Superman from the comics: Starting with the Black Robe

Chapter 393 The Ultimate Means

Chapter 393 The Ultimate Means

Soon, Joey remembered where the noise came from—wasn't it this same sound when he was first pulled into the time tunnel by the Fantastic Four and got a good beating?

Before they could react, a spaceship appeared out of thin air, expanding from a point to a surface and then from a surface to a volume, sweeping over the top of Stark Tower and slicing off the helicopter's propeller.

This sudden turn of events startled General Ross and his men, who were still enjoying the cold wind on the rooftop. They quickly pressed General Ross to the ground, shouting, "Enemy attack!"

"Holy crap! I can't control the direction, Reed, think of something quick!"

With a scream from the Human Torch, the tail of the half-ship burst into flames and began to dive uncontrollably toward the waist of Stark Tower in a highly random trajectory.

"Is this never going to end?!"

Before Joey could even make a move, Tony jumped out of the floor-to-ceiling window to protect his property. Every one of the Fantastic Four was incompatible with him. First, the tail of the spaceship carrying Invisible Woman Susan crashed and razed the villa on Long Island to the ground. Then, the bow of the spaceship carrying the three of them wanted to recreate the old version of the event on Stark Tower!

However, Joey was a step ahead of him. Before Tony could even ignite his thrusters, Joey's figure had already flashed into the interior of the spacecraft.

Unlike the Human Torch, which can fly but whose spaceship can be torn to pieces with the slightest force, Joey has a biofield.

He braced himself with one hand on the top of the canopy, his bio-force field extending into the entire fuselage, lifting up half of the spaceship.

As for why it was with one hand, it's because Joey had something else to do with his other hand—

He reached out his hand to Starfire inside the cabin. Since Starfire returned to the Flashpoint universe last time, the two had been separated for several months in Joey's time.

Not to mention that Starfire was being held captive by the Kryptonians on the other side, and upon seeing each other again, the other was also filled with tears, rushing forward to embrace her tightly.

"Ahem!"

Seeing Superman and this girl named Corida—what was it again—exchanging loving glances, their faces getting closer and closer, almost ready to kiss each other.

Thunderbolt, still hanging outside the cabin as an energy source, coughed heavily: "Calm down, friend! You two should at least consider the occasion before getting intimate!"

Joey reluctantly turned his head, and just like last time, he extinguished the fire that had ruined his plans with a single breath, turning it into an ice pop: "The only one who needs to calm down here is you."

"Don't pay attention to them!"

Instead, Xinghuo was uninhibited, cupping Joey's face in her hands and kissing him: "You have no idea how much I've missed you!"

That's just how the Tamaran people are; they've never been good at suppressing their emotions and are always so passionate and bold.

After a long, deep kiss that even made the thick-skinned Stone Man feel embarrassed, Starfire finally released Joey.

But Joey sensed a slight difference in the feel of these hands compared to months ago; something was missing from their fingers: "Where's your ring?"

"What ring?" Xinghuo covered her mouth and chuckled. "Are you preparing a wedding ring for me?"

Joey was referring to the lamp ring, of course.

"Alright, alright, I'm just teasing you!" Before Starfire could even gauge Joey's reaction, she quickly steered the conversation back on track: "Did they tell you? I was captured by those Kryptonians. How could they possibly allow me to keep the Lamp Ring?"

"I know," Joey nodded. "Batman told me."

Xinghuo, seemingly oblivious to everyone else, wrapped her arms around Joey's waist from behind: "We've really been apart for far too long!"

"————" Having learned from the experience of the Human Torch being frozen into an ice sculpture in one go, Mr. Fantastic and the Thing chose to endure it a little longer, even though they were so embarrassed by watching others flirt that they almost dug their toes through the spaceship deck.

However, some people don't tolerate Superman's behavior: "You two can save any extra feelings for tonight!"

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Tony, his face grim, jumped into the spaceship and, without a word, grabbed Joey's shoulder, separating him from Starfire: "Use your brain, Joey, this isn't the time to be happy! Come with me! If we're not careful, we're all doomed!"

Tony's interruption instantly snapped Joey out of his daze, and alarm bells rang in his mind.

Given that Spark's personal freedom has been restricted and he has been controlled by the Kryptonians.

Secondly, condition two—three of the Fantastic Four, piloting what could hardly be called a spaceship, jumped into their universe from another universe, with Starfire also present inside the spaceship.

So what conclusions can we draw?

"Reed," Joey asked Mr. Fantastic the most important question, "which universe did you come from?"

"Ah, right, we've been wanting to tell you that!" The finally thawed Human Torch interrupted his brother-in-law again: "It should be your hometown, and there's this guy named Jor-El who claims to be your father—so you're actually a being from outside this universe!"

After speaking, Human Torch looked around and, finding no one uttering a sound, not even Iron Man, asked, "Isn't this news exciting enough for you?"

"Your information is so outdated!" Tony waved his hand, forcibly pulling Joey away to discuss their plans, and also dragging along the person he hated most: "Reed, you come here too!"

The news quickly spread among their secret group, even prompting Batman, who was focused on finding the Soul Stone's location, to utter a curse: "Damn it!"

This is certainly a perfect time. The Spider Legion has been shattered into pieces due to the collision of the multiverses, and if the Kryptonians were to come knocking now, they would have no choice but to fight to the death and fight until they have no regrets.

"Don't worry so much~"

Reed Richards had long been aware of this possibility, which is why he adopted the more radical and dangerous point-to-point jump method when repairing the ship: "My teleportation doesn't involve a hyperspace trajectory, so the Kryptonians can't possibly find us by following the teleportation path!"

Batman, using his usual "work habit," warned: "There might be—"

"No, not at all." Reed said decisively, the confidence that came from the mind of perhaps the most powerful scientist in the universe: "If there were any foreign objects on my spaceship, I would have noticed them immediately. Besides, after this jump, it's basically no different from scrap metal."

Even so, Reed still stood up: "I'll check it again, just in case."

The best news is that time flows at different rates in the two universes. This universe can take many steps to make up for mistakes, while the other side only has a very brief chance to react.

"No need," Tony said, resting his chin on his hands and gruffly stopping Mr. Fantastic from doing something unnecessary.

His face was covered by a visor, so his expression couldn't be seen: "I hope you don't mind that I just checked it for you, the spaceship is all normal."

"But we still can't let our guard down; there are bound to be smart people among the Kryptonians."

Tony suggested, "I think we should mobilize everyone to speed up the collection of the Soul Stone, but we need to agree on a deadline. Once the deadline is up, regardless of the outcome, we must retreat to prepare for any potential attacks."

Joey and Batman nodded in agreement: "It's decided then."

This means they all need to leave Earth and head to the depths of space as soon as possible, increasing the number of people to reduce the difficulty of the search.

"it is good."

Tony nodded to himself.

He knew that what he needed to worry about most at this moment was no longer the possible attack by the Kryptonians, but the upcoming cosmic collision.

Under this premise, he needs to get Superman and Batman away so that he can make sufficient preparations.

As before, he needs to be prepared with his final means.