In less than a tenth of a second, several flashes of white light abruptly erupted. Everyone from the Main Universe's Hellfire Club died without any ability to resist. Even after returning to Battleworld, the White Queen's roar still echoed in their minds: "Die!!!"
The only one present capable of resisting was Phoenix. But the White Queen was an Omega-level telepath. In the comics, her abilities did not merely rival Professor X's—she could suppress him. She had once shattered the psychic barrier Professor X had established in an instant. The words used in the comics were "very easily" and "without any effort."
Even the Phoenix fragment within Phoenix had to give it her all to withstand the mental assault of such a powerful telepath. But for Phoenix, she could only exert her full strength while out of control. In that very instant, Phoenix lost control.
Phoenix had no time to restrain herself, nor any way to warn anyone. The Phoenix Force directly ignited all the cosmic space around the central black hole. Not even a black hole could absorb such destructive power.
And unfortunately, the Central Universe's Cerebro was located right beside the central black hole.
The location had been chosen precisely to protect Cerebro. After all, most superheroes could not take a black hole head-on. Magneto was practically invincible here and could protect Cerebro very effectively.
But what they could think of, others could think of as well. They believed the central black hole was intimidating enough that ordinary people would not approach it. Those looking to cause trouble, however, would also see it as the perfect blind spot—dangerous enough that no one would come, making it ideal for plotting schemes. That was why the Black Queen and the others had arranged to meet Phoenix here.
So when the Phoenix