American comics: Something is wrong with this superhero world

Chapter 118 The Power of Fear
In the illusion, Superman saw himself being spurned by the whole world. On the streets, countless people walked out of their homes, holding posters and logos of Superman with crosses drawn on them, with expressions of anger and disgust on their faces. Among these people, there were some faces that Superman once knew, they were all his die-hard fans, and their transformation made Superman feel deeply painful and desperate.

Superman also saw Lois, his wife, standing at the door holding their child, with a cold look in her eyes. Lois's voice was clearly heard by Superman: "We are getting divorced." Superman's child also looked at Superman with disgust.

This scene was like a sharp knife piercing Superman's heart, making him feel suffocated.

The pain in the illusion did not end there. Superman then saw Xiao Xian floating in the air, looking down at him, as if he was looking at a loser. The next second, Xiao Xian's eyes shot out hot rays that penetrated Superman's body.

Superman was trapped in the illusion, suspended in the air. At the same time, the giant spider's body began to heal rapidly, returning to its original state in just a few seconds.

After recovering, Pennywise hit Superman who was floating in the air with a spider spear, but Superman didn't move at all, but broke Pennywise's spider spear. Pennywise looked at Superman helplessly, this Kryptonian was too strong. When Pennywise was in Krypton, she remembered that Kryptonians were not so outrageous.

Although Pennywise's essence is high enough, this body is essentially that of an ordinary earthling. It is already good enough that he can transform into a spider and easily cut through steel.

Superman's defense is truly abnormal. Pennywise estimates that in order to break Superman's defense from a physical perspective, he has to use this body as a one-time use and project a force beyond the body's endurance limit.

But Pennywise found this body quite convenient to use and was reluctant to change it.

Fortunately, although Superman is very powerful and has full physical abilities, his mental resistance is not much stronger than that of ordinary people, and may even be worse than some people with strong will.

After taking a last look at Superman, the giant spider turned back into Pennywise's form. Pennywise went into the sewer. Having absorbed a lot of fear today and stretched her muscles, Pennywise was going back to rest.

"Ah, this." Xiao Xian rolled his eyes speechlessly after seeing Superman floating in the air like a balloon on the live broadcast on his mobile phone. It seemed that he had to do it himself.

"It's stronger than before." Beverly looked at the picture on her phone and said, "We kids defeated it back then, but now even Superman can't defeat it."

"It's not that it has become stronger. For most people, the key to fighting Pennywise is not strength, but courage." Xiao Xian looked at Beverly, who still had a childish look on her face, and said, "Do you still remember Pennywise's old nest?"

"I remember." Beverly nodded and said, "I will probably never forget that place for the rest of my life."

"Do you still dare to go?" Xiao Xian asked. If Beverly has lost her courage, it would be better not to take her with you.

"Will you come with me?" Beverly did not answer directly, but looked at Xiao Xian and asked.

"Of course, I will kill Pennywise with my own hands." Xiao Xian said as he looked at the task that just popped up in his sight.

Ding~ Mission: Who is the hero? ! Triggered
Mission Name: Who is the Hero? !

Mission Description: Pennywise defeated Superman and became the most famous monster in the world. Defeat him and you will prove that you deserve the title of the world's most popular superhero. Mission Requirements: Defeat Pennywise

Mission Reward: Pennywise - Fear (Revised)

Pennywise - Fear (modified): Pennywise's ability to absorb fear has been improved, removing the weakening effect of others overcoming their fear of you, but retaining the effect of absorbing fear. You can use the fear of others towards you as a source of your strength.

After seeing the effect of Pennywise-Fear, Xiao Xian finally understood why Pennywise had fallen into the hands of several children. It turned out that Pennywise had the ability to become stronger by absorbing fear, and that he would be weakened when others overcame their fear.

In the movie, after several people overcame their fear, the originally gigantic Pennywise became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a mini clown who had difficulty walking, and was killed by everyone by having his heart dug out.

However, this ability targets Pennywise rather than the Death Ray. Considering that the Death Ray flew away after Pennywise's death in the movie, this effect is most likely useless against the Death Ray.

Before obtaining thermal vision, this skill might not be of much use to Xiao Xian, because other people's hatred towards him had long been overloaded. But now with thermal vision, whether it is hatred or fear, the more emotional power the better for Xiao Xian.

More importantly, this ability comes from Pennywise. Although it looks ordinary, its potential is immeasurable. Except for buggy superheroes like Superman, the abilities of monsters are generally more buggy than those of superheroes and super villains.

Just like the super regeneration that came out of Tomie, Xiao Xian thought it was just a life-saving skill at first, but it actually changed the essence of Xiao Xian's life, and also extended to a series of practical superpowers including teleportation, parasitism, no CD enhancement, monitoring, etc.

The same goes for Super Charm. Although no fancy extended abilities have been developed, the effect of automatically raising the favorability of the opposite sex to the maximum when meeting is very buggy.

For example, now, if Beverly didn't have super charm, it would be so easy for her to believe Xiao Xian, a stranger. Not only was she willing to face the shadow of her childhood and reveal all the information about Pennywise, but she was also willing to accompany her to challenge Pennywise who had just defeated Superman.

Not to mention the stranger Xiao Xian, even Billy, the leader of the League of Losers who saved his friends' lives in the movie, had to work hard to convince his friends to face the Joker again. In the end, it was Pennywise who came to his aid and said that he would definitely kill everyone, so everyone had to fight with Pennywise.

"If you go, I'll go with you." Looking at Xiao Xian's handsome face, Beverly held Xiao Xian's hand and said, "If I can kill him once, I can kill him a second time. Although we don't have the help of our friends this time, with you here, we will definitely succeed."

In fact, Beverly was not sure about defeating Pennywise. Just because one can do something when one is young does not mean one can do it when one grows up.

Just like in the fairy tale, when faced with the king’s new clothes, none of the adults had the courage to expose it, and in the end it was the children who saw through the lie.

But Beverly couldn't just watch Xiao Xian go find Pennywise while she did nothing. Rather than staying at home and waiting for the outcome, Beverly would rather face it with Xiao Xian. Even if they failed, they could die together.

After the death of her best friend, Beverly almost lost the motivation to live. If she had not met Xiao Xian, she would have planned to commit suicide after the murderer was tried.

(End of this chapter)