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Chapter 386 Batman then laughed maniacally and went on a killing spree.

Chapter 386 Batman then laughed maniacally and went on a killing spree.

Mongo realized something, something very, very serious:

He will likely be forced to temporarily join forces with Seneca.

That was his original plan, you know...

The moment Sinestro received the green light from the central energy battery, he stabbed Sinestro in the heart from behind.

No one deserves the Parallax more than him, and no one deserves to lead the Yellow Lantern Legion more than him.

He spent his whole life pursuing strength, which was what his mother taught him: never be weak, never be cowardly.

You either become stronger or you die; there is no third option.

However, now...

"drink!!!"

Mongo pulled the chains made of yellow light energy in his hand, and Supergirl Kara let out a howl as she charged toward the nearest cosmic guardian.

Under the female Kryptonian's frenzied attacks, even the defensive formations forged by the guardians of the universe were breached.

Kara, like a comet, grabbed a guardian of the universe and carried him as they plummeted toward the planet Oa below.

However, the remaining guardians of the universe coldly abandoned their companion who had been taken away, and continued to maintain their formation, holding off the three members of Seneca's army.

"Achilo, you'd better give it your all and stop thinking about doing anything else. Our interests are aligned now. If the Green Light Central Energy Battery falls back into the hands of the Guardians of the Universe..."

When Mongo heard Seneca's voice, he knew that although the other man was speaking to Achille, he was actually speaking to him.

After all, Achille was at most a beast with brute strength, but Sinestro knew, and he knew, that he was the variable capable of changing the course of the battle.

But the problem is, even if the blue men take back the central power battery, so what? Everyone's back to square one. Mongo never even considered being Sinestro's loyalist…

"Listen, I know you're thinking that even if the Guardians of the Universe take back the Green Lantern's central energy cell, it's not a big deal. It just means everyone is back on the same starting line, and maybe you can even get the Parallax monster before me."

Despite having his back to Seneca, Mongo couldn't help but grin.

As expected of Seneca, you are truly remarkable.

It really is... they've figured out everything I'm thinking.

So Mongo waited.

My opponent... what words will you use to persuade me?

Mongo enjoyed the process of open and covert struggles. He loved all kinds of battles, whether they were direct physical confrontations or the checks and balances that resembled a race or a game of cards.

Many, many years ago, when Mongo's mother was weak, she had done something similar with Mongo. Only, back then, his mother was too weak, and he was too weak.

"Listen to me, we must not let the Guardians of the Universe get close to the Central Power Cell."

Sinestro said, "The Guardians of the Universe are a bunch of despicable bastards who excel at compromise and compromise. There's nothing that can get them all mobilized, unless..."

"Unless what?"

Sinestro's mind raced. Yes, he didn't really understand what the Guardians of the Universe were up to, but he still instinctively sensed that the Blue Men's actions this time were different from their usual behavior.

But more importantly, he had to convince Mongo to use his best skills to join forces with him against the enemy at this time, rather than causing internal strife.

So he made a guess about the worst-case scenario he could think of, and unfortunately, he guessed it completely right.

"Unless they are determined to completely cover something up."

Senesto said:

"The Green Light's central energy battery contains a vast amount of energy, enough to trap Parallax and Ion Shark, and also capable of being detonated!"

"The Guardians of the Universe want to detonate the Green Light Central Power Cell, burying everyone who knows what happened today, just as they erased the Sector 666 massacre!"

"By creating a massive explosion that wipes out all members of the Yellow Lantern Corps and the remaining Green Lantern Corps members, they can completely erase the negative effects of the Yellow Lantern Corps' invasion of Planet OA!"

As Seneca was speaking, he noticed the expressions on the faces of the group of little blue men.

In an instant, Seneca's heart sank.

Wait, what's with those expressions on your faces? I was just spouting nonsense, making up the worst-case scenario to fool Mongo, and it turns out you guys actually want to do it?

Rebut me now! Rebut me now!

Tell me, you guys didn't really intend to do that, you damn bastards...

That's your Green Lantern Corps! Abinsu's Green Lantern Corps, you actually want to...?

Sinestro, who had spent a long time with the Guardians of the Universe, stumbled upon the perfect clue and actually guessed what the Guardians of the Universe really wanted to do. However, for Mongo, who was not very familiar with what the Guardians of the Universe were all about, what Sinestro said was a bit too absurd.

The Guardians of the Universe think differently from creatures that think with emotions; normal people will never understand their thought processes. Even with all his personality issues, Mongo is, at his core, a creature with a normal mind.

Therefore, he could neither believe nor understand why the Guardians of the Universe would make the decision to kill all the Green Lanterns below and destroy the entire Green Lantern Corps just because they attacked Planet OA.

When normal people find that their things are broken, their first reaction is to fix them. But for the guardians of the universe, once they find that something they have created is damaged, their first reaction is "this thing is not perfect enough". Then they choose to give up and destroy it completely, and then continue to build a new one.

When they discovered that the Machine Hunters were emotionless and unable to protect the universe, they swiftly and decisively destroyed the Machine Hunter Legion without hesitation. Now, destroying the Green Lantern Legion is simply a repetition of their past actions in destroying the Machine Hunter Legion.

To them, the Green Lantern Corps, with its emotions, and the emotionless Machine Hunter Corps, are both tools, nothing more.

In short, Mongo scoffed inwardly, dismissing the ridiculousness of Senesto's words with disdain, as did Achillo, the third-ranking figure in the Yellow Lantern Legion.

So for a short period of time, the situation on the field has become "Seneto is carrying the central energy battery, while Mongo and Achilo are just coasting."

Even so, Seneca was not without a way to deal with Mongo and Achille.

"Once we return to Kovald, we can decide the Parallax's ownership through a fair fight." Sinestro laid his cards on the table, addressing the other two ambitious figures in the legion: "Mongo, you're a gladiator who runs a cosmic arena. For countless years, you've opened gladiatorial arenas in war-torn worlds, using gladiatorial combat to select the strongest, then having them challenge you, and finally crushing their skulls. You've never feared any challenge."

Sinestro said, "You're not afraid to come into the ring with me, are you? Haven't you thought about it? There's no more complicated scheming and backstabbing, just the simplest wins and loses!"

"If you ever dreamed of leading the entire Yellow Lantern Legion, you would never have let this opportunity to defeat me fair and square pass by..."

Then he turned to Achilo: "You are a beast, you believe in might makes right..."

In just a few words, Sinestro once again made the two ambitious men hesitate, unsure whether they should really let the Green Light Central Energy Battery in Sinestro's hands be taken away.

There was another important reason, though Sinestro didn't say it aloud, he had been subtly hinting at it to the two of them:

If the Green Light Central Power Battery is taken back by the Guardians of the Universe, even if the Guardians of the Universe do not detonate the power battery as absurdly as Sinestro claims, sending everyone to hell, would it be easier to take the Central Power Battery from the Guardians of the Universe than from Sinestro?

Especially Mongo.

He had made too many preparations to deal with Sinestro: the first Lantern, Carona, the Death Storm, and that cowardly person lurking beside Sinestro...

When facing Sinestro, Mongo was fully prepared and confident of defeating him completely, but what about the Guardian of the Universe?

Once he lost the help of Sinestro and Achilo, Mongo knew very well that it would be just as difficult for him to fight against so many Guardians of the Universe.

Thus, the battle reached a bizarre stalemate:

The Guardians of the Universe surrounded the three main figures of the Yellow Lantern Legion. The three were unable to break out of the Guardians' encirclement together, but they were able to work together to resist the Guardians' attempt to reclaim the Green Lantern's central energy battery.

Below them, on Oa, a large number of Yellow Lanterns similarly surrounded the few Green Lanterns and the Supreme Green Lantern. Without the help of the three main members of the Yellow Lantern Corps, even if the Yellow Lanterns surrounded the Green Lanterns, they were still like dogs trying to eat a hedgehog, unable to find a way to get a bite.

The two encirclements, one above and one below, both froze simultaneously.

At this point, the significant variable that could alter the balance of power arrived belatedly.

"Wait, why are both groups attacking me?"

Chen Tao rushed over, but aside from the first two Yellow Lanterns and Green Lanterns who let him go after seeing him switch between them so easily, his journey was anything but smooth afterward.

He either became a yellow-lighted hero and ran into a bunch of green lights, or he did the opposite, which is why it took him so long to catch up.

Then he saw the two sides facing off.

"Green Lantern, we need your help to break through the formation of these three Yellow Lantern legions."

Upon seeing Chen Tao flying over while maintaining a green light status, the guardians of the universe immediately and without hesitation issued the order.

Although they have planned to abandon the Green Lantern Corps and rebuild a new legion to maintain cosmic order, the members of the Green Lantern Corps are still available for use for now.

Although they didn't really know who Chen Tao was or what his past was, now...

Every extra piece of cannon fodder counts.

Seneca, standing nearby, immediately became anxious.

Having been to Earth before, he knew very well how dangerous Batman was.

The Guardians of the Universe were so isolated that after assigning Apokolips to Darkseid, they never paid any attention to news about it again. However, Senistor, a notorious troublemaker in the Green Lantern Corps, was never like that.

He immediately repeated to Chen Tao what he thought was the possibility of the Guardians of the Universe detonating the Green Light Central Power Battery, but Batman remained noncommittal.

"What are you waiting for, Green Lantern? Go do your job," Sinestro heard the little blue guys say.

Then he saw Batman raise the lamp ring.

"No rush, let me treat you first."

For billions of years, no Green Lantern has ever disobeyed the Guardians of the Universe. Ever since the Green Lanterns wore the Green Lantern rings, the rings have been programmed to prevent them from harming the Guardians of the Universe. As long as someone holds the Green Lantern ring of this universe, they cannot do anything detrimental to the Guardians of the Universe, whether directly or indirectly.

So the guardians of the universe didn't see anything wrong with it at all.

The green light ring of this universe.

But that might not be the case for parallel universes.

Then Sinestro saw Batman first spray some green mist at the Guardians of the Universe. This mist landed on several injured little blue men and quickly healed their injuries. Then, several other little blue men who had been somewhat exhausted in the previous battle also regained their strength.

Batman's healing eased the gloom on the faces of the Guardians of the Universe, who continued, "We don't need your healing anymore. Green Lantern is now cooperating with us to attack Sinestro. We must retrieve the Green Lantern Central Power Battery."

Sinestro's heart sank. Yes, it was true. Anyone would feel that way. They didn't understand the Guardians of the Universe, nor would they believe what they said.

However, instead of immediately obeying the Blue Man's orders as he expected, Batman said something completely unrelated.

Have you read the Bible?

"No." The little blue man frowned. "Then what is that?"

Sinestro intends to make a final stand.

Batman's joining the enemy seems inevitable, but he will not sit idly by and wait to be killed. He will use Mongo and Achilo as expendable supplies to cover their retreat...

"There's a scripture on our planet that many people have read. I remember a passage from it that would be quite appropriate to read now."

"What nonsense are you spouting? Carry out your orders," said one of the guardians of the universe.

The Green Lantern in front of me is talking too much nonsense. In the past, even if some Green Lanterns dared to refuse their orders, they would do so explicitly, and very few would say such incomprehensible things.

This left the Guardians of the Universe wondering what the other was thinking, and they hated it.

"Ezekiel chapter 25, verse 17."

Chen Tao said.

He turned to look at the boundless universe not far away, and felt sentimental like a poet.

"The path of justice is besieged by the bias of the selfish and the tyranny of the wicked."

He looked at the Guardians of the Universe, gazing intently at them.

Blessed are the shepherds who, in the name of mercy, love, and goodwill, guide the weak through the dark and deep paths.

He said, and then he looked down at the Green Lantern Corps members who were still fighting the Yellow Lantern Corps. His gaze lingered on the Supreme Green Lanterns who had completely lost themselves but were still fighting to protect the Green Lantern Corps.

"Because he takes care of and protects his companions—"

Then he turned his gaze to Sinestro:

"To find and save the lost lambs."

Then he turned his gaze back to the Guardians of the Universe, his voice rising higher with his gaze:

"And those who dare to harm and poison my companions..."

"I will exact my revenge on them!"

He slowly raised his hand, as if grasping a tiny particle that didn't exist in the air.

"Then in time, they will know that I am Jehovah—"

The next second, amidst Batman's maniacal laughter, branch after branch exploded violently on the unsuspecting little blue man!

"Hehehehehe—then they'll know that I am—Batman!!!"

(End of this chapter)