American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 375 Making Superpower Feel Despair

"Got you?" Superpower looked at Rune coldly, a low smile spreading across his face.

In a very short time, Superpower's muscles worked in unison. His feet crushed the irregular ground beneath him, and power surged upwards along his thigh muscles like a raging torrent, while his core muscles in his waist and abdomen transmitted this terrifying power to his arms.

In that instant, due to the rush of blood and the tension in his muscles, Superman's arm swelled dramatically, and the surrounding air was compressed into visible ripples. Under this pressure, each of his finger joints made a muffled sound.

"Go to hell!"

Superba roared and grinned as his fist, embodying his despicable and brutal nature, hurtled towards Rune like a meteor.

boom!

Rune was immediately sent flying by the punch.

What comes to mind when you think of a monk?

Powerful and dazzling magic, bizarre and varied spells—and what else? A frail body. This stereotype leads most people to mistakenly believe that mages are weaklings who can only use magic, and that they are helpless once someone gets close.

Superb naturally had the same thought. After his pleas for mercy were answered, he had been preparing for a long time. However, although Superb unleashed this punch, and it landed squarely on Rune, he still looked solemnly at his hand.

It doesn't feel right!

This feeling was similar to—his attack on Luther before, that fool who possessed the power of the Seven Gods but could only use it to enhance his physical body because he didn't know how to use it—

In the distance, a voice resounded directly in his mind—a voice from hell.

"Although I never intended to spare your life, you have truly surprised me."

Upon hearing this, Superpower's pupils contracted sharply, and the signature cruel arrogance on his face vanished, replaced by a sickly pallor. An emotion he had almost never experienced before was rising up his spine, and he breathed rapidly, trying to calm the tension in his heart.

The next moment, Rune charged straight at him in a way that was extremely familiar to him.

boom!

This was an extremely pure clash of strength. Rune's punch struck Superpower hard, and Superpower responded hastily. The two fists collided, and the resulting sonic waves shattered the surrounding glass—even though the glass had been reinforced with magic.

Compared to Rune's magic, his physical strength is equally impressive. It's worth noting that the magic he first learned and that had the most profound influence on him was from the Harry Potter world, where magic is essentially physical strength.

Furthermore, magic in the Harry Potter world further enhances the wizard's body, which is why even Clark, who received God's blessing, could only grow at the same rate as Rune.

Although it is a weakened version of Kryptonian physique, Rune's physique will still be strengthened by eating and being exposed to sunlight. The strengthening of physique means the strengthening of physical strength, which in turn means the strengthening of magic power. Ultimately, the magic power will also nourish Rune's physique, which is the virtuous cycle within Rune's body.

If this continues, Rune's power will increase infinitely.

The consequences of their collision went far beyond that. The shockwave emanating from Superpower and Rune spread outwards in a ring, shattering countless twisting and spinning buildings. If Rune's magic hadn't been so powerful, the Mirror Space would likely have shattered instantly.

Caught off guard, Superpower was only held back for a few seconds before being instantly sent flying. He staggered backward for hundreds of meters, crashing into three buildings before barely managing to regain his footing.

Whew—Whew—

Superb began to breathe heavily, each breath even spitting out eerie green kryptonite particles. Perhaps due to the bloodshot eyes from the impact, or perhaps due to extreme anger, his eyes turned bloodshot, making him look exceptionally terrifying.

"Why?" Superba roared, his voice hoarse and distorted with anger and fear. "You're a mage! You're just a mage! I've defeated monsters like you, and you took this punch from me. Why are you still standing?"

His words were hysterical. Superpower had long been used to being a ruler and accustomed to the path of invincibility, so when he realized that he could not defeat Rune at all, he naturally broke down.

Why do you possess both powerful magic and immense strength?

"Because I'm stronger than you." Rune's reply was quite calm. "Isn't this what you've always believed in? The survival of the fittest, the strong dominating the weak—"

Then, Rune acted again. His figure disappeared instantly in Superb's sight. The next moment, the mage appeared in front of Superb's side and then delivered a fierce downward kick like a battle axe.

Rune gave Superpower very little time to react, so much so that he only had time to raise his arms to block.

Click!

A sickening cracking sound rang out instantly, and Superb let out a painful groan before being slammed to the ground by Rune's terrifyingly powerful force.

boom!

Even with the magic's blessing, the ground was still smashed into a crater nearly seventy meters in diameter, and spiderweb-like cracks spread to the horizon in an instant.

This time, even the mirror space itself began to show signs of screen distortion, like an old and broken television. Clearly, Rune's attack was about to shatter this space that was independent of the real world.

Superpower lay in the center of the pit, feeling that his arm was almost shattered. The excruciating pain nearly made him faint, but he still struggled to reach out and try to take out Kryptonite from his suit.

As long as he takes out a kryptonite—just one kryptonite—he can recover from this severe injury!

A shadow fell over the Superb.

Rune landed slowly at the edge of the pit. In Superpower's eyes, sunlight streamed down from behind the handsome boy, enveloping him in a halo, but his face appeared somewhat blurry because he was backlit.

Only those eyes, those eyes that faintly revealed a scarlet light in their blackness, were coldly watching him, watching—the loser at the bottom of the pit!

Rune's calmness contrasted sharply with Superpower's disheveled state, creating a despairing situation for the latter.

"Is this what you yearn for?" Rune asked. "Hmm?"

"Always talking about the survival of the fittest is like you yourself are a lion on the African savanna, enjoying the legal system, social welfare and public infrastructure built by human civilization over thousands of years, while forcibly taking these things for yourself."

Rune walked up to Superpower and said, "No, what you worship is never the real survival of the fittest, but a part of the ecosystem that you have edited yourself, and in this ecosystem, you just happen to be the one at the top of the food chain."