Emma Frost's previously elegant expression suddenly froze. She let out a muffled groan, and her body swayed uncontrollably.
She could clearly feel an invisible barrier severing her connection to her X-Gene. The long-unfamiliar weakness of an ordinary mortal instantly washed over her.
"Use your full strength to break through it. Don't use your psychic power."
Solomon's cold voice sounded beside her.
Emma Frost clenched her teeth, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
Like an enraged leopardess, she forcibly mobilized the vast X-Gene energy within her and launched an all-out counterattack against that barrier.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
The collar suddenly emitted a piercing, high-frequency alarm, its deep blue light flashing wildly.
It desperately increased its output in an attempt to suppress this resistance, but Emma Frost's X-Gene energy was simply too immense!
Just five seconds later, the miniature capacitor inside the collar finally failed to withstand the terrifying energy backlash.
Bang!
Amid a puff of black smoke and electrical sparks, the collar's motherboard burned out, and the magnetic field holding her in lockdown instantly collapsed!
One hundredth of a second after the restraint vanished, Emma Frost's fair skin instantly transformed into brilliant, indestructible diamond!
"Whew..."
Emma Frost panted heavily and returned to her flesh-and-blood form, a trace of lingering fear flashing in her eyes.
"Its suppression is powerful, but the total energy in my body exceeded its output limit. It overloaded."
"Very good. Charles, your turn."
Solomon silently recorded the data in his mind.
Charles stepped forward with a grave expression and put on the second collar himself.
As Trask pressed the activation button, Charles immediately felt as though a heavy layer of lead had encased his brain. The perception he normally commanded as easily as his own limbs, which allowed him to hear the thoughts of half of New