Yellow sunlight granted Kryptonians a variety of powerful abilities. This transformation was akin to ascending from mortal to godhood, a shift that was incredibly difficult to control.
Earlier, Faora-Ul had experienced intense discomfort upon exposure to the sun. Superman, having grown up on Earth, had spent years adapting to the changes and learning to control his powers. Zod, however, was a former Kryptonian military commander; he had spent his entire life mastering control over his body and his power.
Perhaps aided by genes that made him a perfect warrior from birth, Zod actually mastered this transformation in an extremely short period of time. Watching Zod's feet slowly leave the ground and float upward, Jack Kadere smiled.
"Wait?" Jack Kadere asked.
"Are you afraid?" Zod said coldly.
"I'm telling you to wait for them. Wait until they have powers too, and you can all come at once! Just beating you isn't fun enough!" Jack Kadere smiled. "Besides, I'm also waiting for someone—waiting for the people who will collect your corpses!"
Zod looked at the others who had not yet adapted, his expression grim, and said nothing.
Since Jack was being so arrogant, Zod was naturally willing to grant his wish; after all, the World Engine also needed time to alter Earth's environment.
"Huh?"
Seeing that Zod had no intention of making a move, Jack Kadere glanced back.
To his surprise, he found that Faora-Ul was gone!
The injury from the Kryptonite dagger hadn't been light; under normal circumstances, Faora-Ul should undoubtedly be dead. However, perhaps because her exposure to sunlight had been too short, the influence of the Kryptonite hadn't been that strong? Coupled with the self-healing abilities gained after absorbing sunlight, had Faora-Ul come back to life?
But... where was she?
Looking around, Jack Kadere didn't see Faora-Ul anywhere.
"Did she hide? Or run away? This doesn't look like something Faora-Ul would do," Jack Kadere muttered.
Although it was a pity to lose a corpse, she could run, but she couldn't hide—as long as she was still on Earth, she couldn't escape.
The painful muffled groans gradually faded as one Kryptonian after another floated into the air just like Zod. Their pitch-black tight suits seemed to emit a powerful aura of destruction under the sun.
Finally, when the last Kryptonian successfully mastered the change, Zod spoke.
"If you want to wait for helpers, I can give you time."
"Don't. I'm really looking forward to what it feels like to beat up a group of Supermen." Jack Kadere chuckled and audaciously hooked his fingers at them. "Come on together."
"Humph!"
One Kryptonian seemed unable to bear Jack Kadere's arrogance and bravado, instantly leaping up the moment Jack's voice fell.
With a swish, he shot directly into the sky, then descended like a cannonball, throwing a punch at Jack Kadere.
Jack Kadere didn't move at all. He didn't even look, instead using his super-strong senses to perceive every move, the action playing out like a picture in his mind.
The moment the Kryptonian's fist was about to connect, Jack Kadere moved.
He stepped back slightly to avoid the punch, then reached out to grab.
"Urgh..." A painful groan sounded instantly.
Jack Kadere's hand clamped around the Kryptonian's neck, his body sinking and stretching sharply from the impact. This level of impact was nothing to a powered Kryptonian, so after stabilizing, his eyes instantly turned crimson.
Jack Kadere reached forward, holding his neck with one hand and grabbing him with the other, then twisted hard outward.
Snap!
The Kryptonian's neck snapped instantly. The crimson glow in his eyes gradually dimmed, and Jack Kadere casually tossed him backward, throwing the body to the ground, motionless.
"How dare you!"
"Didn't I tell you to come together?" Jack Kadere said with a chuckle.
Swish!
In an instant, all the Kryptonians, including Zod, rushed toward Jack Kadere together.
It was a dazzling flash. Countless Kryptonians in black tight suits attacked Jack Kadere from different directions with different moves.
Amidst the encirclement, Jack Kadere fought them all alone without losing the upper hand. Without using the Speed Force or the Kryptonite dagger, he relied solely on Superman's powers and his own immense combat experience to take on their attacks simultaneously.
Even the slightest shift in his gestures turned into a means of attack, forcing his opponents to defend or dodge.
This was the difference between a combat master and ordinary people. Although these Kryptonians had gained powers after absorbing sunlight, not all of them were warriors skilled in combat. Batman was just an ordinary human and could still hold his own against superpowered foes through combat skill alone, let alone Jack Kadere, who possessed the same powers as them.
So despite the large numbers, the only ones who actually looked the part were Zod and a bald guy.
This proved once again that bald guys are strong!
"Snap!"
Jack Kadere seized the opportunity to snap another Kryptonian's neck and threw the corpse aside.
At the same time, the bald Kryptonian suddenly hugged Jack Kadere tightly from behind. His crimson eyes fired heat vision directly at the back of Jack Kadere's head. Simultaneously, Zod's heat vision struck out as well.
The two beams bombarded him one after another.
Bang!
The rays collided, and Zod and the bald guy instantly stopped.
"Where is he?"
Jack Kadere, who had been held by the bald guy, was gone.
"Right here!"
Jack Kadere suddenly appeared behind the bald guy, turned his head, and blasted Zod away with a beam of heat vision. He then grabbed the bald guy's shoulders and pressed down hard.
With a snap, the ground sank instantly, and the bald Kryptonian's legs plunged deep into the earth.
Jack Kadere looked around, his heat vision tracking his movement.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The surrounding Kryptonians were hit by the vision beams one by one and flew out.
"You lie down too, ah." Jack Kadere grabbed the bald guy's neck with both hands and twisted hard.
Snap!
A crisp snapping sound rang out, and the bald Kryptonian collapsed to the ground. Since his feet were still buried in the earth, his falling posture looked bizarre.
Jack Kadere glanced at him and raised his foot to stomp down.
Snap!
His leg broke directly.
"That looks much flatter." Jack Kadere nodded in satisfaction.
The Kryptonian "Man of Steel" physiology coupled with super-strong self-healing abilities could offset a lot of damage—Faora-Ul must have recovered for that very reason. But methods like snapping the neck were useless no matter how much sunlight was absorbed; Zod in the movie had been killed by Superman in exactly that way.
"Looks like I'm going to be a neck-snapping maniac for once!" Jack Kadere chuckled as he looked at the charging Zod.
- The "bald guy" is likely Nam-Ek,