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Upon hearing this, Depp smiled knowingly and asked, "Are you referring to Fiora, the Kryptonian warrior with the short, neat hair, a sexy and toned body, and ridiculously long legs?"

Chapter 365 The Battle of Metropolis (Part 21)

“Yes, it’s her!” Bruce said weakly. “After I and another Kryptonian were both badly injured, I seem to have been captured by that woman.”

Depp pointed to Fiora, whom he had tied up not far away, and said, "Little Bat, do you want a wife?"

Bruce looked at Depp in shock and said, "What's wrong with you? This is a matter of life and death for the Earth!"

As he spoke, Bruce looked in the direction Depp was pointing.

When he saw Fiora still being subdued by Depp, the last breath he had been holding onto suddenly burst out, and he collapsed into Depp's arms.

"It's good that it's resolved, it's good that it's resolved..." Bruce said weakly.

"Would you like another bite?" Depp asked.

Upon hearing this, Bruce snatched the concentrated life essence from Depp's hand and drank it all in one gulp.

"Damn, you'd better use it sparingly, this thing is very precious!" Depp said upon seeing this.

After drinking a whole bottle of concentrated life essence, Bruce instantly regained his energy and strength.

He stood up, looked at Depp with considerable suspicion, and asked, "Have you taken care of the others?"

Upon hearing this, Depp replied, "Actually, it's being resolved."

“I’ve inserted kryptonite into Fiora’s chest, and the ropes binding him also contain kryptonite and have a tracking system. Now, you can carry Fiora to your base here.”

Depp left those words behind, then transformed into a streak of blue light and vanished before Bruce's eyes.

Bruce looked at the afterimage of lightning flashing before his eyes, smiled, turned around, and walked to Fiora's side.

He picked Fiora up, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and walked step by step toward the place he had agreed to meet Alfred.

At the agreed location, Alfred was already waiting in an SUV-style Batmobile.

When Alfred saw Bruce carrying the naked Fiora towards him, his eyes widened, then he immediately turned his head away, but a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

Bruce walked to the front of the Batmobile, opened the back door, threw Fiora, who was bound hand and foot, inside, and then sat down next to her.

As soon as the door closed, the Batmobile started moving.

As Alfred drove, he took a blanket from the passenger seat and tossed it into the back, saying, "I thought you weren't coming back. I never imagined you'd be carrying such a beautiful lady. Young Master Bruce, you can drape this blanket over this lady from Krypton. After all, if she's still so scantily clad, I won't dare turn around to look."

“I almost didn’t make it back.” Bruce draped a blanket over Fiora and said with some disappointment, “I was saved by Depp again.”

“So it’s Johnny Depp,” Alfred said. “Looks like our world has been saved by Johnny Depp once again. To be honest, I’m getting used to it.”

Upon hearing this, Fiora chimed in, "So that guy's name is Depp? If it weren't for that bastard, I'd be carrying you to Metropolis to meet up with General Zod. But don't worry, as long as you don't kill me, once General Zod arrives to rescue us, I'll kill you all without hesitation!"

"I think your General Zod probably won't come to your rescue."

As Bruce spoke, he showed Fiora the video call that Clark had made.

In the video, Clark is seen carrying Zod and flying towards Arkham Asylum.

There, you'll find the Kryptonite prison that Depp and Joseph co-created.

Fiora stared at Zod in the video, covered in blood and seemingly dead, her eyes filled with shock and bewilderment.

In her eyes, General Zod was invincible; how could he possibly be defeated by mere Earthlings?

But the video in front of her left her no room for doubt, and Fiora watched it silently.

Silence was Fiora's only response to Bruce.

Realizing the atmosphere had suddenly become awkward, Alfred said:

"I have to say, this Kryptonian lady has amazing skin and figure."

“Young Master Bruce, I think this is definitely your type. She and the previous one…”

Upon hearing this, Bruce immediately interrupted, "Are you kidding me? Or are you in cahoots with that Depp guy, trying to match me up with an alien who wants to destroy the Earth!"

"Heh." Alfred chuckled dryly and said, "Young Master Bruce, you know what? If arranging a marriage between you and a pig could make you happier every day, I would do it without hesitation."

"You should just focus on driving, Alfred."

Bruce said speechlessly, then leaned back and closed his eyes to rest.

On the European battlefield, Martian Hunter was covered in sweat. If it weren't for his ability to become intangible, he would have been torn to shreds by the two Kryptonian warriors long ago.

"The strength and speed of these two guys are outrageous!"

"This is what the Martian Hunter said in his ethereal form."

In this state, while he can ignore any physical attacks, he is also unable to cause effective damage to others.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, Martian hunters do not allow their entire bodies to enter a state of ethereal transformation.

He would make the area where he was about to be attacked by the enemy invisible in order to avoid damage.

Alternatively, one can detach the part of their body used for attacking from the physical form and inflict damage on the enemy.

It must be said that at the very beginning of the battle, Martian Manhunter's move did give him a significant advantage.

The Kryptonian warriors were momentarily confused by the Kryptonian warriors' unpredictable and elusive attacks, which combined feints and real attacks.

What he thought was a physical place passed right through his fist, as if he had hit a projection.

What was initially thought to be a phantom fist broke free from its ethereal form the instant it made contact with him, striking him directly in the face.

These actions left the Kryptonian warriors somewhat bewildered.

But as time went by, the Kryptonian warriors quickly found a way to counter Martian Manhunter's move.

Then it's all about eyesight and speed!

If you can detect the moment Martian Hunter breaks free from his ethereal form at a certain point in his body, and then counterattack at a speed exceeding that of Martian Hunter, you will be able to attack the part of Martian Hunter that has broken free from his ethereal form.

Therefore, after losing several fingers, Martian Hunter no longer dared to easily break free of his ethereal form.

Looking at his fingers that were growing back, the Martian hunter was caught in a dilemma.

Now, he can only do this when the other person wants to leave, at the cost of sacrificing a portion of his own body in exchange for the other person refocusing their attention on him.

But Martian hunters knew this was definitely not a long-term solution.

After all, the other party's self-healing speed is no weaker than his own.

As long as they are willing to be attacked by me to force their way out, then I have no way to stop them!

Seemingly sensing what Martian Manhunter was thinking, the two Kryptonian warriors spoke to each other.

“Usa, perhaps we shouldn’t continue to entangle ourselves with this guy. Our real goal is to destroy and rebuild this planet.”

Usa, Zod's wife.

A Kryptonian warrior even more cruel and bloodthirsty than Zod.

This is a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and the only person she can give up everything for is Zod.

Upon hearing this, Usa immediately said, "You're right, and my child shouldn't have to suffer like this with us anymore. So... let's leave."

Upon hearing this, the Martian hunter immediately became extremely anxious.

Without hesitation, he charged toward the two men and deactivated his intangible form, exposing himself completely to the two Kryptonian warriors.

Upon seeing this, Usa immediately laughed and said, "Look, our little green man has taken the bait."

In an instant, Usa and another Kryptonian warrior went into overdrive, turning around and leaping towards Martian Manhunter.

"Damn it, I've been tricked!" Martian Hunter was filled with mixed emotions: "They never intended to run away; they just wanted to trick me into leaving my ethereal form!"

Martian Manhunter wanted to enter the ethereal state again, but it was too late. The Kryptonian warriors, who were already prepared, would not give him another chance to enter that other-dimensional state.

They grabbed Martian Manhunter's arms from the left and right, and each used their other hand to press down on Martian Manhunter's head, preventing him from charging up his heat ray like they did.

After taking control of Martian Hunter, the heat rays in their eyes immediately began to condense.

Usa and another Kryptonian warrior, their eyes glowing simultaneously, one white and one red, their appearances terrifying.

However, just as they reached their maximum power and were about to unleash their heat rays, two beams of heat rays, wrapped in lightning, struck them instantly, piercing straight through their chests.

Usa and the Kryptonian warrior had charred holes, each over ten centimeters in diameter, pierced through their chests.

They knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

At the same time, they were horrified to discover that their powerful self-healing abilities seemed to have been suppressed.

The lightning flashing incessantly from the holes in their chests seemed to negate their self-healing abilities.

“Who?” Usa said, her eyes filled with venom as she watched Depp slowly descend from the sky. “You will pay for this, Earthling!”

Upon hearing this, Depp ignored the woman and, just as he had done with Fiora before, inserted a kryptonite into the chest of Usa and another Kryptonian warrior, then bound them together with ropes containing kryptonite.

Depp snatched Zod's child from Usa and held him in his arms, saying to the stunned Martian Manhunter, "John, take them to the Kryptonite prison in Arkham. Zod is waiting for them inside."

Before leaving, Depp turned back and pointed at Usa, saying, "By the way, gouge this woman's eyes out for me. What kind of class is she, using the same color heat beam as me?"

Watching Depp disappear in a blur, Martian Manhunter snapped out of his daze and looked at Usa, who was trapped like a dumpling, scratching his head.

"What did he just say?"

Upon hearing this, Usa, enduring the pain, spat at Martian Hunter and said, "That son of a bitch made you gouge my eyes out."

“Emmmm,” Martian Manhunter thought for a moment and said, “Now that Depp has left, there is absolutely no need for me to gouge out your eyes. After all, that would cause you a lot of pain, and I don’t like to create painful memories for others.”

"Oh, I really didn't expect you to be such a sweetheart." Usa said with disdain in his eyes, "Even though you're green, it doesn't matter. As long as you're strong, it'll be fine."

“Honestly, if I weren’t so good-natured, I would have at least torn your mouth apart, if not gouged out your eyes.” Martian Manhunter said, holding Usa and another Kryptonian warrior in his arms. “I wish you could be this stubborn in Arkham. I’ve heard the guys there… are all geniuses.”

After saying that, Martian Manhunter quickly took off and flew towards Gotham.

At Martian Manhunter's speed, they arrived in Gotham in no time.

It has to be said that the fact that this crisis did not affect Gotham City is absolutely an accident.

Watching the chaos unfold across the river, with countless skyscrapers reduced to ashes, the people of Gotham City even arrived at the shore early, taking in the spectacle with binoculars.

Looking across the entire world, it's likely that only the people of Gotham would have this kind of leisure when facing an apocalyptic crisis.

As the old men watching the battle in Metropolis with 15x binoculars on the shore said, since the people of Gotham themselves don't know when they will die unexpectedly, it's interesting to watch their brother city suffer misfortune from across the shore.

Clark and Martian Manhunter arrived at the gates of Arkham Asylum almost simultaneously.