Shane watched helplessly as another flower bud sprouted from Mongul's corpse, even though he had plainly killed him by piercing his heart.
No, to be precise, it looked more like a strange creation made of flesh and blood.
The blood of the Mongolian Star people was reddish too, but some bright Sulfur Blood coloring was mixed into it.
On that fleshy creation, the sulfur-like blood seemed to solidify, constantly swelling the flesh bud.
"Move!"
Almost the instant Shane gave the order, Dual Lantern, who had been standing motionless outside the arena like a puppet, sprang into action first and raised his arms.
Green construct chains suffused with scarlet light passed through the arena's laser grid, trying to bind Shane as he moved forward to destroy the flesh bud.
Jason stepped forward, his body swelling in the blink of an eye, and smashed through Green Lantern's chains with his body.
Shane stomped down on the flesh bud.
Yet Mongul's Corpse, which should have been dead, actually raised an arm and swept it sideways, sending Shane flying.
The flesh bud clearly possessed consciousness and could temporarily control Mongul's corpse.
Although his movements looked stiff, like a zombie's, after knocking Shane away, he braced himself on both arms and stood up. Mongul's voice continued to emerge from the flesh bud.
"When I leave myself undefended, you do indeed have the power to hurt me. Unfortunately, my strength and speed still surpass yours."
Shane steadied himself, his face livid, and took a deep breath.
"Rob! Shazam!"
"What?"
Before Mongul could react, Mongul's Daughter blanched and turned to look at Shazam, who should have been unconscious.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the arena, Lobo, who had previously pretended to lose and gone into hiding, had already barged in. He grabbed two howling Mongolian Star