Amy, worried about Clark's condition, instantly moved to his side.
"Clark, are you okay?"
Amy anxiously bent down, grabbed Clark, and helped him up.
But because Clark's injuries were quite severe, it was extremely difficult for Amy to help him up.
Finally, she managed to support Clark's body with her slender shoulders, panting heavily.
Eric watched Amy helping Clark up from the side, frowned, and asked, "Who are you?"
"You can call me Amy."
Facing the imposing Eric, Amy showed no fear. Instead, she looked at him with a serious expression and said, "I won't let you hurt Clark again."
Eric was somewhat surprised by the speed the girl had just displayed.
The speed she unleashed in an instant definitely surpassed most ordinary people, and even among metahumans, she was an exceptionally powerful existence.
"What are you to Clark?"
Eric did not attack but continued to question her.
"I am his friend. No matter what, I won't let you harm him."
Amy mustered her courage, facing Eric with a strong, determined will in her eyes.
It was as if she was saying, 'I'm not afraid of you at all.'
"I just heard that you two are brothers. Why don't you stand together and help each other instead of fighting like enemies?"
She questioned Eric.
"You ask too many questions."
Eric had no intention of answering her question. Instead, he reached out and grabbed her.
Amy was startled to see Eric's hand reaching for her.
She immediately moved her body and dodged to the side.
Ever since she gained superpowers from Clark, she possessed super speed and unparalleled reaction time.
Facing Eric's attack, she immediately activated her super speed and dodged to the side.
She was confident she could evade his attack.
To her surprise, although she moved very quickly and had lightning-like speed,
the moment she activated, time was infinitely stretched. In the slow-motion time, she watched helplessly as Eric's hand reached for her.
Bang!
The next second, Eric grabbed her collar and, to her disbelief, slammed her hard onto the ground.
With a loud crash, Amy's body slammed heavily onto the ground.
Dust flew everywhere, and the ground trembled slightly.
As Amy lay on the ground in excruciating pain, a huge sense of disbelief surged within her.
Was the gap between them really that big?!
Her pre-emptive super speed had been caught by his later move.
While feeling shocked, she also helplessly sensed the huge difference between them.
Seeing Amy slammed to the ground, Clark immediately rushed to help.
However, already seriously injured, he was easily handled by Eric.
Eric grabbed Clark's hands, then brought up his elbow and struck him in the chest.
Bang!
With a loud sound, the air rippled around them, and Clark was sent flying backward by the immense force.
Boom!
His body slammed heavily onto the ground, causing a huge roaring explosion.
"You…"
Clark lay on the ground, enduring the pain, and said to Eric, "Don't hurt innocent people! Don't hurt Amy!"
"You're the one who dragged these so-called innocent people into this. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦"
Eric slowly shook his head, facing his elder brother.
"I can feel a power similar to yours in her body, Clark. That was supposed to be a part of the power within your body, but it's in that girl's hands. I can roughly guess what you did."
Eric spoke as he approached Clark.
"Although I don't know exactly how you did it, you're always like this. You carelessly involve people who shouldn't be related to you. Peter was like this, Alicia was like this, and Father was even more so. Your arrogance and carelessness have always hurt the people around you."
Hearing Eric mention the deaths of Alicia and Jonathan, Clark's face turned crimson.
"Don't mention that name to me! Don't mention Alicia!"
Clark roared, stood up, and charged at Eric with all his might.
But what greeted his roar was Eric's fist.
"You hate me mentioning that name because you're afraid. You're afraid I'll speak the truth, which is that you killed everyone who loved you!"
Eric's punch sent Clark sprawling backward.
Clark, with a look of pain in his eyes, lay on the ground, gasping for breath.
"You still haven't realized what responsibility you bear, or perhaps you've never realized what your power means to you."
Eric looked coldly at Clark and said, "If you never grow into the Clark who understands his mission, then you will never defeat me! Just remain immature like this!"
As his words fell, Eric walked step by step to Clark's side.
This farce should be over now.
Eric's eyes flickered with dangerous crimson light, about to shoot out the next second.
"Stop! Eric!"
Chloe, who was watching the battle from a distance, shouted at Eric, "Don't do that!"
Chloe ran towards Eric, panting, and said, "He's your brother, don't do that."
"He's not fighting me as a brother right now."
Eric glanced coldly at Chloe and said.
"I know, but you're not acting as a younger brother either, are you?"
Chloe said to Eric, "I know how you're feeling right now, and I know you've always been contradictory."
"Contradictory?!"
Eric looked at Chloe.
"Yes, ever since we were little, you've been that contradictory guy."
Chloe continued to speak to the silent Eric, "If you really wanted to kill Clark, you wouldn't have said so much to him."
"I'm always good at taunting my opponents before finishing them off. It has nothing to do with whether the opponent is Clark or not."
Eric, of course, wouldn't admit it.
"Whatever, I'm not arguing about this with you. I've already called Martha, and I don't think she'd want to see what's happening right now."
Hearing Chloe say she had called Martha, Eric's eyes narrowed.
His dangerous gaze fixed on Chloe. He reached out and grabbed her by the neck, lifting her up.
"You prefer to take matters into your own hands, don't you, Chloe?"
"No…"
Choked by the neck, Chloe immediately felt a shortness of breath.
With a look of pain in her eyes, she shook her head with difficulty and said to Eric, "I just wanted you to calm down."
"Do you think I'm not calm? Do you think I'm blinded by anger or some other strange emotion?"
Although Eric's words were still cold, the pressure in his hand had somewhat lessened.
He snorted and threw Chloe backward.
Although he threw Chloe backward, he didn't use much force; rather, he gave her a slight lift.
Chloe flew back two or three meters before falling to the ground with a thud.
After throwing Chloe, Eric looked at Clark, who was lying on the ground not far away, with a complex expression in his eyes.
After a long silence, he turned around and set his gaze on the stunned Green Arrow, Nightwing, Deathstroke, and the others.
Seeing Eric's gaze fixed on him, Nightwing's eyes showed a look of horror.
He knew that his side, no matter what, could not escape Homelander's attack.
Their only hope, Superman, was now completely down.
Would he really fall here?
A huge fear and unease rose in his heart.
His mindset had changed from an initial vow to kill Homelander to avenge Batman, to how to escape from the hands of this demon.
Green Arrow clutched his broken ribs and stood in front of Black Canary, watching Eric. He slowly said to the others, "You go first. I'll hold him off for you!"
"No! No way!"
Black Canary grabbed Green Arrow's arm. "You're seriously injured right now; you can't possibly hold him off! He'll kill you! Look at what he did to Captain Atom and Martian Manhunter! Even Superman couldn't stop him!"
"Even a second is a chance we might be able to buy."
Green Arrow smiled slightly at Black Canary, but the smile inadvertently pulled at his wound, making him wince in pain.
"No! Even if we die here together, I can't leave you behind, Oliver. We leave together, or we die here together!"
Black Canary grabbed Green Arrow's arm, her emotions running high.
Green Arrow pulled her closer, and taking advantage of the embrace, delivered a swift hand chop to the back of Black Canary's head.
Black Canary immediately collapsed, unconscious.
Handing Black Canary over to Deathstroke and Nightwing, Green Arrow painstakingly pulled out an arrow and shot it fiercely at Eric.
At the same time, a white tunnel suddenly appeared in the sky!
The tunnel, carrying a strong suction force, appeared and instantly absorbed Nightwing, Deathstroke, and Black Canary.
Clark and Amy also saw the sudden appearance of what looked like a spatial tunnel in the sky.
Then, to their astonishment, the tunnel moved over and absorbed both of them as well.
After absorbing Clark and Amy, it immediately vanished without a trace.
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