Superman Termination Manual

"Waking up on the wrong side of the bed, I see."

Black Judge taunted as he retreated, instantly flashing away by ten meters, at the same time forming a dark matter barrier under his feet. He used the rebound force between the barrier and the flame column to bounce into the sky.

However, at that moment, the dragon slightly bent down into the crater, its four claws against the ground. Its leg muscles bulged as if it were a cat coiled and ready to pounce.

The instincts of battle allowed it to seize this fleeting opportunity—the zero-point-five seconds that Black Judge hung in the air.

In the next instant, the black wings that blotted out the sky unfolded in a flash. Flapping behind him, the dragon stamped its claws into the ground. The two kinds of violent kinetic energy intertwined, propelling it like a comet shooting forward.

The sharp wings cut through the air with a chilling swoosh, and the body as heavy as a train emitted a thunderous breathing sound. To be hit by the dragon at that moment was no different from being struck by a high-speed train.

But Black Judge had already predicted its movement from its actions and raised his right hand, his index finger aiming at the charging path of the dragon.

Tiny, gloomy substances appeared one after another at his fingertips, then converged into a football-sized orb of light.

Just as the dragon flapped its wings and lunged, the pitch-dark orb at Black Judge's fingertip burst forth, hitting its head at the moment they were less than ten meters apart.

Boom!

Centered around the orb no bigger than a football, a pitch-dark aura expanded exponentially, instantly enveloping the dragon's form and binding it within.

Black Judge landed steadily. Raising his right palm, he slightly closed his fingers, making a gripping motion.

The next moment, the pitch-dark aura exploded, turning into an overwhelming energy that devastated the dragon ensnared within it. The black light ravaged every pore of the dragon's body.

"Roar—!!!"

The deafening roaring resounded through the sky.

Black Wukong watched this scene, cold sweat trickling down her temples, thinking to herself how strong he really was. If it had been her, she might have already been killed by the dragon's assault.

What to do?

How exactly could she restore Yongzhu to his original state...?

Her thoughts were tangled in her mind, but her hands were not idle. Jingu Bang slowly glowed with a layer of Samadhi True Fire, and the chains wrapped around her wrist clanked from the heat.

The moment the dragon was about to hit the ground, she descended from the Somersault Cloud. She harnessed the momentum of falling from the sky to twist her body and gather strength before smashing down the Jingu Bang, now glowing with a dark golden flame.

Thud!

As the dragon struggled to rise, the horns on its head were shattered by Jingu Bang crashing down from directly above. Its body, already riddled with holes, was further ravaged by the climbing Samadhi True Fire.

It extended its blood-stained claw to block the Jingu Bang trying to smash further into its forehead.

At the same time, it opened its mouth wide, sucking in a powerful breath. All the surrounding air, along with the Samadhi True Fire on its body, was drawn into its lungs.

Then, swallowing the true fire into its belly, its throat bobbed up and down. The wounds on its body rapidly healed almost completely, the fine cracks filled with blood seamlessly disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"How can this be?"

Black Wukong was taken aback, then her brows furrowed.
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She could have used Jingu Bang to fend off its claws before. But as the dragon swallowed the Samadhi True Fire, its strength returned to its peak. The force on its claw was as heavy as a hill.

Jingu Bang and the claw scraped against each other, sparking intense friction. Black Wukong's feet sunk deep into the crater beneath them. Even with two hands on the staff, she was no match.

At that moment, Black Judge extended his fingertip, and a dark beam, no thicker than a finger, instantly pierced through the dragon's right claw.

This gave Black Wukong a chance to breathe. She quickly knocked the claw away with Jingu Bang and then, stepping onto the Somersault Cloud that swooped down from above, she retreated to Black Judge's side.

"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Black Judge said calmly, "Fire is useless against it. Don't end up helping it instead."

"I know."

The next moment, just as the dragon was about to rise from the deep pit, a dull magical light pillar suddenly crashed down onto its head, shattering the rapidly regenerating horns.

It roared in rage and lifted its head, its eyes filled with fury as it glared at the uninvited guest.

Right then, near a fashion billboard on the fifth level of Wanxiang City, a Gothic girl holding a gray umbrella was hovering in the air.

Black Judge raised an eyebrow and looked up at Magical Girl Ash, "Who's that?"

"Just like you, she happened to pass by," Black Wukong replied.

In the midst of speaking, the Somersault Cloud beneath her feet shot upwards. She could tell that the Calamity Dragon had shifted its target to Magical Girl Ash.

"I observed it for a while. If the horns are damaged, its regeneration speed becomes more than twice as slow," Black Judge noted as he stared at the dragon, "That's its weakness. Take it down now."

Magical Girl Ash took out a Magic Book from beneath Cinderella's umbrella, her eyes lowered, and her slender index finger quickly flipped through the pages, selecting three cards.

These three cards were [Magic Power Replenishment], [Magic Power Overdraft], and [Random Flash].

The first card was for refilling depleted magic power, akin to an energy bar; the second would temporarily overdraw from her own source of magic power, unleashing a more potent magic force.

As for the third, it allowed the Magic Girl to randomly appear at a nearby location.

But just as she produced the cards, the dragon lunged from the ground, leaping like a frog on a lily pad. It surged upward by dozens of meters in an instant.