American comics: Random transformations

This punch, empowered by a newly awakened super strength, didn't shatter Groudon's tough armor, but it did send Groudon flying.

Whoosh! Taking off!

Swoosh—! Bang!

“Roar—”

(Damn, that's fierce! Is Zod getting stronger too fast?)

Groudon crashed into a building behind it, becoming embedded in the wall.

It exerted a little force, and the heat energy within its body erupted without restraint. The heatwave melted the wall like chocolate and turned the ground into a pool of magma. Groudon stood in the magma, somewhat angered.

It wasn't in its nature to be hit without retaliating.

Zero-frame startup, skill: [Hyper Beam]!

It opened its mouth, and a white energy beam fired from within, its terrifying power destroying everything in its path and successfully blasting apart the building opposite.

General Zod wasn't as naive as Superman. Faced with such a terrifying energy attack, he unhesitatingly chose to evade.

His super speed allowed him to dodge the [Hyper Beam].

He circled around to attack, unleashing terrifying speed to strike at Groudon.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

Zod's fists moved so fast they became afterimages, each blow aimed at Groudon's weak joints, face, and eyes.

The [Earth Power] skill prevented Groudon from being easily knocked away again, and Zod's fists couldn't break its defense, but his speed was just too fast, like a fly, annoying.

Just as Zod was about to hit Groudon's eyes again, Groudon used the skill, [Fire Punch].

Claws engulfed in flames slammed hard at Zod, and with a boom, Zod, who thought he could withstand it, flew backward.

The armor on his body was directly shattered, and the physical impact slammed him into the wall across the street.

Protected by Zod's bio-field, the entire wall behind him, along with the building, couldn't withstand Groudon's power and crumbled into rubble.

Superman also noticed the bio-field around Zod. Although the range was small, he clearly knew that the difference in combat power between a Kryptonian with a bio-field and one without was enormous.

Superman warned:

“Big monster, be careful! His power is already comparable to mine, very dangerous!”

He wanted to go help, but Faora had already attacked him. Like Zod, she had awakened super strength, super speed, heat vision, and a body of steel.

Superman was knocked away before he could fly far, away from the area.

“Roar—!” Groudon roared in dissatisfaction.

(My name is Groudon! Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I said it.)

Instead of wasting time with Superman, it was better to quickly see what other skills it had.

[Flamethrower], [Earthquake], [Thunder], [Stone Edge], [Smokescreen]... There were too many skills to see them all.

General Zod's control over his body was not something young Superman could compare to. This was a victory of life experience.

Zod's bio-field, even just awakened, could be used at will, and he understood it even more profoundly than Superman.

The bio-field greatly enhanced Zod's defensive capabilities. At the same time, he could turn the bio-field into a protective shield, completely defending against physical and energy attacks, dissipating the power of these attacks within the bio-field.

Most importantly, it allowed him to fly!

With his feet off the ground, Zod's speed became even faster.

“Exhilarating power! Come on, I won't lose this time!”

“Roar!!!!”

Clang!

Fists and claws collided again.

The air produced a violent explosion, and all the nearby glass shattered into fragments in the blast.

The Kryptonian soldiers who were awakening super hearing were caught in the crossfire, clutching their heads and crying out in pain.

Even Zod's expression twisted in the explosion, and he knelt on one knee in pain.

Superman recovered first. His recovery ability was the strongest among these Kryptonians.

He immediately restrained Faora, having learned many of her combat skills.

Zod recovered second. The pain just now made him feel lingering fear, and he showed even faster speed, rushing towards Groudon.

He discovered that although this big guy opposite was very slow, his strength was very strong. He had to suppress it with speed.

To Groudon, this speed was like one fly turning into a swarm of flies, buzzing around him, bumping into him from time to time, which was just annoying.

The [Smokescreen] skill was activated: using crimson flames to attack all targets around itself, causing burn effects.

The flames erupted, and Zod, without armor to defend himself, immediately felt burns all over his body. However, because there was no armor to block it, his reception of sunlight was many times better than wearing armor.

The burning pain and the itching of sunlight healing appeared on his body at the same time.

“Ah!!!!!”

In the end, it was still a home-field advantage. Zod's burns gradually healed under the sun's healing.

However, Groudon obviously wouldn't let him recover safely. Strike him while he's down!

A [Hyper Beam] directly hit him, blasting Zod away. It would definitely take a lot of time to recover from this.

Groudon turned its head to look at Superman. Seeing Faora pinned down by Superman, her hands and feet restrained, it didn't think about helping.

It walked towards Garfield, leaving footprints of magma wherever it went.

Garfield saw it coming and asked, “Is your time almost up?”

“Roar—”

(It's indeed almost time. What's wrong with those Kryptonians? Even if they awaken superpowers, they wouldn't just lie there like corpses!)

A sinister smile appeared on Garfield's face: “I put some parasites in their bodies. The bugs will get stronger along with them.

The grown bugs will parasitize in their spines, depriving them of part of their nervous system, allowing them to fight themselves. When they die, I'll recycle them! Hehehe!”

“Roar—”

（Looks like those medical books weren't a waste after all; see, they came in handy.）

“Don't mention that, or I'll get mad! You… you…”

It was as if Garfield's sore spot had been touched, and he instantly transformed into a telegraph operator, sending out a barrage of swear words.

… … … … … … … …

Just as they were chatting, Superman was somehow brought down by Faora.

After seeing General Zod get knocked away, Faora knew that the chances of winning this battle were not high. The ordinary Kryptonian soldiers were still lying there. Now, the key to breaking the situation was to suppress this Superman, Kal-El, who was pressing down on her.

So, the display on her arm showed a picture, causing Superman to lose his mind, and Faora took the opportunity to knock him down.

Heavens, is the overwhelming situation about to be reversed!

“Alright, you foolish son of the House of El, the game is over. Hand over the Codex, and our people will release your foster mother.”

Faora pressed down on Superman, holding the best Kryptonian display in her hand. After so many collisions during the battle, this display had not been damaged and could still be used normally, which was indeed amazing.

Superman's mood was very low: “The Codex, I can't get it out! You can only get it yourselves.”

His Fortress of Solitude was just an exploration team's spaceship. Although it had a complete set of genetic technology, his Fortress of Solitude could not achieve the more advanced gene extraction technology.

There was no need to lie about some things; even if he did, it would be too late.

On the display, Superman saw the farmhouse where his mother was.

He knew why they didn't send someone to grab her, but instead showed him the picture of his mother in the house.

Because this picture was the aiming screen of the warship in the sky.

If he didn't hand over the thing, the other party would flatten the farm with a single shot.

Powerlessness and fear spread in Superman's heart. No matter how fast he was, he couldn't be faster than light. He believed that even at his full speed, he couldn't save his mother.

What if he used all his strength to push the warship away? That was also unrealistic.

Faora's patience was running out. Kal-El's saying that he “can't get it out” was clearly a sign of non-cooperation.

Then let him see the power of the Kryptonian warship, and she was about to give the order.

A lightning-like Minotaur figure rushed in front of her, and a fist wrapped in electric light slammed hard at her face.

Too late to dodge, Faora could only raise her hand to block, but this punch, with Roronoa's power plus a million volts, was not something she could block now!

With both hands fractured and her whole body paralyzed, Faora was embedded in the wall twenty meters away and could not be pulled down.

Strong sunlight gathered on Groudon's body. Its mouth opened, and terrifying energy gathered in its mouth.

【Solar Beam】!

A burst of energy gathering sunlight, bombarded Superman's body.

Superman: “Huh?! Ah~~~!”

His whole body was instantly clear, and his IQ occupied the high ground again.

He felt like he had taken drugs, in a word, awesome!

The cells throughout his body frantically absorbed the sun's energy, his state was restored, and his power was growing exponentially. The speed of becoming stronger was even faster than light!

His bio-field instantly expanded, as if he had advanced, expanding the range to the entire continental plate.

He could clearly sense everything that was happening inside.

After the skill ended, Groudon roared at Superman.

“Roar!”

（You've been strengthened, go for it!）

Garfield acted as a translator: “He's telling you to quickly drive these people away, take advantage of the present, this state you're in now won't last long!”

“Thank you.”

Superman thanked him, and his whole body glowing golden, in less than a second, he threw those Kryptonians into their spaceship, including Faora and Zod.

I don't know what he was thinking, but Superman actually carried the spaceship and flew away, flying towards the big spaceship above.

Superman's current golden state was in a state of overcharge.

This effect was temporary. The golden film on Superman's body was the solar energy that he couldn't absorb, which formed on his body surface.

Looking at the golden meteor flying towards the warship.

Groudon's transformation time was also coming to an end.

Before it ended, it bit its claws hard, but only broke off a piece of hard armor, and didn't even break its skin.

Doo doo doo doo, boom! Time's up.

Chapter 58: Paused Invasion, Spreading Influence

“Groudon is really tough.”

Tian Xiaoban looked at the red hard armor in his hand, which was a circle larger than his palm, and sighed at the feeling of grating his teeth when he bit down just now.

It was like gnawing on a brick, he couldn't bite it at all. This piece of hard armor was able to come down, it should have been loose before, and then pried off by his teeth.

“Oh, hiss—oh, hot!”

This palm-sized, but ten-centimeter-thick hard armor was still constantly releasing heat. Just now, when he was dragging it with his mental power, he didn't feel anything, but when he retracted his mental power, it was a bit too hot, almost like grabbing red-hot coal with his bare hands.

The hard armor "splattered" on the ground, and there was still a lot of water left on the ground, all of which was gushing out from the water pipes that Groudon had burst.

As soon as it fell on the ground, the ground appeared, the feeling of a red-hot frying pan on the water.

“Chih—”

“Holy crap, this thing is still so hot! It's clearly separated from Groudon's body, but it still has such a high temperature! Garfield, Garfield, quickly find me some tongs!”

It was too tiring to transport this thing with mental power! He couldn't hold it with his hands, so he could only see what tools were available around him.

“Damn, where am I going to find tongs? Oh? I thought of something.”