I'm Superman's Brother, But I Got Thanos's Template

Chapter 143: Emperor Thanos and Potential (4k)

David turned, energy beams that scorched the air shooting from his eyes, but the tall, sturdy, cold figure stood in the void, hands behind his back, doing nothing.

A powerful protective force field detected the energy attack, causing it to deflect as if hitting an immovable, transparent glass dome.

"A decent ionic energy attack," he commented indifferently.

"Brainiac."

Seeing the distinct green skin, David's eyes narrowed.

Brainiac possessed countless bodies created by technology, both organic and mechanical, but they generally shared a common characteristic: green skin and a bald head.

Clark's back stiffened as he sized up the man before him.

The man's powerful muscles didn't look bulky at all, giving him a god-like pressure.

"You want me to release him?

As you wish."

David released his grip, letting the Mechanical Superman in his hands plummet towards the ground. At this height, falling wouldn't kill Mechanical Superman.

Facing the unfathomably powerful Brainiac, having Mechanical Superman occupy one of his hands was hardly a wise choice.

"Your body sustained such damage, yet you persist in fighting."

Without even glancing at the subordinate he had thrown from the air, Brainiac surveyed the scene with an air of supreme confidence, his gaze sweeping over Batman piloting the Fenrir Armor. He commented, "I acknowledge your willpower."

This biological shell of his was based on a Kryptonian whose telepathic abilities were a thousand times greater than a Kryptonian's, with numerous genetic modifications. His eyes possessed various abilities like farsightedness and X-ray vision, allowing him to observe at a molecular level.

Batman's training in the League of Shadows had been hellish, honing his formidable combat skills. It had also left him with numerous old injuries, which, combined with new ones sustained while fighting crime in Gotham, made him almost riddled with holes.

Piloting such a massive and powerful mech wasn't as simple as pressing buttons. Understanding Batman's physical condition, Brainiac felt a hint of admiration for him.

"The mysteries of the universe, many are as clear to me as the lines on my palm.

Only the mind has always been a domain I haven't fully grasped.

The same genes, the same physical conditions, yet some individuals can achieve what others cannot."

"You are Brainiac?"

Batman felt no joy from the praise of this powerful being, whom Mechanical Superman called the Creator. He remained tense, staring at Brainiac as if facing a great enemy, wary of any movement.

"Excellent alloy formula, outdated weapon pairings, a system full of flaws."

But Brainiac clearly didn't take him seriously. After retracting his gaze, the Fenrir Armor, as if losing power, plummeted straight towards the ground.

The system was instantly blacked out.

"This is not your fight.

Stay here."

Clark quickly pursued, catching the falling Batman and placing the mech on the ground. Batman emerged from the cockpit, clad in his suit, his face grim as he stared at the sky. He issued a reminder.

Then, he flew up and stood beside David, glaring at Brainiac.

This guy was the mastermind behind the robots' plot to destroy Earth, and according to his father, this guy had done such cruel and inhumane things countless times.

"How many worlds have you destroyed?"

"Young Kryptonian."

Brainiac ignored his question, disregarding Clark's furious gaze. He looked Clark up and down, a glimpse of all-seeing light flashing in his eyes.

"I once thought Kandor City was the last vessel containing the renowned Kryptonians.

I didn't expect to find you. You exist outside my biological shell and collection, allowing others the opportunity to glimpse Kryptonian technology and genetics."

He shook his head.

"I will never allow my information to be shared."

Clark's expression changed. After Zod, he had asked his father, Jor-El, about the location of the Codex, and whether it had been sent to Earth with him.

Jor-El had answered him, and to his surprise, his father had injected the Codex, containing the genes of billions of Kryptonians, into his body. He was the living Codex.

A secret Zod had never uncovered, even in death, was seen through by this alien in an instant?!

Swish!

Brainiac instantly vanished from his spot, his speed akin to light-speed teleportation, instantly appearing before the two. His fist struck Clark, who had been weakened by the red sun and hadn't fully recovered, sending him flying.

Boom!

A shockwave erupted, and Clark spat blood, flying through the sky. He was sent crashing dozens of miles away, carving a deep trench several miles long at the bottom of a massive crater in Metropolis.

Dizzy, he staggered to his feet from the trench, but before he could steady himself, he collapsed onto one knee, utterly spent.

"Physiologically weakened."

After heavily injuring Clark with a single blow, Brainiac frowned, glancing at his fist and then at the Mechanical Superman who had created the crater in the ground. He seemed displeased that he had to deal with the opponent in his weakened state.

"But it makes no difference. Even if your energy were full, you would be like a child to an adult in front of me, with no chance of victory."

Batman on the ground was shocked to see Superman so easily defeated and lose his fighting ability.

"This guy..."

After David and Clark entered his field of vision, he scanned the globe for the existence of superpowered individuals. In the small town called Smallville, he found quite a few Metahumans, and detected signs of others elsewhere.

But none could compare to Clark and David.

Even though Clark was weakened, he was like a living nuclear bomb, and to be defeated so easily!

"Now it's your turn."

Of the three factors that allowed him to enter the biological shell on the other side of the universe, two had now been resolved in the short time he had been present, leaving only the last one.

Brainiac looked at David unhurriedly.

"Unknown lifeform."

David's expression was solemn. He clenched his fist from a distance, unleashing his gravity manipulation field with all his might to oppress him.

Brainiac's strength was extraordinary; he was one of the few individuals stronger than a standard Kryptonian. Like Darkseid, he knew the Kryptonians' weaknesses but disdained to exploit them to defeat them, yet he had still defeated Kryptonians many times.

As if being crushed by a massive mountain, the sudden gravity passed directly through Brainiac's protective field and firmly restrained his body. Brainiac looked left and right.

"Good strength, but still not enough."

He instantly broke the sound barrier and, staring at the gravity that could collapse mountains, punched towards David. David's eyes narrowed, and he raised his fist to meet the attack.

The two figures collided like Mars hitting Earth.

BOOM BOOM!

Thunderous sounds echoed above the crater.

Waves of air exploded outwards like tidal waves, and the atmosphere hummed.

Hit in the body, David grunted and was sent flying backward. He had never felt such overwhelming power; it had almost pierced his defense, which combined kinetic energy absorption and a powerful physique.

Brainiac also tilted his head, his cheek grazed by the fist, which was wrapped in compressed cosmic energy. He wiped his face and glanced at the green blood on his fingers.

"It's been a long time since my biological shell was injured.

You are more formidable than the mechanical Kryptonian I modified."

Excitement flickered in his eyes. He flew forward and punched again, the wound on his cheek healing instantly.

The two figures continuously exchanged blows in the air. David's combined abilities were slightly inferior to Brainiac's, but Brainiac's defense was not as strong as his.

Brainiac's biological shell had a defense comparable to, or even slightly less than, an ordinary Kryptonian. The only advantage he had was a super-healing ability that David lacked.

Each held their own advantage, and neither could gain the upper hand for the time being.

David tried to manipulate the gravity field again to affect Brainiac's movements, but Brainiac was undoubtedly not comparable to Mechanical Superman.

"My spine can process over 7x10^57 bytes of information in an instant, and my brain is seventy times that. Your flashy little tricks are useless against me."

The moment the gravity pressure affected him, he adjusted his body's force application, allowing him to move freely within the gravity field, which fluctuated in lightness and heaviness, left and right, with his attacks remaining incredibly sharp.

Slashed dozens of meters away by a palm strike, David lowered his slightly numb hand and fired an impact wave from his eyes. This fully powered energy attack, unlike his previous casual ones, pierced Brainiac's protective field.

However, the greatly weakened attack only hindered Brainiac's movements, shoving him backward. His body suffered no damage, and he attacked again.

Brainiac's spatial jumping belt was not used again. For ordinary people, that speed was like teleportation, completely impossible to react to.

In front of David, there was a high possibility of him being caught off guard.

As an intelligent lifeform with a Level 12 intellect, Brainiac's learning ability was unparalleled across the universe. Even if he didn't deliberately study, he could master tens of thousands of combat techniques in a mere millisecond.

Although all his abilities came from technology and seemed unrelated to close combat, Batman's peak human combat skills were like a child's wild flailing in front of him.

His ability to extract and load the combat experience of lifeforms was also unparalleled.

David also possessed an extremely developed brain, and his combat skills surpassed Batman's, but they were still significantly inferior to Brainiac's.

After enduring more attacks, he felt his defenses being breached, and his body began to sustain injuries.

He had to admit that Brainiac was a formidable enemy capable of bringing him to the brink of death.

David's eyes sharpened, and his blood boiled like erupting lava, surging rapidly through his veins. Faced with a life-or-death threat, the world around him seemed to slow down, and his potential was unleashed.

Unknowingly, his punches and kicks became increasingly powerful, unleashing even greater strength.

"Hmm?"

Catching David's fist, Brainiac's body trembled. He looked at David with a hint of surprise. The extraordinary strength allowed him to see through David's skin surface.

"Your bones and muscles are like iron billets being hammered, becoming increasingly dense and tough.

Your genes... are like the most perfect creation in the world.

I... I can't quite understand...?"

Brainiac showed a hint of disbelief. He was unfazed even when David's punch sent him flying for miles. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his previous indifference vanished, replaced by excitement.

"It's been at least two hundred years since I've felt this delighted! I seem to have underestimated you."

He wasn't like a battle-maniac, but more like a scientist who had accidentally glimpsed a miracle, a perfect work of God.

David also felt the condition of his body. It was as if he had finally met someone who could threaten him, and his immense life potential was being forced out, making him increasingly powerful.

"Is it the Eternal variant physique?"

He instantly thought of the reason: what brought him such astonishing changes wasn't the latest template, but his fully integrated initial template—the Thanos template.

The Eternals were experimental products meticulously designed by the immensely powerful Celestial Judge Arishem of the Marvel multiverse. And Thanos was not only that, but far more powerful than ordinary Eternals. His mutation was almost a miracle.

"As Death, one of the five cosmic creator deities, why did she seek out Thanos when he was young, favor him, and guide him to become the Mad Titan.

It was precisely because of Thanos's unique genes and bodily structure."

David's fierce offensive surged towards Brainiac like a tidal wave, each wave more powerful than the last, causing Brainiac to frown deeply. He felt as though David was looking at him like a tool.

"Capture you, and your body will become perfect for me."

He snorted coldly in displeasure and threw a punch to meet the attack. The two fought faster and faster, turning into two blurs. Even ultra-high-definition, high-speed satellites in the sky could only capture faint shadows.

Bang bang bang!

The floating clouds within hundreds of miles were all scattered by the impact. It was as if countless airburst bombs had been dropped from the sky. Milky white shockwaves exploded continuously, causing the atmosphere to hum incessantly.

"Thanos always gives the impression of having his glorious moments by relying on various cosmic treasures, such as the Infinity Gauntlet and the Cosmic Cube.

In reality, there are versions where Thanos alone dominated the universe with his own abilities—Emperor Thanos!"

David's fist smashed through Brainiac's defenses and landed heavily on his chest. A crisp sound of bone cracking could be heard. The feeling of fist meeting flesh was undeniably satisfying.

Initially, his strength was entirely focused on his powerful physique, but later, as he acquired more templates, the focus of his power gradually shifted to other abilities, leaning towards being a metahuman. Now, his physical strength was continuously climbing.

"Emperor Thanos, after millions of years, Thanos grew old, even growing a white beard. But through endless battles, the potential of his unique genes was completely unleashed, making his body even more robust and imposing.

Countless powerful enemies fell before him; he conquered Earth and destroyed Asgard."

Even Thor, who inherited Odin's power and whose strength grew with age due to his Asgardian royal bloodline, was insignificant before Thanos. Fragments of the Phoenix Force, the Watchers, and the Celestials were all defeated by him.

He even killed Galactus, one of the five cosmic deities, leaving his skull as his imperial palace. The Hulk, who grew stronger when enraged, became a dog kept beneath his throne.

Information about Emperor Thanos flashed through his mind, and David remembered. A hint of joy flickered in his eyes. Thanos's physique still held immense potential for him to explore. Having continuously gained new abilities, he seemed to have underestimated and forgotten his initial template.

Crack crack crack!

The sounds of bones cracking continued to ring out. Brainiac's expression was grim, and he was gradually finding it difficult to withstand David's attacks, being beaten back in the air.

His super-healing ability allowed him to recover even from a single drop of blood, but no matter how powerful his healing was, it couldn't maintain his full combat strength when his body was injured.

David's increasingly formidable strength was gradually approaching, and even surpassing, his own, breaking the balance where both had their advantages.

The situation began to change dramatically!

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