"Let's head over to Martha's first, isn't Lana the only one there right now?" Robert shook his head seeing Kara's reaction, and prepared to return, feeling somewhat uneasy knowing that Lana was alone with Martha and the others.
"Humph! If I hadn't come over, she would have eaten you up completely, wouldn't she?" Kara, having achieved her wish to fly side by side with Robert, pinched his arm while holding it, speaking discontentedly.
Because from what Kara saw of Diana's reaction towards Robert, she doubted Diana could have restrained herself, especially since it seemed Diana had been waiting for a long time! For this, Kara felt somewhat fortunate; she was glad that this time she had taken part in Robert's battle. Otherwise, she might truly have regretted it…
Facing Kara's question, Robert, deep in thought, didn't respond and silently continued their flight.
Soon, Kara and Robert returned to the campsite where Martha and the others were staying. When they saw Kara embracing Robert upon returning, everyone was momentarily stunned, then smiles appeared, especially when they saw the grown-up Robert together with Kara, complementing each other perfectly.
"Congratulations, Kara, you finally got what you wanted…" Lana teased Kara as she looked at her.
"Humph! What 'got what I wanted'? It still depends on his performance!" Kara, somewhat haughty, raised her head and let go of Robert to talk to the Danvers couple.
"Oh? Does that mean Robert needs to work harder from now on?" Martha looked at Robert with some surprise. She hadn't expected that Robert, having grown up, seemed to have also grown in emotional intelligence, so she smiled at him.
"I will do my best!" Thinking of his past experiences, Robert's heart fluttered slightly after glancing at Kara. Although he couldn't fully lean towards Kara yet, Robert intended to treat her well.
"Yo? Has it really been a case of 'after a long wait, comes a clear sky'?" Alexis's eyes sparkled with surprise as she watched Kara falling into sweetness upon hearing Robert's words, shaking her head. She didn't expect such a change in Robert, but seeing it, Alexis felt genuinely happy for her sister Kara.
The group didn't bring up what battle Robert had been through because that wasn't their concern. They were just glad to see Robert and Kara safely back. As for what Robert had experienced and who he had fought, they weren't very concerned…
"Hmm? Wait, you guys are back, but where's Clark?" However, the group soon realized something was amiss, especially Lana, who hesitantly looked at Robert and Kara and asked.
Clark had been accompanying Kara to assist Robert; why was it now only Robert and Kara who had returned? Where was Clark?
"Clark went after that powerful enemy," Kara began, but before she could continue, Robert interrupted her.
"Clark and we split up. He chased after that tough guy who, despite being injured, managed to escape fast. We couldn't catch up, so we lost sight of him and Clark in the end…" Robert spread his hands, looking helplessly at Lana, "We tried to pursue but couldn't catch up, so we had to come back first."
"I see…" Hearing Robert's words, Lana sighed in relief. If Kara had said this, Lana might not have believed it, but coming from Robert, it was much more credible, as he had always been more reliable than Kara and didn't have as many cunning thoughts.
"Then we'll just wait here, right? Clark will come back to find us after he's done…" Jonathan and Martha exchanged glances. They had already set up their tent here, and even though they knew Clark had the eyes and ears of a hawk, they didn't want to move and make it seem like they had abandoned Clark.
Soon, Robert went hunting and brought back some food, and after a hearty meal, he planned to rest properly to quickly recover from his injuries and regain his combat strength. Robert knew that after this recovery, his combat strength should improve somewhat. Facing a top-tier demon lord and unleashing the Giant Ape's Fury shouldn't suppress him again.
"Swipe!" However, just as Robert was about to enter the tent to meditate, a figure rushed in, not very fast, even visible to Martha and the others who exchanged smiles without any intention to stop.
"Ow!" Inside the tent, just as Robert opened his eyes, he heard Kara playfully howl, lunging towards him. With Robert somewhat bewildered, Kara embraced him, her mouth close to his neck, breathing happily, "I was really happy when you said you'd try hard earlier!"
"I'm sorry, I've neglected you before…" Feeling the warmth on his neck, Robert's heart rippled, but upon hearing Kara's words, he fell silent for a moment, recalling their previous interactions, and with some remorse, patted Kara's hair.
"Kiss, kiss." Kara's head left Robert's neck, looking directly into his eyes expectantly.
"Cough, cough, isn't it inappropriate? This is a tent!" Robert's eyes widened as he sensed that Martha and the others were nearby, so he lowered his voice awkwardly to remind her.
"Just a kiss, what's the harm?" Kara pouted, glaring at Robert discontentedly, then her eyes gleamed mischievously as she teased, "Or do you want to fight another battle? That's not okay, you haven't recovered from your injuries yet, you need to be restrained, and they are too close, we can't make too much noise..."
"Mua!" Hearing Kara's words, Robert's expression changed slightly, and he quickly covered Kara's mouth to interrupt her.
"Ba~Ba~Hmm~" However, it was just for a moment, and Kara, unsatisfied, quickly retaliated, and after a while, she left the tent contentedly, wiping her lips as she exited.
"Tsk tsk, in broad daylight, no restraint at all, these young people nowadays!" Alexis watched Kara come out, her disdainful voice laced with a hint of envy, although she was indeed happy that Kara's persistence had paid off, it didn't mean Alexis liked being fed dog food!
Especially since on their previous travels, it had been Lana and Clark as a couple, Alexis accompanying Kara, with Robert on his own. Now that Robert and Kara had officially established a relationship, didn't that mean she was the only single one left?
Alexis hadn't expected this before, to be the only single dog?
"Jealous, huh? Too bad, some people can only envy, after all, such sweet love, you'll never experience!" Hearing Alexis's words, Kara haughtily curled her lips mockingly.
"How did you do it? How did he suddenly get it? Could it really be because he grew up?" Alexis glared at Kara, unable to retort, while Lana curiously looked at Kara and asked.
"What else?" Kara replied naturally, her expression flawless as she spoke, "You saw it too when Robert suddenly grew taller; he's just mentally matured a bit later. I just reminded him a bit, and didn't he realize how good I am?"
Are you kidding? Kara definitely couldn't admit that she had conquered Robert through the actions of a free knightress. Such things could be done, but absolutely not spoken aloud, where would Kara put
her face then?
"That's how it is, huh. But both brothers are slow to catch on, even Robert was actually quick…" Lana nodded somewhat emotionally. Compared to Kara, she had been persistent for much longer, and although the final solution wasn't like Kara's, when the two finally broke through, Lana was also a free knightress.
Inside the tent, Robert overheard Kara and Lana's conversation. He had no intention of bursting Kara's bubble, and Robert decided that this memory would definitely not be known to a third person!
"Phew!" Robert exhaled deeply, letting his breath stabilize slowly, and began to meditate.
Outside, Kara unabashedly used her x-ray vision to spy on Robert meditating inside the tent, seemingly never tiring of it.
As for Robert's previous prohibition against Kara using her x-ray vision to spy on him, Kara would no longer adhere to that, because her status was now different. Kara thus openly spied on Robert, daring him to stand up and oppose her.
Meanwhile, in space, Clark, almost forgotten by Robert and Kara, was still battling Rachel, with no intentions of stopping anytime soon. As he became more familiar with Rachel's strength, while also realizing that Rachel's attacks were hardly damaging to him, Clark gained an absolute advantage in the battle.
But, a Heavenly Father-level enemy isn't so easily defeated. Clark's strength was indeed stronger than Rachel's, but not to the extent of overwhelming him…
Of course, the one who should be anxious was Rachel, especially since he had come to Earth with a special purpose. If he truly lost to Clark, it meant Heaven's plan this time was utterly foiled, which was unacceptable to Rachel.
Yet, no matter how unacceptable it was, Rachel found no way to turn the tide. The backups left by Heaven on Earth that he could activate were limited: one was his own angelic blood, and the other was the temporary faith power supplied to angels. Beyond that, what other backups the other angels had left or could use, Rachel did not know nor could he utilize…
Actually, arriving on Earth in full splendor with the blood of an angel, plus the backup of faith power, already granted him Heavenly Father-level combat capabilities, which was formidable enough. With such power, one would assume there'd be little trouble on Earth now.
Even at the peak of divine faith on Earth, when countless faith powers were bolstered, a Heavenly Father-level was already an absolute powerhouse. And now, there wasn't much faith power left on Earth, and the strongest of all pantheons were merely at Heavenly Father-level.
Thus, to Heaven, this level of power was deemed sufficient to handle Earth as it stood now.
But who could have anticipated that Earth could produce someone like Clark, a Kryptonian who seemed to have cheated? Fighting against Rachel, Clark swore that this Clark was no ordinary Kryptonian, he must be abnormal!
Where is there a Kryptonian who can negate the negative effects of the sun, even easily reaching Heavenly Father-level? Really, does Heavenly Father-level mean nothing?
"Boom!" In the midst of battle, the underdog Rachel was distracted, no longer wanting to fight against Clark, because continuing would be futile, and facing Rachel's distraction, Clark didn't intend to be polite, landing a punch that sent Rachel flying through space, feathers and angelic blood scattering in the cosmic void.
"Wait!" Seeing Clark charging towards him again, Rachel hastily emitted a divine sound, calling out to Clark, "We have no deep hatred, there's no need to keep fighting like this, right?"
"..." Clark stopped upon hearing Rachel's words, not continuing the attack, because he too wanted to understand exactly what Heaven was planning. After all, it wouldn't hurt to find out before resuming his offensive!
Clark admitted, he held some personal grudge against Rachel, not just because his innate preference for angels and God was shattered by reality, making Clark despise angels and God even more, but also because Rachel had appeared, injuring Robert and looking down on him arrogantly from the start.
What a joke, you a mere angel dare to look down on Robert? Don't you know that's my brother Clark? Do you have any idea how much effort I spent looking after him growing up? Even if Robert has now become an annoying foolish brother, that's still only for me to bully!
A broken angel also dares to bully Robert? And you want to recruit Robert as a heavenly enforcer? Just you? You're so high and mighty, yet you're not that tough!
Of course, these thoughts flashed through Clark's mind as he sped up to confront Rachel, sending him flying with a punch, and continuing until he was blasted out beyond Earth, after which Clark's anger somewhat subsided…
"It's also fine not to continue fighting, then tell me, what are you doing on Earth?" Clark, hearing Rachel's intent to call a truce, looked at him with a slightly shimmering gaze, equally using divine sound to ask.
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