After receiving the Champion Power Solomon had bestowed on him, Clark had combined it with his Kryptonian Physiology, and his base attributes actually put him firmly above Teth-Adam.
However, Adam was a god of vengeance who had experienced five thousand years of slaughter. His combat instincts and fighting skills were simply beyond comparison with those of a farm boy like Clark.
Moreover, Clark had noticed at a glance that Adam's eyes were pitch-black and he had lost all reason. Afraid of hurting this ally, Clark held back at every turn, only to be utterly suppressed by the controlled Adam and beaten into one retreat after another.
J'onn flew to the edge of the battlefield, heard Clark's cry, and instantly understood the situation.
Without any hesitation, he immediately plunged into the battle.
"J'onn! Just in time!"
Seeing Martian Manhunter appear, Clark felt as though he had found a lifeline and hurriedly shouted,
"Something's wrong with Adam! Some kind of psychic power is controlling him! Help me hold him off. I have to go back and save my mother right now!"
Before his words had faded, Clark unleashed a sonic boom, forcibly broke free of Adam, and streaked through the sky like a bolt of red lightning toward Smallville, Kansas.
"Leave it to me!"
J'onn answered and collided head-on with the rampaging Black Adam.
However, the moment they exchanged blows, J'onn felt the pressure.
Adam's attributes were simply too terrifying. His immense strength, enough to tear mountains and rivers apart, sent the blood churning throughout J'onn's body.
If not for the Martian's ability to phase and become immune to physical attacks, turning his body into a formless phantom the instant Adam's fists landed, he probably would have been pounded into pulp within three exchanges.
But the controlled Adam clearly recognized Clark as