"Impossible! This is impossible!"
"Stop fucking kidding me!"
Coming back to his senses, Gravik felt like he was going crazy. He pressed down on the toad with all his might, trying to prove that this was just an illusion created by Wanda and that the toad in his hand was actually still the remote control.
Squish~
Under his forceful pressure, the toad's foul-smelling body burst open, and foul blood mixed with pus splashed onto Gravik's face.
This caused him to slump to the ground in that instant, as if all the bones in his body had been pulled out.
The satellite signal faithfully recorded this scene and broadcast it all over the World.
The bullet chat was silent for two seconds before instantly exploding.
"Hahahahahaha, I really can't take it anymore!"
"I'm dying of laughter! What the hell is a remote control turning into a toad!"
"So the threat of thirteen nuclear bombs was solved just like that?"
"But how exactly was this done? Why did the remote control turn into a toad in an instant?"
"It's probably the work of that girl in red and My Lord Arbiter!"
"My Lord Arbiter is awesome! Scarlet Witch is awesome!"
Even though this was Wanda's first appearance in front of everyone, her scarlet cloak and the Chaos Crown atop her head led the audience to spontaneously bestow upon her the beautiful name of Scarlet Witch.
Gravik couldn't see the bullet chat, but at this moment, the doubts in his heart were even greater than those of the global audience.
He pointed a trembling finger at Wanda, his voice becoming incredibly shrill due to excessive agitation:
"You, how exactly did you do it? Why did my remote control..."
Wanda didn't answer Gravik.
In fact, even she herself hadn't figured out exactly what had happened.
She had simply followed that man's suggestion, and then felt an unprecedented, terrifying energy pour into her body, instantly detonating the energy originally contained within her that she hadn't even known about.
That terrifying energy even made her feel a strong sense of fear.
Just as everyone on the scene was waiting for an answer, Peter's calm voice rang out:
"Since you've asked so sincerely, I will mercifully tell you."
"To prevent the World from being destroyed, to protect the peace of the World... I just gave her a tiny little boost."
That's right, during those 30 seconds of Gravik's countdown, Peter hadn't been hesitating or struggling; instead, he had put all his time and energy into how to empower Wanda.
...
Half a minute ago.
In the inner World established through Mantis, Wanda looked around at her surroundings in confusion.
Just as she was feeling a strong sense of unease and subconsciously wanted to use the Chaos Magic in her body to break this inner space, Peter's figure appeared behind her.
"Wanda, you've heard the situation outside; now only you can save this World."
"You are... Peter Parker?" Turning around and seeing Peter, Wanda was startled, and then she showed strong hostility: "What do you mean by that?"
"Exactly what I said. Even I can't stop him from pressing that button without anyone noticing, or make all the nuclear bombs lose their power before he presses it."
Peter looked at Wanda with a sincere expression and spoke.
"But you can. I can clearly feel the immense power contained within you; this power can even directly modify reality."
Others might not know the terrifying potential inside Wanda, the Scarlet Witch, but how could he, a transmigrator, not know?
It could be said that Wanda, the Scarlet Witch, was the most powerful Earthling in the entire Marvel Universe.
The Chaos Magic she wielded might possess the power to directly rewrite rules or even erase reality.
In the cinematic Universe, when her power was only beginning to awaken, it could cover the entire town of Westview, turning it into her own Small World.
In the comics, a heartbroken Scarlet Witch could even make the Mutant genes of the entire Earth disappear completely with just a single sentence!
With such a bug-level, heaven-defying ability, wanting to make a remote control disappear was naturally a piece of cake.
Therefore, Peter was certain that as long as he could help Wanda guide out the Chaos Magic in her heart, he could perfectly resolve this crisis.
"You are the most unique existence on this Earth. Setting me aside, there is perhaps no existence more outstanding than you in this World."
As Peter spoke, he moved closer to Wanda bit by bit.
Wanda looked at Peter, her eyes still full of vigilance.
But considering the situation outside, she ultimately did not choose to resist or attack Peter.
"Are you sure I can really do it?" Wanda, who had lacked love since childhood and had received almost no affirmation during her growth, couldn't help but ask as if possessed.
"It's not that you can do it, but that only you can do it." While speaking, Peter placed his hand on Wanda's shoulder and poured his Celestial Energy into her body without reservation.
In the process, he could clearly feel the Observation Haki in his mind warning him frantically.
It seemed to be reminding him that his current actions might lead to a very terrifying result.
But at the moment, Peter couldn't care about that much.
He still couldn't bear to watch hundreds of millions of lives perish just because of his choice.
And then, everything happened naturally.
Under the boost of Celestial Energy, the Chaos Magic in Wanda's body was fully triggered, even though she hadn't yet experienced the pain of losing a brother or a lover.
She still erupted at this moment with power comparable to the heights she reached in 'Wanda Vision'.
...
Hearing Peter's casual answer, Gravik froze in place, his body uncontrollably trembling with rage.
"No... I don't accept this ending!"
Gravik's eyes were bloodshot, and his body began to swell violently. The four types of genetic energy fused within him were simultaneously pushed to their limits. Rock-like scales covered his entire body, and Extremis caused his surface temperature to soar to over a thousand degrees.
He was going to stake everything on one throw.
He was going to perish together with this man.
Even if he couldn't win, he would take someone down with him!
He rushed toward Peter's direction regardless of everything, the ground beneath his feet instantly scorched into glass by the terrifying temperature of his body.
Even though Gwen and the others had received Peter's Celestial Energy boost, they couldn't help but be forced back step by step by this terrifying momentum.
But even so, he only managed to run barely three steps.
Because after he had run three steps, Wanda reacted and raised her hand.
She just simply raised her hand.
The scarlet Chaos Magic didn't turn into an Impact, didn't turn into a light beam, and didn't have any visually flashy effects.
Yet it caused Gravik's body to hover strangely in mid-air.
Then, he began to deform.
He wasn't being compressed, nor was he being torn apart.
Instead, every cell in his body was being redefined in its way of existence by Wanda's Chaos Magic at the same time.
Muscle fibers disintegrated, bones liquefied, and blood evaporated.
The entire process took less than a second!
Gravik didn't even have time to let out a scream before he turned into a puddle of something whose original shape could no longer be seen, hitting the ground with a splat.
He died silently.
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