In his previous life, there was an old saying that went, "A prolonged attack will surely break through, and a prolonged defense will surely fail!"
It's safe to say that a fully powered Zod, even maintaining this high-intensity attack frequency, could keep it up for three days and three nights without a moment's rest.
Of course, his physical body might not tire, but his spirit might be the first to give out.
After all, Kryptonians possess superhuman physiques, but not superhuman souls. Similarly, their mental fortitude is a major weakness for Kryptonians.
In his previous life, Zod had read many discussions that said Superman feared three things: kryptonite, magic, and mind control.
Now, Zod had somewhat overcome the weakness of kryptonite. As for magic, he hadn't yet truly encountered a genuinely powerful magician, so he couldn't test his own resistance.
Regarding mind control, he felt that having lived two lives and merged with Zod's soul, he shouldn't be too weak in that aspect inherently.
However, all of these would need to be tested in practice when he encountered suitable opponents in the future.
When Zod's punch landed on Abin Sur's shield, his will finally wavered for a split second, causing his defense to instantly crumble.
"Crack!"
The green shield shattered like glass. The moment before Zod's fist landed on him, Abin Sur still managed to seize the opportunity to construct a temporary barrier around his body.
Zod also held back some of his strength at this moment; he genuinely had no intention of killing his opponent.
However, even so, Abin Sur's body was subjected to a powerful impact, causing him to vomit a large amount of blood. His vital signs began to drop rapidly, and it was clear his life was nearing its end.
Zod felt little emotion about personally killing a character from a past story. He simply said to him indifferently, "I held back. Blame your body for being too fragile."
However, what surprised Zod a bit was that the system's prompt hadn't sounded yet.
"Does it mean victory is only achieved after the opponent has completely breathed his last? I remember it wasn't like this when I dealt with that giant python ancient god before."
Just as Zod was wondering, the ring on Abin Sur's hand suddenly emitted an even more brilliant green light.
Immediately following that, a green beam of light instantly enveloped Abin Sur's body. The next moment, he miraculously recovered completely.
"Interesting. This green lantern ring actually has such a function?"
Zod looked at the ring on Abin Sur's hand and suddenly felt an urge to snatch it and study it!
"Kryptonian, I admit you are the strongest opponent I have encountered in my long career as a Green Lantern. But for the glory of the Green Lantern Corps, I will fight until the last moment."
With that, terrifying green energy surged around Abin Sur.
Then his ring glowed green again, and this time he constructed a humanoid creature that looked exactly like Zod.
"Heh heh! Do all Green Lanterns think they can defeat me with a crude replica like that?"
Zod didn't take it to heart. Green Lanterns could indeed construct individuals indistinguishable from real creatures, but ultimately, the power a constructed creature could exert still depended on the Lantern himself.
Although he hadn't been absorbing solar radiation for long and his own strength hadn't reached its peak, in his eyes, a Green Lantern, as long as he hadn't merged with a Lantern entity or devoured all the energy within the Central Power Battery on Oa, was nothing special.
Immediately, the constructed green "Zod" made the exact same movements as the real Zod had just made, charging towards the original.
"Hmph!"
Zod threw a punch, and it was clear the replica was no match, instantly being sent flying, though it didn't immediately shatter.
Not wanting to waste more effort, Zod used greater strength this time. Just as the two were about to collide, the replicated "Zod" seemed to turn into jelly, instantly enveloping Zod's body.
At the same time, Abin Sur instantly created a giant cross-shaped green corridor at Zod's location. Four massive sonic devices were constructed in each of the corridor's four directions.
Without any hesitation, he directly activated the devices.
In an instant, four massive destructive sound waves completely engulfed Zod.
To counter Zod's Man of Steel, Abin Sur had quickly simulated this plan in his mind via the ring, achieving a 65% feasibility.
The result also seemed to meet his expectations.
At this moment, Zod, caught in the sound waves, felt every cell in his body vibrating. A terrifying buzzing sound echoed in his ears, and his brain felt hazy.
The veins on his face and all over his body bulged, as if the blood within him would burst out at any moment.
"Now, can I ask you to take your people and leave Earth? You haven't caused any killing or destruction on Earth, so I don't want to harm your life. If you agree, our battle can end immediately!"
At this point, Abin Sur used his green lantern ring to transmit his thoughts directly into Zod's mind via mental telepathy.
But his response was two crimson beams of deadly heat vision.
Abin Sur's will was already at its limit maintaining these constructs. Now, under Zod's frantic counterattack, he had no extra capacity to create a shield for himself.
Because if he chose to do so, Zod would undoubtedly escape instantly, and then there would likely be no further opportunity to trap him!
In this critical moment of choice between life and death, he still chose to preserve his own life, placing a prismatic mirror in front of him to reflect Zod's heat vision!
But this also gave Zod an opportunity to break free. The next moment, his body surged with power, and he instantly burst out of the sound wave's control range.
Then he fully bathed his body in the sunlight.
At this moment, he felt not the anger he had expected, but an unprecedented calmness.
From the beginning, he hadn't taken Abin Sur, the Green Lantern, seriously.
But he forgot that in his previous life, he was just an ordinary person. Even though he now possessed strength beyond the reach of ordinary people, he was not invincible, and arrogance could lead to a great loss.
This blow served to awaken him!
The moment he re-received solar radiation, the discomfort in his body immediately began to rapidly recover.
Then, just as he was preparing to engage Abin Sur in battle once more, he suddenly heard him say, "Kryptonian, you win. I surrender!"
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for defeating a powerful enemy, gaining +2 lottery draws!]
At this point, hearing the prompt in his mind, Zod barely managed to suppress his impulse to attack again.
Zod didn't have too much ill will towards the Green Lantern Corps, because most Green Lanterns truly upheld the ideals of justice, and many Lanterns even sacrificed themselves for it.
Because of this, the hosts of the green lantern ring also changed constantly, as if new hosts were being sought at all times.
But similarly, he didn't have much goodwill towards them either. Of course, the main reason was his disgust with the Little Blue Men behind them.
Those guys, under the guise of Guardians of the Universe, were essentially still pursuing universal hegemony. The Green Lantern Corps was just a convenient tool in their hands, and a replaceable one at that.
Looking at Abin Sur, Zod said coldly:
"I should thank you for helping me realize something. So, I can let you go this time, but if we meet again as opponents, I will twist off your head."
Hearing this, Abin Sur said with an unchanging expression, "I believe you can easily kill me, but if you and your people engage in acts that trample on justice and life on Earth, even if it means my death, I will still stop you."
After speaking, he transformed into a green light and flew into space.