I'm Superman's Brother, But I Got Thanos's Template

"The Lantern Ring can manifest thoughts into reality, constructing all things and simulating properties.

From black holes and stars to hand saws and screws, the power and durability depend on your willpower."

Thoma Ray waved his hand, and his willpower materialized into a glass bottle, suspended in mid-air.

With a flick of his finger, it produced a clear chime, as if it were made of real glass.

"Now you try."

He looked at the two of them encouragingly and smiled.

Clark, with a look of surprise, extended his ring and held his breath as he tried. Green light shaped by his will formed a slightly lopsided glass bottle in the air.

Compared to Thoma Ray's, his looked like a defective product.

"Imagine more details; it's normal to be clumsy at first."

Thoma Ray commented, then turned to David.

David raised his hand, and green light converged, forming a Klein bottle with a slender neck leading inward, which instantly appeared in the air.

He raised an eyebrow and looked at the Lantern Ring on his hand.

"It's a wondrous feeling, like operating a universal printer that takes commands from your thoughts."

"Oh…"

Thoma Ray's gaze shifted from the peculiar bottle to David in surprise. "I've never seen a newcomer grasp willpower this quickly."

If the Lantern Ring hadn't contained David's data, he would have thought a seasoned Lantern stood before him.

David remained calm. Among his abilities, controlling energy, especially gravity manipulation, required extremely fine control.

It was similar to manipulating willpower.

"Now let's see how strong your wills are."

Thoma Ray maneuvered his bottle to collide with Clark's, the most direct way to test them. Whichever was stronger would naturally remain.

With a clang, Clark's constructed bottle shattered. The remaining bottle also developed several cracks, then disintegrated into specks of light.

He was somewhat surprised. Setting aside the poor details in Clark's bottle, if both bottles shattered, it would mean this young man's willpower was stronger than his own, a battle-hardened Lantern.

Thoma Ray didn't doubt this.

"Everyone has willpower, but in peaceful environments, it usually doesn't become apparent how strong it is."

Although the young man before him might have lived in a peaceful environment, not yet entered society, and seemed to have undergone little tempering, he might possess great potential. When faced with difficulties, he could unleash astonishingly powerful willpower.

"Very good.

Now it's your turn."

Thoma Ray nodded appreciatively, thinking that this Kryptonian youth would achieve more in the Corps than he himself had. He turned to David and conjured another glass bottle to collide with it.

Crack!

Several cracks appeared, but not on David's newly formed bottle. Thoma Ray's glass bottle shattered with a crash, while the uniquely shaped Klein bottle remained suspended in the air, perfectly intact.

Thoma Ray was astonished, his eyes wide.

"Are all newcomers these days monsters?"

He looked back and forth between the two.

Another one with stronger willpower than him. He just wondered who was stronger between these two newcomers.

David calmly waved his hand, dispersing the bottle.

He had slain sons of Zeus, ancient war gods, scared away the host of a Hell Demon King's power, single-handedly captured Themyscira, the paradise island created by the gods, and conquered the Atlantean tribe that ruled the seven seas.

The slight astonishment of an alien was not enough to make him lose his composure.

As Thoma Ray prepared to impart a few more tips on using the Lantern Ring's power to the two newcomers, the ring on his hand suddenly lit up, displaying a message from Green Lantern Corps headquarters on Oa.

His expression froze after reading it; he found it hard to believe.

[Parallax has arrived at the life-bearing planet called Earth in Sector 2814.

Thoma Ray, responsible for Sector 2813, you are to lead two rookie Lanterns to stop and eliminate Parallax along with the arriving Parallax, and protect Earth civilization from destruction.]

"To throw two newcomers who are just starting to familiarize themselves with the Lantern Ring into combat immediately, and against an enemy rarely encountered in the Corps' history.

What's the difference between this and teaching someone how to shoot a gun and then immediately tossing them onto a battlefield filled with meat grinders!"

Walking quickly to the side, Thoma Ray frantically communicated with headquarters via his Lantern Ring, voicing his questions and doubts. However, the reply he received was an unquestionable command from the Corps' founders.

[A powerful enemy threatening the universe is upon us. If Parallax continues to grow stronger, no one in the entire universe will be able to escape the disaster it will unleash.

The Green Lantern Corps must go all out, mobilizing all available forces to eliminate the darkness!]

"Now, I have some very bad news for you."

With the fate of the universe at stake, Thoma Ray opened his mouth, unsure what else to say. He hesitated before walking back to the two of them.

"Parallax is heading for this planet beneath our feet. I know this is very unfair to you."

"But the Corps needs you to stop Parallax together."

"When we engage that monster later, stay behind me."

"That monster called Parallax? It's on its way to Earth?"

Clark was shocked.

They said it was a cosmic disaster, so why was Earth specifically targeted to be unlucky?

David, however, was a bit calmer, as he already knew Parallax would come.

"Wait a moment, it seems to have already arrived!"

David's expression turned serious as he quickly turned his head to look in a certain direction.

Clark closed his eyes and searched, listening. He heard sounds from miles away. Amidst the bustling, lively city, there was chaos, people screaming, and people crying.

"What is that?"

"Monster, help!"

"Coast City." David sensed the turmoil in the city miles away through his gravity field, as well as the colossal monster hovering above the city. It was Parallax.

"Where are the Green Lantern Corps warriors?" Clark asked impatiently.

The massive monster had already arrived on Earth and was rampaging through the city. He didn't have much experience dealing with such a monster.

"They might still be on their way to Earth."

Tomar-Re's face tensed, with a hint of embarrassment.

"It seems we'll have to rely on ourselves for now."

He had previously said not to worry about Parallax, as the official members of the Green Lantern Corps would handle it. But now the monster had arrived on Earth, disaster was imminent, and the Green Lantern Corps members hadn't arrived yet.

The three quickly ascended and flew towards Coast City.

David glanced at the anxious Clark beside him.

Clark was in a hurry to save people and didn't notice that he was flying faster and faster, surpassing the flying ability granted by his unfamiliar Lantern Ring, breaking the sound barrier by over a hundred times in an instant.

David could still keep up easily, but Tomar-Re, the veteran Lantern, couldn't. His face turned red, and despite desperately urging his Lantern Ring, he couldn't catch up to the speed of the other two.

"We'll go on ahead."

After saying that, David began to accelerate, and Clark followed. In the blink of an eye, Tomar-Re could only watch as the two quickly flew away, his eyes filled with shock.

Recalling what he had just said, he suddenly felt that if they truly faced Parallax on the battlefield, it was uncertain who would be protecting whom.

...

Above Coast City.

Parallax's enormous and hideous body hovered in the air, with thousands of tentacles flailing wildly. One tentacle grasped a corpse that had just been dug out of the ground.

The familiar face belonged to Abin Sur's corpse.

"Abin Sur, you finally died. What a shame I couldn't see you one last time before you died."

The dead would no longer feel fear. He couldn't absorb the life energy of a corpse.

Crack!

The sound of bones breaking echoed.

Abin Sur's corpse was crushed into a pulp and fell from the high altitude. Parallax's fierce and greedy gaze fell upon the city below.

"You can't stop me anymore. Let me show you how I drain these fear insects dry!"

"Help, someone save us!

God!"

On the streets of Coast City, cars were overturned. People emerging from their cars looked up in terror, frozen in place. In the leaden-gray clouds, the sky-obscuring monster enveloped the city.

The yellowish space monster seemed to be the embodiment of fear. Just a glance was enough to cause fear to grow uncontrollably in one's heart, their minds and even bodies controlled by fear, trembling uncontrollably.

Countless terrified and horrified people turned to flee, only to despairingly realize they couldn't escape the speed of the monster's extending tentacles.

Hiss!

"It's the scent of fear."

Parallax inhaled deeply, indulging himself. His eyes flashed with ferocity. He opened his cavernous mouth and began to absorb their life energy through their fear.

Those who were close by had their faces contorted in fear as their life energy was drained, turning them into skeletal frames that collapsed on the ground.

"Stop it, Parallax!"

A roar echoed, and two figures, trailing long streams of air, flew rapidly from the horizon.

"This is Parallax possessing the form of the Guardians of the Universe. It looks like a space octopus."

After a brief assessment, David's eyes shot out thick purple energy beams, striking Parallax.

Clark, encased in a green suit, followed David's lead and concealed the Green Lantern Corps symbol on his chest. Rage burned in his eyes.

"Monster, you are forbidden from harming any more lives."

He shouted, his eyes also shooting heat vision, attacking Parallax.

Two rays, one red and one purple, streaked across the city sky, accompanied by terrifying heat that evaporated steel, continuously impacting Parallax. It roared in pain, being pushed back and recoiling in mid-air.

"It's Superman!"

"And Purple Light Man!"

The terrified masses looked up at the two figures in the sky, their eyes shining as if seeing saviors. Excitement flushed their faces as they cheered them on.

Although Clark had almost exclusively fought crime in Metropolis, and David had only appeared publicly twice, the two were the only known superpowered individuals exposed to the public eye. They had always been a hot topic of discussion, and anyone who browsed the internet would likely know of them.

"Humble insects, how dare you attack me."

Parallax roared in fury. Crucially, in this ocean of fear, it felt not a trace of fear from the two. It unleashed a torrent of light formed from Fear Power, sweeping across the sky.

Boom boom boom!

Having absorbed the life force of two civilizations, Parallax was incredibly powerful. David and Clark raised their arms to block. Clark was sent tumbling through the air, then stabilized himself.

His green suit was torn, and his arm burned with a fiery sensation, turning red. However, he suffered no serious injuries.

Supported by the gravity field, David was pinned in the air, completely unmoved by Parallax's impact. After the torrent of Fear Power passed, he remained unharmed.

Raising his palm, a patch of yellow Fear Power appeared and pierced the sky, blasting forward.

"You taste this too!"

After the Black King template fully merged with his body, David found absorbing any power as simple as eating and drinking.

"How dare you use my power against me!"

Parallax roared, thrashing its tentacles and effortlessly ripping skyscrapers from the ground to hurl at David. He raised his palm, manipulating the gravity field, and suspended them all in the air.

Under the boundless might, the skyscrapers became like mere toys.

There were still survivors inside the skyscrapers. David moved them far to the rear. Clark, thinking David might be struggling, flew forward to buy him time and slammed his fist heavily onto Parallax's ugly, massive head.

A circular white shockwave erupted, spreading for miles.

Parallax tilted its head back and was sent flying towards space.

This was a crisis Clark had never encountered. Behind him stood the people of an entire city. The ghastly white skeletons on the streets earlier proved that this monster could easily take the lives of thousands in an instant.

"The lives of thousands are behind me, failure is absolutely not an option!"

In his urgent rage, he unleashed a power he normally didn't possess.

Vroom!

"There are too many people here, let's find a different battlefield."

Setting down the buildings, David pursued, unleashing Fear Power with abandon, accelerating Parallax's trajectory towards space.

It was a small effort, and he didn't mind saving lives.

David could perfectly control the power he absorbed, but Fear Power felt deeply uncomfortable. As he used it, faint screams of fear echoed in his ears, causing a slight annoyance.

"Fear Power really does erode one's mind, as expected."

With his mental resistance, it was like hearing noise, but others would likely have their minds begin to erode.

"Parallax!"

Thomas Ray finally arrived from a distance. He looked at the corpses of intelligent life on the ground, his expression grim and angry as he attacked.

He manipulated his Lantern Ring, conjuring a large net that enveloped Parallax and dragged it into space, pulled by a spaceship.

Although Thomas Ray was a relatively outstanding and powerful Lantern in the Green Lantern Corps, his strength was still too weak compared to Parallax.

"All you annoying Lanterns deserve to die!"

The net woven from green energy was like a fragile spiderweb to Parallax. With a slight movement, it shattered into pieces, but it infuriated it, and beams of energy shot from its eyes.

"Get out of the way!"

Clark quickly dodged and helped Thomas Ray by raising his arm to block.

Vroom!

The Fear Power that splashed over Clark's body like a torrent, and Thomas Ray, who was shielding, was blown away, nearly crashing through a building.

Blood trickled from his mouth, and his internal organs were injured by the impact. He felt as if he had brushed against death.

He had never realized how weak he was, despite being responsible for guarding tens of thousands of galaxies. Parallax's stray attack's aftershock had almost killed him.

Thomas Ray felt a chill run through him. Over ninety percent of the Lanterns in the Corps were weaker than him.

"Can the Corps' power really deal with this terrifying monster?"

He began to doubt uncontrollably.

"You want to destroy this planet?

Then let me show you the planet's wrath, Parallax!"

Parallax's desire to devour global life also included Jonathan and Martha. David's eyes turned cold as he unleashed his full power.

He threw a punch, unleashing a torrent of cosmic energy, while simultaneously using the planet's gravity field beneath his feet to strike Parallax from afar. Each blow sent it flying back tens of kilometers.

"Bug, I'm going to smash you into cosmic dust!"

Although Parallax was dazed and disoriented, constantly retaliating in its furious, spinning state, it couldn't inflict any damage on David. Its attacks were like stones cast into the sea when they hit him.

"God above..."

Thomas Ray, who had just personally experienced how terrifying Parallax was, looked at David, who was ferociously blasting Parallax away, and opened his mouth, his heart filled with indescribable shock.

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