Chapter 4391: Far Star Project (16)

Steppenwolf felt the airflow rushing toward him from behind and turned around to wave his hand impatiently, intending to swat Hal away directly. But the moment he made contact with Hal, an inexplicable panic surged into his heart. He subconsciously turned his head back to look, and as he saw the yellow light emerging from Hal's eyes, countless hallucinatory fragments flashed before his eyes.

Darkseid was a sufficiently cruel monarch. Regardless of whether it was enemies or subordinates, anyone who failed to complete his requirements would receive very severe punishment; he ruled his subordinates through fear. This also meant that the subordinates under his leadership all held a profound fear of him.

It was not that Steppenwolf was unaffected by fear energy, but his willpower was relatively strong. However, Hal was a natural Lantern; whether it was a Green Lantern or a Yellow Lantern, he could exert the greatest effect with it in his hands. Moreover, the Parallax entity had not targeted Steppenwolf before, but Hal had come specifically for Steppenwolf.

In the moment Steppenwolf was distracted, Hal directly surrounded him with fear energy. Steppenwolf staggered in a daze, and Hal punched him in the face.

But Steppenwolf was no pushover. He took a deep breath, even richer light emerged from his eyes, and he grabbed Hal with a backhand, threw him into the ground with a body slam, and followed up with a straight punch that smashed into Hal's chest.

Yellow Lantern energy did not solve the problem of Hal's close-quarters combat not being strong enough. With Steppenwolf's punch, Hal spat out another mouthful of blood. And the speed at which Yellow Lantern energy repaired the body was simply not as good as Green Lantern energy. But Hal had no way out; he flew up again, attempting to control Steppenwolf with fear energy.

Steppenwolf was indeed interfered with, but he was a natural war machine. Even relying solely on instinct, he could capture Hal's flight trajectory and then strike him down heavily, slamming him to the ground.

Hal felt anxious. Yellow Lantern energy appeared very strong and had a continuous supply, but it mainly targeted the mind and was not as versatile as Green Lantern energy. If things continued like this, he still wouldn't be able to beat Steppenwolf.

Hal was truly out of options. Since Green Lantern energy could not be replenished and Yellow Lantern energy was not easy to use, only one method remained—converting Yellow Lantern energy into Green Lantern energy.

But this was easier said than done; Hal didn't have a clue. These two types of energy were clearly completely incompatible, let alone convertible. What on earth was he to do?

Hal's brain spun rapidly. Relying on himself was definitely not going to work. When absorbing Yellow Lantern energy, he had already discovered that Yellow Lantern energy would repel the tiny bit of Green Lantern energy remaining in the ring, which proved that the two could not coexist in the ring; if one came, the other had to go.

His body definitely couldn't do it either, because for two types of energy to fuse and convert, they would certainly undergo a violent conflict reaction. His physique wasn't tough enough; if the conversion happened inside his body, he would explode.

Then he had to find an external medium. This thing needed to be able to absorb both types of energy simultaneously, be tough enough to withstand the energy conflict, and its status had to be higher than these two types of energy, so it wouldn't be affected by them.

Hal turned his head and saw Victor lying on the ground.

He did a low-altitude flyby, picked Victor up directly, and while Steppenwolf hadn't reacted, he poured the Yellow Lantern energy from his body into Victor's body.

Victor was currently still unconscious; on one hand, his physical strength had been exhausted earlier, and on the other, his mind had also been attacked by fear power. This was great now; the fear power wasn't affecting his mind from the outside, but had gone directly deep into his body.

But these two methods of intrusion were very different. Victor's mind was mainly determined by his physical body; the Mother Box fused into his body had no autonomous consciousness, so his mind was simply Victor's mind, and its defensive power wasn't high, which was why it was harassed by fear power.

However, his physical defense was different. He was a fusion of a human body and a Mother Box. Regarding the fear energy invading, the human body part had no ability to resist. But the Mother Box itself was a universal editor; this thing was itself the source of all power, not requiring external power to participate in reactions, but at the same time, it was also a black hole that could contain all power. If it weren't so, it would have no way to edit all the energy in the universe.

After Hal injected the Yellow Lantern power, the Yellow Lantern power was absorbed by the Mother Box, and Victor's body also began to flicker with a faint yellow light. If he were awake at this moment, he might be able to use the editing function to edit the Yellow Lantern energy into Green Lantern energy. Because he lacked consciousness, he couldn't do it.

Hal didn't count on him at all; he poured all the Yellow Lantern energy in his body into Victor's body in one go, and then began to recite the Green Lantern oath:

"In brightest day, in blackest night,"

"No evil shall escape my sight."

"Let those who worship evil's might,"

"Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"

Of course, this couldn't summon a ring or a power battery, otherwise he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of thinking about using conversion to replenish energy. But when he went to the Green Lantern Corps headquarters for training, other Lanterns told him that the oath was one of the means to contact teammates; when you recite the oath, nearby Lanterns will have a sense of it.

He didn't believe that such a large Parallax entity had come to Earth and those Green Lanterns who claimed to maintain the safety of the universe would know nothing about it. This Parallax entity had been here for a while; the Green Lanterns should have flown here by now. As long as they could sense the oath, they should come to Earth to check.

But to Hal's disappointment, the Green Lanterns did not appear immediately. Steppenwolf, however, did come.

Steppenwolf, who had chased over, was still affected by the Yellow Lantern energy, and when he saw that yellow light had also appeared on Victor, he was simply furious. The Mother Box must not have any problems; he didn't want to be punished by Darkseid!

Fear further stimulated his savage nature. He rushed over directly, knocked Hal away, smashed him to the ground with two punches in the air, and clawed at his chest with one paw.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Hal let out a soul-stirring scream; his heart was almost dug out.

But Steppenwolf hadn't stopped his actions; he had to kill this annoying fly completely. He gripped Hal's neck, exerted force with his hand, Hal's whole body trembled, and then his pupils began to dilate.

Hal's spine was snapped directly; death came too suddenly, so much so that he himself hadn't reacted. And just at this moment, several green lights lit up in the sky; the Green Lantern Corps had finally arrived.

Upon seeing the Parallax entity in the sky, everyone felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. But they still first started searching on the ground for their teammate who had recited the oath, and then witnessed the scene of Hal's death.

"No!!!" the leader of the Green Lanterns shouted and flew straight toward this side. The several Green Lanterns following behind were not human; one of them, a big guy, slammed into Steppenwolf fiercely, knocking Steppenwolf to the side.

They were completely confused about the situation, not knowing why this Green Lantern was already dead, or that he had been killed by another monster, nor did they know what was going on with the few people lying nearby.

The leader of the Green Lantern squad rushed forward, wanting to save Hal, but it was already too late. Green Lantern energy could heal wounds, but it could not bring the dead back to life. The process of Hal's death was too short; they hadn't managed to save him in time.

The leader let out a mournful cry and turned his head to glare fiercely at Steppenwolf. He had just wanted to rush over to attack Steppenwolf, but discovered that Hal's corpse's arm was pointing in one direction, and it hadn't moved until death.

He looked along that direction and saw Victor lying to the side. The leader recognized the fear energy on Victor's body, so he didn't dare to approach rashly.

However, during training, the leader already knew that although Hal had a weak foundation and his physical quality wasn't as strong as aliens, his brain was very sharp, often having unexpected strategies, and he was a newcomer with great potential.

The judgment he made before his death must have had its reasons. Moreover, that Victor didn't look like a lackey of the Parallax entity; the two sides weren't even of the same style. Even if it was for the purpose of saving people, the leader still walked up to check his situation.

The leader felt that there was indeed fear energy in his body; his first thought was to help him dispel the fear energy, after all, this thing was a scourge, not only invading people's minds but also potentially harming the body.

And the best way to remove fear power was for a person with strong willpower to use Green Lantern energy to resist Yellow Lantern energy. So the leader poured the Green Lantern energy in his body into him.

If it were an ordinary medium, such as a human body, the power of Yellow and Green Lanterns could not coexist at all; if Green Lantern entered, Yellow Lantern would have to be dispelled. But the Mother Box was not an ordinary medium; within the Mother Box, all powers could coexist.

The leader input Green Lantern energy, and the Yellow Lantern energy didn't disappear either. He discovered it hadn't been dispelled and thought it was because the energy he injected wasn't enough, so he input some more, but there was still no change.

The leader gritted his teeth, wanting to give up, but took a look at Hal to the side and decided to try one more time. This time he activated at maximum power; rich green light appeared on his hands, he pressed his hands on Victor's chest and poured a large amount of Green Lantern energy into him.

The Green Lantern energy in Victor's body surged; suddenly, the Green Lantern energy reached a critical point of balance with the Yellow Lantern energy. At this instant, Victor opened his eyes abruptly, and light of two colors erupted from his body.

Green Lantern energy and Yellow Lantern energy began to conflict constantly, and Victor let out a painful low growl. But as soon as he turned his head, he saw Hal's corpse.

Victor was stunned, then looked at Steppenwolf to the side; even if he hadn't been clear-headed just now, he could probably guess that Hal must have sacrificed himself to protect him.

Victor hammered the ground with force, veins bulging all over his body; he didn't even care about the two energies warring inside him, and crawled to Hal's side.

"No... no... save him! Save him!!!" Victor shouted in panic.

But Hal was indeed already dead, and due to the two energies causing chaos in his body, Victor was also unable to enter the modification mode he had before. He could only hold Hal's corpse and roar.

Wait, Victor, you must calm down, he said to himself in his heart. Only you can save Hal now; you must think carefully about what exactly to do.

The Mother Box is so powerful; the things it can do must be more than imagined. Even if it's bringing the dead back to life, it must be able to do it.

Victor took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down. Yellow and Green Lantern energy wouldn't appear in his body for no reason; these two energies must have a purpose. Hal was a Green Lantern, so Green Lantern energy must be more useful to him.

So, Victor relied on his own willpower to start taking sides; he let Green Lantern energy continuously devour Yellow Lantern energy, and then converted Yellow Lantern energy into Green Lantern energy. It sounded incredible, but with the help of the Mother Box, there was nothing that couldn't be done.

Having converted most of the Yellow Lantern energy, Victor still felt it wasn't enough; he turned his head to look directly at the Parallax entity, stretched out his hand, and began to extract fear power from the Parallax entity's body. ===== CHAPTER 4392 =====