I'm in an American comic book, and all my teammates are main characters and bosses.

Chapter 85, Phase Two: The Essence of the Boss Battle

Having narrowly escaped Superman's heat vision, Ciri looked at the spot where she had been hit, a hint of lingering fear in her eyes.

While it's true that Ciri is immune to the World Virus's corruption due to the system acting as an antibody, this doesn't mean she's immune to its enhanced energy attacks. Everything in this world, whether energy or matter, is fundamentally composed of arcane energy. Even the World Virus is itself composed of an unknown, special arcane energy.

And now, this sheer mass crushing power is enough to shatter everything in Superman's way!

"Thomas, you go first."

Ron calmly said, "The viral concentration around Superman has increased, and your armor can't filter out the curse. And Barry, you too. From now on, focus on support and avoid physical contact unless absolutely necessary. Once this guy reacts, even the Speed ​​Force can't guarantee complete safety."

"OK!"

Nodding, Barry stood up from the ruins beside him and moved his arm, which had just been reconnected from its fracture. His eyes were filled with solemnity.

Thomas did not hesitate at all after hearing Ron's words. The core engine restarted, and with the opening of the sonic boom channel, he quickly disappeared from the battlefield.

The Infinite City isn't far from the material realm; once you find the right direction, it's like there's only a thin veil separating you from it. With Ron's permission, everyone could even clearly see the escalating battlefield on Paradise Island on the other side of the Explosive Sonic Passage—Diana was like a killing machine, her gleaming silver champion's helmet covered in bits of flesh and blood.

With a crazed look in his eyes, he single-handedly overwhelmed both Aquaman and Mera, taking advantage of his home-field advantage on Paradise Island's divine position.

It's worth mentioning that raising one's head to fight seems to be an old tradition of the world's viruses. Mera, whose head was cut off by Diana, also held up her own head. However, unlike Superman's heat vision, Mera used her head as a medium to unleash magic, manipulating seawater to fight back.

Upon entering the sonic tunnel and landing on the battlefield, Thomas unleashed a full-scale saturation bombardment—every zombie was a walking health pack for Karl El. Killing one reduced its energy reserves by one point!

As the unrelated personnel were cleared out, Ciri gripped her rune sword tightly, while Kratos, who had been blasted away by the heat vision, instantly returned to the battlefield.

Despite the protection of the Guardian's Shield, the aftershocks of the heat vision still struck Kratos, leaving numerous dark red blood blisters on his body.

Kratos glanced at the blood blisters on his body, then nonchalantly reached out and broke them open, tearing off flesh along with the blood. As the divine power surged through his body, the horrific wounds healed rapidly within a few breaths.

"How do I do it?"

"Do whatever you want!" As the most resilient of everyone present, Ron had absolutely no intention of ordering Kratos around.

"This guy's going all out, burning more zombies per second than he revives once! But it doesn't really matter, we have a system that's immune to the virus, Ciri and I will provide backup, and those who know the tactics, know them all. Let's just go head-to-head!"

"A good plan."

"Is this even a plan?" Ciri couldn't help but scoff. "And to survive even after having its head chopped off, its vitality is just too tenacious!"

"Phase two is the essence of the boss fight! Let's go!!"

Without a word, Kratos charged forward again. The Leviathan Axe in his hand, honed over this period, unleashed power far greater than ever before. Surging frost, accompanied by bursts of divine power, spread outwards, the chillingly low temperature and blazing fury clashing together. Even in this desperate state, burning countless undead every second, Superman's eyes remained solemn. Then, he raised the severed head high, like a lantern heralding the end of the world, and a torrent of black arcane energy erupted from Superman's face!

The battle axe clashed head-on with the arcane beam. The axe, crackling with fury, cleaved the beam in two in an instant. However, with the further amplification of its energy output, Kratos's advancing figure began to weaken at an alarming rate. Before Kratos could muster the strength to launch another powerful attack, Superman gripped his right arm and dove to Kratos's side, intending to deliver a devastating blow!

*Whoosh!* Driven by the Speed ​​Force, the Flash hurtled in from the side. The Speed ​​Force enveloped him, its powerful field protecting his relatively frail body. But before Barry could even strike Superman, Superman reacted in time, delivering a powerful punch to Barry's chest!

His head snapped back, and a long-awaited heat beam shot out towards the out-of-control Barry. But before this torrent of energy could hit Barry, it was swallowed up by a portal, and then a portal opened behind Barry, the violent beam seemingly grazing past him and shooting into the distance!

"Great!" Barry exclaimed gratefully, "It would have been even better if we could have aimed the exit at this guy!"

"Stop making unreasonable demands of me!"

Barry didn't understand Ciri's level, but Ron knew perfectly well—for Ciri, simply trying to catch an attack from Superman was already a stretch. As for using Superman's attacks to attack Superman? Are you really expecting so much from a novice sorcerer from a low-magic world?!

As he spoke, Ron approached Superman. He raised his dual-wielding saw blade high, and with the speed force boosting it, a ring of jet-black lightning erupted around the blade as he swung it in a wide arc.

*Crack!* Superman blocked Ron's heavy slash with his right arm, but before he could react, Kratos flew out of the opened world gate, his muscular body arching backward, then suddenly snapping open like a taut bowstring, the explosive power flowing into his battle axe and slashing towards Superman's body.

At the same time, Ron twisted his battle blade, using the serrated edge of the meat saw to jam Superman's arm. Although pinned to the spot and unable to dodge effectively, Superman showed no panic. He simply turned slightly to the side, allowing Kratos's battle axe to sever his right arm. The instant the arm severed, accompanied by a splatter of black blood, a heat beam pierced through the blood-soaked barrier, striking Ron's arm squarely!

Seeing this, Ron's eyes turned serious, and he then detonated his left arm.

As the Speed ​​Force ring fell to the side, Ron himself exited Speedster mode. And Superman? In that brief instant, before his severed right arm even had a chance to dissipate into lifeless dust, a lighter-skinned new hand had already grown from the severed surface!

(End of this chapter)