"Ororo, open the hatch!" Watching Jean Grey resist the terrifying flood outside the hatch, Cyclops anxiously shouted at Storm, who was piloting the plane.
"I'm not controlling it." Storm had already left the pilot's seat. The buttons could be seen operating on their own, as if an invisible person were sitting there.
In fact, that was more or less the case. Jean Grey had now taken complete control of the entire plane. She knew Storm and Cyclops would not abandon her, but if she did not step forward, the plane would likely be torn to pieces by the flood in an instant.
What was more, as that terrifying power within her continued to surge forth, she had realized that this might be the best outcome.
However, just as Jean had made up her mind and was about to send the plane flying away, a figure suddenly leaped down from the sky and landed in front of her.
"Yifang!" Jean froze at the sight of him, but her expression immediately changed again.
"Get out of here! You'll die!"
Yet Lu Yifang did not turn around at Jean's shout behind him. Instead, he looked up at the wall of water five or six stories high, a rare trace of seriousness appearing on his face. Though the water level had dropped as it spread out, the nearly ninety-meter drop had undoubtedly made its destructive force even greater.
Even Mutant Academy's newest aircraft, made of advanced materials, probably would not last a second against it. The plane and everyone aboard would be torn to shreds.
Lu Yifang had no intention of letting that happen. Drawing back his gaze, he raised his foot and took a step forward.
"Here—passage is forbidden!"
Boom! Boom! Rumble! The flood churned violently, as though countless torpedoes had exploded all