Clark had charged forward with all his strength the very instant he heard that voice pass judgment.
His Superman suit still bore holes torn open in the previous battle.
But he had no time to care about that.
This was his home. Even if it cost him his life, he had to stop that enormous palm.
"Get out of here!"
Clark unleashed the most powerful roar of his life in the vacuum.
His super-hearing let him clearly hear the cries of billions of people on Earth.
His temples throbbed violently, and the yellow solar energy within him was squeezed to its absolute limit.
He clenched his fists together and pushed his flight speed to a level that could smash apart the moon.
Clark became a blazing meteor, hurtling straight toward Arishem's raised palm.
The rest of the Justice League frantically shouted his name over the comm channel.
"Clark! Don't go over there!"
Diana gripped the Lasso of Truth, her left arm, still bound in a carbon-fiber splint, not yet healed.
She watched helplessly as Superman slammed toward that indescribable ancient god.
"That's a Celestial! You can't break through his defenses!"
Before Diana's words had even faded.
Clark had already smashed hard into the invisible cosmic primal energy shield surrounding Arishem.
It did not even make a ripple.
Clark's Body of Steel, capable of withstanding a nuclear blast.
The instant it touched the shield.
Was like a fly crashing into bulletproof glass.
The red-and-blue meteor was violently bounced away by an even more absolute force.
Clark violently spat out a mouthful of blood in the vacuum.
His sternum was crushed across a wide area, and he completely lost control.
Like a broken kite in a gale, he spun as he fell toward Earth.
"Superman!"
Flash Barry dragged his left leg, which