In Marvel: Do You Really Think Becoming the Sorcerer Supreme Is Hard?

Zhang Yang—could he possibly be a fool?

Pah. Calling him a genius would be an insult.

Even the word "genius" wasn't worthy of him!

He was practically a god!

A godlike existence in the magical world!

How could Berkeley still say that Zhang Yang was ordinary? That he was no good?

Even if someone beat him to death, Berkeley couldn't say it.

Now, Berkeley only wanted to know how Zhang Yang had done it.

"After listening to Senior Brother yesterday, I went back and seriously thought about it all night. Then I kept thinking about how to maximize the power of Magic Ray. When I was standing on Mount Everest just now, I felt like I'd finally figured it out." Zhang Yang spoke with utmost seriousness.

After saying that, he didn't forget to thank Berkeley. "Senior Brother was absolutely right. Perfecting a single spell really is the correct path!"

After hearing Zhang Yang's words, Berkeley only wanted to slap himself twice.

He had originally thought that making Zhang Yang cultivate only one spell would greatly suppress his understanding of other spells.

But he seemed to have overlooked one thing.

How terrifying it was to cultivate a single spell to its absolute limit.

A single Magic Ray.

Could actually slice the summit of Mount Everest in half?!

How powerful did one's magical energy have to be to accomplish that?!

Had Zhang Yang done it just by thinking?

Could he really comprehend that much just through enlightenment?

No, seriously—how were the mages of Kamar-Taj supposed to live like this?

Others trained painstakingly year after year, working hard day after day.

And he just had to think?

Had he maxed out his magic talent?

Please, just act like a normal human being!

At that moment, Berkeley was on the verge of tears.

Heaven knew how desperate he felt. Shaking his head, Berkeley said to Zhang Yang and Aili, "Let's go."

After saying that, Berkeley passed through the Portal in a daze and arrived at Kamar-Taj.

Zhang Yang and Aili followed closely behind.

The moment the three of them entered the training ground,

the Apprentices were bewildered.

Why did they feel that Senior Brother Berkeley was acting strangely?

Why did he look so unhappy?

And Aili was acting strangely too.

Why was her mouth hanging open, as if she had just witnessed something shocking enough to stun her?

But... why did Zhang Yang look so unusually happy?

Just as the Apprentices were wondering what was going on,

Senior Brother Berkeley spoke. "First, let's congratulate Zhang Yang. He has successfully become an Apprentice Sorcerer... And then... today's training is over."

Berkeley spoke listlessly.

The Apprentices: ...???

What the hell?

Zhang Yang had gone to Mount Everest to cultivate, and he had become an Apprentice Sorcerer without even taking the examination?!

For a moment, every Apprentice turned to look at Zhang Yang.

At that moment, Zhang Yang could barely suppress his smile. He said to Berkeley, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Berkeley nodded. "Tomorrow, go straight to the library and report in. Arch-Sorcerer Wong will begin teaching you magic."

Wow—

An uproar broke out.

At that moment, the Apprentices' gazes at Zhang Yang were filled with nothing but boundless envy and jealousy.

An Arch-Sorcerer teaching him?

Then the spells he learned would definitely be incredibly powerful high-level magic, right?!

However, although Berkeley acknowledged that Zhang Yang was truly formidable, he still didn't forget to warn him. "Zhang Yang, Wong is an Arch-Sorcerer. You may have brought out the power of Magic Ray very well just now, but the Arch-Sorcerers of Kamar-Taj are absolutely not undeserving of their reputations."

After saying that, Berkeley left with heavy steps under everyone's puzzled gazes.

Zhang Yang was delighted.

But he also knew that Kamar-Taj was still his starting village.

This level of power was still far from enough when facing those advanced spells.

Zhang Yang knew that he still had a lot to learn.

"I'm going back to continue studying magic," Zhang Yang said as he walked toward the dormitory.

Once Berkeley and Zhang Yang had left,

all the Apprentices turned their gazes toward Aili.

"Aili, what exactly happened?"

"Yeah, Aili, tell us about it, will you?"

The Apprentices crowded around her, apparently eager to find out what had happened.

However, Aili only stared wide-eyed into space, looking utterly disbelieving.

That left Barlow, who was among the crowd, feeling rather annoyed.

"Weren't you going to become the Sorcerer Supreme? Senior Brother Berkeley even said that your talent was the strongest. So why did Zhang Yang become an Apprentice Sorcerer while you didn't?"

Barlow mocked Aili sarcastically.

Normally, Aili would have retorted coldly, but this time, she didn't.

She only shook her head blankly and muttered unconsciously, "He's too strong. Too strong..."

Chapter 17

New York. S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

Its purpose was to handle all kinds of abnormal incidents and monitor, study, recruit, or... destroy people or objects that might threaten Earth in the future.

"Looks like I have a new mission again?!"

Every time Black Widow entered Nick Fury's office, she knew that nothing good would come of it.

Of course, for someone bored out of her mind, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

Compared with the dark memories of the Red Room during World War II, S.H.I.E.L.D. was fairly humane.

Nick Fury also treated her reasonably well.

"There is indeed some trouble." Looking at Black Widow as she entered, Nick Fury frowned and spoke with a complicated expression.

Nick Fury's manner gave Black Widow a very bad feeling.

After all, as the King of Spies, Nick Fury rarely wore such an expression, and he rarely used the word "trouble" either.

Generally speaking, "trouble" meant that something major had happened.

Putting away her usual charm, Black Widow became slightly more serious. "Tell me. What kind of trouble? Hopefully, it isn't too difficult to handle."

Nick Fury took a file from his desk drawer and placed it in front of Black Widow. "Mount Everest is half as short as it normally is. There has also been a mountain collapse, along with severe avalanches, landslides, and falling sections of the mountain. However, based on the drone surveys we conducted, the formation of this phenomenon doesn't appear to have been caused by natural factors."

Black Widow froze.

What the hell??

Mount Everest had become half as tall??

And it wasn't caused by natural factors?

So did that mean—

"You don't actually suspect that Mount Everest being reduced by half was caused by a person, do you?!" Black Widow raised an eyebrow and asked incredulously.

"Based on the drone footage, we can't rule it out. Moreover, when the anomaly occurred on Mount Everest, quite a few residents at the foot of the mountain sensed a force. From what I've heard, it was domineering and overwhelming." Nick Fury spoke seriously.

From his tone, he clearly wasn't joking.

The horrifying disappearance forced Black Widow to take Nick Fury's words seriously.

Half doubtful, Black Widow opened the file.

It would have been better if she hadn't looked. The moment she did, she froze.

What the hell was this??

A person did it?

What kind of person could slice Mount Everest in half?!

This was definitely the work of a superhuman!

If not, then it had to be a Mutant—a Mutant of the Omega level!

Wasn't this ability ridiculously overpowered?!

"Nick, you're not planning to send me to deal with the person who cut Mount Everest in half, are you?!" Black Widow hesitantly closed the file and asked tentatively.

Honestly, that sort of terrible idea wasn't beyond Nick Fury.

After all, whenever Nick Fury sought out Black Widow, nine times out of ten it was to kill someone.

"I never do anything foolish without confidence." Nick Fury shrugged. "I'm only asking you to take some people to investigate the area around the Himalayas. To be honest, I think there's probably a very powerful superhuman somewhere near the Himalayas."

Nick Fury narrowed his eyes.

He seemed to be plotting something.

"Okay."

Simple and decisive.

Since it was within her capabilities, Black Widow didn't hesitate in the slightest.

It was only an investigation. It wasn't particularly difficult.

But then—

"What about the Tesseract?" Black Widow couldn't help asking.

Recently, S.H.I.E.L.D. had been researching the Tesseract. Black Widow had originally been investigating the Tesseract's abnormality as well. That unknown force from the Universe was truly domineering and terrifying.

What was especially absurd was that the Tesseract had attracted two people who claimed to be gods.

One, carrying a hammer, claimed to be the god of thunder.

The other, wearing a horned helmet, claimed to be the future king of Asgard and the Allfather.

They both looked like a pair of idiots.

Thinking of this, Black Widow couldn't help sighing.