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Chapter 86 The Good Scholar Hal

"Warriors of Atlantis, attack!"

In the Arctic glaciers, Orm was absent. The rebel general issued the order, and countless Atlantean soldiers launched an attack on the superheroes who jumped from the plane.

Clark and Hal flew through the air, while Barry, having replenished his food on the plane, raced across the glacier.

After jumping off the plane, Aquaman Arthur immediately dived into the water.

"Superman, the glacier has started to melt," Batman said.

On the plane, everyone wore Batman's hidden earplugs, so that even when Batman was flying the plane, his words could be accurately transmitted to Clark's ears.

"I saw it too, but I'm covering Hal here," Clark said.

Connors was still on the plane, curiously exploring the bat wings and urging Batman to hurry up:

"Why aren't you coming down?"

"That's the question I should be asking you. Aren't you worried that the glacier is really melting?" Batman said helplessly as he piloted his fighter jet.

"Oh." Connors, seeing that he wouldn't be able to fly the Batplane today, reluctantly jumped down.

At this moment, the Arctic was almost completely surrounded by densely packed Atlantean soldiers and warships, with beams of light filling the sky.

Bullets flew.

Clark and his team weren't afraid of bullets, but they still needed to guard against the sonic weapons and neurotoxins they had encountered before, as well as the strange radiation.

Furthermore, on the way here, "Aquaman" Arthur asked them to try not to harm ordinary soldiers, because the source of the trouble was only Orm, and these soldiers were just bewitched.

This hampered the superheroes' actions, and they were unable to locate the Doomsday Thermal Reactor where Orm was located for a time.

Fortunately, "Sea King" Arthur dived into the water, and soon a larger number of aquatic creatures than the warships gathered around.

Orcas, sharks, and other ferocious creatures confronted the Atlantean fleet, giving Clark and Hal in the air a brief respite.

Connors, who had just landed in the air, stood on the ice and watched the orcas swim by. He reached out and touched himself, only to find that he had nothing but sunflower seeds.

I should have gone to Aquaman Arthur earlier and used my severed left hand to feed the killer whales—or that bitchy Mera would have been fine too.

Connors was somewhat disappointed that he hadn't held back a secret weapon.

But that's okay, it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision anyway, and Connors' ultimate goal in coming here was still to watch the drama unfold.

With the help of the "Kusama Man" planted on Om's head, Connors took almost no detours and headed straight for Om's location.

As the king of Atlantis, Aquaman Arthur naturally didn't need Connors's navigation, but Superman Clarke drew the remaining firepower in the air, while The Flash Barry, along with aquatic creatures, sabotaged the battleship.

Meanwhile, Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern, and Bruce Wayne, the Batman, who also jumped out of the fighter jet, were also following behind Connors.

"What are you two doing?" Connors, feeling something was off after walking for a while, turned around and asked the two people behind him.

Bruce Wayne, the Batman, was perfectly justified:

"Since you can advance so purposefully using methods we don't know about, why should we bother to find the location of the thermal reactor ourselves?"

Hal, the Green Lantern, nodded repeatedly, indicating that Batman was right.

Although somewhat helpless, Connors had nothing to say about it, so the three of them moved like ants, quickly approaching Om's location.

Inside the still partially melted glacier, Orm is currently locked in a fierce battle with "Aquaman" Arthur.

Orm wields a trident and wears a green and gold battle suit, while his opponent, "Aquaman" Arthur, is shirtless and missing his left hand.

But this time, unlike before in the palace, "Aquaman" Arthur came with murderous intent to stop Orm. Even with one hand missing, he fought Orm to a draw.

Not far from them, three heads quietly peeked out from behind the ice; one was Connors.

Hal, Lord Wayne.

"I've analyzed the footage of you in front of Arkham Asylum and in Metropolis. You seem to have a brief ability to become invisible?"

Batman said to Connors.

Connors: "Please, stop spying on me."

"What is voyeurism?"

Hal was puzzled. Having just returned from space, he had never heard of such a novel term before, and asked eagerly.

Connors looked at Hal, the Green Lantern, with a strange expression:

"Hal, if you have time, download a forum or spend a few days at any university; you'll learn a lot."

The two brothers, Arthur and Orm, were practically fighting tooth and nail, and you're asking me what stalking means?!

Even Batman, Bruce Wayne, couldn't stand it anymore:

"Hal, don't talk. Let's find a chance to turn off that machine."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Trident of Om, which was engaged in a fierce battle, pointed and fired a beam that sent the Doomsday Thermal Reactor billowing smoke.

Connors and his two companions: "...—"

Fortunately, Orm and Arthur had already moved away from the thermal reactor. Connors and the other two rushed to the device. "It can't be shut down by the program. I have to go inside the machine and shut it down manually," Batman said, looking at the damaged device.

Hal, the Green Lantern, stared at the machine billowing thick smoke, which looked as if it could explode at any moment.

"Go in?"

Even if the machine doesn't explode, it contains uranium from a nuclear submarine, and the powerful radiation will kill Batman soon.

Batman gets straight to the point:

"Can your ring protect me?"

"Maybe, but strong radiation could penetrate the protection," Hal said, no longer in the mood for his earlier joke.

"My armor happens to have some radiation protection capabilities," Batman's voice said, penetrating the armor.

The green lantern ring glowed, enveloping Batman, who was wearing heavy armor, and he did not hesitate to dive into the thermal reactor.

Connors stood aside, feeling that he didn't have much room to play his part this time.

But as if Orm had read his mind, he took a moment to point the trident at Hal:

"Get out of there!"

Another beam of light was fired.

Connors, who had nothing to do, immediately perked up when he saw that Om had given him a task, and quickly grabbed an ice cube from next to the reactor.

Holding an ice cube in his left hand, he wiped the ice surface with his right hand, and it instantly became as shiny as a mirror.

The beam of light shone on the mirror and then reflected back along the same path.

Hal, the "Green Lantern," was ready to activate the shield, but was stunned when he saw Connors's actions.

"Aquaman" Arthur didn't pay much attention to Connors' actions, but when he noticed Orm attacking Green Lantern and Connors, he immediately stepped forward to stop them.

After Aquaman knocked the trident away, Orm pulled out a dagger and started stabbing wildly.

"You are unworthy to sit on the throne, you coward! Everything I have done is for Atlantis, and this trident will only unleash its full power in my hands!"

"But the closer your hand is to the halberd handle, the further you are from your brother," Connors said casually, tossing away the ice cube in his hand as he walked over.

"And who are you?" Om looked at Connors with disdain.

"Who I am is none of your business. By the way, to avoid any misunderstandings later, Arthur," Connors said to "Aquaman" Arthur, "I killed your wife."

Why?

"Aquaman" Arthur still maintains his serious and old-fashioned appearance.

"Because I promised that after the sea floods the land, she would not only be the 'Queen of the Sea,' but the Queen of the entire world!"

Om was somewhat smug:

"Save your energy. The thermal reactor cannot be stopped. Everything will move towards a better future for Atlantis."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sound came from the thermal reactor, and Batman had already climbed out:

"Okay, it's closed now."