"You've mastered quite a bit of power, Divine Speed, which indeed surprises me a lot." The Inverted Man kept nodding, like he was commenting on the surrounding storm: "What I've seen most often is Static Force, but Divine Speed is more... beautiful."
"Ha, then for its sake, can you go back on your own? Spare me the trouble of making a move." Su Ming showed a smile, gesturing with the Great Sword over its body.
The Inverted Man let out a strange laugh: "On the contrary, she has isolated me beyond the world's veil, making me insulate from beautiful things! You can hardly imagine how long those endless times are! You must pay the price for this!"
So, no agreement possible?
Indeed, paying debts is a matter of course, Su Ming initially didn't intend on not paying them back, after all, he wasn't the debtor.
He just wanted to negotiate better terms for the Mages, like installments, such that even with the Origin Wall breaking now, at least there'd be magic to use.
The Multiverse is dying, with only half a year left.
But the Inverted Man wants to take the magic now, weakening the world's power to confront the unknown crisis, which absolutely won't do.
Su Ming, on this side, is asking Batman for a commission, partly to buy things to enjoy life, and partly to reassure Bat, masking Su Ming's true intentions.
In this large-scale crisis, he plans to swipe some good stuff into his pocket, just like he casually took the X Metal back then.
Now the Inverted Man is blocking his path, so he must find a way to deal with it.
He raised the Nightfall Greatsword, the X Metal on it blooming silver light, and unlike before, he gathered them all on one side of the blade. This door-panel-like Great Sword now had one side black, the other white.
He then raised the Great Sword, not needing to hack and slash, instead aiming to smack it down onto the Inverted Man's head.
No matter how fast its self-healing speed, now that it has sculpted itself a body, it is necessarily subject to the influence of physical laws.
Newton said long ago that force acts mutual, now Origin Metal ensures the weapon can touch the Inverted Man, and Su Ming is going to use this weapon to brutally smack it back into the door.
The Magic Floating Cloak brought him to float up, and he, like a golfer, swung the weapon in his hand fiercely, striking the Inverted Man's upside-down head.
It indeed proved effective, without cutting into its body, choosing blunt force was a good choice, under strengthened Strangulation, he exerted his full strength even shaking entire structures beneath his feet, even the chaotic space seemed to quiver.
The Inverted Man retreated a considerable distance.
"You are quite knowledgeable, your bones are filled with information about creation... so have you forgotten how small you truly are?!"
This blow clearly had infuriated the opponent, it raised its feet, perhaps unused to its new body, so it used its feet to cast magic, though the posture was comical, like doing a split upside down in mid-air...
But the effect of the magic was indeed real, strong, never before seen Dark Magic surged from its feet, forming bright purple tentacles flying towards Su Ming.
"I've seen too much purple lately, I'm rather aesthetically fatigued, so I reject your proposal!"
Su Ming directly lifted the Great Sword horizontally before him, blocking the purple energy, besides the parts of X Metal, the Great Sword emitted a slight 'sizzle' sound.
N Metal was beginning to corrode, this metal famous for its extraordinary high Magic Resistance, found hard to resist the formidable power of Primitive Witchcraft.
Su Ming noted this in his mind, if a pure N Metal Great Sword can't withstand it, then the Promethium Alloy Armor on him with only a little N Metal surely won't hold.
The weapon became a bit pockmarked, he silently manipulated X Metal to fill in those gaps, he had little X Metal left, if he continues this patching East Wall, mending West Wall, soon the Nightfall Greatsword could become a dagger...
Time was even more pressing, he must continuously batter the Inverted Man to drive it into the hole.
"Diana, Swan Battle Array." Leveraging the force of the magic shock, Su Ming rolled to one side and shouted to Diana.
The Female Hero understood his meaning, while he focused on attacking the enemy, she would use her shield to block any counterattacks from the enemy.
In Amazon Hunting Tactics, this formation is called 'Swan', a coordinated battle tactic of two shield bearers with one long spearman, they had used this formation against countless enemies and beasts.
But how did Deathstroke know?
Nevertheless, the battle wasn't the time to ponder this question; she decided to immediately execute Deathstroke's arrangement, now missing one person, but Diana believed her martial arts were enough to block attacks from all directions.
"Come on! I trust Hephaestus' craftsmanship!" She held up her shield and approached Deathstroke.
Su Ming's mouth stiffened a bit, this claim was not at all reliable...
Fire God's technique is naturally impeccable, but whether Divine Gold as the Sixth Metal itself can hold is the key issue, isn't it?
However, let's go with this, if it doesn't work, just take it with one's body, Self-healing Ability is not just for looks.
"Watch your steps, we're going!"
Su Ming let out a low roar, the two began to charge at the Inverted Man.
Shield bearers must pave the way ahead, allowing the long spearman to seize the opponent's openings to launch an attack, this tactic Diana herself couldn't remember how many times she had used, the difference now merely being a man behind her instead.
Honestly, in the Justice League, no opportunity for using battle formations, her teammates flew about everywhere, as for The Flash and Batman, two who can't fly, instead were the most elusive.
Sea King? He was the main force to withstand damage, even darting forward more than Superman...
The Inverted Man's magic was indeed very powerful, but Fire God similarly did not disappoint Diana, apart from the shield's surface diffusing the smell of scorched, and the pattern slightly warping, it still held together, she could still persist for a long time.
And before that, Deathstroke's tactical aim is surely bound to succeed.
The Inverted Man was still learning, it hadn't discovered Deathstroke's tactical aim, nor paid attention to how close it had gotten to the door behind itself.
On the contrary, its rage diminished quite a bit.
Its focus was more on Diana, it regarded her, felt an unfamiliar force frantically raging within her.
This was a power triggered by her protective instinct, very formidable, also very eerie...
"Interesting, living being, tell me what you are?" It was beaten backward by Su Ming, its magic from the feet hadn't worked, yet its curiosity persisted as it asked Diana the question.
"I'm Diana, Wonder Woman, Vice President of the Justice League, I will not allow you to harm this world!"
The Female Hero used her shield to again fend off a blast of magic, her feet sunk deep into the stone slab ground ensuring she didn't take a step back.
Her gaze was filled with resolve, and she was destined to triumph.