Chapter 4283: Heroes Assemble! (Part 22)

"A wonderful battle is about to begin. Now press the voting device in your hands and tell me which match you want to see first! Come on, let us use voting to decide who will be the first duelists to go on stage!"

A voting device appeared in front of all the audience, and they could choose who would go on stage first by color. Bruce stuffed the corner of the ice cream cone into his mouth, chewing while saying: "Which one do you want to see first? Honey?"

"Do you even need to ask? Of course, it's Superman vs. Batman!"

"Are you serious?" Bruce frowned and said, "What's there to see? Clark comes over every day to yell at me to go to work, and we both have to fight. And you're just sitting there applying hand cream."

"You aren't blaming me for not helping you, are you?" Selina glared at him and said, "Work starts at 9:00, and it's 8:50 and you're still not awake. I can't find an excuse even if I want to persuade Clark."

"Uh, it only takes me two minutes to fly to the base."

"Yeah, after arriving at the base, it takes another half an hour to wash up and an hour to eat breakfast. By the time the morning meeting is over, it's time for lunch."

"My God, how do you know so clearly?"

"Brainiac can't stand you anymore."

"Then he doesn't need to tell you these things."

"He just wanted to know how I could stand you. He asked this question to almost everyone who knows you."

"Then that can only blame his bad luck; if you really gave him a classic Batman, he wouldn't be happy." Bruce snorted coldly.

However, Selina and Bruce still voted for "Batman vs. Superman." Facts proved that no one didn't want to see this fun. In the end, "Batman vs. Superman" was elected by a high vote. The two contestants were immediately dropped into the arena.

"What's going on with them?" Arkham Batman asked while moving his wrists and ankles.

"If I said it was love at first sight, you would definitely say Superman is not that kind of person. But I really find it hard to say that primitive instincts and hormones didn't play an important role in their relationship."

"Looks like you left a good impression on Superman." Arkham Batman's voice carried a hint of a smile.

"Completely different." Main Universe Batman said, "Except for looking a bit alike, there's almost nothing in common."

"Then isn't this problem even bigger?"

Main Universe Batman seemed to refuse to discuss this issue anymore. Arkham Batman just gave a light chuckle and then said: "It's a pity I didn't leave any good impression on the Superman of our universe. If there was a gender-swapped version of me, he would probably avoid me like the plague."

"Sounds like you're very regretful."

"I'm not."

Now it was Arkham Batman's turn not to want to mention this topic, and Main Universe Batman tactfully didn't ask again. He looked at the opposite side through his mask. The Superman he was familiar with was floating in the air, those blue eyes sunken under his brow ridge, showing a seriousness different from usual.

Without any warning, the two moved. The Beyonder let out a scream because he hadn't had time to shout start. But the two in the arena had already collided.

There were no fancy skills, and no foreshadowing. This was the most primitive and brutal physical collision—exactly the kind everyone wanted to see most.

The audience erupted into deafening cheers, and everyone screamed like crazy. There was no rational dialogue, no emotional exchange, just the purest collision. No one could refuse such pure violent aesthetics. The violent factors buried in the genes of intelligent life were completely released, prompting them to howl like crazy.

With a bang, the steel-like body collided with the real steel. Main Universe Superman raised his eyebrows because Arkham Batman was not knocked away by him at all. For a Kryptonian, this was simply incredible, just like an ant being stepped on, using a shoulder throw to throw you out.

Both of them used the posture most suitable for impact, which was using the lower body to exert force, and shoulders colliding together. This made their faces very close, able to see every trace of expression on the other side.

And just when Arkham Batman's mouth slightly curled into an arc, Batwoman said in Main Universe Superman's mind: "Go."

Main Universe Superman retreated quickly, but it was already too late. Arkham Batman's other hand threw out a grappling hook, wrapped around Main Universe Superman's waist, and flew up with him, but used inertia to fly higher than him. The unfolded cape covered the sky, like an endless extending night.

First a downward kick, then a smooth turn in the air, another whip kick, and then a punch smashed down.

Main Universe Superman watched as a number "3" appeared on top of his head, followed by a string of white letters "Freeflow!"

Main Universe Superman naturally couldn't just take a beating for nothing. In the next second when Arkham Batman approached, he raised his hand to punch. However, the other side waved his cape, and a white light flashed. Arkham Batman directly grabbed his fist, a backflip like a gorgeous acrobatics, crossed over from the top of his head to the back, and knocked Superman down with one punch.

Everyone was stunned.

No, who did you knock down?!!

This could simply be called one of Batman's two great famous scenes, along with rolling to dodge Omega beams.

But it wasn't over yet. After knocking the opponent down, Arkham Batman threw three more punches, then took off from the spot, and a heavy blow caused thick smoke and dust to rise in the duel arena.

Main Universe Superman climbed up from the ground, quickly took off to pull away, and didn't give Arkham Batman another chance to fire the grappling hook. Batwoman said: "This looks like some kind of fighting game judgment. As long as you are comboed by him, you will definitely be knocked down."

"This is too outrageous," Main Universe Superman said, "who on earth would design Batman as a fighting game character? Who can beat him?"

"Be careful, don't let him get close. Use heat vision."

Main Universe Superman didn't use heat vision at the first moment, naturally not wanting to bully a Batman without superpowers, but now he realized that having no superpowers was Batman's biggest lie.

"Wow, Peter pointed to the center of the arena and said, "Did you see that? That must be an ultimate move, right?"

"That's at most a knockdown skill, not an ultimate move," Pikachu said, "Batman must still have a trick up his sleeve."

"I feel like Superman is going to be in trouble." Peter said with a smile.

A heat vision swept across the center of the arena, and the audience erupted into enthusiastic cheers again. Superman is using heat vision to hit Batman! That's what they wanted to see!

But Arkham Batman was not panicked at all. In his field of vision, the moment the heat vision was fired, a white radio wave symbol lit up on top of Main Universe Superman's head. And the moment he rolled to dodge the heat vision attack, he waved his cape as if taking off, rushed to Superman's front in mid-air, three cape attacks followed by a stun hit. Main Universe Superman, who was flying in mid-air, was directly beaten to the ground.

And Main Universe Superman clearly anticipated this move. He didn't choose to take off again, but directly punched Arkham Batman. The moment the other side dodged and rolled, a heat vision hit. Accompanied by Superman's continuous advance, Arkham Batman was directly blown away by the heat vision, and the number beside him also returned to zero.

"That's it," Batwoman said, "his skills are all based on the combo count; as long as you can interrupt the combo, he won't be able to release skills."

"This is not easy." Main Universe Superman sighed in his heart and said, "His combo judgment range is too wide, and there are grappling hooks and dash assists. And he must still have a big move he hasn't used."

"It's okay, the two of us also have big moves we haven't used. Now, let's take advantage of the fact that his combo count hasn't stacked up and deal some damage."

Main Universe Superman immediately rushed to Arkham Batman's front, wanting to give him a punch. But the other side didn't dodge or avoid, but turned around and directly fired a grappling hook at the audience. Selina, who was eating the second corn on the cob, was still in the posture of eating, but the corn on the cob disappeared with a swoosh.

With a bang, the rushing Main Universe Superman was covered in chili powder from the super invincible spicy Mexican corn on the cob.

Cough cough cough cough cough cough!!!

Main Universe Superman covered his face and coughed violently. And Arkham Batman took the opportunity to perform three more combos, the last one directly a critical hit, knocking off a chunk of Main Universe Superman's health.

"This bastard! Too despicable!" Batwoman said, "He knew you couldn't eat spicy food!"

"Cough cough... even if I could eat it, I couldn't... my mom, who on earth can eat such spicy corn on the cob?! Cough cough cough cough!!"

And at this time, the Beyonder's camera for the audience just happened to cut to Selina. The audience erupted into cheers, and the people next to her rushed over and threw Selina up. Now Selina was really as confused and helpless as a cat.

"Selina has Latin ancestry and can eat spicy food well." Main Universe Batman said, "You found a very suitable weapon."

"Actually, I originally wanted to find the corn on the cob snack stand. But it seemed to be very far away from us, and the grappling hook couldn't reach it."

"Then forget it," Main Universe Batman said, "if the whole arena was full of chili powder, we might also be choked."

"You can't eat spicy food?"

"Can you?"

"Of course. So we can't be considered complete counterparts."

"I knew it when I saw your first-person perspective of fighting."

Main Universe Superman really had tears coming out from the spiciness. This had to be said about another weakness of Kryptonians. They are bodies of steel, but that doesn't mean they won't feel pain; it's just that ordinary attack methods can't break their defense. It's like using a chopstick to gently poke an arm; no matter how painful it is, it won't be that painful. However, if certain chemical substances invade their mucous membranes, they will still feel pain. Superman is immune to most chemical substances, but there is indeed one he is not immune to; he can feel the pain brought by capsaicin, which also allows him to taste spiciness.

As for why not use the chili spray trick to deal with Superman, it can only be said that if you can spray chili water on Superman, then you don't need to use chili water to defeat him.

Just like now, Arkham Batman got a super spicy corn on the cob, just to stall Superman and restore his combo count. He could even knock Superman down; the corn on the cob was just icing on the cake.

This did indeed stall Main Universe Superman for a few seconds. But his metabolic rate was not for nothing. If a human was covered in chili powder, it would probably take dozens of minutes of snot and tears. Main Universe Superman recovered in a few seconds. He didn't want to give Arkham Batman more time to restore his combo count, so he punched him again.

Arkham Batman dodged, but still couldn't dodge the heat vision that came almost simultaneously. Main Universe Superman grasped the timing very well, just stuck at the end of the dodge invincibility time, and fired the heat vision. Arkham Batman was blown away again.

Arkham Batman waved his cape and landed steadily. He lost some health, but it wasn't serious; mainly, the combo was interrupted again. He started scanning the audience with his eyes. This time, the prop grab must be a good one.