Facing Hel's incredulous questioning, Zod looked down on him and replied, "It's a simple truth, because I am stronger than you!"
"You wouldn't think that the strength of an ant could restrain a dragon, would you?"
Looking at the contemptuous gaze Zod cast upon him, Hel felt every cell in his body tremble violently, not from fear, but from extreme anger.
If he had the characteristics of that green giant from the neighboring Marvel world, perhaps such anger would become nourishment for his strength.
Unfortunately, what flowed in his veins was Kryptonian blood, not Gamma radiation.
"Impossible, you are not Zod, you are not a Kryptonian."
He didn't understand why, as fellow Kryptonians, his talent was clearly stronger than Zod's, and he had absorbed various stellar radiations in another universe for nearly thirty years.
But why was he now unable to defeat Zod?
"If I can't kill you, then let's sink into the river of time together!"
Then, he rushed towards Zod with a pair of blood-red eyes.
At this moment, the powerful biological energy surrounding Hel locked down this entire space, and fluctuations of the Law of Time emerged from him.
Zod immediately sensed a hint of danger.
Then, without hesitation, the golden Sun God Consciousness coiled in his glabella instantly transformed into a celestial blade and flew out, directly plunging into Hel's head.
The next moment, Hel's figure suddenly froze.
A trace of fear and disbelief flashed in his furious eyes, and then the light of life within them extinguished!
Immediately after, his entire body fell straight down from the air.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying a powerful enemy, gaining +2 lottery draws!"
At this moment, a golden light flew back from Hel's body into Zod's glabella.
In that instant, Zod used his God Consciousness as a blade to sever Hel's spiritual power, which meant Hel had now become a soulless shell.
This was his true killing move; as a Kryptonian, he understood the weaknesses of Kryptonians best.
Although Hel possessed a super gene, he was not afraid of kryptonite even without wearing armor, and was unaffected by red suns.
But the weakness of spiritual power, even for a super Kryptonian like him, was no exception.
The moment Zod's God Consciousness rushed into his brain, he could clearly feel one thing.
Even if Hel's spiritual power was indeed very strong compared to ordinary metahumans, it was still far inferior to the Martian Manhunter's.
Moreover, in his enraged state, he had no time to offer any resistance to Zod's God Consciousness attack and was obliterated with overwhelming force!
At this moment, Zod couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, thankful that the system had modified his initial reward when it was bound.
Having such a cultivation method allowed his strength to grow at least dozens of times faster, enabling him to deal with Hel, this unexpected variable.
It was also precisely because he cultivated the Sun True Scripture that his ordinary spiritual power transformed into Sun God Consciousness, directly overcoming the weakness of spiritual power.
Furthermore, after activating the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, the Sun God Consciousness became one of his ultimate trump cards.
As for dragging out the fight with Hel for so long, on one hand, he wanted to vent his anger, and on the other, to release the long-suppressed desire for battle in his heart.
Standing where Hel had fallen, Zod looked at the soulless husk that was still instinctively devouring solar radiation, and a thought of utilizing it formed in his mind.
"Since you resent Krypton so much, then from now on, let your body become the loyal guard dog of New Krypton's gate."
He extended his hand, and golden magic power transformed into a large hand, grabbing Hel's corpse.
Then Zod unfolded the dimensional wall and instantly returned to New Krypton.
Seeing his return, holding Hel's corpse, all the surviving Kryptonians showed fanatical expressions on their faces.
And the Martian Manhunter, who was among them, finally relaxed, a relieved smile appearing on his face.
At this moment, Fiora immediately flew over; her injuries had mostly recovered, but at this moment, her face was full of shame.
Kneeling on one knee before Zod, she lowered her head and said gravely, "General, your subordinate is incompetent and failed to protect New Krypton. Please punish your subordinate."
"Get up! Hel's strength is not something you can deal with. The main reason for this incident also lies with me; I didn't discover what was happening on Krypton in time, which led to this disaster."
Zod released a wisp of magic power to help her up, showing no intention of blaming her.
Ultimately, Hel's appearance was something even he hadn't anticipated, and his strength was simply incomparable to that of ordinary Kryptonians.
Then Zod thought of the most crucial matter: the Genesis Chamber was destroyed, so what about the codex?
This was key to Krypton's rise; if it were lost, then in the future, racial expansion would probably have to rely on cloning technology!
So he immediately asked, "Where is the codex? It wasn't destroyed by Hel!"
Hearing Zod's question, Fiora immediately replied, "General, please rest assured, the codex is still here. It's just that Leto was killed by that guy while protecting the codex!"
Leto is dead!
Zod suddenly realized at this moment that he hadn't seen his figure in the crowd.
Even among the eleven people who were exiled with him back then, now only Fiora remained.
For these subordinates who were among the first to follow him in rebuilding Krypton, he always had some feelings.
After a brief silence, Zod said to her, "Take me to see their bodies!"
When he saw Leto's body, cut into two by heat vision, Zod had an impulse to desecrate Hel's corpse.
And none of the other Kryptonian warriors' bodies were intact either.
"They are all heroes who guarded New Krypton. After their remains are restored, they will be placed in crystal coffins and preserved under the tree of life."
"From now on, all compatriots who die in battle for Krypton shall be treated this way, and all newborn children must bow before their coffins before receiving the baptism of the tree of life. This will be written into the future Kryptonian law."
Zod stared at them silently for a while, then instructed Fiora.
"I've noted it, General!"
If Fiora felt honored for Leto and the others after hearing Zod's first sentence, then the second sentence made her somewhat envious!
The honor Zod bestowed upon them had never appeared even in the original history of Krypton.
For warriors like them, this was the lifelong pursuit of glory, and dying for Krypton was a worthy death.
Zod saw through her thoughts and patted her shoulder, saying,
"To die in battle is a warrior's glory, but I hope you live well, and then follow me as we watch Krypton rise to greatness once more."
A single sentence made a trace of tears flash in the eyes of Fiora, this iron-blooded female warrior, but they were instantly evaporated by the shining red light.
Then she responded with powerful conviction, "Yes, General!"
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