The Boys' Superman in American Comics
Chapter 17

Attacking a Planet Alone

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"Boom!"

On the rooftop of the skyscraper, Rex, Kate, and Robot Jack were observing the situation.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind swept over their heads!

Jupiter descended from the sky, draped in a snow-white cloak.

"The situation looks really bad..."

Robot Jack felt the swirling cold wind, looked up, and reported to Jupiter.

"Jack, Kate, Rex—the three of you organize the rescue! As for these guys who interrupted my lunch, I'll show them the price they have to pay."

Jupiter spoke to Rex, Kate, and Jack with a firm tone. The next second, he turned into a blur, like an unstoppable cannonball, flying toward the group of Green Pickle Aliens emerging from the portal.

"You giving me orders?"

Rex glared at Jupiter's back with irritation. He was sick of being ordered around. He was a member of the Viltrumite Youth Group, not some lackey.

"Sorry we're late."

Just as Rex was shouting at Jupiter's retreating figure, Mark and Eve finally arrived, descending from the sky.

"Jupiter seems to be in a really bad mood. Did someone provoke him?"

Robot Jack asked Mark and Eve if they knew anything about Jupiter's unusual state.

"Probably because my brother got his lunch interrupted!?"

"He's hated people disturbing his meals since he was a kid. He says it ruins his good mood for the whole day."

As Jupiter's brother, Mark knew him pretty well.

"So he's angry just because the enemies showed up at the wrong time?"

"Gotta say, your brother really is an Ancestor Person—in every sense of the word..."

Rex crossed his arms, scrutinizing Eve and Mark.

"And also..."

"Eve, were you hanging out with those flying brothers all this time? I think you owe me an explanation."

Rex looked at Eve, then at Mark and the distant Jupiter. He felt like he might be wearing a little green on his head.

"We're just high school classmates."

Eve shot Rex a glare. She knew this guy never had anything good in his head.

"High school classmates, huh. What a coincidence..."

Rex sneered, dripping with sarcasm.

"Save the nonsense, Rex! We need to go support Jupiter now! There are too many enemies—I'm afraid he can't hold out alone."

Eve didn't bother wasting more words with Rex. She soared into the air and flew toward the battlefield.

"Oh, 'Jupiter' this and 'Jupiter' that now, huh? Oh, sure..."

Rex kept sneering from where he stood.

"Rex, maybe you should shut up. We need to focus on what's in front of us."

Robot Jack cut off Rex's rambling. According to his analysis, they should be saving the world right now.

"Fine! Fine! You're all on Jupiter's side, aren't you!"

"Jupiter's the real member of the Viltrumite Youth Group. Jupiter's the one who's been through life and death with you. I'm just an outsider..."

Rex muttered bitterly, still dripping with sarcasm. But when he turned around, he found everyone behind him had vanished.

"Hey! Don't do this to me, okay?"

Rex stared at the teammates who had completely abandoned him, suddenly feeling a little sorry for himself.

On the other side...

Jupiter descended like a Heavenly God, his gaze sharp as an arrow as he watched the Green Pickle Aliens wreaking havoc.

"You might not understand just how terrifying it is to interrupt my meal."

Jupiter floated in the air, staring at the endless stream of Green Pickle Aliens pouring out of the portal. He stretched both hands forward and charged straight into the crowd.

"Fire! Fire!"

The Flaxans, speaking their alien language, shouted as they spotted Jupiter, who moved like lightning.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Lasers shot from the Flaxans' guns, striking Jupiter's full, muscular chest.

"Pathetic attacks..."

Jupiter used his bare pectorals to crush those useless shots...

"Useless..."

A Flaxan Soldier stared wide-eyed at the ineffective attack.

"Pfft!"

The next second, Jupiter, who had been a hundred meters away, instantly appeared before him and punched through the Flaxan Soldier's head with one blow.

"Gulp..."

The remaining soldiers watched the crimson floating skyward and swallowed hard.

"Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft..."

Immediately after, the crowd of soldiers looking up had their pretty little heads sliced off by Jupiter in an instant.

"Monster..."

"Run..."

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of cucumber heads flew into the air, instantly stunning the remaining cucumber men—no, Flaxans—into terror.

Countless Flaxans gazed at the towering figure floating in the sky like a god stepped out of a myth, dropped their weapons, opened Spacetime Gates, and began trying to flee.

"Feeble..."

Jupiter had no intention of giving up the chase. To him, these cucumber-shaped Flaxans were nothing but walking loot drops.

Jupiter accelerated, transforming into a merciless scythe of the Grim Reaper, endlessly reaping the lives of the Flaxans. Streams of pure life energy flowed into Jupiter's body, steadily filling the energy deficit of the Spacetime Gate.

Unfortunately, these Flaxans were far too weak, their physical abilities barely surpassing those of ordinary Earthlings.

"Do we really need to step in?"

When Eve and the others arrived at the city battlefield and saw Jupiter single-handedly slaughtering an entire Flaxan army, they all widened their eyes.

"Like Jupiter said, maybe we just need to clean up the leftovers!"

Robot Jack analyzed the situation; according to his calculations, the enemy had no way to break through Jupiter's defenses.

"Fight back! Fight back!"

"The enemy is just one man. Pick up your weapons!"

A one-eyed Flaxan with a red cape draped over his back roared loudly, deeply disappointed in the army of Flaxans being routed by a single enemy.

He glared viciously at Jupiter, as if trying to etch Jupiter's image deep into his memory.

"So unwilling to leave?"

"Then none of you are leaving!"

Jupiter stared coldly at the Flaxan who seemed to be their leader. The next instant, he turned into a bolt of lightning, grabbed the Flaxan Leader's head with one hand, and flew into the Spacetime Tunnel behind the enemy.

"Brother!"

Mark shouted anxiously as he watched Jupiter grab the Flaxan's head and vanish into the Spacetime Tunnel.

"My god?! Hurry and notify Cissels!"

Eve hadn't expected Jupiter to pull such a stunt. Her heart pounded fast, and she was deeply worried for his safety.

"Already contacting him..."

Robot Jack seemed even more concerned than the others. The moment Jupiter entered the Spacetime Tunnel, he had already gotten in touch with Cissels.

Elsewhere, on the pitch-black Flaxen Planet.

Jupiter held the Flaxan Leader's head in his hand and lightly stepped on the body of a Flaxan General.

"I'll show you the price of angering me!"

Jupiter's gaze was icy as he looked at the surrounding soldiers. The next second, his right hand gripping the Flaxan Leader's head tightened slightly. In an instant, the Flaxan Leader's head was crushed to pulp, the round sphere bursting like an exploding watermelon, splattering red everywhere.

"From now on, I will launch an assault on this planet! You may try to resist! I approve of that."

At that moment, Jupiter alone attacked an entire planet.

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