Chapter 204 Golden Amazo (4k8)
Hiss!
Heat Vision, thick as a wrist, shot from Amazo's eyes.
Clark was sent flying backward by the impact, crashing through the building behind him. He steadied himself, his heart pounding as he looked at the robot.
"He actually did it! He copied my abilities?"
At first, Amazo had easily blocked his punch. Clark hadn't thought much of it; he'd faced powerful enemies with strength equal to or even surpassing his own before, like Zod, Black Adam, and Despair Demon.
It wasn't until Amazo displayed super speed, a bio-electric force field, and identical Heat Vision that he realized something was wrong. This robot wasn't just strong.
"He wasn't this powerful before!" Hawkgirl exclaimed, confused.
Superman's strength was second only to the Transcendent in the League. While she had to admit Cyborg was being suppressed by Amazo, the robot shouldn't have been able to withstand Superman's power.
"It's obvious he has abilities similar to Parasite Demon."
Clark, fists raised, observed the robot, hesitant to act rashly.
Amazo's performance reminded him of the Parasite Demon, which had given him a terrible experience in the past.
"You're the bad guy who destroys beautiful worlds!"
However, unlike his previous attitude towards Hawkgirl, Amazo's aggression surged upon seeing Clark. He ferociously swung his war hammer at Clark.
"Me? Destroying beautiful worlds? The bad guy?"
Amazo dove at him like a fighter jet. Clark, struggling to block his powerful attacks, felt a slight pain in his arms and was baffled.
"Who put that idea in your head?"
Amazo possessed hundreds of Lex Luthor's abilities, stacking up to considerable power. Combined with Hawkgirl's and Clark's strength, he had slightly surpassed Clark, though not by much.
Clark tried to communicate with the mysterious gray-silver robot before him.
This robot had to have been created by someone. Did they have a grudge against him? Why would they describe him like that?
Bang!
Hawkgirl attempted to assist, striking Amazo's shoulder fiercely from behind with her war hammer. But it was like hitting a cast-iron mountain. Amazo swatted her away, the overwhelming force causing her to spit blood.
"Be careful, his strength is dangerous!" Clark warned urgently.
"Does the lady need assistance?"
A giant sponge-like cushion made of green energy caught Hawkgirl. Green Lantern Hal Jordan, responding to a call for support, arrived at high speed and took stock of Amazo.
"A robot?"
He then used his Lantern Ring to create a massive electromagnet, intending to restrict Amazo's movements.
One second, two seconds passed, and nothing happened.
Amazo tilted his head, seemingly confused by Green Lantern's inexplicable actions.
"Alright, it seems your creator anticipated this when they built you."
Green Lantern then manipulated energy to manifest an object: a giant flamethrower appeared in the air, spewing a firestorm like a dragon's breath towards Amazo.
"Then try this! Be careful not to melt into a hunk of iron!"
But an unbelievable scene unfolded. A gray-silver ring appeared on Amazo's hand, identical in appearance to a Green Lantern Ring.
Green energy formed a massive U-shaped pipe. The terrifying flames were channeled into the pipe, redirected 180 degrees, and shot back at Green Lantern.
"What?"
Green Lantern seemed stunned by the sight, frozen in place.
"Watch out!" A red streak flashed through the sky. Flash leaped from the rooftop of a building, carrying his friend Green Lantern to the roof of another.
"Hal, losing focus during a fight is a bad habit."
"Did you see that? He conjured a Green Lantern Ring?"
But Green Lantern was wide-eyed. He was certain the robot had manufactured the ring on the spot. Its appearance was different from his own emerald ring.
The Green Lantern Ring was one of the universe's most powerful weapons; had it really been created so easily?
Clark, who had realized the robot's copying ability earlier, was also taken aback.
He had thought Green Lantern, lacking special abilities, wouldn't be copied. But he hadn't expected the robot to be able to replicate the Lantern Rings of the Green Lantern Corps!
"No matter who created you, it's time to stop!"
In the streets, Metropolis citizens fled in terror. Clark frowned, then charged forward like a whirlwind.
Even though Amazo now possessed the power of the Green Lantern Ring in addition to his own.
However, he also had a Green Lantern Ring. And frankly, Amazo's strength still wasn't significantly beyond his own. It wasn't impossible for him to subdue this mysterious robot causing panic and destruction in the city!
Above, thunderous roars accompanied the clash of Amazo's and Clark's fists. Layers of shockwaves exploded in the air, shattering the glass of buildings in several blocks around them.
At first, he could still block Amazo's offensive, but as red lightning appeared on Amazo's body, it unleashed abilities copied from Flash, increasing its speed by a notch and surpassing him.
Clark was left with no choice but to desperately defend himself.
"What's going on?"
Batman flew in piloting the Fenrir Mech, arriving at the scene. He directed Flash to help evacuate the city's populace and looked up at Hawkgirl in the sky to ask for information.
"This robot appeared out of nowhere and can copy people's abilities."
"It not only copied Superman and Hawkgirl's abilities, but it also copied my Lantern Ring." Green Lantern had just created a giant slide to help people trapped on higher floors escape downwards. He turned and gritted his teeth.
"This is a Green Lantern Ring, one of the universe's most advanced technologies. Which planet in space did this robot come from? My Lantern Ring can't identify its technological origin."
"Copy? Not good."
Batman's expression changed. "Diana!"
Wonder Woman, arriving from another direction with him, saw Clark struggling. She swung the Lasso of Truth at Amazo, ensnaring one of its legs. Standing on the rooftop of a skyscraper, she yanked downwards fiercely.
"Target copied."
Under attack, Amazo turned and wrestled with Wonder Woman for a second or two before copying her strength. It lifted a leg and flung Diana, who had recently returned from Themyscira and resumed her superhero life, flying away.
Clark threw another punch, but Amazo calmly caught it with its hand. The immense force made his fist ache, startling him. Immediately after, a giant silver fist magnified before his eyes.
Bang!
Clark was sent reeling from the punch.
"Come with me."
It seemed the robot had already copied Wonder Woman's abilities. Batman frowned. Since the abilities of everyone present had been mostly copied, there was nothing left to hold back.
The main reason was that the strongest among them, Superman and Wonder Woman, had already been copied.
"Firestorm, Element Girl, you two stay back for now.
Cyborg, send a message to Transcendent and tell him about this robot's strange situation. Don't rush over yet. Wait until we find its weakness, and only then if we can't hold on."
Batman turned and said this to Cyborg, Element Girl, and Firestorm, who had followed closely behind him.
"Is it necessary to be this cautious?"
Hearing that Transcendent was being told not to provide support for the time being and to observe the situation, Firestorm, a fan of Transcendent, was a bit stunned.
"I've seen the Justice League's internal data. Didn't you guys work together to deal with the enemy Parasite Demon, who could also absorb abilities through contact? But Parasite Demon's energy absorption had a limit, and it was eventually dealt with by Transcendent?"
Is this overkill?
Perhaps if Transcendent had been called over earlier, this robot could have been dealt with sooner, preventing more injuries.
"Being cautious never hurts. What if it can copy Transcendent's abilities too? Then Earth's doomsday will arrive!"
With a deep voice, Batman dropped this statement and led the group forward to engage.
"Batman is right."
Element Girl and Firestorm exchanged glances and said cautiously.
"Think about it, if it gains Transcendent's power, we'll be facing another Transcendent."
Thinking about how the aftershocks of the battle between Transcendent and Captain Atom had sunk an island, Firestorm shivered, imagining what it would be like if the fight happened in Metropolis.
"Alright, let's hurry and hide. We don't want to add more abilities to this strange robot."
Having gained Diana's abilities, Amazo possessed power that surpassed everyone present. However, facing the onslaught from everyone, it didn't achieve a crushing victory.
"Is it distracted?"
Transforming into a Gatling gun, bullets rained down on Amazo. But unfazed by the hits, it stared straight ahead. Hal Jordan couldn't help but complain.
"Or has something gone wrong with this terrifying robot?"
Amazo's eyes were hollow. It only moved to dodge and counter-attack when Superman and Wonder Woman attacked. At other times, it relied on its powerful metallic body to ignore everyone else's attacks.
"Does it look down on us?" Leaping from a skyscraper and unleashing hundreds of thousands of punches on Amazo in an instant, but still achieving no effect, Flash retreated to another skyscraper using the recoil and said weakly.
"For some reason, I have a bad feeling."
Clark clenched his fist, his expression grave.
After gaining power that surpassed theirs, Amazo was clearly less aggressive than before, even towards him. Yet, he had an extremely bad premonition, though he didn't know from where.
"A robot wouldn't act without reason. It's reducing its focus on us, meaning its intelligent brain is working on something more important."
Batman operated the mech, striking Amazo's body and knocking it back several meters in the air. His expression was grim, his eyes flashing rapidly as he speculated about the robot's purpose.
"Excellent, just like this!"
On the top floor of a distant skyscraper, Lex Luthor watched Amazo, its eyes hollow as if distracted, yet still fighting almost the entire Justice League alone and gaining the upper hand.
He downed the champagne in his glass, excitedly loosening his tie. His eyes were greedy and crazed, like Jörmungandr wanting to devour the entire world.
"If my guess is correct, Amazo, you have obtained the key to finally becoming an omnipotent god!
Thus, eliminate all obstacles for me and help me establish Lex Luthor's empire in this world!"
"Superman, your brain burns like a star, the sparks on your neural synapses are as swift and dazzling as lightning, and your eyes can see thousands of miles away."
The battle continued for just a few dozen more seconds, and several more buildings collapsed with a roar during their fight, the sound carrying far.
After punching Batman away, Amazo, having just copied Fenrir Mech's abilities, hovered in the air. Its eyes were no longer vacant; it seemed to have regained its senses.
"You don't understand your potential. This will help me complete the most important first step."
He looked at Superman first, his tone filled with admiration.
"It seems to have become different."
Hawkgirl, her expression grave, gripped her war hammer, sweat beading on her palms.
"Finally paying a little attention to the little bugs that can't be hurt no matter how much we hit them?" Hal Jordan shook his injured fist, his tone self-mocking.
"No, it's become more human!"
Batman's voice was heavy, jolting everyone awake.
Everyone suddenly realized with alarm that Amazo, standing in mid-air, felt different. It had been somewhat rigid before, but its current demeanor and tone were like a real person with emotions.
"Could its intelligence have been iterating and evolving just now?"
Clark fired his heat vision at Amazo, gritting his teeth.
"I don't think only its intelligence has evolved."
Batman finally thought of a terrifying possibility, his eyes widening.
He knew what the robot had been doing.
"Get Transcendent here to support us, immediately!"
Batman turned and yelled at Cyborg, his tone showing a hint of panic.
"What's wrong, Batman?"
Cyborg didn't understand why Batman was suddenly calling for Transcendent again, and why his tone was so urgent.
"This world is in big trouble!" Inside the mech cockpit, Batman's mouth hung open.
Amazo's body phased, allowing the two beams of heat vision to pass through it.
The worst-case scenario had been confirmed!
"Whose ability is this?"
Diana asked, confused. She already knew Amazo could copy abilities, but did everyone else have hidden powers?
They looked at each other, but it was clear this ability didn't belong to any of them.
"This ability doesn't belong to you. It comes from a girl thousands of miles away, known as Extreme Pain. Her abilities are quite remarkable."
Amazo replied. As he spoke, he blew out a breath, displaying another powerful ability that none of them recognized!
A massive hurricane swept them away. Skyscrapers in the city center swayed and collapsed in the wind. Cars made of steel were rolled into the sky like paper toys, making it seem like the end of the world in an instant.
"What happened? Is Extreme Pain here?"
Stabilizing himself, the Green Lantern cupped his hand to shield his eyes from the raging wind, shouting his question.
Whose ability was this now?
"No, but have you forgotten Superman's super-vision?"
Batman gritted his teeth.
"If I'm not mistaken, he obtains others' abilities by scanning them with his eyes. Superman's X-ray vision allowed him to scan the abilities of superpowered individuals thousands of miles away, even across the ocean!"
"What?" Cyborg's face changed drastically.
"Doesn't that mean..."
The superpowers of everyone on the entire hemisphere had become his readily scannable database!
Everyone realized what was happening, feeling as though God had played a cruel joke on them.
"Where did this robot come from? Was it sent by God to destroy Earth?" Flash's forehead was slick with cold sweat, his voice filled with dread.
After being attacked by the Justice League, Amazo began copying the abilities of others miles or even thousands of miles away. Using its acquired super-brain, it built models. When Amazo felt it had gained enough power to deal with them with even a sliver of its attention, it snapped out of that 'distracted' state.
One by one, superpowers, whether from supervillains or superheroes, were constantly being copied. Its body became more and more perfect.
Its tall, streamlined body was like God's most perfect work of art. The silver on its body gradually turned to gold.
Clark looked on in dread, feeling an suffocating power emanating from Amazo, as if it were a deity superior to all else, far more terrifying than Captain Atom had ever made them feel.
Like lambs before a tiger, they instinctively dared not move.
Amazo was a completely different level of being from them!
Bang!
As Amazo rapidly evolved, the immense sound of the disaster unfolding in the city alerted someone. With a thought, they appeared at the skies above Metropolis at extreme speed.
"Amazo?
No, it's already evolving into Golden Amazo?"
David appeared, observing Amazo's transforming body.
Dozens of miles away, in the woods of a small town, he recognized the origin of the robot before him – a technological creation that could be called a miracle.
"A robot that can copy the abilities of anyone it sees. With this level of technology, even the most technologically advanced civilizations in the universe like Krypton, Oa, and Brainiac couldn't create something like this."
Yet, it unexpectedly came from the hands of a human on Earth, a planet with backward technology, as if fate intended to create an Amazo with infinite potential through him.
"Be careful, David."
Seeing David appear, Clark urgently warned him.
"Transcendent, he can copy others' abilities. Don't let him see you!" Amidst the howling wind, everyone urgently reminded him.
The Amazo hadn't turned its gaze yet; it was still possible to hide and find a solution!
"It's fine."
Sizing up the Amazo, its skin now tinged with gold, David waved his hand.
Although the Amazo possessed near-infinite potential, having traveled the universe and evolved into its Golden Amazo form after absorbing the abilities of countless alien races, it had effortlessly crushed the combined defenses of the entire Green Lantern Corps. It had only been because Oa stood in its path that it had hurled the entire planet into another dimension with a wave of its hand.
Its power had reached a level that was almost godlike, capable of anything in the universe!
"But even in its evolved Golden Amazo form, the Amazo still has one indelible weakness."
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