dhibooks Chapter 317 The Spear That Once Killed the New God
Chapter 317 The Spear That Once Killed the New God
Chapter 317 The Spear That Once Killed the New God
Darkseid was smarter this time. Despite the danger of the entire planet being destroyed, he never even considered using the power of the Blood Bull.
This rendered Chen Tao's entire set of bat-themed combos, which he had prepared, useless.
Undeterred, Chen Tao fired several more Omega rays at Apokolips—or rather, Alfred rays—but Darkseid remained unmoved. He continued to lunge at Darkseid, attempting to beat him up, but stubbornly refused to accept Blood Slaughter Bull's offer.
In the end, Chen Tao reluctantly gave up.
He felt like Zhuge Liang facing Sima Yi. No matter how he tried to seduce him, Darkseid always used a turtle-shell tactic: "As long as I don't touch anything related to Batman, I will never fall for it." This tactical thinking, although it seemed incredibly stupid, actually countered all of Chen Tao's plans to some extent.
After all, no matter how well he planned, he couldn't possibly control Darkseid's brain and make him act according to his own ideas. Not to mention him, even Brainiac and Starro the Conqueror of the Universe couldn't interfere with the Dark Lord's brain out of thin air.
(Note: Starro the Conqueror of the Universe is a super-sized starfish with one eye. Like Brainiac, it is one of the strongest mind controllers in the DC universe. However, unlike Brainiac, it is skilled in crowd control.)
"whispering sound……"
Seeing Batman stop in disappointment and glare at him, Darkseid felt a little shaken and afraid of the other man—but Darkseid wasn't shaken at all! He was simply thinking about what tricks Batman had up his sleeve this time.
Darkseid was already considering retreating because Batman always seemed to pull out things that the Dark Lord could never have imagined.
He could not possibly let Earth go—yes, that's right. Whether it was the kind grandmother, Steppenwolf, or Dessad, all his Apokolips followers believed that Darkseid conquered Earth simply because he wanted to conquer a brand new planet again, to turn Earth into one of the countless planets that submitted to him.
But that's not the case, is it?
I am Darkseid, and I once received a prophecy.
A prophecy about the complete anti-life equation.
The prophecy revealed to Darkseid, who had been searching for the true and complete anti-life equation, where he could find the powerful force that would enable him to rule over all living beings.
Earth.
Yes, that's the place. Although the prophecy didn't tell Darkseid anything, it clearly told him the location, which was enough for the Dark Lord to take action.
This is the reason Darkseid never revealed to anyone, and it is also the ultimate reason why Darkseid could not abandon Earth.
The prophecy is never wrong. The method to obtain the anti-life equation must be related to Earth. Therefore, Darkseid once thought of making a vow to Batman that he would "never set foot on Earth again", and then directly pulling a star to destroy Earth, or simply using Apokolips to directly transform and devour Earth, and then slowly searching for the anti-life equation in the devoured Earth or a piece of cosmic dust.
No matter what, the Anti-Life Equation cannot be destroyed by the two mere methods mentioned above. If, as prophesied, the Anti-Life Equation is indeed related to Earth, then it will surely be able to find the equation in the ruins.
In this way, one can achieve one's goal without violating one's vow to "walk on Earth".
But it's clear now that Darkseid knows without asking that Batman would never allow him to make such a flawed oath. He could previously swear to Batman, "As long as you live, I won't invade Earth," because he never intended for Batman to return alive. And now…
This option remains tempting enough.
As long as he stalls for enough time...
Darkseid was straddled by Chen Tao, who was thrusting into him from both sides.
The grotesque bone spikes from the Destroyer were once again covered by silver-white particles on his body, but the Robinoids beside him still did not turn into silver-white particles and disappear.
This means that while Chen Tao synchronized with the Destroyer, he also kept a small portion of the Dark Father on his body, which undoubtedly placed a greater burden on the Mite, Gorilla Grod, Turtle Man, and the entire Justice League.
On Earth, the hissing of the meditation mite grew even louder.
Even without the magic microphone as its vocal organ, the Meditation Mite's hissing alone is as noisy as dozens of geese.
It lay paralyzed in its cell like a dead dog, with boundless, immense magical power continuously flowing into reality from itself as the hub.
The body of the Mite was growing larger and larger. After being captured by Batman, it gradually shrank to the size of a small dog, but in just a few tens of minutes, it grew to the size of a mammoth. Its body was crystal clear, like a semi-transparent balloon that had been blown up.
What prevented his body from continuing to expand was a metal absorber extending from the cell.
The receiving mouth, imbued with the magical power of the Metal Spirit, was engraved with countless magical patterns drawn by the Bat Mage. It continuously drew this magic from the Mite of Meditation and then poured it into the bodies of the howling Justice League members lying in the crystal coffin beside it.
As soon as the magic tainted with the aura of the Meditation Mite entered the bodies of the Justice League members, it immediately transformed them into miniature Meditation Mites. This meant that the magic from the seven magical continents had a new channel to flow into reality. By the time the magic had circulated through the Justice League members, it had already grown several times larger.
Then, after this magic returned to the Meditation Mite, it matured like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.
Chen Tao then used the patterns the Bat Mage had inscribed on the opponent's stomach and the connection with Shazam the Thunder to distribute his power to the Mist Mite, allowing the enhanced Mist Mite to sustain all his energy expenditure.
However, this state could not be maintained indefinitely. Despite being thousands of miles apart, Chen Tao already felt that the meditation mite was becoming somewhat powerless.
This is because Chen Tao not only didn't help him improve his stamina, but instead used the members of the Justice League to increase the burden on the Mite of Meditation:
Without members of the Justice League, there's not much to say about how much magic the Mite could attract on its own, and how much it would use to alleviate Chen Tao's pressure.
He's like a hole in the bottom of a bowl, through which magical energy leaks into reality. The energy is then swallowed by the Meditation Mite, which distributes the energy as much as it leaks out, emphasizing that one should only do as much work as their abilities allow.
But now Chen Tao has connected the Justice League's many little batteries with the Meditation Mite, causing the Justice League members to absorb magical power together with the Meditation Mite. The amount of power absorbed per second has increased, the Meditation Mite is being strengthened faster, and the pressure that Chen Tao is making him share is getting greater and greater.
He even went so far as to synchronize a portion of the Dark Father with the Destroyer's beating of Darkseid, which only made matters worse for Mistman.
Chen Tao was getting really anxious. He threw punches at Darkseid, but the rocky face of the other was like metal. No matter how he hit him, he couldn't get a scratch...
"Damn it!"
Chen Tao slapped his forehead, quickly realizing how idiotic his behavior was.
Even Superman the Supreme couldn't hurt Darkseid; no matter how long he beat him, it would be useless.
Darkseid is currently employing a turtle tactic; if they can drag it out long enough, unless…
Chen Tao's eyes lit up with the Alfred effect, and the flames of the anti-life equation burned in his eyes.
In his hand, silvery-white particles coalesced, forming a gun.
The gun Batman once used to kill the New Gods, Batman recreated in the universe of Dark Father.
Chen Tao raised his gun and aimed it at Darkseid.
(End of this chapter)