"What is this?"
Looking at the two to three-meter-tall, burly giant with dark gray, cracked, and decaying skin, emitting a faint foul odor, Clark exclaimed in surprise.
"Obviously, a giant zombie."
Eric frowned, looking at the huge, zombie-like creature before him.
The crowd on the street also discovered the terrifying creature and screamed, running away.
The bald, drooling giant let out a furious roar and punched a car in front of him, causing it to explode.
With a loud bang, the car immediately became a sea of fire.
The powerful giant, after punching the car into an explosion, still hadn't fully vented his rage and grabbed a nearby vending machine.
With a flash of sparks, he lifted the vending machine above his head and threw it towards the center of the road.
Clark, standing in the middle of the road, immediately dodged to the side.
"Clang!"
The vending machine crashed in the middle of the road, making a deafening sound, and instantly turned into a greatly deformed piece of scrap metal.
"Who are you?"
Clark instantly moved in front of the opponent, looking at the bright and chilling gaze emanating from his eyes, and asked sharply.
"I am Solomon Grundy!"
The zombie monster seemed to possess intelligence, its gaze fixed on Clark, and it said in a slow, seemingly unintelligent tone, "Born on a Monday! Christened on Tuesday! Married on Wednesday!"
The moment he said Wednesday, a massive fist smashed towards Clark.
Clark, possessing reactions and speed far beyond ordinary people, easily dodged the opponent's ground-pounding attack, and after activating, he powerfully struck the opponent with both fists.
Boom!
Clark punched the opponent's abdomen, all his accumulated strength erupting in an instant.
The tall and large Grandy was knocked heavily to the ground by Clark.
Eric, standing nearby, looked at the giant zombie-like being with a hint of solemnity in his eyes.
"Solomon Grundy?"
According to the information he knew from his previous life, Solomon Grundy was a supervillain in the DC world.
Born in 1 Gold, he was murdered by his wife in 1894, and his body was discarded in the river and sank into the Slaughter Swamp outside Gotham City.
After more than a hundred years of decay and sedimentation in the swamp, Cyrus Gold's body not only did not decompose but became the monster from the nursery rhyme—Solomon Grundy.
As for what he just said, it should be a terrifying nursery rhyme from "Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes," a collection of English folk nursery rhymes, which is also the origin of the name "Solomon Grundy":
"Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, sick on Thursday, worse on Friday, died on Saturday, buried on Sunday, Solomon Grundy, that was the end of him."
Solomon Grundy's abilities include Superman's strength, endurance, immortality, and extremely strong self-healing abilities.
Essentially, he is a giant zombie with self-awareness and thought.
Since he is a monster born in Gotham, why did he appear in Blue Valley?
Looking at Grandy fighting Clark, Eric fell into deep thought.
On the other side, the four-person team expelled from the Justice Society finally arrived near the scene.
Courtney has now lost her Staff and can only rely on her experience and gymnastics skills to fight.
Wildcat and Midnight Doctor's injuries have mostly healed, but Hourman's injuries are still not fully recovered because they were more severe.
His parents were killed by Grandy, so despite the objections of the other three, he released this guy from the Injustice Society's closed secret room, intending to kill him with his own strength to avenge his parents.
Unexpectedly, he escaped from the base, and the four chased him all the way to a coffee shop near the town.
This is also why Grandy appeared here.
"It seems we've caused quite a mess."
Courtney said, panting as she ran.
"My mistake, I thought I could kill him with my strength to avenge my parents.
Hourman said bitterly, "My injuries haven't healed yet. If I were in perfect health, I would never have let him escape so easily!"
"You're not Hourman anymore."
Wildcat Joshua grumbled from the side, "Tyler, your Hourglass was severely damaged because it took a bullet for you. Now the superpower it provides you can only last for half an hour, no longer the previous one hour, so you should be called Half-Hourman now."
"Even if it's only for half an hour, I can still easily deal with this guy."
The short-tempered "Half-Hourman" glared at Wildcat.
"Something seems a little off, Courtney."
Midnight Doctor, the dark-skinned girl wearing magic glasses, used her glasses to detect that Grandy was fighting a being with powerful combat capabilities.
"It seems Solomon Grundy is in trouble."
When the four-person team arrived at the scene, what they saw was Clark engaged in a fierce battle with Grandy.
"It's them!"
Seeing Clark and Eric, several people exclaimed.
The battle between Eric and Clark on the farm left a deep impression on the four-person team.
Their speed was almost supersonic, their eyes could emit lasers with immense heat, and their strength had an unimaginable upper limit.
Such non-human, alien-like beings were difficult not to be impressed by.
Bang!
After punching the opponent back a few steps, Clark continued to step forward, his right fist again aiming for the opponent's abdomen.
Boom!
Grandy, unable to withstand Clark's continuous bombardment, fell to the ground!
But before Clark could breathe a sigh of relief, the fallen Grandy grabbed Clark's ankle and violently threw him forward.
Clark hit the ground with a loud bang!
The ground cracked, dust rose, and stone fragments were shaken into the air.
"Oh no!"
Midnight Doctor, who had been observing the battle, suddenly let out a tense sound.
"What's wrong?"
Courtney looked at her, startled.
"I see a car approaching. Because this road is not straight, the car behind will continue to drive because it cannot see what is happening here."
Midnight Doctor quickly analyzed the car's information using the powerful ability of her glasses.
"There's a blue Toyota car rushing over right now."
"A blue Toyota car?"
Courtney suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Beth, can you tell me the license plate number?"
"Of course."
Although a little strange, Beth still stated the license plate number she saw.
"That's my mom's car!"
Courtney said in a terrified tone after hearing the blue Toyota car's license plate number.
"At this time, my mom usually picks up Mike from school. If they enter this non-human battleground, it will be very dangerous!"
"Who is Mike?"
Midnight Doctor asked her.
"My brother. Although we are a blended family and not related by blood, and Mike often steals my oatmeal and chips and makes fun of my body, saying I shouldn't be on the gymnastics team but the football team. But he is my brother now, and I have to stop them from entering here!"
"There's one thing I need to correct you on, Courtney, we are all non-normal humans now."
Wildcat looked down at his equipment and said irritably.
The four-person team expelled from the Justice Society was discussing how to prevent Barbara (Courtney's mother) from entering the battlefield, when Barbara, driving her car, had already noticed something was wrong.
A huge roar faintly reached her, and the ground was shaking slightly.
"We need to turn the car around immediately!"
Barbara, dressed in a teacher's professional attire, with golden hair and still charming, immediately began to slow down.
"Buckle your seatbelt, and stop reading comic books, Mike!"
She said to a teenage boy sitting in the passenger seat while controlling the car's deceleration.
"Is there an earthquake?"
Mike didn't look up, continuing to flip through the comic book in his hand, seemingly unaware of the seriousness of what was about to happen.
"If the road is a bit bumpy, Mom, I can accept it."
"It's not the road's bumpiness, Mike!"
Barbara, who had slowed the car down, said irritably, "Didn't you hear the sound from ahead?"
"No, actually, I'm thinking about something very serious right now, so I won't perceive external changes."
"What?"
"You're going to divorce Pat, aren't you?"
"How did you know?"
Mike put down the comic book, revealing an adult expression, "The fact is, Pat slept in the garage last night, and to keep him from being too depressed alone, I went with him to sleep in the garage."
"Mike."
Barbara interrupted Mike, "Now is not the time to discuss this, and this topic is not something you should touch."
The moment she was controlling the car and preparing to turn around, a timber-carrying pickup truck, unable to brake in time, heavily crashed into the blue Toyota driven by Barbara.
With a loud bang, the car began to move forward uncontrollably.
Suddenly hit, Barbara's forehead violently struck the steering wheel, letting out a painful groan.
Mike, sitting in the passenger seat and clutching his arm with a grimace, also had his arm hit the car window, and the comic book in his hand was instantly thrown out of the window.
The rear of the car was violently hit, making a piercing screeching sound.
"No, no, no!"
Coming to her senses, Barbara, with blood flowing from her forehead, slammed on the brakes to prevent the car from losing control.
Although the colliding pickup truck had already braked, it still pushed the Toyota into the area where Clark and Grandy were fighting.
"Holy cow!"
Seeing the scene unfolding before her, Barbara immediately fell into shock, even forgetting that she was still in danger from the car accident.
Mike, sitting in the passenger seat, clutching his arm and wincing, had now completely forgotten the pain, his eyes wide as he looked at the scene before him.
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