The Guardians of the Universe, though possessing nearly infinite lifespans and accumulating unimaginable knowledge, were not particularly strong in the Universe.
They were completely powerless against Fiora and a group of Super Kryptonians.
In fact, these Little Blue Men had a skill called 'Heaven and Earth Live Together'—self-destruction—whose power was not much weaker than detonating the Green Lantern Central Power Battery.
However, it seemed that the return of their previously stripped emotions caused them to lose even the courage to perish with their enemies!
When Zod returned to Oa with Hope, Sinestro, and the unconscious Hal, what he saw was The Guardians all fitted with restraining armor.
This armor was a scaled-down and improved version of the Dark Dictator Gear armor equipped on Darklops Zero, capable of greatly restricting the energy within the user's body.
"General, all The Guardians of the Universe are here. We have searched all of Oa to ensure nothing was missed."
Seeing Zod appear, Fiora flew over with a joyful expression on her face.
She had personally experienced the battle with the Green Lantern Corps, and the ultimatum from the Lanterns, supposedly from The Guardians, was deeply etched in her mind.
At that time, their arrogant and contemptuous attitude was as if they were high and mighty judges determining the fate of New Krypton.
"You've worked hard!"
Looking at his female adjutant, Zod knew she had always held a grudge against these guys.
He himself was no different; it was just that he had felt a sense of urgency about improving his strength, and thus hadn't had time to settle things with these guys.
Although he had dealt with the Green Lantern Corps several times, this was Zod's first true meeting with these Little Blue Men.
When they saw Zod and the ultimate green lantern Hal, whom he held in his hand, The Guardians' emotions instantly became agitated.
They had never expected that the ultimate green lantern, on whom they had placed so much Hope, would still not be Zod's match.
Zod looked down at them from above, his eyes filled with disdain.
Although these guys had, to some extent, maintained peace in the Universe for a long time, compared to the crises they themselves had created, it was simply not worth mentioning!
Even if their initial intentions might have been good, the inherent flaws of these guys destined them to become a source of chaos.
The things they were best at were instigating wars, suppressing dissent, creating internal strife, covering up the truth, deceiving themselves, and never repenting.
At this moment, Zod's voice, tinged with a hint of sarcasm, rang out:
"Should I call you The Guardians of the Universe, or Maltusian? All these years, you've been brainwashing others, haven't you also deceived yourselves!"
Hearing this, The Guardians all showed angry expressions, but they did not act out.
At this time, one of The Guardians stepped forward and said:
"General Zod, Oa and New Krypton do not need to reach a point of mutual destruction. Our past actions were indeed offensive, and I offer you my sincere apologies."
"I Hope you can withdraw now. Oa is willing to sign a peace treaty with New Krypton and will no longer interfere with any of New Krypton's actions in the future."
The expression on his face did not show the panic and helplessness of a prisoner; instead, it was unusually calm.
Sinestro, standing behind Zod, let out a cold snort as he looked at The Guardians.
After Abin Sur told him the truth about the Sector 666 massacre that The Guardians had hidden, he knew that The Guardians' secrets certainly didn't stop there.
Sure enough, under his secret investigation, he discovered more history that had been deliberately erased.
He knew even more clearly that this was The Guardians' consistent way of doing things. When they provoked Darkseid and were almost wiped out, they also begged for peace in such a low posture.
To put it more bluntly, they were apologizing now, not because they realized they had made mistakes in the past, but because they realized they were about to die!
Upon hearing these words, Zod laughed out loud: "Hahaha! It seems you still haven't recognized reality."
"Now your lives and deaths are in my hands. There is no mutual destruction, only your deaths."
"From the moment you first intended to harm my New Krypton, your fate was already sealed. From now on, Oa will cease to exist."
He knew the psychology of these Little Blue Men all too well; even now, they were still immersed in the halo of The Guardians of the Universe that they had created in the past.
When they found they couldn't contend with Darkseid, they also appeased him by begging for peace to calm everything down.
Now, facing Zod, they still maintained this posture.
Unfortunately, Zod's words mercilessly shattered the last illusions in the hearts of these Little Blue Men, pulling them back to true reality.
Seeing that Zod was determined to put them to death, the Little Blue Men finally broke down, and their expressions could no longer be maintained.
At this moment, in front of all the Little Blue Men, Zod raised his hand and took out the spirit tree seed from the Dragon Ball World from the System space.
Then he planted it on Oa. He had little interest in ordinary life planets in the past.
Because the spirit tree fruit produced by ordinary life planets also had ordinary effects.
Planets like Apokolips or New Genesis, which are protected by special powers, can produce higher quality spirit tree fruit.
Of course, actually, Earth would be the best choice, but he was not sure if destroying Earth would cause this Universe to be destroyed along with it.
However, a planet like Oa, which has been permeated by Green Lantern energy, should not be bad either.
Looking at Zod's actions, everyone was somewhat puzzled, not knowing what he intended to do.
But soon, a scene that left them dumbfounded occurred. The seed Zod had planted quickly broke through the soil, and within a few minutes, it grew into a towering giant tree thousands of meters high.
However, this giant tree was vastly different from ordinary trees; its trunk was like translucent green glazed glass, and each leaf was as clear as a green crystal.
At this time, visible green light converged from all over Oa towards this giant tree.
The Guardians could feel that this strange tree seemed to be plundering the life force of Oa in a terrifying way they could not comprehend!
"No, quickly make that strange tree stop, Oa cannot be destroyed."
"Zod, you cruel tyrant, despicable ambitious man, blood-soaked executioner…"
"I curse you and your New Krypton, that one day you will also suffer the same fate."
The Guardians of the Universe, who once looked down upon the billions of beings in the Universe, now became hysterical hags.
However, their accumulated billions of years of cosmic wisdom did not make their curses any richer. In Zod's previous life, anything casually said by anyone on a forum would be more offensive than this.
Therefore, Zod completely ignored them, merely staring quietly at the spirit tree fruit that was currently forming.
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