The loud booms continued to be heard throughout the sky, until finally, it is Clark who is stent flying down after receiving a massive punch from Mars and ends up making a crash landing in a forest. After taking a moment to shake off the effects of such a rough landing, Clark got back up on his feet and is soon alerted by his more than acute hearing, namely that he could hear Mars coming down towards him with speed resembling that of a comet coming down from Earth. As such, he quickly held both of arms up over his head in an 'X' fashion, and moments later, Mars showed up and threw a right jab, which is successfully blocked and the impact being so strong, it caused the ground beneath Clark's feet to crack as well as created a shockwave which spanned for miles.
But even with his attack blocked, this did not stop Mars for long, for once he landed in his feet, he quickly threw a left legged front kick, aiming for Clark's abdomen.
Luckily for Clark though, he noticed this and threw both of his arms downward, blocking the kick. Afterwards, he attempted to fight back by throwing a left uppercut.
Mars saw this attack coming and leaned back to narrowly avoid the blow. As he stood up straight, he saw Clark going for a right cross and instantly held up both of his arms to the right side and caught his opponent's arm. Moments later, the War God made his move by using his right hand to grab Clark's wrist, and with his left hand, he managed to sneak in a quick back fist into Clark's farce, stunning him. With the Man of Steel disoriented, Mars then slid his left hand behind Clark's neck, and keeping a tight grip on Clark's wrist with his other hand, delivered a stiff left legged knee strike to the abdomen, knocking the wind out of Clark and causing him to go almost completely limp. With Earth's Man of Tomorrow now at his mercy, Mars grabbed both of Clark's shoulders, and with a loud yell, threw him to the right side, causing Clark to hit and knock over a tree.
But even after taking so much punishment, Clark still willed himself to stand up, shaking from the last hit. "Argh…"
"You think you can defeat me?" asked Marks, feeling both confused and annoyed by Clark's resilience. "I am Mars! The God of War! I have seen empires rise and fall, what chance do you have against me?!"
A determined Clark cocked his right fist. "I always have a chance. And that's more than enough!"
This reply only made Mars let out an aggravated grunt. "You mortals always amaze me with your gullibility." With that said, Mars dashed forward at blinding speed and quickly through a right jab.
Luckily for Clark though, he stopped this attack by throwing a quick right jab of his own, with his fist collided with Mars'. From then on, both he and the God of War started throwing lightning fast punches at one another, with their fists connected with every blow and making loud booming noises every time they made contact.
However, it is Mars who gets the upper hand by ducking one incoming left jab from Clark, then passed underneath his left side, then used his right arm to deliver a stiff right elbow strike to his back, causing Clark to tumble forward.
Fortunately, Clark managed to stop himself by holding his hands out grabbing a tree right in front of him, thus giving him a chance to recompose himself. He is then alerted of Mars speeding towards him thanks to his hearing, and thus quickly ducked and narrowly avoided Mars' incoming right hook, causing him to punch the tree down instead.
While in a kneeling position, Clark turned to face Mars, then fought back by breathing in through his nose, and blowing out through his mouth, which thanks to his powerful lungs, let out a huge gust of wind which was strong enough to send Mars himself flying backward a few feet. Afterwards, Clark shot up from off the ground like missile being shot from out of a cannon, and flew straight towards Mars with his left fist cocked back.
But even in such a vulnerable situation, Mars spotted Clark throwing a left hook and saved himself by using both of his hands to grab the Man of Steel's arm and gives him shoulder throw, sending him down hard towards the ground.
Clark also managed to save himself by pointing both his hands and feet down and managed to land on all fours, which resulted in creating a huge crack in the ground. Afterwards, he looked up his shoulder to see Mars coming down towards him and thus dashed to the right side, avoiding Mars' downward straight punch and causing the War God to pound his fist into the ground instead, which in turn, turned the crack into a large crater.
The kneeling Mars looked to his left to see Clark, who by this time was now hovering a few inches off the ground to avoid falling as the crater was being made, and thus charged towards him, throwing a right hook.
Luckily for Clark though, he stopped this attack by using his left hand to catch the War God's incoming fist, and attempted to fight back by throwing a right middle punch, aiming for Mars' abdomen.
However, Mars was just as quick on defense as he used his left hand to easily catch Clark's fist before it could hit his gut. Moments later, he released Clark's fist so he can pull back both of his hands and throw a left legged knee strike.
Clark, on the other hand, stopped this by using his right leg to throw a knee strike of his own, to which his kneecap collided with the War God's, and while the impact resulted in another sonic boom, it placed both him and Mars in a stalemate.
END OF PART 2