14. The old man and the young man
"Clang"
In the training room of the Mysterious House, Clark, wearing Kryptonian combat uniform, swung his punch, and his clenched fist blasted at Merlin's body like a cannonball.
But before the fist arrived, Merlin's figure shrank strangely. A raven spreading its wings and flew away from Clark's fist, then returned to Merlin's appearance and kicked the Kryptonian in the chest.
This blow made Clark's body move. He swung his fist again without feeling at all, and this time he finally hit Merlin.
But in Xuan Lan's view, this punch seemed to hit the air. The power attached to the fist was enough to easily tear open the steel to tear Meilin away, causing the floating smoke to form a whizzing ring of smoke, but it did not hurt him at all.
The smoke that had been gathered and dispersed regained Merlin's body in the next moment. As the light thrust at the top of the magic wand Lora, a maximum shattering spell hit Clark's chest.
The magical explosion bombarded Clark's body, and a string of sparks burst out on the surface of the blue Kryptonian combat suit, but only made Clark take a step back.
"Defense has indeed improved a lot."
Merlin's voice sounded in the black fog that was spread all over the training ground. Clark moved his shoulders and looked at the black fog around him vigilantly. His keener senses emanated, just like a radar, sensing Merlin's next wave of offensive.
"bass"
The golden blade cut off from behind Clark, but Clark's body deflected outward and narrowly avoided the sharp sword. He waved his fist to disperse the fog behind him, and then quickly moved, causing the sword dance that Merlin made was completely useless.
His reaction speed and movement speed have also improved a lot compared to a year ago.
It seems that this guy said he has been practicing, not joking.
"Bang"
Facing Merlin, who was hiding in the mist and swinging his sharp blade again, Clark stopped backing. He stared at the sword cut in front of him. He put his hands together and his hands were like a classic bare-handed sword, clamping the vibrating sword on his head.
The blade was only a few inches away from Clark's forehead, but it was fixed by iron pliers. Merlin waved his wrist in the mist and tried to pull out the blade. However, Clark's huge force was no longer the same as before, and the clipped blade remained motionless.
"Swish"
Merlin disappeared in front of Clark with his men and swords. The black mist rolled in the rolling black, and he seemed to be brewing a new offensive.
"Speaking of this, I have some new tricks,"
Clark raised his head, his eyes became hot, just like a lit light bulb. Merlin in the smoke felt the gathering of energy in Clark's eyes, and he quickly gathered the spread of black smoke.
The next moment, two scorching red light shot out from Clark's eyes, piercing the gathering of black smoke. In his moving eyes, the red light was like a sharp energy knife, dividing the mist dispersed by Merlin into several segments.
The scorching, fast, and full of destructive power, leaving traces of burning on the walls around the practice room.
"This trick is good."
Seeing Clark having the means of energy attack, Merlin simply put away the black fog and reshaped his body in the air. He activated the Animagus form that he had not used for a long time, swaying in the air like a truly flexible bird. The rays shot out chased him, but it was difficult to hurt him.
The light moves very quickly, but Clark needs to move his head to lock the target, and the impact rays shot from his eyes will not turn.
"colloportus! (Confinement Curse)"
"cruio! (Diamond)"
Merlin escaped from the raven form, waved the wand in his hand, and threw two spells on Clark in a row. The chain made of magic was buckled on his arms and legs, but the next moment he was easily torn open by Clark.
However, the vicious magic of the Heart Spell acted on Clark's body, and the violent pain bursting from inside the body paused Clark's heat rays.
But he remained vigilant in the severe pain. He had a premonition that Merlin was about to launch a storm and storm, so he blocked his hands in front of him.
At the same time, Merlin placed his finger on his red belt.
"Speed up"
"Bang"
While the voice sounded, Clark's body seemed to be hit by an invisible fist, and his whole body was beaten away from the ground. Merlin's fist was wrapped around a huge force and appeared in more than a dozen places on Clark's body at the same time. It was an attack made by Merlin, who was moving at a speed of nearly light.
As Xuan Lan's gaze, Meilin's figure spread throughout the training ground at this moment, with a speed that was too fast, and countless afterimages were drawn.
Clark was like being thrown into a real storm. Every second there were hundreds of punches hitting his body, and every punch had Merlin's semi-demonized super power. He was like a doll thrown into the storm. Although the signal of attack was constantly coming from his perception, his body could not react at all.
So what if you block a punch? You will still be hit one after another.
In 7 seconds, Clark was bombarded from the ground into the air more than ten meters high. He could not move or dodge, and could only passively withstand the raging storm.
"Bang"
The unbearable 7 seconds finally passed, Merlin reappeared on the ground, and Clark, with disheveled hair, fell from the air. Merlin waved his gravity to catch Clark, but the latter's body flexibly flipped in the air, and then hovered lightly in the air half a meter high from the ground.
He movably, with his waist on his back, looking at Merlin provocatively, and said:
"The speed is pretty good, but the fist is weak and weak, just like tickling."
"Maybe it should be asked to let you try the sourness of the half-demon punch wrapped in the fire and hitting your face with supersonic speed, but now it's just warming up, I won't beat you up so hard. Speaking of which, you can fly?"
Merlin looked at Clark who was hovering and said:
“When did you learn it?”
“A few months ago.”
Clark landed on the ground, he said:
"I went to the 'Lonely Fortress', which was the ship in the Arctic. Joe's projection taught me a lot of Kryptonian warriors' fighting skills, and he also taught me to fly."
"In fact, it's not about flying, it's just that the earth's gravity is weak, so Kryptonians can rely on their own strength to achieve long-term suspension. But I think I've mastered the trick, and maybe in a while, I will really learn to fly."
"That heat ray just now was pretty good."
Merlin looked back at the gaps blasted by Clark's heat rays on the edge of the training ground, and said:
"The temperature is very high and the control is flexible. Is this what Joe teaches you?"
"No, I'll do this very early."
Clark pointed to his eyes and said:
"I knew this when I was a kid, but I couldn't adjust its power. Apart from using it occasionally to heat cans, it felt useless."
"But Joe told me to let me go outside the earth to shine pure sunlight, which contains energy that can be absorbed by the Kryptonians. After returning from outside the earth, my strength, speed and physical fitness have been greatly improved, and the power of the heat ray has also been increased to the weapon level."
"So, you just need to get stronger by basking in the sun?"
Merlin looked at Clark with a weird look, and he said:
"I'm really starting to envy you, Clark, this power is too easy."
"It's the pure sun."
Clark corrected:
"The energy obtained by sunbathing on the earth is very small, and the atmosphere separates a lot of energy from the earth. This is why I have been on the earth for more than 20 years and was beaten so badly by Mike Chuang. However, if you have sunbathing for too long, you will have problems, but this explanation is very complicated."
"Um."
Merlin nodded. He did not ask too much, but turned his head to look at the edge of the training ground. There, beside Xuanlan, another guy who was late arrived finally arrived.
"Why did you delay for so long?"
Merlin asked.
"Uh, I had a car accident on the road and I just took the injured person to the hospital, so I delayed it."
Steve stood on the edge of the training ground, he looked at Clark, and then said to Merlin:
"Who is this friend? I just saw the final scene of your two fighting, they are both amazing."
"You are Captain America? Steve Rogers?"
Clark stared at Steve, who came to the mysterious house without wearing a mask, which allowed Clark to quickly identify Steve's identity, he said:
"My mother admires you very much. She said she collected posters of you when she was young, and I read your comics when I was a child. You did not disappear or die. My mother would definitely be happy to hear this news."
"Your mom?"
Steve shook his head helplessly, and he said:
"Well, I'm really an old man compared to you."
"Then the elderly, come down and move on."
Merlin took something out of her pocket, then swung it, and the thing roared towards Steve, and was easily picked up by the latter.
It was a shield, light but strong, with a picture of blue, red and white intertwined on the surface, and a five-pointed star in the center. It was the shield Merlin took back from Tony Stark, a weapon that Captain America used during World War II.
Steve stroked the shield with some nostalgia, and he said:
"It's really hard for you. I've found this thing back."
"Swish"
Merlin's figure flashed to Steve. He patted Steve on the shoulder, pointed at Clark, and said to Steve:
"Look at this young guy in front of you, Steve."
"He is full of courage and desire to do good things, and is a kind person like you. He only started to decide to be a hero yesterday. He also has strength and is complacent for his own strength. Let me tell you, Clark's father wants him to be a god of earthlings, and Clark has the potential to become a god."
"I hope you teach him a lesson, Steve, let the young people know how powerful we old people are, and let him face the world."
"Wow. You? Old people? Hoho."
Steve looked at Merlin and said:
"You ask me to deal with a god, look, Brother Clark can kill me with one punch."
"Stop kidding, go show your hands quickly, I'm waiting to see."
Merlin pushed Steve off the training ground with all his pulls. He watched Steve walk towards Clark with his shield, and he said to Xuanlan beside him:
"Lan, who do you think they will win?"
"From paper strength, the winner must be Clark, no doubt."
Xuanlan stood beside Merlin, the butler stared at the round shield in Steve's hand, and she said:
"But I suspect there is something wrong with that shield."
"I guess they can't even decide the winner until midnight."
Merlin smiled and said:
"As long as Steve holds his shield, no one can defeat him. Of course, Fury spent so much time and energy to find Steve back, not asking him to be a big boss to charge. Steve's outstanding personal charm and leadership are what really matters."
"He will be the core of the Avengers, a bond, a bond that connects all the heroes together, but that said, if anyone underestimates him for this, he will probably be beaten up."
"Can you sign me?"
During the training ground, Clark looked at Steve in front of him and said:
"I'll take out the poster I'm treasured and sign her. If possible, I want to invite you to visit my farm. My parents will definitely be very happy."
"Then you have to beat me first, young man."
Steve held the shield in front of him and said to Clark:
"Merlin tells me that you will be the most powerful attacker in the Avengers, and I also want to see how powerful the heroes of this world are in 60 years."
"All right."
Clark moved his shoulders and could feel that Steve in front of him was not as "beat-resistant" as Merlin. He raised his fist and said:
"Then I'll hit it lightly?"
"Whatever you want."
Steve wasn't angry either, he said:
"But you better be serious."
"Clang"
Clark's fist hit Steve's shield like a cannonball. He thought this punch could knock Steve back, but beyond his expectations, the moment the fist touched the surface of the shield, the power he burst out seemed to be transmitted to a pool of quagmire, and did not allow Steve's body to move even for a moment.
"Bang"
Steve stepped forward in a misstep, swung the shield in his hand forward fiercely, and the cold shield slapped Clark in the face with a standard shield, knocking Clark back.
The power derived from the super soldier serum is simply not worth mentioning compared to the power of the Kryptonians, but Steve's outstanding combat experience makes up for the lack of power.
The moment Clark retreated, Steve gently hooked his left foot and punched his right arm at the same time, pushing Clark to the ground. However, the Kryptonian floated backward strangely and stood steadily on the ground again.
This has nothing to do with strength, it is purely a matter of combat skills.
"I said it all, be serious, young people."
Steve backed with his shield and said to Clark who had climbed up:
"Don't look at me being over 80s, I can still spend the whole day with you easily."
"Well, I was wrong, I apologize to you for my contempt."
Clark breathed a sigh of relief, he clenched his fists and said to Steve:
"Then, I'm going to be serious!"
On the other side, Xuanlan looked at the fight between Steve and Clark in surprise, and she said:
"That shield, can it absorb energy?"
“Yes, all kinds of energy.”
Merlin lay on the railing and said:
"The atoms inside the shield are constant, so it is harder than pure vibrator. The constant atoms allow it to absorb huge amounts of energy. Even if Clark uses all his strength, he can't destroy it. Steve may not win Clark, but with Clark's current combat experience, it will be difficult for him to beat Steve, that old man."
"Oh, it's a pity that guy Bruce is unwilling to join the Avengers"
Merlin said with some regret:
Chapter completed!