The war horn was sounded in its entirety at this moment.
The battlefield behind her instantly erupted in chaos.
"Stop fucking standing there!" Harley Quinn Harley screamed, swinging her massive wooden mallet and smashing a charging Parademons into a pulp. "Baby, teach them a lesson!"
Poison Ivy didn't answer, but simply waved her hand. From beneath the hard metal ground, countless thick vines burst forth, entangling dozens of Doomsday. Sharp barbs pierced deep into their bodies, frantically draining their life force.
"For rock and roll!" Shazam Billy Batson roared, and the magical lightning surrounding him coalesced into a thick beam of light that slammed head-on into Steppenwolf's electric axe, which came crashing down on his head.
The gold and red energy exploded, and the shockwave sent a large portion of the surrounding Parademons army flying.
A golden streak of lightning flashed across the battlefield, Barry Allen's figure moving so fast that only a blur remained.
He ignored the ragtag soldiers and went straight to Darkseid's eldest son, Kalibak.
"Your opponent is me," Barry said in a deep voice.
Kalibak roared and slammed his Beta Club down with devastating energy, only to hit air.
Barry was already behind him, delivering a powerful punch to his knee.
On the other side, a dark figure silently appeared from the shadows, a poisoned dagger aimed straight at Damian's back.
It was Kanto, one of the most elite assassins among the New Gods.
"A boring trick." Damian didn't even turn his head, but instead drew the long sword from his back and precisely parried the fatal blow.
Blades clashed, Mars flew, and the two figures instantly became entangled in combat, so fast that they could not be seen clearly.
The remaining survivors also sought out the controlled heroes, and a brutal Civil War unfolded on the Hell canvas of Apokolips.
But all of this pales in comparison to the duel in the sky.
With everyone's attention focused on her, Kara had already rushed up to Superman.
She didn't use any fancy moves; it was just a straight punch that concentrated all her power.
boom--!
Clark Kent didn't even have time to react before the punch landed squarely on his face.
He transformed into a cannonball, flying backward and crashing into a burning mountain in the distance.
Kara didn't pause for a moment, accelerating again and catching up with Superman the instant he pierced through the mountain, ready to deliver another punch.
But then she stopped.
She saw that the red light in her cousin's eyes, which had originally been terrifying, had completely faded.
Those blue eyes were filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Clark shook his head; the intense pain and shock caused the control program implanted in his brain to momentarily collapse.
He remembered... being defeated by Darkseid, and then having his will forcibly twisted...
He looked at the black-haired woman in front of him. She was wearing almost the same blue and red battle suit as him, with an "S" symbol on her chest as well.
"You... could it be...?" Clark was about to ask.
" Carl El!"
A cold, harsh voice interrupted him.
Kara hovered before him, looking down at him and declaring, word by word, "You have violated the ancestral teachings of Krypton! You have succumbed to a tyrant, instigated war! Causing the devastation of billions of lives on Earth!"
She raised her hand, her fist clenched so tightly it cracked.
"I will punish you as your cousin, one of only two citizens of Kara -El Krypton!"
"Wait..." Clark only managed to utter two words.
A fist the size of a sandbag came crashing down again.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of incredibly heavy thuds exploded in the air.
Clark was knocked senseless and disoriented, completely unable to fight back.
He felt as if he wasn't fighting a single person, but rather being crushed by a series of impacting planets.
That's incredible... How can someone be so strong?!
With great difficulty, he seized a fraction of a second of an opening, using all his strength to break free from Kara's attack range, and awkwardly regained his footing in mid-air.
A surge of humiliation and anger welled up inside me.
"Looks like I should give you a break!" he growled, his eyes once again gathering red energy.
However, the Heat Vision hadn't even had a chance to be projected.
Kara's figure flashed past him and appeared behind him almost instantly.
Two more punches.
One punch landed on the back of his head, and the other smashed into his back.
Boom!
Superman Clark Kent, Earth's strongest protector, was once again slammed straight down from the sky onto the hard surface of Apokolips, creating a bottomless crater.
The entire battlefield froze for a moment because of this horrific scene.
Whether they were heroes locked in battle or Darkseid's minions, they all instinctively glanced in the direction of the giant crater.
Whose subordinate is this...?
They actually... beat Superman to a pulp?!
No wonder she's Superman's cousin!
Bloodline suppression is terrifying!
Inside the giant pit, Clark felt like all the bones in his body were about to fall apart.
He was completely bewildered, more bewildered than ever before.
He always thought he was strong enough until he met Darkseid, at which point he admitted defeat.
But now, this woman who suddenly appeared and claimed to be his cousin has managed to crush him to this extent?
What the heck is this? When did Kryptonian become so worthless?
He struggled to climb out of the pit, pebbles sliding off him.
He looked up at the cold figure in the air and roared, "Enough! We should be fighting Darkseid together now, not Civil War here!"
Upon hearing this, Kara slowly descended from the sky.
She walked up to Clark, grabbed him by the collar of his suit, and yanked him up from the ground.
"You're right," she said expressionlessly.
Clark breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the other party was finally willing to communicate.
The next second, Kara raised her other hand and gave him what appeared to be just a gentle push on the chest.
Whoosh--!
Clark transformed into a shooting star once more, disappearing at an even faster speed at the horizon, seemingly pushed hundreds or thousands of miles away.
After doing all this, Kara finally felt relieved, and the rage in her chest subsided considerably.
She didn't look in the direction Clark had disappeared; instead, she turned around, her cold gaze scanning the chaotic battlefield.
Finally, her gaze settled on two figures.
One of them is Steppenwolf, who is currently using an electric axe to fight Shazam and cause the sky to collapse.
The other is Kalibak, who is being toyed with by the Flash's speed and is roaring in anger.
"It's just the two of you."
Before she finished speaking, Kara's figure transformed into a red and blue lightning bolt once again, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound as it tore through the air, heading straight for the two targets.