Sabretooth pressed his wound. Having his internal organs and most of his intestines torn open might be a fatal injury for an ordinary person, but for him, it was merely residual pain.
Within the span of a few breaths, his wound had miraculously healed. Whether it was his kidney or his severed intestines, they were proliferating and repairing at a visible speed under a mysterious power. Soon, his wound had completely healed, leaving no trace of injury. The only mark left was the trench coat that had a large rip in it.
Logan's condition was similar; the large chunk of flesh ripped from his back had completely returned to its original state. Both his muscle and skin were almost identical to how they were before the injury. If Sabretooth wasn't still holding a piece of flesh in his hand, it would be impossible to imagine the horrific damage he had just sustained.
The super-regeneration ability displayed by Sabretooth made Logan extremely surprised. His pupils contracted sharply, and a vague memory immediately surfaced in his mind.
In a chaotic battlefield, he and a guy who looked strikingly similar to Sabretooth were pushing forward. A shell landed next to him, blasting him far away. At that moment, the guy who looked like Sabretooth ran up to him and pulled him to his feet. At this time, Logan seemed to hear him say this sentence.
"Little brother, are you alright!"
"Victor!" Logan, in a state of strange emotional turmoil, suddenly called out the name. Just then, Sabretooth, who had lunged forward again, slapped him across the face. The sharp nails on his five fingers instantly tore open his skin and flesh, and the sharp tips even scraped sparks off his adamantium skeleton. One of the nails even pierced into his eye socket. When he retracted his claw, the nail hooked a mashed ball of flesh—that was Logan's eyeball.
The intense pain stimulated Logan's nerves, causing him to subconsciously swing his claws, tearing apart everything in front of him. Although Sabretooth desperately tried to dodge, the tips of the claws still stabbed into his chest, slicing his pectoral muscles and half his sternum entirely in two.
Trading pain for pain, injury for injury. This was the most apt description of the current confrontation between the two. For these two men who both possessed immortality, this was the most painful method available when no other option existed.
"Victor! That name sounds familiar!" Sabretooth dipped his finger into the blood on his body and licked it. Then he tossed the eyeball on his nail directly into his mouth. He chewed it slowly a couple of times as if savoring a delicacy. After a moment, he spoke, "It tastes very similar. Are you related to me somehow?"
"I don't know!" Logan said through clenched teeth. The sensation of having his eyeball gouged out was an unbearable pain even for him. But he still stubbornly held his body rigid, confronting this enemy who possessed the same abilities. "My memory tells me that you called me brother!"
"Is that so, Victor. It seems that's my name. It sounds pretty good!" Sabretooth Victor narrowed his eyes. He bared his teeth, his sharp canines giving people the feeling of facing a ferocious Beast. "Brother, huh? We certainly look like a pair of brothers. But I don't know why, I really want to kill you!"
"I have that thought too!" Logan roared, and immediately lunged forward. The fragments of memory could not suppress the crazy impulse in his heart; he truly had the desire to tear apart and kill the person in front of him.
The two men instantly rushed toward each other like cannonballs fired from a barrel. Muscle collided with muscle, and sparse, brittle sounds came from bone hitting bone. Blood and flesh scattered wantonly; their brutal and savage appearance was enough to make any normal person collapse in fear.
But for these two men who shared no past, this was merely another round in their many fated battles.
Although Logan possessed an indestructible adamantium skeleton and alloy claws capable of tearing through anything compared to Victor, Victor's abilities surpassed his. His strength, agility, and even his animal instincts were stronger than Logan's. Most critically, unlike Logan, he had no reservations.
When Logan clearly had the chance to stab his claws into Victor's throat and follow through by decapitating him, he hesitated for just a moment. And that moment was enough of an opportunity for Victor to turn the tables.
He pulled out the claw that had been plunged into Logan's abdomen and forcefully grabbed Logan's wrist. His Beast-like strength completely suppressed Logan, causing him to utterly lose the ability to fight back. Immediately following this, Victor directly swung Logan around. Logan's body weight, even with his adamantium skeleton added, was not an issue for Victor's strength; instead, it only amplified the impact force he was about to receive.
When Logan hit the ground headfirst, like a sledgehammer being swung down, the floor could not withstand the immense force. A sizeable shallow crater was blasted out directly at the point of impact, with cracks spreading everywhere around the crater. Stone fragments flew, smoke and dust billowed, and mashed flesh splattered red across the entire floor.
Although protected by his immortality and adamantium skeleton, Logan's brain could not withstand such an impact. The instant he hit the ground, he lost consciousness and fell into a coma.
Looking at the unconscious Logan, Sabretooth Victor couldn't help but frown. He narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Logan on the ground, his entire demeanor seemingly lost in thought. This state clearly revealed the confusion in his heart.
He didn't know how to proceed. If it were anyone else, he wouldn't mind delivering the final blow right now, ensuring he left this World completely. But when it came to Logan, the moment he won the battle, he lost the desire to kill him.
Therefore, after hesitating for a while, Victor chose to turn and leave.
After a while longer, Logan suddenly crawled up from the ground. He first rolled twice, using this simplest method to put some distance between himself and the spot, before standing up to survey his surroundings.
The environment was still the old bar, but Sabretooth Victor was no longer there. The only person still on the scene, staring at him dumbfounded, was the fat bar owner. He was currently holding a Remington shotgun, cautiously approaching Logan.
Seeing Logan stand up, the owner first showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost, then immediately reacted and aimed the muzzle directly at Logan.
"Monster, get out of my bar! Did you hear me!"
Looking at the muzzle waving in front of him, Logan impatiently swiped a claw. The sharp alloy claw sliced directly through the barrel, revealing the conspicuous rifling inside.
He looked at the speechless owner, glared at him warningly, and turned to leave the bar. The appearance of Sabretooth Victor meant the arrival of Magneto. He had to quickly tell Jean Grey and the others this news, because the slightest oversight could be a fatal threat to Rogue.
When he rushed back to the hotel, he found that besides Zhou Lan and a few students, Zhou Yi, Jean Grey, Ororo, and even the person concerned, Rogue Mary, were all sitting together, seemingly waiting for his return.
Logan, who didn't have time to ponder why they were assembled in this manner, spoke directly to the group.
"Magneto is here. I already fought with his subordinate."
"We already know, pal!" Zhou Yi waved his hand, signaling Wolverine Logan to sit down first. "I already encountered the legendary Mystique, and I used her to convey a message to the famous Magneto."
"Convey a message, pal? What message do you want to convey to your enemy!" Logan, having just been thoroughly defeated, was not in a pleasant mood at the moment, so his tone was quite aggressive.
Zhou Yi stood up, looking down at Logan. He would not tolerate that tone but firmly refuted it.
"Do you want to know what the message is, pal!" His words were sharp, filled with arrogant confidence and dominance. "I issued a challenge to him: the winner achieves their goal. If he wins, he takes Rogue. If I win, he has to sit down and negotiate with me. That is the message I had her convey."
"Are you crazy? Yi! You can't do this. You are gambling with your life and Rogue's life. Magneto will not show mercy to a human." Faced with Zhou Yi's confession, the first person unable to remain seated wasn't Logan, but Ororo.
Having always avoided direct confrontation with Magneto, she had never expected Zhou Yi to choose this method to deal with Magneto. To her, this was like a nightmare. Magneto's formidable reputation weighed on her heart like a massive mountain, and now Zhou Yi was actually challenging this mountain. How could she not be surprised?
"I don't approve of this either, it's too dangerous!" Jean Grey also spoke up to dissuade him. "I know your abilities are powerful, but that is Magneto. In this World of humans, he is an invincible existence. We really don't need to do something like this. It will cost you your life."
The opposition from Ororo and Jean Grey was within Zhou Yi's expectations, but Logan's reaction was completely unexpected.
"I agree!" After Zhou Yi stated his intentions, the Beast-like man pondered for a moment and voiced his opinion. "I don't know how powerful Magneto truly is, but since they were able to track us here, I guess there's no point in continuing to hide. Instead of being passive everywhere, it's better to take the initiative. But there is one thing: I absolutely do not agree to use Rogue as a wager!"
"Do you think we can keep her if we fail?" Zhou Yi stretched the corners of his mouth. "This is war. The winner gets everything, and the loser loses everything. And I would rather die in battle than be a deserter!"
"Yi!" Ororo and Jean cried out simultaneously. They were genuinely frightened by Zhou Yi's words at that moment.
"Don't worry too much!" Smiling gently at the two women close to him, Zhou Yi said confidently. "I am not some guy who lets others slaughter him without the ability to resist. The person standing before you is far more complex than what you see."
"What on earth are you talking about?" Ororo was thoroughly angered by Zhou Yi's cryptic attitude at this moment. She glared at Zhou Yi, the fury in her eyes practically erupting.
Jean was much the same. Although her expression was not as obvious as Ororo's, the dissatisfaction in her eyes was clearly visible.
"It's about time I confessed to you about my other identity."
"What?" Just as Ororo and the others expressed their confusion, they saw that Zhou Yi had taken two steps back and was beginning to undergo a massive transformation.
Black, mercury-like metal spread across his entire body, quickly encasing him completely in a layer of majestic armor. When his cape unfurled, a figure familiar to everyone in New York appeared before them.
"As you can see, I am the Dawn Knight!" The powerful, ringing words came from behind the helmet, plunging everyone into shock.