Zod felt that the order he received was to assist Metron in unsealing Huo Rong, not to make any deals with them, and certainly not for Shen Mu to personally intervene.
Isn't this a blatant way of saying he's an incompetent piece of trash?
So, there was nothing more to say, Zod immediately declared war.
Facing Zod's sudden outburst, the Green Lantern Corps had no time to react.
However, Zod's subordinates followed closely behind, their figures like ghosts.
The most direct way to deal with a Green Lantern is to take away their Lantern Ring; once they lose their Lantern Ring, they are like fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.
In just an instant, dozens of Lanterns fell.
As the God of Knowledge who speaks more than he acts, Metron's fighting style was not as barbaric as theirs, but the effect, well, it was only embarrassing.
Although he is a New God with divine authority, in terms of combat ability, he could only simultaneously restrain three Green Lanterns, and even then, he couldn't gain the upper hand.
He even had to rely on the mobius chair's inherent defensive capabilities at one point.
After all, this thing was created by the Anti-Monitor, and no one except him could fully unleash its power.
Even more pathetic than him was the power ring Huo Rong, whose current body had been completely ruined by his previous all-out charging method.
So, at this moment, he could only rely on the remaining energy of the power ring to entangle with one Green Lantern.
"Damn it, when my true body is free, I will make all of you die a million times!"
Huo Rong felt his powerlessness, and his hatred for the Guardians deepened.
Compared to Metron and the Power Ring, who could only 'paddle' on the sidelines, a group of well-trained Kryptonian elite warriors demonstrated a clean and efficient fighting style.
With extremely high mobility, terrifying strength, and an indestructible body, when they revealed their killing fangs, these Green Lanterns finally understood what despair was.
Seeing his comrades, who had fought alongside him, falling one after another, and even their Lantern Rings being destroyed, Hal felt an unprecedented rage.
To be honest, before this, his impression of Zod, while not good, was not one of disgust.
Although Zod initially came to Earth as an invader, when Rao later deployed those five Doomsdays to Earth, it was Zod and Superman who fought hard to contain the devastating disaster within Metropolis.
Of course, Hal still didn't know that Doomsday's arrival was precisely aimed at Superman and Zod.
However, this did not affect his changed perception of Zod, the initial aggressor.
But now, watching Zod personally snap the neck of his comrade and brother, all of Hal's past emotions turned into fury.
"You killed my friend!"
An enraged Hal roared, his Lantern Ring firing energy blasts.
However, such attacks were beneath Zod's notice; he simply raised a hand and swatted them away.
Clearly, Hal, though furious, had not completely lost his mind; he knew these Kryptonians possessed power as great as Superman's.
The next moment, the swatted-away energy blasts quickly returned, transforming into green chains that entangled Zod.
Seeing this, the surrounding Lanterns immediately materialized the strongest weapons their will could conjure and blasted them towards Zod.
"Boom!"
A terrifying explosion instantly engulfed Zod's figure, and green energy ripples spread outwards.
Just as the Lanterns thought they had defeated Zod, a voice full of mockery came from the aftershocks of the explosion:
"Chains, cannonballs—is this the power of your rage? How ridiculous. How dare you speak of protecting the Universe."
An unharmed Zod stood calmly, his battle suit without a single scratch. He looked at the chains still wrapped around him with disdain, and with a flex of his muscles.
"Crack!"
A crisp shattering sound rang out, and Zod's figure instantly vanished.
The next second, when he reappeared, he was already in front of Hal, throwing a punch.
In that split second, Hal reacted, immediately raising a green energy shield around his body, attempting to defend against Zod's attack.
However, he overestimated himself and underestimated Zod's current strength.
With the super-gene enhancement, Zod's punch shattered Hal's shield, and his mind began to waver.
For a Green Lantern, if their mind is disturbed during battle, they are not far from death!
Because they can only unleash the maximum power of their willpower when their minds are highly focused.
Just as Zod was about to finish off Hal, the greatest Green Lantern who had yet to fully mature.
In the distance, a towering green light illuminated everyone's eyes.
Instantly, the massive light mass branched out, connecting to every surviving Green Lantern, forcibly pulling them from the battlefield.
But how could Zod tolerate his prey escaping right under his nose?
He immediately prepared to pursue, but he was met by the will of an entire Planet, an incredibly pure and vast will.
The newcomer was the super-being hidden within the Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Mogo, and also the most unique being.
Because his true form was a Planet.
The condition for becoming a Green Lantern is any being with free will, and Mogo was a Planet with a will for justice and altruism.
One day, a Green Lantern died on him, and that Lantern Ring did not follow the Guardians' setting to find a new host or return to Oa, but instead lay quietly on the Planet's surface.
Hal, as a new Green Lantern at the time, had just begun his mission and inadvertently encountered Mogo.
After communicating with the Lantern Ring, he seemed to understand something, so he drilled a deep hole into Mogo's body, reaching its core, and placed that Lantern Ring inside. From then on, the largest Green Lantern in history was born!
After becoming a Green Lantern, Mogo considered Hal a crucial friend and naturally wouldn't stand by and watch him be killed.
Therefore, he, who should have been returning to his star system, felt Green Lanterns going offline rapidly, and out of a desire to save his friend, he came to Maltus, just in time to find the Green Lanterns being torn apart, and thus saved Hal in time.
"A Planet can also become a Green Lantern?"
At this moment, Mogo finally revealed his true form, which caused Zod and his subordinates to momentarily freeze in surprise.
However, they immediately rekindled their fighting spirit and charged towards Mogo; at this point, they didn't care what was standing in their way.
However, Mogo was not here to fight, so after saving the surviving Lanterns, he had no desire to stay any longer.
The next moment, he directly used his terrifying willpower to construct a seemingly boundless green barrier between himself and Zod's group, then immediately opened a wormhole and teleported away!
Seeing this, Zod no longer wanted to pursue. With no one to obstruct him now, he could continue to carry out Shen Mu's orders!