Chapter 184: 50% Fusion, New Abilities (4k3)
The Despair Demon hadn't brought many Karrano soldiers with him, and to his slight displeasure, he killed the guards he had brought along.
He didn't need them; he trusted his own strength more. He ruled the entire planet by himself.
"Did you see his attack?
Superman was defeated."
His power was indeed terrifying. The third eye flashed, knocking Superman unconscious mid-air. No longer feeling the contempt they had felt earlier, everyone was filled with panic.
Even though the Despair Demon openly mocked their weakness to an unbearable degree, their faces flushed with anger, and they clenched their fists but dared not act rashly. They shielded the unconscious and injured behind them, their gazes all falling on David.
"You should have stayed on your Karrano and not come to Earth."
Confirming that Clark was merely mentally shocked into unconsciousness and had no major brain damage, David relaxed his brow and slowly walked out. The weather in the sky suddenly changed, dark, ink-like clouds churned and gathered, and a fierce wind swept across the heavens and earth.
"This world is not something you have the power to meddle with.
Your arrogant ambition will cost you your life."
If the Despair Demon had stayed on Karrano, even if he had brought war to a thousand worlds, David wouldn't have bothered him. But this ambitious being had set his sights on Earth, attempting to conquer the world and replicate the Karrano Empire's unified military and divine rule here.
This was something David could not tolerate.
Crack!
Blinding lightning tore through the atmosphere, writhing like silver snakes as it struck the Despair Demon.
The terrifying attack, which could evaporate steel, merely caused wisps of smoke to rise from his chest.
"Your strength exceeds my expectations, but I wonder if you are as powerful in other aspects."
The thing the Despair Demon was most proud of in his life was not his powerful body that could easily tear apart the earth and lift mountains, but his boundless spiritual power. No one could resist his mighty will. Finishing the sentence that had been interrupted earlier, the third eye on his forehead shone brightly.
An intensely focused mental shock shot directly towards David, hitting him hard in the head.
Buzz!
It was as if the skull protecting his brain no longer existed; his brain directly took a punch. David's head tilted back slightly, enduring the attack. He rubbed his slightly throbbing head and shook it, looking at the Despair Demon with cold eyes.
"A decent attack. No one has ever made me feel pain with a mental attack before."
Terrifying lightning and purple light erupted from his eyes, blasting the Despair Demon away.
Cracking the ground, David shot up into the sky like a cannonball, raising his fist to attack him.
"I wonder how many of my attacks you can withstand."
David didn't have the ability to attack mentally, but he had his fists.
Each had their advantage, and it was a matter of who would break first.
"Let's see if you cripple my mind first, or if I destroy your body!"
Thunder rumbled continuously in the sky as David and the Despair Demon battled in the air. The figures of the two, too fast for normal vision to track, exchanged rapid blows and kicks. Rings of energy exploded outwards, and the sea churned violently.
"When your brain begins to wail and submits to me, I promise you a brand new life."
Furious mental power, accompanied by an overwhelming malice, was the Despair Demon's attempt to interfere with David's brain and induce hallucinations. However, invading the brain and constructing illusions was not as instantaneous as the mental shock his third eye possessed from birth.
A hook punch, like a meteor collision, landed squarely on his chin, brutally interrupting his mental invasion and sending him flying into the sky.
"Talk less, Despair Demon, and focus."
David taunted his enemy, then instantly broke through the air to catch up to the Despair Demon, who had crashed through the clouds. David raised his hand, and ten thousand bolts of lightning converged into a blinding ball of electrical light, smashing down onto the Despair Demon's chest, sending him crashing towards the sea once more.
Lacking mental attack capabilities, David could only wield his fists, which could sink islands, to deliver devastating blows to the Despair Demon. The Despair Demon, meanwhile, had to simultaneously deal with David's missile-like barrage of attacks while concentrating on invading David's brain.
David's mental defense was not like that of the Karrano beings, whose brains could be shattered with a mere glance from the Despair Demon, nor like the one called Superman who couldn't withstand even a single mental shock. He was the strongest person the Despair Demon had ever encountered.
The result of trying to do two things at once was that neither was done well.
The Despair Demon also dared not commit his full mental power to attacking David. David's ferociously powerful punches carried a terrifying force that made him tremble, a very real threat that brought back long-forgotten feelings of danger.
It was as if he had regressed to his pre-awakening days, a scrawny stray dog, often cornered and beaten by stronger children on the streets.
And David was far from just simple punching and kicking.
If he hit a vital spot, he could easily inflict severe damage!
However, just as David could interrupt his mental attacks with physical blows, the Despair Demon could also use a momentary mental attack to strike David's mind, causing his movements to falter and creating an opening to hit David.
But slowly, the Despair Demon discovered that David's mental defense was actually growing stronger!
The third eye on his forehead blazed, and another invisible, intangible, and unstoppable mental ray struck David.
But David merely shook his head and charged forward again as if nothing had happened.
"Why is your mental defense getting stronger?"
Blocking the powerful attacks with his arms crossed, the Despair Demon gritted his teeth and exclaimed, his face showing disbelief. He was being battered back and forth like a punching bag.
The humiliating and desperate situation made the Despair Demon's heart harden. He unleashed a barrage of mental shocks, attempting to interrupt David's suffocatingly fierce offensive.
But the mental shocks, like cannonballs, tried to break through David's mental defenses. However, his mind was like a constantly reinforced fortress. Although each bombardment caused some tremors and dust to fall from the ceiling, it caused no substantial damage.
"You've come at a very bad time."
Just the other day, I didn't know anything about psychic power.
Even though that's still true now, at least I've learned how to amplify my mental strength by just consuming some of my internal energy."
David threw a punch, making the Despair Demon's arm go numb and nearly causing him to drop his guard.
[Template Fused: 51%]
When the Hyperion template exceeded fifty percent, he gained a new, yet not entirely new, ability.
"Hyperion hails from the Eternal race, and absorbing and storing cosmic energy is the most basic talent of every Eternal.
From birth, the Eternals learn to manipulate the energy within their bodies and release it freely."
This is the simplest application of cosmic energy.
"For a more advanced application, through centuries of learning and mastery, Eternals can consume cosmic energy to enhance all their abilities, including but not limited to strength, defense, regeneration, endurance, reaction time, and psychic power!"
David hadn't gained these from the Thanos template. After all, Thanos, being a genetic mutant, couldn't even release energy on his own from the start, but he gained this ability and experience from Hyperion.
It had only been a short while since he acquired the new ability, so he couldn't control it proficiently. It was a skill that Eternals took hundreds of years to learn.
"From the moment you appeared, I began to channel my internal energy to amplify my mind. Just now, I finally succeeded."
David's lightning-wreathed fist broke through the Despair Demon's defense and struck his chest, sending him flying backward.
As soon as the Despair Demon recognized him, David knew his most troublesome aspect wasn't his strength, which had repeatedly defeated Superman and Wonder Woman, but his psychic energy. Therefore, he immediately began channeling his internal cosmic energy to amplify his mind.
"Impossible!"
The Despair Demon, shocked and enraged, had his chest blackened by the electricity. He swung a punch at David, who was charging at him again. However, without the mental impact, how could he possibly overpower David in a pure strength contest? He was sent crashing towards the vast ocean.
Boom!
Like a meteor plunging into the sea, it stirred up millions of tons of waves.
The center of the ocean caved in, and a giant circular tidal wave rose dozens of meters high, crashing outwards in all directions.
The salty seawater flooded his nostrils. The disheveled Despair Demon became even more furious. He swung his arm to break through the water and rose into the sky, glaring at David through gritted teeth, wishing he could tear him to shreds.
"I don't believe you can maintain this state for long."
"You're right, this state can't be maintained forever, but you won't last until then either!"
David landed on the surface of the sea, absorbing the mass of the surrounding seawater. Drop by drop, the seawater rose into the sky as if weightless, followed by a mass of water that blotted out the sun like a dark cloud. Standing on the water, his body rapidly grew larger.
"You think you're the only one who can grow larger?"
The Despair Demon roared, his body becoming larger like a sponge soaked in water, resembling a small hill. However, his originally near-human facial features became more hideous and ferocious. His head fins protruded with sharp spikes, and his fangs burst from his gaping maw, making him look like a bloodthirsty and brutal monster.
The two figures collided again at high speed. The Despair Demon, in the next second, was hit as if by a high-speed train and sent flying towards the horizon.
"I grow larger, and you copy me by growing larger, but your strength doesn't seem to increase much."
David unleashed a chain of lightning from his palm, catching up to the Despair Demon and delivering another powerful blow.
The Despair Demon had the ability to freely adjust his height, weight, and muscle size, but the enhancement to his strength was clearly no match for David, who had absorbed millions of tons of seawater. He was sent flying even further with a single punch.
During his backward flight, the wind whistled past his ears, and the Despair Demon's expression grew anxious.
"Not only his mind, but this guy can also further amplify his terrifying strength, becoming even more formidable!"
No, if this continued, he might really be defeated by this guy.
"Take this! I'm going to turn you into an idiot, Transcendent!"
Stabilizing his backward flight, the Despair Demon roared. His third eye bulged, almost popping out. All three of his eyes were bloodshot, veins throbbing on his forehead. He gathered his mental power without restraint, launching an all-out attack.
Voom!
The invisible, intangible mental shockwave struck David again. David, who was in pursuit, quickly stopped, his head thrown back, gritting his teeth and gasping. Coupled with the previous attack, his head felt like the pain of waking up from a severe hangover.
However, although it hurt somewhat, it didn't affect him.
Seeing David stop in mid-air, the Despair Demon was ecstatic. But in the next second, to his disbelief, he saw David merely shake his head and charge again.
The attack, which had unprecedentedly squeezed his mental power, did not leave David's mind severely damaged and unable to control his energy freely, just like the effect of the previous ordinary mental shock!
But with such an attack, the Despair Demon no longer had the strength to launch a second one.
After unleashing that final strike, his entire being instantly became listless. He found it hard to accept this outcome.
Whoosh!
David's figure rapidly approached like a missile. His iron fist smashed into the Despair Demon's hideous face, distorting his features. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and his teeth were even knocked loose.
Like being hit hard with a baseball bat, the Despair Demon's consciousness became hazy. Just as he flew backward dozens of meters, David's palm, like a black hole, pulled him back with immense gravity.
Grabbing his neck, David shouted, "Shazam!"
Crack!
A divine power lightning bolt as thick as a water tank struck down.
The Despair Demon screamed in agony, his body turning red. Burn marks appeared in some places. He struggled and swung his fist, knocking David away.
After quietly recalling the amplification of the Six God Power, David charged forward again.
With the significant injuries caused by the divine power lightning, the Despair Demon had even less power to resist. He was batted away repeatedly in the air by David, like being hit by a string of machine-gun bullets.
Bang!
With another punch, the Despair Demon was sent flying towards the island, his body crashing down like a meteor and creating a massive crater.
Everyone watched in horror at the Despair Demon lying at the bottom of the pit. David slowly descended from the sky.
The Despair Demon lay at the bottom of the pit, his face a bloody mess, his body covered in gore, and countless bones broken. He tried to force himself to get up, but his horrific injuries were visibly healing.
"You don't have a chance anymore, Despair Demon."
David grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up.
"I will never die like this."
Fierce light flashed in the Despair Demon's eyes. He struggled to turn his gaze towards the others.
He realized that he, who often brought despair to others, might die here today. But before he died, as the supreme god and monarch of Karrano, he wanted his opponent's teammates to be buried with him.
Compared to David's unshakeable spirit, like a massive mountain, the minds of those watching his humiliation were like candlelight that could be extinguished with a single breath. With just one look from him, he could whip up a storm and destroy their brains.
As the Despair Demon's eyes swept over them, the Green Lantern and the others felt their hairs stand on end. They were overcome by a suffocating sensation, their bodies screaming a warning as if an extreme terror was about to occur. They involuntarily stumbled backward.
"Be careful!"
"You wish."
Although the Despair Demon hadn't spoken, David could see what he was trying to do. Two fingers, like iron spikes, plunged into the Despair Demon's third eye on his forehead.
Puff!
Blood splattered, the sound of flesh being pierced.
The intense, bone-chilling pain caused the Despair Demon, who was trying to launch a mental attack, to lose his mind and scream miserably.
"My eye..."
His third eye was ripped from its socket, blood gushing out.
"Don't worry, what does a dead man need eyes for?"
Throwing away the bloody eyeball, David gripped the Despair Demon's head with his iron hands, preventing him from struggling. Beams of energy laced with lightning shot from his eyes, and the terrifying heat incinerated the Despair Demon's remaining two eyes—and then his brain!
Amidst screams, the Despair Demon, his face contorted in pain, had empty sockets. Blackened burn marks extended from his eye sockets, drying out his brain matter.
Plop!
David released his grip, and the Despair Demon's lifeless body slid to the ground.
The terrifying death threat dissipated, and everyone took a deep breath, a sense of relief washing over them.
Just then, a lightning bolt streaked from the sea on the other side and landed on the island. The Flash appeared at the entrance of the hall, bringing a father and daughter with him.
"Who broke the hall door? Why is everyone outside?"
Behind them, the Flash greeted them, scratching his head in confusion.
Several people turned back, clearing their line of sight. The sudden change in scenery disoriented Jason and his daughter. They shook their heads, and upon clearly seeing the tall, dark red corpse lying on the ground, their eyes widened.
"Th-that's!"
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