Chapter 426: Friends
Watching the relentless, sea wave-like Sword Qi chasing him, Clark Kent, suspended high in the sky, took a deep breath. His storm-vortex-like lung capacity caused the leaves of the green trees planted throughout Raccoon City to point uniformly towards the vast white cloud layer in the sky. Like young swallows returning to their nests, countless streams of water vapor converged and flew into his mouth... The scene looked exactly like Superman performing a dazzling cotton candy show high in the air. Those who didn't know might have thought he was participating in an eating competition.
Tang Song, who had been standing with his hands behind his back above the clouds, couldn't help but find it amusing. Witnessing Superman perform a show firsthand was a rare sight. Of course, Clark Kent wasn't actually trying to perform a show. After taking a deep breath, he aimed downwards and exhaled with all his might. As Clark Kent unleashed this breath of Cold Qi, it seemed as though the entire Heaven and Earth groaned at that moment. An endless cold current instantly swept through the high altitude.
Whether it was the cloud layer or the Vast Wave Sword Qi, both were instantly frozen under his Frost Breath.
Even Tang Song was taken aback by the power of this breath of Cold Qi. He looked around, and all he saw was a vast expanse of Ice Mountain. The surrounding cloud layers, except for the one beneath his feet, were instantly frozen as far as the eye could see. For a moment, Heaven and Earth were filled with a clear, cold light. The biting Cold Qi actually froze the cloud layer for over ten kilometers, along with the constantly rising, sea wave-like Sword Qi! No wonder some people said the Justice League's nickname was Superman and his few little followers. The strength he was currently displaying indeed surpassed the combined strength of the other members of the Justice League.
Tang Song could clearly hear the continuous "crackling" sounds of the cloud layer freezing in his ears.
The Cold Qi that froze everything continued to spread in all directions after freezing the cloud layer for over ten kilometers.
Countless scattered cloud layers instantly turned into ice sculptures, crystal clear and shimmering with cold light, as the Cold Qi spread. Even the temperature in Raccoon City, thousands of meters below, dropped by more than ten degrees abruptly under this breath of Cold Qi. For a moment, the thinly dressed pedestrians shivered from the cold. And that wasn't all. The cloud layer, frozen into a continuous Ice Mountain weighing hundreds of millions of tons, had its mass increased by over a hundred millionfold. Under the immense gravitational acceleration, this newly formed Ice Mountain range instantly smashed down towards Raccoon City.
"Whoosh!"
Seeing the Ice Mountain falling, Superman also realized he had caused a huge problem. He immediately flew downwards at super speed, wanting to hold up these ice clouds. "Roar!"
Accompanied by a Dragon's Roar, a Black Dragon over three hundred meters long also simultaneously pounced towards this Ice Mountain. Hidden within the swirling clouds and mist, a single scale on this Black Dragon's body was the size of an Eight Immortals table. Under the sunlight, these black scales emitted faint purple light! The Black Dragon weaved through the air, its four Dragon Claws gently stirring the air currents like a roaring Hurricane. Faster than Superman Clark Kent and Lane, who had revealed his Black Dragon True Body, was the boundless cloud Qi. A thick white cloud drifted from who knows where, pressing down heavily upon the sky. This white cloud was very strange; the entire cloud layer was like a lake suspended in the sky. As soon as it was stirred by the wind, it immediately rippled outwards in layers like water waves, spreading in all directions.
The Ice Mountain, weighing hundreds of millions of tons, smashed onto this seemingly soft cloud layer. The soft white cloud remained motionless, but the seemingly solid Ice Mountain was directly crushed into Dust!
Seeing the Ice Mountain caught by the cloud layer, the Black Dragon's body swayed, and he transformed back into his human form within the clouds and mist. Lane looked at Tang Song, who stood with his hands behind his back on the cloud top. He naturally knew whose work these cloud layers were.
"Boss!"
"You don't need to worry about this here. Go and gauge the strength of this God Among Men for me!"
Clark Kent slowed down and hovered opposite Lane. He looked at Tang Song standing on the cloud top, then turned his gaze towards Lane. Listening to their conversation, he felt a sense of eagerness.
As a Kryptonian living on Earth, the biggest trouble his powerful Physique brought him was that everything around him seemed too fragile.
He was like living in a house made of paper, only by constantly suppressing himself could he avoid harming the people and things around him.
After more than thirty years, although he had adapted to this life, this cautious way of living inevitably gave him an urge to let loose.
Since he awakened his powers, he had only used his full strength twice. Once was against General Zod, when his strength had not fully awakened.
The other time was against Doomsday. Thinking of Doomsday, Clark Kent subconsciously looked towards the Bat-jet that had exited Stealth State and was parked not far away.
He ultimately died in that battle!
However, if not for those Kryptonite Weapons, he might not have lost to that monster!
Clark Kent clenched his Fist, squeezing out a Sonic Boom in his Palm.
"Superman Clark Kent! My name is Lane!" Lane looked at the shirtless Superman before him and nodded at him. "I know you, God Among Men! But no matter who you are, spying on Raccoon City, as the Butler here, I must take you down and give an explanation to the Boss!"
Clark Kent merely returned Lane's Gaze, the indifference and arrogance in his Eyes completely undisguised, practically saying, 'Bring it on.'
Lane's Gaze sharpened. Accompanied by a Dragon's Roar, the entire white cloud shook. The entire white cloud instantly turned ink-black, and boundless Azure Electric Light surged out from the Dark Clouds, condensing into a Thunder Dragon hundreds of meters long, tearing towards Clark Kent.
Clark Kent looked at the Thunder Dragon below him, condensed from Thunder and Lightning and filled with hundreds of millions of degrees of electricity. Instead of dodging, he raised his Fist and swung it downwards! With no burden, Clark Kent's full-power punch, unleashed with all his might, sent a roaring punch wind sweeping downwards. The scene was no less impactful than an intercontinental Nuclear Bomb Explosion detonating in mid-air.
The Sonic Boom generated by the punch wind solidly struck the Azure Thunder Dragon. The Thunder Dragon's pouncing momentum slowed slightly, but the next moment, boundless Lightning instantly swallowed Clark Kent.
In Raccoon City below the cloud layer, Diana, who had just used the Sword of the Fire God to cut down the last Sentinel and shattered this Mirror Dimension with a swing of her sword, had just stepped out of the Mirror Dimension. Looking up, she saw the scene of Clark Kent being swallowed by Thunder and Lightning.
Greatly alarmed, Diana threw out her Lasso of Truth. A dazzling Golden Light was directly thrown thousands of meters high, binding itself to a cloud layer as if it were a physical form.
"Head, should we send out the Sentinels and Golden Security Constructs to pursue?"
Inside the Underground Security Base, a Security personnel asked, looking at Diana on the Light Screen, who had broken through the Mirror Dimension and shot into the sky.
"No need, the Boss is there. Don't disturb him!"
Horn looked at the familiar figure in the Light Screen under the Satellite Projection, shook his head, and turned to look at the Security Programmer next to him who was recording Data.
"Make sure to save the Combat Data from the Sentinels. Later, send the Data to the people at the Weapons Research Institute and tell them that the Material Structure of these Sentinels needs to be strengthened!"
"What is the Origin of the sword in that woman's hand? The Structural Integrity of these Sentinels can withstand a frontal Attack from ordinary Laser Weapons!"
"Head, what should we do with the big guy we caught? Should we send him directly to The Hive or...
He looks like Hulk, but I checked, there's a Physics Forum in Europe, and Bruce Banner is currently in Belgium!"
A Security Hacker responsible for network security swiped his Finger, bringing up a Video on the Holographic Screen in his Palm. It was a frame of Dr. Banner speaking at the forum.
"Lock him up first. After the Boss is finished, he will personally decide his fate!"
With the Lasso of Truth tied to a white cloud, Diana pulled and tugged, and her figure instantly reached the white cloud. She raised the Sword of the Fire God high and stabbed towards Lane on the Dark Clouds.
Above the white cloud, a large hand, shimmering with water light and crystal clear, suddenly appeared beside Diana, wrapping around her waist. The next moment, Diana's figure appeared beside Tang Song! "It really is you!"
Diana stepped on the soft yet physical cloud and turned to look at Tang Song's familiar profile.
Tang Song released the arm that was wrapped around Diana's waist and smiled at her. "Long time no see!" "So, that Evil God Blood Sacrifice was really done by you! What is your purpose?"
Diana's expression was solemn. She held the Sword of the Fire God tightly in her Right Hand. To put it plainly, she and the Man before her had only met once; they weren't even Friends.
When she saw the Photos of the suspected Evil God provided by Steve Rogers and the others, she recognized the Man who had shared a taxi with her at a glance.
No wonder he appeared in Gotham City! "Yes, I did the Blood Sacrifice. As for the Evil God stuff, that's completely slander. I am currently the only Orthodox God on this Universe Earth! As a Friend, you can call me Tang Song directly. If you want to call me by my Deity Title, you can also directly call me Heavenly Emperor!"
Tang Song looked at Diana and smacked his lips. "If we're talking about Deity Titles, as the God King of a Divine Pantheon, I'm on equal footing with Zeus. According to seniority, you should call me Uncle!"
Listening to Tang Song's words, which seemed to be taking advantage, Diana's bright Eyes couldn't help but roll. However, she didn't notice that it was precisely because of Tang Song's seemingly joking words that her guard relaxed slightly.
"God King? You?!"
Diana's remark, which was comparable to saying, "Skinny guy, can you even do it?!", immediately ignited the Man's desire to prove himself. Tang Song snorted, "I am the Heavenly Emperor of this Universe, the ruler of the Nine Realms and the Heavenly Court!"
Diana listened to Tang Song's Chuunibyou-like statement but did not refute him. "Since you are a God, why did you instigate that evil Blood Sacrifice? And why did you steal the Quantum Tunnel Technology? Also, where is that person named Tony Stark? Did you kill him?"
"Evil Blood Sacrifice?!" Tang Song said disdainfully, "Are you on good terms with those Parademons? I just had a cross-universe god war with Darkseid, who calls himself a New God. What does that have to do with you?!"
"As for the Quantum Tunnel Technology, I have reached a settlement with the aggrieved party, and it has even less to do with you! As we say back in my Hometown, your behavior is simply like a dog catching mice – meddling!"
"But!" Diana was choked by Tang Song's words and couldn't speak for a long time. She looked at Clark Kent, who was walking out of the Thundercloud. "What about you sending people to attack us!?"
Tang Song looked at Wonder Woman as if she were an idiot. "If I remember correctly, this is my Territory. You sneaking into my Territory stealthily, according to Federal Law, even if I killed you, it would be Self-Defense!"
When a Villain who claims to be an Evil God uses the Law as a Weapon, the uncomfortable feeling of those who consider themselves the side of Justice is just like Diana's Complexion at this moment.
Diana was completely speechless, choked by his words. After a long while, she finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "We are here to find our missing Friend!"
"You mean Tony Stark? He got drunk and had a Hangover for a few days. He should be sober now!"
Raccoon City, Inner District, Lake Heart Island Manor.
A few Flying Ants circled by the Lakeside. No matter how Ant-Man tried to command them, these Black Flying Ants dared not step onto the Lakeside, as if there was something terrifying in the Lake.
"What do we do now?" Ant-Man Scott Lang shook his head, indicating he had no Method.
"Everyone check your Suits again, activate the Aircraft on your Ant-Man Suits, and we'll fly directly over. Pay attention to the Energy Consumption on your respective Suits and the usage of Pym Particles!"
Captain America Steve Rogers directly ordered the Crowd to abandon the Flying Ants. So, a few small figures crossed the Lakeside and flew towards the Lake Heart Island Manor.
"Captain! I feel like I'm shaking all over, as if something is watching us!"
Scott Lang maintained his flying posture while looking left and right, occasionally looking up. Having undergone Ant-Man Transformation multiple times, he had a lot of experience in this regard.
After Ant-Man Transformation, he was like delicious Flying Ants or Insects to Birds. He had been swallowed by large Birds more than once.
Scott Lang thought he was being Targeted by some Bird again. As he warily looked up, he was completely unaware that underwater, beneath the shimmering water, eyes like Phosphorescent Fire suddenly lit up.
However, these Phosphorescent Fires seemed to sense a certain Order, and those Phosphorescent Fires quickly extinguished again.
When the alert Avengers looked at the Lake Surface, they found nothing except the Lake full of Lotus Flowers and Lotus Leaves.
Soon, a group of people infiltrated the Lake Heart Island Manor. Looking at the teams of Black-clothed Bodyguards with bulging waistbands in the Manor, Captain America lowered his Voice and issued Combat Orders through the Communicator.
"Everyone split up. Starting now, in ten minutes, whether we've found Tony and the Quantum Tunnel or not, return here to regroup!"
The Ant-Man transformed Crowd entered the Lake Heart Island Manor like a swarm of Flying Ants. Ordinary Security personnel, even Werewolves and Vampires with Supernatural Power, would not notice these Ant-Man transformed Avengers.
After all, no one would constantly pay attention to small Insects. However, connected to the high-resolution Cameras inside the Manor was the Artificial Intelligence Skynet. Their movements quickly appeared in the Monitoring Room of the Underground Security Base and the Manor Security System.
High in the sky, Superman and Lane were locked in combat. One was the Son of Krypton, a God Among Men, and the other possessed a True Dragon Body.
In terms of Strength, Speed, and endurance, Superman far surpassed Lane. After all, simply basking in Sunlight could increase his Strength; this unreasonable Innate ability was truly a BUG. Even Tang Song felt a bit envious.
But Lane was not bad either. The strength of the True Dragon Body refined through the Black Water True Method was completely comparable to that of the true Four Seas Dragon Race.
When Others cultivate the Dao and seek truth, the stronger their Main Body, the harder it is to shed their original form and manifest in human form. This is especially true for the Dragonkin lineage, whether Flood Dragons or Horned Dragons, who are all born with powerful Physical Bodies and extraordinary Innate abilities. Even before Transformation, when their Magic Power is not apparent, their Scales alone are enough to render most Flying Swords and Magic Treasures in the world ineffective.
However, the Black Dragon True Body refined through the Black Water True Method, which goes against the usual path, not only has a powerful Physical Body but also possesses the ability to Control of Thunder, Lightning, Wind, and Rain from the True Dragon Bloodline. Water Control is also an Instinct of the Dragonkin.
Coupled with the blessing of a drop of One Origin True Water in Lane's hand, the two were evenly matched.
Compared to Lane's endless techniques, summoning Thunder and Lightning, stirring up boundless water waves, and possessing exquisite Swordsmanship, Clark Kent had brought One Force Overcomes Ten Skills to the extreme. Whether it was the water waves stirred up by Lane or the Lightning striking him, he directly dodged them with his Super Speed. If he couldn't dodge, he relied on his powerful Physical Body to withstand them head-on.
Regardless of whether it was a Giant Wave or a Sea of Lightning, he charged forward like a Meteor, carrying his massive Body. Along the way, whether it was the shimmering water ripples and waves or the hundred-meter-thick Thundercloud, he, this human-shaped high-speed missile, would blast a Portal several meters in diameter through them. "Boss, we have Guests at the Manor!"
Just as Tang Song was standing on the cloud top watching the great battle between Superman and Lane, a Light and Shadow suddenly projected from the Wrist Device on his Left Hand. Red Queen's Holographic Projection appeared on the cloud top, bowing slightly to him and reporting.
"Guests have arrived? Then I must entertain them well, lest I be impolite. Notify the kitchen to prepare the dishes for dinner! I'll be right there! To meet these Guests!"
"Yes, Boss!" Red Queen nodded. Her Projection flickered and then disappeared.
"Mr. Wayne, Diana, let's go. Let's go meet your Friends together!"
(end of chapter)
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