The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1303 A Last Resort
It was Hai Shaoxia who threw the stun grenade, precisely to avoid battle.

From any perspective, it's not advisable for him to confront the Young Justice League head-on right now, which is why Sea Hero chose this current approach.

However, he only threw ordinary stun grenades, which would not cause much damage to people.

After all, Hai Shaoxia's purpose in coming here was just to act, and in his mind, the best-case scenario was to fail when he was almost successful.

Robin, an ordinary human, suffered from hearing and blindness for a period of time after being hit by the shock bomb, and also lost her sense of balance. Stargirl was in a similar situation. Even though her body was enhanced by cosmic powers, her physique was not much different from that of a human.

As for Superboy and Martian Girl, they can recover quickly from this level of attack.

However, one of them was still under the control of magic, and the other had not yet fully recovered from the effects of the nerve rays.

Because Raven is the offspring of Sangu, her physique is actually different from that of ordinary people. However, the stun grenade still made her become like Robin for a short period of time.

Hai Shaoxia seized this brief moment, manipulating the water flow to cover the raven's mouth and nose, hoping to cause it to faint from lack of oxygen.

The sudden attack did frighten Raven, after all, she was far from being a warrior and lacked combat experience. It was fortunate that she didn't launch an indiscriminate attack in her panic.

This also caused her to miss the best opportunity to break free from the water magic. Although she had half demon blood, the raven could still breathe.

Suffocation gradually blurred her consciousness until she completely lost consciousness.

After confirming that Raven had fainted, the young hero of the sea dispelled his water magic. He picked up the raven lying on the ground and was about to leave when he discovered that an uninvited guest had appeared behind him.

It was Superboy, who had just broken free of the magical barrier, while Zatanna, who had freed him, was still floating in the air.

“I’ll deal with him. Zatanna, go check on the others.”

Superboy spoke to Zatanna in the air, bypassing Sea Boy. Zatanna nodded without hesitation and flew towards Robin and the others.

"Put her down, Jackson," Superboy said coldly. "If you behave, I might consider being a little gentler with you."

“What if I say no?” Jackson lifted the raven with one hand and pulled out the water container with the other.

"Then I'll settle all my old and new scores with you, and you might break a few bones."

Honestly, Superboy's words were quite intimidating, but Hai Shaoxia wouldn't just surrender because of that threat; otherwise, all his previous actions would have been in vain.

Gripping the water container tightly, Hai Shaoxia took the initiative, waving his weapon like a magic wand, and a ball of water the size of a head flew towards Superboy's head.

Upon seeing this, Superboy slightly opened his mouth, and then a cold breath came out of his mouth, freezing the water ball into an ice block in mid-air.

Ice may be harder than water, but it has far fewer variations. Superboy's move effectively shut down all of Sea Boy's subsequent moves.

Ignoring the ice puck hitting him, Superboy flashed in front of Sea Boy and then delivered a powerful punch to the latter's stomach, sending him flying.

"Pooh!"

The punch came too fast. Although Hai Shaoxia was prepared, he couldn't defend against it at all. The attack on his abdomen left him powerless for a moment, and he immediately let go of Raven's hand.

Superboy caught Raven before Raven flew off as well. He had already confirmed with his X-ray vision that Raven had only fainted from suffocation and had not suffered any fatal injuries. On the other hand, Sea Knight's armor did little to mitigate his injuries; in fact, it shattered into pieces by Superboy's punch, essentially retiring shortly after starting his job.

Pushing himself up, Hai Shaoxia ripped off the now-useless armor, revealing a reddish-purple fist mark on his abdomen.

"vomit!"

The abdominal injury caused Hai Shaoxia to gag uncontrollably. Even someone as virtuous as him couldn't help but blame Super Boy in his heart for being too ruthless.

He managed to condense a ball of water and apply it to the wound on his abdomen. The Atlantean's special physique made him feel much more comfortable. If he had another minute, even this kind of injury should have healed.

But it's clear that Superboy won't give him that chance.

Hai Shaoxia had just gotten up when Super Boy flew in front of him, grabbed him by the neck with one hand, and slammed him against the wall.

"By Poseidon," Sea Warrior grabbed Superboy's arm tightly. "I've had enough."

Runes appeared on his arms, and bursts of blue lightning erupted from them. Even Superboy had to retreat in the face of the magical electricity.

Releasing his right hand to avoid the electric shock, Sea Boy was about to take the opportunity to use other magic when he was once again punched in the face by Superboy.

Superboy, enhanced with Kryptonian genes, is simply too powerful. The young sea boy, out of water, doesn't even have the strength to fight him. He can seize even the slightest opening in a second and never misses.

As he slid helplessly down the wall, nearly fainting, Hai Shaoxia was now somewhat angry, thinking resentfully.

'Now, I've really had enough.'

Superboy seemed to be pressing his advantage, but suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness from the inside out, and at the same time, he felt a slight dizziness and almost couldn't stand up.

"How is this going?"

Superboy took two steps back, almost falling to the ground because he couldn't stand. Just as he was wondering what was going on, a sudden green light gave him the answer.

The green light emanated from Hai Shaoxia's hand, where a small box lay in his palm, containing a green cone-shaped crystal.

"This is... kryptonite?"

As one of the few weaknesses of Kryptonians, Superboy naturally recognized it, but he had never been so close to Kryptonite before, and Kryptonite had never had such a big impact on him.

"I thought I'd need it someday, so I brought it with me."

Hai Shaoxia's condition wasn't much better than Superboy's. Those punches had taken a heavy toll on him, and he estimated that one more punch would knock him unconscious.

"Looking back now, I realize that my initial judgment was correct."

"Ugh..." Superboy collapsed weakly to the ground, and as Sea Hero got closer and closer, his body grew weaker and weaker.

(End of this chapter)