"He's a god!"
Megan pressed her temples, activating her psychic ability, but inside Zhen Hai's mind, she saw nothing but chaos and void.
On the contrary, a powerful force directly pushed Megan's psychic ability out, causing her to bleed from her nose instantly.
Donna grabbed Megan, sprinting down the corridors of the derelict spaceship, as if they could hear the wailing tides behind them and smell the salty scent.
"This isn't exactly breaking news."
Megan hesitated for a moment; it wasn't. When she saw Zhen Hai pummel Superman earlier, she knew he was bad news.
"Retreat now and return to the Blast Sound Pod for teleportation."
"You don't have to tell me that. If you have the time, fly yourself."
The Titan Squad had one advantage: everyone left could fly.
Steel Armor had its high-tech battle armor, Beast Boy could transform into birds, Raven had flying magic, and Donna had divine power armor.
Running while holding Megan was just an instinctive reaction.
Only now did they realize it...
Unfortunately, Zhen Hai's English was excellent, and he also spoke Greek and ancient Atlantean.
Zhen Hai could understand what they were saying.
As expected from a god, mastering a few foreign languages was quite handy.
Want to fly? Want to teleport?
That's not going to happen...
Zhen Hai, who had been treating them like toys, next demonstrated his true power.
He immediately constructed a barrier thicker than Gass's Hard Water Barrier, even including the walls, completely sealing them off.
Now, all paths for the Titans were blocked except in his direction.
If Gass's barrier was like a piece of glass, Zhen Hai's barrier was like an entire iceberg; given more time, the Titans might break through, but Zhen Hai clearly wasn't going to give them that time.
"I'll hold him off, you guys keep retreating." Raven stopped flying, turning to face the enemy.
She began gathering energy, preparing her most powerful magic—Summoning.
Summoning the Demon God from an alternate dimension, the father she had always fled from, Three Palaces.
Although the arrival of Three Palaces could harm the world, the premise was that there was still a world to destroy; the Earth had become a water ball, and now it was beyond worrying about additional debts.
In Raven's understanding, only Three Palaces could ensure a stable victory against the god in front of them.
However, the best-case scenario would be her getting taken back to the alternate dimension, where her father would torture and train her, turning her into a demon weapon.
But at the moment, she couldn't care about that.
She looked at her teammates, shedding a single tear in secret, but quickly resolved herself, reciting a long spell to open a portal to the alternate dimension.
"Duang!!!"
However, while Raven was casting, Donna ambushed her from behind, landing a fierce shield strike on the back of Raven's head, causing her to fall from the sky.
The Amazon warrior was far from dead; how could she let a warlock stay behind? Not to mention summoning the Three Palaces, which was more dangerous than risking life.
Failing at risking one's life at least results in death, which is rather swift.
But if Raven fell into the hands of Three Palaces, it would be a torment worse than life or death, a situation Donna would never let her sister face.
Donna caught Rachel, handed her and her own cell phone to Megan, instructing others to quickly find a way to retreat while she held off Zhen Hai.
However, her attack was not as ruthless as Deathstroke's, and with Raven's magic protection still on, Donna only interrupted her spell, causing her to daze, not faint.
"Donna!"
Raven wanted to struggle, but she didn't have the strength of the Mars People.
Beast Boy transformed into a large pangolin, digging into the Hard Water Barrier alongside Steel Armor, while Megan tightly held Raven and Donna's phones, trailing behind them, using Heat Sight to clear the way.
The digging speed of Heat Sight was multiple times more effective than the efforts of the other two combined.
Especially Beast Boy, so turning into a green pangolin and using claws to dig at someone else's magic, is that really a wise choice?
Garfield also felt helpless; aside from the iron clasp on his belt, he didn't even have a nail clipper.
Transforming into a pangolin seemed clever to him.
Megan, lacking the habit of sarcasm, simply increased the output power of her Heat Sight, striving to open the retreat path sooner.
She knew Donna couldn't be persuaded; Amazon Warriors were like that.
When a warrior decides to stay behind for her teammates, persuading them would only insult their beliefs.
Her task now was to ensure the Titans evacuated safely, not letting Donna's sacrifice be in vain.
Though Donna had firm determination, that was merely subjective; she couldn't change objective reality with mere willpower.
When she held the shield facing the Sea God, a straight punch from the opponent on the shield sent her retreating dozens of steps, nearly falling to the ground.
Her hands, gripping the shield, went numb, and a small dent appeared on the shield. It was equipment forged from divine gold by the Fire God's craftsmanship.
The opponent's strength was terrifyingly immense, far exceeding hers.
Donna had no time to think of any tactics, only to charge again, using the shield to slow the enemy's advance.
Then she was knocked away again.
A cosmic-level god, descending just as the Earth gods lost all power, seemed as if it was planned.
Donna's entire body ached, her fair skin adorned with blood marks, yet she advanced time after time, only to be knocked back each time.
It didn't seem to have any effect.
Actually, there was an effect, and that was that she successfully made Zhen Hai lose patience.
A sea beetle, you flick it with your finger a few times, watching it keep rolling over, struggling to get back up, it's quite fun.
But no one would flick a little bug all day long...
Zhen Hai started using a weapon, a spear made of hard water, with lightning divine power attached. This Earth bug relies entirely on her sturdy shell, so just break the shell.
Seeing the situation in front of her, Donna also realized that her unchanged tactics had been spotted by the enemy, but there was nothing she could do, she also had teammates to protect.
All she could do was raise her shield again, hoping the craftsmanship of the Fire God was exquisite enough.
"Haha, die!"
Zhen Hai laughed loudly and swung his weapon. After a few encounters, he had already understood the performance of the opponent's armor, and he was fully confident that he could penetrate her defense.
Just as Donna gritted her teeth, waiting for the result of the clash, she only saw Zhen Hai stagger.
"It's not good to bully my people while I'm not around."
A familiar black and yellow figure floated in the corridor, the black cloak behind him raised high, and the Nightfall Greatsword in his hand was stabbed into Zhen Hai's back.
Su Ming leaned his head over Zhen Hai's shoulder to speak directly into his ear.
It turned out that although the Justice League's plans had all failed, Su Ming's 'detoxification' plan succeeded.
..............
At the bottom of the sea, he summoned the Inverted Man. As the in-betweener, all he had to do was silently recite 'people overturned' in his mind.
After chanting the Tightening Spell for a while, the Inverted Man appeared. Su Ming explained the current situation to it, especially how its properties would suffer significant losses, the Inverted Man happily turned all the stored Fireball Techniques into attributeless energy.
Because of the impending apocalypse, many warlocks were desperately casting magic, and Su Ming got quite a share.
Activating a magic array was a piece of cake for the Inverted Man, a magic concept. It not only helped Night Shadow activate the array but also released a great magic, sinking the entire Sea Trench Country into the deepest seabed.
As long as the next step is taken, Su Ming just needs to choose a place in the cosmos, set up an array to drain the water.
The Inverted Man had clearly gained a lot of intelligence, already learning to wear clothes and pants.
However, it was still very satisfied with the contract. Things were exactly as Deathstroke said, it had to do nothing but sit far away and count money.
The interest generated by loans every day made its power continuously grow.
Therefore, it provided Su Ming with some extra information.
Firstly, the purple seawater that turned humans into fish-men is a kind of alien magic, and it's not irreversible.
Although this magic didn't originate from it, it could provide decurse magic.
But a free service is impossible. Any warlock who casts a spell to remove a curse must borrow power from it, and it's quite an advanced magic.
Don't borrow? Then watch your friends keep being fish-men and eating seaweed!
The steps to save someone are simple: first, dry the seawater off the fish-men, then follow a regular demon exorcism spell procedure, and finally add the phrase 'human transformation', and that's it.
Su Ming suspected the previous incantations were redundant parts, and the final inverted word was the key, right?
However, the more power the Inverted Man loans out, the more Su Ming benefits, even if the Inverted Man is swindling, he's an accomplice.
He was not a hero, after all. When there are benefits, he quietly takes them; why meddle in other affairs?
Secondly, the Inverted Man sensed Su Ming continuously using the divine artifact's investigation magic, so it directly told him that the enemy is immune to any investigation magic or divine arts, saving him some effort.
Luthor, along with the Destruction Legion, slipped away. As for where they went, it's unknown.
Because Luthor had the 'Door Handle of Destruction' in his hand, which transcended all rules and concepts, even the Inverted Man couldn't find those people.
Perhaps in the past, when the Inverted Man was outside the wall, it could, but now, it's bound together with the DC World, becoming part of the DC rules.
Finally, the Inverted Man directly let Su Ming choose a remote corner of the cosmos, using its teleportation magic to directly toss half the squad over.
This made it easier for them to pass through the isolation zone, and they could directly set up a drainage outlet.
As for Night Shadow's fear of the casting cost, Su Ming also helped her solve it.
The Inverted Man relaxed a bit. Other Earth sorcerers have to pay the cost of casting within a day, but Night Shadow has two days, doubling the period. Isn't that lenient enough?
However, as an exchange, the Inverted Man also had a peculiar request: it wanted the last 'Ancient God' Wade projection.
Su Ming frowned and thought for a moment, not really understanding what the Inverted Man intended, could it be to train its willpower?
However, that thing wasn't very useful, except for catching the opponent off guard the first time. Once the trick was known, no one would fall for it again.
It was like a one-time street magic trick, knowing the hand technique, there was no suspense.
That set of equipment was retrieved by Barry at that time, and it should be in the Hall of Justice now. Su Ming indicated that the Inverted Man could take it himself, including spare parts and manuals, all to be taken away.
Such generosity!
A person and a monster discussed it for a while in the dark cosmic space, then the Inverted Man vanished.
As a concept of magic, it shouldn't exist in reality, yet it's also omnipresent.
Night Shadow had set up the teleportation array exit, then flew over with a somewhat eerie expression.
"The magic array is set up; do we really want to activate it?"
Su Ming raised his eyebrows, did Night Shadow still think that the magic cost was too high? But this was already the best condition they could bargain for.
If other sorcerers knew about this, wouldn't they be envious and jealous? Double the repayment period!
Then, Su Ming understood, it must be because the young girl didn't know what to use as the cost, right? It's understandable, after all, this new system only went online last night.
Su Ming patted her head, actually patting Black Alice's head, as she was still attached to Night Shadow, but that's roughly what it meant.
"Don't worry about the magic cost... let me ask you, do you like rabbits?"