Although he claimed he couldn't take photos, Barry somehow ended up with a camera in the center of the battlefield.
So, as the ground-based superheroes, Bart, the Wonder Twins, and Mera, nervously looked up at Eric's fierce battle in the sky, they heard the 'click, click' of a camera shutter.
Confused, they all turned their gaze to Barry, the instigator.
They found him seemingly engrossed in his photography endeavor.
He constantly used his super speed to move to various angles on the ground, snapping pictures wildly at the sky.
He looked exactly like a paparazzo secretly photographing a superstar on the street!
"Uh..."
Jena asked Kid Flash Bart, somewhat confused, "What's he doing?"
"I don't know, maybe he's awakened a love for photography."
Bart didn't know the situation either and just gave a casual reason.
"Why do I feel like he's a bit..."
Jena thought for a moment, ultimately unsure what word to use to describe Barry.
"Creepy?"
Bart replied to her.
Before Jena could speak, her brother Zan nodded in strong agreement.
"Yes, creepy!"
Jena looked at them speechlessly.
Is it really okay for you to say such things in front of a lady?
Seeing a Green Lantern fall from the sky, she said to them, "Alright, stop watching the show; we have our own work to do!"
Ten minutes later.
Boom!
Boom!
Two streams of air broke through the atmospheric barrier and entered Earth.
Hal and John, who had escaped from Oa, finally arrived in Metropolis on Earth.
However, the sight before them left both of them completely stunned.
Parts of the buildings on the ground had collapsed, and the ground was riddled with craters, as if hit by artillery shells.
Where there were no deep holes, the ground was entirely covered in cracks, with some massive fissures extending dozens of meters.
The plaza in front of the city hall had been completely transformed into ruins after a major battle.
The two slowly descended, gazing in shock at the traces of the battlefield around them.
John knelt down and examined some of the damaged building materials at his feet.
"Are we too late? What happened here?"
He put down the stone and asked Hal with a heavy expression.
Hal didn't answer him, casting his gaze around.
His expression was even more solemn than John's.
Soon, the two discovered a Green Lantern lying in a pile of rubble.
Hal and John Stewart immediately walked over to the half-buried Green Lantern.
Hal used his Green Lantern Ring to move the stones pressing down on the Green Lantern's body.
"It's Aresa!"
John recognized the barely conscious Green Lantern.
"Although the injuries are severe, they're not fatal!"
John said, while using his Green Lantern Ring to heal her.
"Can you wake her up now?"
Hal asked him.
"At the moment, it's a bit difficult."
No sooner had John finished speaking than Aresa laboriously opened her eyes.
"Quick, go save everyone!"
Seeing John and Hal's faces, Aresa spoke with difficulty.
"Where are they?"
Hal urgently asked her.
After pointing in a direction, Aresa completed her mission and fainted once more.
Hal told John to stay and take care of her, then immediately transformed into a flash of lightning and sped off in the direction Aresa had indicated.
In the sky, away from the city hall, Kilowog, covered in wounds and with his head bowed, didn't bother to wipe the blood from his face as he humiliatingly said to Eric, "We surrender!"
"We have failed! Please allow us to take our injured and... and our fallen comrades."
The two sides had fought from above the city hall all the way to the sky southwest of the city, and the Green Lantern Corps had been almost completely annihilated by Eric alone.
Seeing his comrades suffering heavy casualties, Kilowog, no matter how unwilling, could only drag his body, which was on the verge of collapsing, and surrender to Eric.
He knew that if the battle continued, his side would likely be completely wiped out!
Homelander's power exceeded his imagination.
The opponent was like a monster who never knew fatigue; from the beginning until now, his stamina hadn't waned at all, and he grew stronger with each fight!
He saw the fallen members, and the pain in his heart nearly overwhelmed him.
If not for his own arrogance and pride, how would these comrades have sacrificed themselves?!
He hated Eric, but he hated himself even more!
Although the pain and anger in his heart were almost igniting him, he suppressed it all.
He knew what was most important now!
Wonder Woman, standing behind Eric in mid-air, heard the surrender and took a step forward, wanting to say something to Eric.
Shazam's costume had dulled a bit; in the recent battle, although he hadn't sustained serious injuries, he had expended quite a lot of energy.
Slightly out of breath, Shazam looked at Kilowog with a complex expression, wanting to intercede for him.
But before either of them could speak, Eric frowned and replied to Kilowog, "No!"
"Why?"
Whoosh!
Hal flew to the three at the critical moment, ignoring their surprised looks, and walked directly towards Eric.
He said to Eric, "Kyle, I don't know what you're trying to do, but don't make that decision!"
Seeing Eric almost wipe out the Green Lantern Corps, his heart was filled with sorrow and incomprehension.
He hadn't expected Eric to truly kill them all!
Although his emotions were terrible, he still suppressed them, pleading with Eric on behalf of these Green Lanterns.
"I cannot allow them to return to Oa, and under such smooth circumstances, Hal!"
Eric was silent for a moment, then slowly said to Hal, "You know, letting them go will lead to endless trouble; you'll never know when they'll return."
"No! Eric, you can't do that. If you do, it's tantamount to declaring war on the Green Lantern Corps!"
Hal's face showed a pleading expression.
"You're wrong, Hal, the war has already begun!"
"Then we still have a chance to salvage all of this, right? That's precisely why I broke out of the prison on Oa to see you. I believe in you; you're not someone who can't listen to any opinions from others! You're not someone who lives for slaughter. We can resolve all of this peacefully."
Hal took a step closer to Eric.
"Why do you make me sound like a villain from a comic book, and these Green Lanterns like righteous heroes? Don't waste your breath; you know my thoughts, Hal."
Eric did not compromise with Hal, but said coldly, "They must die! It's time to end all of this!"
"No one can 'end' anyone!"
Hal said to Eric with agitated tone, "I am a Green Lantern. Until the ring abandons me, my mission is what I bear. I will not easily end others' lives, nor can I stand by and watch all of this 'ending' happen before my eyes!"
At this moment, John Stewart also arrived at the scene.
Listening to Hal and Eric's argument, he said nothing, just stood quietly to the side.
"Guardianship does not mean indulgence, Hal. When they came to Earth and started a war, they should have considered their end. Go back, either to your flight training ground or Oa, and bury your comrades! Take their bodies; consider it my pity for them."
Saying this, he prepared to leave the scene.
"Shazam, kill them!"
Eric and Wonder Woman left together, entrusting the task of eliminating the remaining Green Lanterns to Shazam.
These Green Lanterns were already severely wounded and on the verge of death; it wouldn't be too difficult for Shazam to deal with them.
Shazam said nothing, just stood in the air, head lowered.
"Shazam?"
Eric frowned, casting a displeased look at Shazam.
"I..."
Shazam remained silent for a long time, then slowly raised his head, looking at Eric with a bewildered expression.
"Sorry, Eric, I... I don't think I can do it right now."
"What?"
Eric was truly surprised that Shazam dared to refuse him.
"I think what the Green Lantern said makes a lot of sense."
Seeing Eric's unfriendly gaze, Shazam's heart immediately felt a little weak.
Eric's previous 'correction' of him had left an unforgettable impression.
"The war is over, and the enemy has surrendered, so why can't we be more lenient with them? They haven't harmed any civilians, completely unlike those demons from last time."
Shazam looked at Hal; he understood the other's feelings.
Because he was also 'weak' or, rather, 'inopportune,' just like Hal.
"Since they are enemies who have surrendered, isn't it normal to have the right to dispose of them?"
Wonder Woman walked over and said to Hal and Shazam, "Even beheading surrendered prisoners of war or cutting off their ears is a very normal thing; it does not harm a warrior's honor in any way."
Eric was silent for a moment, then looked at Hal and Shazam.
His gaze circled their bodies once, and only when he saw them become a bit uneasy did he withdraw his gaze.
"I won't kill them now, but they are prisoners of war."
Eric ultimately did not execute the remaining Green Lanterns despite Shazam and Hal's opposition.
Instead, he gave an uneasy Kilowog a cold look and said, "Hand over the ring! Then become a prisoner."
Hearing Eric tell him to hand over his ring, Kilowog's expression immediately changed.
Seeing Eric slowly walk towards him, he desperately clutched his Green Lantern Ring, shaking his head at Eric, "Never!"
For a Green Lantern, the Green Lantern Ring is their everything, and the source of their power.
Once they lose their Green Lantern Ring, they also lose their identity as a Green Lantern.
This is unacceptable to Green Lanterns!
"Very well, then you will stay here and be buried with your comrades!"
Eric turned to leave.
"Wait!"
Hal stopped Eric and cast a pleading look at Kilowowg, "Hand over the ring, Kilowog, otherwise he really might make you all be buried here!"
Facing Hal's persuasion, Kilowog's expression changed several times, and he finally accepted Eric's humiliating terms.
Taking off his ring, Kilowog reluctantly handed it to Eric.
It's okay!
He comforted himself, the Guardians would come to avenge them.
Although he didn't know when they would come to save him, this was the only reason he could comfort himself.
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