Zod, who had been an observer for a long time, knew it was his turn to act!
Without any warning, his body silently shot out like a stream of light.
Then, he suddenly appeared before Malefic. Without any wasted words, two beams of heat vision, infused with divine power gushing from his Life Spring, instantly severed Malefic's arm, which was clutching Martian Manhunter.
This was a new technique Zod had developed by combining his cultivated power with his inherent abilities, significantly increasing its destructive force compared to pure heat vision.
Seeing Martian Manhunter freed, he unhesitatingly threw a punch at Malefic, his fist glowing with golden divine light.
This was an offensive divine ability recorded in the Sun True Scripture, named 'Great Sun Across the Sky.' The deeper one's understanding of the ultimate Yang path, the greater its power.
Currently, Zod had only just begun cultivating it. However, combined with his inherent strength, a single punch was enough to shatter mountains.
At this critical moment, Malefic desperately completed his body's intangibility, dodging the fatal blow.
But the force from Zod's fist passed through his body and slammed into an already shattered mountain behind him.
"Boom!"
The terrifying destructive power formed a devastating storm, almost pulverizing all the large and small broken stones on the ground.
Malefic, in his intangible state, widened his eyes, watching everything unfold. He couldn't believe Zod was so strong.
But he quickly came back to his senses and immediately distanced himself.
Zod didn't bother with him, instead turning to glance at Martian Manhunter and asking casually, "Are you alright?"
Martian Manhunter gave a wry smile, "I didn't expect that four hundred years would create such a huge gap between him and me!"
Hearing this, Zod comforted him, "A difference in strength is normal; after all, the accumulation of years is a profound asset."
In fact, even if Zod, with his current strength, were to face a version of himself who had never cultivated but had merely been exposed to the sun for four hundred years, he certainly wouldn't be his opponent.
However, time might bring a temporary lead, but it wouldn't last forever.
When these four hundred years are viewed within a larger timeframe, say, after a thousand years, then comparing fourteen hundred to one thousand, the difference no longer seems so great!
After all, not everyone can completely unlock their limiter like a certain bald individual, allowing their strength to increase without restriction.
If Zod were to cultivate as he is now for a thousand years and then fight a version of himself who had only basked in the sun for fourteen hundred years, he could probably extinguish the other with a mere breath.
At this moment, Malefic in the distance stared at Zod with a solemn expression.
His right hand, which had just been severed, had already regrown. This was the special power the two brothers possessed as mutant Martians: powerful regeneration.
As long as they weren't reduced to ash, even if only a single finger remained, they could regrow their entire body.
Malefic's voice was grim as he questioned Zod, "Who exactly are you?"
"I'm just a passerby... *cough cough*, dead men don't deserve to know my name. After I send you to hell, you can ask the Goddess of Death yourself!"
Zod almost subconsciously started his 'execution song' but then forcefully reined it in.
"Hmph! I wondered how you dared to return to Mars. So you found such a powerful helper. It's a pity you have to rely on others even to avenge your family. You truly are a pathetic fellow."
Facing this situation, Malefic knew it was absolutely impossible to defeat both Zod and Martian Manhunter simultaneously.
He could only try to provoke Martian Manhunter with words, hoping to completely enrage him and make him refuse Zod's help, thus giving him a chance to kill him.
As long as he eliminated this last member of his race, then facing Zod alone, he was confident he could activate his intangible form and retreat unscathed.
Hearing this, Zod glanced at Martian Manhunter. He wanted to see what choice the other party would make in such a situation.
Ultimately, whether he was worth recruiting depended on his choice this time!
If he chose to charge in headfirst, knowing he was at a disadvantage and even had a fatal weakness, then he deserved to die, and Zod wouldn't even spare him another glance.
The reason he had the idea of recruiting him was merely due to a collecting addiction from his previous life.
After all, although the various large and small figurines he collected in his previous life weren't as exaggerated as covering an entire wall, they could still fill his desk.
Both men were waiting for Martian Manhunter to make his choice when he spoke coldly to Malefic, "It doesn't matter who I was in the past or who I will be in the future. Now, I am merely an avenger who wants to kill you, no matter what methods I use."
Then, he turned and bowed slightly to Zod, "Please, Mr. Zod, help me with my revenge."
Hearing the answer that satisfied him, a smile appeared on Zod's face. Just as he was about to speak, a prompt sounded in his mind again:
[Ding! Detected that the host has received a request for revenge from an ancient alien race. Agree and help him successfully defeat the enemy, reward: Roulette Draw +1!]
Hearing this voice, the smile on Zod's face deepened. He hadn't expected Martian Manhunter to be such a lucky star, bringing him two opportunities for a roulette draw at once.
Zod naturally agreed immediately, "I had the same intention!"
Malefic's face, on the other hand, was not so pleasant. His green face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and his teeth looked as if they were about to shatter.
He squeezed out a harsh threat from his throat, "Hmph! I'll let you off this time. Just you wait, one day, I will kill you with my own hands!"
With that, he tried to turn and fly away.
Martian Manhunter was about to give chase but was stopped by Zod, "Don't worry, he can't escape."
As he spoke, Zod merely extended his hand and pulled, and a grayish-white ripple barrier appeared, passing directly through his body.
The next moment, Zod appeared in Malefic's escape path.
Although the Dimensional Wall couldn't yet allow Zod to traverse parallel worlds, its basic spatial transfer ability was extremely practical.
"What?"
Seeing this, Malefic's eyes instantly filled with terror.
"You think you can just leave after spouting threats? There's no such easy thing in the world. You'd better stay!"
Seizing this opportunity, Martian Manhunter also flew over from behind, creating a pincer attack on Malefic.
"Alright, alright. Since I can't escape, then you can come to hell with me, and let the Martians be completely extinct from now on."
Seeing that escape was hopeless, Malefic's hands suddenly erupted in raging flames, and he charged towards Martian Manhunter, seemingly intending to drag him down with him.
But Zod was even faster than him, appearing almost instantaneously in front of him, then raising a golden fist and smashing it down.
This time, Malefic also tried to dodge the attack by becoming intangible, but instantly, the expression on his face froze.
Because he found that he had failed to become intangible.
"Bang!"
Zod's punch landed squarely on him. The terrifying force seemed to create a momentary vacuum around them, and Malefic's body instantly exploded into a sky full of blood mist.
But immediately after, those blood mists transformed into golden light points, slowly dissipating into the air.
Zod naturally knew about the Martians' abnormal regenerative ability, but with this punch, he had activated the divine power within his Life Spring, making it intensely hot and directly incinerating his shattered body completely.
And the reason Malefic failed to become intangible just now was that Martian Manhunter had interfered with him using his psychic abilities.
After all, he had noticed something when he himself had failed to become intangible in Malefic's hands earlier. After a brief period of thought, he had immediately grasped the method to break intangibility.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully helping the ancient alien race achieve revenge, gaining: Roulette Draw +1!
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