"Let's go, you need a temporary base to consider your next steps..." Constantine said with a smile, then walked over to the silent Claire and waved her over, waking her from her thoughts. In a lowered voice, he said, "Stop thinking about it. Even if you hadn't lost your powers, the gap between you two is too great. You're from different worlds."
"I know," Claire nodded, her expression slowly returning to normal as she followed the others toward the temporary base, though her gaze occasionally drifted toward the sky.
"It seems I was mistaken. Besides, he was never aware before, how could he have feelings for someone else?" Diana and Kara thought the same thing after seeing the interaction between Robert and Claire, and then both remembered the other, "No, there's one more!"
With this thought, Diana and Kara's eyes met again. Recalling Kara's earlier reactions and Robert's different attitudes toward them, Diana's lips curved into a slight smile, feeling almost certain of victory. She turned to Robert, who was approaching, and asked with a smile, "When did you grow taller?"
"Just before this battle, on the first day of this year, I suddenly grew taller overnight. I told you before, it's a racial trait of us Saiyans!" Robert replied with a smile.
"Good, don't forget our agreement. I'm waiting for you to defeat me. After all, you've grown much stronger now. Once your injuries heal, your combat power should increase even more..." Diana glanced at Kara, who was clenching her fists again, and said with a smile.
"What? You're leaving now?" Robert was taken aback and hesitated as he looked at Diana.
"Shouldn't you settle all your affairs before coming to find me?" Diana tilted her head and looked seriously at Robert.
Robert fell silent for a moment, instinctively glancing at Kara.
"What are you looking at me for?!" Kara, sensing her absolute disadvantage from Diana's victorious smile, felt her hackles rise and shouted.
"Don't make me wait too long!" At that moment, Diana gave Robert a generous smile, then vanished in a flash, leaving Robert staring silently at the spot where she disappeared.
"What exactly is she to you? Why were you so happy to see her? It's been half a day since she left, are you still looking? What's the agreement between you? What are you supposed to handle?" Once Diana had left, Kara, feeling jealous, glared at Robert and bombarded him with questions, not ready to accept defeat.
Robert thought of his agreement with Diana, remembering her words. He suppressed the stirring in his heart and looked in the direction Diana had left, "She's called Diana, a powerful female warrior, and my future wife. We've agreed that once I defeat her, I can officially marry her..."
"Marry her? What about me?" Kara interrupted Robert, blocking his view, her eyes reddening as she stubbornly stared into his eyes, "What happens to me if you marry her?"
"What about you?" Robert avoided Kara's gaze and fell silent, now understanding her meaning. He became sensitive to the emotions involved, even noticing the implications in Claire's words earlier...
But Robert had already made a promise to Diana, so after a pause, he looked at Kara seriously and said, "I like powerful female warriors. Although you are strong, I'm sorry, in my eyes, you are not a true female warrior..."
"Not a true female warrior?!" Kara's eyebrows raised slightly, tears glistening in her eyes as she glared at Robert, then snapped angrily, "Then I'll show you if I'm a true female warrior!"
"Whoosh!" In an instant, Kara's figure blurred as she rushed towards Robert, not caring that he was still injured from the recent battle, his combat strength significantly reduced. She wanted to prove herself a female warrior by defeating Robert and conquering him in his own way.
Robert frowned slightly, feeling somewhat helpless as he raised his hand to block Kara's punch. However, Kara transformed her punch into a claw at the last moment, grabbing Robert's wrist.
This move caught Robert completely off guard. He had sparred with Kara countless times before and was intimately familiar with her fighting style, which had always been straightforward and unchanging.
Feeling like his arm was clamped in a vise, Robert, with his strength not yet fully restored, could not break free. He swung his other arm in a punch towards Kara.
But the furious Kara caught Robert's wrist again, staring at him and shouting, "Answer me! Am I a female warrior now?!"
In her anger, Kara's strength surged, tightly grasping Robert's arms so that even he could not break free. Though Robert had just come through a major battle and had not recovered his strength or stamina, he still had injuries...
"You're still far from it!" Even in this state, Robert took the challenge seriously. His energy erupted, and he raised his head, preparing to headbutt her, wanting to see what level of strength the suddenly berserk Kara could reach.
But just as Robert was about to attack Kara with a headbutt, a tremendous force pulled at his wrist, flying him through the air, and then slammed him into the ground outside.
"Thud!" Robert's body crashed into the dirt, but Kara did not let go of his wrists. Instead, she sat on Robert's legs, using her body weight to pin him down. With her overwhelming force, Robert was completely immobilized, and Kara asked again, "Tell me! Am I a female warrior now?!"
"Zap!" Facing Kara's aggressive approach, Robert did not give up. His tail tore through his pants, combining speed and strength to whip Kara.
Now that Kara's hands and legs were restraining Robert, they also restricted her own movements. Robert saw this as his chance to turn the tables!
Unfortunately, while Robert's tail was powerful enough to split mountains and shatter stones, against the steel body of the Kryptonian Supergirl, it felt like a mere tickle, unable to penetrate her defense.
However, Supergirl's clothing did not have the same robust defense, and in the intense battle, it continued to tear, especially where Robert's tail kept striking.
But strangely, as Robert's tail kept hitting Kara, her face turned slightly red, her eyes became watery, and her grip momentarily weakened, giving Robert the mistaken impression he had a chance to turn the battle around. He continued his assault with his tail.
"Damn it! For not acknowledging me as a female warrior! For wanting to marry that woman! For whipping me with your tail! For ruining my clothes! I demand compensation! I'm not going to be a female warrior anymore, I want to be a female knight!" Feeling the repeated strikes of Robert's tail, Kara trembled slightly, her eyes brimming with tears, her face turning bright red, and then she suddenly shouted, her eyes gleaming with a red light.
"You..." Robert's pupils shrank, but before he could say anything, heat vision blasted his clothes to shreds! Another innocent garment was destroyed in this fierce battle.
"Hey! Stop! Don't mess around!" Robert's expression changed, his body surging with energy. The pride of a Saiyan and martial artist did not allow him to be suppressed like this, but although the energy made his body as hard as steel, it still couldn't overturn Kara's genuine steel body.
At this moment, Kara also realized Robert's weakness. The Kryptonian knight had locked Robert's legs and continued to clamp down on his arms with her hands, preparing to completely immobilize him by targeting his vulnerability in a pincer movement, ready to launch a decisive charge to defeat Robert!
Robert sensed his vulnerability exposed, his body shivering subconsciously, then he opened his mouth to speak, but the cunning Kryptonian knight covered it, his hands firmly trapped by Kara's palms, unable to break free, and his legs buried in the earth under the tremendous strength of the Kryptonian knight!
Robert's head struggled desperately, instinctively trying to free his mouth to make Kara stop, his tongue searching for an escape...
After a while, seeing Kara's face close at hand, her eyes filled with indignant and reproachful looks, Robert reluctantly withdrew his efforts, his expression resigned as he looked skyward, out of energy to resist. It seemed he was truly about to lose...
"Hmph!" The Kryptonian knight, with the posture of a victor, tilted her head back, a proud smile and a few teardrops on her face, and launched a fearless charge at Robert's vulnerability, determined to conquer him!
But the Kryptonian knight had underestimated her opponent. With the aid of blood and vigor, Robert's vulnerability was not as weak as she thought, and it was even tougher and more formidable than she had anticipated, breaking her defense for the first time in combat!
This was something Kara's steel body had never experienced before, proving that even deities can bleed, provided the attack is strong enough and the weapon hard enough—a mortal's counterstrike against a deity!
However, this breach in defense also ignited the Kryptonian knight's combat spirit. She clenched her teeth and charged at Robert again and again. Though her initial charges were somewhat immature, as she got into the rhythm, Kara transformed into a seasoned Kryptonian knight!
Even Robert, a seasoned guide, had to admit that the Kryptonian knight Kara had now truly become a formidable warrior, a top-tier warrior who, despite injuries, would grit her teeth and continue the fierce battle—a worthy adversary!
As Kara charged, her face flushed with excitement and the joy of victory, she somewhat arrogantly and excitedly released Robert's wrists, raising her arms in a show of dominance. Robert naturally wouldn't miss such a perfect opportunity for a counterattack, seizing the moment when the Kryptonian knight let her guard down, his palms decisively striking...
But what Robert hadn't anticipated was that Kara, not only possessed a steel body, had also secretly mastered the art of using softness to overcome hardness through Tai Chi. Robert's palms were caught in the softness of Tai Chi, unable to free themselves, each finger feeling as though it were deeply sunk into quicksand—the more he struggled, the more he felt the tenacity of the quicksand!
And occasionally, small pebbles would skim across Robert's palms within the quicksand. Fortunately, Robert's thick skin was impervious to such minor irritants, and he even managed to casually play with the pebbles within the quicksand, as he had no way to escape it for the time being...
The Kryptonian knight's charge seemed to last an eternity, but undoubtedly, by the end of this charge, Robert had lost, even effectively surrendering.
Of course, even though Robert lost, the Kryptonian knight Kara was also battle-weary, her body dripping with sweat, though her breath smelled sweet, it was also somewhat disordered. She had never been so tired before, indicating that even though the Kryptonian knight had won, it was a pyrrhic victory.
But even a pyrrhic victory was satisfying and refreshing for the Kryptonian knight, as she achieved the compensation she sought!
And after this battle, the Kryptonian knight couldn't believe she couldn't conquer Robert!
"I refuse to accept this! Let's fight again! This time I won't lose!" Naturally, the highly competitive Robert couldn't easily admit defeat. As if discovering a new world, he challenged Kara to another battle. This proactive challenge was Robert's attempt to reclaim his dignity as a Saiyan and martial artist, to show the Kryptonian warrior his true strength!
Since the Kryptonian knight had already decided to conquer Robert once and for all, she wouldn't shy away, not just from a single challenge, but even if Robert challenged her ten times, she would stay the course until the very end!
Until she secured a complete victory!
What of Diana then? A flicker of disdain passed through Kara's heart. She had seen Diana as a strong rival, but since Diana had left assured of victory, hadn't Kara taken the lead?
And whether it was discovering the undeveloped Robert, seeing Robert after he had grown, or now truly conquering Robert, she was the first!
Kara felt like she had won completely!
In a fierce battle, the injured Robert was at a disadvantage, unfortunately...
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