0p0 Chapter 3 Returning Home?
Chapter 3 Returning Home?
Old Arthur's views on superhumans were quite unexpected for Joey. Kansas is a relatively conservative agricultural state with a predominantly white population, a simple and honest way of life, and a strong religious atmosphere.
In layman's terms, the general level of education among the people of this state is relatively low, and they are relatively more superstitious. Coupled with the propaganda of their colleagues, they are generally more accepting of superhumans because they believe that superhumans with superpowers are messengers of God, the Messiah sent by God.
As someone who has been reborn, Joey does believe that there may be a god in the world. He may have even greater power than Darkseid, but he is definitely not the "god" that anyone on Earth thinks of.
He wouldn't care what happens on Earth, just as he wouldn't care whether those single-celled organisms floating in a sea of liquid methane on Ganymede, far away in the sky, would once again advance to the multicellular stage within the next forty millennia.
Joey strolled leisurely along the country lanes toward her home, until the sun began to set, and she gradually reached the edge of her family's field. In Kansas, the most widely grown crop isn't corn, but wheat; for example, Laurie's family grew wheat.
His father, Jonathan Joseph Kent, a stubborn man his whole life, chose corn, which was more difficult to grow and care for.
It was nearing the wheat harvest season, while the corn had just passed its seedling stage and begun to grow. When Joey, strolling along, saw the natural boundary formed by the golden wheat ears and the dark green cornfield, he knew he was not far from home.
Although the corn in the field had not yet produced silks, it had already grown to a considerable size, even exceeding Joey's height. If it weren't for Joey's constantly improving super vision to maintain his sense of direction, he would probably have gotten lost in this corn "jungle".
But now all he had to do was look in the direction of home... and Joey saw fire.
Joey started running without regard for anything else. First, the huge impact of his footsteps on the ground created deep craters, causing the corn to be blown up by the roots. Then, the sound barrier-breaking impact caused countless corn plants to fall over.
Joey leaped into the air, the oncoming wind making his clothes flutter loudly. If you don't count the attempts to hover with his feet off the ground, this might be Joey's first flight in this world.
The sonic boom echoed like thunder in the Kansas sky, but Joey had no time to think about such things. He didn't even need to wait a second before he rushed to his home—if he could still call it his home.
Joey's house had been razed to the ground. There was nothing on the thousands of square meters of land except for the burning dark red flames. The familiar wooden house, barn, and cattle pen were all gone. Joey activated his super vision and scanned the area, but he did not find his parents.
But it wasn't all without discovery. He saw a pitch-black shadow floating in the sea of fire, its entire body covered by a dark purple cloak. The edges of the cloak automatically dispersed the surrounding flames without wind, like a black lotus blooming in a sea of red flames. Even Joey's super vision couldn't see through the true face of the person in the cloak.
But there was no need for that anymore. Joey dove down, his fists and heat vision poised to strike, just like the saying goes—first throw the punch! Then ask all the questions while you're throwing it!
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If there were a list of the "most unlivable cities in the United States," Gotham would definitely be at the top.
"The sounds of evil shattered the stillness of the night; sudden gunshots roused children from their dreams; cries of agony echoed through the darkness; police cars chased fugitives, men and women, through narrow streets, accompanied by the screech of brakes and the wail of sirens."
This is how Louis Lane, an investigative reporter for the Daily Planet, describes the night in this sinful city.
If these aren't enough to deter you from living in Gotham, then besides the bat demons that lurk in the shadows in ghost stories and the occasional clown-like chuckles echoing from dark alleys, Gotham also has the Church of Blood, which may be the most dangerous demonic cult in the entire universe.
The story begins here: the demon worshippers of the Blood Church tricked a naive girl named Angela Rose and offered her to the church's master, a powerful demon named Sangu.
【Sannomiya】 Appeared in a near-perfect human form, accepted the sacrifice, and after a blasphemous act of intercourse, this woman gave birth to a mixed-race girl named Raven.
That's the story of how Raven was born. As for how her mother escaped from Sannomiya and raised Raven, and how Raven herself was captured and taken back to the Hell Dimension by her overly controlling father, that's another long story.
Now, he has an even more difficult problem to solve—in order to escape the pursuit of the Hell Dimension and the minions of the [Triple Palace Demon], he has been forced to open a passage from the Hell Dimension to the Real Dimension.
When this hasty teleportation was initiated, in order to avoid plunging headfirst into deep space or onto other planets more vulnerable than itself like a headless fly, the raven chose the most solid and reliable anchor point in the real universe for the teleportation spell:
superman.
Raven was created because Sangoku needed a key to invade the real universe from the hell dimension. This made Raven's ability to teleport across worlds quite powerful. For her, teleporting across worlds and dimensions was not much more difficult than jumping down two or three steps.
Like a dewdrop falling from a leaf into the ocean, it should have been able to teleport to the vicinity of the most powerful member of the Justice League Seven with just a tiny flash, but due to the interference of the pursuers, this teleportation had devastating consequences.
In an instant, the raven opened a gate to hell large enough for a powerful demon to pass through, projecting a portion of hell into the real universe. Pursuers from hell descended with her.
Although she tried her best to limit the area, damage was still caused. Hellfire raged, and one of her brothers, Wrath, the son of Sangoku, burned the entire land to ashes as he squeezed out of the portal.
Without the support of the Hell Dimension, Wrath was no match for him. Raven's true nature far surpassed that of his brothers, and after only a few simple exchanges, Wrath was suppressed and sealed.
But demons are extremely difficult to completely seal or even kill. As long as rage can be supported by emotions, they still have a chance to break the seal. For example, right now, what rage on this planet could be more intense than that of a Kryptonian?
Raven raised his hand, conjuring a purple magical shield that deflected the oncoming heat vision. The ground, which had been scorched black, instantly liquefied into molten lava.
Then the raven flashed, and the ground it was standing on was carved into a crater more than ten meters deep by the huge impact. The shock wave swept away the entire surface and extinguished the raging hellfire.
Just as Raven had teleported and was barely settling into position, the Kryptonians' second attack came in quick succession, and Raven only had time to cast a temporary protective spell.
The protective charm worked, but not completely. The Kryptonian's fist shattered the shield and slammed into his own face.
The opponent then grabbed a corner of his cloak, trying to pull him back to continue the next attack. Helpless, Raven had no choice but to tear open his cloak and release a magical shock to temporarily separate the two.
Raven is an extremely versatile spellcaster, so versatile that she can sense the thoughts and emotions of others from a single encounter.
It might have an unexpected effect in other situations, but right now the raven only had one thought in its mind: We're doomed.
The Kryptonians' rage was transmitted to Raven through this contact. Such fury even terrified Raven's dark nature, causing it to be immediately absorbed by the newly sealed [Rage].
Raven's inner world instantly became a battlefield. The excruciating pain in her mind made Raven unable to stand and she collapsed to the ground. Forced to release the demon within her, [Rage] broke free.
With a raven's shriek, dark red smoke billowed from its seven orifices, gradually coalescing into a massive outline, and the surrounding hellfires began to burn anew.
Amidst the rolling and dancing flames, the towering demon's true form was revealed. It had two horns on its head, two wings on its back, and six eyes on its face. Blood vessel-like demonic patterns connected its eyes and torso, flashing and surging on its dark red skin as the demon's eyes flickered.
This is one of the offspring of the Three Palaces—Wrath, now freed and ready to unleash its fury upon the world...
Bullshit—[Rage] He reached out and conjured two flaming spears, piercing them into the shoulders of the defenseless raven, firmly pinning his sister to the ground, while he himself spread his wings and soared into the air.
He had just clashed with Raven's emotions in her mind. The most powerful emotion was not rage, but fear. Through fear, [Rage] saw why he was able to instantly absorb enough rage to free himself.
Because their fight seemed to have affected Superman's parents in this universe—the raging fire he brought from the hell dimension when he chased Raven, which could only result in the annihilation of any mortals who came into contact with it.
[Rage] Unlike the raven, its own nature allows it to feel the burning rage of everyone without needing to touch them.
And at this moment, the flame behind him—no, the raging fire—was burning fiercely, enough to ignite the entire galaxy.
What I had to do was escape as far as possible before the flames went out, to a place where there was no yellow sun.