redvbooks Chapter 461 One Claw Scrapes Out the Heart of the Anti-Monitor! Anti-Monitor
Chapter 461 One Claw Scrapes Out the Heart of the Anti-Monitor! Anti-Monitor
Chapter 461 A single claw rips out the heart of the anti-surveillance agent! Will an anti-surveillance agent Batman be born?
Deep within the dark multiverse.
"Killing Machine, isn't the surveillance system set up yet? You'd better not wait until everything is over to give us a rundown."
In the city, a city of ruins and rubble, the Devastationer's beast-like voice, corrupted by the Doomsday virus, echoed through the air.
At this moment, a large area of ground was cleared from the surrounding ruins, and in front of the four members of the Dark Knights, a large amount of steel and electronic components were piled together, barely forming the shape of a huge screen.
The killing machine stood in front of the giant screen, its five fingers extending and transforming into countless sharp mechanical tentacles with barbs, connecting to the giant screen in front of it, causing the screen to flash with various colors of light.
"This screen made of garbage is nothing but a useless vessel, Destroyer," the Killing Machine said. "If we want to traverse the infinite distance of the Dark Multiverse to observe the scene of another Dark Multiverse, we need Lord Barbatos's help, or at least borrow a portion of his power."
In the distance, a human—whose clothes were completely torn apart by the mutated Doomsday body, except for some long female hair still clinging to her head—at least once being human, discovered the four Knights members in the clearing. Beside her was a completely Doomsday-transformed infant.
This is the result of the Devastation spreading the Doomsday Virus on this planet. However, none of the four Batmen present paid any attention to this.
"So how long will it take to get better?" the ravager asked.
"Immediately," the killing machine said.
Then he turned his head and said to the air beside him, "It's alright, Father, he won't affect my safety."
The other Batmen of the Dark Multiverse are oblivious to his madness; each of them was born in the most twisted, dark, and evil worlds, which is one of the reasons why the Batman Who Laughs and Barbatos chose them:
Because they were born in the darkest soil, they are among the strongest even in the endless dark multiverse.
"Roar!" The Doomsday Virus infected person, who was once a mother with an infant, launched an attack on the members of the Dark Knights.
The drowned vengeful spirit turned its head toward her, then opened its mouth. The next second, an endless stream of red liquid creatures called "Dead Water" gushed out of her mouth, instantly dissolving the two Doomsdays, one large and one small, that were rushing toward the Knights.
The stagnant water corroded their bodies amidst the wails of the two doomsdays, and then two stagnant water monsters appeared on the spot.
The drowned spirits simply waved to them, and the two newly appeared monsters, one large and one small, opened their mouths again and rushed into the depths of the ruined city, continuing to indiscriminately attack everything they saw.
"I'm sorry," the drowned spirit whispered, "but this isn't your fault, you know? It's the world's fault. Our world was born incomplete; we were born a mistake. Perhaps... this is a relief for you."
"But for us... death is never a release until we take revenge on the beings of the bright multiverse."
The other members of the Dark Knights didn't care what the drowned spirit was saying. They just sat there blankly, like empty shells devoid of Bruce Wayne's soul.
This description isn't wrong for them either; they are no longer Bruce Wayne.
The screen lit up.
The situation shown above is exactly the exact second that the anti-surveillance agent was pierced through the chest.
"Wait... are the anti-surveillance agents about to lose?"
The Red Death said, "Does this mean that Batman in that universe has won completely, without paying any price? His world is intact?"
He uttered three rhetorical questions in succession, his malicious jealousy almost dripping with malice.
"No, of course not," the killing machine said. "He will eventually realize, because of something, that his world is beyond saving. It's a problem inherent in the universe since its birth, and it's not something that can be changed by effort."
"He seems to have done a good job..." said the drowned spirit.
She stared blankly at the screen, somewhat dazed.
In his world, she once used Aquaman's trident to pierce the abdomen of Aquaman (a gender-swapped version of Aquaman), and then killed him completely.
She once thought that doing so would save her universe, and she really tried, just like the Batman on the screen in front of her.
But it was no use. The Dark Multiverse always fed her the worst possible feedback. Even if she killed the Sea Queen Atlantis, she would still destroy humanity. Even if she pierced the chest of the Anti-Monitor, she might not be able to save her own world.
No matter how much you struggle and fight, in the end you'll have nothing. Seeing the exact same thing he'd experienced again through the screen is so heartbreaking for Bruce...
Mixed feelings.
"Soon..." she said softly.
"Soon, she'll think she's defeated the anti-surveillance agents, but she hasn't."
The drowned ghost uttered "she," making it difficult to discern whether she was referring to the Batman on screen or herself, but she continued speaking:
"So she would immerse herself in research, devise methods, and finally deliver a fatal blow to the anti-surveillance agents."
Just as the drowned souls once found an opportunity to pierce the sea queen with Neptune's trident.
"But she will soon find that her victories are meaningless; he still hasn't won the war."
The drowned souls of the past... She stared blankly as the Atlanteans chanted slogans of revenge for the Sea Queen... A massive tsunami engulfed Gotham, and all she could see on the monitor screen in the Batcave were countless Gotham citizens, like ants struggling in the water, being slaughtered by the Atlantean army before turning into corpses.
And there was nothing she could do.
"Therefore, he could only modify himself using what he obtained from the anti-monitors..."
The drowned spirit raised her hands, looking at them with disgust—hands no different from those of the Atlanteans: "And then they become the very thing they hate most."
"She will win that war... at the cost of her world being completely empty."
The drowned spirit said, "Come on, I know this story well."
She said, "I know it all too well."
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In an instant...
The anti-surveillance man looked down at the large hole in his chest.
This was an unexpected situation. The Omega Trial that struck him was different from the Omega Ray that Darkseid usually used. This kind of trial should have sent him into an infinite parallel universe to reincarnate, rather than simply causing physical damage.
The anti-monitor looked up, and a white light shone from his palm, instantly extinguishing the two small blue shuriken thrown at him.
The biggest weakness of the cosmic guardians, who have lost their minds, is that they cannot locate and detonate on their own, which is equivalent to turning a tracking self-destructing missile into a timed explosive.
However, given that the Omega Trial was completely ineffective against the anti-monitors, Chen Tao knew very well that even if it hit, it would probably be difficult to achieve significant results.
"To banish me, rather than kill me, was a wise decision," the anti-surveillance agent said. "But for me, the pressure of that decision didn't even make me move my ankle."
He said, "No one can exile me without my consent."
Unless I have a plan. Chen Tao thought.
But his priority now is to contact Darkseid.
"Darkseid, I know what you're thinking. Although I've already told you this beforehand, I want to remind you again: do not summon the Black Runner," Chen Tao said to Darkseid in the communication.
"The Anti-Monitor's Anti-Life Equation could very well manipulate the Black Runners you summon. Once the Anti-Monitor can control a part of the incarnation of death, that could very well be our end."
Chen Tao's words were not unfounded. In the comic book "Darkseid Wars" that he had read in his previous life, Darkseid summoned the Black Runner but was controlled by it. The Anti-Monitor killed Darkseid in this way.
Chen Tao had to repeatedly emphasize this matter to Darkseid, and further explain the implications and the Dark Lord's role in it.
Darkseid has its own ideas, and Chen Tao can't tamper with Darkseid's brain like he did to prevent Hal from causing trouble before. Therefore, he can only prevent the uncontrollable Darkseid from affecting the plan in this way.
"If you don't have any other options, I'm afraid I'll have to take the risk and try it, Batman."
The voice of the Apocalypse Monarch rang in Chen Tao's ears: "Our agreement does not include the provision that I will not use my own methods even after you have exhausted all your tricks."
"Of course not. Darkseid, my ally, I hope you have a little more confidence in my plans."
Chen Tao said, "Bane."
The Corruption Black passage opened beside Chen Tao in an instant. Just as Killer Croc could manipulate the opening of the Crimson Passage of All Beings, Bane, with his control over the Corruption Black, could do the same thing as Killer Croc.
He couldn't do these things before because the Black Decay was entirely Anton Arkansas's domain, and Bain would never be foolish enough to walk into the Black Decay and walk into a trap.
But the situation is very different now, with Anton Arkansas, this ambitious schemer, now their ally—albeit temporarily.
Counter-surveillance agents are waiting.
He was waiting for Batman's next move, and also giving the dragon hidden behind Batman a chance to strike.
The dragon had been hunting him for far too long, always hiding behind the shadowy veil of the dark multiverse, refusing to come out and confront him.
He placed layer upon layer of shackles on himself, but both the dragon and he himself knew very well that these shackles could not determine whether he would move toward the path that the dark multiverse dragon wanted him to take.
Therefore, the dragon will surely strike at some point, at a moment it deems safe and appropriate, and give it a push.
He had wanted to do that for a long time, to use the power of the Dark Multiverse to infect himself...
But the dragon didn't know, and Barbatos didn't know, that he was hiding too much.
This would definitely surprise the dragon, but now, all he had to do was completely deceive it and make it waste an opportunity to attack him.
Turning against one's own master? It's not that easy to turn against someone like that, is it?
The corpse of the World Forger isn't so easy to chew up and swallow, is it?
If you want to create a massive wave in the multiverse, how can you do it without accumulating power?
You need to guide the main universe's Batman's body to become your portal. You've already been able to connect to the Light Multiverse, but those portals are too small. You need to create one large enough to allow you to enter the Light Multiverse.
You're such a coward, you wouldn't even dare send one of the Dark Knights there. You only dare to manipulate Batman in the main universe through abstract influence. I saw right through you; you're nothing but a coward.
Coward like you, dragon of the dark multiverse—how much power do you have to squander and waste on me repeatedly?
Rumble!!!
The anti-surveillance agent looked up, and the mortal Möbius looked up. He saw the distant horizon, and a deafening roar exploded in everyone's heart.
"William—"
He heard Batman shout at the boy beside him, whose face was half-dead:
"Focus! Don't let death control you, you are the master of death! Guide the power of the Black Death Emperor—you were born to be his chosen one."
"Infuse that power into Anton Akane's body—yes, that's right, well done! Akane will become the vessel for the Black Death Emperor's power, allowing it to reach its full potential..."
Yes, that was indeed the power of the Black Death Emperor. The Black Death Emperor in this dark multiverse answered the call of his chosen ones.
The counter-surveillance agent stares at the enemy before him.
But that's not right.
This is not the power that his anti-surveillance agents were waiting for.
He is still waiting.
"I know, Batman, I am a hero, I am a hero of justice..."
Batman placed one hand on William Hand's shoulder. Although Chen Tao didn't have much control over the Decaying Black, he could still monitor William's physical condition by manipulating the Metal Spirit and the Speed Force to ensure William Hand's safety.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh..."
William Hand began to scream in agony, and in mid-air, as the decaying black portal opened, Anton Akane, like a skinned frog, revealed his true form before the Anti-Monitor.
Perhaps even Anton Arkansas never imagined that he, who had always been the one to erode and destroy the balance of the three natural energies, and who had been regarded as a demon king for thousands of years, would one day fight for the survival of the entire world. This was simply the most magical reality he had ever seen in his life.
But as Batman told him, and as he himself saw, if the Anti-Monitor wins, he will devour the entire universe like a delicious cake.
Under such circumstances, Anton Akane had no choice but to be eaten if he didn't want to be eaten, and not only that...
"This power..." Anton Akaine looked at his hands, where sharp scales began to grow, mixed with the decaying aura of death.
Wait, scales? Scales like a dragon? Does the Black Death Emperor's power really have such an effect? Wait a minute, this power doesn't seem to have been transferred along with the Black Death Emperor…
But that didn't matter. The scales vanished the next second, and Anton Akainu felt an immense power surge within him! A sudden, inexplicable joy welled up inside him, and he burst into loud, unrestrained laughter:
"Hahaha……"
He has already analyzed a large amount of the Black Death Emperor's power, which was transmitted to him by the Black Death Emperor through William Hand. He can never take it back!
He felt full of energy, and without a second thought, he lashed out at the Anti-Monitor with a claw.
His massive body emerged from the portal of the decaying black realm, and with a forceful grab like the claws of a skinned frog, he slammed the anti-monitor to the ground.
The Anti-Monitor raised his hand, and a beam of white light, representing the anti-life equation, nearly disintegrated half of his body.
"That's all?"
But the next second, the body reformed and reassembled, and then lashed out at the anti-monitor with another claw.
"Hahaha, power, so much power! It's all power!"
This time... the counter-surveillance agents stared wide-eyed.
The speed and power of this claw strike were completely incomparable to the attack that had just knocked the anti-monitor to the ground.
The anti-monitor saw a phantom of a giant dragon, seemingly roaring and howling behind Anton A. Cain, unleashing the power of the Lord of the Dark Multiverse upon him!
And this is precisely the opportunity that the anti-surveillance agents have been waiting for!
"It's you..."
The voice was filled with fear, but also with joy and trembling.
The next second, Anton A. Kane actually ripped out the heart of the anti-surveillance agent!
(End of this chapter)