranteed."
"Yeah, who knows when these monsters will lose control!"
"Actually, Mutants are pretty pitiful too."
"Hey, are you a spy sent by the Mutants? Fuck you. Are Mutants worth pitying? They’re the cancer of the world!"
"Reported. Anyone speaking for Mutants must be a Mutant too!"
"Brothers, find his address!"
"…"
At the X-Mansion, Professor X watched the comments online and fell silent. It seemed ordinary people’s hostility toward Mutants ran deep.
"Professor, there’s no need to pay attention to those online trolls," Laser Eyes Scott said.
"That’s right, Professor," Jean said.
"Sigh, of course I don’t care. But when will humanity finally cast aside its prejudice, so Mutants can live like normal people?" Professor X said.
"Professor, for the military to make such a grand spectacle of capturing this Mutant, her level is probably not low," Jean said.
"Mm. I once tried to contact her through telepathy, but she rejected me. She is a powerful Mutant with psychic Spiritual Energy. I even sensed a power within her that was no weaker than yours, Jean," Professor X said.
"No weaker than Jean?" Laser Eyes was shocked.
"Then we should help this fellow Mutant," Jean said.
"Jean, Mutants make up only a small portion of humanity. I don’t know how much longer the X-Mansion, this pure land, can endure. Sigh, when the time is right, we should help this child," Professor X said.
Jean and Laser Eyes understood. They could not intervene openly, or they would give the military an excuse to act.
"If you ask me, Charles, you’re just too kind. Use that super brain of yours and directly alter all of humanity’s memories."
Not far away, Wolverine Logan, wearing a yellow war robe and smoking a cigar, spoke.
"Logan, you…" Charles shook his head.
It was not that he had never considered it, but if it failed, it would become an unprecedented disaster for Mutants.
After all, altering all of humanity’s memories would make many humans feel insecure, perhaps even terrified. Under that fear, humans would lose their minds and become crazed.
Back in New York.
At the military’s command, several thousand soldiers opened fire on Wanda at once. The ordinary people in this district had long since been cleared out, so the military could unleash its firepower without restraint.
These bullets were all specially made to suppress Mutant genes and abilities. Wanda was an extremely rare experimental specimen; killing her would be a waste. The military wanted to study valuable weapons from her.
In an instant, Wanda spread a magical shield. Scarlet magic enveloped her body, blocking every bullet and freezing them in midair.
Then, under the power of Chaos Magic, Wanda slowly rose into the air and revealed her true form, like a Scarlet Queen descending upon the world! Online, humanity saw Wanda’s true form. Their eyes widened, and no one dared to breathe.
Mainly because Wanda, illuminated by Chaos Magic at that moment, was simply too beautiful! "Die!"
Without hesitation, Wanda condensed magical energy blasts in her hands and bombarded the soldiers on the ground. The soldiers struck instantly lost all signs of life, their fate unknown.
"Die!"
Another energy blast shot out. Empowered by telekinesis, the ground split apart, cracking in two, while the surrounding soldiers were buried beneath reinforced concrete! Seeing how terrifying Wanda was, the fighter jets directly launched missiles into the city, no longer caring about the seemingly expensive skyscrapers.
Buildings could be rebuilt. Mutants had to die.
Hundreds of missiles attacked Wanda. Wanda stretched out an arm, and her Level Five Chaos Magic erupted. Under the power of reality alteration, every missile turned into foam, evaporating and vanishing.
"Oh, God!"
"What kind of monster is that?!"
The personnel aboard the helicopters trembled in terror at the sight.
Wanda flew to the top floor of a building. The power of Chaos Magic wrapped around the fighter jets’ surfaces, while the force of telekinesis continued increasing. Visible to the naked eye, those steel beasts were compressed into iron balls and fell all over the ground.
Inside a military base, Stryker watched the scene through satellite footage, his face turning ashen.
"Colonel, that woman’s ability is far too terrifying. Shouldn’t we retreat?" a soldier asked.
Stryker snorted. "Retreat? She’s just a Mutant! Deploy the Sentinel Weapon!"
"Yes, sir." The soldier hurriedly opened the base’s warehouse.
The Sentinel Weapon had been secretly researched and manufactured since the last century. At first, it was merely a steel robot similar to a Gundam, but as technology advanced, the Sentinels had continuously been upgraded and iterated.
This generation of Sentinels already possessed the ability to copy mutant powers. They simply could not copy them without limit yet, so they were not considered finished products. Still, they were more than enough to deal with Wanda!
The reason the Sentinels had never been activated was mainly because there were several mutant organizations in the world. If they discovered that this thing was being developed, it might ignite the anger and resentment of certain people. After all, Sentinels had been created to end Mutants.
But now, with the whole world watching the livestream, Stryker no longer cared. If they failed, the military would lose all its face.
Several dozen helicopters flew over again, dropping metal containers from high above. The containers opened upon hitting the ground, and metal robots nearly three meters tall stepped out one after another. Their entire bodies were wrapped in metal, while their heads resembled flame reactors, giving off an apocalyptic aura of despair.
More than a dozen Sentinels appeared before the public for the first time. They slowly rose into the air, surrounding Wanda like gods of war.
When the Sentinels arrived, Wanda felt an extreme sense of danger.
Without wasting words, the Sentinels’ heads released powerful flames, rays, and thunder and lightning. They attacked together.
Wanda immediately cast a magical shield to withstand the attacks.
Yet the shield that had always been invincible began to collapse. The Sentinels’ mutant powers had been enhanced through technology, and those rays contained enough energy to burn away everything!
"So powerful."
Scarlet light flashed through Wanda’s eyes. The reality-altering power of Chaos Magic erupted, and red magic wrapped around the Sentinels’ bodies. Their abilities immediately vanished, and they fell from the sky.
Seeing this, the other Sentinels immediately began calculating. A light-energy protective shield appeared over their surfaces, isolating the power of Chaos Magic! Wanda’s reality-altering ability only lasted an instant at present. Since her Chaos Magic had not reached maximum level, it could be resisted in a sense.
The fallen Sentinels slowly climbed back up. Their abilities returned to normal, and they had also calculated a defense using light-energy shields.
Wanda immediately pulled away and flew into the sky. More than a dozen Sentinels followed, rapidly giving chase.
One Sentinel teleported, its metal arm transforming into an iron hammer as it smashed down.
Wanda failed to react in time and could only condense Chaos Magic into a shield to block it. But under the force of inertia, she was still smashed into the street and severely injured.
More than a dozen Sentinels closed in again, as cold and merciless as grim reapers.
Seeing this, Wanda immediately unleashed Freezing Power. In an instant, the ground froze over, and more than a dozen Sentinels were caught off guard and turned into ice sculptures.
"Phew." Wanda could not help but let out a breath of relief.
But after only a few breaths, the temperature of the Sentinels inside the ice began to rise continuously. Flame-covered Sentinels emerged from within, like fiery demons from hell! "How is that possible?!"
Wanda stared at the scene in shock. She had never expected the Sentinels to switch mutant powers according to the environment.
Then something even more terrifying happened. Scarlet energy clusters appeared across the Sentinels’ surfaces. This was the power of Chaos Magic.
The Sentinels had copied her Superpower!
However, compared to Wanda, the Sentinels’ Chaos Magic was extremely weak and only possessed telekinesis and telepathy-related abilities.
Even so, it was incredibly outrageous.
One Sentinel had even copied the complete Freezing Power. Its entire metal body transformed into ice crystals, and the aura it gave off was even more terrifying than Wanda herself.
The Sentinels’ capabilities were far superior to those of Mutants. Any ability became extraordinarily terrifying when enhanced by a Sentinel.
Another Sentinel transformed both arms into Adamantium Alloy Steel Claws like Wolverine’s, radiating a dangerous aura.
Wanda wanted to fight back, but facing the threat of more than a dozen Sentinels, she truly had no confidence that she could take them down.
"No!"
"Don’t!"
"Don’t come any closer!"
Wanda’s emotions fluctuated violently. A notification reached her ears that Da Gu Member had delivered the Infinity Gauntlet, but she ignored it.
As her emotions surged, Wanda’s Chaos Magic began to boil. The magic around her body was nearly materialized.
Scarlet replaced her pupils, and Chaos Magic transformed into a crimson robe draped over her body.
"This world does not need Sentinels!"
Wanda spoke each word slowly, as though they were Word Manifestation. Chaos Magic erupted and enveloped the Sentinels. In an instant, every Sentinel slowly began to disintegrate.
Not only the Sentinels here—Sentinels hidden in military bases across the world were also disappearing, and all records concerning Sentinels were being erased.
Beyond erasing the Sentinels, the power of Chaos Magic spread throughout all of New York. The entire city was swallowed by red magic, and every person and object within it began to disappear!
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