Just then, Blue Beetle—who had never conceded defeat to anyone in electronic network technology and believed he could go fifty-fifty with Cyborg, who possessed a Mother Box—found himself almost completely unable to resist Luthor's electronic warfare offensive. He curled into a ball.
Hawkman, beside him, made no move to help him up. The Batman Who Laughs Virus had not only made him want to laugh; it had also made him completely forget his teammate existed.
Luthor's figure suddenly descended from the smoke, and a massive metal fist smashed Blue Beetle into the ground.
The smoke that had served as a distraction dispersed, revealing Luthor's towering form. He now wore a gigantic suit of armor that had never been seen before, painted green and purple, with a large glowing reactor on its chest—Luthor's usual style.
"With so many people in the world, you didn't seriously think I knew nothing about alien technology, did you?" Luthor looked down at Blue Beetle, who was embedded in the ground. The man's spine had been pulverized; it would take at least two hours to heal. Controlling the mech, Luthor raised one foot and planted a sole larger than a single bed onto Blue Beetle, grinding down. "A bug, huh? I built my first Anti-Alien Energy Cannon when I was ten."
After taking a heavy punch and then a stomp, Blue Beetle's physical resistance as the host of an alien Zerg was impressive, but his eyes still rolled back as he passed out.
Luthor raised his head and looked at Hawkman floating nearby. "You should have cut off my head the moment you ambushed me, instead of smugly chatting with me. While you were gloating, I called in my new armor. It was inspired by Batwoman's Hellbat Armor and personally forged by Perpetua in the Bleed