"Boom!"
A green sphere roughly two meters across streaked through the sky like a meteor. After punching through three steel-framed high-rises in succession, it bounced three times off the ground, smashed two cars, and finally snapped a fire hydrant before skidding another dozen meters.
The green sphere dissolved, revealing a battered, bruised Hal Jordan. He coughed violently several times and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Water shot skyward from the broken hydrant, spraying into a fountain under the pressure before raining back down in fine droplets, soaking Hal Jordan as he struggled to get up.
Yes, the chill wasn't just on his skin. It had seeped straight into his heart.
"A mon...
Monster!"
Hal Jordan couldn't understand it. How could a superpowered person this powerful exist?
If Earth alone was full of people who could crush him, what did that make the galactic sector under his protection?
What did that make all the cosmic monsters he had fought?
The Guardians had clearly praised him as the greatest Green Lantern in history!
After facing Carl Luthor, every last shred of Hal's longstanding arrogance had been destroyed. In the first instant of their clash, the monster who was half Kryptonian and half human had shattered all the weapons and armor Hal had conjured with his willpower with a single punch, then rushed right into his face to engage him in close combat.
When it came to close combat, though, Hal hadn't backed down at first.
After all, he had received formal combat training on the Oa Star, on top of his military service. He might usually fight with objects manifested by his Green Lantern ring, but as someone versed in both the U.S. Military Combat Style and the Universe Police Combat Style, Hal wasn't easily intimidated.
Besides, the Green Lantern ring