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

Chapter 417 Mimicry - Super Saiyan

[Long kick-off]

Xia Zuo raised his right foot high behind him, then tore through the air at high speed with a sharp roar, carrying a violent force as he kicked down toward Doomsday's head.

The distance was simply too close. Even if Doomsday heard the commotion, looked up sharply, and saw Shazo's attack, it wouldn't have time to dodge.

Taken aback, Doomsday raised its four arms, crossing them in pairs to form a grid to block the attack, attempting to withstand the axe-like kick with a stable triangular structure.

However, no rule can overcome force.

When Shazo's powerful kick struck Doomsday's four arms, it didn't produce a dull thud, but rather a crisp cracking sound of bones breaking.

Shazo kicked Doomsday's four arms to pieces, but the kick still had enough power to strike its head.

boom!

This time, a proper roar was heard. The impact between the instep and the skull generated a powerful shockwave that traveled through Doomsday's body to its feet, creating a crater several meters deep beneath them.

Doomsday shuddered, and a jet of blood shot out from his mouth, nose, and ears at the same time.

The immense force traveled down the body to the feet, then rebounded back up, spreading from the legs to the entire body. This time, there was no way to avoid it, damaging almost all the organs, muscles, and bones in the body, and tearing countless large and small lacerations in the skin.

boom!!

The second roar erupted from beneath Doomsday's feet, the crater that was originally several meters deep suddenly expanded, the earth abruptly sank and cracked, and countless dust particles spewed out from the fissures.

A crater 300 meters in diameter appeared at the foot of Doomsday, and the supposedly immortal monster was curled up in the center of the crater, panting and bleeding.

Superman's confidence suffered an unprecedented blow. For the first time, he realized that he could be killed, and that there were two of them who could do it.

If it's just about damaging the ground, Superman could easily create a crater over a kilometer in diameter with a single punch or kick.

But it's impossible for the power to penetrate Doomsday's body and cause such massive damage.

To be precise, even Superman's all-out attack couldn't penetrate Doomsday's body; it was already digested by it.

The Doomsday that Superman fought back then was nowhere near as powerful as the Doomsday we know today.

Superman felt intense frustration.

Despite his constant talk of understanding, dedication, and self-reliance, he possesses absolute confidence and extreme pride in his invincible power.

That unpleasant "artistic flair" is actually just a kind of affected whining that arises from a feeling of invincibility and an inability to adapt to the loneliness at the top.

Like many intellectuals, he was just bored and had nothing better to do.

If you let them go hungry for nine meals, they'll all behave themselves.

Superman is the same. He needs to be taught a lesson, preferably beaten up, so that he feels the threat of death and knows the preciousness of life, and then he will stop causing trouble.

After experiencing the despair of being killed by Doomsday and then being resurrected, Superman seemed much more normal, and his emotions became more stable.

Being a "literary youth" is a disease, and it needs to be cured!

If Superman was frightened, then Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and Batman must have been even more shocked.

Batman, in particular, has such a furrowed brow that it could trap a fly.

No matter who it is, having such a freak neighbor in the same city, whose beliefs clash with yours, is extremely distressing.

However, what Xia Zuo didn't expect was that after learning his lesson, the matured Batman became incredibly bold, and he dared to scheme against Xia Zuo.

Seeing that Shazo was able to overpower Doomsday, Batman couldn't help but think a lot.

For example: If Shaza had acted sooner, would so many people have died in Gotham today?

If Shazor had no selfish motives and had taken proactive action, he could have certainly dealt with Lex Luthor and the Congress much sooner.

Solve Superman's psychological problems.

[The past cannot be relived, so I must start building the "Xia Zuo File" from now on.]

[This guy definitely can't be labeled with text, so what icon should we use? A big tree?]

Okay, let's use a big tree!

Seeing Shazor suppress Doomsday, the two Kryptonians were second only to Superman in shock, because their strength was also second only to Superman's.

As for Fiora, she was fine. She had long admired Xia Zuo, and at this moment, she was just influenced by her admiration for the strong, which added a little bit of extra worship.

Sergeant Apollo, on the other hand, was completely different; he was deeply shaken.

Before this, his dissatisfaction with Xia Zuo was entirely based on his own strength.

In Apollo's eyes, Shazor was nothing more than a human being from Earth, an ant-like being, someone who could be crushed with a little finger. What was there for him to respect?

Even after getting to know Xia Zuo better, he remained stubborn and prejudiced, believing it was just a difference between the little finger and the thumb.

But now it seems that Xia Zuo should be the one who could kill him with a single finger.

The complete reversal of power made Apollo very uncomfortable, and he developed a strong sense of admiration from the bottom of his heart.

In fact, even the seemingly powerful Xia Zuo wasn't having an easy time.

His all-out kick failed to shatter Doomsday's skull, resulting in a full recoil that shattered all the bones in his foot, and even his calf, knee, and thigh were not spared.

But Xia Zuo was even more excited.

This is the feeling, this excruciating pain, this incredibly satisfying blow—this is the kind of battle I've always wanted.

[The brutal, visceral blows, the enemy's relentless and desperate counterattacks, the absence of unnecessary verbal sparring, the lack of moral dilemmas—this is the kind of battle I've been looking for!]

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Only through pure combat like this can we effectively tap into the combat power of hundreds of thousands. I want more, much more!

"Awooooo!"

Doomsday's wounds closed up and healed, and the blood on its skin was reabsorbed.

When it rose again from the bottom of the crater, its powerful self-healing ability made it appear completely unharmed.

Doomsday looked up at Xia Zuo, its eyes blazing with ferocity, and even its power had returned.

"Hahaha, what incredible power! It's really strong!"

Xia Zuo grinned: "You can now change yourself, increase your strength, and eliminate your weaknesses without dying."

"But since the limitation that one can only become stronger by dying has been broken, can we assume that your resurrection is no longer as convenient as it used to be?"

Doomsday's response was: "Roar—I'll kill you—!"

It crouched slightly, then suddenly exerted force, rushing towards Xia Zuo in mid-air, its target being his right leg, which had just been broken during the "long kick".

However, Xia Zuo's self-healing ability was not for nothing; his leg injury had already healed.

Facing the oncoming Destroyer Sun, Xia Zuo's entire body emitted golden light, transforming into a shooting star as he met it head-on.

Bang! !

In the second collision, Xia Zuo did not resort to a head-on confrontation. Instead, he employed more refined combat techniques. He first deflected some of the force with a side attack, then intercepted another portion, and finally combined his own power with the intercepted force to unleash a devastating attack on Doomsday.

After this series of maneuvers, Shazo's power completely overwhelmed Doomsday.

Therefore, he had more room to maneuver, directing more power at Doomsday itself, rather than releasing it through its body and causing damage to the surrounding environment.

Doomsday was met with a counterattack several times stronger than the previous one, and it immediately turned around and fell back to the position where it had jumped.

Doomsday didn't fall hard, but the moment it hit the ground, it spat out a mouthful of blood in a jet-like burst, clearly indicating that it was severely injured internally.

Xia Zuo's entire body erupted with golden light once more, and he rushed towards Doomsday like a meteor.

He stomped forward, creating a gust of wind that swept away all the surrounding dust, and then delivered a powerful punch to Doomsday's head.

This punch not only carried the power of the arm, but also the momentum of a downward swooping motion and the rebound force of the foot stomping on the ground.

The three forces, bound together by air, were tightly intertwined, forming a terrifying combined force that poured into Doomsday's head.

In an instant, Doomsday's brain structure turned into mush, and all its eyes, connected to the optic nerve, were burst by the immense force.

The tall and strong Doomsday collapsed to his knees, his legs giving way, and then he fell to the ground like a mountain collapsing, sending dust billowing everywhere.

However, Xia Zuo controlled his power and did not kill Doomsday directly.

After destroying Doomsday's body with two consecutive attacks, he finally sensed the strange life force within Doomsday's body.

Xia Zuo clicked his tongue and said, "This vitality is really strange. The main stem is not in the body of Doomsday, but is connected to an unknown entity in the dark."

"No wonder we couldn't kill him. It turns out Doomsday was just the client side; the real immortality was hidden on the server side."

"How interesting. So killing Doomsday requires severing the connection, not destroying the body."

"But the body must be damaged in order to keep it consuming more than it can replenish, eventually leading to continuous disconnection."

"Wait, the connection and energy replenishment speed is increasing! Could this also be part of compensating for a weakness?"

"Does this mean that if I miss this opportunity, I'll have no way to kill Doomsday for the time being?"

"Damn!" Xia Zuo was silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "I was originally thinking of playing with this monster for a few more days and enjoying this rare, thrilling battle."

"Forget it, the world is so big, and powerful enemies are constantly emerging. We'll always encounter enemies worth fighting again."

It's unclear whether the unknowable entity sensed Xia Zuo's spying, but the transmitted energy suddenly increased and was mixed with complex information.

Upon receiving the information, Doomsday underwent a mutation. Its two arms were retracted, all its eyes closed and were digested, and even its massive body, originally six meters tall, rapidly shrank to a height of exactly two meters.

Doomsday shrank in size, but the energy leaking from it increased tenfold, even dozens of times, causing celestial phenomena.

Rumble!!

Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, accompanied by chilling whirlwinds.

At some point, Doomsday had stood up, its fists clenched against its chest, and the energy surging from its body formed a flame that enveloped its entire form.

The shrunken body was like a compressed essence, with all the bones and muscles transformed.

All the keratinous scales fell off, and the grayish-green skin turned into a crystal-clear white, full of energetic vitality.

As energy continued to be released, harmonious yet eerie black patterns appeared on the luminous white body, making it look like the Otsutsuki clan from the Naruto world.

Xia Zuo couldn't help but wonder if this intensely contrasting color appearance was a common form of advanced life in the universe.

It's no wonder Xia Zuo was overthinking things; as Doomsday's form changed, the boiling energy gushing from its body became even more intense.

The fact that changing one's skin could make one ten times stronger was something Xia Zuo couldn't comprehend, so he was naturally shocked and speechless.

Xia Zuo shook his head and muttered, "Since Doomsday is so strong, I have to go all out."

His voice wasn't loud, but amidst the rumbling thunder, it traveled for ten kilometers, and everyone could hear it clearly.

He bent his legs slightly, then suddenly jumped up and flew directly into the air, reaching a height of eight or nine hundred meters.

In the sky, Xia Zuo spread his arms and legs, his whole body forming the Chinese character "太" (tai), his muscles bulging as if small dragons were swimming around.

With a roar from Xia Zuo, "Open!"

His body was also enveloped in a dense aura.

The wildly rising flames formed a thick cyclone, transforming into a towering hurricane that shattered the thunderclouds formed by Doomsday.

But the thunder did not disappear. Hundreds of silver arcs of electricity were born from the flames enveloping Xia Zuo's body, appearing and disappearing with the rise and fall of the flames.

【Mimicry - Super Saiyan】

This is a secret technique that Saiyan Shazam painstakingly devised but could never execute. It is the greatest guarantee for his survival before breaking through to Super Saiyan.

Unexpectedly, it was Shazo from the DC universe, who had no Saiyan bloodline and could never advance to Super Saiyan, who was the first to achieve this.

"Hehehe, it's not because I need a twisted mind, it's because I need a strong enough opponent to put enough pressure on me."

"No, no, it doesn't necessarily have to be a powerful opponent. A sufficiently harsh environment and a sufficiently frightening unknown can all achieve the same goal."

"After all, the Doomsday before us is not powerful enough."

"Um?"

The Doomsday on the ground raised its hands, and its eyes also looked at Shazo.

Xia Zuo was horrified to discover that those eyes no longer held any beastly nature, nor any of the previous wisdom and intelligence. Instead, they were filled with an absolute rationality that transcended wisdom, along with a hint of curiosity.

Xia Zuo suddenly realized: These are the eyes of a higher-dimensional being!

A higher-dimensional intelligent being from an unknowable realm descended through the connection of Doomsday.

Xia Zuo's body trembled with excitement.

He let out a maniacal laugh: "Hahahaha, that's it! This is the kind of battle worth looking forward to! This is the kind of strong opponent I'd risk my life for!"

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