Chapter 202: David's Strength Is No Less Than a Highfather's (3k)
The Phoenix Force, one of the primal forces of the Marvel multiverse, possesses nearly infinite abilities such as telepathy, teleportation, molecular disintegration, energy absorption, matter transmutation, and reality alteration.
"The entirety of the Phoenix Force gathered together is a force nearing omnipotence."
David felt a burning heat in his heart.
In the Marvel multiverse, many individuals had been favored by the Phoenix Force, such as Jean Grey, White Queen, Wolverine, Laser Silver, Colossus, Magik, and others...
Among them, Jean Grey was the most special. She was compatible with the Phoenix Force and had wielded the most of it, nearly all of it.
The rest had basically only mastered fragments of the Phoenix Force.
"If I recall correctly, Sian is one of the more special individuals among those who have obtained the Phoenix Force, besides Jean Grey."
After awakening his abilities, Sian sealed Thanos with a single blow. Under Ebony Maw's fealty, he seized Thanos's empire, becoming the master of the Dark Dimension in his stead. Later, he even caused 'Death' to abandon Thanos, whom she had nurtured since childhood.
"Under 'Death's' guidance, Sian found the Phoenix Force in its Phoenix Egg state and merged with it, gaining its power."
The Phoenix Force is immortal and indestructible. When it is injured or dies, it transforms into the form of a Phoenix Egg, awaiting rebirth.
"From this, it can be inferred that the Phoenix Force Sian obtained, even if not the entirety, should be no less than Jean Grey's."
Unfortunately, Thanos, like a stray dog, uncharacteristically cheated and gained extraordinary power. He passed the trial of the God Quarry, obtaining the power of the cosmic gods trapped there. Then, cunningly and shrewdly, he lured Sian to the God Quarry, used the power there to expel the Phoenix Force from Sian's body, and then killed Sian.
"But that's not important. The Phoenix Force within me won't be expelled like Sian's in the end."
As the template fusion reached thirty percent, ancient, immortal flames ignited on David's body. These were no ordinary flames, but the fire of life and destruction.
He floated into the air, looking down at the forest, like an ancient cosmic deity. All things in the world appeared before him, their life and death resting on his single thought.
"The Phoenix Force possesses its own sentience, even no less than that of a person. Those who obtain the Phoenix Force are merely hosts, and can even have their minds corrupted by the Phoenix Force, transforming into the Dark Phoenix form. But the Phoenix Force within me has no sentience."
David was immensely excited. The Phoenix Force was like an eternally burning universe hidden within him, without a trace of sentience.
It was a massive treasure. Although it didn't completely belong to him, he didn't have to worry about his mind being corrupted, or the Phoenix Force losing interest and abandoning him, or the Phoenix Force being easily driven out of him.
"The Phoenix Force I can wield is too minuscule."
He closed his eyes, sensing the boundless power hidden within him, as vast as the universe, and couldn't help but marvel.
If it were just Sian's template, it wouldn't be much stronger than Hyperion. But with the Phoenix Force, it was a completely different story.
"Even when Sian's template of the Phoenix Force fully merges with me, I won't be able to grasp even a fraction of its power."
The strength of this template itself was no longer significant. What was most important was the Phoenix Force that came with it, which would benefit David for his entire life.
"The Phoenix Force has abilities that are nearly omnipotent. However, after possessing a host, it first manifests as the most basic ability – strengthening the host's existing abilities. I should be at this stage now."
With flames burning on his hands, David felt all his abilities greatly enhanced.
Super Physique, Super Speed, Energy Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, and the two abilities he had just acquired from Sian!
He extended a hand, closing his eyes to sense the expanse beyond the sky.
Within the solar system, the natural satellite, only a few hundred million years younger than Earth and having orbited Earth since its birth, suddenly had its trajectory disturbed by the massive gravitational fields of Earth and the Sun.
Buzz!
The massive celestial body revolving around Earth trembled violently, pinned in place by an unimaginable force!
One second, two seconds, three seconds passed. The moon's movement, which had not stopped for billions of years, was forcibly halted for several seconds.
At that moment, the space agencies of various countries on Earth all detected this abnormal data.
Following a series of extraterrestrial disasters, all countries had raised the monitoring of space by their space agencies to the highest level, to prevent them from being caught unaware if the end of the world were to descend one day.
"What's going on? The moon stopped in its orbit!"
"The tidal forces of the oceans across the entire Earth just went haywire. What happened to the moon?"
Chaos erupted in the space agencies of various countries, with countless researchers pulling at their hair in panic and astonishment.
"The gravitational index around the moon is abnormal! What kind of joke is this? This power!"
"My God, don't tell me it's like last time, that some lunatic is trying to attack the moon again!"
Whoosh!
A few seconds later, above the forest in Smallville, David opened his eyes and took a breath. Having reached the limit of some of his abilities, he released his hold on the moon!
His Gravity Manipulation ability, combined with another gift from the Phoenix Force – Telekinesis – allowed him to achieve what he had just done, forcibly stopping the moon!
The Phoenix Force is the creator and source of mental and psychic power, and telekinesis is one of its most basic abilities.
"My strength has surged unprecedentedly. Stopping the moon, and this isn't even all my power, merely a portion of it."
David truly didn't know how powerful he was now. The surge in his strength even gave him a slight illusion; he felt like an omnipotent god – God.
Of course, he knew it was just an illusion.
"Perhaps I can't destroy the Earth with a single punch now, but I can heavily damage the moon with one punch, creating a large hole in its center."
His heart burned as he looked at the moon hanging outside the Earth in the sky.
"However, it's not all good news."
The next second, he retracted his gaze, David frowned, looking at his hands that were now emitting divine power lightning.
After obtaining the Phoenix Force Sian template, a power that didn't originally belong to him was being violently rejected from his body—the Shazam Power.
He wasn't sure if it was due to his Eternal Race bloodline becoming stronger after merging with the Sian template, or if it was because the immensely noble Phoenix Force was repelling another 'inferior' power that dared to exist within him.
"Perhaps both, but it's likely mostly the latter," David mused, stroking his chin.
The Shazam Power was extraordinary, gathering the might of six gods, and its potential wasn't limited to that. As long as the initial of a person's name fell within the six letters of Shazam, they could sign a contract and replace the original divine power to borrow its strength.
But compared to the Phoenix Force, the Shazam Power was like a grain of sand next to a supernova!
"Along the way, the Shazam Power has helped me deal with many powerful enemies."
David landed slowly on the ground, a look of emotion on his face. He had thought the Shazam Power would stay with him for at least a few more years, but he hadn't expected it to be passed on so soon.
However, unlike his other abilities, the Shazam Power hadn't been amplified by the Phoenix Force. It now represented a very small portion of his current strength, so parting with it wasn't much of a regret.
"More importantly, I have no choice. If this continues, the Shazam Power will be directly expelled from my body by the Phoenix Force within a few days."
At this moment, David looked helplessly at the occasional wisps of divine power lightning that leaked from him, reducing the surrounding trees to ash.
As for the next inheritor of the Shazam Power, he had thought of it a long time ago.
"Keep it within the family," he thought.
"Of course, it's Clark."
Although Shazam had initially excluded Clark, an alien, David could guarantee that between Krypton and Earth, Clark's feelings would never lean more towards Krypton.
There was truly no one on Earth more suitable to bear this power and responsibility than the "Son of Tomorrow."
"With the Shazam Power, Clark will no longer have any weaknesses."
Kryptonite, red suns, even low magic resistance would no longer be problems. Even if they weakened his power, they wouldn't reduce him to less than a normal person.
David thought, looking in the direction of his home.
"But first, I need to deal with that president..."
Killing the president wouldn't be difficult; even now, he could flick his fingers and crush the one in the White House. But there was no rush.
Compared to that, it was much more challenging to help his father, Jonathan, go from a Kansas farmer to winning the election and becoming the President of the United States.
"The Wishing Stone..."
To achieve this, and to do it more easily, he needed to borrow the power of the Wishing Stone. In the original storyline, someone had become president using this power and thrown the world into chaos.
"Those who use the Wishing Stone to make wishes will ultimately pay a precious price, manipulated by the God of Lies, the creator of the stone," David murmured.
But it also depended on who made the wish. If the Sky Father Zeus made a wish with this stone, would the God of Lies, who belonged to the Greek pantheon, dare to manipulate him?
Previously, he had only managed to force Hades back into the Underworld through a trick, thanks to his unique physique that was immune to Death God Power.
But now, things were different. He dared to guarantee that his current strength far surpassed that of Hades, and was no less than that of the Greek King of Gods who ruled Mount Olympus!
Whoosh!
From the direction of his home, the Wishing Stone, which David had stored in a box under his bed, flew over at extreme speed and landed steadily in his hand. He tossed the stone a couple of times and unhurriedly made his wish.
"God of Lies, creator of the Wishing Stone, appear before me!"
...
"All models have been successfully established." A mechanical voice announced in the empty mansion.
"It's done? That's great!"
After a few days, Amazo had finally finished optimizing and establishing hundreds of models for ability operation without interference. In the villa, Lex Luthor, who had been waiting for days, was even more excited than the expressionless Amazo.
This meant it was time for his revenge, and he wouldn't have to suffer any longer!
"Lex Luthor will once again appear before the world."
Luthor's expression was sinister, mixed with a wild laugh. He clenched his fist towards the window where sunlight streamed in, as if trying to crush the radiant sun in his palm.
"Transcendent, Superman, you must be ready to pay the price for what you've done!"
-----------
Machine Translation by: https:// randomtranslator.com/
Read 777+ original & fanfic translations in English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, or Русский at: https:// randomtranslator.com/
Join our Discord: https:// discord.gg/NSWvfN7vua
-----------