"Why..."
Carol, still dazed in Hal's embrace, had always been confident in her judgment, but she never expected to have misjudged so badly.
Amidst the rubble, a Power Ring emerged from the shattered concrete crater, its eyes fixed on Hal.
"Who exactly are you?" The Power Ring hadn't noticed earlier, but this person looked exactly like him.
"I am Hal Jordan."
"You lie! I am Hal Jordan!" the Power Ring roared.
Though he was extremely cowardly when facing Ultraman and others, in front of ordinary people, he was incredibly arrogant and almost ignored everyone.
He pointed the Power Ring forward, and green light materialized into several venomous snakes that slithered towards Hal.
Hal was holding Carol, and the Power Ring didn't want to harm her; he wanted to obtain this woman, unharmed.
Hal quickly retreated with Carol, nimbly dodging the green light snakes' pounce.
He frowned at these constructs; they looked very similar to the abilities of the Willpower Light.
Carol, a little scared, buried herself deeper into Hal's embrace. She looked up at Hal: "You won't let go of me, right?"
"Never." Hal answered subconsciously, then immediately realized that the woman in his arms was not his Carol.
A strange glint appeared in Carol's eyes.
Their interaction was fully observed by the Power Ring, who was practically insane with jealousy!
The Power Ring in his hand glowed with an even stronger green light, materializing a giant mammoth standing on the ground.
As soon as this prehistoric animal appeared, its immense weight collapsed the road. With a flick of its trunk, the mammoth's roar echoed throughout the entire block.
Surrounding vehicles uncontrollably crashed into the mammoth, being crushed one by one under its feet, their broken bodies squeezed out from the gaps in the car frames.
Screams and wails rose and fell.
"No—!" Hal was furious. He put Carol down, intending to rush forward immediately.
But Carol grabbed him: "While he's blocked by others now, let's get out of here quickly!"
Hal suddenly turned his head, his face an expression of disbelief.
Carol seemed to shrink away, not daring to meet Hal's intense gaze, and could only whisper: "This is the only thing we can do."
However, Hal firmly rejected her: "No! We always have better choices!"
He broke free from Carol's hand: "Carol, I am not just Hal Jordan, far from it. I am Green Lantern, and my duty does not allow me to turn a blind eye to evil!"
With that, Hal turned and left, leaving only a receding back.
Carol stood rooted to the spot, lost in thought as she watched Hal's retreating figure. This man was definitely not the Hal Jordan she knew.
As Hal ran towards the Power Ring, he took out his Green Lantern ring from his pocket and put it on.
The Green Lantern ring, sensing Hal's strong will, emitted an intensely dazzling green light that illuminated almost half the sky.
Green Lantern was born from the green light!
The Power Ring was terrified, but the Power Ring in his hand felt a familiar power and began to rage.
Volthoom's power rapidly corroded the Power Ring's arm, like centipedes crawling under his skin, causing him to let out a distressing wail.
A green light flashed in the mammoth's eyes, and its two front legs lifted high, stomping down on Green Lantern!
Green Lantern materialized a shield, enduring the mammoth's stomp.
Immediately, the shield transformed into a crane, its mechanical arm clamping onto the mammoth's head and lifting it.
Green Lantern materialized a Rocket launcher on his hand, pulled the trigger, and a Rocket flew out, obliterating the mammoth into nothingness.
The Power Ring was affected by the aftershock of the explosion, flying backward, but Green Lantern pursued him in the direction he flew.
"No, don't!" The Power Ring saw Green Lantern coming and frantically waved his hands in front of his face, unable to make any tactical counterattack.
Green Lantern didn't hold back. He grabbed the Power Ring's battlesuit, and with his other hand, materialized a knuckle duster, smashing it heavily into the Power Ring's face, making him spit out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this "imposter" so valiant, the Power Ring grew even more terrified, and the more he feared, the more abundant the Power Ring's energy became.
Before long, the Power Ring erupted with a strong green light, blasting Green Lantern away. Its massive Impact even destroyed surrounding buildings, and some huge billboards fell from high above, about to hit pedestrians below.
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