Chapter 142
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Under the intense rays of Sunshine, the invisible shield only lasted a few seconds before it was corroded and disintegrated.
Exposed to the sunlight, Apocalypse's armor began to vanish inch by inch, his blue skin disintegrating to reveal the red flesh underneath.
Sensing his impending end, Apocalypse looked at Syd floating in the sky, radiating light, and spoke.
"Child, your talent and strength are astonishing, but this world cannot contain you..."
Whatever ability Apocalypse used, his voice spread far and wide, echoing in Syd's ears and also reaching Erik and the others a hundred meters away.
Finally, Apocalypse said, "Everything has already been decided..."
As he spoke, his flesh continued to disintegrate, revealing the bones beneath.
Even though his flesh was healing, it couldn't keep up with the speed of Sunshine's disintegration, though he lasted much longer than an ordinary person would.
Eventually, the flesh disappeared, and the bones began to vanish as well...
As the light gradually faded, Apocalypse was gone, and where he stood, there was nothing left, as if he had never existed.
"The progenitor of mutants, Apocalypse, is dead?"
Watching from afar, Erik, Charles, and the others found it hard to believe.
A foe so difficult to deal with was defeated just like that? Initially, they thought he would be an equal match for the Messiah...
It seemed they had underestimated the Messiah's abilities.
"The Messiah's power seems to have become even more terrifying."
"This Omega ability is truly frightening..."
Scott and the others were in a daze.
The people watching through the drones felt the same.
Is the progenitor of mutants really dead? Apocalypse's defensive abilities seemed stronger than the Messiah's. He withstood so many attacks, yet he was still defeated by the Messiah's Omega ability? Many felt a growing fear and apprehension.
Given the speculation about the Messiah's rapidly increasing power, they found him even more terrifying.
Omega mutants are never simple.
Initially, they thought the Messiah couldn't compare to the White-Clad Mutant. Now, they realized both Omega mutants were equally monstrous! If the speculation about the Messiah's power growth was true, who could defeat him over time? Syd didn't concern himself with their thoughts; he was focused on recovering his internal energy while floating in the air.
If floating didn't consume almost no energy, he might have fallen to the ground.
Defeating Apocalypse wasn't as simple as they thought.
If it weren't for the significant increase in his internal energy recently, using all of it to enhance Sunshine, Apocalypse wouldn't have been so easily defeated.
There was even a possibility that Apocalypse would have remained as a skeleton and then revived.
"The level of Sunshine is still too low. Apart from the berserk state, there's a significant gap compared to the Phoenix Force..."
Syd pondered.
Thinking of the berserk state, he noticed that while fully unleashing Sunshine Blessing, something seemed to appear on his chest.
Was it a tattoo? However, the tattoo was faint and unstable.
"Could it be that as my strength increases, I'll be able to transform?"
Syd recalled the time he went berserk.
Indeed, that state was terrifying. However, he also felt that Sunshine he used then wasn't complete, seemingly limited by its current level, and its full power wasn't unleashed.
It seemed that Sunshine's ultimate state wasn't what it appeared to be now... "Well, it will improve over time..."
Shaking his head, Syd stopped dwelling on the matter and recalled Apocalypse's last words.
"Everything has already been decided..."
He remembered Apocalypse's words when he died at Jean's hands, "Everything has already been revealed..."
Back then, Apocalypse said that to himself after seeing Jean's nightmare from Charles's memories, or rather, the premonition from the Phoenix Force.
At that moment, he realized that the scene of the fire was the Phoenix Force's outbreak, showing his destruction.
It indicated his inevitable fate, which couldn't be changed.
Since Jean's whereabouts were unknown now, Charles hadn't glimpsed her nightmares, and Apocalypse hadn't seen the premonition. Therefore, when he said everything was already decided, it was directed at Syd.
"Everything has already been decided? I don't think so..." Syd thought indifferently.
Glancing at Erik and the others from afar, he looked at them for a moment before turning and flying away.
"It's a pity that Erik's abilities weren't activated by Apocalypse; otherwise, he would have evolved into a true master of magnetic field control."
Only after being activated by Apocalypse did Magneto become the true master of magnetism, with extraordinary capabilities. Due to the butterfly effect caused by Syd, Magneto remained the same as before...
As Syd's figure disappeared, Charles and the others had complex expressions.
"Erik, I never thought the Messiah would come to save me. Was it you who called him?" Charles sighed.
"Professor, you should ask Chris. He said the Messiah might come to save you. We didn't expect it to be true..." Scott glanced at the burly Chris.
"Uh..."
Feeling the eyes on him, Chris was a bit embarrassed and unsure if he should explain the situation.
As they discussed and Syd disappeared, far away in a sphinx, a mummified body floated in a blood pool.
At that moment, consciousness and the breath of life slowly began to revive within the corpse.
...
Some time later, in the S.H.I.E.L.D. director's office.
Nick Fury sat in his chair, staring at the video playing on his laptop, looking stunned.
The screen showed the battle between Syd and Apocalypse, replaying it over and over.
Just then, someone knocked and entered the office.
"Didn't I say not to disturb me unless it's important?" Nick Fury looked up impatiently.
Then he froze.
"What's the matter?" a blonde woman asked, looking puzzled.
"What are you watching?"
It was none other than Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers.
(End of Chapter)