“Get your shield up! Who knows when Magneto will do a sneak attack?” I asked Ms. Ororo who activated the shield artefact like I had asked her to, causing a spherical shield to envelope her.

“It is going to be a problem finding Magneto here.” Ms. Ororo said after seeing the entire scene before her eyes.

We were currently on the beach and could clearly see footprints going from the beach to the forest. Magneto had clearly hidden himself in the forest because he knew that he would have an advantage if he fought while hiding.

“How will we even find Magneto in this forest in such darkness? It will be a huge pain even if Magneto does not attack us while we search for him.” Ms. Ororo commented as she realised how difficult it would be to search for Magneto in night.

“Let me take care of the darkness.” I said as I casted a spell.

As soon as the spell was casted, several balls of light started floating around us, illuminating the area.

“That takes care of the— Watch out!” I warned Ms. Ororo as I sensed something with my Dragon Sense.

My hand instinctively turned into a claw and I caught something with it.

Clang!

Something also striked Ms. Ororo’s shield, creating a sharp sound. I opened my hand to see that it was a small iron spike. Looks like Magneto had hidden a lot of insidious things in his suit.

“Now, let's see where you are, Magneto.” I casted a life recognition spell to find a Magneto's location.

Damn! This guy is quite smart. Magneto was continuously moving throughout the forest which prevented me from getting his accurate location.

I had not learnt an advanced version of the life recognition spell which granted me continuous tracking as I was busy studying other spells. The one I knew only provided me the location for a single moment and could not track the target continuously.

“What's the matter, Peter?” Ms. Ororo asked upon seeing that I had difficulty tracking Magneto.

“Magneto is currently moving from one place to another and my spell can only identify one’s location at a single moment. So, in the end, I can't track Magneto.” I explained the reason why my tracking unsuccessful.

Clang!

Magneto attacked once again, this time focusing on Ms. Ororo, shooting a total of three spikes at her, each one moving along a curved path to attack her from different directions. Perhaps he had not attacked me because I had easily caught the iron spike he had thrown at me.

“Damn it! At this rate, we will be just sitting ducks. Ms. Ororo, you wait here. I will go and catch that bastard.” I said, incensed by Magneto's sneak attacks.

“Wait a moment, Peter!” I was about to rush into the forest when Ms. Ororo suddenly stopped me.

“Do you have any idea how we can bring Magneto outside?” I asked.

“Yes, I have. It is something I have learnt recently. First tell me how far Magneto is?” Ms. Ororo asked.

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“About 200 metres away.” I replied after checking.

“Alright! Now, just watch.” Saying these words, Ms. Ororo pointed her hand towards the ocean.

Suddenly, I felt heat in the air as water in the ocean started vaporising and became clouds right in front of my eyes.

Then, Ms. Ororo moved her hand towards the forest and the clouds started entering the forest just as she had gestured. Soon after the clouds entered the forest, they somehow turned into fog, causing the entire forest area to be shrouded in a thick fog. Honestly, this entire process looked quite mystical.

“That's great, Ms. Ororo! The fog will prevent Magneto from moving throughout the forest as smoothly as before. This will make it much easier for me to catch Magneto.” I said, excited to finally catch him.

“No, it has not ended yet, Peter. The show is still left.” Ms. Ororo said upon hearing my words.

Soon after she said these words, another wave of heat hit me from the front. Now, I realised what Ms. Ororo had been trying to do.

The fog was only for increasing the humidity of the area. As soon as the fog settled, she created a heat wave inside the forest. Moreover, she was continuously increasing the temperature even now.

This much heat combined with humidity will pretty much cause Magneto to literally boil inside his suit. He will have to leave the forest region if he wants to escape The heat otherwise he will simply fall unconscious due to heatstroke.

“This method is great, Ms. Ororo. But what if Magneto goes deeper inside the forest instead of coming out of it.” I asked as it was a possible outcome.

“If that happens, I will simply cause the entire forest to be covered in fog so that you can hunt him down.

Honestly, I did this long trick because I wanted to test how much my powers had grown which I couldn't test inside the X-Mansion.

But I don't think that Magneto will actually retreat. His resources are already few. He knows that the longer the battle stretches out, the lesser will be his chances of victory. So, he will probably do a final attack in avoid to defeat us.”

Ms. Ororo explain why she thought that Magneto would probably not retreat. She had fought with him before so her assumption was likely going to be correct.

“It is as you have said. Magneto is moving in our direction.” I said after checking his location once again.

Soon after my words finished, Magneto burst out of the forest, his face full of sweat.

As soon as he appeared, Magneto pointed his arms towards us. Several small iron rods released from the gauntlets on his hands and many holes also appeared all over his suit which launched several spikes towards us as well.

“Just this much, Magneto?” Ms. Ororo said as she saw Magneto’s barrage and created a fierce blizard which rushed towards Magneto and also served as a barrier against the iron barrage.

I, on the other hand, didn't create a barrier to stop the barrage coming towards me. Master Ying Nan had taught me how to fight in this kind of cases. If possible, one should attack the caster rather than block his attacks.

I immediately took the stance of ‘Thunderclap and Flash' without giving any attention to the barrage of iron coming towards me and then flashd to escape the iron assault.

As soon as I escaped the barrage, I shot a weak bolt of lightning at Magneto, causing his attention as well as his control to falter. Whatever spikes still remained in the air immediately slowed down and some even dropped on the ground.

I then flashed again towards Magneto and struck the back of his neck, causing him to fall unconscious. This also lead to the remaining iron spikes floating in the air to finally drop down.

“Phew! Magneto was truly relentless. No wonder Professor said that he would be ruthless.” Ms. Ororo commented as she came close to Magneto's unconscious body.

“Anyways, let's leave now. It is quite already late at night.” I said, ready to departure now that Magneto had been captured.

Clap! Clap!

I was about to create a portal when I heard the sound of clapping from somewhere. I moved the searchlights towards where the sound of clapping was coming from to see who it was. But when the lights illuminated that person, I could not believe who it was.

“Hello, Peter! Long time no see.” Spider Supreme was standing there clapping at my battle against Magneto. Moreover, he was not alone.

There was a young petite girl around 15 or 16 year old with him. She had long flowing silver hair that cascaded down her back and framed her face with straight bangs. Her eyes were surprisingly a piercing golden. She wore a white and blue dress with intricate designs.

“So, this is my little brother, huh!” The young girl suddenly said while facing me.