Pacific Ocean, St. Prisca, Cobra Pharmaceutical Base, Central Arena.
A brawny man wearing a black tactical vest and a black and white mask leaned against the wall, arms crossed, looking at the item the Cobra cultist handed him, and couldn't help but ask, “Are you sure you want to return my most powerful weapon to me?” Bane asked, somewhat uncertainly.
Bane—one of Batman’s arch-enemies—possesses no superpowers but has extraordinary combat skills and is also a tactical master. He once famously “broke the Bat.” However, he has always relied on the “Venom Toxin” supplied by Cobra to enhance himself, which not only gives him superhuman strength but also a certain degree of self-healing ability. Recently, Bane has been suffering from a shortage of the drug, and his physical functions are not what they used to be, forcing him to bow to Cobra to ensure his drug supply.
“Yes, but our boss requires you to have a fight with his Warrior.” The Cobra cultist handed the Venom Toxin to Bane.
“No problem, I hope your Warrior can last a little longer.” Bane took the Venom Toxin and walked into the arena. Behind him, the Cobra cultist’s face revealed a cruel smile. Inside the arena, Bane injected the Venom Toxin into his body; his veins bulged, muscles swelled, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead. He let out a painful cry. Soon after, Bane straightened up, feeling the familiar power in his body, and turned his gaze to the opposite side.
On the other side of the arena, the emaciated, scarred man who had been locked in the dungeon walked out. There was no expression on his face, only a hint of madness in his unruffled eyes. A cultist walked in, injected a tube of purple liquid into the man, and then quickly ran out.
Suddenly, the arena’s four gates closed, and a giant cage descended, covering the entire arena. Seeing these airtight protective measures, Bane felt uneasy. The emaciated man’s entire body rapidly expanded, his skin hardened, and his figure swelled, transforming into a brutal humanoid monster resembling the Hulk, letting out a wild roar. His eyes were bloodshot, filled with a desire to destroy everything.
Bane swallowed, looking at the monster with some trepidation. But at this point, the arrow was on the string, and he had no choice but to shoot. Bane decided to strike first. He quickly rushed towards the monster, accumulating all his strength, and landed a heavy punch on his opponent. Bane, who could easily overturn a small car in the past, couldn't even budge this monster at this moment. He looked at the brutal fiend with an incredulous gaze, then his vision blurred, and the sharp pain in his stomach made him fall to his knees. The monster knocked Bane down with just one punch. The huge disparity in strength made him lose any thought of fighting. Before he could raise his hands in surrender, the monster had already lifted him by his head with one hand.
What followed was a beautiful combo. At this moment, Bane was already beaten beyond recognition. The pale-faced leader in the stands stared excitedly at the monster in the arena: “What a powerful monster! When Project Titan and Venom Toxin combine, we create a tool to rule everything. As long as we can mass-produce it, we will have an invincible army.”
Now we should let “Venom Toxin” sleep. He slowly floated up, hovering above the arena, and a powerful telekinetic force swept out, pinning Venom Toxin to the ground, unable to move. A circular hypnotic sound wave shot from his brow, and the raging Venom Toxin instantly collapsed to the ground. Count Vertigo, the leader of the Cobra organization, possesses extremely strong psychic powers, capable of flying through mental energy, manipulating telekinesis, and emitting hypnotic sound waves. He can instantly incapacitate people.
A fighter jet sped across the sea. Under the black night sky, the jet was carrying the team members to their second test site.
“Regarding this test, it is a practical combat test. Your destination is an island in the Pacific Ocean called St. Prisca. Since the Cadmus incident last time, we have been closely monitoring the flow of remaining drugs from Project Titan.”
“According to accurate intelligence, there is a pharmaceutical factory on this island. We have strong reasons to suspect that there is a larger organization behind Cadmus controlling everything. Therefore, your mission this time is to secretly investigate the forces on this island and destroy all pharmaceutical facilities. The quality of your test results will determine the level of missions the Justice League assigns you afterward.” On the display screen inside the fighter jet, Batman was explaining the details of this test to the team.
“Oh, that’s so cool! I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. It’s just like in the movies, secret infiltration, it’s so exciting!” Wally said excitedly.
“It’s better to be careful, Wally. This is our first official team collaboration, and we still know too little about the island’s information. So later, let’s try not to attract attention and follow the rehearsal plan we just made.” Li Ang reminded. As the strongest combat force in the team, Li Ang’s words carried a lot of weight. At this moment, Li Ang was wearing a new red and black combat suit. His tall posture, chiseled face, and slim-fit combat suit made Li Ang’s sculpted physique look very powerful yet not bulky.
(Li Ang’s new combat suit style is basically similar to this, just look at the clothes.)
At this moment, Megan was staring blankly at the handsome Li Ang. After careful grooming, Li Ang’s appearance had improved by several grades. Li Ang looked at Megan, who was staring at him, reached out and rubbed her hair, and looked at her with gentle eyes: “We’re almost at the mission site. Focus later and be careful not to get hurt.” Megan, whose head was stroked, blushed and returned a shy smile, nodding to indicate that she understood.
“Alright, we’re almost at our destination. Later, Kaldur’ahm and I will jump out of the plane first and land on the island from the coast. After we control the coast, you can land.” The fighter jet’s cabin door opened, and Kaldur’ahm leaped from high altitude into the water, moving at extreme speed in the sea. As an Atlantis warrior, Kaldur’ahm inherently possesses the ability to breathe underwater, and his strength and speed also increase in the water.
Li Ang flew directly out of the fighter jet, flying at ultra-low altitude close to the sea, rapidly approaching the coast. At this moment, Li Ang had unlocked all of his Kryptonian abilities. With the unknown energy source in his body, he had already unlocked the ability to fly just a few days after the first test.
On the coast, several Cobra cultists were patrolling and on alert. Suddenly, a flying black dot on the sea was rapidly approaching, getting faster and faster. Before they could even pick up their walkie-talkies, a yellow light suddenly flashed from Li Ang’s body. Immediately, these cultists suddenly felt a splitting headache.
Before they could react, Kaldur’ahm had already leaped out of the water, his water blades carrying lightning, easily harvesting the lives of several cultists. This ability is Li Ang’s way of guiding the energy within his body to be emitted in wave form, which can cause dizziness and severe headaches in ordinary people. After testing, it is only effective on ordinary people, but fundamentally, it is just a different application of his own abilities.
Li Ang activated his X-ray vision, scanned the surroundings, and found no other patrol members. He signaled to the sky, and the plane slowly descended, with the other members landing in sequence. Everyone stealthily moved, avoiding various patrol teams, and arrived inside the factory. Inside, various experiments were being conducted, and Cadmus-labeled equipment and drugs could also be seen. Bane was patrolling the factory, holding a firearm.
“Bane! How is he here? He was active in Gotham City just recently, why is he here now? Generally speaking, Bane rarely leaves Gotham City; his target has always been Batman. The only thing that could make him leave Gotham and work for someone else must be the serum he has always relied on.” Robin, seeing Bane, quickly thought. He opened his terminal and hacked into the factory’s network to search for relevant information.
“It seems this operation’s target is not simple. Someone capable of producing such a potent serum and distributing it globally must be extraordinary. And for Bane to work for him, it indicates that his own combat power is definitely above Bane’s, or he certainly possesses something that makes Bane wary. Regardless of the situation, we must be careful.” Li Ang analyzed, frowning.
“Found it! Come and see.” Robin called out to everyone. The screen showed what Robin had found in the monitoring room’s network. In the footage, inside the arena, a scrawny man transformed into a tall, brutal humanoid monster with astonishing destructive power after being injected with a bottle of purple serum, savagely beating his opponent, who was Bane. Under Venom Toxin’s immense power, Bane was tossed around like a rag doll. Just as Venom Toxin was about to deliver the final blow to Bane, the footage suddenly cut out.
“Oh my god, this monster is even more vicious than what we saw at Cadmus! From its characteristics, this serum is definitely related to Cadmus’s Project Titan.” Seeing this, Wally also calmed down and analyzed, after all, he hadn’t forgotten the experience of being beaten flying last time.
Bane is still fine, which means they have a way to control this monster. If this kind of thing is mass-produced, it will definitely bring immeasurable disaster. Li Ang thought about countermeasures while pondering.
At this moment, ten thousand meters in the sky, inside a bio-ship, Martian Manhunter, Black Canary Donna, Supergirl Kara, and other Justice League members were watching the team members’ performance through a screen.
“J’onn, this spaceship is quite different from other Martian tech creations, isn’t it? It feels like it’s alive?” Kara asked with great curiosity about the new technology.
“This spaceship was brought by Megan from Mars. She has her own life, her own name. Megan named her Luo Xi. She possesses shapeshifting abilities, can traverse the universe, and also has a powerful weapon system. My current usage permissions are also authorized by Megan.”
Martian Manhunter was silent for a moment, then continued, “This spaceship was often with Megan when she was little. At first, she was an unfinished prototype, but with the awakening of Megan’s superpowers and the explosion of her psychic energy, this spaceship underwent a tremendous transformation, and has been with Megan ever since.”
Inside the factory, Count Vertigo, who had been resting with his eyes closed in the office, suddenly opened them and stood up, his powerful mental energy quietly spreading out to investigate the situation throughout the factory.
On the other side, Megan, who was on alert, suddenly felt an unfamiliar mental probe and quickly used her own mental energy to resist.
“Li Ang, someone has discovered us with mental energy, what should we do?” Megan asked Li Ang.
At this moment, everyone's gaze converged, and unconsciously, they had grown accustomed to revolving around Li Ang.
His powerful combat ability, calm decision-making, and composed personality always brought a sense of security.
“This pharmaceutical factory cannot be left standing.
Robin, this factory must hold their secrets; go dig out the information they least want us to know.
Kaldur'ahm, Wally, Megan, you three go destroy all the pharmaceutical facilities and prototype medicines on the entire island.
I'll create a commotion to hold them off,” Li Ang calmly arranged.
“No! I don’t agree! How can you go do such a dangerous thing alone?
We don’t even know how many super villains stronger than Venom Toxin are still on the other side.
What if you can’t hold them off?
I’m going with you,” Megan retorted excitedly upon hearing Li Ang was putting himself in danger.
“Don’t worry, Megan, I’ll be fine.
We’ve been discovered now, and someone needs to attract attention.
Time is running out, and only I am capable of this task here.
The sooner you complete your mission, the sooner I can escape,” Li Ang said, stroking Megan’s hair.
“I’ll use telepathy to establish a mental channel to ensure communication.
You absolutely must ensure your own safety, or I won’t let you off the hook,” Megan said to Li Ang, waving her small fist.
Suddenly, the black night sky was pierced by a scorching beam of light, and a violent explosion occurred inside the factory.
Li Ang’s figure floated in mid-air, his eyes continuously emitting heat vision, constantly causing destruction within the factory.
At this moment, a powerful telekinetic force struck.
Li Ang easily blocked it by crossing his arms.
Count Vertigo appeared before Li Ang, bringing Venom Toxin and Bane.
Li Ang also slowly descended.
“Superman? No, Superman isn’t as young as you.
Who exactly are you?
Has the Justice League found this place already?” Count Vertigo asked, somewhat confused, his gaze fixed on this young hero.
There was no way around it; his abilities were too similar to that human god.
If Superman had come, he truly would have had no recourse.
As the strongest superhero in this world, his symbol was simply too terrifying.
“I am not Superman, but I am more terrifying than Superman.
I am not as kind as Superman.
I will be your nightmare.” At this moment, Li Ang’s eyes were cold, and his gaze was firm.
Before the other side could react, Li Ang had already launched a preemptive strike.
Instantly, the four had engaged in battle.
At this moment, Li Ang’s combat nerves fully erupted, his reaction speed maximized.
Against the brutal Venom Toxin, the only way to counter him was to be even more brutal.
Li Ang instantly appeared in front of Venom Toxin, twisting his waist and hips, his extremely fast fists creating sonic booms, leaving trails of afterimages, and fiercely striking Venom Toxin’s body.
“Bang!”
Venom Toxin was directly blasted over a hundred meters away, his chest caved in, his life unknown.
Before the others could react, Li Ang’s figure had already appeared behind Bane, sending him flying with a whip kick.
These actions were all completed in an instant.
Before Count Vertigo could react, his two subordinates were already unconscious.
At this moment, everyone on the bio-ship was also stunned.
They had not expected that a half-Kryptonian, born less than a month ago, would already be so powerful.
His abnormal reactions, decisive execution, never showing mercy to enemies, calm demeanor, and astonishing strength—from barely escaping Cadmus and not being able to fly, to the incredibly powerful Li Ang now—this extraordinary rate of progress was truly unbelievable.
“His potential is very strong.
Give him some more time,” Batman said expressionlessly, watching Li Ang shine.
The others also agreed.
Meanwhile, Donna was already captivated, staring at Li Ang’s resolute face and perfect physique, her drool almost flowing out.
“Hehehehehehehe…… So handsome… *slurp*…”
Seeing Donna infatuated, Kara reminded her to mind her image.
Realizing her actions, Donna quickly wiped her mouth, regaining her mature and composed demeanor.
Li Ang’s display of formidable strength made alarm bells ring in Count Vertigo’s heart.
Almost instantly, a powerful mental force, accompanied by telekinesis, swept out from his body, overturning all surrounding objects.
Not far away, Megan felt this powerful mental energy, and her flying speed involuntarily increased.
At this moment, Li Ang also felt the oppressive force of this powerful mental energy.
He mobilized the energy within his body to form a protective film around himself to resist the mental shock, slowly approaching while pushing against the telekinetic force.
Seeing that he couldn't cause effective damage to Li Ang, Count Vertigo's brain gradually fatigued.
Seeing that escape was already hopeless, his eyes gradually became frantic.
Suddenly, he retracted all his mental power, and Li Ang grabbed him by the neck.
Looking at the captured Count Vertigo, alarm bells rang in Li Ang's mind.
He demanded, “Where did you hide the thing? Speak!”
“Hahahahahahaha, already discovered it?
No harm in telling you.
I made an underground hollow with lead material beneath this island, and inside it is a specially made bomb, a bomb specifically designed for you Kryptonians.
It contains green Kryptonite, and its power is equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT.
That is to say, every single one of you here, none of you will escape!
And this bomb, I’ve already activated it.
There are 5 minutes left.
You’ll all die, you’ll all die! Hahahahahahaha…” At this moment, Count Vertigo was almost insane.
Seeing this situation, the people on the spaceship also realized the seriousness of the matter, and the spaceship quickly descended.
On the ground, Li Ang, Megan, and the teenagers were searching for the bomb.
Seeing the League members arrive, they quickly explained the situation, and everyone searched for the bomb together.
It should be known that the power of 15,000 tons of TNT equivalent was comparable to the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima back then.
Time was pressing at this moment.
Seeing her bio-ship Luo Xi, Megan didn’t even have time to reminisce.
Everyone on the island kept searching for the bomb.
Li Ang continuously scanned with his X-ray vision.
Suddenly, he discovered an area underground that he couldn't see through, which should be the lead-lined hollow Count Vertigo mentioned.
Arriving directly above this location, his eyes flashed with white light, and scorching heat vision continuously burned the ground.
Soon, he found the hollow, and Li Ang quickly brought the bomb to the surface.
At this moment, everyone was already waiting.
Seeing the bomb in Li Ang's hand, Kara said, “Give it to me, I’ll handle it.
It’s just a bomb.”
Li Ang shook his head and said, “No, it contains green Kryptonite, which will cause great harm to Kryptonians like you.
Let me do it.
My Kryptonian genes are only half, so the effect of green Kryptonite on me will be greatly reduced, and I also have my own life-saving method.”
Donna and Megan said in unison, “No!”
“There must be another way, you don’t need to sacrifice yourself, there must be,” Donna, a battle-hardened woman, was now a little flustered.
“You know that doing this is largely going to be a suicide mission, right?” Megan said to Li Ang, her emotions agitated.
Li Ang looked at the countdown timer, which was less than 15 seconds: “No time, wait for me to come back.”
Before anyone else could react, his figure soared into the sky, holding the bomb and rushing straight towards space.
Batman's face suddenly changed, and he immediately picked up Superman's communicator and shouted, “Clark! Save him!”
Only then did Superman's figure flash across the horizon, rapidly chasing after Li Ang, who had already flown far away.
Supergirl Kara, realizing what was happening, quickly took off and followed behind.
But how could they catch up to Li Yi, who had already flown so far away?
The wind whistled in his ears as Li Ang rapidly ascended, holding the bomb.
He had never thought he would do something he wasn't sure about, even risking his life, for the people of another world.
As his power grew, his heart seemed to be changing too.
Looking at the bomb with three seconds left on the countdown, Li Ang threw it with all his might, then mobilized the energy within his body, encasing himself in a ball.
The next instant, the bomb exploded with a roar.
A 15,000-ton TNT equivalent bomb exploded in the night sky.
The surging Heat Wave suddenly spread out, engulfing Li Ang, who was closest to it.
However, Clark and Kara, who were following behind, were thrown back by the Heat Wave before they even got close.
Looking at the huge exploding fireball in the night sky, “Li Ang!” Megan cried out, tears streaming down her face, sadness welling up from her heart.
However, just as everyone was grieving, Batman suddenly said, “He’s not dead, Clark!”
Clark, who had already seen that Li Ang still had a breath left, quickly flew over and caught Li Ang, who was rapidly falling.
As Clark descended, everyone could see Li Ang's current condition: his entire body was charred, and his battle suit was damaged.
Megan’s trembling hand hovered over Li Ang’s face, not daring to touch him, afraid of hurting him.
Donna, seeing Li Ang’s tragic state, was also heartbroken at this moment.
“He’s fine, he’s okay.
His vital organs are all fine, and there’s an energy constantly repairing him inside his body.
He’ll be fine soon.
Now, let’s take him back to Justice Mountain.
There are complete medical facilities there.” Clark scanned Li Ang’s body with his X-ray vision.
Everyone gathered their heavy hearts and boarded the jet, while Kara and Martian Manhunter were responsible for staying behind to thoroughly investigate the entire island, leaving no chance for the organization to retaliate.