The moment Golden Amazo appeared, he charged straight at Perpetua.
Eager to prove his loyalty after just acquiring superpowers, Luthor flew into Amazo's path, seven kinds of beyond-tier power blazing across his body.
But even though Luthor could now rival an ordinary deity, he was nothing but a small fry in Golden Amazo's eyes.
The instant they made contact, Amazo copied all seven of Luthor's beyond-tier powers. Then, with a cry of "I'm stronger!", he immediately evolved an energy field that countered them. Without even raising a hand, he blasted Lex Luthor away.
With a thud, Luthor crashed into the Synthetic Continent he had designed himself, embedding himself deep in its glassy structure. He could not get up for a long while, his eyes filled with horror.
"Tch."
Perpetua was displeased. Her already icy aura grew even colder, and a layer of white frost began forming on the ground.
The Synthetic Continent lay in the void. Even its air had been brought in through Luthor's advanced technology, and it contained little moisture. That white frost was merely a concept imprinted on the soul.
Had Perpetua been at her peak, beings like Golden Amazo and Multiversal Doomsday, whose tiers fell below hers, would have been things she could destroy with a single glance, no matter how many came at her.
But Perpetua had been sealed in the Source Wall for far too long. Meanwhile, all manner of native and foreign gods, great and small, had emerged in DC and stolen the authority she once held. Until she reclaimed all those powers, Perpetua remained in a state of unprecedented weakness.
Even her energy had an upper limit.
Otherwise, after casually suppressing Doomsday, she would not have sought out a nearby mortal like Luthor to serve as her agent.
Yet Luthor had proved