"What?"
Lothar was startled, crossing his arms over his chest, unable to dodge in time.
Bang!
A dull thud of flesh colliding, accompanied by a roaring rush of air, shot skyward. Lothar, who had taken Clark's punch head-on, dragged his feet across the ground, leaving two long trails. Countless shattered stones and billowing dust!
"If I hadn't met you, I might never have known how strong I truly am." Clark, pressing his advantage, stopped using flashy energy techniques. He'd realized that for Lothar's current state, pure physical combat was more effective than energy blasts.
Doomsday didn't count; that was an unfair fight. And if it was just a contest of energy blasts, Clark had a premonition he would eventually die by Lothar's hand. The latter's endless energy waves were too intricate; simply copying and imitating wouldn't be enough to kill Lothar.
"Then you truly are pathetic."
Not to be outdone, Lothar made a move as if to strike with a hand chop, but his swaying tail executed a feint, darting forward to whip Clark across the face!
Bang!
The tail, hard as steel, caused the caught-off-guard Clark to instinctively lean back and narrowly dodge. Seizing the opportunity, Lothar head-butted the Superman's chin!
Bang!
Lothar was an iron-headed brute who could even smash Darkseid's helmet! The pain from his jaw made the unwilling Clark instantly reach out, finally grabbing a handful of Lothar's flowing golden hair!
Damn it!
It was a purely instinctual head-butt. By the time Lothar reacted, his long hair was already firmly in Clark's grasp!
Whoosh!
Lothar's body instantly lost balance. After being swung around a few times by Clark, he was hurled into one of the giant pits scattered across the ground!
"I told you, you're actively exposing your weakness!"
Clark was about to press his advantage, but a sudden surge of alarm filled his mind. A moon-like energy cutting blade emerged with Lothar from the ground, leaving several imperceptible scratches on Clark's body as he narrowly dodged!
"Tsk."
Lothar frowned, his knees slightly bent, then he suddenly exerted force. His golden long hair billowed wildly, and behind him, thousands of energy spheres instantly converged!
Sizzle!!!
Heat vision and Kryptonian energy waves wove a large net, blocking all the energy spheres Lothar unleashed.
"Huff..."
"Huff..."
Lothar landed, his bare chest heaving like a bellows, trying to calm his erratic breathing. He felt he hadn't yet reached the peak energy of Super Saiyan 3, but his body already felt a hint of fatigue.
This was a very bad sign.
At least, for Lothar, it was.
After calculation, Lothar, who pursued the full power Super Saiyan 3 state, realized that if he truly pushed his power to its full potential, his body might not be able to withstand such prolonged high-intensity combat. This was why he didn't pursue Clark and instead landed to catch his breath.
"Your body, it's having problems."
Clark, as Lothar's opponent, noticed his abnormality immediately. His super-brain instantly made a judgment based on the previous situation.
"Killing you won't be a problem."
Lothar's eyes narrowed slightly, a chilling killing intent like a blade, stirring boundless winds and waves. At most, he would temporarily stabilize his energy in this range.
Lothar wasn't flustered at all. Having returned from the dead, his body's energy amplification was terrifyingly immense for some reason, especially with the Mother Box's enhancement; this amplification was magnified to an incredible degree.
Lothar wasn't sure what caused this, as he had never truly died before, and this peculiar experience was a first for him.
Whoosh!
Blood flew!
Clark, determined to kill Lothar with his steel body, once again chose close-quarters combat.
Due to the previous excessive energy expansion, Lothar's body paused for a split second while dodging Clark's attack. And it was this split-second pause that Clark seized. A flurry of punches and collisions directly shattered the energy shield covering Lothar's body!
Of course, Clark paid a price for it. Clasping his right arm, which Lothar had forcefully broken, the smile on Clark's face became even more pronounced.
Blood dripped onto Lothar's chest as he continued to gasp. The angle of his left arm clearly told Mera, who was observing from afar, that his left arm was also broken. The previously pristine golden hair was now stained with glaring blood, but Lothar's sharp gaze remained unchanged.
"Huff..."
Lothar panted heavily, inwardly calculating how much power to unleash. Going up a few more steps, if he wasn't careful and didn't kill Clark, he himself might disintegrate and die from the surging energy.
"You're hesitating."
"That means your body really is having problems."
Clark's gray eyes swirled with frantic killing intent. Bathed in the sunlight, he possessed an advantage Lothar could not currently match. Earth's sunlight was a tonic for Kryptonians.
"You can try me." Lothar's eyes narrowed, having made up his mind. He thrust his legs forward, charging at Clark first!
"Die!"
BOOM!!!!!
The steel body collided with the Saiyan body, which had temporarily condensed an energy shield. The sparks of energy that erupted caused Mera to instinctively cover her eyes.
"HRAAAAAHHH!"
What should have been an evenly matched confrontation gradually shifted into Lothar's favor as he chose to completely release his energy restraints.
Blood-stained golden hair billowed wildly, accompanied by the roaring energy around Lothar's feet. He roared with all his might, instantly elevating to the peak of Full Power Super Saiyan 3!
The slightly dim golden aura instantly burst forth with blinding light, dyeing the entire world a dazzling gold!
Clark, sensing trouble, abruptly retreated with his divine speed. But Lothar, now a golden streak of light, pursued relentlessly. His undamaged left hand, dripping with blood from his own body, clamped onto Clark's head. In an instant, the blue electrical arcs that had previously only danced across Lothar's body instantly surged into Clark's!
"Take this..."
Lothar immediately bent over, his powerful left arm wrapping around Clark's waist. He plummeted straight down from the sky, slamming Clark violently into the ground!
Bang!
The next second, eight columns of energy, controlled by Lothar, burst from the earth one after another, each one striking Clark's stunned body!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Lothar's body was covered in crimson blood. With a flick of his right arm, his raised finger seemed like a command from a god. Six massive energy spheres, each the size of Gotham City, instantly formed behind Lothar.
Clark, falling from the sky after the energy columns vanished, predictably slammed head-on into the six energy spheres, which were rotating cyclically under Lothar's control.
"Vanish."
His raised finger clenched into a fist, thumb pointing upward and then abruptly flipping downward. Behind Lothar, the six energy spheres, enclosing Clark in their loop, instantly detonated!!!
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!!
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