Just as Shen Mu added another collection to his subordinates, the Green Lantern who came to investigate the situation also arrived outside Earth.
He, who was on his way, did not know that Shen Mu had dealt with the disaster of the spacetime storm. At this moment, he hovered outside Earth with a look of confusion on his face.
"Strange, why can't the Lantern Ring detect any spacetime fluctuations!"
The Green Lantern Ring is a versatile tool, possessing many functions besides combat, and scanning analysis is one of them.
Although the Lantern was puzzled, since the Guardian had sent him to investigate the cause, there was no way he could just go back.
So, after a few seconds of thought, he still flew towards Earth.
However, Huo Rong, who was extremely sensitive to spectrum energy, suddenly looked up and saw the dazzling green light that irritated him.
"Guardian!"
A voice filled with endless hatred came from his mouth, and then he controlled the body of the Power Ring and flew upwards.
"Hal? Why are you here?"
The Lantern's first reaction upon seeing the Power Ring was to exclaim. He didn't understand why Hal, who had been sent by the Guardian to the front lines to resist the invasion of the Antimatter Universe, would inexplicably appear on Earth.
"Have you defied the Guardian's orders?"
Immediately, as if he had thought of something, he frowned and asked.
Because the Green Lantern Corps has a constant number of 3600 members, who are usually distributed across various sectors of the Universe to guard them, and those Lanterns who are stationed at the Oa headquarters year-round are naturally familiar with all the Lanterns.
Furthermore, Hal had the potential to inherit the title of the greatest Green Lantern, so he was very surprised that Hal would defy the Guardian's orders.
However, what answered him was a ruthless and merciless attack from the Power Ring, because Huo Rong heard those three words that he hated so much.
"Hal, what are you doing?"
After a hasty dodge, the Green Lantern questioned him, but did not retaliate.
Because the iron rule set by the Guardian is that infighting is not allowed within the Green Lantern Corps, otherwise it would be considered betrayal by the Guardian and the qualification to be a Green Lantern would be stripped away.
Moreover, he and Hal were also friends, and now that such a thing had happened, he needed to first understand the cause.
"Hee hee! Guardian, when I return, I will make those despicable fellows pay the price of destruction, none of you will escape."
As he spoke, Huo Rong manipulated the Power Ring and began to launch a fierce attack on the Lantern.
Facing the attack, the Green Lantern merely manipulated the Lantern Ring to materialize a thick shield for defense.
"You're not Hal? Who exactly are you?"
Under these circumstances, even an idiot would realize that something was wrong!
Because the opponent's Power Ring's attacks looked like Green Lantern energy, but the Lantern could feel that it was not the power of will, and instantly understood that this was not Hal himself.
"Hahahahaha! Who am I? I am Huo Rong, the discoverer of the emotional spectrum, the great First Lantern. The despicable Guardian stole everything that belonged to me, so let my vengeful fire begin with you!"
As Huo Rong's words fell, he directly urged the power ring to forcibly charge, continuously drawing emotions from this body.
Having seen the hope of escaping from the cage, Huo Rong didn't care about the life or Death of the power ring's host.
Although this current body was less than one-millionth of his original body, Huo Rong was, after all, an existence completely fused with spectrum energy. Therefore, after a brief adaptation, he quickly beat the Lantern into a continuous retreat.
"Warning, warning, Lantern Ring energy is rapidly depleting, please recharge as soon as possible."
Facing Huo Rong's attack, the Green Lantern's Lantern Ring energy rapidly depleted.
"Damn it, who exactly is this guy?"
These Lanterns had never heard of Huo Rong's name, because the Guardians had completely erased the history of his existence!
This was also their usual way of doing things: suppression, concealment, destruction, self-deception.
"No, I must send this message back to Oa, this guy is targeting the Guardians."
The Lantern heard the hatred in Huo Rong's tone towards the Guardian.
What shocked him even more was that he claimed to be the discoverer of the emotional spectrum and the First Lantern.
Even if he didn't know what exactly had happened, he understood how much turmoil this would cause.
In the hearts of all Lanterns, they had always believed that the Guardian had discovered the energy of the emotional spectrum, and used it to establish the Green Lantern Corps to maintain peace in the Universe.
So, he used the Lantern Ring to send the information he wanted to convey to the book of oa.
Then, with an unyielding belief in his loyalty to the Guardian, he decided to eliminate the threat of Huo Rong at all costs.
Thinking of this, the Lantern no longer hesitated about anything. He directly took out a Green Lantern Lantern Battery, then embraced it and charged towards Huo Rong, igniting the energy stored within it.
"Boom!"
A terrifying green light instantly bloomed, and an energy wave powerful enough to destroy a Planet spread out.
Huo Rong had not expected that this small Green Lantern, whom he considered an ant, would be so decisive. To ensure that the power ring he was temporarily inhabiting would not be destroyed, he could only defend with all his might.
Moreover, Huo Rong directly adopted a scorched-Earth approach, instantly draining all of the cowardly Hal's emotions to transform into energy for resistance.
All of this, though witnessed by Shen Mu, did not prompt him to intervene.
Even if those little blue men knew everything that happened on Earth, he didn't care at all. Anything he wanted to do now, unless those supreme beings descended, no one could stop him.
When the aftershocks of the explosion dissipated, a faint green light quickly shot away; it was the Lantern Ring.
The Death of its host meant it needed to find a new host nearby as quickly as possible.
"Your Majesty, do I need to retrieve that ring?"
Zod asked Shen Mu, looking at the slowly dissipating green light trail.
"No need, it might encounter an interesting fellow!"
Shen Mu said casually.
When Huo Rong returned, looking slightly disheveled, Metron couldn't help but say, "So the so-called First Lantern is nothing more than this, unable to even handle a small Green Lantern."
"I had thought that an existence that those Maltusians tried so hard to erase would possess astonishing power, but the result is truly disappointing."
Metron couldn't quite put his finger on his current state of mind.
Initially, his submission to Shen Mu was out of necessity, hoping to find an opportunity to reclaim his mobius chair. However, as he saw more and more people gathering under Shen Mu's command, a different emotion subtly arose in his heart.
"Hmph! It's just that this body is too weak. If it were my true form, I could easily destroy him a hundred million times with just a flick of my finger."
Huo Rong retorted with a cold snort, but a sense of humiliation did indeed well up in his heart.
As the dignified First Lantern, not only was only a wisp of his consciousness free, but he couldn't even casually manipulate a small Lantern. Now, he was even being mocked, making him feel even more stifled!