Diana truly had not expected Steppenwolf to be so weak—or rather, she had not expected herself to have become so much stronger than him. She had put too much force into that punch. Though it injured Steppenwolf, it also gave him a chance to escape.
Steppenwolf's greatest advantage at the moment was that he could open a Boom Tube and flee Earth at any time. Even if he was being ganged up on, it was difficult to stop him—unless Yinsen stepped in.
However, Diana had said she would not allow anyone to steal her opponent, so Yinsen honestly stood behind with his arms folded, watching the show. He watched Diana chase after Steppenwolf, then fly back with an annoyed expression.
"He ran?"
"Yeah. There was nothing I could do about that kind of teleportation." Diana displayed the Golden Bow in her hand. "I could only leave him a little souvenir."
"What a pity. The golden arrows from this Gold Cloth aren't powerful enough. If they possessed true godslaying power, they might have killed Steppenwolf outright."
Although the Gold Cloth Yinsen had made possessed all sorts of special abilities, his strength had been limited at the time, and the equipment he created had naturally been limited as well.
If it were him now, he could easily create a Gold Cloth no weaker than, or even stronger than, the original.
In any case, Steppenwolf had escaped, while the Mother Box remained on Themyscira. Hippolyta still felt that it was ultimately a problem, so she wanted to ask whether Yinsen had any way to deal with it permanently.
"Of course. Why not just destroy the Mother Box?"
"Huh?"
Hippolyta had never considered destroying the Mother Box, because they simply could not do it.
"You can destroy it?"
"Of course... but it would be