Chapter 298: Darkseid's Ambition
Chen Tao hid in the dark, quietly watching Darkseid negotiate with the [Source] (part of the Chinese translation group translated it as Origin) behind the Origin Wall.
He knew that this was not an exchange he was qualified to participate in, and he only needed to wait quietly for Darkseid to get things done.
As a giant flaming hand wrote and drew on the wall, Bane soon fell from the Origin Wall. He floated and swam in the void behind the wall, his strong body like a fallen leaf.
Chen Tao flew over and caught him.
"Well done." He said.
He held Bane by the back of the neck and looked into Darkseid's malicious eyes.
"It should be over now, Batman."
Chen Tao heard Darkseid say: "It's time to fulfill your promise."
"One more thing." Chen Tao said: "I ask you to remove the control of the mechanical Superman Hank Henshaw and Superman's cousin, Supergirl Kara Kent."
The malice in Darkseid's eyes became more intense, as if he was about to drip out Omega energy, and he did.
"Okay, I'll finish these. After you help me deal with Superboy-Prime, I swear I won't continue to play with their minds."
Darkseid cooperated very well.
He had such a fierce face, but he looked as easy to talk to as the vendor who sold low-purity flour at the gate of Arkham Asylum.
The favorite thing for those vendors was to buy flour and give away grenades. Anyway, the price of grenades has been cheapened to the level of burritos because of the internal circulation of Penguin. After buying them, you can fly to Arkham Asylum while shooting at it to save your most admired idol.
Although Darkseid did not have the vendors' flattering smile, his help to Batman was as cheap as the flour sold by the vendors.
Even Bane, who looked listless and was held in Chen Tao's hand like a big cat, found something wrong.
He wanted to say something, but he shut up tactfully and let Chen Tao and Darkseid continue to talk.
"Before I come to help you, I still have some things to do on Earth. I will come to help you after I finish. It will not take more than two Earth hours at most."
Although Darkseid's stone face did not change at all, anyone who was not blind could see that his expression had become slightly colder.
The Dark Lord did not reply immediately. He floated in front of Batman and just looked at him.
The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, and Bane began to secretly try to mobilize the four different natural energies in his body.
He was very skilled in using the three powers of red, green and black, but he was not very good at the metal spirit.
But fortunately, the metal spirit seemed to be controlled by someone and never made a fuss like the three powers of red, green and black.
But in the end, Darkseid did not do what Bane thought. He lowered his head and looked down at Batman:
"It's up to you. That monster has been destroying my planet for so long, and two hours won't make a difference."
He said: "Two hours. Just the last two hours. We'll do it when the time is up-"
He looked at Batman: "Then we have a deal, you can't break your promise."
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"Two hours?"
Two minutes later, Chen Tao and Bane appeared on Ismote, the base of the Red Lantern Corps and the location of the Red Lantern Central Energy Battery.
Bane finally recovered some mobility at this time. He broke free from Batman's cat-like posture not long ago and chose to walk on the ground with his feet.
It's not that he didn't want Batman to fly with him. He had just proposed to stand on Batman's back and fly like a skateboard... a bat, but was sternly rejected by the other party.
Because the Red Lantern Corps was just a start-up, this place was still like before, with messy wreckage and ruins everywhere, as well as desert-like hillsides.
They took two steps, and soon, the huge red light central energy battery came into view, and below it was Atrocitus who was still dancing, and William Hank who was surrounded by the magic circle.
Chen Tao signaled Bain to accompany him and wait for Atrocitus to finish.
"Hey, Bat." Bane said, "You know Darkseid only gave you two hours, and you should know that this guy must have some conspiracy." Bane said, "I am a conspirator-" (Batman's eyes) "At least I used to be." Bane explained, "That's not the point. The point is that I can smell the conspiracy that the other party is almost about to express." "When I want to achieve a certain goal..." Bane began to analyze himself. At least he has a say in this regard: "I usually give up something that I don't think is too important in exchange for the key to achieve that goal. I admit that sometimes my plans lack imagination and humor, but I must admit that Darkseid's behavior now perfectly fits the characteristics I mentioned." He said, "Darkseid is so cooperative, he must be planning something, have you made up your mind?" "If you can see it, then of course I can see it." Soon Bane heard Batman's answer: "Darkseid's conspiracy? I think so."
He turned to look at Bane: "But for Darkseid, absolute strength can directly break everything. A conspiracy that does not reach a certain level is a joke for the Lord of Apokolips. And what is really worth our Majesty Darkseid's careful planning..."
It is nothing more than manipulating the Supreme Little Superman and turning him into a thug like Supergirl Kara or Cyborg Superman.
However, Chen Tao did not tell Bane this sentence. Some things are most convenient to keep to oneself.
He casually found a reason: "And I don't know the target that is worth Darkseid's careful planning. Let's take it one step at a time."
Darkseid saw that enemies of Supergirl and Cyborg Superman were so powerful that he would attack them. He himself has a tendency to like to collect powerful subordinates, not to mention the Supreme Little Superman who made him taste the taste of being pressed on the face and hammered on the ground.
That powerful monster is simply a natural assistant for Darkseid on his way to control all living beings!
How could he not try his best to get him?
There is only one purpose that can make Darkseid so submissive, and that is for greater interests.
And what he did also has a very suitable opportunity: Superboy Prime was severely damaged!
Darkseid trusts Batman, just as Batman trusts Darkseid. Maybe talking about this so-called trust sounds ridiculous, but it is really happening.
Chen Tao never doubted that Darkseid could defeat Superboy Prime with his help, and vice versa.
It was based on the expectation that he would never lose against Superboy Prime that Darkseid dared to have the ambition to control Superboy Prime, instead of directly pasting him back to the origin wall.
But there is no need to tell Bane these.
Chen Tao paid attention to the time and saw that Atrocitus's dancing slowly slowed down and began to gradually end. Chen Tao had asked Atrocitus how long it would take to do it before, and now the time was just right.
And this is also one of the more important reasons why he came here. He needs to personally escort Atrocitus's spell.
After all, the purpose of Atrocitus is only to eliminate the darkness in William Hand's heart. The essence of this spell is no different from the history of comics, when William Hand, the Black Hand, was taken away by the Green Lantern of Mercy, and his mind was distorted directly, turning into a self-repentant person.
However, in the process of casting the spell, it is very likely to happen. If William Hand is accidentally killed, well, that would be a lot of fun.
In a timeline called "Flashpoint", since Green Lantern Abin Su did not die, Hal Jordan did not become a Green Lantern, so he could not stop Atrocitus, who came to Earth for the first time, from casting a spell on William Hand in an attempt to prevent the arrival of the Blackest Night. As a result, Atrocitus failed, and William Hand not only did not erase the darkness in his heart, but unfortunately died on the spot.
This not only failed to delay the arrival of the Blackest Night, but greatly accelerated it.
As soon as William Hand, the Black Hand, died, he turned into a black lantern corpse on the spot, and the Black Death Emperor was able to enter the main world immediately, even whispering in the other's ear to persuade the other to commit suicide.
Although the power was not as strong as in the original Blackest Night, his Black Lantern Corpse still attacked one sector after another, and the situation immediately collapsed to an unparalleled level.
So Chen Tao was worried about such a problem - after all, in the dark universe, anything could happen. If the Black Death Emperor was really brought out on the spot, he would explode.
But now it seems that there is no danger. Atrocitus's operation has been very standard. As William Hand, who was locked up by the meditation mite and hungry for a long time, screamed loudly, the opponent, who seemed to be a little malnourished, fainted on the spot, but was still alive.
"Very good." Chen Tao said.
He walked to the side of Atrocitus and whispered to him: "Then the next problem is what we have to worry about now."
"About the blood slaughter bull..."
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The meditation mite slowly opened his eyes. He had been bleeding just now and fainted due to excessive blood loss.
He got up from the ground and looked around, and finally confirmed that Batman was not by his side at this time, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
He wanted to remove the magic on his body and escape immediately, but soon found himself depressed that he could not control the electronic speaker to say even half a syllable.
But fortunately, he was not completely desperate: he still had a little bit of Thunder Shazam's power that he had secretly absorbed before.
He originally established a connection with Billy Batson's father CC Batson through magic, and became the first creature in history who could use the power of living lightning without the approval of Thunder Shazam.
But as Billy Batson was completely disappointed with his biological father CC Batson, the power of living lightning that he had shared with him before also returned to him with his disappointment.
This is the most important core principle of Thunder Shazam sharing his power: under normal circumstances, the object that Shazam shared power with must be Billy who sincerely believed that the other party and himself were different members of the same family.
So now there is a very simple truth: CC Batson's power of living lightning is gone, and the meditation mite that established a magical connection with CC Batson to use the power of living lightning has no power of living lightning to use.
Then this matter should have been settled, but just now the meditation mite found a new object that can borrow the power of living lightning:
Batman.
Billy Batson also shared his Thunder Shazam power with Batman! What kind of foolish generosity is this?
And what kind of crime is this?
As long as he successfully connects to Batman's Thunder Shazam power, he can make a comeback and at least get out of the cage.
So the meditation mite started to gamble again, and then he went all in again, and he won the bet again. After being defeated by Batman and captured by the other party, he successfully stole a trace of the living lightning power from the other party, and successfully used the connection he had established before to connect with this living lightning power, and once again possessed the power of Thunder Shazam.
This means that he, the meditation mite, can escape!
The meditation mite kept shaking the jumping and surging electric light on his body, and the electric current condensed into a small lightning hand that he could control in front of him.
He had already pulled his electronic speaker closer, and then kept stimulating it with electricity, trying to continue to activate the speaker so that he could recite the spell to escape, but soon the smiling face of Batman appeared in front of him.
It was really smiling, with a pale chin and makeup, a wild laugh that stretched to the corners of his mouth, and exposed gums. It was as scary as it could be.
"What...what do you want to do?"
But the next second, the meditation mite found that Batman began to repair his injuries. His lower body that was crushed by Darkseid soon began to get better little by little under Batman's magic, and finally perfect.
Then he felt the connection again, and countless magical powers were poured into his body again. The magical powers he absorbed from the seven continents reconnected with himself.
He looked at Batman in confusion, and then felt the connection between himself and Batman through the power of Thunder Shazam, and the whole bug began to tremble.
"No no no no no--"
He had realized what Batman was going to do, but it was too late.
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Apocalypse.
Darkseid looked at the Prime Little Superman who was still wreaking havoc in the distance.
Beside him, the kind grandmother with missing arms and legs lowered her head.
"The great Darkseid..."
She whispered: "Everything is ready."
"As long as the monster is seriously injured..."
Darkseid added:
"He will surrender to me!"
Not far away, there was a trace of clarity in the eyes of the Prime Little Superman.