At this moment, Artemis seized the opportunity, swung her long leg, and kicked directly at Big Barda's head in mid-air.
Big Barda reacted in time, shielding her head with her shield, but was still sent flying by Artemis's powerful kick, and the spear changed hands.
"Yes—!" The scene instantly became lively.
"Give her some color, Artemis!"
"Kill that bitch! Big Barda!"
The previously demure image was, of course, gone. The Amazons in the stands, seeing such a spectacular offense and defense, erupted with indescribable enthusiasm.
This was more like it, this was the Amazon that Dane remembered.
The battle in the arena continued. The spear felt a bit light for Artemis, but she was skilled with all kinds of weapons, so there was no such thing as an unsuitable one.
So Artemis continued her attack on Big Barda with the spear.
Though she only had one piece of armor, the experienced Big Barda still defended herself flawlessly, giving Artemis no opening.
Occasionally, she would even use her shield to strike Artemis when she wasn't paying attention.
The warriors of this World don't seem to know Captain America's shield-throwing technique!
What kind of shield doesn't even have the ability to automatically lock onto enemies, track, draw aggro, and return to the hand?
"You seem to be spending quite a lot of time on Paradise Island recently."
Just as Dane was watching with great interest, Menalippe walked out from behind him, her expression as serious as ever, as if she was deliberately imitating Antiope.
"What? You don't welcome me?"
Dane turned around and saw that Menalippe was also in casual clothes. It was a Hima dress. In the past, whenever he saw her, she was always in armor. Today's outfit softened her serious face.
"What are you looking at?" Menalippe turned her face away, a little uncomfortable.
Dane spoke truthfully: "You look very beautiful today."
"Smooth talker!" Menalippe pretended to be harsh, but she couldn't hide her inner delight.
But she quickly felt ashamed of her little thoughts and severely reprimanded herself.
He was Diana's man!
Dane refocused his gaze on the arena; the battle situation was gradually becoming clear.
Although Artemis was very powerful, she was still a bit inferior to Big Barda, who had New God blood.
Mid-battle, her stamina began to show signs of faltering, while Big Barda remained full of vigor.
In terms of sustained combat power, Big Barda clearly had the upper hand.
In the final round, Big Barda successfully found an opportunity, grabbed Artemis's accidentally lost giant axe, and fiercely sent Artemis and her spear flying, returning the kick she had received at the beginning.
This strike also ended the battle; Dane could tell that Artemis was exhausted.
So he announced: "This battle, Big Barda wins!"
The entire arena erupted in cheers, loudly shouting Big Barda's name.
And the victor, Big Barda, raised both hands to enjoy the surrounding cheers, then she walked over to Artemis and pulled up her respectable opponent.
Artemis shook her slightly dizzy head and "hmph-ed": "Next time, I definitely won't lose again!"
Big Barda laughed heartily: "It'll be the same a few more times!"
Then they both burst into laughter.
Big Barda had never felt that life could be so exhilarating. She could laugh freely, drink and sing to her heart's content—a life completely different from that on Apokolips.
It was the life she had yearned for in her dreams, and all of it had actually come true.
And the person who helped her achieve all this... Big Barda couldn't help but look towards the viewing platform, seeing Dane and Menalippe chatting and laughing. Her eyelid couldn't help but twitch.
"What? You've got your eye on that man?"
Artemis walked over, her arm draped over Big Barda's shoulder.
Big Barda didn't bother to be coy and directly admitted: "Yes, don't you think he's perfect for me?"
Artemis teased: "I'd bet eighty percent of the women here think the same as you."
Big Barda looked around the 023 area, seeing the women in the stands, and remained confident.
"But none of them are my match!"
Artemis could only give her a thumbs-up, then pointedly said: "But only that one is your true opponent. I really can't determine who is stronger between the two of you."
Big Barda also knew who she was talking about. Although she hadn't met her yet, she had heard of her for a long time: Wonder Woman... Dane was vacationing on Paradise Island, while the Outsider was busy causing trouble.
The "Superman Out of Control Incident" did not escalate into a disaster that would destroy his reputation, as Lex Luthor had hoped, but in the eyes of the government's upper echelons, Superman's danger was rising.
The Outsider exploited the government's apprehension towards metahumans. He had Atomica relay some misinformation to Waller... or rather, it wasn't entirely false.
The Justice League indeed had a space fortress between Earth and the Moon, and Cyborg was indeed monitoring the globe.
If one disregarded their past contributions to Earth and only considered these newly discovered actions, it would be difficult to convince anyone that they were an organization upholding justice.
Especially for someone as paranoid as Waller, whether the other party intended to do something was not important; whether they had the capability to do it was what mattered most.
And the Justice League, from a series of intelligence reports, not only had the ability to destroy the World but also the ability to control it.
Even if they could maintain their original intentions now, what about in the future?
If Superman could lose control, how could the Justice League be spared?
Feeling the pressure, Amanda stepped on the gas pedal regarding the establishment of a new Justice League, and recently succeeded in bringing Atom Smasher into her camp.
She heard that this guy's love life hadn't been going well lately, and wondered if she could use Atomica to do something... as long as she achieved her goal, Amanda didn't care if the means were dirty or not.
After Atomica "injected" the virus into Cyborg, she brought Amanda "good" news.
Superman's weakness had been found by Atomica!
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