“Will you please help me in defeating these unknown attackers, Albion?” Xialing asked for my help. It almost looked as if she was pleading for it.

Looks like she had a rather heavy amount of affection for her workers even though they were running an illegal fighting club.

“Of course, I will help. Besides, I am not alone. There are others who have come along with me. And the SHIELD agents have already surrounded the building. It will be a piece of cake for us to defeat these unknown men.” I said, reassuring her.

“I never stood a chance from the start, did I?” Xialing said, realising how much effort we had put in this mission.

“Well, you had done something truly wild. Capturing a mutant and then also buying Chitauri weapons when the entire world was after them. We couldn't take a risk against someone like you.” I said as we moved out of the head office.

“Here she is!” Two men with guns in their hands shouted as they noticed us coming out of the head office.

I was ready to shoot them with low powered lightning bolts with just enough power to render them unconscious when both of them lowered their guns to my surprise and instead took out metal rods.

Since they had decided not to use their guns for some reason, I should also not use my lightning bolts. After all, it was not everyday that I got a chance to practice my martial arts these days.

As the two men rushed to attack us with metal rods in their hands, Xialing also took the initiative to engage one of them, leaving the last one for me.

As I engaged my opponent, he tried to attack me with his metal rod relentlessly. However, he was not successful since I easily dodged every single one of his attacks. With my Dragon Sense combined with my martial arts experience, there was simply no way that I would be hit by such normal attacks.

But I could see that my opponent was clearly well trained due to systematic attacks. Since I was in a hurry due to the sudden assault on the club, I punched him rather hard on his stomach, causing him to stagger and then finished him off with another punch on his chin.

I was about to help Xialing but she took advantage of an opening on her opponent's side which appeared due to me defeating my opponent easily and defeated him using a fierce kick on his abdomen.

“Who sent you here?” Xialing asked her opponent who was still conscious.

“You will know soon. Ha ha ha!” The man said with a laugh, completely fearless of us.

“There is no need to interrogate him. He will clearly not tell anything easily. We need to go.” I said to Xialing who nodded and continued moving with me.

“Aah!” We were moving through a hallway when a man suddenly came flying and hit a wall in front of us.

“Albion!” Jean shouted as she and Kitty saw me, revealing that she was the one behind the man’s condition.

“Phoenix! Shadowcat! What's the situation?” I asked worriedly.

“Thankfully, the situation is under control. Captain and Wolverine are engaged near the fighting ring where the most of these unknown attackers are and the nearby agents have already entered the building for support.

Captain sent us to support you since he and Wolverine could handle it there. Kurt has already extracted Warren and is currently rescuing the civilians.”

Jean reported everything, causing me to release a sigh of relief that everything was under control.

“So, this is Xu Xialing, huh!” Kitty said as she saw my companion.

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“Yes, she has decided to surrender— Watch out!” I suddenly warned the girls as I sensed something flying towards them.

“Clang!”

A sharp object passed through Kitty’s shoulder and hit a nearby wall. Fortunately, my warning had worked, allowing Kitty to activate her phasing ability. Looking closely, I could see that the sharp object was surprisingly a kunai.

As my eyes went towards where the kunai had come from, I could see a freaking ninja there with kunai in both of his hands.

The ninja immediately rushed to attack us upon seeing that his surprise attack was a failure. However, I immediately shot a lightning bolt at him mercilessly, rendering him unconscious. Anyone who attacked my friends would receive no mercy from me.

“So, it was him, huh!” Xialing said as she looked at the unconscious ninja.

“You know this guy.” Kitty asked.

“Yes. He is my father's most skilled henchman, the Death Dealer. Never thought that my own father would launch an attack at my club.” Xialing said furiously, cursing her father.

“So, it was Wenwu who launched the attack.” I said.

“How do you know about my father when even the government does not know who is the true leader of the Ten Rings?” Xialing asked, surprised by the fact that I knew about Xu Wenwu.

“I will tell you later once this whole matter is over. For now, we must leave this building.” I said, causing Xialing to nod reluctantly.

Wroom!

We were about to continue when suddenly a helicopter appeared right before our eyes on the other side of the window.

Crash!

A figure suddenly leapt from the helicopter and landed in the hallway after breaking through the windows.

He was clearly a man of Asian desent, wearing a white coloured luxury suit, who knows worth how many dollars. However, the ten bangle shaped artefacts on his hands revealed his identity, Xu Wenwu, the leader of the Ten Rings.

“Father!” Xialing said in a furious tone, grinding her teeth as she said these words.

“Hello, Xialing! You have created quite a big business in the recent years after escaping. White unlike your brother who is still wallowing in grief, living in inadequacy.” Xu Wenwu said, praising Xialing.

“Then, why have you come now? And you have even thrashed my business completely.” Xialing asked, her tone as furious as before.

“Because I could not bear my dear daughter shooting herself in the foot. Seriously, just what were you thinking? Showing a captured mutant as a showpiece openly and even buying Chitauri weapons. Have you gone mad?” Xu Wenwu said, admonishing Xialing.

“It has nothing to do with you. I would rather go to jail instead of going back with you.” Xialing said defiantly.

“You are still so rebellious, my dear Xialing. We shall continue our conversation once we are back in the Ten Rings.” Xu Wenwu said, ready to take Xialing despite her words.

“We are not just decorations, you know.” I said to Xu Wenwu who was ignoring us till now.

“But you are still mere children.” Saying these words, Xu Wenwu shot one of his rings directly at me.

That was his biggest mistake. Even when facing Xu Wenwu with all of his Ten Rings, he would still not have been my match. But he carelessly shot a ring at me, probably to have a feel of my power when I knew the biggest weakness of the Ten Rings.

I directly caught the ring using my right hand, easily enduring the massive force in the ring with my unique physique. Then, I injected my red lightning in the ring, feeding it my magical energy.

Just as I had heard about the Ten Rings from Master Ying Nan, it easily absorbed my red lightning, causing it to glow red. Moreover, a mental connection even formed between us near instantly.

Now that I had one of the Ten Rings under my control, I had an inkling of how the Ten Rings worked. They always choose the strongest master, easily accepting a stronger magical energy and leaving their current master when such a situation occurred. Truly a unique artefact.

“How did you do it?” Xu Wenwu asked furiously, realising what I had just done.

“How about you find it yourself?” With these words, I shot the ring back at him which now sparkled with my iconic red lightning.

As if scared by what I had done just now, Xu Wenwu shot all of the remaining nine rings at the ring coming towards him. To my surprise, the one ring coated in my red lightning easily overwhelmed the other nine rings and even repelled Xu Wenwu a few steps back.

“So, am I still a child now? I asked mockingly.

Instead of replying, Xu Wenwu created a force downwards using the remaining nine rings which pushed him towards the helicopter.

“I will return, Albion. This time, with the full might of the Ten Rings at my back. I will not leave Xialing to suffer.” Xu Wenwu said as he landed inside the helicopter.

“Are we going to catch him?” Jean asked as the helicopter started flying away.

We could easily stop that helicopter, whether with my flying ability or with Jean's telekinesis.

“No, let him be. Since I have one of the Ten Rings, I can easily track him now. Moreover, only Xu Wenwu can lead us to Shang Chi as he knows his location. I had promised Master Ying Nan that she would meet both of them.” I said, deciding to let Xu Wenwu leave so that he could lead us to Shang Chi.

“Who the hell are you?” Xialing asked, flabbergasted by the fact that I made Xu Wenwu, someone she saw as undefeatable, retreat so easily.