Screech!
The sound of violently screeching tires carried far down the deserted country road.
A faint smell of burnt rubber filled the air as the old red pickup truck made a sharp, drifting turn, attempting to evade the figure lunging from above.
Mid-air, the figure's waist unleashed incredible power, forcing a twist in their body as they tried to grab the car roof with their five fingers. They only grazed it, however, and missed.
Screeeech!
After the ear-piercing screech of metal scraping overhead.
The pickup truck tumbled off the road. David braked, and Clark got out of the car.
The figure, who had just performed an act of apparent suicide to any normal person, didn't fall to the ground with a bloody head, gasping for their last breath. Instead, they flipped their body with the ease of a nimble flea and landed steadily.
"Gregg?"
Black leather jacket, slicked-back blonde hair, a familiar profile. Before the person could fully turn around, Clark recognized him and exclaimed, "Why are you attacking us!"
Seeing Gregg's abnormal agility, he felt a bad premonition and asked, "I heard your mother had an accident. Was it you?"
"She got in my way. You're next."
Gregg slowly turned around, appearing confident, like a spider facing prey already trapped and unable to escape its web. He didn't rush to attack again and let out a cold laugh.
"Are you insane!"
Clark couldn't believe what he was hearing. How could someone be so wicked? "She's your mother."
"I am no longer on the same level of existence as you."
Gregg, who used to be timid and reclusive, now seemed to exude the aura of a top predator standing at the apex of the food chain, looking down on all other life forms from every pore of his being.
"Now, I am not bound by any morals or rules!"
He spread his arms, emanating a palpable disdain, and his voice rose.
"I am superior to you. Superior to everyone!"
"You want to be Superman too?"
David's gaze shifted from the five clear scratch marks on the car roof as he heard Gregg's words, his voice cold and mocking.
Facing a son of Krypton, a descendant of Eternals, and claiming to be superior to everyone?
[Anger from Gregg +0.18, +0.17...]
"David, you're looking for death."
Gregg was enraged by the unceremonious mockery.
David remained unfazed.
This guy provided more emotional points than Jeremy. Was it because he was stronger?
"Gregg, listen, you need help!"
Clark tried to get him to calm down, considering the possibility of a mental issue. Perhaps there was a way to cure his current cold and crazed state and return him to his former self.
Whoosh!
"Help?
It's you who needs to be eliminated!"
Gregg moved with ghost-like speed, leaving an afterimage in his place, and lunged at David, his fist whistling through the air with immense force.
"David, no!"
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Clark exclaimed as he noticed David's expression becoming even colder than before.
Gregg assumed Clark was worried about his brother. Looking at David, who seemed not to have reacted yet, a cold, fierce glint appeared in his eyes.
"I'll deal with you first."
Bang!
A split second before Gregg's fist could connect, David stood his ground, as if facing a fly. He didn't even blink.
The next moment, as if struck by an ancient battering ram, his fist, moving faster than Gregg's, slammed into his chest.
Thump, thump, thump.
Gregg was sent flying back even faster than he had arrived, instantly crossing the road and crashing heavily into the grass about ten meters away. His momentum carried him several more somersaults before he finally stopped.
"Gregg?"
Clark rushed to look, afraid David had killed him.
By the side of the road, David stood expressionless. His skin was tinged purple, and his jawline bore markings resembling deep ravines in the earth. His aura was powerful and imposing.
"What bit you?"
Gregg scrambled to his feet, looking at David's appearance with surprise in his eyes.
He had been bitten by an insect carrying meteorite dust, and his body had evolved after shedding its skin. But David's purple skin, what kind of animal had bitten him?
He wasn't even injured.
David's eyelids lifted slightly. He was a little surprised. It seemed this Gregg was quite sturdy and he hadn't used enough strength.
He looked at Gregg like he was an idiot, his tone bored, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Do these people mutated by Kryptonite also have damaged brains?
"Your strength isn't enough to hurt me."
Gregg stomped, cracking the ground, dirt flying as he shot forward like a cannonball, swinging his fist again with the wind. Before his fist had fully landed, David could feel the air compressing under the terrifying power, making it suffocating.
"Did you know a dung beetle can push 1,200 times its own weight?"
A smug look flashed in his eyes, his face filled with killing intent.
"Stop it, Gregg, you've lost your mind."
Clark flashed forward, his speed surpassing that of a whistling space shuttle, blocking the path, intending to shield his brother from the attack.
But Gregg's strength was even more formidable than he had imagined.
Bang!
The fist slammed into Clark's face, sending him flying dozens of meters like a meteor.
David glanced at the Kryptonian son who had been sent flying, knowing that he had messed up again due to holding back.
"Afraid of the opponent hitting him like a normal person hitting a steel wall and getting seriously injured, but in the future, as a god among men, he'll frequently get knocked away."
Without even stopping, Gregg, full of aggression, raised his fist again, about to smash David's head like a falling boulder, as if crushing a watermelon.
Bang!
David turned his head, and as if unhurriedly, raised a palm, steadily catching his fist.
The fierce power was like a small wave encountering a towering, unmoving cliff, instantly coming to a halt.
Whoosh!
A white shockwave kicked up dust from the road, spreading out. The asphalt-paved road shattered, creating a deep pit several meters in diameter, with gravel shooting out like bullets.
At the edge of the road, Clark, who had just rushed back, had to shield his eyes.
"Dung beetle?" David said, "Sorry, I'm not interested in bugs!"
As he spoke, he applied force with his hand, like a hydraulic press with hundreds of tons of force closing.
"Aaaargh!"
Accompanied by the crisp sound of bones cracking, Gregg's palm was crushed. He let out a piercing scream and involuntarily knelt on the ground.
Broken bones pierced his flesh, and a warmth flowed from his palm.
David casually let go of him and looked at his bloodied hand, which was red, green, and slightly viscous.
"Did you get mutated by an insect bite?"
Recalling Gregg's earlier words, he frowned, feeling a bit disgusted.
"Go to hell!"
Gregg's finger bones were shattered, bent at unnatural angles. The ferocity in his genes had been ignited. He tried to use his other hand to sneak attack David with a punch, but he missed.
Swish!
As expected, David flashed away, appearing behind him.
With reflexes far beyond those of ordinary people, Gregg unleashed astonishing speed, his punch stirring up a gale. He swung his fist again, his speed actually approaching David's.
Bang!
"Your speed is quite fast."
David grabbed his arm, his eyebrows raising in surprise. He casually snapped the other intact arm as if breaking a corn stalk.
"But then again, if annoying insects weren't agile, how would they survive?"
"Ahhh, my arm!"
With both arms disabled, Gregg collapsed to the ground in agony, his face contorted.
"No... impossible. Why did you break my hand so easily?"
After he woke up, he had tested his abilities. Just like some armored beetles with incredibly hard exoskeletons, his bone density was comparable to steel. But in David's hands, they were as brittle as thin wooden sticks.
"Insects that overestimate themselves and provoke humans, you should know what their usual fate is!"
Having no interest in answering his question, David was about to make another move.
Clark flashed before his eyes and quickly stepped forward, blocking Gregg, and held out a hand to stop him.
"Don't kill him."
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