redvbooks Chapter 302 The Stream of Light That Pierced Through Supreme Superman
Chapter 302 The Stream of Light That Pierced Through Supreme Superman
Chapter 302 The Stream of Light That Pierced Through Supreme Superman
Death is uncontrollable, not even Darkseid.
However, an incarnation of death without substance needs a host to exert its power, and this host can be controlled.
All methods of controlling Black Runners are based on the principle of controlling the host.
For example, in the comic book history, the Anti-Monitor used the Anti-Life Equation to control Barry Allen, and then used the Anti-Life Equation to fight Darkseid for control of the Black Runner's original host. Finally, he replaced the Black Runner's original host with Barry Allen, directly turning the Flash into the God of Death. After further enhancing the Black Runner, he manipulated it to deliver a single blow that pierced Darkseid's body, thus killing the Lord of Apokolips...
Therefore, logically speaking, with Darkseid's active cooperation, plus Reverse-Flash being empowered by the lightning rod machine in Gorilla City, the Green Lantern ring, and his Batman running in sync with the Red Death, along with the Reverse Speed Force...
With so many factors combined, Reverse-Flash becoming a new host should have been foolproof!
However, all of this failed, and... something must have gone wrong.
Chen Tao frowned.
And the most likely one is—
"Darkseid!" Green light ignited on his hand, and through the neural connections created by his Green Lantern Ring, he roared at the Lord of Apokolips, who was thousands of kilometers away, still being tossed and turned at high speed by Superman Supreme:
"Foolish! You deliberately manipulated the Black Runner to refuse to merge with Reverse-Flash!"
He snapped, "What good do you think this will do you?"
"As you should have seen, Superman Supreme has almost destroyed Black Runner's previous host. Even if he repairs his body and goes back into battle, the result will be the same. Only by replacing that useless guy with Reverse-Flash will Death Walker have a chance to severely injure Superman Supreme!"
"You've successfully ruined my plans. The Black Runners haven't fallen into Reverse-Flash's or my control, haha, well done! But the plan has completely failed. Do you want to watch Apokolips be destroyed?"
"Nonsense! I didn't do anything wrong!"
Upon hearing such slander, Darkseid's eyes widened as he was being brutally beaten. This, in turn, provoked a counterattack from Superman Supreme, who was still beating him. Thinking that Darkseid was about to unleash the Omega Ray, he swung his fist and slammed it into Darkseid's eye socket.
"Let me go, you Kryptonian!"
Darkseid exchanged blows with Superman Supreme, then, by a twist of fate, unleashed a destructive red blast from his eyes, further confirming to Superman Supreme that his glare was a sign of a high-intensity omega-ray emission.
He forced himself to stay alert, continuing his cosmic-level brawl with Superman Supreme while simultaneously unleashing a torrent of abuse at Batman through the neural communication of his Green Lantern ring:
"Batman, you idiot. Your foolish, pathetic human brain has bound you, preventing you from thinking..."
Darkseid had only spoken halfway when, without paying attention, his eyes widened for a moment while he was cursing. This was immediately recognized by Superman Supreme as a sign of an Omega Ray emission, so he suddenly changed his move and delivered an elbow strike without warning, making Darkseid's head shake like a roly-poly toy.
boom!
The giant with rock-skinned body was instantly stunned, unable to speak. Although he also punched Superman Supreme in the chest, it was to no avail.
He was panting heavily when he managed to burn his opponent with Omega Rays, forcing Superman Supreme to retreat.
And at that very moment, Batman's voice rang in his ears:
"You're the idiot! You've been beaten up like this, and you're still trying to sabotage me!"
On the other side, Chen Tao was furious, standing in a safe place—well, perhaps temporarily safe.
Communication with Darkseid from here is intermittent, like trying to make the oldest rotary phone – you can never hear clearly.
Finally, after a while, the communication improved slightly. Chen Tao immediately launched into a tirade at Darkseid, who had been tirelessly dealing damage and acting as a tank: "What good does this do you? Huh? Isn't it just because you're afraid that if Reverse-Flash becomes the new host of the Black Runner, you'll lose control of it? You…"
Bang bang bang bang!
Darkseid was speechless.
Superman, on the other hand, got more and more into the fight. He jumped up and down, punching the giant human-shaped punching bag and kicking it repeatedly until it fell to the ground. It felt so good that Superman felt like he was getting addicted.
Darkseid raised his fists and kept blocking the opponent's attacks, Batman's curses still echoing in his mind, making him furious.
He once again shook off Superman Supreme's clutches, then spoke to Batman via neural communication:
"Enough, Batman, you..."
"I never imagined you could be so short-sighted, so narrow-minded and low-class like a pet. You'd better think this through. If you continue to let Superman the Supreme cause trouble on Apokolips, I've told you before, being a king without land..."
Before Darkseid could even say a word, Batman on the other end launched into a barrage of messages, concluding with:
"I'll tell him to try again. If it still doesn't work this time, I'll just pack up and run, and you'll have to clean up this mess yourself. I'm not playing along..."
"Damn it, acting like you're fighting for me. Did I force you? You're just an idiot..."
"Enough, shut up!!!!"
Darkseid, who had been silenced by Superman Supreme, roared in his mind, temporarily stopping Batman's incessant chatter. Then, through his neural connection, he said, "Idiot! Get your act together!"
Darkseid took another punch from Superman Supreme to the face. While concentrating on replying to Batman, he was also trying to prevent himself from being beaten to death by Superman Supreme.
He paused for two seconds before continuing, "There's another possibility that the host replacement failed. Haven't you ever considered that?"
"Albert Swann, the Reverse Lightning, inherently resists the parasitism of the Black Runners!"
Darkseid said, "He's the kind of guy who would never be a Black Runner, Batman. Your plan has failed. You must have a backup plan... Get it out here!"
I'll just pull out a William Hand and kill him right in front of you, then I'll ask the Black Death Emperor to come out and teach you a lesson, okay?
Chen Tao ignored the other party's response and instead asked seriously, "In other words, Reverse Flash still harbors a resistance to Black Walker. So when Black Walker attempted to parasitize him, he subconsciously or consciously resisted, ultimately leading to the failure of the parasitic fusion."
"Therefore, you must ensure that the host has no objection to becoming the new host of the Black Runner. Only then can the fusion be successful!"
Darkseid told Batman via communicator, "And then I'll come back again—"
"If I turn the other person's brain into an idiot, so that he can't even think of anything a normal person could think of, let alone have any unwilling thoughts, but the Speed Force and the Reverse Speed Force are still intact, they can still be applied to the Black Runner—"
"Will this allow the other party to successfully merge as well?"
Darkseid was stunned for a moment.
If he understood correctly, Batman meant that he could now burn Reverse-Flash's brain to mush at any time, and then control the other's body to merge with the Dark Runner, directly achieving his goal.
"Theoretically it is possible, but it is an inanimate object after all. Even if it is fused into a new host in this way, it is still not as accurate and fast as a living person."
Darkseid said.
The logic is simple: even if you completely destroy a person's brain, the resulting God of Death will still use the host's brain, leading to two possible scenarios:
The first type is a puppet that moves only when commanded by the god of death. If you tell it to run in a straight line, it will never turn on its own; it's just a large-scale marionette.
The second scenario involves the black runner's consciousness completely taking over the body, making it impossible for the host to influence him. The embodiment of death simply pats its behind and walks away, completely unconcerned about how things turn out afterward.
Chen Tao realized these two possibilities and suddenly everything went black.
He hung up the communication with Darkseid, his face somewhat gloomy.
The truth is now clear, and Darkseid has no reason to deceive himself. This is an unexpected situation; Reverse-Flash Albert Swann doesn't want to become the god of death?
"I...I..."
Reverse Flash walked over, somewhat dazed. He had just collided with the Black Walker, who was now only half-dead, but the collision had resulted in no damage; instead, it had caused a huge explosion, sending him flying. His head was still buzzing.
"Useless! I told you you're completely useless; we have to rely on The Flash!"
He had just walked up to Batman when he heard Batman yell at him, "Get out of here!"
Immediately afterward, Reverse-Flash felt the Green Lantern ring on his hand loosen, then fly away from his finger and land in Batman's palm.
The Speed Force that had been injected into his body receded like a tide and was stored again in a lightning rod machine placed in another corner of Apokolips. Chen Tao had also stopped injecting the Reverse Speed Force into him long ago. Reverse Flash felt that in an instant, his almost omnipotent power was swept away, leaving only his original super speed.
He saw Batman cursing and opening the blast tunnel. On the other side of the tunnel was the Flash, who was still cleaning up the mess in Metropolis.
"Useless, useless! I told you you're not a superhero at all. You're just a monkey in a crown, you'll never be the Flash. You're only fit to wear a yellow suit and act as the Flash's so-called biggest adversary, but do you know that?"
Reverse-Flash looked up and heard Batman's merciless rebuke: "If the Flash even glanced at you, he'd have lost!"
"You'll never be the Flash!"
The sonic boom had already opened. Reverse-Flash Albert Swann remained silent as he watched the Flash on the other side raise his head and look in their direction, a bewildered expression on his face.
"Barry, I have something for you to do—"
Chen Tao had only spoken halfway when he felt Reverse Lightning grab his outstretched hand:
"etc."
A smile appeared on his face.
Then he heard Reverse-Flash say:
"I'll try again."
Albert Swann started running. He was always running. He didn't know why he suddenly had this inexplicable urge to do it, but he eventually let go of his inhibitions and allowed his body's instincts to drive him.
"Run, Swann, run..."
He heard Batman's voice, felt the lightning rod activate again, and felt a surge of Speed Force begin to flow into him.
He saw Batman running alongside him, and countless units of the Speed Force were also being channeled into his body.
The world seemed to be singing along, as Reverse Lightning strode forward, streaks of lightning surrendering to him and leaping between his feet.
"If I am seriously injured in the battle against Superman Supreme, then when we fight Darkseid, the Flash will sacrifice himself, and I will become the new Flash..."
Reverse Flash whispered this to himself.
The leaping lightning swirled around him, carrying him soaring and hurtling forward.
The Flash suit that Batman had given him earlier seemed to come alive at this moment, crawling out of the Reverse-Flash bag and climbing onto his body, covering the yellow Reverse-Flash suit. Then, with Batman's roar of "Shazam!", the fire and lightning power from Thunder Shazam was also rushed into his body through the Flash suit.
Reverse Lightning flew up.
He then collided heavily with the black runner.
boom!
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Darkseid felt his vision blur, and Superman the Supreme's heavy punch made him stagger and fall to the ground.
He could barely hold on any longer.
"Damn Batman, damn plan, stupid, stupid..."
He barely managed to lift his eyes and saw Superman the Younger, his eyes burning red, flying towards him from the sky.
"Batman..."
He cried out in despair to his allies in his mind.
But no one responded.
Only Superman stood in front of him.
"How can there be such a powerful monster as you in this world...?"
Darkseid murmured to himself as Superman the Supreme lifted him up and punched him to the ground.
"Get ready to die."
He heard that indifferent voice, so low it didn't sound human, icy, lonely, and filled with the will to die.
However... the next second.
A beam of light pierced through the chest of the Supreme Little Superman, and countless drops of blood erupted from the body of the monster who seemed like an invincible supreme demon god in front of him, scattering across the sky.
(End of this chapter)