Superman from the comics: Starting with the Black Robe

Chapter 489 Non-flammable materials

The burning Martian furnace, which Martian Manhunter himself embodied, continues to wreak havoc in every corner of Metropolis.

All of this was thanks to Ganther's need to disrupt the battle and rescue Apasa.

Apasa's previous assessment of Ganser wasn't entirely wrong—"If this young man Ganser had lived a little longer, he would still have been an old man like Apasa."

He did not choose to exterminate them, but instead gave the ancient Martians a way to survive. However, when he needed it, he also personally removed this restriction.

The "Forge" is burning its former kin everywhere, transforming them into another kind of kin in a truly different sense.

The Martians' true nature lies in their telepathic abilities; those Martians with telepathic abilities inherently possess a shared network of mental clusters.

This is why Ganther was able to so easily imprint the idea of ​​"Fear Flame" on the entire race.

Now, as more and more new members join the Mind Network, the power of the "Furnace" at its core is growing stronger.

When Joey descended from the sky and elbowed away the furnace that was still burning another of his kind, he realized that his elbowing had had no effect on the Martian.

The furnace, which slowly rose from the charred concrete ruins, still had no flames burning down. Instead, Joey felt a tangible force sweeping over him through the air, which was distorted by the intense heat.

Telepathy is basically useless against Joey, but that's only true for those foolish enough to dare to directly intrude into their own inner world.

Now, the other party is simply broadcasting their thoughts outward like a radar scan, but the malice, like needles, can still be sensed by him.

Joey once again leaped forward and threw a punch, but Furnace dodged it with his usual speed. Furnace's speed suddenly increased to an extremely fast level, and he even had the spare capacity to retaliate with a claw strike on Joey.

Relying on his toughness, Joey took the blow head-on without dodging or avoiding it. Three deep claw marks, revealing the bone, appeared on his chest. Before the blood could even spurt out, the scorching heat seared and solidified the wounds.

The original form of the Burning Martian demonstrates its cunning and treachery—partly because it is still essentially a Martian hunter, albeit with a cruel side.

Although the Martians of the primitive era were cruel and cunning, they were relatively ignorant and lacked the sharp thinking of the Green Martians who have thrived for thousands of years.

Martians are physically stronger than ordinary races, let alone Ron Jungs, the last hunter on Mars.

Ten thousand years later, Ganther unlocked the limitations of what was practically the last genius among the Martians, transforming him into an unstoppable super monster.

Even before he was engaged in close combat with a Kryptonian, when he was only restricted by the Ice Breath technique, he never unleashed such an outrageous speed.

However, once someone gets close, this Martian can suddenly burst into action during the fight, delivering a fatal blow to the person he is entangled with.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing that Joey was severely injured due to his deliberate concealment, the Forge was filled with smug satisfaction. Catching up, it prepared to expand its victory: "Die!"

In this one-on-one battle against the Kryptonians, the Forge was convinced that it was practically invincible—

The Martian's telepathic abilities allow him to seamlessly read the surface thoughts of others, just like when he dodged Superman's punch. Besides his speed, the more important reason was that he had already seen through Superman's next move.

In addition, Martians are physically capable of wrestling with Kryptonians, their unique molecular structure makes them almost immune to blunt force trauma, and their fear of fire has been completely removed.

This meant that the Kryptonians' punches, heat vision, and even any killing moves could not cause him any effective damage; the freezing breath could only temporarily restrict his movements.

With this thought in mind, the furnace was already rushing towards Superman at high speed, and a pair of transformed beast claws were plunging straight into the opponent's chest. At the same time, it was also using telepathy to scan Superman's surface thoughts, trying to see through the opponent's dodging movements and lock onto his evasion route.

But what the furnace didn't expect was that Superman, who had almost been ripped open by its claws, had no intention of dodging at all, but instead charged straight at it with the deadly blow.

The only thought process the furnace can read is a short sentence—it must be solved within thirty seconds.

What is this Kryptonian thinking?

Before the furnace could sense Superman's next move, its claws had already reached for the latter's chest.

If that's the case, why not just kill him?

A Kryptonian's punch couldn't possibly cause much damage to a Martian's physical structure. Even if it was a trade of injuries, the Crucible would still come out ahead!

The very next second he thought this, his claws successfully slipped into the wound on Superman's chest that had already scabbed over from the high temperature, but that was all.

With a snap, the sharp claws overlapped with the hole in the wound that had been made the first time, and further down, only the sound of metal clashing could be heard.

The furnace realized that this claw had hit a tough spot—it wasn't even bone, but still flesh and blood!

In a short period of time, Superman's defense also increased by several orders of magnitude, to the point that his claws could no longer tear the opponent's flesh even a little bit as they had before!

Could it be that Superman, like I deliberately suppressed my speed at the beginning, injured himself to lower my guard?

Why didn't I read this point during this half-day of telepathy?

"Are you done?"

Joey, who had no idea what it meant to hide his true abilities, simply had become more resilient after his first injury.

As for the furnace, it always used its telepathic abilities to guard against Joey's petty tricks in battle. If it were an opponent like Batman, he might have gotten the better of Joey.

But Joey's fighting strategy has always been simple and brutal turn-based, the kind where you give me a claw and I'll give you a punch, without any ulterior motives.

Seeing the furnace's claws wedged against his chest, unable to move, he calmly clenched his fist: "Now it's my turn!"

With a powerful punch, Joey propelled the furnace along its pre-calculated trajectory out of the atmosphere, escaping Earth's orbit and heading straight for the outer reaches of the solar system.

Joey, who had leaped up to catch up, hugged the furnace tightly, which had almost been knocked backward by the punch, and continued flying forward until the two of them explored outwards and crashed on the outermost Uranus.

The furnace crashed along with Superman, and their flight and the high temperature they generated triggered a violent chain reaction on the planet's surface, producing a large amount of steam.

Uranus is an outer planet whose surface is almost entirely composed of ice. The ice formed from the condensation of complex methane and ammonia gases gives this planet, which is extremely far from the sun, temperatures that are close to absolute zero.

With his biofield shielding him from the low temperature, Joey watched as the flames around the furnace were constantly being eroded by the environment. Even the brief combustion of the gases ignited by the flames around him could not truly counteract the extreme cold that had accumulated over hundreds of millions of years in the absence of oxygen.

Joey calculated the time; there were about 25 seconds left. So, without even bothering to loosen his wrists, he delivered a swift and powerful punch, embedding the "furnace," whose movement was restricted in the extreme cold, into the icy ground. "Ready for some 'scene interaction'?" he asked.

Does this Martian like to get fired up?

Joey is going to beat him to a pulp right here!

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