Wilson tried to remain calm. Although he had a premonition that Ultraman might come for him, he hadn't expected it to be so soon, nor had he expected the other party to still possess such abilities.
He had, after all, frequently 'visited' Ultraman in prison. The last time they met, he had clearly been emaciated and looked as if he didn't have long to live.
But now, even if he hadn't fully recovered to his peak, he was powerful enough to effortlessly kill everyone present.
"Ultraman, you appearing here now, aren't you afraid that the Justice League will come after you?"
Ultraman sneered, "Have you now fallen to the point where you need to rely on the names of others to have the courage to face me?"
"Where was your toughness from a few days ago?"
Ultraman said, grabbing Wilson's jaw.
Wilson felt a "crunch" in his jawbone, not knowing where it had cracked, but he only felt pain everywhere.
"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" Ultraman asked, feigning surprise.
"Don't move, Ultraman!"
"Release Mr. President at once!"
The guards outside, hearing the commotion, quickly opened the door and rushed in. Seeing Wilson controlled, they immediately drew their handguns and aimed them at Ultraman.
"Your little friends seem a bit impolite to me. I think they must have forgotten who I am."
With that, Ultraman's eyes glowed, and red heat vision erupted, instantly slicing those who threatened him with guns into two halves, upper and lower.
This kind of dismemberment wouldn't kill them immediately, and because the wounds were cauterized, they might live longer than they expected.
This meant they would have to endure more pain.
These fine young men, who were spirited a second ago, became pitiful wretches with only half their bodies in the blink of an eye. They wailed, they screamed, they cried, they writhed hideously on the ground!
This scene made Ultraman regain his feeling. Yes, this is how he should be.
Just as his biological parents said, he was born to be a ruler, a conqueror.
Among those wailing, some finally couldn't bear such pain and aimed their pistols at their temples or mouths, committing suicide.
This was the fastest and most direct way to escape the pain.
Ultraman's joy vanished. He sneered and turned his gaze back to Wilson.
"Slade, you should know very well why I'm here. Tell me, where have you hidden those Kryptonite?"
Wilson slightly opened his mouth; his jaw was fractured, causing him intense pain with every movement, but he still opened his mouth.
Ultraman didn't need to lean in to hear his words.
"Fuck. You."
At this point, knowing that even if he begged, Ultraman would never let him go, Wilson chose to stand firm!
Ultraman's expression instantly turned cold.
"Very good, as expected of the man who beat me. You're indeed tough, but I wonder how hard your bones are!"
With that, Ultraman's fingers closed, directly crushing Wilson's jaw!
Wilson's once handsome face was completely disfigured, his jaw appearing irregularly shaped.
"Since you won't speak, you won't have to speak again!"
Wilson convulsed from the intense pain. He now felt a metallic taste in his mouth; let alone speaking, even just opening his mouth was excruciating.
Just then, Ultraman heard another sound from outside the door. He looked through with his X-ray vision and revealed an evil smile.
A figure quickly appeared at the doorway.
"Dad"
It was Rose Wilson, the First Daughter of the United States.
"Ultraman!" Rose exclaimed when she saw Ultraman.
The moment Wilson saw Rose, he immediately struggled violently. He wanted to tell Rose to leave, but he couldn't.
"Ultraman, let him go!"
Rose instinctively pulled out a lady's handgun from her waist. Although she knew in her heart that the gun was useless, having it at least brought her some psychological comfort.
Ultraman looked at the miniature-caliber pistol and scoffed mockingly.
"Relax, Rose. If you answer one question, I'll let him go."
Ultraman moved his blood-stained hand down a bit, grabbing Wilson's neck and pushing him in front of him, facing Rose's gun.
Rose could only lower her handgun.
"I only have one question: where are all the Kryptonite you confiscated hidden?"
Rose's expression subtly changed, a change Ultraman noticed. He was secretly delighted; Rose did know!
So he immediately threatened, "Don't hide it, tell me the location! Otherwise, you'll watch your father die before your eyes!"
Rose couldn't bear to see her father's tragic state, so she could only tell Ultraman what he wanted to know.
"On Devils Island! All those things were taken to Devils Island by Shazam!"
This answer greatly exceeded Ultraman's expectations!
No wonder, no wonder he couldn't find the exact location of the Kryptonite. He had even meticulously searched the Moon and hadn't given up on any spacecraft.
It turned out they were all hidden on Devils Island!
This gave Ultraman a huge headache. First, he couldn't even find the location of Devils Island.
Before Dane came to this World, Devils Island was hidden by the War God's divine power, and Ultraman's vision couldn't penetrate it.
While Ultraman had high magic resistance, it only meant he was immune to magic damage, not that he could nullify magic effects.
Moreover, after Shazam occupied Devils Island, he strengthened the island's magic defenses. Now, even if Ultraman stood in front of Devils Island, he couldn't see it.
This was only the first problem. The second problem was that even if he could find Devils Island, he couldn't defeat Shazam!
This problem was even more fatal than the first.
Because he could still find a way to coerce Superwoman into revealing the location of Devils Island, but not being able to defeat Shazam was a deadly issue.
Even now, he still didn't know how to deal with this strongest enemy he had ever faced.
He had initially thought of using Superwoman's Lasso of Submission to force the other party to shout the spell and remove Zanzar's Power.
But since Shazam was able to defeat Mazahs, it proves that even before he obtained Mazahs's Power, he already possessed the strength to defeat Mazahs.
This was something that even Ultraman at his peak couldn't achieve. Since he couldn't do it before, he still can't do it now against this stronger opponent.
Therefore, Mazahs's Power isn't the most crucial reason. He can't defeat Shazam in terms of raw power, and that's the most severe problem.
Actually, there's another way to obtain Kryptonite, but this method is a relatively difficult choice for Ultraman.
Most of the pure Kryptonite that could be mined on Earth has already been confiscated and stored on Devils Island. However, there are still many mixed minerals of Kryptonite and other elements scattered across the World.
Those things can also extract some Kryptonite elements, but because of their low purity, their effect is far inferior to what he had previously collected.
Ultraman knew from the beginning that the Kryptonite on Earth would eventually run out, but he never worried about it.
It wasn't because he entrusted Deathstorm to create artificial Kryptonite for him, but because besides Earth, there was another place with almost inexhaustible Kryptonite resources.
That is the Kryptonian ruins.
The spaceship Ultraman took as a child was not damaged, so it can still be used now, and Kryptonian's coordinates are also stored in the star chart within the spaceship. It can be said that as long as he is willing, he can return to Kryptonian at any time.
But because he witnessed the destruction of Kryptonian as a child, Ultraman actually has a childhood trauma related to Kryptonian. If he could, he really didn't want to go back to that place again.
But it seems now, this might be his only choice.
After tonight, he is very likely to face a collective manhunt by the Justice League, and Shazam is also very likely to be dispatched to capture him at this time.
There's no other way, he must temporarily leave this Planet.
But on the bright side, once he leaves Earth, no matter how powerful the Justice League is, they will never catch him.
And he will, therefore, obtain almost inexhaustible Kryptonite. He can use this Kryptonite to continuously enhance his superpowers.
The location of Kryptonian does not have a yellow sun. Like other parallel Universes, Kryptonian's "Sun" is a red dwarf star, smaller in size than the Sun, and also has a lower temperature.
A red Sun has neither an amplifying nor a weakening effect on Ultraman, just like an ordinary Earthling basking in the Sun. Of course, a Kryptonian will not get skin cancer from it.
Having obtained the information he wanted and clarified his goal, it was now Ultraman's entertainment time.
Ultraman's mouth twisted into a creepy smile as he looked at General Ross opposite him.
"You are very honest, my dear General Ross, completely unlike your father. Therefore, to reward your actions, I've decided to be magnanimous... Originally, I had hoped to enjoy this process more, but for you, I'm willing to make a small concession."
General Ross didn't understand what he meant, but she instinctively felt uneasy and quickly shouted, "No..."
At this moment, Wilson seemed to sense that he had reached the end of his life. When it truly came to this, his heart was unexpectedly calm.
The legendary life review began to play before his eyes, allowing him to look back at his life, the failed life of a man.
He finally understood his foolishness here. He shouldn't have allowed a threat like Ultraman to run rampant for the sake of the election, nor should he have distanced their relationship by guarding against the Justice League. If a Justice League member had been here tonight, his outcome might have been different.
He was a man destined to die, but his daughter, General Ross, absolutely could not fall into Ultraman's hands!
Wilson knew Ultraman well, knowing what kind of beast he was. Once General Ross fell into his hands, her fate would be worse than Death.
In the Forever Evil comic, when Ultraman invaded the main Universe, he once thought of raping and killing Lois Lane of the main World. If Black Adam hadn't arrived in time, Reporter-Woman would have been in danger.
In the last moments of his life, Wilson had to find a way to save his daughter!
At this moment, inspiration struck him, and he suddenly remembered that before his relationship with the Justice League became as bad as it was now, he had received a gift from Shazam.
Although the other party had warned that the effect of this gift was uncertain, Wilson now desperately hoped that this item would work.
So, before Ultraman was about to directly snap Wilson's throat, he saw this President, who was almost a dead dog, suddenly pull out a small knife from his body.
Ultraman found it ridiculous. Wilson actually wanted to fight him with such a thing?
Even though he was now "weaker" than before due to the scarcity of Kryptonite, he was still invulnerable to blades and bullets.
But he didn't mind letting Wilson experience despair before he died. To be honest, he had prepared many kinds of torture for this old fellow before, and none of them had been used yet, so he was actually a little annoyed.
However, when Wilson pulled out that small knife, Ultraman immediately felt something was wrong. His power was rapidly draining, even faster than when he was exposed to the Sun!
"You!"
Wilson backhanded the dagger into Ultraman's waist. His face was held by Ultraman in front, so he couldn't see what was behind him, and could only rely on his feeling to strike. Fortunately, he successfully harmed Ultraman, but unfortunately, he did not wound his vital points.
Ultraman felt a sharp pain in his waist. He looked at his waist in disbelief. The small knife was now stuck in his waist, the blade already embedded in his flesh.
He could see that the blade of this small knife was covered with a special blue mineral. It was this layer of mineral that was destroying his muscles, preventing him from healing, and keeping him in a weakened state.
But fortunately, Wilson didn't have much strength left, and this small knife only barely pierced his flesh, without harming his internal organs.
Ultraman quickly grabbed the small knife. The feeling of weakness spread throughout his body like flying. He endured the sharp pain, pulled the knife from his waist, and then thrust it forward, plunging it into Wilson's heart!
"Dad—!"
General Ross screamed heartbrokenly. She immediately shot at Ultraman. Originally, this shot shouldn't have worked, but General Ross's first bullet actually directly pierced Ultraman's arm, and Wilson's body fell from his hand.
General Ross saw Wilson escape Ultraman's control and quickly went forward to embrace his body.
Ultraman took the opportunity to flee backward. He crashed through the glass window and escaped outside.
What surprised him was that once he left the White House area, his superpowers quickly returned to him, and the injuries on his waist and arm healed rapidly.
That knife had a problem! Ultraman immediately realized this. That knife could weaken his superpowers!
At the same time, General Ross also discovered that Wilson's vital signs had disappeared. Heartbroken, she immediately continued to shoot in Ultraman's direction.
But this time, the bullets that hit Ultraman's body bounced off and fell to the ground, unable to harm him in the slightest.
This further proved Ultraman's conjecture. He really wanted to return, kill General Ross, and destroy that knife, but he didn't have much energy left, and he also heard many Soldiers gathering around.
If he were to fight these people, he might not even have the energy to fly back to his spaceship.
So, after weighing the pros and cons, Ultraman chose to retreat.
Just as Owlman had evaluated him, when he saw that something was impossible, Ultraman would choose to stay away from the dangerous area at the first opportunity, and this time, he again made a wise choice.
With a sonic boom, Ultraman flew into the sky, disappearing deep into the clouds.
Only the deceased Wilson and the tearful General Ross remained, along with the belated guards around...
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