The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Seizing an inconspicuous moment after Li Zhen's continuous attacks, Phantom King kicked Li Zhen, sending him flying to the other side of the Crimson Continent.

Then, with the help of his flight ability and mental power, Phantom King quickly flashed closer, raising his fists as he began to declare what he believed to be the imminent victory.

"So, let your body die here. I won't even spare the phantom you become after death. I will find you and kill you again, so that you will truly die forever in this space!"

Li Zhen, who had been distracted by considering other solutions and was hit hard, was speechless at the Phantom King who had caught up with him.

This guy's ability to predict the battle situation is also terrible. Even if he throws his brains away and fights head-on, it will be difficult for him to kill him within half a year.

Even with a layer of mental armor that's like having a cheat code, he's only slightly stronger than me. How can I be confident enough to declare victory right now?

If Li Zhen doesn't want a quick victory and instead continues the stalemate with Phantom King, it's because...

Won't it be awkward a month later?

Putting everything else aside, if the two of them were to fight for another day and night, wouldn't the slap in the face after the declaration of victory hurt a lot?

"You don't seem like a Kryptonian who has served in the military. I thought your personality was written into your genes."

Li Zhen, expressionless, uttered his current assessment of the Phantom King, then flipped over to avoid the Phantom King's heavy punch.

"Don't compare me to those Kryptonians whose genes dictate their fate..." A powerful elbow strike, meant to make the opponent vomit stomach acid, landed on the mental armor with only a muffled thud.

Its only purpose was to interrupt the Phantom King's verbal attacks.

However, Li Zhen didn't care what the Phantom King wanted to say; she was simply more greedy for the existence of the jewels and kryptonite.

It can deflect force, defend, and provide buffs; in terms of combat application alone, it can be described as an all-rounder.

Add to that its unreasonable and overwhelming power.

After all, it was a mental ability that could be projected across dimensions onto Earth and even create physical entities out of thin air before the Infinite Earth Crisis was restarted.

Even though it seems to have lost its magical application after the reboot, it is still supermodel.

Li Zhen decided against a mindless, head-on fight with the Phantom King; his mental strength was too overpowered.

Moreover, if the fighting continues, the Crimson Continent will be lost, and there will be no place to stand. We will be left floating in the void, making it very inconvenient to find people or things.

As for off-field assistance, I haven't decided yet whether to spend red kryptonite or equip myself with a light ring.

Given Phantom King's skill level, using two light rings would be a waste; any random ring would be enough to easily defeat him.

So Li Zhen really did make a decision.

While red kryptonite has mostly negative effects on Kryptonians, there is a small chance it can induce positive mutations.

Originally intended as a gadget for future pranks against Superman, it's not suitable for use in such a fierce battle.

If Phantom King is lucky, then Li Zhen will be in trouble.

In a fraction of a second, Li Zhen, despite the discomfort from her divine intuition, seized the opportunity to distance herself from the Phantom King and then retrieved the Green Lantern Ring.

Li Zhen himself wasn't really suited to this ring, but he could force it to be used. The weakened Oa, whose half of the Unjust World had been slaughtered by the Unjust Super, couldn't care less about the Phantom Land.

Besides, it's just drawing some willpower energy to give myself a boost.

"You think you're the only one who can use the second power?"

Ignoring the Green Light Ring's objections, Li Zhen forcefully slipped it onto the middle finger of her left hand.

A surge of green light enveloped Li Zhen, and even the basic particles within her body showed signs of trembling under the abundant and warm light.

Evolution was secondary at this moment; Li Zhen only wanted to slap the Phantom King's mouth shut as quickly as possible, so he poured all the willpower energy surging into his body into self-amplification. He thought the Phantom King would be stubborn and take advantage of Li Zhen being enveloped in light to charge at him and launch a sneak attack.

But Li Zhen heard the Phantom King's voice, which was filled with surprise and a hint of fear.

"No! How could you have this?!"

fear?

Why would the Phantom King feel fear when he wasn't wearing the Yellow Light Ring?

"Get rid of that ring right now!!"

The Phantom King was still shouting.

Li Zhen's divine intuition reached its peak of rejection at a certain moment.

In the slightly purplish sky, the bright and enchanting blue star suddenly twinkled.

Then, an extremely thin, almost invisible dark green energy line shot out from the center of the blue star and entered the green light ring on Li Zhen's hand at a speed exceeding that of light.

"How dare a mere tool defy its master?! You agree, don't you?"

The pure green light that should have enveloped Li Zhen's entire body was now coated with an ominous dark hue. The intelligent program inside the Green Lantern Ring had been rewritten by some twisted will, and hundreds of times more willpower than Li Zhen originally needed had been poured into his body.

Within the microscopic structure of the green light ring, a unique piece of program code began to flash intermittently.

"...Break...Dawn's Ghost Lamp...connected."

"What the hell?"

Li Zhen was unaware of what was inside the ring, but he was startled by the endless supply of willpower energy.

With the amplification of a sufficient amount of energy, his power began to rise sharply, and in less than a second, he completely surpassed the Phantom King, who had just been a tough opponent for him.

However, Li Zhen disliked this superficial power, not to mention that these will energies contained a certain distortion. If he accepted this amplification for a long time, the effects and consequences would probably be more serious than those of the Yellow Lamp Ring.

Shaking off the green light surrounding her, Li Zhen reached out and tried to pull off the tampered green light ring.

The Phantom King, who had just been arrogant and ready to fight him to the death, was now very nervous. But instead of coming up to help, he just retreated while shouting.

"Why do you have a lamp ring?! Why did you take it out?!"

"What the hell are you talking nonsense?! How am I supposed to know I can't take out a light switch here?"

Li Zhen retorted irritably, then immediately called out to the Phantom King, who was trying to turn and flee. "Where do you think you're going?! If this thing keeps injecting itself into me like this, I might sneeze and this entire continent will be gone! Where do you think you're going then?!"

The Phantom King remained silent, only continuing to flee.

Li Zhen was furious. This kid clearly knew something about the situation, and the ring on her hand had undergone some kind of change. It used to break easily when squeezed, but now it was indestructible and getting tighter and tighter, making it impossible to remove.

We absolutely must get the information from the Phantom King first!

Li Zhen instantly caught up with him, so fast that he left a trail of incomplete, dark green light and shadow that stretched across the continent.

The high-energy reaction from that instantaneous flight speed directly cleaved the already overburdened red continent in two.

Easily catching up with the Phantom King who had just declared victory, Li Zhen's eyes blazed with murderous intent. His power, though weak, was several times stronger than his full strength. He easily broke through the mental barrier that he had been unable to overcome before, and shattered the collar around the Phantom King's neck.

"Where do you think you're going?"

A twisted will is eroding Li Zhen's mind. Even Rachel and Raven, who had already sensed something was wrong, could only barely resist the twisted influence on Li Zhen's mind.

At this moment, a shadow had fallen over Li Zhen's face. His impatience with the giant baby Phantom King gradually transformed into the bloodlust that Li Zhen had always had in the past, like Witrum.

He forcibly straightened the Phantom King's body, which was completely disproportionate to his power.

His teeth were clenched tightly, his mind filled with the thought that if this kid tried to run again, he'd just kill him. "You…"

Because Huang Taiyang's collar and bandages were torn apart, Li Zhen finally saw the true face of the Phantom King at this moment.

It was a face exactly like Mon El's, now staring at him with terror.

!!!

This extremely irrational mental shock jolted Li Zhen, and her desire to explore almost overwhelmed her mindless urge to kill.

This isn't just the level of resemblance between twins; they're practically the same person.

However, because this person always wraps himself up tightly in bandages and a uniform, his skin appears to be whiter.

Although he didn't know who the Phantom King was in the original story, no matter how he thought about it, it shouldn't be Mon El.

He grabbed the remaining half of Phantom King's collar, pulled him in front of him, and roared at him while suppressing his murderous intent, which was so intense that veins were bulging at his temples.

"What on earth is going on?! Are you Mon El, or the Phantom King?!"

A moment of struggle and resentment flashed in Phantom King's eyes, but his fear of Li Zhen—no, to be precise, of the eerie green light—won out.

"I am the Phantom King, and also Mon El... I am Mon El, abandoned by Mon El!" (Leave of Absence Request)

This week at work was exhausting, so I'm taking a day off.