Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 400: As long as I'm wicked and powerful enough, Batman will willingly help me.

Superman's eyes are completely unaffected by nuclear flashes and can see everything on Earth.

So he saw three plasma fireballs explode next to the huge Kryptonian machine.

He also saw soldiers fleeing in terror only to be burned to ashes by the light radiation, foresaw the citizens of the metropolis being swept away by the shockwave, and even foresaw the miserable struggle of the entire city in a fiery hell after it was ignited by the heat storm.

Superman's eyes instantly turned red, and his flying speed suddenly increased several times, leaving Xia Zuo behind in the blink of an eye and disappearing into the air.

In just a few seconds, Superman traversed 300 kilometers and arrived over Metropolis.

Faced with the menacing plasma fireball, Superman unleashed the most powerful cold wave storm of his life, accompanied by a violent shockwave.

The invisible impact of the triple nuclear bomb heat storm versus the Superman cold wave storm spread outwards in a fan shape from Superman's mouth, and an unprecedented cold air erupted wildly.

The nascent firestorm, before it could form a massive wall of fire that blotted out the sky, was instantly frozen. The booming explosions ceased abruptly, leaving only the crackling sound of ice freezing in the air.

From high above, one can see that the ring-shaped golden-red flames that erupted from three blast points in the city center of the metropolis were intercepted by the wildly spreading white frost in a fan shape.

The white frost triumphed over the red flames, eventually turning the entire city center into a desolate and quiet ice field.

The superheroes and soldiers standing in the city center were about to be burned to death by the flames, but in the blink of an eye they found that the world had changed, with thick frost everywhere and a chill that made them shiver all over!

Suddenly, the superheroes noticed snowflakes falling in front of them. Looking up, they saw that the sky had darkened and snowflakes were fluttering and dancing in the air.

It was as if the whole world had been frozen.

Then they noticed a huge, grayish-white sphere in the sky.

Wonder Woman, her snow-white thighs and arms exposed, felt no cold in the snow. She stared in astonishment at the enormous spherical object in the sky and asked, "Does anyone know what that is?"

Having just arrived on the battlefield to join the fight, Cyborg analyzed all the data and came to the final conclusion: "That was a plasma fireball at the center of a nuclear explosion."

"What?"

Green Lantern and Green Arrow were dumbfounded. They stared blankly at the large, cotton-ball-like sphere, completely unable to believe it, and exclaimed in unison, "How is this possible?"

Batman sighed, "That's right, it's frozen plasma. It's truly godlike power."

Wonder Woman exclaimed, "Incredible!"

The terrifying energy released by the nuclear explosion was no match for Superman in his berserk state; two of the three plasma fireballs were extinguished on the spot, and the last one was frozen into a solid.

This was the first time Xia Zuo had ever seen a plasma fireball that could be frozen.

Because the transformation of its form was so rapid and the volume of the plasma gas was so large, it exhibited an even more exaggerated ability to float than a balloon, drifting and falling.

Finally, the frozen plasma fireball landed on the electromagnetic shield of the World Engine and was shattered by the electric arc drawn out by the low resistance.

However, this violent cooling did not affect the fully operational World Engine at all. It continued to exchange gravitational photons with another World Engine in the southern Indian Ocean, continuously expanding the hypergravity range.

After his power surged, Superman's strength waned, and he could barely fly in the air.

He was panting heavily, sweat pouring down his face, dripping from his chin and turning into tiny ice beads in the air.

Just as Superman's expression turned extremely serious, and he made up his mind to fight to the death, Shazor finally caught up and grabbed Superman.

"Don't go. That thing has very strong defenses. You can't handle it in your current state."

Xia Zuo, his face brimming with the desire to perform, eagerly shouted, "Now it's my turn to perform!"

That wasn't enough; he then shouted ten times more exaggeratedly, "Showtime!"

Then he bent down and placed his hands on his right hip. A violent burst of energy, like a sunspot eruption, surged out and formed a dazzling golden flame with sharp edges like needles.

Kamehameha Wave

Xia Zuo unleashed a massive energy wave from both hands. As it left his hands, the wave expanded against the wind, its tip growing into an energy ball with a diameter of over ten meters, which then aimed at the even larger three-legged mechanical core.

The energy sphere of the Kamehameha wave easily pierced the electromagnetic shield, then gradually wore down the thick gravity wave shield, finally penetrating the fragile mechanical shell as easily as piercing a sheet of paper. A shockwave beam several meters in diameter pierced through the World Engine, creating ring-shaped clouds of energy along its path, like a beam of light shooting into the sky.

The dazzling arrow of light disappeared below the horizon, and in the next instant, it was as if a sun had risen from the ground, its radiance illuminating the sky in a bright white.

The world engine, which had been pierced, trembled violently. Gravitational photons from the other side of the Earth, carrying immense energy, arrived and instantly shattered the world engine, which was unable to reflect gravity.

Before the fragments could scatter, terrifying light erupted from inside the World Engine, evaporating the shattered pieces.

A huge burst of energy is released, then slightly contracts under atmospheric pressure, before expanding again.

The next second, a deafening sound resounded throughout the world, and a world-destroying shockwave engulfed everything around it.

Xia Zuo unleashed a Kamehameha, creating two massive mushroom clouds. If you include the World Engine on the other side of Earth, that makes three.

Each of these giant mushrooms is no less impressive than a nuclear bomb.

This demonstrates that Superman and Shazor's strength far surpasses that of other superheroes, forming a unique and overwhelming level of power, making them veritable walking human nuclear bombs.

Even once-prominent superheroes, like the veteran Wonder Woman, who possessed artifacts from the Greek gods, were far inferior to these two.

She grinned and muttered, "If there's a world war or an interstellar war next time that leads to Ares' resurrection, I'll ask these two for help."

"Yes, that's right. Even Ares at his peak was no match for them; he was far inferior."

Cyborg, who is far inferior to Wonder Woman, finally collected crucial data, confirming the upper limit of Shazo and Superman's power.

His meticulous mind nearly crashed several times, but the final conclusion was: under no circumstances should he fight these two monsters; he would die.

As for the even less powerful Green Lantern and Green Arrow, they were already shivering from the icy world created by Superman.

As for Batman, who is at the limit of ordinary people, he was spared the suffering of the cold thanks to the equipment he was equipped with.

He silently gazed at the two figures standing side-by-side in the sky, and couldn't help but ponder: [If such powerful monsters suddenly turned into villains, how could we prevent them from making mistakes?]

Several hours later, the two enormous mushroom clouds finally settled down!

By this time, all the smoke had dissipated, and even the frost that had frozen the metropolis had melted away, leaving the metropolis as a sunken depression in the ground.

This enormous crater, over 11 kilometers in diameter and 140 meters deep, is filled with charred cracks and freshly condensed glass, and the ground is permeated with high-temperature steam.

The pit is surrounded by a dense network of spiderweb-like cracks that extend beyond the pit's boundary into areas where no depression has occurred.

Superman said dejectedly, "Metropolis is finished. I don't even know how many people have died."

Xia Zuo reassured him with a cheerful tone, "Haha, it's alright, it's alright. It's human weakness that led to your loss, which brought about this devastating disaster."

"Without you, the Metropolitan would have suffered even greater losses. This huge crater could have been 15, 20, or even 50 kilometers in diameter."

Xia Zuo laughed heartily, completely ignoring the looks he received from the soldiers maintaining order around him, looks that contained immense dissatisfaction.

The perceptive Superman reminded Xia Zuo to be careful, but Xia Zuo laughed and said, "Is this even a big deal?"

Then Xia Zuo turned to Batman and complained, "It's so annoying, someone's already looking for death so soon. What's wrong with them?"

Green Lantern tried to calm Shazor down, advising, "Aren't you overreacting?"

"How is that possible?" Xia Zuo shook his head. "Without someone putting in the effort to publicize it, how would these soldiers know that I destroyed the world engine?"

"Look at Green Arrow, his strength and eyesight are far superior to those of soldiers. He couldn't even see that it was me who destroyed the world engine, so how did those soldiers who were desperately fleeing see it?"

"The most crucial question is, if there was no malicious propaganda, why would these soldiers be hostile towards me?"

Batman frowned, pondering how to find these people before Shazam, make them pay the price in advance, and prevent the situation from escalating to an irreversible point.

Batman was completely unaware that he was actually on Shazor's side, and was willing to punish others in order to appease Shazor.

This is the American version of "the most troublemaker is always right." Since his official debut after killing the Joker, Shaza has left the impression of being a madman who loves to make trouble.

This madman is extremely sensitive, has a terrifyingly strong desire for revenge, and also possesses formidable strength; he is truly not someone to be trifled with.

In fact, Superman was also being looked at with hostility by the soldiers, but as everyone knows, he is a low-key and very accommodating superhero. Because everyone knows he won't cause trouble, no one cares about him or comforts him, leaving him to process his negative emotions alone.

A few minutes later, the money-powered Batman had figured out his plan, boarded his Batplane, and left to find someone to deal with the slander Xia Zuo had mentioned.

He knew exactly what was going on as soon as he thought about it. It was nothing more than some bigwigs in the military and political circles worrying that Superman and Shazor's achievements in resisting aliens would be transformed into heroic reputations.

If the two of them were to develop ambitions as a result and enter politics, they would become unstoppable and powerful political stars, completely disrupting the entire political arena.

You have to understand, these two are truly powerful; there's no way they could make these two have such wild ideas.

Without a final trump card, we must nip it in the bud from the very beginning, let their reputation rot and decay, portray their achievements in fighting aliens as the cause of the interstellar war, and incite everyone to hate them.

This kind of tactic of distorting the truth is exactly what political bigwigs are good at.

Batman sighed and said helplessly, "You bastards, do you habitually overlook the fact that Shazo is a madman? The madman who killed the Joker, the madman who is powerful enough to destroy machines that even a nuclear explosion cannot destroy."

"Damn it, you bunch of bastards whose brains are full of fat and semen, didn't you ever think that Xia Zuo, that madman, would flip the table!"

Batman returned to Gotham City, cursing and swearing, took off his armor, put on a sharp suit, resumed his identity as Bruce Wayne, and then found his all-powerful butler, Alfred.

Bruce cut to the chase: "Alfred, contact the newspapers, the television stations, and the emerging online portals, and get in touch with the people who actually control them."

The butler nodded and said, "Yes, young master. May I ask what you need?"

Bruce: "I want them to get a unified story, refuse to report false information, reveal the real information about the alien war, and reverse the smears on Superman and Shazor."

The butler frowned and said, "Young Master, your request is too normal. People in the media certainly won't agree. After all, dog bites man isn't news, but man bites dog has much greater media attention."

Bruce raised an eyebrow and said, "I know, that's the depravity of human nature."

"Those bastards take advantage of this. They can ruin a person's reputation simply by making up malicious jokes and connecting them with ambiguous logic, without needing any actual evidence."

"Just like how they dealt with MJ."

"As long as they have enough media power to cover all voices, they can do whatever they want."

"Therefore, I will not go to those liars. I want to take over all the media and control all channels of communication."

Bruce unleashed his superpowers with abandon: "If they refuse my demands, I'll buy their media outlets. In short, I'm going to control the narrative."

"—Hmm, I've been thinking about it. Having all the power to speak might make me a public enemy."

"Alfred, help me buy half of the say. I want to make sure my voice is the loudest."

Butler Alfred nodded with satisfaction: "No problem, young master, you are already a mature gentleman."

"But I'd like to ask, why are you going to such lengths to protect Superman and Shazor's reputations?"

Bruce shook his head and said, "Alfred, the person I want to help isn't Superman, but Shazo."

He recounted Xia Zuo's complaints to his face, and then said, "This madman made it clear to me that he was very unhappy about being slandered, and that he was going to explode if I didn't help him solve the problem."

Butler Xia's mouth dropped open: "Well, if it was Mr. Xia Zuo who expressed his dissatisfaction, then it certainly deserves our attention."

Bruce nodded: "Besides, we can tell those idiots this reason: they don't care about Superman's dissatisfaction, but they can't ignore the madman's."

"Especially madmen who kill without hesitation."

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