redvbooks Chapter 597 The Emperor Clown Beats Up the Laughing Maniac, I Hand Him the Stick, Hee Hee
Chapter 597 The Emperor Clown Beats Up the Laughing Maniac, I Hand Him the Stick, Hee Hee
Chapter 597 The Emperor Clown Beats Up the Laughing Maniac, I Hand Him the Stick, Hehe
"Huffing and puffing..."
Total darkness.
This happens frequently.
Alone in the dark, empty house. I still remember the smell of the mowed lawn, and the bright red sun, like bloodshot eyes, peeking through the bushes.
What I remember most clearly is the force with which their arms tried to pull me back... Clark, Alfred...
But I really like it here. It's much better than where I was before. I pierced their hands and killed them. It was so much fun, it makes me want to laugh.
I am the Bat of Laughter. What I remember most vividly now is that laughter; I laughed like a madman, while the sky behind the house grew darker and darker.
At this moment, right now.
The coffin, made of dark metal, n-metal, and amber gold, can protect me from the Emperor Joker's attacks. He's quiet now, but I know it's just a prelude to the next wave of attacks.
He was gathering his strength, like struggling to reach his hand through a tiny hole but failing to pull the heavy water jug.
So he loosened his grip, simply hooking his fingers around the ring, and then slowly...
Take a deep breath.
call!
"Hoo—Ugh!"
"Don't do it, don't do it, Surtur, right? We can have both—"
"what!"
The world of Queen Tekat, on the moon.
The Horrifying Lantern, who possesses both Hecate and Surtur, is flying wildly out of control, gradually approaching the moon under Chen Tao's guidance.
Chen Tao was forced to fight two opponents simultaneously, the Ommac Blue Beetle and the Earth Gaia Terra, while also using the Green Lantern Batman's powers to create a protective shield for the moon to prevent the Screaming Trio from tearing it apart.
This would cause tidal phenomena on Earth, leading to mass extinctions.
Omac Blue Beetle and Earth Gaia Terra are by no means easy opponents... especially when they team up.
However, Chen Tao could use the Dark Father's Omega Judgment to temporarily banish them from this dark multiverse. If this were Darkseid's Omega Judgment, the two would be banished to an infinite parallel universe in the past. But this was just a weakened and incomplete version of the Dark Father's Judgment, which simply threw them into some corner of the dark multiverse.
Like the previous Superman, although Omega Blue Beetle and Gaia Terra don't have the Purple Lamp of Love to guide them like Superman, they each have their own ways of returning, and they are returning faster and faster.
Chen Tao is merely stalling for time to avoid a full-scale confrontation with them—once a head-on battle breaks out, he might not be able to focus on controlling the Lanternman.
Hecate's distorted face occasionally flashed across the face of the Lantern of Horror; she was at a disadvantage and therefore tried to cooperate with the fire giant Surtur: "Wait, wait!"
"You're also trying to control this body, right? We can cooperate. Batman Dragon is our common enemy, as long as we work together..."
It may sound ridiculous for the cruel and tyrannical Hecate to talk about working together, but in fact...
Empress Hecate knew this was the only way to break through...
Then she was attacked again by the fire giant Surtur.
"Why?" she yelled angrily, "Why are you so stupid?"
"Because that is Surtur's very nature. He is the god of destruction, and he draws his power from destruction. In his world, there are only targets that can be destroyed, or slaves who can help him destroy even more targets." Then Queen Hecate heard the voice of Batman Dragon:
"Just as a scorpion's nature is to sting other creatures—you know the story of the frog carrying the scorpion across the river, right? Even if the scorpion promises not to sting the frog, it ultimately cannot go against its nature, even if such an action will cause the scorpion to sink to the bottom of the river along with the frog."
Then he heard Batman say, "So tell me, can you promise Surtur that you'll help him destroy more universes and their inhabitants?"
Empress Hecate was speechless.
She can't.
Just as Surtur's nature is to destroy other universes, so too does Empress Hecate's nature is to kill other beings to absorb their power. Clearly, a living being cannot be killed and drained of power by Empress Hecate only to be destroyed by Surtur again.
A living being cannot be split in two. These two are inherently opposed. They can cooperate as two individuals, but they cannot coexist alone in one body!
Queen Hecate then realized that Batman Dragon had planned all of this all along, which meant that what he was about to do next...
"Help me take Surtur to the center of the moon, Hecate, my good teammate, I need your help." Queen Hecate heard Chen Tao say, "You know you absolutely cannot let Surtur leave your body, because I'm watching you like a hawk."
As soon as space was torn open, the furious Gaia Terra returned, along with countless asteroids she had pulled with her, raining down on Chen Tao.
Chen Tao was forced to use another ray to send her directly out of the current dark multiverse.
Ignoring the other party's roar of "How annoying! I'll be right back!!!", Chen Tao erected the Green Light Shield, blocking the asteroids that were shooting towards Earth like shotguns. These asteroids were so massive that the Green Light Shield dented like a balloon being rubbed between fingers.
Meanwhile, Chen Tao was still distracted, talking to Hecate: "Once you are expelled from your body by Surtur, I will destroy you. You will have no chance to return to poor Diana."
In this universe, Wonder Woman Diana floats silently in space. She remains in a coma now that Queen Hecate has left her body.
Chen Tao used the energy of the green light to construct a coffin to protect her.
Uh, that seems a bit unlucky, but Chen Tao is used to coffins, so let's just leave it at that.
"What will happen after I take Surtur to the center of the moon?" Queen Hecate wasn't stupid, but she needed to know what Batman was up to... even if she knew Batman might not tell her the truth.
However, Chen Tao was exceptionally honest.
"My good teammate," she heard Chen Tao say, "As long as you take the Horrible Lantern to the center of the moon, the mages who have already prepared the magic circle will appear from the Metal Spirit's space and join forces to help you and Surtur achieve a new balance within the Horrible Lantern's body. Neither of you can do anything to the other, are you happy?"
Happy mom.
But Queen Hecate knew she had no choice, because—
"If you don't attack him, I'll attack you," said Batman Dragon.
Surtur, inside the Lantern, wasn't deaf. He heard the conversation, then controlled the old Lantern to exhale a mouthful of flame, attempting to fly away.
Queen Hecate did not stop her, but the next second she felt a sharp pain.
"Don't do that, Hecate. I know you're strong, and if you fight hard, you can still contend with Surtur for control. I want both of you to expend a lot of energy, don't you understand? Don't try to find loopholes, and don't try to play the victim. What did I say before?"
Hecate was initially too angry to speak, but the pain of being manipulated forced him to lower his head and become submissive.
"If I don't attack Surtur, you'll attack me," said Queen Hecate.
"You're really smart, you remembered all of that." Chen Tao offered emotional support at the right time.
Queen Hecate's biggest regret is that she absorbed Batman's power.
Chen Tao wiped the sweat from his brow.
Omac Blue Beetle broke through space again and returned, this time followed by countless robots, all controlled by him.
Any one of these robots could easily defeat the latest Amozzo created by Dr. Ivo in Chen Tao's universe.
"Damn it."
After sending Omac Blue Beetle and his army away once again, Chen Tao took a deep breath.
Although they would be back soon, and faster each time, he finally had a chance to catch his breath, and he needed to use that time to do something…
In the vast and boundless universe, Chen Tao suddenly transformed into the appearance of a dinosaur, with a pair of huge bat wings extending from his back, enveloping him in his complete dragon form.
He absolutely could not allow the Batman Who Laughs and the Emperor Joker to spend too much time alone together. This was not some kind of twisted love triangle, but because Chen Tao had a deep understanding of Batman and the Joker, and was even more aware that their thinking could not be deduced by common sense.
The Batman Who Laughs surrendering to the Emperor Joker might sound ridiculous, but in fact...
If that kind of thing is going to happen, it's better to let Chen Tao go first...
To get ahead of the curve.
……
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The Bat Who Laughs never considered asking Barbatos for help, as that would only make Barbatos's death look terrible.
While helping Barbatos obtain the Antimonitor's astral brain, the Batman Who Laughs secretly stole a portion of the Antimonitor's antimatter energy from the astral brain.
He had originally intended to use this antimatter energy for his plan to capture an ultimate Bruce, but now that the plan had changed, he had to use these stockpiles to save his own life first.
He knew very well that the Emperor Joker possessed the reality-altering power of the fifth-dimensional beings, the Mischievous Ones, although this power, after passing through the long river of time, manifested as only temporarily distorting reality.
However, to contend with such a level of power, the Batman Who Laughs would need to use the power of a six-dimensional deity, such as the antimatter energy of the Antimonitor, to deliver the decisive blow.
Along with antimatter energy, Barbatos also possessed dark matter energy bestowed upon him. Having acquired the status of his master, the World Forger, after killing him, Barbatos now also possesses the power of a six-dimensional god.
However, the Laughing One cannot directly use dark matter energy, because although Barbatos granted him this power, it still belongs to Barbatos.
If he were to use these powers to fight against five-dimensional beings, Barbatos would inevitably discover it. Therefore, he would need to coat Barbatos's dark matter energy with the Anti-Monitor's antimatter energy, and then...
呲!
A soft sound was heard, followed by complete silence outside.
The Laughing Bat held a large blob of slime-like jelly in its palm; this was cerebrospinal fluid from the Antimonitor planet's brain.
His other hand held a batarang, which is just one physical manifestation of dark matter energy.
Using two energies simultaneously, he had temporarily repelled the Emperor Joker, who was eyeing him covetously from the outside world. However, at this moment, the Batman Who Laughs was already considering making peace.
Although he knew that the Emperor Joker could not unleash his power in reality indefinitely, he could not compete with him to see who could last longer.
If the Emperor Joker can't break through his shell, he can simply roll back upstream in the timeline and try again later. But if Barbatos discovers the Batman Who Laughs's treacherous behavior, then his situation is clearly more dangerous.
For the Emperor Joker... coming down from the upstream of the timeline is more important. The Batman Who Laughs is also partly a Joker, and he understands the Joker's mind very well. He is like standing at the entrance of an amusement park, but he doesn't have a ticket to enter. How could this not make him scratch his head in frustration?
If at this moment there were a disgusting humanoid cockroach with a huge pile of smelly poop on its head—
The Batman Who Laughs has a clear self-awareness. In the eyes of the Emperor Joker, he is at most a disgusting cockroach, not a mortal enemy. This is the basis for their negotiation.
If this humanoid cockroach can help the Emperor Joker get into the amusement park and also get VIP tickets, then the Emperor Joker will not hesitate to make a deal with the cockroach.
Playing games is the most important thing, isn't it?
Another attack came, but the Laughing Bat once again used his energy to withstand it, which solidified his resolve.
He had to surrender to the Emperor Clown first, and then...
The thought had barely crossed his mind when he felt someone outside using immense force to forcibly open his metal coffin.
It has no real strength, just pure brute force.
Damn it, what's going on?
This is his cave, who else would come here?
Has the Emperor Joker truly descended upon us?
This can't be, he...
Then he heard Batman Dragon's voice outside the coffin: "Hey hey hey, Emperor Joker, I'll pry this coffin open in no time, and then we'll split the Batman Who Laughs into eight pieces..."
Wait, what did I just hear?
When did Batman Dragon arrive?
The Bat of Laughter could hardly believe his ears.
How did Emperor, Joker, Batman, and Dragon come together?
You hate me, but don't you hate Batman Dragon too? Is that fair?
In the shadows, the members of the Third Legion were in complete chaos.
"This is terrible! Batman Dragon and the Emperor Joker have teamed up! The Batman Who Laughs is going to die! What do we do? What do we do? We have to stop this!"
(End of this chapter)