The thunderstorm raged on, relentlessly attacking the red magic shield. However, despite the shield appearing thin, it only created ripples under the dense assault, remaining entirely undamaged.
Pietro was well aware of this; his goal was never to break Wanda's magic shield. He knew too well how formidable Wanda's magic was.
Thus, Pietro intended to leverage his greatest advantage—speed—to achieve victory.
Boom!
The thunderstorm was merely a distraction from Pietro's true objective. As Wanda focused on using her magic shield to defend against the storm, a barely visible figure, surrounded by spiraling white lightning within the water cyclone, suddenly appeared behind her.
With a burst of electricity, Pietro's right fist aimed unreservedly at Wanda's back.
As the distance closed, just when Pietro thought he was about to succeed, a vague sense of unease surged in his mind. This instinct prompted him to abandon his attack instantly, causing him to halt abruptly and retreat at high speed.
Sure enough, as he withdrew, the space behind Wanda shattered inadvertently, like a fractured mirror—beautiful yet dangerous. Pietro knew too well what lay on the other side of the shattered space: another mirror dimension created by Wanda, where her abilities and magical expertise rendered her omnipotent.
Wanda's magic was profound, and she had her own strategy for dealing with agile opponents like Pietro. This strategy wasn't solely her own invention; she had been taught by that man.
Pietro believed there were countless traps behind this strategy, each one more deadly than the last.
Sweating, Pietro rejoined the water cyclone, his mind racing. Although Wanda couldn't match his speed, her magic, taught by that man, had grown stronger, and her abilities had surpassed his own.
Wanda now wielded Chaos Magic and probability manipulation, which had merged into a powerful reality-altering ability. Though Wanda couldn't use this ability effortlessly yet, it was most effective in her mirror dimension.
Additionally, Wanda had mastered various powerful spells, including basic, combined, and advanced magic, excelling in both offense and defense.
Though there appeared to be no energy fluctuations around Wanda, Pietro knew there were at least four trigger-based defensive spells waiting for him to step in.
Frustrated, Pietro realized his speed advantage was being nullified by Wanda's defensive magic. He had initially tried to disrupt her casting by attacking quickly, but she had anticipated this and instantly cast multiple defensive and offensive spells.
Finding no way to gain the upper hand, Pietro thought, "I need to leverage my speed to continuously disrupt Wanda's spells to win."
As Pietro resolved to act, Wanda reacted just as swiftly. She wasn't going to remain passive forever. Wanda, prepared in advance, opened her eyes, which glowed with red energy, and spread her hands.
Boom!
Instantly, a kilometer-wide area underwent a violent transformation. A fierce wind formed a precise, deadly slashing field. Invisible blades created by the wind would ruthlessly cut anything caught between them into pieces.
Pietro, perceiving the danger with his heightened senses, felt a chilling fear.
"Dear God, Wanda, are you trying to kill your own brother?" he exclaimed.
Sensing the abnormal wind flow and seeing his lightning torn apart by the currents, Pietro realized the nature of the magic. Without hesitation, he abandoned his plan and transformed into lightning, escaping the deadly winds just in time.
Boom!
One kilometer away, Pietro halted, his legs skimming the sea surface. Waves surged as he wiped the wetness from his face, filled with fear.
"That was close. Wanda's becoming more violent," Pietro thought, looking at Wanda floating within the chaotic winds. He knew he had no chance of winning now. A magician given time to breathe and forced to distance themselves was unbeatable, especially one as gifted as Wanda.
Despite his efforts, Pietro's various strategies, from aerial assaults to underwater sneak attacks, were futile. Wanda countered them all, nearly dragging him into the mirror dimension or crushing him with water pressure. Deceptive tactics were useless against her relentless attacks.
In a desperate move, Wanda transformed the surrounding area into a freezing environment, knowing that while Pietro could resist the cold, freezing the air could trap him.
Pietro ended up battered, barely able to stand, and clearly defeated. Wanda lifted the exhausted Pietro with her telekinesis as the mirror dimension shattered, returning them to the beach of their estate, where Bi Xiao was casually browsing his laptop.
"I won, Shaw," Wanda declared.
Upon seeing Bi Xiao, Wanda shed her combat demeanor of ruthlessness and indifference, and with a joyful smile, casually tossed Pietro onto another chair. She dashed over to the seat next to Bi Xiao, sat down, and grabbed the prepared iced juice with both hands, sipping through a straw with puffed cheeks and bright eyes fixed on Bi Xiao.
Her expression was one of adorable anticipation, seeking praise.
"Well done, you have perfectly executed the plan I gave you, but there are some areas that could be improved," Bi Xiao put down his tablet, reached out, and ruffled the little witch's hair affectionately, praising her before pointing out some inadequacies and mistakes during the battle.
He specifically taught Wanda how to deal with speed-type opponents like Pietro more simply and directly, explaining various tactics and strategies.
Listening from the side, Pietro, who was in a relaxed state on the beach chair, shivered, looking at Bi Xiao as if seeing a devil.
Terrifying. If Wanda really learned all of Bi Xiao's cunning tactics, how could he possibly stand a chance? Wouldn't he be defeated a hundred times within ten minutes?
Pietro shivered and felt a chill down his spine but then realized something was wrong. He and Wanda were not enemies; it was just a sparring match. Wanda would never kill her own brother, at most just beat him up as she did today.
Shouldn't the ones worrying be Wanda's future enemies instead?
Thinking of this, Pietro's pale face suddenly turned rosy. No longer worried, he shrugged off his burdens, sat up straight, and picked up the untouched juice on the table to drink.
Bi Xiao, after patiently explaining to Wanda, then turned to look at Pietro.
Facing Pietro's expectant gaze, Bi Xiao was silent for a moment before nodding in approval: "For now, your speed force has initially manifested, which is great. It significantly enhances your speed and other offensive capabilities."
Speaking of the speed force, Bi Xiao's gaze towards the white-haired boy became strange.
This kid probably thinks he's the reincarnation of Barry Allen from DC, doesn't he?
Even Bi Xiao didn't anticipate that, after modifying the heart cores of Wanda and Pietro and planting magic seeds, the emergence of magic would lead to such fascinating changes.
After Wanda's magic emerged, her life level increased, effectively integrating with chaos magic—not devouring it, but combining with it.
Yes, chaos magic, being the origin of magic in this universe, is of extraordinarily high quality. Generally, this kind of high-quality chaos magic would not tolerate another energy within the host's body, preferring to devour it. Yet, Bi Xiao's magic was equally exceptionally high in quality.
Even Wanda's subordinate magic couldn't be devoured by chaos magic but was instead influenced by the all-encompassing nature of magic, leading to a fusion of magic and chaos magic.
This fusion brought forth many new features, which chaos magic originally did not possess.
However, these features were not particularly critical since chaos magic is also versatile. It mainly depended on how Wanda developed it. Most importantly, after combining with magic, chaos magic began to grow stronger within Wanda's body. Wanda's chaos magic was not limitless.
It was related to her physical condition. When her body was weak, there wasn't much chaos magic, and Wanda couldn't fully mobilize it due to her insufficient mental strength.
There was an upper limit; as Wanda's physical condition gradually improved, her chaos magic naturally increased. However, with the combination with magic, the growth rate of chaos magic accelerated on a different track, also enhancing Wanda's life level.
In this cycle, Wanda's life level increased rapidly, much faster than the enhancement experienced by Bi Xiao's initial killings.
Otherwise, she wouldn't possess such combat power within just a month.
Currently, Wanda and Pietro were already much stronger than the two less rational and unhappy individuals of Asgard, at least able to beat them easily, especially the half-baked magician Loki, whom Wanda could toy with at will.
Moreover, the combined magic of chaos magic and Wanda's other ability, probability manipulation, was hidden under chaos magic and not obvious.
However, after combining, it evolved into a higher-tier ability: reality manipulation.
Such an ability shouldn't have appeared at this point but was catalyzed to emerge early. Actually, even later, she couldn't fully control the reality manipulation and chaos magic, but now Wanda could use it at will.
She could modify reality to create anything from nothing—people, armies, objects, and so on. She could also erase a person completely from the universe with a single thought, erasing them entirely from time with no past or future.
For instance, Wanda's most famous future act, eliminating 98% of mutant genes on Earth, leaving only a few mutants with powerful abilities.
This outcome was permanent, unchangeable by others unless she willingly reverted it.
In short, the little witch had received an epic enhancement, which did not surprise Bi Xiao much. What truly surprised him was Pietro.
Pietro's high-speed movement ability was strong and somewhat buggy. In Bi Xiao's initial expectation, after the emergence of magic, it would compensate for Pietro's other deficiencies, such as strength.
Indeed, over a month of growth, Pietro's life level increased. His strength could now easily lift tens of tons with one hand.
Combined with his high-speed movement, one punch could make even the Hulk fall.
But unexpectedly, under the influence of Pietro's mind and abilities, magic gave birth to another extremely prominent attribute, a new, different mysterious power.
This mysterious power significantly boosted Pietro's speed. A month ago, Pietro's speed reached a factor, but under the influence of this power, his running speed instantly became supersonic, reaching Mach 6.
This 2.0 Mach is the highest speed that the SR-72 Blackbird aircraft could achieve in two years.
Moreover, as this power grew, his speed kept increasing daily, and he also developed some other abilities through this power. Due to the short time of only a month, Pietro developed two abilities: accelerated healing and shielding.
Accelerated healing needs no explanation; the shield repels attacks, with a rebound force so strong that even a missile explosion couldn't break it.
This was quite overwhelming. Observing this power, Bi Xiao immediately thought of DC's speedster Barry Allen.
Thus, he named this power Speed Force.
It remained to be seen whether Pietro's speed force would be as terrifying and powerful as the Speed Force in the DC universe. Bi Xiao decided to observe it closely, as he did not want this speed force to enable time travel, allowing Pietro to mess with history like Barry, leading to a universe reset.
Clearly, magic, this versatile entity, influenced by the host's mind or abilities, unconsciously illuminated the new power most suited for the host, emphasizing strengths and improving weaknesses.
The emergence of the Speed Force was unexpected, but what surprised Bi Xiao even more was another incredible effect of magic.
He discovered that the abilities and attributes born from Wanda and Pietro's minds could feedback into him.
As the highest tier of magic, his magic and the twins' magic had a connection.
This connection had been observed during previous experiments.
Bi Xiao hadn't anticipated that this connection was not only about the subtle influence of magic on the thoughts of those implanted with magic but also about feedback.
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