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"It's like a farewell ceremony! I'm afraid I'm really in for worse than good this time!" Phoenix maintained the glowing red magic shield in her hand and left, looking back every few steps! Compared to a young teenager like Cyclops, an adult like Kurohane, the Mage, was full of a mysterious aura, more attractive to a girl her age, not just because Kurohane solved her ability control problem, but more importantly, Kurohane truly understood her difficulties and knew her problems, and even more importantly, Kurohane's appearance was truly striking!
"Phoenix! What did that grumpy guy just say to you?" Cyclops asked, his tone gruff, trying to mask his jealousy.
"Kurohane, the Mage, is a very good person. If you ever say that about him again, I'll be angry!" Seeing Cyclops's pouting face, Phoenix's expression also became strange, like having just gone to a restaurant for a big meal, and then having to eat leftovers upon returning home!
Phoenix: Disgust! Stupid kid! Always thinking about skipping class and not studying properly!
Cyclops: The hatred of a stolen wife is irreconcilable!
Ignoring the youthful romance drama unfolding there, Kurohane sat cross-legged again. After sending away Phoenix, whose eyes were full of little stars, he finally had time to himself. He checked his system panel. Justice Points were close to a guaranteed draw for a Super Skill, but there wasn't enough time to accumulate them now, so he could only choose the next tier guaranteed draw. If only he hadn't spent such a short time in his own Universe, he would have surely accumulated enough for a guaranteed draw by dealing with so many interstellar villains!
"System, spend all my Justice Points on a draw. Can you give me a guaranteed draw?"
[Detecting that the host wants to make a big move, negotiation failed.]
Kurohane: There must be customer service representatives behind this system! Most likely given by some unreliable god in the Sacred Dimension, otherwise, why would it give him the Sacred Scar? Still trying to act mysterious, doesn't even know what to be mysterious about!
[Ding—! System upgrade activated! Host can use Justice Points to upgrade their abilities. We recommend upgrading the Sacred Scar, darling, it's practical and super cool!]
Kurohane: Now it doesn't even pretend anymore!
Kurohane didn't dwell on these things with his system. Justice Points were something you couldn't take with you when you died, only getting them back after spending them. Once he resolved the Time Variance Authority issue, and returned to his own Universe, relying on the endless interstellar pirates in the galaxy, would he ever lack Justice Points??
Considering the complicated relationship between the system and the Sacred Dimension, Kurohane thought that using Justice Points to upgrade the Sacred Energy stored in the Sacred Scar was likely the most efficient way. And his system wasn't wrong, abilities from the Sacred Dimension were indeed the most useful. Attack, defense, healing, flight, magic-wielding—they were all great and very versatile. Plus, in this Westernized Marvel World, pretending to be an Angel was too comfortable. Just standing there was a representation of truth, and no one dared say he was wrong!
Forget it, max it out!
"Too lazy to settle accounts with you, max it out for me!"
[Received! Sacred Scar upgraded!]
After the system initiated the upgrade, the Sacred Scar on Kurohane's left hand began to feel warm. However, this hot sensation was peculiar, like having a sauna in the middle of summer. Although it was incredibly hot, it wasn't painful. After the upgrade was complete, he felt light and airy. Due to this upgrade, another Sacred Scar was etched onto Kurohane, intersecting with the original Holy Scar at a right angle, forming a cross shape!
The amount of Sacred Energy that could be stored in the Holy Scar more than doubled, and its quality also significantly improved. The Sacred Scar, which had been full of Sacred Energy, had now shrunk to less than a third. To fill this energy back, Kurohane could only use his spiritual power to convert it. If he communicated with the energy in the Sacred Dimension, it couldn't be stored in the Sacred Scar. Kurohane had already determined that this Sacred Scar on his hand, if upgraded all the way using Justice Points, would 100% turn into a new Sacred Dimension brand, and his identity would change from a Mage to a Sacred Dimension Lord. Dormammu had taken this path back then, except he used Dark Energy!
Kurohane didn't convert all his spiritual power into Sacred Energy, but let it flow slowly like a small stream. The conversion speed was exactly the same as his spiritual power recovery speed. Kurohane made a simple estimation, it would take about two hours to fill it up, which was roughly the travel time from the United States to Egypt. This meant that if Kurohane used all the Sacred Energy in the Sacred Scar, it would take at most about three hours to fully recover. And the reason Kurohane did this was to preserve his spiritual power to the maximum extent. Using this spiritual power to communicate with the Sacred Dimension and use magic was more cost-effective than directly using energy from the Holy Scar. Only in urgent situations would Kurohane use a large amount of energy from the Holy Scar, for example, when there was no time to communicate with the Sacred Dimension!
Then, Kurohane casually wandered around and found the Mutants who had gathered. Under Mystique's leadership, everyone had changed into new X-Men uniforms. These combat suits were not the initial yellow suits, but rather all-black tight combat suits. Deadpool also changed into a new combat suit and put on his dual swords and pistol holsters, only on his head, he was still wearing that silly red mask. As for where he hid his previous clothes, Kurohane didn't know and didn't want to know! He could hide needles and thread in his interdimensional butt, so hiding a piece of clothing probably wasn't difficult for him!
Kurohane didn't refuse their kindness and quite appropriately put on an X-Men cloak. He would try not to move later if possible. Wearing armor made of uru metal was too flashy. Besides, Apocalypse had the ability to reshape objects at an atomic level. What if he twisted his uru metal armor, from Sagittarius Cloth to Pegasus Cloth? That would be a huge loss!
Seeing Kurohane, who had changed his clothes, Phoenix's eyes were practically dripping with infatuation, especially when compared to Cyclops next to him, who was pretending to be cool with red sunglasses, Kurohane was even more pleasant to look at!
Deadpool wiggled his butt and squeezed between Kurohane and Cyclops, putting his arms around them and saying: "Oh! Buddies, look at the three of us standing together, we're the Handsome and Charming Combination!"
"Then I'm the Handsome!" Kurohane decisively claimed those two words first. He didn't expect that even after coming to the United States, he still couldn't escape this old meme!
However, what Kurohane didn't expect was that Deadpool took the next line without any psychological burden, "I'm the Charming!"
Kurohane: That's just you! Always able to come up with something new for me!
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