As the heat and light slowly faded, Zatanna, whose magic had been drained in an instant, leaned against Rachel and struggled to catch her breath.
She looked at the center of the battlefield in shock, then turned to Rachel with an indescribable expression.
"Is he always this reckless?"
Rachel shook her head.
"No. He just realized that this enemy was someone he had to fight with his full strength."
As soon as she finished speaking, the last of the smoke and dust disappeared, and two figures locked in a struggle appeared.
Superman in the deep crater has already vanished without a trace.
In that strike just now, the severely injured Superman had been forced even deeper underground by the huge shockwave.
That terrifying attack had blown away half of Doomsday's body.
However, it was not dead.
Instead, the black fluid left on its body kept flowing toward the missing half, healing the wound.
In the few places the black fluid could no longer cover, gray-white skin like skin could be seen, and the bone spikes all over its body were becoming even more obvious.
The monster sprawled on the ground and let out a low whimper from its mouth.
"Should I take the advantage?"
Viktor clenched his fist and moved forward, cautiously maintaining a certain distance.
However, this monster wasn't the Doomsday he remembered.
Suddenly, the ground under his feet exploded.
A lump of flesh, which had somehow been buried underground and looked like it was made of the same material as the monster's muscles, burst open.
A large mass of green acid liquid wrapped around him.
Even before making contact, Viktor's skin could already feel the stinging, burning sensation in the air.
Although he was confident that his skin could resist corrosion, Viktor still instinctively closed his eyes to protect them.
However, that brief instant was exactly what Doomsday had been waiting for.
Seizing the split-second when Viktor closed his eyes, the remaining half of its body showed no loss of strength at all.
Its single leg stomped the ground violently and shot through the acid like a cannonball, slamming into Viktor with a huge boom and sending him flying.
The two rolled together like a distorted cannonball flying in a straight line, crashing straight into a building.
The thunderous roar is loud.
The entire building collapsed again and again until it became a pile of rubble filled with rising dust.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kara quickly clenched her fists and drilled down into the ground where the center of the battlefield had been, searching for the severely injured Superman.
Flashpoint Superman, who had been blown away by the shockwave earlier, also flew back.
Looking at the ruined building where the sounds of collision had already stopped, Flashpoint Superman didn't choose to rashly rush in.
He clapped his hands together and created a shockwave to blow away the dust.
After the smoke and dust had settled, a scene that shocked everyone appeared.
The bone spurs bursting from the monster's chest have pierced through Viktor's thigh and lower abdomen, while its remaining large hand wrapped around Viktor's head, roaring furiously while forcefully pulling outward.
Viktor could only barely grab the monster's wrist with both hands and use his remaining strength to resist in the opposite direction.
The wounds where he had been pierced made cracking sounds under Doomsday's terrifying strength.
That was the sound of Viktor's muscle fibers snapping one by one under the unbearable strain.
Zatanna's eyes opened wide, and her mouth fell open. She had never seen a lifeform reach such a terrifying level through physical strength alone.
She also never expected that Viktor, who had just fought fiercely enough to suppress Black Adam, would not only fail to kill the monster with a full-power attack but also now seem close to dying himself.
Viktor, struggling in the ruins, was also deeply shocked by the monster's overwhelming strength and unbelievable ability to stay alive.
As he struggled with his head trapped in Doomsday's grip, Viktor happened to catch a glimpse through the gaps between the monster's fingers and saw that the black fluid covering its body was steadily decreasing.
Flashpoint Superman quickly flew up to attack but didn't expect the monster to use Viktor as an extra limb.
Its large hand gripped Viktor's head, instantly pulling him from the bone spurs on its chest, and swung him like a whip to send Flashpoint Superman flying.
Then it casually slammed Viktor toward the ground.
In the deafening noise, the two figures collapsed through the road and sank straight into the underground.
Doomsday paid no attention to the changes on the battlefield.
Doomsday held Viktor's head tightly as its single leg leaped up with a bent knee thrusting forward, the bone spurs bursting from its lower leg pointing directly at Viktor's heart.
However, the monster didn't succeed.
The chest armor previously filled with some expensive material blocked the spike, but the tremendous force still drove Viktor's entire body another ten meters into the ground.
Even the ground for several thousand meters around them cracked in irregular patterns.
Seeing that it couldn't pierce Viktor's armor, Doomsday simply kept its knee pressed down on him while his remaining hand, gripping his head, started violently pulling outward again.
"Rachel!!!"
For the first time, Viktor was completely overpowered in a fight, and he quickly called for help.
Rachel, supporting Zatanna, heard Viktor's call and extended one hand, opening a black magical vortex.
The yellow lantern rings stored in the magical space sensed Viktor's presence again and flew out one after another.
Earlier, Viktor and Rachel had briefly tested this.
Now, Viktor could use his force field to develop more ways to use the rings, such as wearing several rings at once and controlling the energy with his force field down to the cellular level to avoid penetrating the tiny parts inside his body.
This way, in an extremely short time, with the boost of fear energy, Viktor could possess physical capabilities enhanced hundreds of times, comparable to Superman, who can bench-press the Earth.
Of course, this usage was developed purely for emergency situations.
Not only does it not provide strength, but wearing multiple lantern rings at once also seems to have some impact on mental state.
The five points of yellow light shot into the dust and drilled straight down into the deep ground.
Viktor briefly let go with one arm while still struggling against the badly injured but healing Doomsday and quickly reached that hand outward.
Just from this one moment of giving up resisting Doomsday's monstrous strength, Viktor could even feel the flesh, skin, and bones in his neck making cracking sounds that hurt just to imagine.
The five yellow lantern rings were neatly embedded on Viktor's left hand.
The energy poured into his body in layers, and together with his force field, his whole body suddenly burst with strength no weaker than Superman's.
He stopped the force that had almost torn his head off, twisted his waist to move away from the spike pressing on his chest, then pushed with both arms and lifted Doomsday slightly into the air.
Afterward, Viktor kicked both legs up and slammed a powerful kick into Doomsday's stomach.
A round shockwave spread out from the point of the kick.
The continuing violent shock instantly crushed the walls and glass of the nearby buildings.
It even blew away Zatanna, who hadn't recovered her magic, and the physically weak Rachel.
Zatanna screamed in fear.
Luckily, Rachel reacted quickly and opened a magic shield to soften the impact.
However, it still knocked Zatanna, who was temporarily no different from an ordinary person, dizzy, leaving her groaning while lying on Rachel.
Doomsday was also knocked away by that blow and was forced to let go of Viktor's head.
Its damaged body, still not fully healed, smashed through more than ten meters of ground and road at an upward angle.
Its huge body bounced at the end of the trench like a ball, then rolled and bounced along the street for a while.
After consecutively knocking over dozens of cars scattered on the road, the shockwave finally dissipated, leaving it sprawled on the street.
For a brief moment, even Doomsday's short but fierce eyes seemed a little dazed.
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