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Although this was different from what Depp had told him, Clark had no complaints; he had only one belief in his heart: he had to stop Zod.

Zod's fists collided with Clark's palms, and the immense force propelled Clark backward hundreds of meters.

But Clark's feet remained firmly planted on the ground.

Otherwise, Clark might have been thrown thousands of meters.

pain!

This was a feeling that Clark had almost never experienced before.

Even when facing those in Gotham City who were similar to him and whom Depp called Homelander clones, Clark was not injured at all and did not feel any pain.

And now...

The pain from being struck by Zod's fists was driving Clark's brain to a frenzy.

Clark's pupils contracted slightly, because he realized that the pain he had just experienced had aroused his body.

From childhood, although Jonathan and Martha often told Clark that when they first met him, Clark was unusually weak.

He often suffers from prolonged fever, as well as constant nosebleeds and shock.

The situation only gradually improved a week later.

However, Clark's memories of these events are rather vague.

Since he could remember, Clark had almost never experienced pain or injury.

While this spared him much pain and danger, it also left him feeling incredibly lost.

Sometimes, Clark even wondered if he was even a living being...

At that moment, he finally realized that he was a living, breathing human being.

Whether they were Earthlings or Kryptonians, Clark was excited about it!

After the first strike, Zod landed on his feet and began punching Clark repeatedly.

If it were the old Clark, he would have been completely overwhelmed by Zod's Kryptonian fighting style.

But now, after training, Clark's combat skills are no less than Zod's.

Clark's fighting style originated from Bruce.

Bruce's fighting style is a synthesis of various martial arts, including Muay Thai, boxing, taekwondo, judo, Japanese ninjutsu, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Therefore, even though Clark is currently weaker than Zod in terms of strength, he is still in no way inferior in close combat.

Clark deflected Zod's punch with his palm, and a shockwave erupted from the point where their hands and wrists touched, blowing away all the rubble and debris on the surrounding ground and creating a huge clearing over a hundred meters in diameter.

After deflecting Zod's fist, Clark clenched his right fist and slammed it into Zod's chest.

Zod was slightly shocked upon seeing this.

He hadn't expected Clark's fighting skills to be so formidable. Logically speaking, Clark was a naturally born baby, unlike himself, who was a Kryptonian with top-tier warrior genes.

However, despite his racing thoughts, Zod's hands reflexively pulled back, gripping Clark's wrist tightly when Clark's fist was less than three centimeters from his chest.

"You want to hit me? You're hundreds of years too early!"

As soon as Zod finished speaking, Clark's right hand, which had been clenched into a fist, suddenly opened into a palm.

The change from fist to palm also increased Clark's attack range by four centimeters!

Clark's fingertips pierced Zod's suit like steel knives. Zod was clearly not prepared for this. Clark's attack caused his hands, which were tightly gripping Zod's wrists, to tremble slightly, and Clark immediately seized the opportunity!

The moment Zod's strength weakened, Clark clenched his fist again, then unleashed a burst of power, slamming his fist into Zod's chest.

This punch carried the force of a thunderbolt, instantly causing Zod's entire chest to cave in.

Zod was instantly sent flying by Clark's attack, crashing into countless buildings before finally coming to a stop.

The collapse of his chest made Zod feel a little short of breath.

Buried at the bottom of the ruins, without sunlight, Zod's physical recovery was extremely slow.

Zod tried to get up, but found that almost all the bones in his body had been shattered by Clark's full-force punch, and he couldn't stand up at all.

"Damn it, how can I die here like this?"

Zod stared at the dark, gaping entrance to the ruins, the light in his eyes beginning to fade.

If Krypton cannot be rebuilt, then its existence becomes meaningless.

Suddenly, the stones in front of the ruins began to loosen.

As pieces were lifted and discarded one by one, the first rays of sunlight shone in.

Sunlight streamed through the cave entrance, illuminating a spot not far from Zod's left-hand fingers.

Zod struggled to move his fingers, and just as he was about to touch the ray of sunlight, all the stones in front of the ruins were moved aside.

The sunlight shone on Zod like a spring breeze, and his injuries began to heal rapidly.

In front of Zod, outside the entrance to the ruins, a shadowy figure appeared.

His cloak fluttered in the gale, making him look like a true savior.

Zod could tell it was Elkar, that damned, capable traitor.

The other party punched him so badly, yet personally came to rescue him from the ruins?

However, Zod felt no gratitude whatsoever for Clark's kindness at this moment.

His heart was still filled with anger, hatred, and humiliation.

Zod gently turned the button on his suit, maximizing the suit's power amplification to its limit.

Then, as Clark lowered his head, reached out his hand, and asked himself, "Are you alright, Mr. Zod?" Zod's eyes, already fully charged with heat rays, shot out without hesitation, hitting Clark directly in the face.

With a hissing sound, Clark was caught off guard and blasted away by Zod's heat ray.

During those seven days of training, Clark made significant progress in his fighting skills and other areas.

But for the absolutely kind Clark, those training sessions on the evil in human nature were so tedious that he couldn't even pass; he could only ever get a zero!

After landing a successful blow, Zod braced himself with his hands on the ground and leaped out of the ruins with all four limbs, heading straight for Clark, who had been blasted into the air by the heat ray.

Bang bang bang bang!

Zod threw a series of punches, and sonic booms immediately echoed in the sky.

Meanwhile, Clark found himself in an extremely passive position.

It wasn't just because of Zod's sneak attack, but also because Clark suddenly realized that he could no longer keep up with Zod's speed.

Zod is now more than five times stronger and faster than before!

At this moment, Clark was being relentlessly attacked by Zod in mid-air like a ball.

Clark's muscles shattered inch by inch under Zod's attacks, countless bones broke, and blood flowed all over his body, making him look like a blood monster.

After all, Zod is different from Clark; he won't show any mercy to his opponents.

In particular, this opponent was physically evenly matched with him.

Pain, extreme pain!

If today was the first day Clark experienced pain in his life, then now is the first time Clark is experiencing excruciating pain.

With his keen senses, Clark could clearly perceive that his muscles were cracking inch by inch, his bones were breaking into countless bone fragments, and his internal organs had turned into dust and were gushing out of his mouth.

This was the first time in Clark's life that he had felt despair.

At that moment, he had only one thought: to get Depp out of there as soon as possible.

Because he knew that he was far too weak compared to Zod in front of him, so weak that he had no chance to fight back.

And Johnny Depp... doesn't seem to have the power to contend with Zod.

Beneath them, Depp, seeing this, no longer hid or observed, but instead leaped into the air, his eyes unleashing a torrent of heat rays carrying immense power, heading straight for them.

However, Zod's current speed is simply too fast.

Zod grabbed Clark and used him as a shield.

Just as the heat ray with purple lightning was about to hit Clark, it suddenly made a sharp turn and then shot towards Zod's back.

"Interesting!" Zod once again shielded Clark behind him, laughing. "While I don't know how you can make your heat beams deflect, I'm clearly faster. Your trick is useless! Unless... you can disregard this kid's safety and take us all with you..."

Pfft!

Sizzle sizzle!

Before he could finish speaking, he discovered that the heat rays emitted by Depp had actually passed through Clark's abdomen and headed straight for Zod.

Upon seeing this, Zod immediately threw the already unconscious Clark into the distance, and then stomped his foot, rising thousands of meters into the air.

After missing his target, Depp did not pursue him but instead flew over and caught the blood-soaked Clark.

Looking at Clark, who was already unconscious in his arms and whose stomach had been burned by his heat rays, Depp took out a bottle of concentrated life essence and poured it directly on him.

Soon, Clark's wounds began to heal rapidly under the influence of the concentrated essence of life and sunlight.

But it seems the pain he just experienced was too extreme, and Clark fell into a coma.

Depp landed quickly, placed Clark in a house that had lost its roof, and then took off into the sky, looking around for Zod's whereabouts.

A few beads of cold sweat trickled down Depp's temples, and his heart was pounding.

Zod's display of power had even made Depp's heart pound.

That level of speed and power was enough to crush Clark.

This was something Depp hadn't anticipated at all.

Even now, Depp can't understand why their power could be amplified to such an extent by the yellow sun.

Even Clark, who had been bathed in the yellow sunlight for nearly twenty years, was completely overwhelmed and had no chance to fight back.

Depp looked around several times but still couldn't find Zod's location.

But just then, Bruce sent a message.

Their suits can amplify their power exponentially, so be extremely careful... I think you must be our last hope, Depp.

Can the Kryptonian suit amplify power exponentially?