That claw struck Bruce directly across the carotid artery in his neck, and blood came spurting out. Bruce snapped with the fragility of a tender new shoot on a tree. Kent was completely stunned.
Superpowers were crucial to Superman, because they gave them not only super strength and a Super Brain, but also super senses. They perceived the world in a completely different way from humans. Vast amounts of information constantly flooded into their minds through nearly limitless senses, allowing them to accurately feel everything happening in the world every second. Nothing could escape their eyes or ears.
So after losing his powers, Clark Kent had lost more than strength and intelligence. More importantly, his perception of the world had been drastically weakened. Seeing the world as an ordinary person did was like becoming deaf and blind to Superman. His reaction speed had plummeted as well, and his awareness of the world had become hazy, like a human being so exhausted that he remained trapped in a state between sleep and wakefulness.
That was why, when the mummified corpse approached him, he had not reacted at all. Otherwise, he would not have taken that claw strike. But even after being struck, he still did not react. Otherwise, he should have turned around and shoved the corpse away immediately.
This mummified corpse was much like the Joker actor from before. It had extremely sharp claws and looked terrifying, but it was not particularly heavy, nor was it so strong that an ordinary person could not handle it. Someone Kent's size could have easily tackled it to the ground. If he had reacted, he could have kicked it away with one foot. But he had not.
As a result, Bruce, who had rushed over to protect him, took the fatal blow directly.