Basking in the Sun, Then Unleashing a Willpower Surge!

John grew anxious too. "Clark, don't act rashly. There must be other ways. Lois is still waiting for you!"

Clark silently patted John's armor. "If I don't come back, take care of Lois."

"Y-you're really going to do this?" John clenched his teeth.

Tony looked at Clark with a complicated expression as well. "Clark, your Earth is fortunate to have you."

Clark smiled.

He turned to Leon. "Let's go."

Leon nodded. "Close your eyes. I'll send you into the sun."

Clark obediently closed his eyes.

Leon pressed a hand against the Arc Reactor on Clark's chest, and the red-and-blue armor smoothly contracted back into the reactor.

Then Leon gave him a gentle push, and Clark fell backward.

With his eyes shut tight, Clark might have thought he was falling into the sun.

Scenes from his past flashed through his mind.

His first encounter with Lois at the Daily Planet.

The anxiety he and his wife had felt when the twins were born.

Lana in Smallville...

In the end, everything he had experienced became his resolve to protect Earth.

Suddenly, a hand caught his shoulder, followed by boundless sunlight that engulfed him like raging waves.

That sunlight came from Leon's World Ring.

Clearly, Leon had not sent Clark into the sun.

He carried stars with him. Why make Wolf Superman take such an unnecessary risk?

But without the danger, Wolf Superman's resolve might have weakened as well.

That was why Leon had left Tony room to perform to his heart's content.

And Tony's natural performance had undoubtedly been excellent.

He first made Wolf Superman gradually despair, then gave him a sliver of hope.

This had activated Superman's willpower-surge state.

On top of that, he was being relentlessly bathed in the light of a hundred thousand stars.

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