Volume 8: The Fourth Impact Chapter 17 The naughty lunatic must be brought to justice! Even if it is my sister!
Madeleine Prior, the Red Queen.
The most frequently appearing character in all stories about mutant clones is the first clone of "Dark Phoenix" Jean Grey, created by Mister Sinister from a certain world.
She is a perfect clone, possessing all of Jean Grey's abilities and not being afraid of super powers like Jean, which prevents her from being unable to exert her powers.
But just this alone would only make Madeline a clone with Omega potential.
The truly terrifying thing about the Red Queen is that, like Jean Grey, she is the "perfect host" of the Phoenix force. Like an "exclusive plug-in", once blessed with the Phoenix force, the Red Queen's destructive power can break through the definition of Omega in an instant, and can even become as powerful as an omnipotent level.
Just like the complete "Universe Shaper" Franklin Richards.
Of course, theory is just theory, and the actual performance is certainly much worse. Although in the past few minutes, the Red Queen pulled the Lord of Justice and Mason together and beat them up, leaving this group of people with almost no ability to fight back.
But this is just "strong".
Strong and invincible have always been two different concepts.
The dominance on the battlefield displayed by Madeline was not even as great as that displayed by Brainiac and the Void Sentinel that Mason had faced before. Those two big guys had beaten all the enemies in front of them before being fatally hit.
Unlike the Red Queen, who was hit by Lord Chao even though she had such a great advantage, and was in a very bad state. Although she quickly fought back, the fact that she could bleed proved that she was not invincible.
The so-called crushing victory was only a few minutes ago, and now the situation has reversed.
Not only because the greedy wild phoenix ate part of Madeline's phoenix power, but also because Mason finally got the ultimate solution to the "anti-Phoenix Power Tactics".
The blazing Phoenix fire hit Mason madly, but the Lord of the Universe's neural power armor, which was flashing with silver light, was like an indestructible Avalon barrier, protecting Mason from any harm from fire and reality distortion.
Although the real effect of this set of Multiverse Main Power Armor made of Origin X metal is magic immunity, and the Phoenix Force obviously cannot be considered traditional magic, there is still an entry of "Energy Absorption" on the information label of this thing.
Based on the prediction of the attacks that Mason had seen Brainiac endure while wearing this power armor, if Madeline continued to attack at this level, then even if Mason did not fight back and just stood here to endure the attack, it would take the Red Queen a full two minutes to break the energy protection of the Master of the Universe's Power Armor!
So the question is, what can Mason do during his two minutes of invincibility?
"If you've gone crazy enough, you should stop. If you don't want to stop, then I can only... do this!"
"Snap"
Mason raised his hand and slapped the Phoenix Fire in front of him. His five fingers opened and slapped the energy that tore through reality and rewrote it, leaving a red slap mark on Madeline's face.
Phoenix fire, mental shield, telekinesis, all were reduced to ashes under this big bag.
The Red Queen's head was tilted outward by the harsh "love" from her brother, and the burning pain deeply explained to her the power of the "cosmic artifact".
The power armor that Old Bull made for himself after destroying the World Forger suit was very powerful. The control system written by the Mobius chair perfectly matched Mason's personal usage habits, so that the force of the slap was perfectly controlled and did not directly lift off half of the Red Queen's head.
"How dare you hit me?"
Madeline was a little dazed by the slap.
She covered her face with her hands and stared at Mason in front of her with wide eyes. Perhaps her mind was in a mess, causing her first words to be extremely outrageous.
"What? Are you going to say next that even your father never beat you?"
Mason beat up the Red Queen in front of him, grabbed her hair and asked:
"You and I are both clones. We don't have parents in the conventional sense. And since you claim to be willing to call me brother, is there a problem with me disciplining you on behalf of the parents?
This is how you act now!
You want to destroy a world just because they humiliated you? You are so crazy, what's wrong with me slapping you?
Stop it! Before I slap you one more time."
"You traitor!"
Anger was rising in Madeline
Of course, it's not just because of the big bag Mason just gave her. As the commander-in-chief of the First Sequence of Conquerors, she will never allow any mutant born from the Weapon X project to stand against her.
The so-called "brother game" with Mason was just a way to pull him into his camp.
She didn't lie. With the current situation of the First Sequence of Conquerors, she really needed a think tank like Mason, but now that bastard was not moved by any persuasion, there was no need to keep this layer of window paper.
"You are a life that should not exist! I will punish you with extinction! Mason Cooper will die today! Right in front of me!"
The Red Queen realized that she did not have enough Phoenix Force in her body to destroy the Master of the Universe Armor that Mason was wearing. She declared the game over when this bastard put on this cheating cosmic artifact.
But she still has a way!
Madeline's figure appeared in the sky amidst the flickering flames, bearing the punches and kicks of the Master Power Armor of the Universe, and swooped down with a gesture of judgment.
Since it was impossible to destroy Mason under normal circumstances, he could simply be wiped out in a higher dimension! The Phoenix Force in her body began to burn, turning into energy to drive this "Law of Annihilation" into effect.
The Phoenix Force, which was born at the time of creation, is an energy container of the concept of "future" in the continuous iteration of the infinite universe. This force contains the energy reserved for future life. Madeline's current actions are to consume the future power of the concept of "Mason Cooper" in order to "deny" his existence.
Simply put, she wanted to completely erase the concept of Mason Cooper on an existential level.
This is an advanced operation similar to the "law of cause and effect".
It’s just that the law of causality mostly applies to the past, while the law of annihilation only applies to the future. Anyone who has a little understanding of the truth of the mysterious side will not be able to understand how it works.
This operation is extremely advanced even for the Phoenix host. The huge destructive power generated by the future erasure performed on the existential level is enough to wipe out a weak cosmic god in an instant.
Its consumption is also horrific.
But Madeline has used this attack before, and she is sure that Mason will not survive. The future of "Mason Cooper" has been burned by her, and this annoying guy will no longer be able to interfere with what happens next.
The moment she saw Mason covered in flames, she was tired but happy.
Mason is dead!
He will die forever, completely, resolutely, and without leaving a trace!
Harley, who was running away with the Phoenix Egg in her arms, covered her heart and looked back at the sky and wailed. Quinn almost fell off the motorcycle seat. Amid Harley's crying, she turned around, called on the hellfire to ignite the motorcycle, and rushed back towards the direction of her sweetheart at the fastest speed.
At this time, the White Queen Emma, who was on vacation on a coast somewhere in the Gotham world, pushed away the handsome blond boy she just met, rushed into the balcony barefoot, and looked at the stars outside the house with wide eyes.
Relaxing on the same beach with Emma, Sister Ka, who was holding an ice cream, stood there stupidly, the cone in her hand falling silently as her fingers trembled.
She could sense that the Isu's newly born leader was about to fall.
In the office of Star Castle, the pen in the hand of hunter Ciri who was reviewing documents suddenly broke. The fragments scratched her fingers and bleed, making Ciri feel the long-lost pain.
Without any hesitation, she stood up, cut through the silver beam of light, and jumped madly towards Mason's position.
Bruce Wayne in the Batcave covered his head. He felt dizzy but didn't know where the threat came from.
Everyone in Team K felt panic and unknown threats at this moment. Barbara, who was sitting on the Mobius chair and fighting against the conquerors under the "God of Fire" Vulcan in the vampire world, even shed tears.
Something happened!
Something horribly bad is happening!
These people who have established deep relationships with Mason seem to feel that an important part of their lives is about to be lost, and this feeling makes people feel uneasy.
However, it only lasted for less than a second, like an invisible nightmare that was forcibly shattered before it could fully emerge.
The fate that had just gone off track was roughly pulled back on track by an invisible hand the moment Mason's future was ignited. Even Mason himself did not realize what had just happened.
He even had to hold the "Get Out of Hell" card given to him by old Shazam in his hand to ensure that his first death would not really send him to Mephisto's "boudoir" in hell.
Now is not a good time to show your hand.
However, the flames that were going to burn the future were quietly extinguished before his eyes.
Not only did the Phoenix host's full-strength attack fail to kill Mason.
It didn't even cause him the slightest bit of harm. The moment the world in front of him returned to normal, he was still dazed when he heard a scream.
"This is impossible!"
The tired Madeline's eyes widened .
She had clearly just hit Mason. This guy's future had been burned. How could he survive?
The invincible power of the Phoenix was unable to interfere with his existence. Could it be that the true identity of this guy in front of him was some kind of higher-dimensional existence that he could not understand?
Is it a life form of a higher dimension or on the same conceptual level as the Phoenix Force?
But she soon thought of another possibility.
"You! You have already 'transcended'? The future and the past can no longer be rewritten? How is this possible? You are so weak!"
The Red Queen looked at Mason, who emerged from the flames and took the Phoenix Judgment without any damage. She looked at him as if he was a monster.
"No, I haven't transcended. I'm still far from it, but I do not have any other time-space entities. When that bottle hit my head, I was the only one. Now it seems that the word future... may be two different concepts for you and me.
Do you know what this means?"
Mason smiled widely and leapt forward.
In the flashing silver light, the Main Power Armor of the Universe brought him to Madeline, not giving the Red Queen any chance to react. The cold Origin X metal gauntlet clasped Madeline's neck and lifted her in front of him.
He whispered in Madeleine's ear, powerless:
"Thank you for this attack, which made me sure that I will survive to the end and I will definitely win! My future is destined and it will never be interfered with by you!
I am a created miracle, coming from the darkness to call for the dawn!
And you know nothing about me!"
The K team commander showed no mercy, clasping his fingers together so tightly that Madeline's spine made a cracking sound, and flapped his red phoenix wings towards Mason, but was shattered into flying rainbow light by the latter's punch.
With a snapping sound, Mason's "good sister" had her neck strangled.
However, the flying blazing flames made her resurrect the next moment. She swung her hands wildly and slapped them, kicking with her feet, trying to break free from the restraints of the main power armor of the universe.
The power of the Phoenix is burning, and the desperate state of mind transforms into a dazzling light like the rising sun.
But the people around him could look up and see the armor standing in the red sun and the Red Queen who was held in his hands and struggling like a delicate little girl.
"You are an uncontrollable evil, Madeline."
In the hurricane of energy created by the Phoenix Force, Mason, who was as steady as an old dog, whispered:
"I'm sorry that our first meeting has to end like this, but I can't let you live. It would be irresponsible to the other innocent people who survived this dark age."
"Quick! Let's get going too!"
The people on the ground looked up at Mason beating up the Red Queen in the Phoenix Fire, and for a moment it felt like a dream.
But Harley, who was in tune with the captain , wiped her tears while hurriedly throwing out the downgraded version of the Supreme Arsenal. Quinn beside her also grabbed a handful of weak magic stones and "activated" them by inserting coins.
The Crazy Beauty grabbed a set of Observer Armor used by the Last Knight and threw it to the Queen of Justice beside her, saying loudly:
"Put it on! Go ahead, sweetheart needs our help!"
Her Majesty, who had just given birth, was not in full condition, but the monitor armor that Harley threw to her was indeed a good thing. However, the Queen of Justice pointed at the "family infighting" happening above her head and asked in confusion:
"Are you sure he really needs help? I don't think we need to get involved with a guy who was hit head-on by the Phoenix Force and still remained unharmed. Mason's invincible armor is too shameless."
"The problem lies in that suit of armor!"
Harley grabbed her hair and screamed:
"Sweetheart, I haven't finished modifying it yet, it's a secret only I know...ah, now you know it too, maybe I should kill you to keep it a secret.
Oh, never mind!
Anyway, that thing only lasts for three minutes before it falls apart, and I don’t think my sweetheart can kill my scary sister-in-law in three minutes.”
"Sweetheart hasn't acknowledged her yet, don't rush to try to make friends with her. Here! Do you hear this axe singing? That means you can get on!"
Quinn pulled out the heavy inspection axe and put it into the hands of the stunned Queen of Justice, saying:
"Three minutes! The battle must be ended!"
"Um!"
Queen Diana looked at the brutal and artistic inspection axe in her hand with admiration. She was very satisfied with the destructive power of this peculiar weapon. She was the first to rush into the sky wearing the golden monitor armor.
So when Superman was brought back from the stars by Wally, what he saw was his tough wife wielding an exaggerated inspection axe and cooperating with Mason to chop the embarrassed Red Queen under the raging Phoenix Fire.
"Hey, go on!"
Quinn grabbed the silver-gray lighter at hand and put it in his arms, then threw the Gungnir spear into the air and was caught by Superman. The little cuties kept throwing various artifacts from Mason's House to the surrounding lords to complete their armaments like wholesale artifacts.
Harley excitedly put on the six-gem infinity glove.
She has long wanted to try the power of this thing!
Seeing Madeline being killed and resurrected again and being very annoyed, trying to use a burst of power to repel the surrounding justice lords and prepare to escape, Harley quickly snapped her fingers with a grin.
"boom"
The power of the disposable artifact was quite good. I don’t know what strange wish Harley made with the Infinity Gauntlet. In short, in a flash of white light, the earth that had been shattered by the Red Queen returned to its original state, and the justice lords who were beaten black and blue around them also recovered to full condition.
Madeline herself was hit by the power of the one-time infinite glove, causing her face to turn pale.
But she did not give up the idea of breaking out, and as a result, Quinn, who was holding the super cape and rushing into the sky, pulled the silver lighter and hit her hard again.
This time the destructive force was borne by the Red Queen alone, causing her to fall from a great height and be pierced through the heart by a spear from behind by Lord Chao.
When she was resurrected again in the weak phoenix fire, she saw the Queen of Justice swinging an axe in front of her, and Miss Madeline's delicate head flew out the next moment.
She kept resurrecting, but was constantly suppressed by Mason and could not be freed.
The power of the Phoenix was consumed, but the speed of its loss still made Mason very dissatisfied. The barely functioning Master Power Armor of the Universe had reached its limit. The captain squinted at the flames on Madeline's body and then an idea arose in his mind.
"Harley! Give me the Phoenix egg!"
Mason shouted into the communicator, and as the Iron Heart Armor covered him, the little cutie with tears on his face, who could now smile, rolled in the air and threw the scorching Phoenix egg at Mason.
The buzzing egg was held in the silver gauntlet and pressed against Madeline 's forehead.
"Eat! Eat with your appetite!"
Encouraged by Mason, Fox, who had been impatient for a long time, began to devour the Phoenix Fire in big gulps. He even relied on his powerful host and dared to compete with Madeline, who was becoming increasingly weak, for control of the Phoenix fragments.
Of course the Red Queen refused to give up her power.
But she was restrained and tried her best to hurt Mason in the Armor of the Master of the Universe. Even the Law of Annihilation could not kill him. In Madeline's heart, Mason's image was infinitely close to an invincible supreme being.
This is definitely not her brother!
How could a mere Weapon X project create such a unique and ultimate creature?
"Click"
Her neck was once again crushed into pieces.
When she was resurrected the next time, she already felt the instability of the Phoenix power. The greedy wild Phoenix actually attracted the Phoenix fragments to possess her body.
The shadow of death, which had never been imagined or touched before, had been cast upon Madeline Prior by Mason's hand, and an unprecedented intense emotion surged in the heart of the red-haired girl.
She will die!
She will die here!
She would die at the hands of the man she called "brother"!
Madeline was being strangled by the neck. She rolled her eyes and looked at the sea of stars above her head in the shadow of death. She stretched out her hand with difficulty and said:
“Help…help me!”
