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Chapter 132 With One's Own Strength
Chapter 132 With One's Own Strength
At this moment, in the outer space, a green arrow composed of tens of thousands of Green Lanterns is heading towards the planet where Joey and his companion are.
Tens of thousands of Green Lanterns—this is the supreme power capable of crushing anything in the universe.
Empty and mechanical vows echoed throughout this universe under the illumination of the light of will:
[The Pure Land shines brightly, the sea of war is vast; discipline and law, upheld to the death; transgressions and overstepping boundaries, brought to court; I swear before you, the supreme divine light!]
Joey had previously stated that due to the rigid selection mechanism inherent in the Green Lantern ring, there are almost no truly evil people among the Green Lanterns.
A brave person who fights for their life, possessing the courage and will to overcome fear, is unlikely to degenerate into a heinous villain.
But there's always an unexpected twist to everything.
He almost forgot that there was a very special team within the Green Lantern Corps.
Supreme Green Light.
Or perhaps it's a green light for Alpha.
These peculiar Green Lanterns are essentially former Green Lantern members who have undergone cyborg surgery and been stripped of their humanity.
The sheer number of green-light Alphas—tens of thousands of them—was what gave Joey the creeps.
The guardians of Oa in this universe have fallen to unimaginable levels.
Unlike ordinary Green Lanterns who are limited by mortal emotions, these Green Lanterns underwent a higher level of optimization during the Oa Guardians' modifications.
After undergoing the version upgrade, the minds and bodies of these Supreme Green Lanterns are directly connected to the sacred Book of Oa and the central energy of the Green Lantern, gaining power far greater than that of ordinary Green Lanterns.
The price they pay is that they must discard the useless flesh and blood and emotions that belong to mortals, leaving only the pure light of will.
This is the ideal form of the Green Lantern Corps envisioned by the Guardians: a group of Green Lantern ring containers that are 100% obedient, bloodless, and semi-mechanized.
In deep space, these cyborgs, whose faces and bodies are covered or replaced by metal—Joey isn’t even sure if they can still be considered living beings—are forming a dense array of green light and hurtling toward their planet.
Compared to any other Green Lantern Joey had ever seen, the behavior of these Supreme Green Lanterns could only be described as 'empty'.
It's hard to describe the incongruous scene of the light of courage and fighting spirit shining down on a group of cybernetic beings who are just mechanically chanting slogans.
For the first time in his life, Joey felt a sense of oppression from the Green Lantern Corps.
"Ahem!"
Kara behind him coughed up another mouthful of blood. Joey glanced at her and saw that her cells were failing en masse.
"You're going to die."
Batman's research on how to deal with Kryptonians is truly masterful; the Kryptonite radiation from that ring weakened Kara to the point of near death in a very short time.
Upon closer reflection, Joey realized that Batman truly lived up to his stereotypes; regardless of which universe the guy came from,
They're all psychologically twisted individuals.
Considering that this ring was definitely not a hastily made item, its primary purpose before Bruce revealed it to him was probably not to target Kara.
"Who...is the enemy?"
Kara, who was the first victim of this powerful kryptonite ring, could barely speak. She followed Joey's gaze to the sky, but the loss of all her superpowers prevented her from seeing anything unusual.
"Green Lantern Corps".
Joey's senses swept across the entire star field, accurately marking the location and number of all hostile units in his mind:
"13652 green lights."
This is an extremely exaggerated number.
It's important to know that under normal circumstances, there are only about 7,000 Green Lanterns out of the more than 7,000 sectors in the entire universe. There's a joke that goes, "No more than five Green Lanterns, or the whole army will be wiped out," which is used to mock the Green Lantern Corps' comical performance when they're swarming together to fight various cosmic apocalyptic crises.
But at this moment, facing tens of thousands of green lights, Joey could only say—kids, this is not funny.
Especially considering that he is currently burdened with a child who is on the verge of death.
"Me? I... cough cough! I don't need you to help me escape from this hell."
Kara, already unsteady on her feet, clung tightly to Joey's red cape, using it to prop herself up and sit on the ground. She seemed quite aware of being a burden:
"Just abandon me and run away. What's the difference between being locked up by you and being locked up by the Green Lantern Corps?"
Kara's impression of the Green Lantern Corps remained at the previous level. Although the Guardians of the Universe were untrustworthy, the Green Lanterns were indeed good people with so-called "chivalry."
The Lanterns' principles and discipline made them even weaker than their cousin, so weak that they couldn't even kill anyone with their own hands.
"This time is different!"
As soon as Joey finished speaking, a sharp spike made of green light was already projected down from outside the atmosphere.
The spikes came with tremendous force and at an extremely tricky angle, almost as if they were about to pierce through Joey and Kara in one blow.
After bending down to pick up Kara and carrying her hundreds of meters, Joey watched as the spike crashed onto the ground where the two of them had just stood.
The immense impact and the burst of willpower caused the land near the point of impact to evaporate by tens of centimeters in an instant.
Seeing this, Kara's face finally changed color:
"They want to kill you!"
There are at least ten thousand Supreme Green Lanterns gathering outside the atmosphere; an attack of this magnitude is merely a greeting.
If the attack used as a "greeting" is already a complete killing move, then it goes without saying what kind of style the opponent's subsequent attacks will be.
The green light ring imposes strict restrictions on its users, especially regarding the completely unacceptable and unforgivable act of taking another person's life.
Only a very few people can break through this limitation with strong emotions and willpower. This limitation also applies to the supreme Green Lantern members who are 100% in compliance with the Book of Oa.
Now that the opponent has launched a fatal attack with a single gesture, there is only one possibility.
In preparation for the impending war, the Guardians have completely lifted the killing restrictions on the rings.
This is why Joey is unwilling to abandon Kara and break out alone at this moment.
The Kryptonians have too many blood debts from the Tamaran campaign; leaving her here alone would likely be extremely dangerous.
Even if the Green Lantern Corps didn't kill her, in her current state, being imprisoned in a kryptonite cage would be enough to kill her.
"Why are you still hesitating at a time like this? You just said I'm a terrible person!"
Lying in Joey's arms, Kara's face flushed an unnatural red, and her speech became slightly faster than before:
"Forget about me, just run for your life! You have no idea how important you are to Krypton!"
Kara knew that her life was insignificant to the entire Kryptonian Empire, but her cousin's identity was too special to fall into the hands of the Guardians!
Joey looked down at Kara, whose face was flushed. His super vision could tell what was causing the blush on her face.
This isn't what people call blushing; it's the last rays of sunlight before sunset, or perhaps a final burst of light before death.
Normally, such intense kryptonite radiation wouldn't have caused her injuries to worsen to this extent; it's just that the changes in the solar spectrum have caused Kara's condition to deteriorate rapidly.
Boom!
Joey, clutching Kara whose cells were rapidly dying, charged toward the sky.
Outside the atmosphere, various weapons from thousands of civilizations across the universe were projected by nearly ten thousand Green Lanterns of different origins, making the entire planet's atmosphere resemble a green meteor shower.
Amidst this emerald-green downpour, a striking red streak charges forward, swept by the deadly green waves.
For Kara to survive, she must get sunlight as soon as possible.
To do this, Joey must find a way to break through the wall of will projected by tens of thousands of Supreme Green Lanterns.
In other words, Joey is now going to take down the entire Green Lantern Corps all by himself!