Superman Termination Manual

Blue Owl slowly straightened up, responding calmly in English.

"Why are you obstructing me? I am merely retaliating against those who betrayed me."

Blue Owl spread his hands and said sarcastically, "To be honest, I'm protecting you. If you had encountered a large crow, your fate would have been much worse than coming across me."

"Enough of your nonsense—!"

As his words fell, the Qi'an Cultist fiercely swung the Holy Cross of Light from the lawn, chanting scriptures as he rushed towards Blue Owl like a martyr.

Seeing this, Blue Owl slightly leaned forward, raising his right arm as if he were a matador, seemingly dragging an invisible red cape.

Whoosh!

As the Qi'an Cultist charged, Blue Owl deftly sidestepped, avoiding the strike of the cross.

The Holy Cross, glowing with sacred light, brushed past Blue Owl's figure.

But the Qi'an Cultist, quick and agile, spun around accumulating momentum. He gripped the Holy Cross with both hands and, like an axe, whipped up a roaring wind that spiraled towards Blue Owl's silhouette.

Blue Owl slightly narrowed his eyes and while stepping back, raised his right elbow to block the middle of the cross and lifted his left hand to grasp the edge of the cross's top end.

Using this stance, he exerted a covert force from both the middle and top sections, spreading the mighty force applied on the cross.

Yet, his figure was still sent flying.

Crack!

Blue Owl's elbow twisted slightly under the immense pressure, and bones fractured.

The red and blue figure tumbled several times on the lawn, finally flipping in mid-air, grabbing the grass to stop his momentum, with his legs dragging through the soil, furrowing muddy trenches.

The rising flames from the church cast light upon his figure and the disheveled lawn.

At that moment, taking advantage of the gap in the battle between Blue Owl and the Qi'an Cultist, firefighters poured from their truck, lifting high-pressure hoses to shoot water at the church.

On the lawn, as Blue Owl was just getting up, the Qi'an Cultist chased after him like a mad dog.

He closed the distance and swung the Holy Cross down at Blue Owl.

Blue Owl was forced to retreat step by step, constantly dodging the relentless attacks from the Qi'an Cultist, nearly erasing all the green from the lawn with his feet.

If he found himself unable to dodge, he would lift his hands to gently resist the Qi'an Cultist's offensive, distributing the force from the cross between his fingers and palms.

A counterattack was impossible; he could only barely block the power of the cross, then his body was knocked back several meters.

To tell the truth, if it were the player "Failed Man," beating this Superpower User would have been a breeze.

But he was just Blue Owl: a fledgling superhero, who, for the sake of maintaining his image, had to take some hits. Moreover, there were many equipments and abilities he couldn't use, ultimately he could only bring out forty to fifty percent of his strength.

Although Blue Owl was continuously taking hits, he was still managing effortlessly.

This had a reason: during the battle, he looked up and suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure on the church's spire using his peripheral vision.

The figure was shrouded in a pitch-black cloak, the beak elongated like a blade, the deep, narrow eyes seemed to penetrate the night.

The dark figure was tinted red by the church's flames, the scorching breeze blowing through the flames rustled the cloak. Yet, he stood still on the spire like a demonic statue.

Blue Owl didn't understand why Qing Ya wouldn't intervene, perhaps he was testing his strength.

To be honest, it was quite embarrassing to be seen getting beaten up by Qing Ya, but there was nothing he could do about it, he had to pretend to be unaware.

In the terrifying straight-standing crow's view, his fight with the Qi'an Cultist probably looked like two kindergarten kids tussling and shoving each other on the playground, always ready to step in and stop it.

"Heh, my dad is supervising the battle here; if you dare, hit me harder, and try to take off my mask," Blue Owl thought to himself as he swiftly rolled on the grass, dodging the Qi'an Cultist's assault, then sprinted toward the church.

Fighting wasn't his strong suit, running was.

The police, seeing him and the Qi'an Cultist so close together, never dared to pull the trigger, lest they accidentally hurt this young man who had just saved them.

But at that moment, suddenly, clusters of bird feathers shot from the night sky like a storm of pear blossoms targeting the Qi'an Cultist, pinning him down on the lawn.

The silver-white feathers, as sharp and sturdy as blades, pierced deeply into the ground, even slightly disturbing the Holy Cross that the Qi'an Cultist protected himself with.

For a moment, Blue Owl couldn't see clearly and thought they were bullets. Only after the feathers stuck into the ground did he realize they were indeed feathers.

"Dad would use this move? Unlikely."

Blue Owl, hearing the noise, turned his head while thinking and lifted his gaze behind the lens toward the sky behind him.

He saw a young man with a pair of giant eagle wings on his back hovering in the night sky. He had his arms crossed, wearing a silver Superhero uniform and a bird feather mask on his face.

Indeed, those knife-like bird feathers were shot from his pair of wings.

The firing rate was comparable to a submachine gun, and it was one with a significantly increased sweep range, at that.

[Character Code: Platinum Wing]

[Character Name: An Renchuan]

[Strength Rating: D++ level]

[Character Introduction: Once a young man with disabilities in both legs, he underwent a genetic mutation for unknown reasons two years ago, growing a huge pair of wings below his shoulder blades, thus becoming a mutant. Half a month ago, he joined the Superhero Association and became a member of the superheroes.]

"Hey, are you okay?"

This superhero, codenamed "Platinum Wing," while flapping his wings and shooting bird feathers at the Qi'an Cultist, asked Blue Owl.

"Still alive." Blue Owl observed the situation and asked, "Are you alone?"

Platinum Wing shook his head, "No, I have two teammates."

At that moment, the Qi'an Cultist's leg muscles bulged and he suddenly exerted force, roaring as he lifted the Holy Cross of Light amidst a flurry of bird feathers. He then swung his right arm and hurled the cross towards Platinum Wing in the sky.

Clang, clang, clang—!

The swiftly spinning cross, like a giant boomerang, sliced through all the bird feathers and shot straight towards Platinum Wing.

His expression remained calm, as he just hovered there with his arms crossed, seemingly indifferent.

But then, in the next moment, a blue-green invisible force suddenly enveloped the Holy Cross of Light, stopping it mid-air.

Blue Owl turned his head to look and saw a woman dressed in a nun's habit walking out from the church. She was holding a wailing child with one hand and with the other hand raised towards the Holy Cross of Light.

Her eyes were full of blue-green light, showing that the telekinesis was her doing.

[Character Code: Telekinetic Nun]

[Character Name: Xia Jinlan]

[Strength Rating: C level]

[Character Introduction: A nun with telekinesis as her superpower, who received an invitation from the Superhero Association two months ago and thus became a superhero, though she often misses various missions.]

The Qi'an Cultist gasped for air heavily, tattoos on his body spreading out a fluctuating holy radiance. He tried to form another cross but was knocked to the ground on the grass by a figure that rushed from the darkness.

Soon after, a high-speed spinning deep blue mechanical chainsaw pressed against the Qi'an Cultist's neck, as if it could sever his lifeline at any moment.

Blue Owl was stunned for half a second.

Gazing intently, he saw that the chainsaw was attached to the right arm of the figure. The uninvited guest was wearing a biker jacket and had a scar running from the corner of his eye to his lip.

He looked at the scene, eyebrows slightly raised in recognition, thinking that the device looked painfully familiar—wasn't that the mechanical modification used by Lester, modifying his right hand into a chainsaw?

[Character Code: Mechanical Vanguard— Icarlott]

[Character Name: Harrison Mills]

[Strength Rating: C+ level]

[Character Introduction:

After the vigilante "Blue Owl" defeated the mechanically modified person "Lester," the Management Bureau confiscated Lester and acquired the experimental data from his body.

The next day, using a death row inmate "Harrison" as a test subject, the bureau erased his memory, and through an improved experiment, turned him into a mechanically modified person, sending him to the Superhero Association under the name "Mechanical Vanguard—Icarlott" registered in hero records.

Thus, Harrison appeared to participate in protecting the citizens as a superhero, but in reality, he was stationed internally at the Superhero Association as a spy for the Management Bureau.]

"Damn..."

Blue Owl was stupefied, then tilted his head, the bird beak askew, thinking to himself.
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