Feeling the weakness in Zhou Yi's spiritual will, Jean Grey, or rather, Dark Phoenix, erupted with terrifying killing intent.
Jean Grey might care about Professor Charles's identity, but Dark Phoenix would not have such scruples.
Furthermore, she only felt hatred and disgust towards Charles, who had imprisoned her for more than ten years.
And when she perceived that the source of Zhou Yi's weakness was Professor Charles and the Great Master of Illusions, Jason, she immediately developed a huge desire to attack these two people.
To be able to settle both public and private grievances at once was, for her, an excellent choice.
However, sensing Dark Phoenix's terrifying desire to attack, Professor Charles once again used his psychic abilities.
Through his eyes, invisible mental fluctuations began to invade Dark Phoenix's brain.
He was not trying to control her, which meant he didn't need to engage in a direct confrontation with her mind.
And when it came to mental trickery, Dark Phoenix was far from Professor Charles's match.
Dark Phoenix manipulated the psychic storm, sweeping towards Charles and Jason.
But this almost World-destroying storm seemed to have eyes, deliberately avoiding Charles and them.
Even though everything around them had become a mess, the ground beneath their feet remained perfectly intact.
Even if Dark Phoenix repeatedly strengthened her power, almost shaving off a layer of the entire underground, she could not change this fact.
This was the terrifying aspect of Professor Charles; he could subtly change a person's thoughts, not needing much power, but even a small amount could achieve twelve times the effect.
Moreover, it made people unable to guard against it, unable to resist it, and even unable to eliminate it.
Dark Phoenix let out a terrifying wail from her mouth, and the psychic storm became even more dreadful.
Even the towering flood behind her was stopped.
Thousands of tons of water were decomposed into their most primitive atomic state under her psychic storm.
No matter how terrifying the pressure or how powerful the impact of the flood, it could not advance a single step.
This was already Dark Phoenix's absolute Domain.
However, this was still useless.
In fact, her psychic storm even provided a special layer of protection for Charles and them, shielding them from all external interference.
On the contrary, Wanda and Logan seemed to be suffering greatly.
Wanda conjured a huge protective shield within Dark Phoenix's psychic storm, protecting everyone around her.
This group included not only Quicksilver, Logan, and Airesha, but also Magneto, as well as Psylocke and Yuriko.
Under the influence of Dark Phoenix's psychic storm, the Great Master of Illusions' mental control could no longer be maintained over these two Puppets.
Because the mental fluctuations emitted by Dark Phoenix herself greatly interfered with the minds of these Puppets.
Their frozen minds were re-energized, and although it was intense and somewhat damaging, it forced Jason to abandon them.
He did not have the energy to both erode Zhou Yi's spiritual World and increase his power to maintain control over the two Puppets; that would be not only counterproductive but also unnecessary.
So these two very special, and arguably last, Puppets finally gained their freedom.
This was also why Wanda saved them; having gained their freedom, they were no longer enemies; they had a common enemy.
Although the greatest enemy was already dead.
"Wanda, this is too dangerous.
We should leave here soon."
Quicksilver saw Dark Phoenix's almost World-destroying posture and shrank his neck in fear.
He was now somewhat doubtful whether this World was the World he originally lived in.
He had always believed that there couldn't be so many freaks in this World, and even if Professor Charles, Magneto, and his sister were combined, there would only be a few strong individuals who could stand before him.
But today, he realized that this World was much deeper than he thought; his original ideas were too naive.
Having Dawn Knight as an anomaly wasn't enough; now there had to be another rampaging Jean Grey.
Looking at Jean Grey's power, he even doubted if he would be able to leave a complete corpse if he charged in.
So, in this situation, he decisively chickened out and began to persuade his sister to leave while they could.
Wanda looked at her younger brother and Magneto, who had almost lost the ability to move.
Despite her reluctance, she had to admit that this place was indeed no longer suitable for them to stay.
Regardless of Zhou Yi's final outcome, they could not play any role.
In fact, if the worst-case scenario occurred, all of them might be permanently trapped in this place.
Seemingly noticing her dilemma, Logan also joined in the persuasion.
"Although I really don't want to admit it, we have no other purpose staying here.
Rather than this, we should retreat first.
If there's any turn of events, we won't drag them down!"
After much thought, Wanda accepted their suggestion.
She spread a large area of red mist, which enveloped all of them.
Soon, they vanished from their original spot.
And Wanda and their disappearance did not attract the attention of those present; in their minds, these were insignificant characters.
Whether it was Jason, the controlled Charles, or Jean Grey, who had transformed into Dark Phoenix, their sole focus was Zhou Yi, who was trapped in the illusion.
Zhou Yi's situation was still worsening, and the powers of Charles and Jason were also increasing.
Dark Phoenix perceived all of this, but she could not stop their actions.
This was the greatest torment for her.
Her emotions were so strong and real that she simply could not watch Zhou Yi's self-awareness be erased little by little.
If he lost his self-existence, would he still be the original Zhou Yi?
The answer was obvious.
And such an answer was completely unacceptable to Dark Phoenix.
As the most authentic emotional personality, Dark Phoenix could act impulsively without considering the consequences.
To save Zhou Yi, she made the most dangerous move.
She threw her own consciousness into the World woven by the two spiritual Great Masters, gambling everything she had.
If she succeeded, she could save Zhou Yi's consciousness.
If she failed, they would perish together.
This was the most insane act, and also the only act that could create a miracle at the moment.
Charles and them could only watch as a major variable entered the World they had woven.
And at this moment, in Zhou Yi's spiritual World, that eternally unchanging thing finally underwent a slight alteration.
The door that had never been opened suddenly swung open.
A figure almost ran in.
Zhou Yi clearly watched her rush to his side, grasp his stiff hand tightly, and desperately try to tell him something.
Her snow-White and beautiful face was filled with fear and worry, and from her constantly moving lips, Zhou Yi could discern that she was repeatedly saying one word.
But he couldn't hear it clearly.
Countless days and nights of loneliness and solitude had almost eroded all his senses.
He was now almost unable to hear anything.
The woman, still holding his hand, continued to whisper, and it was evident that her emotions were very sincere.
But Zhou Yi gazed at her face and still couldn't find any trace of her existence in his memory.
Not only her, but no one existed in his memory.
There, he possessed only a blank space.
He desperately wanted to ask who this woman was and what their relationship was.
But he was powerless; besides looking, he could do nothing.
However, he was still very happy; in this World, he was finally not alone.
Someone was accompanying him, and although he didn't know who she was, it no longer mattered.
What mattered was that someone still cared about him, someone was willing to stay by his side.
This injected a bit of strength into his heart once again.
And this attracted the attention of the creators of this World; Zhou Yi's self-awareness grew stronger again, which was something they absolutely would not allow to happen.
Therefore, they began to correct the World they had woven.
And for them, there was only one existence that needed to be corrected: the intruder, Jean Grey.
In this World, they were the Dominators and the rule-makers, so with almost no hesitation, they began to erase Jean Grey's will.
Dark Phoenix felt the cleansing power from the spiritual World itself, and instinctively wanted to resist.
But there was no way to resist.
This was a spiritual World, a spiritual World woven by Charles and Jason, the two most top-tier spiritual Great Masters in the World, to erase Zhou Yi's self-awareness.
In this World, nothing would exist except the eternal things in Zhou Yi's eyes.
Dark Phoenix's power was no exception; although she intruded here, it did not mean she could change the rules here.
Here, she was nothing; not a powerful ability user, not a Mutant, not even a real existence.
She was just a will, a will that could be erased.
And she was being erased.
Time still flowed, and Jean Grey, in her red dress, still held Zhou Yi's hand, softly whispering something.
This made Zhou Yi feel content, but also fearful.
Because he discovered that as days and nights alternated, the figure of this suddenly appearing woman was gradually becoming blurred.
It was as if she was about to evaporate from this World.
This was proof that Jean Grey's will was being erased little by little.
Although she tried hard to resist, in this World, she had no power to fight back.
She could choose to leave, but she did not do so, because for her, it was meaningless.
She chose to stay, even though it meant annihilation.
And Zhou Yi did not know any of this.
He just watched her body gradually fade, gradually disappear.
It was as if her appearance was just an unreal dream.
However, he truly did not want this to be a dream.
And he didn't believe it was a dream.
He desperately wanted to hold onto her, but his withered body prevented him from doing anything.
He could only watch as everything he had so painstakingly gained was about to disappear from his World once again.
This was the cruelest thing, and also the most painful thing.
But he had to experience such a thing.
Finally, when dusk arrived once again, Jean Grey's faint, almost outline-only figure finally disappeared before him.
The lingering warmth on his hand still seemed to tell him of the woman's existence.
But his World had lost her forever.
Tears finally flowed from his seemingly dried-up body, and at that instant, he heard the woman's constantly repeated whisper.
"Wake up, my hero, my love!"
Pain instantly penetrated to the deepest part of his soul, and also instantly awakened his truest self.
Raging flames began to burn this World, and countless rays of light and golden flames burst forth from his withered body.
The World was shattering, the World was collapsing.
At this moment, even if the entire World pressed down on him, it could not stop the Awakening of his self.
A golden Sun began to appear, beginning to destroy everything here.