Darian was 'greened'!
Darian never expected Hal's imagination to be so wild; he actually used his Green Lantern ring to conjure up a projection of himself.
And he even called him the strongest existence on Earth. That made him feel a bit embarrassed.
After all, there are plenty of hidden powerhouses on Earth in the DC Universe. Given his current strength, he wouldn't dare say he could act unimpeded.
However, since Hal was the one shouting it, it had nothing to do with him. If the big shots wanted trouble, they could go find Hal; he wasn't going to take the blame. It was just that the color made Darian feel a bit annoyed.
It's one thing to green yourself, but why did you have to green me too?
Hal stood behind the green projection of Omni-Man, feeling like a husky with a Master to back him up, his confidence inflating to unprecedented levels.
Seeing Darian remain silent, Hal put on an arrogant expression and provoked him: "Why aren't you talking? Scared now? Weren't you happy when you were beating me up earlier!"
Looking at the entire Superhero circle today, the most famous one was undoubtedly Omni-Man.
Basically, his figure could be seen in every major crisis event, and the opponents he faced were stronger and had more exaggerated backgrounds than the last.
Over time, Omni-Man became the default strongest Superhero in everyone's minds, far surpassing even Clark.
After all, Clark hadn't achieved any eye-catching feats yet.
If it weren't for his frequent public appearances lately, saving people and disaster relief, showing off his powerful strength, his position on the Superhero power rankings would have likely fallen behind Batman long ago.
It is worth mentioning that under the fanatical ranking boosts from the Gotham fan circle, the legend of this Dark Knight, Bruce, had become increasingly bizarre, his ranking skyrocketing all the way into the top three, second only to Darian and Clark, suppressing all other superhero.
Have to say, the fan circle is truly terrifying.
And the one who occupied the top spot year-round was naturally Omni-Man.
Precisely because of this, when Hal conceived the strongest existence in his mind, the first person he thought of was Omni-Man.
Omni-Man could even go head-to-head with Angels and demons, so beating up the guy in front of him would be child's play.
Darian looked at the fresh, green version of the Omni-Man projection in front of Hal and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"I admit that Omni-Man's strength is indeed very strong, and he is smart, talented, tall and mighty, handsome, approachable, witty and humorous... but the problem is, how much of the original's charm can you, a fictional character, restore?"
Hal was stunned.
Could he have run into a die-hard fan of Omni-Man? He could brag so much.
Hal came back to his senses, lifted his chin, and continued arrogantly: "Even if it doesn't compare to the original, it's more than enough to deal with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the green Omni-Man projection moved.
This was an entity condensed by Hal's willpower, possessing not-to-be-underestimated combat power itself.
Hal had watched a large amount of news reports and live videos about Omni-Man, and had a rough understanding of Omni-Man's strength and abilities.
He stuffed all the information he knew into this projection, not seeking to perfectly restore Omni-Man's true level, but getting as close as possible. The Green Lantern ring could indeed turn things imagined into reality, but the premise was that the user had to believe it from the bottom of their heart.
The more convinced one was, the more stable the manifested object would be, and the closer its power would be to the original.
If the user themselves was in doubt, then the manifested object would be like a dream, just a faint, illusory shadow that would dissipate at a touch. With Hal's pursuit of realism in the facial features, added to the influence of his strong emotional fluctuations, this green Omni-Man indeed had a bit of Darian's charm.
The green Omni-Man's speed was astonishingly fast, a green light flashed across the open space, and in the blink of an eye, it had rushed to Darian's front, a fist wrapped in green light smashing straight towards his face.
Darian dodged the attack sideways, exerted force from his waist and abdomen, and took the opportunity to throw a whip kick, fiercely lashing towards the green Omni-Man's waist.
Bang!!
The green Omni-Man crossed his arms to block this kick, dragging two shallow scratches on the ground beneath his feet.
The next second, his arms stretched forward, and two green energy rays shot out from his palms, heading straight for Darian's face.
Darian tapped his toes on the ground, his whole body retreating rapidly, and the two green rays missed instantly.
Before he could steady himself, the green Omni-Man had already caught up, his fists pouring down like a rainstorm, layers of fist shadows enveloping Darian entirely.
Darian raised his hands to meet the attack head-on, quickly trading blows with the green projection.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The speed of the two was so fast that the naked eye could barely keep up, the dense, dull sound of collisions continued incessantly, and the surrounding air trembled continuously. Hal watched, mesmerized.
He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he always felt that their fighting styles were somewhat similar.
Could it be... that they were taught by the same Master?
Just as he was thinking, the green Omni-Man suddenly soared into the air, the armor on his shoulders flipped open, and the built-in miniature missile launch bay rose from his shoulders.
The next second, a dense swarm of green miniature missiles gushed out, trailing green light and smoke, bombing the location where Darian was crazily. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosions connected into one, air waves surged with dust and smoke, and the entire night was illuminated by the glaring green light.
The Impact spread to the surroundings, blowing away all the gravel and debris scattered on the ground.
Hal looked at the sky full of dust and smoke, his eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but mutter: "Seems like I made a bit too much of a scene, that guy shouldn't be dead, right?"
He hadn't expected the combat power of the projection he imagined to be so exaggerated, it was practically like cheating.
However, before the dust and smoke had dissipated, a figure slowly walked out from within.
Darian clapped his hands and praised sincerely: "As expected of the most powerful Superhero on Earth, it really lives up to its reputation. Even a copied projection is so powerful. I have to admit, although your face looks like a clown, you are a solid person, and what you said really had no exaggeration."
He had to praise this.
Among the many opponents he had encountered, setting aside strength for a moment, just in terms of appearance, character, knowledge, and wisdom, this one in front of him could definitely firmly occupy the first place.
Even looking forward, he believed no opponent would be able to surpass this one.
And precisely because of this, when Darian attacked just now, he held back thirty percent of his strength; he really couldn't bear to strike such a perfect guy too hard. Of course, it was mainly for the sake of Hal's comment about him being the most powerful Superhero on Earth.
If he had killed him with one punch, that would really be a bit unfair to Hal's trust.
"You're the one who looks like a clown."
Hal wasn't happy when he heard that and immediately retorted.
He relied on this face to make a living.
Otherwise, with so many high-quality men around Carol, why would she have picked him? It couldn't just be because of his flight driving skills. Well, of course, that was also a reason.
Carol often praised him, saying he was an excellent pilot who could take her off every night.
Hal warned Darian: "Clown, I advise you to run quickly, otherwise when Omni-Man gets serious, you're going to be in big trouble."
Darian raised an eyebrow and said happily: "What a coincidence, I haven't gotten serious yet either."
Hearing this, Hal felt a bit nervous inside.
As a newbie who had just gotten the ring not long ago, being able to maintain the green Omni-Man at this combat intensity was already an extraordinary performance beyond extraordinary performance.
The energy consumption of the power ring was frighteningly fast; he could feel the ring's storage dropping rapidly, almost about to drop into the red battery level, and in a while, he might not even be able to maintain this projection.
But he also understood in his heart that the more critical the moment, the less he could show a guilty conscience, to avoid being seen through by Darian.
Hal pointed at Darian and said viciously: "Not running, right? Omni-Man, hang this clown up for me! I want to use my boots to kick his butt hard!"
Darian nodded: "Okay, no problem."
Before the green Omni-Man could make a move, Darian's whole body was suddenly covered by countless silver scales.
Those scales spread at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye, they wrapped around all parts below his neck, forming a suit of armor with smooth lines, and the reactor on his chest bloomed with dazzling blue light.
Hal felt this styling was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
He looked over.
Isn't this exactly the same as Omni-Man's armor?
Hal: (o_o`;)
It's over, I think I'm a bit dead.
"You... you are Omni-Man?"
Hal widened his eyes, a bit unable to accept the reality in front of him.
Darian smiled slightly: "What do you think?"
Hal swallowed hard.
No wonder he felt their fighting styles were somewhat similar; it turned out it was the same person!
Hal's willpower collapsed instantly, and the green Omni-Man in the high altitude lost its energy support and dissipated cleanly into points of light. Taking a copy to fight the original; it would be a miracle if he could win.
He just looked like a clown, he wasn't actually a clown.
Hal showed an awkward but polite smile and said dryly: "That... if I say I was drunk and talking nonsense, would you believe me?"
Darian nodded with a smile: "I believe you."
Hal immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said with a forced smile: "As expected of Omni-Man, truly understanding and reasonable."
Darian suddenly asked: "Then have you heard a saying?"
"What saying?"
"Drinking is bad for your health."
Hal: "..."
A moment later, several Shadow Soldiers lowered Hal, who was hanging from a tree.
Hal covered his butt, looking ashen, looking like life was meaningless.
Darian raised his hand and waved, dispelling the Shadow Soldiers, and said happily: "It's just using boots to kick your butt hard, it's not like being collectively soap-dropped."
Just now, Hal was clamoring for Omni-Man to hang the clown up and kick his butt hard with boots.
So Darian fulfilled his wish, personally hanging Hal the clown up, and then ordered a team of Shadow Soldiers to line up and take turns stepping forward, kicking Hal's butt with their boots for a full ten minutes.
Hal didn't answer, still maintaining that miserable appearance.
Although he hadn't been in contact with Darian for long, he could see that this Omni-Man in front of him had a heart even smaller than a needle tip.
If he didn't pretend to be miserable now after his death-seeking behavior earlier, making the other party feel they had vented enough, there might be even more terrifying punishments waiting for him later.
Although this person looked somewhat similar to a certain clown, he was not like that clown who liked to seek death.
Darian looked at Hal like this and curled his lips: "Stop pretending, the Green Lantern ring has self-healing abilities, just these minor skin injuries won't hurt you at all."
"Self-healing is self-healing, but it will still hurt."
Hal still had a bitter expression and asked tentatively: "Omni-Man, you seem to know quite a bit about the Green Lantern ring?"
Seeing Hal wasn't falling for it, Darian immediately felt bored.
Although Hal and that clown Wade shared the same model, Hal was obviously much shrewder than Wade and not as fun as Wade. But thinking about it, this was also reasonable.
Hal was in the dark DC Universe after all; if he didn't have any wits, he would be played to death by Supervillains in the future.
These scenes could be recorded; maybe if he had a chance to run into that clown Wade in the future, he could send the video to him to watch.
You know, Wade had two biggest regrets in his life.
One was his disfigured face, and the other was this dark history of Green Lantern.
Hal happened to have both of these features; if Wade saw these videos, he would absolutely be happy to the point of suicide.
Darian said casually: "I know a thing or two. The Green Lantern ring was forged by the Guardians of the Universe in the Central Power Battery on Oa. The basic material is the green light of will. The Guardians used their technological means to solidify emotional energy into a physical form, so the stronger the user's emotions, the more powerful the energy released by the ring."
"And the emotional spectrum corresponding to the Green Lantern ring is willpower, so the strength of willpower directly determines the upper limit of the ring's ability. Of course, besides willpower, the user's imagination and knowledge storage will also affect the upper limit of the ability."
Hal: "..."
You call this knowing a thing or two?
Most of what Darian said wasn't mentioned in the beginner tutorial at all.
Hal asked curiously: "The emotional spectrum corresponding to the Green Lantern ring? Could it be that there are other emotional spectrums?"
Darian nodded: "Yes, for example, the Yellow Lantern representing fear, the Red Lantern of anger, the Purple Lantern of love, the Blue Lantern of hope, etc. There are a total of seven spectrums, and each spectrum has its own corps and ring."
Hal listened with a confused face.
He had thought the Green Lantern Corps was a unique existence in the Universe, but it turned out there were six similar corps, and it suddenly became mainstream.
Hal was a bit puzzled: "Then why did the Green Lantern choose me?"
He felt his willpower wasn't that strong, and he still had childhood trauma in his heart, seriously affecting his daily life.
On the contrary, other spectrums were more suitable for him, especially the Purple Lantern; ever since he broke up with Carol, he often saw someone new to love every night in the bar, and his emotions could be described as quite rich.
Darian thought for a while: "Maybe you are just more 'green', maybe your girlfriend has secretly given you a few green hats."
Hal: "???"
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