"If nonsense worked, truth wouldn't hurt."
Above the ruins of Xebel, Jino gently raised his Gentleman's Cane and pointed one end at the axe blade Steppenwolf was bringing down.
Clang!
The weapon forged by Apokolips craftsmen struck the unremarkable Gentleman's Cane, erupting in a brilliant shower of sparks.
Yet the cane, which should have snapped beneath his full-force blow, was completely undamaged.
It was like striking an unyielding shield, an impregnable fortress—impossible to shake in the slightest.
"That's it?"
Jino gripped the cane's handle in one hand, a mocking smile curling across his lips.
Honestly, this guy wasn't even as strong as Omni-Man, who had come from another universe.
"Not strong enough." Jino shoved the cane forward, and an invisible Bio-Force Field slammed into Steppenwolf's face like a pair of fists. His already gaunt features suddenly caved in, his facial bones clearly shattered by the Bio-Force Field.
In an instant,
under the force of a Kryptonian's power,
Steppenwolf did not even have time to cry out before he was blasted backward at a terrifying speed. Stumbling, he smashed through skyscrapers and low houses, his momentum undiminished as he continued hurtling back hundreds of meters, plowing deep trenches through the flat ground.
Bang!
After crashing into cement-poured earth and rock hard enough to leave a body-shaped dent in the wall, Steppenwolf painfully dragged himself out of the crack, shaking loose chunks of rubble.
Pfft!
He opened his fang-filled maw and spat out a mouthful of blood. His body wheezed like a broken bellows.
"Damn it, you bastard!"
His limbs weak as he collapsed onto the icy ground, Steppenwolf clenched his fists tremblingly. In the distant boy floating in midair, he saw countless blurred faces.
"K-Kryptonian!"
Steppenwolf struggled to tighten his grip on his battle-axe and rise, only to hear the boy's