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Chapter 666 Barbatos is besieged and betrayed.
Chapter 666 Barbatos is besieged and betrayed.
Hal felt himself falling...
The vast darkness converged into an ocean.
This world is too difficult, like a long, endless night where the sun never shines. Countless enemies lurk in the shadows: Brainiac, the Black Death, Barbatos…
Parallax Mohal was already exhausted.
He didn't know how long he had been fighting battles, his energy was depleted, his will was broken, and he was exhausted beyond words, like you wearing a thin coat, walking quietly for six or seven miles in the howling cold wind.
But Parallax Magic Hal Jordan still burns brightly.
He spent his entire life wandering through the long, dark night, alone in the biting cold wind.
Every night he wandered through the blood-stained streets, crossing one alleyway after another filled with violence and death.
He deeply loathed this world, which was rife with tragedy and disaster, but at this moment, for a God who was determined to rebuild a new world, this bright hell had long become a dark paradise full of opportunities, and important evidence for him to reaffirm his actions.
The image of Barbatos's sickly, distorted face hidden under his hood, his tattered, outstretched bat wings, flashed through Hal's mind, igniting a fire deep within Hal's soul.
The monsters feared him and repelled his arrival. If he were still in his prime, these enemies would be nothing more than insects. But do you know what's most interesting?
Even if he's not at his best right now, these scumbags...
It's still an insect!
Like a dark and dangerous antidote for some kind of suicide virus, it rapidly flooded the arteries of the world.
He firmly believed that he was the only cure, completely ignoring all potential side effects.
And so at this moment... the antidote was reborn!
Hal shouted.
He screamed in agony.
His soul, his will, was reshaped in that moment. As the long night broke into dawn and the sword of dawn swept across the entire multiverse, Parallax Morhal finally cleared away the last obstacle that could stand in his way.
The final battle for this dark world has begun.
It's either victory or death; there will be no compromise, no mercy.
The clamor of the world rushed towards him, the lights of the universe, the endless starlight, and Hal recognized every single one of them; that was Hal's world.
He knew all of this perfectly well.
Strength, faith, skill—everything returned. The shadowy alleys and dimly lit streets, the endless nights, one after another—all belonged to him, forever.
No one can stop him anymore, no one!
"I'm so unwilling to accept this..."
Barbatos no longer blamed the Black Death Emperor; he had realized how Batman had helped Hal escape.
He had to regretfully accept the fact that he had failed; Hal had not yet reached the current timeline, but that was only a matter of time.
Barbatos has completely lost the ability to stop the other party. Unless there is some other external influence, Hal's arrival is a foregone conclusion.
It was time to consider retreating, Barbatos thought.
Accept failure and acknowledge the loss.
Barbatos had to admit that he not only gained nothing from leaving the World Furnace, but also wasted a lot of energy.
This was the first time Barbatos had suffered such a defeat that no one could share the loss with.
Before this, whether it was cooperating with the Anti-Monitor Dragon or using his ability to manipulate fate to wreak havoc in various Dark Multiverses and recruit those pathetic servants to enrich his Dark Multiverse legions, Barbatos had always been the ultimate victor, or at least not at a loss.
So Barbatos developed a very bad habit. A terrible habit that could easily make him a loner, but perhaps if he didn't do it, he would seem even less like Barbatos.
Yes, Barbatos has fallen back into his old habits:
When he realized that he was helpless against Hal, instead of accepting his complete defeat, he tried to make up for his loss by taking revenge on his teammates.
Perhaps creatures with the "bat" attribute have some magical special attack effects on their teammates. Many people only know Barbatos as the pet of the World Forger and the dragon of the Dark Multiverse, but they have overlooked his other name.
The God of Bats.
So at this point, you see, our Bat God naturally set his sights on his teammates.
The Black Death Emperor, Brainiac, especially the Black Death Emperor, he must return all the power he absorbed to himself. Barbatos has already summoned the Anti-Monitor Dragon from the upper reaches of the Hypertime Stream—unbeknownst to anyone.
There's no need for the members of the Dark Multiverse Legion that he deployed upstream to return for the time being. Although they are weak, there are too many of them. If they return to reality, the commotion will be too great, and they will be more easily discovered by Brainiac and the Black Death. If Barbatos wants to do something bad, the more secretive he is, the better.
While losing these Legion members would make it slightly more difficult for Barbatos to transfer his energy to the Anti-Monitor Dragon, the Anti-Monitor Dragon had been completely filled with Barbatos's energy for a long time.
Although he still possesses some of the Anti-Monitor's power, Barbatos has completely transformed the dragon into his own shape, and even without the assistance of the Legion members, the Anti-Monitor dragon cannot disobey his orders.
Barbatos has given orders to the Anti-Monitor Dragon.
"It's no use, everyone," Barbatos said to Brainiac and the Black Death Emperor via the telepathic link. "Parallax Morhal's arrival is a done deal. We should leave quickly to avoid becoming tools for his rage."
"The universe of Reverse-Flash..."
Barbatos heard Brainiac's voice.
"We'll come back for Reverse-Flash's universe later," he said. "Parallax Demon must be furious to have just arrived in reality; there's no need for us to confront him directly."
"I was originally promised death..." the Black Death Emperor said.
"Once we reclaim that world, there will be new deaths, and aren't you also eyeing Parallax Morhal's death?"
Barbatos said, "Our alliance is not over. Parallax Mohal's arrival will permanently change the landscape of the entire multiverse. What he is going to do will make him a common enemy of all of us. I think we can agree on this."
Of course a consensus can be reached. According to the ultimate perfectionism that Howl plays, he forcibly restarts the entire universe to create a perfect world. If the universe is not perfect, he restarts it again. Dead people? What a joke. As long as Howl thinks that someone's death is unreasonable, he will immediately restart the universe to resurrect them. The Black Death Emperor can forget about doing his job.
Brainiac's so-called multidimensional fusion plan, which aims to gather so many universes to fight each other until the divine power of the sixth dimension is extracted to help him advance?
This is clearly a tragedy. Under the great leadership and illumination of Parallax Mohal, who is like the sun, what tragedy? You want to create a tragedy? You dare to create a tragedy? I'll rip your head off. Not only do you want to create a tragedy, but you also want to become a sixth-dimensional god. That's an even greater crime!
So Barbatos was right; in dealing with Parallax Morhal, they were indeed natural allies.
No one could have imagined that Barbatos would secretly be thinking of taking a bite out of them. Logically speaking, it's absurd; Barbatos would be cutting off his own teammates.
But for Barbatos, there were never any allies. Their interests only overlapped in one aspect, while conflicts remained in other areas. Their alliance was only temporary, and Barbatos felt no pressure to secretly attack them.
So you see, here's the plan:
"But we can't just slink away like this. We must find a way to weaken Parallax Morhal as much as possible," Barbatos said.
"You're absolutely right," he heard Brainiac reply. "What are your thoughts?"
"It's simple," Barbatos said. "We just need to pull a few universes together and then throw them like bombs at HAL, who has just arrived in reality."
He stated, "Due to the location of Batman Dragon and my deliberate manipulation of fate, Parallax Morhal's time-limited landing location is likely in the Dark Multiverse. Once he enters the Dark Multiverse, he will form an alliance with Batman Dragon."
"Then things are simple. I can command several Dark Multiverses to be thrown towards where he might appear and self-destruct. Batman Dragon will never allow such a thing to happen. He has also consumed a lot of power by dragging Hal downstream in the Hypertime Stream. If we throw several universes at him, he will definitely not have time to save him."
"If Hal also ignores those universes, then there will inevitably be a conflict between Batman Dragon and him. If Hal saves those universes, having just died and been resurrected, and travels through the timeline, he will also be at his peak power, which will take even longer to recover to his peak, giving us more opportunities and buying us some time."
These words are very well said, and the proposed plan is also very feasible.
Barbatos certainly knows Batman: Dragon and Parallax Malfurion. The plan itself isn't flawed; for Brainiac, the Black Death Emperor, and Barbatos, throwing out a few universes is simply a matter of course, but the benefits are beyond imagination. Moreover, Malfurion's weakened state is currently the only time they can effectively weaken their opponent by throwing out universes.
So everyone agreed—which gave Barbatos the perfect opportunity.
He gave Brainiac a task: "I'm in charge of dragging those universes along. I've also woven a dark fate of death for all life in that universe, with the Black Death Emperor guiding it through the power of death. And you're in charge of leading this universe onto the path of crashing down toward Batman's dragon."
This was another seemingly flawless arrangement, but Barbatos was already prepared. When Brainiac did so, he would secretly command the Anti-Monitor Dragon to pour its full energy into Brainiac, thereby completely controlling him.
Brainiac is the key to the multiverse fusion event. If Barbatos can control him, he will be able to learn how Brainiac extracts sixth-dimensional energy from those universes. Perhaps he can use this method to get rid of Brainiac and avoid the trouble of those universes fighting each other. He can find a way to extract his own sixth-dimensional energy instead of taking it entirely from the creator of his master world.
With that thought in mind, he began to implement his plan.
Neither Brainiac nor the Black Death Emperor had any objections, and the plan started smoothly. The universe quickly began to move—an ordinary dark multiverse, nothing to worry about.
As Brainiac led the way, the Anti-Monitor Dragon lunged at its opponent, just as Barbatos had predicted.
The dragon swam past him, heading straight for Brainiac. Everything was going according to Barbatos' plan. The Anti-Monitor dragon would tear Brainiac's body apart, and then Barbatos' prepared energy would surge into him, piercing his body like spider silk, gaining complete control.
Then in the next moment...
Barbatos suddenly looked down and saw the claws that were tearing his body apart. He turned his head in horror and saw the madness in the eyes of the Anti-Monitor Dragon.
"Oh dear, look who it is! Our Barbatos! He actually tried to attack his own comrade! I can't stand by and watch this despicable act!"
Then Barbatos heard the Emperor's Jester's voice, and he saw Brainiac turn his head and look at him with indifferent eyes.
That look made Barbatos realize that Brainiac had long been aware of his plan to make up for his losses by taking from his allies, but that didn't make sense.
"See, Brainiac? I told you long ago that your allies would turn against you."
Barbatos saw the figure of the Emperor Jester appear in the distance, but what he found most unbelievable was the betrayal of the Anti-Monitor Dragon.
How is that possible? The Anti-Monitor Dragon is completely under his control. He had no idea that the Anti-Monitor Dragon could break free from his power. Even now, with his body torn apart by those claws, Barbatos can still feel that the Anti-Monitor Dragon is under his control. That's the most absurd thing. Someone helped the Anti-Monitor Dragon deceive him... How did they do that?
Not far away, the figure of the first Lantern appeared, and the Black Death Emperor also turned around and stood next to the Emperor Joker.
"Oh dear, it seems like you're the one being besieged now."
"That's what the Emperor Clown said."
(End of this chapter)