Clark drew a sharp breath, his expression changing drastically.
He had never imagined that his supposedly indestructible body would be utterly subdued by a fragment of rock from his homeworld!
"I'm making you face Kryptonite today so you can clearly understand that Kryptonians are by no means invincible."
Solomon rested his fingers on the Lead Box's clasp and warned coldly,
"From now on, whenever you see a stone glowing fluorescent green out there, get as far away from it as you can! Otherwise, within range of its radiation, you'll be weaker than even a feeble ordinary human. Now, I'm going to open the box. You'll experience its terror for yourself. Are you ready?"
Clark took a deep breath and nodded as though facing a formidable enemy.
He immediately mobilized the energy in every cell of his body. His muscles tensed, and an invisible biological field wrapped tightly around him.
Click.
Solomon smiled faintly, pressed the clasp without hesitation, and lifted the Lead Box's lid.
A crystalline ore no bigger than a thumbnail, glowing a dim fluorescent green all over, was instantly exposed to the air!
Almost within the same ten-thousandth of a second that the green light appeared, Clark felt a tremendous explosion go off in his head!
The Man of Steel he took such pride in instantly crumbled!
The terrifying strength that had filled his limbs and body, as though he could lift mountains, was instantly drained at an incomprehensible speed, like air escaping a punctured ball.
"Urgh...!"
Clark let out a muffled groan of pain. His legs gave way, and he fell heavily to his knees with a thud.
It felt as though he had sprinted around the Earth a hundred million times carrying tens of thousands of tons on his back. An indescribable, overwhelming exhaustion seeped out