Marvel's Shendu: Dominating the Multiverse

Chapter 50 Broken Wanda

"Wanda, you..." Pietro instinctively took two steps back: "Look at me, tell me, you are still you."

Wanda turned her head, her deep red eyes looking at him: "Pietro, of course I am who I am. I just finally understand what kind of person I want to be."

Pietro looked into Wanda's eyes, but he saw no trace of affection, no tenderness for family.

The Holy Lord stood to the side with his hands behind his back, a smile on his face that sent chills down Pietro's spine. He looked at Wanda with the same gaze a mentor would give his prized student.

"Mr. Maximov, you seem very nervous?" The Lord's voice was not loud, but it sounded unusually harsh to Pietro.

Pietro's gaze kept shifting between Saint Seiya and Wanda. His legs were slightly bent. The laboratory door was broken, and he was confident that he could get out of the laboratory with Wanda in a second.

"What did you do to Wanda?" Pietro's tone turned serious.

The Holy Lord stepped in front of Pietro, who instinctively took a step back: "I've done something you've all been waiting for. If you'd like, I can do it for you too."

"Help me do it?" Pietro sneered. "Turn me like Wanda?"

Wanda stood up and came to the side of the Holy Lord. Pietro noticed that Wanda's movements were more agile than before, as if the shackles that had been on her body for many years had been removed.

"Pietro, can't you feel it?"

Wanda looked down at the energy in her palm: "Before, I couldn't use my power normally, or rather, my power felt like it didn't belong to me, but now..."

Wanda crossed her fingers in the air, deep red energy swirling between them: "It is a part of me, not a tool, not an ability, it is me."

Pietro's voice turned dry: "Do you know what you're saying? You shouldn't be defending him. Look at the soldiers outside, turned into meat patties! That man is a monster!"

Wanda's tone turned cold: "Pietro, watch your words. He is the liberator. You think he controlled me, but it's the opposite; he gave me freedom."

Seeing that Pietro was about to say something, the Holy Lord clapped his hands to interrupt him: "Alright, the family gathering is over. Now there is another important matter."

The Holy Lord approached Struck and Dr. Lee, and the two ninjas released their grip on them.

Strucker instinctively took two steps back, reaching for his pistol at his waist, but all he got was a banana.

Dr. Lee's reaction was completely different from Strucker's. He showed no fear, his eyes filled with excitement: "Incredible! You actually managed to help Wanda awaken her powers! The Mind Stone! It must be the Mind Stone! Wanda reacted when Loki invaded before!"

"Dr. Li," the Holy Lord stood before him, looking down at him, "do you have any insights into my methods?"

Dr. Li realized his lapse in composure, and the excitement in his eyes was instantly replaced by fear: "No, no, no, I don't have any insights. I'm just shocked by Wanda's success."

The Holy Lord said slowly, "It's normal for you to be shocked, but being shocked won't lead me to what I'm looking for."

Dr. Li's Adam's apple bobbed, and he subconsciously glanced at Struck beside him, who was holding the banana so tightly it was about to burst open.

"There is a stone that can be used to breathe fire and gain the ability to explode. I know it is in your hands."

The Holy Lord pointed to the space above: "I don't want to retrieve it myself."

Strucker looked up abruptly: "How did you know?"

The Holy Lord did not answer. Struck looked at the other's expression and could tell that he felt it would be a waste of breath to say anything more.

Strucker gritted his teeth: "You think I'd tell you? Hydra never bows to anyone."

The Holy Lord snorted coldly, and Wanda behind him gestured, raising her hand, with deep red energy overflowing from his fingertips.

Struck's body suddenly stiffened, his eyes widened, and his lips began to tremble uncontrollably: "No, don't."

Seeing this, Pietro tried to stop her: "Wanda, do you know what you're doing? Stop it!"

Wanda ignored him, her red eyes fixed on Strucker's eyes: "He's afraid, of Hydra's failure, of death... a basement with lots of operating tables where he often listens to people screaming."

Strucker's face was completely bloodless, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead.

"That's enough!"

Pietro rushed between Wanda and Strucker: "Stop! If this continues, you'll become..."

"Turn into what?"

Wanda was very unhappy that Pietro interrupted the Lord's order to her: "I said I'm in great shape now, better than ever before. I don't want to hurt you because you're family."

Pietro was stunned.

Wanda looked at Strucker again; he was slumped on the ground, his eyes devoid of any sign of life.

"That stone... is... twenty meters above here... inside the room."

Dr. Li, who was watching from the side, bit his lip, not daring to make a sound.

"well done."

The Holy Lord patted Wanda on the shoulder, his tone filled with satisfaction: "You see, when you stop being afraid of yourself, the world will be afraid of you. That's what power should be like."

Wanda felt the pressure on her shoulder, and upon hearing the praise from the Holy Lord, her body stiffened and began to act unnaturally, like a little girl whose cheeks turned red and contorted when praised by someone she liked.

The Holy Lord did not expect Wanda to react this way. Wanda does not have children yet and has not met Vision. She is just a young girl in her early twenties who is just beginning to experience love.

The mark he had left on Wanda's soul seemed to have an unexpected reaction; at this moment, Wanda was broken.

Pietro was overwhelmed with emotion at the sight; he had never seen his sister with such an expression before.

"Wanda, what are you doing?" Pietro stammered, "You, you don't mean to!"

Wanda blushed and said, "Lord Shen Du is inviolable."

The Holy Lord was also somewhat at a loss, as he was a demon in hell and only had one son who came from the future.

The Holy Lord coughed, his tone regaining its authority: "Wanda, do you know what you're saying?"

Wanda calmed down and obediently stepped behind the Holy Lord: "Yes, Master."

Wanda's words exploded in Pietro's mind like a bomb. What did she mean by "master"? Why would his own sister call this devil her master?

"What exactly did you do to Wanda?!"

Pietro unleashed his speed and punched the Holy Lord toward his forehead, but just as his fist was about to strike, it couldn't penetrate even an inch further.

The Holy Lord looked at him with a mocking expression, while Pietro stared at the deep red energy on his wrist and looked at Wanda in disbelief.

Wanda's shy expression vanished, replaced by a coldness: "Even you cannot be disrespectful to your master!"