Zhou Yi took a deep breath and pushed off the atmosphere behind him.
A huge wave surged at the moment he exerted force, spreading out nearly a hundred meters in an instant.
Under this astonishing Impact, the clouds shattered, turning into a surging torrent that shot into the wider sky with the Impact.
For a moment, a huge vacuum appeared over Paris, accompanied by a hurricane-like roar and the faint morning light that had begun to seep through.
The howling storm washed away all the cover in the sky, leaving only the pristine sky blue.
It was like a dark blue gem, shimmering with dazzling brilliance.
It was already difficult to see such a pure sky in a densely populated modern city.
If it were peacetime, many people would surely stop to admire such a rare sight.
But today, no one had the mind for it.
This man-made spectacle only made ordinary people feel fear, because the power displayed by the warring parties had transcended the human level; humans had become like ants in front of them.
When people realize their insignificance, they often feel this sense of fear.
It was like a large hand covering the sky stroking the trembling soul of an ant; no matter how gentle, it could only leave lingering fear.
Zhou Yi had no mind to explore human fear; his attention was entirely on Magneto.
A sense of shame lingered in his heart; he had always regarded himself as a god among humans, a hero favored by fate.
Thinking highly of himself was just a polite way of putting it, especially for Zhou Yi.
Sometimes, it could even be described as arrogant.
Magneto was very powerful, that was true.
Zhou Yi had never underestimated Magneto either.
Just as he had told Ororo and the others, he wasn't absolutely confident of victory.
But deep in his heart, he also firmly believed that he would never fail; for him, Magneto could at most maintain a chance of neither winning nor losing.
However, the unfavorable start severely wounded his pride.
Humiliation would only make a person like him burst forth with greater power; he no longer held back, unleashing his fastest speed.
The enormous kinetic energy from the recoil allowed him to easily accelerate to his maximum speed.
In just an instant, his speed had broken through the sound barrier, entering a super-high-speed state of twenty-five times the speed of sound.
The pitch-black Shadow began to glow fiery red in the pure sky, and oppressive heat waves spread down from the sky, blowing into the city like the scorching sea breeze of summer, making people experience the oppressive heat of midsummer during this Christmas season.
At such speeds, Earth's own gravity and air became obstacles to movement, and the kinetic energy generated by overcoming these obstacles when he moved was explosive.
From a visual perspective, what could be discerned was endless Fire enveloping the black Shadow, transforming into an all-consuming arrow of Fire in the sky, shooting towards the countless thunderstorms.
Thunder and flames intertwined, forming a magnificent spectacle in the air.
And within this magnificent scene, Zhou Yi once again collided with that incredibly defensive shield.
Flames spread across the light shield, and countless electric snakes intertwined with the body of the flames, causing strange sparks to erupt within the Fire.
At the center of the flames, Zhou Yi was locked in a final struggle with the light shield.
This time, the Earth truly began to rumble, and the ancient city let out groans of unbearable strain.
Huge cracks began to appear on the neat roads, exposing torn rock formations.
All the buildings began to tremble, many of them still standing firm, but some had already lost their footing and completely collapsed to the ground.
People had already begun to lose their footing, because the ground beneath this city had started to move.
And not by its own will, but under immense external force.
All of this was observed by the two combatants, Zhou Yi resisted the recoil from the shield itself, staring at Magneto in the center of the shield and shouting.
"Magneto, what exactly have you done?"
"Haven't you realized yet, young man?"
Magneto raised both hands, and with his movement, Zhou Yi clearly perceived the Earth moving with his actions.
"I am using the power of the Earth to counter your divine speed."
"Every living organism is a huge magnetic field, and an existence like you is no exception.
Of course, the Earth beneath our feet is the same.
I've seen your data, young man, and frankly, you truly surprise me.
Supersonic movement, if I were unprepared, would be difficult to deal with.
But now I am prepared."
"Do you think I chose this place for no reason? It's not just because of this magnetic storm coil, young man."
Magneto stared at Zhou Yi, who was fully investing his power into the shield, and tapped his own head.
"I am building a position.
A long time ago, I realized that the most powerful place is not in * * but here.
Wisdom is the most effective weapon.
Do you think I would come unprepared to fight a supersonic flying fellow? Isn't that thought a bit too naive?"
The Earth was still trembling, and in this situation, Zhou Yi consciously and slowly reduced his exerted force.
And when he did so, the trembling of the Earth noticeably weakened.
Clearly, there was an inevitable connection between the two.
Looking at the glowing shield in front of him, Zhou Yi immediately asked in surprise.
"Are you using the Earth's magnetic field here to defend against me? How is that possible!"
"Clever, though you've come to this realization a little late!"
Clapping his hands, Magneto replied with a smile.
"Why impossible? I am the master of magnetism.
When setting up the magnetic coils, I had already embedded my will deep into the Earth, taking over the control of geomagnetism.
Now, what stands before you is the convergence point of all magnetic fields in the entire city of Paris.
It is operating in a way that repels your own magnetic field, and this means one thing."
"Unless you're determined to sink this city, don't even think about getting a single inch closer to me!"
Magneto uttered the words Zhou Yi least wanted to hear, so when he heard them, his expression had already turned extremely ugly.
"That's right, exactly.
And, there's more.
Now it's my turn to stand undefeated, and it's your moment to face the test."
As Magneto made a one-handed clasping motion, countless bolts of lightning converged.
The ultra-high voltage intertwined to form a massive electric sphere, which floated above the Eiffel Tower.
The dazzling lightning was even more brilliant than the newly risen Sun, as if a brand new Sun stood there.
And the moment he saw the lightning sphere, Zhou Yi had already begun to fly away rapidly, but no matter how far he flew, it couldn't compare to the speed of lightning flashing through the air.
A huge bolt of lightning instantly split from the lightning sphere, striking the small black Shadow in the blink of an eye.
The ultra-high voltage instantly passed through Zhou Yi's armor to him, nearly a hundred million volts of electricity capable of vaporizing most living organisms, causing some damage even to Zhou Yi.
Under this voltage, his heart already had some functional disorders, and his nervous organs also suffered partial damage.
However, this was not enough to make him lose his combat effectiveness.
His speed suddenly increased; although still not as fast as lightning, nor as fast as his own extreme speed, it had already surpassed Magneto's perception.
Not just visual perception, but his perception of magnetic fields.
To deal with such high-speed abilities, Magneto couldn't rely on visual aiming; he relied on his induction of biological magnetic fields.
This induction was theoretically 100% accurate, but it still had flaws.
This flaw was the instant Magneto's will was transmitted, the moment from perception to issuing an attack command; this almost immeasurable time was where his flaw lay.
And this instant was enough for Zhou Yi to dodge his attack.
Giant lightning snakes darted wildly through the air, and countless electric snakes seemed to be making aimless attacks in the eyes of ordinary people, but only Magneto knew that he was attacking an enemy whose speed surpassed perception.
His attacks all landed on empty space; although he clearly perceived his presence, he always disappeared from his original spot in the next instant.
This act of firing a cannon at a mosquito was enough to make any shooter feel frustrated.
Even Magneto, who prided himself on his wisdom, was no exception.
"Are you planning to be a fleeing fly for the rest of your life?"
After the first shot, Magneto, whose nearly a hundred subsequent lightning strikes missed, used words to provoke, hoping the young man's impulsive hot blood would make him stop and take a couple of hits.
But what answered him was an extremely dazzling heat ray.
Several bolts of lightning intertwined, meeting the dazzling beam of light.
Their shared plasma nature caused them to compete and consume each other.
The entire sky was filled with fragmented lightning and dancing sparks of Fire.
Magneto took the opportunity to fire a few shots with his other hand towards the origin of the heat ray, but he hit nothing.
"Young man, you're wasting both our time!"
"Oh really? I think it's better than being a fixed target!"
When it came to arguing, Zhou Yi never backed down, not even against Magneto.
"Damn it, didn't your father teach you to respect elders?"
The lightning never stopped, but it was meaningless if it didn't hit the target.
"Unfortunately, my father left very early.
He didn't have time to educate me in that regard."
The voice came from all directions.
This meant it was difficult to find the target.
"Perhaps we should sit down and talk, find another way to resolve this issue."
"What, are you going to close that turtle shell and have a face-to-face showdown with me?"
This was not a good idea for Magneto; without this magnetic shield, he had no confidence at all in dodging the Dawn Knight's supersonic attacks, and just one hit, with his body only slightly stronger than an ordinary person's, would definitely lead to him meeting his maker.
"This isn't fair to me, young man."
He let go and fired a few more bolts of lightning, but this kind of luck-based method was basically useless.
"We should try a different approach."
"Such as?"
"I can change targets, and all you have to do is prevent him from being harmed.
Two chances, if you succeed, I'll admit I failed this time."
Magneto showed a smile full of conspiracy, to which Zhou Yi expressed his attitude.
"Sounds like I'm at a disadvantage, maybe we can try another way."
"No need, young man.
You'll agree to my method."
Magneto shifted his gaze in another direction; there, the French army was already rushing towards this direction.
Magneto revealed a very malicious smile, like those Bandits watching their prey walk into a trap.
He spread his hands.
And with his movement, the lightning sphere began to brew an even denser attack; a few breaths later, lightning had scattered down like a blanket.
The lightning almost occupied all the space in the sky; in such a dense attack, unless one could achieve the high speed and flexibility of Zhou Yi, one could only face the lightning's attack.
And clearly, the French army did not have such conditions.
So their fate was foreseeable; the fighter jets were directly shot down in mid-air, and the armored units on the ground also suffered many lightning strikes.
The power of the thunder turned all organic life directly into charcoal, and a large number of tanks crashed into each other.
They had lost their operators.
And some unlucky ones were directly detonated by the ultra-high voltage.
In just an instant, the French army dispatched had completely lost its combat effectiveness.
And for Magneto, this was merely a greeting.
"We can continue this stalemate, but I can't guarantee how many more humans will be affected.
So, I don't think you have many choices, do you?"