'Redemption' and Transformation Words

Chapter 155: 'Redemption' and Incantation Words (4k)

Africa, a small nation named Yasir.

In a solemn and sacred church, devout people gathered.

A tall, young man in a blue and white cape and battle suit knelt before the priest. A 'Z' symbol was on his chest. He clasped his hands together and prayed with piety and seriousness. When he finished, he stood up, his face like an angel descended to earth, carrying a divine resolve as if ready to save the world.

"Father, I'm ready to depart."

The aged priest, with a bald head, white hair, and a thin body, presided over the mass with a kind smile. He squinted and encouraged him.

"Go, Jarrod. Look at this small nation that once rejected all faith.

Now, through your efforts, its people have the right to choose their faith freely and bask in the glory of the Lord."

"You are the best proof of the Lord's existence!"

"Several countries in the Middle East are currently engulfed in war, and even the Justice League cannot save them.

They are waiting for you to save them. You are more powerful than anyone in this world. You represent the Lord, just as your name 'Redemption' suggests. You will bring the Lord's salvation wherever you go and spread his gospel to more places."

"I will, Father!"

The young man with brown hair nodded seriously. He turned, his cape billowing as he walked past two rows of devotees bowing their heads and praying for him. He flew into the sky, tearing through the atmosphere. His body became a beam of light, streaking across the sky at extreme speed towards the Middle East.

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"Justice League Restricted Zone?

Even if I'm not a permanent member of the League, does this include me?"

Black Adam suddenly turned his head to look at the sky.

Thunderclouds gathered, thunder roared, and a purple figure surrounded by lightning broke through the clouds like a meteor from outer space, shooting rapidly towards them, exerting immense pressure.

"Transcendent?"

Batman recognized David by the distinctive purple glow emanating from his entire body and the words he had just spoken.

"The last of you has also arrived."

Diana and the others' eyes lit up. Black Adam's face was cold. He flew into the sky, intending to forcefully strike down David, who brought hope of victory to the group, showing them that even their strongest member was no match for him.

"But do you think he can change anything?"

Lying at the bottom of a giant crater, Clark opened his slightly swollen eyes and stared in disbelief at David, who arrived carrying thunder.

When did David gain the ability to control lightning? But this wasn't the first time David had manifested new powers!

The people of Khandaq's capital looked up at the sky. Moments ago, it seemed like giants were fighting near the ancient palace, causing the entire city to feel the tremors. Now, lightning was piercing the sky.

"It's the Justice League!

They've come to our country!"

"Transcendent? Is he here to deal with Hero Adam!"

People on the streets looked up, discussing amongst themselves.

"Hero Adam? Is he really the hero who liberated the slaves from the tyrant a thousand years ago? Why is he starting a war!"

After Black Adam took control of Khandaq, rumors spread that he was the Hero Adam who freed the people from Acton a thousand years ago, the very figure depicted in the colossal statue erected in the center of the capital. People hoped that this divinely chosen legend would bring happiness and stability to Khandaq.

However, things did not go as planned. As soon as Black Adam took power, he declared war on several countries, aiming to reclaim Khandaq's lost territories and restore its past glory.

"A thousand years ago is too long ago.

This is not ancient times. A nation's strength and dignity no longer depend on its territory.

If he used his power to improve our people's lives, I would acknowledge him as Hero Adam!"

Many citizens could not empathize with him.

Who wouldn't want to live in a strong nation and make other countries that had bullied and encroached upon their homeland pay? But the events of a thousand years ago were truly too distant. Khandaq had gone through countless dynasties in the interim.

The people of Khandaq, who had suffered greatly from war, now yearned for stability.

Buzz!

Black Adam ascended into the sky, about to charge at David. David pressed down with his hand from a distance, exerting a powerful gravity that descended like a mountain. He felt a tremendous effort, as if flying while carrying a peak, and his flight speed abruptly decreased.

Crack!

Brilliant lightning condensed. David, like a punishing deity, waved his hand and unleashed lightning, striking Black Adam fiercely.

Suffering from the powerful attack, Black Adam's body emitted black smoke as he plummeted from the sky like a falling airplane, crashing into the ground and creating a large crater.

"Wizard!"

He glared as if seeing an enemy, his eyes shooting out dazzling lightning. His palm released lightning towards David.

In the lightning unleashed by David, he sensed a familiar, incredibly familiar aura. That lightning shared the same origin as his own power.

"You are the Wizard's newly chosen Guardian!"

Filled with the rage of being sealed and imprisoned for a thousand years, Black Adam's aura became fierce. He charged at David like a mighty bull, embodying the divine king Zeus, and swung his fist violently towards David's head, as if wanting to shatter David's skull with a single blow to vent his millennia of pent-up resentment.

He hated David along with everything else. Waking up after a thousand years of imprisonment in a strange world.

"Black Adam, the Wizard mentioned you before he died."

*Boom!*

David effortlessly caught Black Adam's attack. His body, suspended in mid-air, didn't even sway. His indestructible fist, imbued with immense, savage power, swung back and struck Black Adam's chest. It felt like a crushing hammer blow. His eyes bulged, and a sweet sensation flooded his throat.

*Whoosh!*

The air exploded. Black Adam's burly, imposing figure was sent crashing back to the ground. Instantly, the earth trembled as if it were shattered ice, with chunks of land being blasted into the sky.

"Funny how things work out. I saw international news about you just a few days ago. As long as you weren't going on a world-ending rampage, I had no intention of interfering with you.

But since I've accepted this power, I have to do something."

David slowly descended, his every movement exuding a calm, unhurried confidence that was incredibly awe-inspiring.

"And… you're a bit too arrogant."

He glanced at Clark, who was crawling out of a distant crater with blood on his face, then turned back, his tone growing colder.

"Do you really think you can just carve out forbidden zones on this planet at will!"

"The Wizard is dead?"

Along with the pain of his internal organs feeling like they were being ripped apart, David's punch seemed to snap Black Adam out of his rage. Black Adam's expression jolted. A bolt of lightning struck him from the sky. His injuries rapidly healed within the lightning's glow, and he shot towards David like a cannonball, roaring and throwing a punch.

"Did he tell you to seal me away again before he died?

You wish!"

The Six God Power granted him the ability to heal quickly through lightning.

The Green Lantern and Arthur, clutching their chests from their severe injuries, exchanged glances, not quite understanding what the two were talking about. What Wizard?

Diana's eyes widened in astonishment.

She sensed a divine aura from David, too. What was going on?

Moreover… that majestic, mountain-like lightning gave her a strange sense of familiarity. It was more akin to the lightning of Ares, the God of War, but felt purer and more powerful?

"Seal you? That's far too much trouble."

The two clashed fiercely in the air. Black Adam, unlike his usual composed and arrogant demeanor when facing Clark and the others, attacked with a certain ferocity. His openings were numerous, and against David, whose strength and speed far surpassed his own, he couldn't even scratch him.

With every punch and kick David threw, the air rippled and churned, easily forcing Black Adam into a constant retreat.

*Bang, bang, bang!*

The overwhelming force slammed into him. Black Adam's arms throbbed with pain, reminding him of his days as a slave, being whipped by guards. His bones creaked under the strain, and the surging power, like a raging sea, threatened to shatter his body.

"Black Adam seems a little rushed?"

Batman opened his mech's cockpit, his brow furrowed as he watched the terrifying battle in the sky, punctuated by the clash of lightning.

As a master of combat, he could tell at a glance that Black Adam's mindset was unstable. His constant, bull-like attacks were actually a sign of his lack of confidence.

"Facing David, he's not as confident as he was earlier."

Clark coughed, clutching his chest and wiping the blood from his lips.

In fact, everyone else had noticed it too. Before David arrived, Black Adam was cold and confident, like a colossal god carved from solid marble, looking down on the insignificant humans. Even when facing their combined efforts, he maintained an aura of invincible dominance, easily defeating them.

But when David arrived, especially after David displayed that lightning and knocked him back almost to the point of spitting blood with a single punch, Black Adam began to panic, his confidence wavering.

Two figures streaked through the clouds and sky.

*Rumble!*

Every collision was accompanied by powerful, dazzling lightning. Dense bolts of lightning filled the entire sky, blindingly bright and deafeningly loud, inspiring awe of the heavens' might.

David's fist, carrying immense lightning, struck Black Adam's chest heavily. His body, as strong as a god's, was injured. Black Adam grunted, blood oozing from his lips as he was sent flying backward through the cloudy sky. A hint of fear flickered in his eyes.

David was too powerful, almost twice as strong as him.

Even with his ability to heal rapidly within lightning, he saw no hope of defeating David.

Before gaining the Six God Power, Black Adam was just a slave whipped by guards. It was the Six God Power that made him the strongest mortal in the world, his power to transcend all others, the source of all his confidence.

When he saw someone with the same Six God Power, especially someone who was already implicitly called Earth's strongest superhero before even receiving the power, and then experienced the other's overwhelming strength, it was inevitable that a sliver of fear would arise.

But after the fear came deep rage, exploding in his heart like a flame.

He was no longer the slave whose life could be decided by any guard. He was Adam, the hero who overthrew a tyrant. No one could make him fear.

"You can't defeat me, Transcendent!"

Black Adam attacked with all his might, his eyes flashing with lightning. Lightning erupted from his head to his toes, from every pore, rapidly healing his injuries. With this fierce, desperate ferocity, he surprisingly managed to hold his ground, stubbornly fending off David's onslaught.

"You will all be driven out by me. Khandaq is my nation!"

"Futile resistance!"

While this kind of fighting healed his injuries in an instant, Black Adam's divine power wasn't infinite. However, David had no intention of wasting more time waiting for his divine power to deplete. A purple light blazed in his eyes, and lightning began to attach itself to cosmic energy on his hands, pouring out without restraint.

*Voom, voom, voom!*

A destructive torrent of purple and white intertwined, impacting Black Adam. His battle suit burned away, revealing his toned, powerful muscles. His skin quickly turned red and scorched. Blood flew from his nose and mouth. The immense gravity pinned him down as if he were trapped in a swamp, making evasion impossible. He was practically a sitting duck.

It was as if two gods were battling in the sky. The earth-shattering spectacle caused all the people of Khandaq to stop their work and look towards the direction of the royal palace.

The splashing lightning and energy carried a terrifying aura of destruction.

"If they hadn't chosen the sky as their battlefield, half the city could have been destroyed!"

Lightning illuminated half the sky, and Flash's face was slightly pale.

Without the ability to fly, he too would have likely been annihilated by the lightning and turned to ash long ago.

"Thanks to Transcendent.

Otherwise, our first joint operation might have been our last."

Arthur's expression was grave.

Boom!

Another deafening thunderclap shook the heavens and earth.

Black Adam finally couldn't bear it any longer and was struck from the sky. His charred body smashed into the earth like a meteorite, creating a deep pit tens of meters in diameter. He lay at the bottom of the pit, his injuries so severe that his face was almost unrecognizable.

Silver lightning snakes coursed over his body, repairing him, his skin healing.

But as the grotesque injuries fully recovered, his divine power was also nearly depleted. Just as he wobbled to his feet.

Bang!

"Let go of me!"

David flew down and grabbed him by the neck, lifting him up. Black Adam struggled, and although his divine power was greatly depleted, his divine body possessed near-infinite endurance. However, David's grip was like iron tongs, and he couldn't pry it open.

The weak lightning strikes on David's body seemed so powerless.

"It wasn't my fault a thousand years ago.

The Wizard never told me that my emotions would cause my power to go out of control!"

Black Adam roared with resentment and defiance.

[Anger from Black Adam +530...]

"What you did a thousand years ago has nothing to do with me,"

David said, shaking his head, unmoved.

It was true that Black Adam had once nearly destroyed Khandaq's capital, and countless people had perished in the lightning. But it was an accident; Black Adam hadn't intentionally massacred anyone. However, that had nothing to do with him.

"Even if you defeat me, you can't seal me, Transcendent!"

Black Adam struggled, still trying to attack David, his hope not extinguished.

"You just inherited the Wizard's power; you probably haven't mastered magic yet. How will you seal me?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll just kill you?"

"What if you kill me?

My wife and children died at the hands of a tyrant's soldiers a thousand years ago. After waking up a thousand years later, almost everything I was familiar with is gone. Do you think I'm afraid of death!" Black Adam roared.

David could tell he wasn't afraid of death. His previous fear was only of being sealed away in the dark silence for another millennium; that feeling was worse than death.

"I don't know magical seals, and I won't kill you. I just want to strip you of your power to prevent you from causing trouble again, and then seal you in a different way."

The emotional points Black Adam provided were equivalent to a Parallax. David didn't want to kill such a rich source of emotional points.

"Strip me of my power?

Even the Wizard couldn't do that!"

Hearing David's words, Black Adam let out a loud scoff as if he'd heard a joke.

If the Wizard could have done that, he wouldn't have sealed him away.

"Do you remember your transformation phrase?"

"Do you think I'm stupid enough to say that word myself!"

Black Adam sneered dismissively.

The power of Shazam granted Shazam and Black Adam the ability to gain the Six God Power by simply saying "Shazam!" Saying it again would revert them to mortals. It was the source of their power and their fatal weakness.

"You will say it."

David looked at Diana.

"Diana."

Diana followed his gaze to her waist and immediately understood his intention. She threw the Lasso of Truth over.

The Lasso of Truth wrapped around Black Adam's body. The powerful lightning conduction made him kneel in powerless agony. David released him, grabbed the lasso, and slowly asked.

"Black Adam, what is your transformation phrase?"

"Sha... no... no..."

Black Adam's eyes widened in terror. He found he couldn't control his mouth and was about to answer the fatal question.

"How can this be!"

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