The Phantom Stranger's magic was red and expanding throughout Kahndaq. Anyone who came into contact with this magic was instantly corrupted, becoming a slave to the Magic Box.
Of course, the Phantom Stranger always thought he was in control of everything.
Blue Beetle, as a newly joined member and an enthusiastic young man, was eager to make an impression in front of the superheroes he had only seen on TV news. So he was the first to speak.
"I guess all we need to do is subdue that man, right?"
The Phantom Stranger didn't look like a warrior and wasn't wearing battle armor. Perhaps because of this, Blue Beetle underestimated him and charged directly.
"Wait, Blue Beetle!" Batman's warning couldn't stop him. Blue Beetle's flying speed had already broken the sound barrier.
"I'll go after him!" Superman volunteered. He was the second strongest in the Justice League after Shazam, and he felt it was his responsibility.
Batman couldn't persuade him either and watched as Superman flew after him.
He couldn't quite describe the feeling, but he just felt that the person opposite wasn't as simple as he appeared.
So he said to the remaining members, "No one is allowed to approach that area until I figure out what those red things do!"
There was a convincing power in his words that made people instinctively obey.
On the other side, as soon as Blue Beetle entered the Phantom Stranger's magic area, Khaji-Da immediately warned him.
"Jaime, abnormal energy source detected. I suggest we leave this area immediately!"
Normally, Jaime might have chickened out, but now, in front of the other Justice League teammates, Jaime had his pride, and he couldn't afford to lose face.
So he could only say, "Come on, Khaji-Da, this is our debut stage. Do you want us to embarrass ourselves in front of so many people?"
"But..." Khaji-Da still wanted to persuade him, but Jaime took the opportunity to accelerate, moving even faster than before.
"Just watch, with a guy like this, we only need one sonic cannon to take him down!"
As he spoke, Jaime telekinetically manipulated his hands to transform into two cannon-like sonic emitters, each the size of a fist, with blue light flashing from their muzzles.
"Try this!"
This weapon wouldn't kill people but would only knock them unconscious, and that was exactly Jaime's intention.
But the sonic blast Jaime fired only created a ripple on the Phantom Stranger's magic shield; it couldn't break it at all.
At this moment, the Phantom Stranger, feeling attacked, looked up and saw Blue Beetle.
He sneered, raised one hand, and remotely clutched Blue Beetle's body.
"Khaji-Da, I can't breathe!"
Jaime's entire body was squeezed into a ball by an invisible pressure, and he could only contract his limbs along the natural direction of his joints to alleviate his pain.
But even when Khaji-Da took over, it couldn't break free from the magic set by the Phantom Stranger.
"I can't do it, Jaime, he's too strong!"
At this time, the Phantom Stranger's mind was only influenced, but he was still using his own power, so Blue Beetle was controlled by his magical power and had no actual connection to the Magic Box.
Because he was chosen to serve the "Voice of Heaven," he was granted very powerful magical energy, but this did not mean that the Phantom Stranger was invincible.
In fact, if his combat power were truly to be assessed, he might even be inferior to Doctor Fate.
But what the "Voice of Heaven" gave him was not power in combat, but authority—something only true gods could wield—which cannot be simply described as "combat power."
Blue Beetle suffered because he attacked without knowing who his enemy was, leading to him being directly captured by the opponent's magic.
But the Phantom Stranger didn't kill him, although he certainly could have at the moment, but subconsciously he still remembered his identity.
If he killed an innocent person here, he would immediately lose this power.
So he chose another method: he guided the power of the Magic Box onto Blue Beetle, allowing him to be infected by the Magic Box's power and eventually corrupted.
Jaime was still very young. He might possess a kind heart, but he was far from strong.
Even the Phantom Stranger, who had repented for thousands of years, couldn't resist the power of the Magic Box, so how could he be an exception?
Khaji-Da was not truly a person, but once Jaime made up his mind, as a parasite, it couldn't disobey orders.
After all, it was damaged before it came to Earth.
So Blue Beetle quickly turned his weapon, replacing the sonic cannon with more lethal energy blasts, aiming at the flying Superman.
"Jaime, this is a deadly weapon. Are you sure you want to use it to attack your teammate?"
Khaji-Da was still making a last struggle, but Jaime just said, "Stop nagging, just do it!"
So Superman saw Blue Beetle, who was originally going to fight the Phantom Stranger, suddenly inexplicably attack him.
"Blue Beetle?"
At this moment, Blue Beetle's energy blast had already fired, directly hitting Superman in the face.
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