Only after using the deliberately raised middle-finger knuckles of both hands to rip into Injustice Superman's torso four more times did Shane finally send him flying with three consecutive punches.
"Conqueror Killer: Mid"
"Planet Pillager: High, Mid, Low"
Shazam stared dumbfounded from high above.
He simply could not understand why Shane's bizarre-looking moves actually inflicted such brutal, effective punishment on Superman.
Shane, meanwhile, felt rather relieved.
Ever since emerging from the Black Mercy's illusion, Shane had harbored a vague concern that his once well-honed combat skills might have grown rusty.
People said three days without practice dulled your touch. He had effectively spent twenty years idle.
But now, it seemed his fighting skills could still utterly overwhelm opponents like Superman.
Even deliberately copying Omni-Man's ridiculous moves from Mortal Kombat, designed purely as two-dimensional digital spectacle, let him easily crush Injustice Superman, whose strength he had finally surpassed.
Injustice Superman was slightly weaker, and his technique lagged far behind Shane's. Even the Yellow Lantern power's enhancement of his strength and physique was matched, if not suppressed, by Shane's Green Lantern ring, which True Hal and Strongest Hal had specially modified.
In other words, unless Injustice Superman could pull off a willpower-fueled breakthrough like the main-universe Superman, all his anger was futile before Shane. With a light hop and a short flight, Shane arrived in front of Injustice Superman just as he managed to push himself upright amid the rubble.
He would skip the brutal fatality. Their fight had carried them who knew where, and these desolate mountains certainly did not look like they had a subway nearby.
Coughing blood, Injustice Superman tried to raise a hand to fight back, but Shane seized it. Then the air exploded.
"Viltrumite Head Grab: Through the Mud"
The two soared into the sky, then plummeted.