Boom! Boom! Boom!
High in the sky, above the dense forest, three afterimages tangled and clashed like bolts of lightning.
Clang!
A sharp sword capable of cutting gold and iron whistled past, grazing Jino's cheek.
Clark swung his fists like a boxer, relentlessly hammering at Jino's face, yet the boy easily evaded every strike.
"I can see it now. Although you can control their bodies, you can't make them move their limbs as naturally as they do."
"So, do you understand what I mean?"
Jino grabbed Clark's incoming fist, gave it a light flick, and sent him flying. Then, while he was still in midair, Jino caught up with him and kicked him hard in the abdomen.
Clark was blasted backward like a cannonball through the howling wind. The Man of Steel snapped trees in half like brittle stones, but the rope lashing out from behind interrupted Jino's next move.
Rather than dodge, he reached out and grabbed the gleaming golden Lasso of Truth.
"Tell me, what's this rope even for?"
Jino held the Lasso of Truth as a scorching heat burned fiercely against his palm.
Yet pain that struck straight at the soul did not change Jino's expression in the slightest. He suddenly yanked the rope, pulling the straining Diana violently toward him.
Dragged by that overwhelming force, the starfish-controlled Diana was hauled before Jino before she could even react. Without giving her any time to respond, Jino reached out with his right hand and seized the starfish stuck to her cheek.
"Disintegrate!"
Dazzling golden light pierced into the starfish like drifting particles, dismantling the starfish creature piece by piece.
Pop!
Like a firecracker exploding after being stuffed inside a sponge, the starfish burst into fragments. Chunks of its broken limbs scattered like exploding fireworks, and Diana, whose eyes