Faora's death was perhaps inevitable in this world; Kevin didn't receive many skill points from it.
Kevin wasn't too bothered, as he had already passed the period where he desperately needed skill points.
Furthermore, most of the remaining skills, aside from active skills that cost few points, were passive skills that required tens or even dozens of points to level up.
A few skill points were no longer enough to stir Kevin's emotions.
After ambushing and killing the female officer Faora, Kevin, still not at ease, shattered her armor and used blood to destroy her heart.
Only after confirming that the female officer was undeniably dead did Kevin disperse the Mist and look towards the battlefield.
With the help of the Atlanteans, the sea monster Karathen, and the Flash and Arthur joining the battle, the Kryptonians were surprisingly at a disadvantage.
The Big guy, who was extremely powerful besides Faora, had his heart pierced by Dark Barry using resonance.
In this battle, he had somehow learned to eliminate opponents this way without any prior instruction.
While this made Kevin look at him with higher regard, it also made him wary of the Flash Family.
It was true that Kevin's physical body was strong enough to rival a Kryptonian, but Kevin had no way to defend against the Flash Family's 'attack' method, which could ignore any obstacles and penetrate through them with resonance.
They could easily penetrate a Kryptonian's body and directly destroy their vital organs, which meant they could also penetrate Kevin's body and destroy his vital organs.
Coupled with their speed, it could be said that as long as they wished, any member of the Flash Family could become the most excellent assassin in this world!
No wonder those speedsters in TV shows were so arrogant, acting as if no one else mattered.
With such an ability, Kevin would also feel like he was the best in the world.
Fortunately, most of the Flash Family members were little angels, especially Flash himself, who was the conscience of the Justice League.
Kevin didn't need to be overly wary of them.
Only Flash's enemies, villains like The Reverse Flash and Savitar who were also speedsters, were worthy of Kevin's vigilance.
On the battlefield, after Zod left, basically no one could stop Kevin and the members of the Justice League.
The victory of the battle was tilting towards Earth's side.
Whoosh—
Kevin was ordering the Atlanteans to carry out the final cleanup when, accompanied by a Flash of blue lightning, Dark Barry arrived beside Kevin.
He was panting, and some parts of his body still had wounds, which were sustained during the battle with the Kryptonians.
It was true that the Kryptonians had not been directly exposed to Earth's sunlight or felt Earth's air; they were not Superman, and that was correct.
But that didn't mean they were truly weak.
Some individuals could react fast enough to match Barry's speed, especially Zod; if he were here, he could quickly adapt to Barry's speed and counterattack.
It was only because Zod wasn't here, and the other Kryptonians didn't have Zod's strength, that they were dealt with by Dark Barry, Arthur, and Mera.
Ultimately, these people were just cannon fodder; in the original movie, the newly debuted Dark Barry could take on a whole group by himself, so with Aquaman, Mera, and Kevin present now, victory was not surprising.
As soon as Dark Barry arrived beside Kevin, he asked:
"We… we won, didn't we? We successfully prevented the end of the world?"
"More or less, kid. You did well. Go rest later; you can leave this to me."
Kevin patted Dark Barry's shoulder.
There wouldn't be any major surprises on this battlefield, so it was fine for Dark Barry to rest. The rest was up to Kara and Batman.
Zod had been rescued, and Batman went to pursue him, but it was unknown if he caught up.
Kara went to destroy the Genesis Engine, and normally, there shouldn't be any problems, but Kevin, who had encountered so many unexpected events, couldn't guarantee that there would be 'absolutely' no problems.
Moreover, there had been no news from Kara's side until now, which gave Kevin a bad feeling.
It turned out… Kevin's feeling was correct.
Just as the battle on the battlefield was nearing its end, he received a message from Batman:
"Kevin, I have bad news for you. Kara failed; she couldn't stop the Genesis Engine from falling on Metropolis!"
"…?" Kevin was stunned by the news. "What about Kara?"
"That's another piece of bad news… Kara, she was captured by Zod."
"…"
Damn it!!
Upon hearing Batman's message, even Kevin couldn't help but curse in his heart.
Supergirl, what's going on, Supergirl! How could you be captured so easily!!!
…
Kara's capture wasn't entirely her fault.
At that moment, she was at a crucial crossroads: should she destroy her only way to leave Earth, or should she capture Zod and use him to shut down the Genesis Engine?
Given Kara's mindset at the time, it was understandable that she would choose the latter when Zod had already come looking for her personally.
Therefore, upon seeing Zod return, Kara left the spaceship without hesitation, attempting to defeat Zod and obtain the method to shut down the Genesis Engine.
But Kara made a mistake.
Through her x-ray vision, she saw that Zod had injuries, and she naturally assumed that with her current strength, she could defeat Zod.
So she decisively destroyed Zod's warship and engaged him in battle.
Up to this point, things were still relatively normal.
But during her exchange with Zod, Kara learned a devastating truth.
Kal-El was dead; his spaceship was intercepted by Zod, who wanted to find the Life Codex hidden within his body, and thus ended his life.
At the same time, Zod also knew that the Codex was not in Kal-El's body, but in Kara's body.
This was why he came to Earth to find Kara.
Upon learning that the person she needed to protect, her only relative in this world, had died at Zod's hands, Kara's mental state completely collapsed.
She frantically punched Zod, beating him from the spaceship to the ground, shattering his armor, and breaking his head.
Only at the very end did she regain her sanity and remember to shut down the Genesis Engine.
But by this time, Zod had already been exposed to Earth's sunlight and breathed Earth's air.
As a warrior with powerful adaptability, Zod had already mastered the abilities gained by his body in less than three minutes.
Then, the tide of battle turned.
After only a few exchanges, Kara was lifted into the air by Zod, who was choking her.
"I spent my entire life learning how to control my body, how to become a warrior! And you, what have you learned on Earth?"
Zod, who had fully adapted to Earth's environment, saw the wounds on his face and arms gradually healing.
Kryptonians also have strong regenerative abilities; as long as they are exposed to enough sunlight, they can basically recover from even the most severe injuries.
It was shown in the movie that Superman was reduced to a skeleton by a nuclear bomb, but when the sun rose and its rays fell on him, he quickly returned to his original state.
Later, in "Justice League," Superman's performance after dying and being resurrected again further confirmed this point.
Similarly, if in the original plot, after Superman distorted Zod's neck, Zod was given enough time to absorb sunlight, he might not have been unable to come back to life.
Kryptonians on Earth are such an unreasonable existence.
Zod's injuries had healed, and Kara was held in his hand.
Kara was different from Kal-El.
Kal-El was a Kryptonian born through natural childbirth, while Kara, like Zod, was a Kryptonian created through the Life Codex, which bestowed genes and duties.
Kara's duties before this were unknown for now, but it was certain that she was absolutely not a warrior.
Without Kal-El's advantage of being able to learn any profession, and with her own professional path not being a combat one, Kara was actually much weaker than Superman.
And she was even less comparable to Zod.
She could kill Kryptonian warriors based on her physical advantages, but she couldn't defeat the battle-hardened Zod when their physical qualities were almost equal.
Kara's current loss was an inevitable outcome.
"Ahhhhhh!!!!"
Choked by Zod, Kara roared in anger.
Her heat vision accumulated in her eyes, and red light, like a maximum-power laser cannon, shot out from her eyes.
But Zod merely distorted her head to the side, and the crimson ray deflected into the sky.
In the sky, Batman was trying to rescue Kara in the Batwing.
As a result, he was almost shot down by one of Kara's heat vision blasts.
Dodging the ray at the last moment, Batman contacted Kevin while also not giving up on rescuing Kara:
"I'll try to rescue that Kryptonian girl; you get here as fast as you can."
"…Don't overdo it."
"Don't worry, I know my limits."
Saying this, Batman raised his hand and pressed several buttons on the Batwing. Missiles ejected from beneath the jet, flying rapidly towards Zod.
The missiles were very fast, and coupled with their close proximity to Zod, they all landed on Zod in less than a second.
Boom!!!
Flames shot into the sky, engulfing Zod and Supergirl within them.
But Batman was not careless in the slightest; he didn't think his missiles could handle a Kryptonian, so after firing the missiles, he quickly increased the jet's altitude, planning to circle around and attack again.
The jet flew high in the sky, and from within the flames below, a figure shot out with a 'bang'.
Zod, with remnants of his armor on, was like the Hulk from Marvel. He took three steps in two, leaped high into the air, and instantly reached the same altitude as Batman's jet.
Calculating the distance, Zod landed precisely on the nose of the Batwing. Through the cockpit glass, looking at Batman inside, Zod raised both fists high and slammed them towards the cockpit.
Batman reacted incredibly fast. He quickly adjusted the plane's angle, making it spin in the air, trying to shake Zod off.
But this move seemed useless against Zod.
Zod's fists still landed on the Batwing's cockpit.
With just one hit, cracks appeared in the sturdy glass.
With the second hit, the jet's glass completely shattered!
Just as Batman was about to be pulled out by Zod, Zod suddenly stopped, turned his head, and looked into the distance.
Whoosh—!
Accompanied by the sound of rushing air, a golden, gleaming trident, with white Mist trailing from its tail, rapidly flew towards Zod.
The trident seemed to have a built-in tracking system; even as Zod and the jet flew high in the sky, it could accurately pinpoint Zod's location.
Feeling the threat from the trident above, Zod dared not be careless. He quickly jumped from the jet and landed on the ground.
His original intention was to dodge the trident flying from afar.
But as soon as he landed, the trident suddenly disappeared from the air, then suddenly reappeared from afar again, flying straight towards Zod!
And flying with the trident was a man in silver armor.
Kevin had arrived.