On the streets of Metropolis, the Parasite Demon, having drained the energy of Wonder Woman and others to acquire their abilities, had grown to a colossal size of seven to eight meters. With explosive muscles and a monstrous, gaping maw, it lunged forward, its hands attempting to grab David.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The ground beneath its feet, unable to withstand the force of its push, exploded and cracked, sending debris flying.
David's eyes narrowed. A powerful gravity field descended. The Parasite Demon's body was instantly crushed as if by a mountain, its speed plummeting. It lunged before David, who quickly dodged its massive hand and struck with a low stance.
Bang!
The Parasite Demon was sent flying backward as if hit by a missile, crashing through several shops before it managed to stop itself in mid-air.
David frowned, looking at his fist.
A sliver of his energy had been lost.
"Although the amount is trivial, it was undeniably lost."
This meant his energy absorption ability was inferior to the Parasite Demon's.
"Your energy tastes like... like..."
The Parasite Demon's massive body hovered in the air, resembling a muscular demon. It struggled to articulate its thoughts for a long time, a mocking smile playing on its lips as it attacked David again.
"Perhaps I need another taste to give a conclusive answer!"
A large and small figure in the air clashed fists. Cars on the street were sent flying by the shockwaves. In a display of immense power, the Parasite Demon, whose fists were as large as hydraulic presses, was sent flying back several meters. However, it quickly adjusted its stance and attacked again.
"It's a little cold, like eating lemon-flavored crushed ice."
Its muscular arms attacked relentlessly, all while it offered commentary on the energy it had absorbed from David, like a gourmet savoring a delicious meal.
"And it tingles the tongue a bit, numbing, like eating chili peppers."
David's internal energy was a mixture of various abilities, making the Parasite Demon feel like it was tasting a novel ingredient with a complex flavor profile.
"I saw your news. Didn't you say you could summon lightning? Transcendent.
Why don't you strike me with your lightning?"
Now in a state of fullness, unlike its initial dazed condition, the Parasite Demon taunted, attempting to provoke David.
With every clash of fists and feet against David, it siphoned off a small amount of power from him. The speed of their combat was like light, like lightning. As it absorbed David's energy, it gradually felt new abilities emerging, eager to become even stronger.
David, however, was not easily provoked. His fists, carrying earth-shattering power, rained down like a storm, pushing the Parasite Demon backward in the air like a stable bulldozer.
The Parasite Demon's abilities could even absorb the Speed Force, which defied physics, let alone his divine power lightning.
"To deal with this monster, I can't rely on any energy. That will only make it stronger."
David's eyes were cold.
His ability to emit energy was essentially nullified, but it didn't matter. He still had other abilities, such as physical strength and gravity manipulation.
However, the Parasite Demon had drained the energy of Clark, Diana, and Arthur, temporarily gaining their abilities. Its physical strength was now nearly seventy percent of David's. He couldn't defeat it with just a few blows and would likely face a fierce close-quarters battle.
Screech!
To provoke David into using energy attacks, the Parasite Demon fired heat vision from its eyes, blasting through the air. David raised his arms to block, being pushed back a considerable distance in the air.
"I'm not the only one who can absorb energy."
This, however, replenished the energy previously absorbed by David. He reached out and grabbed a minivan, hurling it heavily at the Parasite Demon.
Tear!
The Parasite Demon tore the oncoming minivan in half as if it were shredded paper, then angrily spun and threw it back at David.
Passing through the two halves of the minivan, David moved like a purple streak of lightning. His fist struck the Parasite Demon's head fiercely, sending its head snapping back. He quickly pursued, aiming to strike the Parasite Demon's head again.
In the past, it was always others who became weaker as they fought him because he could absorb energy.
"But today, the situation is likely to reverse.
To avoid further trouble, I must end this quickly."
"You want to knock me out? Not so easy!"
The Parasite Demon sensed David's intention, grabbed David's palm, and a sinister grin spread across its face. Just as it was about to absorb his energy, a mountain-like force slammed into its stomach, forcing it to release its grip in a flustered manner. It retaliated in anger.
It was like two giant beasts battling in the city. The earth trembled, and concentric rings of violent white shockwaves exploded, nearly collapsing the surrounding buildings.
Batman and Flash moved the League members aside together.
Citizens fled far away, watching the battle with bated breath and terror from a distance.
The other members of the Justice League had already fallen. They knew that if even the Transcendent fell, the dozens of lives the monster had just taken would only be the beginning!
All their hope rested on the Transcendent, praying that he could defeat the monster.
Another fist collided.
David frowned. The rate at which his internal energy was being absorbed was increasing.
"How interesting, my energy absorption ability is getting stronger."
Its massive body was sent tumbling in the air by the impact, the Parasite Demon sneering.
"You can feel it too, right?"
He reached out and grabbed, and several manhole covers on the ground floated up, whistling through the air at supersonic speeds and shooting towards David. They possessed enough power to slice a skyscraper in half.
With the absorption of sufficient energy into David's body, the Parasite Demon had finally gained some of David's abilities. Not only had its physical body become stronger, allowing it to catch up to David and manipulate gravity, but it had also gained the ability to manipulate energy, which further enhanced its already terrifying energy absorption capabilities.
Hiss!
David, with a blank expression, shot searing energy from his eyes, melting the manhole covers into molten iron. His legs slowly landed on the ground.
"Not planning to fight anymore?
Are you going to surrender?"
Seeing David's actions as a prelude to stopping the fight, the Parasite Demon grinned maliciously.
The next second, David stood on the ground, and with a single thought, the earth trembled.
The Parasite Demon keenly sensed that the surrounding ground had changed.
Its newly acquired gravity manipulation ability was telling it that the mass of the surrounding ground was… becoming lighter?
"This move will make my body feel quite uncomfortable.
But I can't think of any other way to deal with you quickly."
David said calmly, his body growing with the wind, from two meters, to three meters, and in an instant, it surged past six to seven meters. He was stripping the mass from the surrounding earth to enhance his own physical strength.
This was a new way of utilizing his abilities after his fusion with the Graviton template exceeded seventy percent. However, this move was extremely dangerous and difficult to control. He wouldn't be able to use it freely until his fusion reached over ninety-five percent, but the side effects of this method of ability usage would not change.
It was as if cement had been poured over his body. A portion of the mass of the earth, encompassing the entire city, had been stripped away and added to David's body, placing a considerable burden on his body's cells.
Bang!
The earth cracked, and the foundations of several surrounding buildings also split, causing them to collapse to the sides.
David, now standing at ten meters tall, pushed off the ground. His fist tore through the atmosphere, shooting out like a cannonball with an unstoppable momentum towards the Parasite Demon's body. His fist, enveloped in a torrent of super-gravity particles, slammed down heavily.
The steel arm smashed the Parasite Demon's body tens of meters into the ground, creating a massive crater that exploded open.
Bang!
A building that was about to fall was directly blown away by the explosion's shockwave, disintegrating mid-air and breaking into several pieces.
The Flash hurriedly sent the League members several hundred meters away, thus avoiding the most direct impact.
Pfft!
An immense pain surged through him, as if his head had been used to smash the entire Metropolis. The Parasite Demon's mind reeled, blood seeping from the corner of its mouth. It hastily threw a punch at David's chest.
David flew back more than ten meters before stabilizing himself. Apart from a decrease in speed, his physical defense had also increased dramatically. The Parasite Demon's punch had caused him no damage whatsoever, not even a minor flesh wound. He raised his fist again and lunged forward.
The Parasite Demon immediately sensed that David was different. His greatly increased physical strength was overwhelming it.
Bang, bang, bang!
Explosions of air currents erupted with each impact.
The Parasite Demon was sent reeling backward, this time with blood splattering. Under the immense, earth-shattering force, it was beaten black and blue. Its facial bones were subjected to terrifying blows repeatedly, emitting groans of unbearable strain, and its file-like fangs were also loosened.
David was like a relentlessly advancing behemoth, each punch precisely and ferociously exploding the air, filled with a violent aesthetic.
With a buzzing in its head and its consciousness trembling and blurring, the Parasite Demon swayed precariously. It felt as if it were in turbulent waves, its body uncontrollably moving left and right.
It felt like a boxer on the ring, about to be knocked out by a barrage of blows, but knowing that defeat would mean certain death.
The Parasite Demon gritted its teeth, constantly trying to grab David's arm or body to absorb his energy in large quantities. It knew this might be its only chance to win, but David gave it no opportunity. It hadn't even managed to do so before, let alone now that his strength had surged.
Its clumsy movements only gave David more chances to heavily injure it.
The Parasite Demon also wished it could absorb the earth's mass to strengthen its body like David, but it had only gained a slight ability to manipulate gravity; it was nowhere near David's level.
"You can't kill me. I have immortal regenerative abilities.
Even if you smash my head with your fist, I will grow it back."
It tried to grab David's iron fist with its palm, but was flung away by an irresistible force and then knocked to the ground. The Parasite Demon had several teeth knocked out, and it stared at David weakly but ferociously, its face bloody and mangled, making it appear even more ferocious and terrifying.
"Unless you can vaporize me with energy.
But you know that's impossible!"
One of its arms was broken at an unnatural angle, but it was healing rapidly.
"Is that so?"
David sneered.
With his super senses, he could hear the faint cracking sounds of the broken bones within the Parasite Demon self-correcting and healing, and he knew the Parasite Demon wasn't bluffing.
The Parasite Demon's true form was an unknown parasitic creature from beyond the stars that had combined with a host to form a new life. Its original appearance was like slime and slugs, and it couldn't be killed by ordinary means.
"You're quite good at absorbing energy?"
He reached out and grabbed it through the air. The Parasite Demon, whose chest bones had been broken countless times, no longer had the strength to resist his gravity field.
"I'll go to a place with infinite energy now and let you absorb to your heart's content."
"What?"
The Parasite Demon faltered, but as David looked up towards the sky, a look of terror flashed in its eyes, and it struggled violently.
"You wish!"
The place David was looking at was the sun, which bathed Earth in endless light and heat!
Bang!
Grabbing the Parasite Demon from a distance, David flew into the sky, connecting the gravitational fields of Earth and the sun to form an interstellar passage. He crossed space and rapidly arrived before the immensely vast sun.
"Go, and you'll never worry about hunger again!"
A star that had burned for billions of years, it lay across the starry sky, undergoing terrifying nuclear fusion every second. Its surface alone had a temperature of six thousand degrees, enough to evaporate steel, while its core reached tens of millions of degrees, sufficient to vaporize all matter in existence.
"No!"
The terrifying heat washed over him, yet the Parasite Demon felt no joy.
Its ability to absorb energy wasn't infinite.
In fact, after absorbing the energy of Superman and a few others, it already felt somewhat 'full.'
Whoosh!
David threw a fierce punch, accompanied by gravitational pull, and the Parasite Demon turned into a streak of light, hurtling into the sun's interior.
It stretched out its hands in terror, trying to grasp something in the dark, silent expanse of space, but it was useless.
A 'splash' erupted on the sea of fire that was the ancient star's surface.
Like a small bug being scalded to death on a stove, bursting with juice, the Parasite Demon's only way to survive the infinite light and heat was to absorb the surrounding thermal energy. However, this was merely drinking poison to quench its thirst, knowing it would lead to death. In less than a second, the infinite energy overloaded and burst it. It died in despair, exploding.
The sun's radiance illuminated David's face. He watched the entire process dispassionately with his super vision, ensuring the Parasite Demon was obliterated without a trace.
"Some cosmic versions of the Parasite Demon have the ability to gain memories by absorbing energy. I wonder if this one does."
But it no longer mattered. There was no need to worry about the Parasite Demon learning Clark's and his identity like the Psionic Pirate; it was utterly annihilated.
David turned back towards Earth, then brought Clark back to the sun, allowing him to bathe in its light to quickly recover his lost energy. As for Diana and the others, there was nothing he could do for them immediately. They returned to the Justice League base to rest, with their recovery relying solely on time and recuperation.
After thanking the Transcendent and the Justice League for dealing with the monster, the people in the city began rescue and aftermath work.
"That monster was too terrifying."
As his muscles gradually refilled and his face was no longer gaunt and ghastly, Clark couldn't help but sigh. He clasped his chest, looking at the sun, and asked with lingering fear, "Is it really dead?"
At that moment, having his energy completely drained by the monster, he had never felt so weak, having been on the verge of death. It was like a dying person in a hospital bed, gasping for breath with a chest like a broken bellows, unable to even inhale.
"It wasn't that strong at first. If you had dealt with it carefully, you might have been able to defeat it alone."
David didn't answer, merely saying. If the Parasite Demon hadn't absorbed Clark's energy first and gained his abilities, the other members of the League wouldn't have been defeated, allowing it to grow to such power.
Clark rubbed his head sheepishly. He had indeed been careless at first; he should have observed the monster's abilities more carefully.
"Alright, we should head back. The news might have captured photos of you being drained of energy. Mom and Dad must be worried sick."
"Right, I've recovered quite a bit."
Mentioning this, Clark quickly nodded. He had almost forgotten.
The two transformed into streaks of light, leaving the sun lightly and swiftly, and speeding towards Earth.
Suddenly, in space, David stopped, frowning as he looked towards the moon.
Clark stopped and followed David's gaze. On the moon, a desolate and silent landscape with an ugly crater, there was nothing unusual. He asked confusedly, "What's wrong?"
"I have a feeling of being watched."
Since he was at the sun earlier, David had a feeling that something was watching him from behind.
"Watched?"
Clark looked around again. There was nothing in the vastness of space.
"It's nothing, probably just my imagination."
David's eyes flickered as he waved his hand. The feeling disappeared the moment he looked, but he was sure it wasn't his imagination. He glanced at Clark beside him.
"However, it seems the other party wasn't watching me, but Clark."
He had been to space with the Parasite Demon earlier, along the same route, and hadn't felt that sensation. It was only when he brought Clark out of Earth and near the moon that he felt that probing. Now, the feeling of being spied on had vanished, but that didn't mean the other party had stopped their surveillance.
Pretending not to take the matter to heart, David and Clark returned to Earth together.
Just as they re-entered the atmosphere.
[Graviton Template Fusion 100% Complete]
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"The template has finally fused completely!" he exclaimed mid-flight, his brow furrowing, a hint of anticipation appearing in his eyes.
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