Starting as a Class Five Mutant-Chapter 613

Faced with the Five Eternals' obvious desire to see his abilities, Syd felt a little speechless.

He casually found an excuse to delay for a few days, planning to wait until his God's Mimicry progress reached 100%.

He said,

"We'll talk about it in a few days. I have something to attend to."

In the next instant, his abstract conceptual body turned into threads of light, disappearing from the sight of the Eternals and countless people on Earth.

Seeing him vanish, Eternity, Death, Oblivion, Infinity, and Galactus couldn't help but show looks of anticipation.

Infinity smiled and said,

"Then we'll wait. In a few days, we'll come see your abilities, little brother."

As he spoke, there was a lightheartedness in his heart, and the other four shared similar smiles.

The way their youngest brother had hurried away only confirmed, in their minds, that he was making excuses.

Perhaps his strength was great—but surely his abilities couldn't compare to theirs.

Otherwise, why delay?

The Five Eternals became even more determined:

In a few days, they would return to Earth to see just what kind of abilities this little brother could display.

The Five Gods shared this thought with inner amusement.

The next moment, except for Galactus, the abstract conceptual bodies of Eternity, Death, Oblivion, and Infinity dispersed, disappearing who knew where.

As for Galactus, he flew out of the Solar System, planning to search for a life-rich planet to consume.

On Earth—

Seeing that even Galactus had begun to withdraw, people all over the world who had been watching couldn't help but start talking.

"Is it over?"

"Thank God... I thought I'd be dead by this time next year!"

Relaxed and joking on the surface, inwardly, they were still filled with wonder.

They had clearly heard the last exchange between the Creator Gods.

Many began to speculate:

Was the White-Robed Hero deliberately stalling, or did he realize that his abilities couldn't match up to the Five Eternals, so he was delaying?

Across the globe, curiosity grew.

Regardless, they would have an answer in just a few days!

While they were speculating and wondering—

In a city somewhere in the United States, beams of light began to appear.

Through the use of his Light Incarnation ability, the beams of light converged, forming a material divine body—Syd's physical form.

As soon as he arrived, he fell into deep thought.

[Light Energy +5157]

[Light Energy +5157]

(Unlock Progress 11%)

Hearing the constant notifications and seeing the unlocking progress for God's Mimicry, Syd's eyes were full of anticipation.

At the current rate of energy collection, it wouldn't be long before his God's Mimicry progress reached 100%!

As he was thinking—

Suddenly, Syd paused, sensing something, and turned his gaze into the distance, picking up on a familiar aura.

"The Power of the Phoenix?"

His golden pupils swept the surroundings, and he realized the place seemed familiar—it was where he had once fought against Dark Phoenix Jean.

Syd suddenly understood.

When he had been in the X-Men prequel universe, while enhancing his energy absorption abilities, he had naturally thought about the Phoenix Force.

When he randomly chose this location earlier, he hadn't thought much about it.

By pure coincidence, he had selected this familiar place.

Now, with his golden pupils piercing across vast distances, he saw the old battlefield.

It was right here where Jean Grey, the Phoenix, had disappeared.

Even at the time, he had sensed something was wrong—he had felt that Jean might not have truly died.

But back then, his strength was too low, and he couldn't confirm it.

Now, he closed his eyes, and the consciousness of his abstract conceptual form swept toward that location.

Following the lingering aura, he sensed a special space where Jean Grey was sleeping with her eyes closed.

Syd was a bit surprised.

Phoenix Jean was indeed still alive!

Her body was even perfectly intact?

Then again, he wasn't particularly concerned—after all, the Phoenix Force itself was the embodiment of destruction and rebirth, so this outcome was perfectly reasonable.

Sensing the probing presence, a sharp bird cry suddenly erupted from Jean's sleeping form.

A roaring flame blazed to life, forming a massive fiery bird that gazed toward Syd across layers of space.

Sensing this, Syd frowned slightly.

"The Phoenix Force?"

Luckily, it was only a fragment of a fragment—not a full manifestation.

Moreover, with Jean Grey herself as a "burden," it couldn't unleash its full power.

Thus, Syd wasn't particularly afraid.

Sweeping his golden eyes over the sleeping Jean Grey, he grew a little curious—was she still in her normal state, or had she already fallen into darkness?

The Phoenix Force was the embodiment of life and the emotional spirit of the universe.

Any host it possessed would have their inner emotions stirred up—and if reason failed to suppress desire, Dark Phoenix would be born.

Of course, it wasn't the Phoenix Force itself that turned dark, but the host.

Modern humans, bound by countless rules suppressing their desires, were particularly vulnerable—once unleashed, blackening was almost inevitable.

Thus, Syd wasn't surprised that Jean Grey might have fallen to the Dark Phoenix.

"Come to think of it... I'm probably also suitable for hosting the Phoenix Force, aren't I?"

Syd mused with curiosity.

The Phoenix Force preferred hosts with incredibly strong spiritual and mental power.

And his current mind and spirit far surpassed Jean Grey's.

Of course, Syd was just thinking aloud—he had no real interest in merging with the Phoenix Force.

After all, the Phoenix Force wasn't a dead thing—it had its own consciousness and preferences!

Plus, its full power was far too massive.

Syd was genuinely concerned that absorbing even a fragment might cause trouble later when encountering a more complete Phoenix Force.

Glancing once more at the still-sleeping Jean Grey, Syd considered whether to wake her.

"Forget it. With my current strength, Jean Grey isn't much of a threat.

I might as well wake her up. She could even help protect Logan, Professor X, and the others."

The next second, he waved his hand forward, using space transfer and portal magic.

Beneath the sleeping Jean Grey, in that mysterious space, a golden portal opened.

Moments later, the portal swallowed her.

At the same time, Phoenix Jean Grey appeared in the real world—falling out of the portal, almost crashing to the ground.

However, the raging Phoenix Force around her caught and supported her.

Looking at the Phoenix Force so close at hand, Syd's expression didn't change in the slightest.

With his Omega-level energy absorption ability, he wasn't even slightly intimidated.

Even without it, he wouldn't have been overly concerned.

At that moment, relying on his abstract conceptual body, he faintly sensed something unusual.

He frowned.

He could sense a subtle connection between his material divine body and the Phoenix Force—a link so faint that without his conceptual form's strength, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

"What is this?"

Syd's frown deepened.

(End of Chapter)

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