"Boom!" Following that, the regaining his senses, Johnny Storm unleashed another attack, bombarding the one-eyed demon with explosive flames. In the situation of outnumbering the enemy, Peter Parker and the others found defeating a common demon not so challenging.
Furthermore, this was achieved without Susan Storm and Lorna taking action. When their telekinetic abilities similar to Susan's were unleashed, the one-eyed demon was beaten without any chance to fight back.
"Poof!" Ultimately, under the explosive flames of Johnny Storm, the one-eyed demon was blasted to smithereens, not even having the chance to use its demonic curse.
"It seems that demons aren't so formidable after all!" Johnny Storm and the others muttered excitedly after dealing with the one-eyed demon.
Johnny had been quite scared by a house-destroying demon before. If every demon was as formidable as that one, his supernatural abilities would be practically useless, and there would be no point in him being in the supernatural world.
Fortunately, after personally killing a demon, Johnny's confidence was reestablished. This battle also allowed Peter Parker and the others to grow a bit. At least they began to understand how to cooperate in battle when facing real enemies.
"This is just an ordinary demon, and you outnumbered it. If you couldn't even beat this one, then you might as well go home and sleep!" However, Robert did not let Johnny and the others get overly proud, and said this with a light tone.
"Next, we will continue to search for other demons to train your combat abilities. Sometimes, you'll even need to train your solo combat abilities, as you won't always be together."
"Your abilities each have their own strengths, which means they also have weaknesses. If you can't compensate for these weaknesses, you must find a way to not let your enemies exploit them. Compared to your speed, your strength is much weaker, especially you, Pietro..."
"Why especially me?" Pietro looked confusedly at Robert. Being speedsters, how could Barry Allen be much stronger than him?
"No, Barry Allen, in enhancing his speed, has also increased his strength. But it's clear you haven't managed to do that..." Robert said with a bit of disappointment, shaking his head. He thought Pietro would have noticed the gap between himself and Barry, but it seemed Pietro was completely oblivious.
"Ah?" Pietro instinctively looked at Barry Allen and asked, "How did you do it? I've tried, and while my speed does increase the strength of my attacks to some extent, it seems there's a limit..."
"I don't seem to feel that limit," Barry Allen said with a hint of bewilderment. Of course, his strength couldn't match his speed, but he indeed managed to use his speed to enhance his strength without encountering the limits Pietro mentioned.
"This might be where your abilities differ..." Robert raised an eyebrow, having noticed before that the abilities Pietro and Barry developed after gaining the rabbit talisman's power were similar but not identical.
The same was true for Lorna and Susan, who both gained powers from the chicken talisman. Susan's powers evolved into telekinesis, different from the original chicken talisman, while Lorna's powers were only similar to telekinesis in nature.
Lana, who received the most talisman powers, had abilities closest to the original talismans, like the chicken and rabbit talismans.
However, these ability issues required Barry and others to explore on their own. Robert could guide them a bit, but he couldn't correct them all the time.
"It's not fair. We all got the rabbit talisman's power, so why is there such a big difference?" Pietro grumbled, a bit frustrated.
"What's there to say? When we were researching the talismans together, I didn't even gain any powers!" Peter Parker comforted Pietro, patting his shoulder. "We can't change the powers we have, but we can delve deeper into them. Like me, I feel my strength and speed have improved a lot since my awakening, and even the toughness of my spider silk has gotten better..."
"Indeed, Peter Parker's progress is fast, even your secondary enhancements from the talisman didn't catch up to him!" Robert nodded, looking approvingly at Peter.
Peter was indeed the earliest to train with him and had a higher understanding. Robert could also sense that Peter's Qi had improved considerably. Peter was arguably the most well-rounded in physical abilities among the group.
"You also don't need to be discouraged. Since there's a limit to your strength, then find a way to break through it or change your approach, enhance your skills, find your opponent's weakness to attack. Of course, using weapons is also an option. As long as you can maintain the weapon without it being destroyed at high speeds, its lethality is considerable..." Robert's gaze returned to Pietro, offering some methods for improvement.
In the Dragon Ball world, there were also speedsters like Pietro, such as Burter from the Ginyu Force and Dyspo from Universe 11. The latter's strength, compared to his speed, wasn't outstanding, but he found a fighting style that suited his speed.
"I understand. I'll see which method suits me best!" Pietro nodded earnestly, feeling some pressure.
Pietro knew he couldn't be the strongest in the group, but he definitely didn't want to be the weakest, especially not falling too far behind Barry Allen, a fellow speedster!
Seeing everyone's spirited determination, Robert nodded in satisfaction and continued to lead Peter Parker and others to find demons for practice.
Naturally, each practice session wasn't smooth sailing, but setbacks lead to growth. Unless there was a risk of serious injury or life-threatening danger, neither Robert nor Kara would help.
And Robert found that as he trained Peter Parker and others, they encountered more and more demons. Not only Robert noticed this, but Clark also observed it.
For many consecutive days, Clark didn't sleep at night, always dealing with the continuously emerging demons. Their strength wasn't much for Clark, but their number was enough to demand his attention.
Because the demons weren't gathered together, Clark wished they would appear in one place so he could annihilate them with his heat vision or even let Robert detonate a couple of mushroom clouds.
But the demons didn't move according to Clark's will, continuing to emerge from various parts of Earth, forcing Clark to run around the globe, reducing the time he spent with Lana.
Fortunately, after Lana awakened her superpowers, although she didn't have super vision or hearing, she could handle the demons near Kansas and Missouri, and also protect the Kent farm.
And during this time, not only Clark and Robert were affected by the demons. The entire Earth's superpowers were mobilized due to the never-ending emergence of demons. Even organizations like SHIELD, the Eye Society, and even the military began capturing and researching demons.
Unfortunately, whether it was SHIELD, the Eye Society, or the military, their efforts in capturing and studying demons didn't go smoothly. Instead, hidden superpower factions demonstrated extraordinary abilities.
In Gotham, the equilibrium of the game between Joker and Batman was disrupted, primarily because Batman was increasingly hard-pressed. The sudden emergence of demons wreaking havoc in Gotham had thrown off all of Batman's plans.
At first, Batman thought the demons were another one of Joker's schemes, but he later discovered that Joker's shadow warriors were also dealing with the demons. Joker was annoyed by the demons intruding into his game with Batman – after all, he wasn't done playing with Batman yet!
Of course, Joker was also interested in these emerging demons, wanting to know if they truly came from hell...
"So, you're a demon?" Joker asked with interest, looking at the demon bound by his shadow warriors, chuckling.
"Roar! Which dimension are you from? Let me go! I'll tell you, I have the backing of a devil..." The demon, sensing the inhuman aura and dark power on Joker, asked him sternly. "We're all here to wreak havoc on Earth, why turn on each other?"
"Why turn on each other?" Joker laughed softly, his voice laced with mockery. "But before my men caught you, you were devouring another companion!"
"In hell, it's survival of the fittest. Devouring companions strengthens oneself, why wouldn't I do it?" The demon looked at Joker defiantly. "But you're different. You're from another dimension. Even if you devour me, our power origins are different, and you won't gain any enhancement..."
"Oh? You know which dimension I'm from?" Joker was surprised and stroked his mask, asking the demon.
"How would I know?" The demon blinked, replying. "There are countless dimensions, more numerous than stars in the universe. Who knows which dark dimension you're from?"
"But no matter which dimension, you can't be stronger than hell. You can't absorb the power of a hell demon, so give up!"
"Oh? Is that so? Is hell really that powerful?" Joker, unaware of the details of various dimensions and even unclear about the dark power behind his mask, asked again.
"Where did you come from that you don't know this? Ages ago, a supreme Satan unified all hell dimensions into one, becoming the true Lord of Hell, taking over the legendary realm of death to collect souls, and thus hell rose to prominence..." The demon's voice was filled with pride.
"Satan? Lord of Hell? Is he telling the truth?" Joker's eyes flashed with interest, seemingly intrigued by hell. However, he didn't take the demon's word for it and asked his mask instead.
"Huh?" The demon finally sensed something was amiss, realizing he might have misidentified Joker.
"Nonsense! The great sovereign of our dark dimension is the true powerhouse, the strongest dimensional demon. What is hell compared to that?!" General Ica, upon hearing Joker's query, grumbled furiously, belittling hell.
"No worries, we'll see who controls whom by trying!" Joker calmly removed his mask and placed it on the demon's face, saying, "Let's see, who controls whom?"
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