Chapter 162: Gorgon
Metropolis.
A loud bang rang out in the Met, and the blast wave of the explosion blasted through the ceiling. Smoke and dust filled the air, wreckage was scattered, and alarm bells were deafening.
Dressed in green armor, Lex Luthor stepped on the flames and slowly flew down from the smoke screen. The equipment shimmered with metallic luster, and he was heavily armed, but he exposed his bare head, as if he was afraid that someone would not be able to see his shining head.
Tourists and spectators quickly withdrew, and security guards immediately assembled.
"Hands up!"
Of course, he shouted like this, and he had already shot in his hand. Shoot first and then question, the old free country is safeguarded.
And of course, all the bullets greeted the bare head. It's no wonder that this thing is dressed in heavy armor that is eager to be armed to the teeth, and with a bare head, it is like a bullseye painted on the bald top. Trying to resist the urge to shoot at that bald head is like surfing the Internet and seeing a certain teacher's best infantryman, and it is really not something that ordinary people's willpower can do.
However, it did not work.
It's not that the security guards all have sunset red marksmanship. Although the pistol is extremely difficult to aim, even if it is good to rely on Menghao, there are a few bullets that have caught Lai's bald head by chance. But the bullets clearly hit the wall at a distance of some distance from his bald head, as if they had hit an invisible wall, and they were deformed by the impact and fell to the ground.
The magazine was emptied to no avail, and the security guards' eyes widened in horror, not understanding how this worked.
"Force field shields, idiots. My shield generator generates much tougher defense than the armor itself. Lai bald sneered, "The reason why it's designed like this is so that you can hit me in the head." β
Of course, it is not excluded that his extreme narcissism wants everyone to see who is in the armor.
"Now, it's my turn."
He raised his right hand, his hand bracket activated, and his forearm assembled into a dangerous cannon. The muzzle of the cannon glowed green, and the deadly beam of energy was about to annihilate the safety of the people. At this moment, the faΓ§ade of the museum was suddenly knocked through. The red and blue afterimages shot out and flashed in front of the security guards.
A powerful beam of light slammed straight into a large "S".
Superman crossed his waist, his red cloak fluttering under the impact of the beam. There was black smoke emitting from his chest, but as if he didn't feel anything, he squinted at Laibald.
"Luther." Superman said, "That's the end of keeping a low profile?" β
"Superman!"
Luthor gritted his teeth as if frightened, as if after a fierce battle of thoughts.
"You're coming faster than I thought"
"Give up your resistance, Luther." Superman crossed his fists on his hips, "You and I both know how this will end"
Unexpectedly, a dark green impact suddenly flew from one side, and Leng Buding knocked Superman out, penetrating several booths and cultural relics in a row, and breaking a load-bearing pillar in the hall.
"Heh, Crusaders." The corners of Luther's mouth hooked, "It's too easy to deceive." β
The witch Cersie emerged from the side like a transparent phantom, with a green ghost fire in her hand.
"He's strong, but he's not good at magic. I can feel it. She laughs.
But in the next second, Superman flew out of the ruins with a thud, and it didn't seem to be bleeding much.
Luthor looked at Cersie, "What did you just say?" β
"Well, but it looks like he's at least durable."
Superman didn't say a word, and when he regained the air, he was ready to sprint. But he didn't want a small snake to poke out of the ruins below him when he took off, wrapped around his ankle, and the huge force suddenly threw him out.
Superman planted another exaggerated somersault, breaking the floor and smashing through a bunch of obstacles, but a backflip seemed to be unharmed.
A figure emerges from the rubble. Lines like a woman, but the appearance is terrifying. Smooth scales cover the skin, a large and strong body. The hair was a mass of sinuous snakes, each with sharp fangs, hissing and spitting venom.
"Who is this?" Luther looked at Cersie suspiciously.
"An ally made during the long battle with that Amazon demigod." Cersei crossed her hips and smiled grimly, "You've probably heard of her name, mortal. Her name is Medusa. β
"Gorgon." Luthor nodded, "So myths aren't all made up. β
"And her two trusty older sisters."
As he spoke, two other strange shadows had appeared at the base of the walls on both sides. Sisina and Eurie Ellie, similar to Medusa, are banshees with snakes on their heads.
The three Gorgonne sisters. Famous monsters from Greek mythology have been borrowed and adapted in countless pop cultures, and their iconic abilities have been retained in every version.
Petrifaction.
The three sisters smiled charmingly, and at the same time their eyes flashed a dangerous red glow. Each of the little snakes above their heads began to stir restlessly, dancing and hissing strangely.
Three rays of light surround Superman from different directions.
The next moment, the Iron Body remained in a position of rising into the air and was fixed into a stone statue.
"It doesn't look so 'steel' anymore." Luther scoffed.
"Alright, now it's our turn."
Cersei turned around and pinched the Perception Seal. She scanned the magic seal in her hand for half a circle, as if she sensed something, and followed the gesture change, and the magic power was activated.
I don't know which of the objects in the exhibition hall next door reacted immediately. The wall was pierced, and the golden scepter burst through the wall and shot out, falling into her hands.
Cersei flipped the scepter in half a circle in her hand, activating the red gem set at its tip. Following her scepter to the side, the magic shot out, opening a vortex of magic out of thin air.
Luther: "What's in this?" β
"The Fallen Realm."
Cersei took her scepter and strode into the vortex first.
"Come on, we still have a lot of things to do."
The criminals disappeared into it, and the whirlpool quickly closed.
A few minutes later, Shen You and Diana, who had come all the way from Gotham, both rushed into the hall.
"No, we're late."
Diana saw the petrified Superman at a glance.
"I recognize this. It was the gorgons of the gorgons, and the three sisters also thought of intervening in the Fallen Realm. β
She flew up to Superman and sighed softly.
"I've heard of him, the Iron Man of Metropolis. He was a brave warrior, and I could tell that he had fought with honor. It's a pity
What are you doing? β
She looked at Shen You strangely, only to see that the latter was raising his arm flat, and his five fingers were spread out to point at the petrified Superman.
"I happened to know a trick to de-petrify the light, so I scanned the magic frequency acting on him, and simply reversed the analysis and made some targeted adjustments, let me try to see if it works."
The petrochemical skill is still quite common in the Ao series. Jonias from U40 showed the light that restores petrified people and objects to their original state in 13 episodes of TV, and Heisei Big Brother Tiga has also used form transformation to break free from the petrification effect.
Of course, that's all in the Aoen. Different universes have different skills and different principles, Shen You has read in the literature how to restore people who petrify monsters to their original state, but he is not sure about the gorgons in DC.
But he's been studying DC magic for a while. In his eyes, magic was just another application of energy, and he didn't know anything about it anymore as he did when he first arrived.
Scan how this magic works in order to do something specific to his restored light.
"That can't be." Diana said, "The curse of the Gorgon's petrification can only be lifted by herself, or the caster killed." No one else can
Ha!? β
Before she could finish speaking, Diana's eyes widened.
She was stunned to see that within a moment when the ring of light was released from Shen You's palm, the stone carving was loosened.
The rift began to spread along the surface.
The cracking sound of "clicking" was followed by the sudden explosion of the stone sculpture, and Superman suddenly broke free.
Diana looked at Shen You with a strange expression and couldn't help muttering.
"Really. Hell alive."
(End of chapter)