He was selling gashapon toys in Marvel Studios, and at the beginning, Tony turned into Kuuga.

A dazzling beam of light pierced through Gotham's thick clouds.

With a deafening roar, the fifty-meter-tall Ultraman Ginga descended upon the ruins.

The blue, luminous crystal appeared incredibly sacred in the night.

The vengeful goddesses, including Big Barda, retreated.

They had heard of this giant of light from Steppenwolf's intelligence reports.

"Finally, a big guy has appeared."

The mantis stared at Ultraman Ginga before it, its eyes filled with greed.

"You look delicious."

Bruce didn't waste any words.

Ultraman Ginga raised his massive right foot and, with the force of a mountain crashing down, stomped down hard on the mantis.

boom!

The ground trembled.

But Bruce felt as if he were stepping on a giant sponge.

Ultraman Ginga moved his foot away.

"It looks big, but it's a bit small when it stands up!"

The praying mantis stood unharmed at the bottom of the pit, its hands supporting it above, a mocking smile on its face.

Bruce didn't believe in superstition.

Ultraman Ginga clenched his fists and unleashed a barrage of powerful punches on the mantis.

Each punch was accompanied by a sonic boom.

But the mantis didn't even make a defensive move.

He even climbed up Ultraman Ginga's arm, his armor glowing with a blinding red light.

Bruce felt the light energy within his body rapidly draining away through his arm!

This bug can even absorb Ultraman's light!

Bruce was shocked and immediately swung his other arm, swatting the mantis away like a mosquito.

He quickly created distance.

If physical attacks don't work, then we'll have to use our ultimate move!

Ultraman Ginga crossed his arms in front of his chest, and all the blue crystals turned into a dazzling yellow.

"Galaxy-piercing ray!"

A dazzling beam of light shot out from Ultraman Ginga's right arm, heading straight for the mantis.

The mantis steadied itself in mid-air and opened its large mouth.

The galactic beam of light, powerful enough to shatter mountains in an instant, was swallowed by the mantis like water flowing into a funnel.

The mantis's body swelled up again, and even the light of Ultraman Ginga shone from its belly.

"Delicious! Absolutely exquisite!"

The mantis wiped its mouth, still seemingly unsatisfied.

Bruce froze completely.

The color timer on his chest began flashing a rapid red light.

Exhausted.

Most of the energy was also absorbed.

The figure of Ultraman Ginga began to become illusory.

In this one-sided crushing defeat, Batman felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

Beep beep.

Beep beep.

The sound of the color timer was particularly jarring in the deathly silent Gotham Square.

Bruce knelt on the ground, supporting Ultraman Ginga's massive body so that he wouldn't fall over.

despair.

No matter what move I make, it's perfectly countered.

"Giant of Light? It's just a larger energy storage tank."

The mantis, rubbing its round belly, slowly walked towards Ultraman Ginga.

"Now, it's my turn to return it to you."

The praying mantis grinned and raised its forelegs.

Just as the mantis was about to deflect the galactic rays it had just absorbed back into the air.

Boom!

A sonic boom cloud suddenly split open in the sky.

That's too fast.

Even before the sound reached the ears of the crowd.

A red and blue afterimage slammed into the mantis's side like a space-based weapon.

Click!

A crisp sound of shells cracking rang out.

The praying mantis's proud defense, which makes it immune to all physical attacks.

Under this unreasonable impact, a crack actually appeared!

The immense inertia carried the mantis, slicing through the ground and crashing through underground pipes across three streets before finally slamming into an abandoned, unfinished building.

Smoke and dust billowed into the sky.

A towering figure hovered in mid-air.

The bright red cloak fluttered in the strong wind.

superman.

Clark Kent.

His eyes still shone with a scarlet light, but the madness and chaos in them were gone.

Louise's call brought him back to his senses as a guardian of the Earth.

"Bruce, you look like you need some help."

Clark glanced back at Ultraman Ginga, whose energy was almost depleted, his voice calm yet reassuring.

Bruce breathed a sigh of relief.

Ultraman Ginga dissipated into countless particles of light.

Bruce collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

"Watch out, Clark."

"That green worm can absorb any energy and is immune to physical attacks."

"Oh? Is that so?" Clark turned his head and looked at the collapsed, unfinished building.

Clark hovered in the air, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Let's see if he can catch the weight of this planet."

boom!

The ruins of the unfinished building were blown up.

The mantis roared and charged out.

A noticeable dent had appeared on his prized carapace.

"You will pay the price for your stupidity!"

The praying mantis spread its forelegs and pounced on Superman in mid-air.

Clark did not retreat but advanced.

The two collided instantly in mid-air.

There are no fancy skills.

Only the purest and most primal forces collide!

Bang bang bang!

A dense flurry of punches intertwined.

Their movements were completely invisible to the naked eye; all that could be seen were two blurry shadows colliding repeatedly in the sky above Gotham.

Each punch creates a visible white shockwave in the air.

The glass curtain wall below shattered one after another amidst a terrifying sonic boom.

"That's too brutal..." Pietro stared wide-eyed in the gashapon shop.

"Isn't this more exciting than watching a Hollywood blockbuster?"

Tony stared at the data panel, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

"Superman's power has no limit."

"Although mantises are immune to physical damage and can absorb kinetic energy."

"But absorption also takes time."

"If the damage input exceeds the limits that his cells can withstand and process in an instant, he will still be injured."

Above the square.

The more the mantis fought, the more frightened it became.

He felt as if he were facing not a person, but a meteorite hurtling towards him at full speed.

He desperately used his talent to absorb the kinetic energy from Superman's fist.

But Clark's punches grew heavier and faster with each blow.

The rate of absorption cannot keep up with the rate of destruction.

boom!

Superman delivered a powerful downward slash, slamming it hard into the mantis's shoulder.

The praying mantis fell like a cannonball, smashing the ground and creating a crater tens of meters deep.

"Have you absorbed enough?"

Superman hovered above the crater, looking down at the mantis spurting green blood.

"If I'm not full, I have plenty more."

The situation has completely stabilized.

Both the four vengeful goddesses and the arrogant mantis were suppressed.

In the distant ruins.

The severely injured Hal coughed and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.

He struggled to prop himself up, looking at Superman who was displaying incredible power in mid-air.

A forced, ugly smile finally appeared on his pale face.

"I knew it... once this guy shows up, there's no problem."

Hal raised his right hand, preparing to reassemble the green light energy.

However, in that moment of relaxation...

In the deep shadows behind him.

Without warning, a dark, sharp blade emerged.

There was no murderous intent.

There was no sound of wind.

There were no warnings of any energy fluctuations.

It's as if the shadow itself has grown a knife.

puff.

The sharp blade pierced Hal's left chest with pinpoint accuracy from behind.

It pierced right through the heart.

"Well……"

Hal's smile froze instantly.

He looked down in disbelief at the blood-dripping black knife tip on his chest.

"The core energy of the green light comes from willpower."

A voice as slippery as a venomous snake rang in his ear.

Kant, the chief assassin of Apokolips.

He clung to Hal's back like a ghost.

"A person's willpower is at its lowest point when they are most relaxed and think they are saved."

With a sudden twist of his wrist, Kant completely shattered Hal's heart.

Hal's eyes widened.

The green light ring on his right index finger flashed violently twice, emitting a desperate buzzing sound.

The light went out completely.

thump!