383. Anomalous Phoenix, Expel or Slaughter? (Fourth Update)

"Hm?"

While Dilos was laughing heartily, he suddenly sensed a faint, nearly undetectable killing intent mixed with greed and desire. In an instant, he locked onto its source: Jean Grey.

Having long since formed a soul, his senses were sharper than ever. Not to mention that the strength of his soul was already comparable to Ancient One's, so there was no way he could be mistaken about something like this.

However, he did not say anything. He merely acted as though he knew nothing, chatting and laughing with the X-Men around him while secretly focusing his mind and using his soul power to observe Jean behind him.

Although he had not interacted much with Jean, he knew she was by no means a bad person. Like Ororo, she was warmhearted and gentle.

Dilos was also certain that he had never done anything to offend her. And even if he had, it would never have been enough to make her want to kill him.

That left only one possibility.

"Dark Phoenix."

While chatting and laughing with the X-Men, Dilos had already found the answer in his heart.

Dark Phoenix was the other personality within Jean. It had been born from the Phoenix Force and Jean's fear of using her abilities. It was the complete opposite of Jean, filled with every kind of dark thought and desire. It could be described as something like a fusion of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Dilos did not dare underestimate Dark Phoenix in the slightest. With only a small portion of the Phoenix Force, she could break down and reconstruct matter at a molecular level. Even as powerful as he was now, he would only dare fight such a monster after stacking multiple transformations.

Even now, Dilos did not dare expose the matter outright. He had