The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics

Chapter 378: A Major Event – The Wild League (11)

“Um, does this form of yours have any special abilities?”

Wonder Woman looked down at the ugly yet endearing Evil Burst Frog before her. Based on its appearance alone, she couldn't sense any real threat from Yang Le, certainly not as much as from his previous form.

“Evil Burst Frog, top predator,” Yang Le said, patting his round belly with one hand. “Simply put, I can eat, and I eat everything.”

The Evil Burst Frog's species name was quite direct: Devouring Star People. This name straightforwardly expressed their abilities and characteristics. They eat everything and have a huge appetite. How much can they eat? The planet that birthed the Devouring Star People was destroyed by them long ago, destroyed by eating.

Not only that, but during the long period of the Devouring Star People's reproduction, they had eaten about 11 planets. Because of this, they also gained a nickname: Cosmic Locusts.

The main reason why the Evil Burst Frog can eat so much is because their stomach is not like that of ordinary creatures. Their stomach is a trans-galactic saccular quadrant, simply like a pocket universe. Because of this pocket universe, all Devouring Star People are connected. They can also use their stomach to sense whether their clansmen are in danger.

Yang Le ran quickly to Hawkman on his short legs, opened his big mouth, and used three tentacle-like tongues to roll up a Starro variant.

‘That's mine!’ Seeing his food being eaten by someone else, Starro immediately turned red with urgency, even forgetting his fear.

“Finders keepers,” Yang Le swallowed the Starro variant with a gulp. “I'm going to eat all those variants next. Of course, you have to come with me too.”

‘Dream on!’ Starro said sharply. For a creature whose purpose is to devour to watch another creature eat in front of him without being able to eat himself, he might as well be killed.

“If you don't go, I'll eat you now.” Yang Le spat out three tentacle-like tongues, wriggling around Starro. Of course, Yang Le didn't really touch Starro, after all, Wonder Woman was still holding him.

Wonder Woman didn't find Yang Le's tongue disgusting. She even deliberately pushed Starro towards Yang Le's tongue, scaring Starro into agreeing.

‘Okay, okay, I'll go with you!’ Starro gave up, resigning himself to his fate. He had no choice but to bow his head under the eaves. Who told him he was too weak now?

Yang Le used his tongue to roll Starro from Wonder Woman's hand, and then called the small broken car over, resisting the urge to swallow Starro and throwing him into a prepared jar.

“I'll leave the three of them to you. I'll go and collect those Starro variants first.” Yang Le waved his short, stubby hand, closed the car door, and drove away from the scene.

Wonder Woman also waved her hand. Although she had many questions about Yang Le's form just now, she knew that now was not the time, after all, the matter had not been resolved yet.

Wonder Woman retracted her gaze and looked at the three people lying on the ground, somewhat regretting why she hadn't driven the invisible fighter jet over. However, when she cleaned up the battlefield, she found that Hawkman's Nth metal warhammer was gone.

“Ptooey!” Yang Le opened his mouth and spat out the warhammer that he had secretly rolled into his stomach. The cosmic pocket is so convenient for transporting goods. In that situation, he would have felt bad if he hadn't picked up something.

As for Wonder Woman's equipment, that thing was blessed by the gods. It would be easy to be discovered if he stole it, and it would be troublesome to reforge, far less convenient than an Nth metal weapon.

It's a pity he only swiped a warhammer. After all, Hawkgirl's precious blade was near Wonder Woman, and Yang Le really couldn't do it, but a warhammer made entirely of Nth metal was enough for him to squander for a while.

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Batman, as a werewolf, scratched his nose again. His sense of smell, which had been lost due to the shark repellent, had begun to slowly recover. He could finally find the little brat who had made him so embarrassed.

However, this game of cat and mouse had ended before it even started, because Dick didn't continue to hide but chose to jump out.

“Come and catch me, big doggy!” Dick draped a cloak he didn't know where he got it from, made a face at Batman, and then ran in one direction regardless.

The orc, devoid of reason, couldn't see through such an obvious lure. He roared and rushed towards Dick. Relying on the orc's powerful physique, Batman had caught up with Dick in just a few seconds.

Dick, running headlong, knew he was about to be caught up without looking back. The huge shadow that blotted out the sky had enveloped him.

But Dick was not flustered at all. He hid the grappling hook gun, which he had simply modified, under his cloak, and pressed the trigger towards Batman behind him.

“Bang!”

The grappling hook passed through the cloak and shot straight towards Batman. Batman, who was only focused on chasing and had lost his mind, couldn't notice the sneak attack hidden under the cloak. By the time he noticed, it was too late to dodge.

After Dick's modification, the grappling hook's claws were removed, leaving only a steel pin connecting the rope and the hook. Under the power of the grappling hook gun, this steel pin pierced straight into Batman's shoulder.

Hearing the wail behind him, Dick quickly pressed the button on the device he hung on his utility belt. This device was modified from an electric shock fist, and its only function was to generate electricity.

The current was transmitted from the belt to the grappling hook gun, and then through the grappling hook gun's rope to Batman.

Accompanied by electric light and Batman's wail, a red starfish emerged from his mouth. Seeing this, Dick quickly cut off the current, lest the lightning cause too much damage to Batman who had returned to his original form. At the same time, he threw out the batarang he had prepared, the target was the Starro variant that had emerged.

Unlike the ordinary ones, this batarang was sharpened, usually used to deal with inhuman enemies, and now it was just right to use on the Starro variant.

Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the Starro variant that had just seen the light of day was immediately split into two, and finally fell to the ground, its tentacles still twisting non-stop before its death, as if venting its unwillingness.

Dick resisted the urge to crush it with one foot. Learning from Batman, he knew that this thing was good evidence and experimental material, and reason told him that it must be preserved.

Catching Batman, who was falling towards him and gradually turning back into human form, Dick felt weak all over, perhaps because the tense emotions had disappeared, so much so that he couldn't catch the tall Batman, but was instead pressed under him.

“You need to lose weight, Bruce,” Dick said helplessly, lying on the ground.