Shadow of the Beautiful World

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In the training room of the Mystery House, Clark, who was wearing a Kryptonian combat uniform, swung a fist, and his clenched fist hit Merlin's body like a fired shell.

But before the fist arrived, Merlin's figure shrank strangely. A flying raven dodged Clark's fist, and then returned to Merlin's appearance, kicking the Kryptonian's chest.

This blow made Clark's figure not move, he punched again without feeling, and this time finally hit Merlin.

But in the eyes of Xuanlan who was watching, this punch seemed to hit the air. The force attached to the fist was enough to easily tear apart the steel, and it tore Merlin apart completely, causing the floating smoke to form a whistling smoke. The Ring, but it didn't hurt him at all.

The endless smoke re-condensed into Merlin's body in the next instant, and between the beating of the light at the top of the wand Lola, a maximum crushing curse hit Clark's chest.

The explosion full of magic power hit Clark's body, blasting a string of sparks on the surface of the blue Kryptonian battle suit, but it only made Clark take a step back.

The defense has really improved a lot.

Merlin's voice resounded in the black mist all over the training ground. Clark moved his shoulders. He looked at the surrounding black mist vigilantly, and his sharper senses spread out, like radar, sensing Merlin's next attack.

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The golden blade slashed from behind Clark, but Clark's body deflected outwards, narrowly dodging the sharp sword. He waved his fist to disperse the fog behind him, and then moved quickly , so that all the sword dances played by Merlin fell through.

His reaction speed and movement speed have also improved a lot compared to a year ago.

It seems the guy wasn't kidding when he said he'd been practicing.

boom

Facing Merlin who was hiding in the mist and swung his sharp blade again, Clark no longer backed away. He stared at the long sword cut in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, clasped his hands together, like a classic empty-handed entry. Like a white blade, he clamped the Zhenjin long sword on top of his head.

The blade was only a few inches away from Clark's forehead, but it was fixed as if by iron clamps. Merlin in the mist swung his wrist and tried to pull the blade out, but Clark's strength was no longer what it used to be. The blade didn't budge.

swish

Merlin disappeared before Clark's eyes with his sword and man, and amidst the billowing black mist, he seemed to be planning a new offensive.

Speaking of which, I also have some new tricks

Clark raised his head, his eyes became hot, like light bulbs, Merlin in the smoke felt the energy gathering in Clark's eyes, and he quickly gathered the spreading black smoke.

The next moment, two scorching red rays of light shot out from Clark's eyes, piercing through the gathered black smoke. In his moving eyes, the red rays of light were like sharp energy knives, splitting the fog that Merlin dispersed into two parts. several paragraphs.

It was scorching hot, fast, full of destructive power, and even left scorched and scorched marks on the walls around the practice room.

That's a good move.

Seeing that Clark had an energy attack method, Merlin simply put away the black mist and reshaped his body in the air. He activated the Animagus form that he hadn't used for a long time, dangling in the air like a real flexible bird , the ray that shot out chased him, but it was hard to hurt him.

The light moves fast, but Clark needs to move his head to lock on to the target, and the blast rays from his eyes don't bend.

colloportus! (Confinement Curse)

cruio! (cruciatus curse)

Merlin broke away from the raven form, waved the wand in his hand, and threw two spells on Clark. The chains of magic power were locked on his arms and legs, but Clark easily tore them apart the next moment.

However, the insidious magic of the Cruciatus Curse acted on Clark's body, and the severe pain emanating from the inside of his body made Clark's heat rays pause.

But he was still vigilant in the severe pain. He had a premonition that Merlin was about to launch a violent storm, so he blocked his hands in front of him.

At the same time, Merlin put his fingers on his red belt.

speed up

boom

At the same time as the voice sounded, Clark's body seemed to be hit on the chin by an invisible fist, and the whole person was beaten off the ground. Merlin's fist was entangled with huge force, and it appeared in more than a dozen places on Clark's body at the same time. An attack from Merlin who was moving at almost the speed of light.

Under Xuanlan's gaze, Merlin's figure spread all over the training field at this moment, the speed was too fast, and countless afterimages were drawn.

Clark seemed to be thrown into a real storm, with hundreds of punches hitting his body every second, and each punch had Merlin's semi-demonized superpower, he was like a man thrown into a storm The rag doll in the movie, although there are constant signals of being attacked in his perception, his body can't react at all.

So what if you block a punch? Still get hit one after another.

In 7 seconds, Clark was blasted from the ground into the air more than ten meters high. He couldn't move, couldn't dodge, and could only passively endure the raging storm.

Snapped

The difficult 7 seconds finally passed, and Merlin reappeared on the ground, while Clark with disheveled hair fell from the air. Merlin swung gravity to catch the falling Clark, but the latter's body flipped flexibly in the air, and then It hovered lightly in the air half a meter above the ground.

He moved his shoulders, crossed his hips, looked at Merlin provocatively, and said:

The speed is not bad, but the fist is weak and weak, like scratching an itch

Perhaps it's time for you to try the sourness of a semi-devil fist wrapped in fire hitting your face at supersonic speed, but it's just a warm-up now, and I won't beat you so hard. Speaking of which, you can fly ?”

Merlin looked at the hovering Clark, he said:

When did you learn it?

A few months ago.

Clark fell to the ground, and he said:

I went to the 'Fortress of Solitude', which is the ship at the North Pole. Joe's projection taught me a lot of Kryptonian fighters' fighting skills, and he also taught me how to fly.

Actually, it's not flying. It's just because the gravity of the earth is relatively weak, so Kryptonians can rely on their own strength to achieve long-term suspension. But I think I have mastered the trick, and maybe after a while, I will really learn to fly gone.

That heat ray just now was pretty good.

Merlin looked back at the gap on the edge of the training ground blasted by Clark's heat rays, and he said:

The temperature is very high and the control is flexible. Is this what Joe taught you?

No, I will do this very early on.

Clark pointed to his eyes, and he said:

I've had this since I was a kid, but I've never been able to adjust the power of it, and it doesn't feel like it's really useful except for warming cans once in a while.

But Joe told me, let me go outside the earth to irradiate pure sunlight, which contains energy that can be absorbed by Kryptonians. After returning from outside the earth, my strength, speed and physical fitness have improved a lot. The power of the rays has also been raised to the weapon level.

So, you only need to bask in the sun to become stronger?

Merlin looked at Clark strangely, and said:

I'm really starting to envy you, Clark, this power comes too easily.

It is the pure sun.

Clark corrected:

The energy obtained by basking in the sun on the earth is very little, and the atmosphere isolates a lot of energy from the earth. This is why I have been on the earth for more than 20 years and was beaten so badly by Mike Chuang. There will be problems, but this is very complicated to explain.

Um.

Merlin nodded, he didn't ask too many questions, but turned his head to look at the edge of the training field, where, beside Xuanlan, another guy who was late arrived finally.

Why did you wait so long?

Merlin asked.

Uh, I got into a car accident on the road and I just took the injured to the hospital, so there was a delay.

Steve stood on the edge of the training field, looked at Clark, and said to Merlin:

Who is this friend? I just saw the last scene of the battle between the two of you. They are both amazing.

You are Captain America? Steve Rogers?

Clark stared at Steve. The latter came to the mystery room without a mask, which made Clark quickly identify Steve's identity. He said:

My mother admires you very much. She said that she collected your posters when she was young, and I read your comics when I was young. You are not missing or dead. My mother will be very happy to hear this news of.

your mom?

Steve shook his head helplessly, and said:

Well, I am indeed an old man compared to you.

Then old people, come down and do some exercise.

Merlin took something out of his pocket, then flicked it, and it flew towards Steve with a roar, and was easily caught by the latter.

It was a shield, very light but strong, with blue, red and white intertwined patterns on the surface, and a five-pointed star in the center. That was the shield that Merlin got back from Tony Stark, and it was the weapon used by Captain America in World War II.

Steve stroked the shield with nostalgia, and said:

It's really hard for you, and I got this thing back.

swish

Merlin's figure flickered and came to Steve's side. He patted Steve on the shoulder, pointed at Clark, and said to Steve:

Look at this young lad in front of you, Steve.

He's full of courage, longing to do good, a good man like you, who just started deciding to be a hero yesterday. He's got strength too, and he's smug about it, let me tell you, Clark's father wants He became a deity for the people on Earth, and Clark has the potential to become a deity.

I want you to teach him a lesson, Steve, let the young people know how powerful we old people are, and let him face the world

Wow. You? Old man? Huh.

Steve looked at Merlin and said:

You asked me to deal with a god, you see, brother Clark can kill me with a single punch.

Stop joking, go and show your hands, I'll wait and see.

Merlin pushed and pulled Steve off the training ground. He watched Steve walk towards Clark with the shield in his hand. He said to Xuan Lan beside him:

Lan, who do you think will win?

On paper, the winner is Clarke, no doubt about it.

Xuan Lan stood beside Merlin, the housekeeper stared at the round shield in Steve's hand, she said:

But I suspect there's something wrong with that shield

I guess they'll fight until midnight.

Merlin smiled and said:

As long as Steve holds his shield tightly, no one can beat him. Of course, Fury spent so much time and energy to get Steve back, he didn't want him to charge into the battle as a big soldier, Steve. Great charisma and leadership is what really counts.

He'll be the heart of the Avengers, a bond, a bond that holds all the heroes together. But having said that, anyone who underestimates him for this will probably get a beating.

Can you sign me?

On the training ground, Clark looked at Steve in front of him and said:

I'm going to take out the posters that my mother has treasured. You can sign her. If possible, I would like to invite you to my farm as a guest. Mom and Dad will be very happy.

Then you have to beat me first, young man.

Holding the shield in front of him, Steve said to Clark:

Merlin told me that you will be the most powerful attacker in the Avengers. I also want to see how powerful the heroes of this world are after 60 years.

All right.

Clark moved his shoulders. He could feel that Steve in front of him was not as beatable as Merlin. He raised his fist and said:

Then I hit lightly?

up to you.

Steve wasn't provoked either, saying:

But you better be serious.

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Clark's fist hit Steve's shield like a cannonball. He thought that this punch would knock Steve back, but to his surprise, the moment his fist touched the surface of the shield, he blasted The power seemed to be transmitted into a quagmire, and Steve's body didn't even move at all.

Snapped

Steve took a wrong step forward, and swung the shield in his hand forward fiercely. The cold shield slapped Clark's face with a standard shield blow, causing Clark to take a step back.

The power derived from the super soldier serum is nothing compared to the power of the Kryptonians, but Steve's outstanding combat experience makes up for the lack of power.

At the moment Clark retreated, Steve hooked his left foot lightly and punched Clark forward with his right arm at the same time, pushing Clark to the ground. The man stood firmly on the ground again.

This has nothing to do with strength, it's purely a matter of fighting skills.

I've said it all, take it seriously, young man.

Steve stepped back with his shield in hand, and he said to Clark who got up:

Although I'm over 80 years old, I can still easily spend a whole day with you.

Well, I was wrong, and I apologize for my slight.

Clark breathed a sigh of relief, clenched his fists, and said to Steve:

Then, I'm serious!

On the other side, Xuanlan watched the fight between Steve and Clark in surprise, and she said:

That shield, can it absorb energy?

Yes, all kinds of energy.

Merlin leaned on the railing, he said:

The atoms inside the shield are constant, so it is harder than pure vibrating gold. The constant atoms allow it to absorb huge amounts of energy. Even if Clark tries his best, don't try to destroy it. Steve may not be able to win. Clark, but given Clark's lack of combat experience, it will be very difficult for him to defeat that old man Steve.

Oh, it's a pity that Bruce is unwilling to join the Avengers.

Merlin said with some regret:

Otherwise, as long as there are four of us plus Logan who is in charge of being the cannon fodder, the Avengers will really take shape in my mind.