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Darian tore through the murky sky above Midway City, flying straight toward the city center.
There was no need for navigation; from far away, he could see a massive pillar of pitch-black clouds standing between heaven and Earth, with electricity crackling within the cloud mass.
The airflow in the entire airspace was being dragged by it, rotating in the same direction, and the air pressure was so low it was suffocating.
Directly beneath the dark clouds, a strangely shaped device hung in mid-air, its peripheral components flipping rhythmically.
Every time a cycle was completed, a visible energy pulse was transmitted up the cloud pillar, shooting straight into the sky.
There was no need to guess; this was definitely the signal transmitter Enchantress was using to summon Apocalypse.
Before Darian could get fully close, his presence had already been exposed.
Sharp shrieks erupted instantly from all directions. Swarms of Parademons flapped their wings, swarming toward Darian in such numbers that they almost blotted out half the sky.
Darian did not slow down in the slightest.
The shoulder armor of his ultron armor flipped outward, revealing the hexagonal honeycomb launch bays on the inner layer.
Immediately after, several micro magic missiles buzzed out in a swarm, dragging hundreds of irregular exhaust trails behind them, weaving a wide-coverage interception net in mid-air and slamming violently into the incoming swarm of demons.
Boom, boom, boom—!!
Explosions bloomed densely in the airspace, and scorching heat waves swept in all directions, illuminating half the sky in a deep red.
The Parademons at the very front were blown to pieces on the spot, with charred limbs and debris falling one after another.
The remaining Parademons showed no fear, crossing the aftermath of the explosions to continue their charge.
Eye Beams!
Darian's eyes suddenly brightened, and two golden electric beams shot out from them.
His neck swept along with his gaze, the electric beams stretching into an infinitely extending cutting plane, swinging across the entire sector.
The Parademons along the path were severed in unison, their cuts charred and scalding, their remains falling like rain.
The encirclement was torn open with a huge gap, and Darian passed through easily, landing heavily in the city center square in a classic Superhero single-knee landing pose, causing the floor tiles to crack in a ripple pattern from the impact.
He stood up and looked toward the center of the square, seeing Enchantress, who was glowing with a ghostly green light.
[Status: Contaminated by Mother Box energy]
Mother Box?
Darian narrowed his eyes slightly.
In the DC Universe, the Mother Box is an extremely powerful living supercomputer from Apocalypse, and there are three in total.
It possesses various outrageous abilities; as long as the three Mother Boxes are united, they can form a powerful force, absolutely worthy of being called a top-tier divine artifact.
Enchantress being infected by Mother Box energy meant that the Mother Box was likely on Earth.
It's just a pity that this thing recognizes its owner, unlike Thor's hammer, which is said to be an exclusive weapon, but in reality, who knows how many people have lifted it behind the scenes.
Thor: "..."
Sensing the movement of Darian's landing, Enchantress stopped the assembly-line production of troops, her slightly swollen lips instantly repairing themselves perfectly.
It is said that Enchantress's body has a boyfriend, the same Colonel Flag that Darian had just seen.
Colonel Flag's head is probably greener than Enchantress herself.
Enchantress's two ghostly green eyes were fixed on Darian, her voice carrying layers of reverb: "I thought the first to arrive would be that group of idiots from the Suicide Squad. I didn't expect it to be you, Omni-Man."
Enchantress's soul resides in June Moone, and she worked under Amanda Waller for a period of time, so she naturally knows about Darian, an existence highly valued by A.R.G.U.S.
Darian looked unkind: "Since you know me, you should know that Earth is under my protection. You've got guts, causing trouble on my turf."
Enchantress let out a disdainful sneer: "Ridiculous Earthling. You don't understand the vastness of the Universe, nor do you understand the truly great existence. In front of that My Lord, you and those so-called Superheroes are not worth mentioning."
"Omni-Man, I think you are a good talent. If you kneel down and submit to me now, I can give you a chance to pledge loyalty to that My Lord."
The identity of that My Lord goes without saying; it is naturally Darkseid.
Knowing is one thing, but one must never lose in terms of momentum.
The corners of Darian's mouth curled up involuntarily, his eyes full of disdain: "You? Let alone you, even your My Lord is only fit to smell my farts!"
"How dare you insult that My Lord! You're courting death!"
Hearing this, Enchantress's face suddenly sank.
She spread her arms wide to the sides, and two thick, dark green energy masses appeared in her palms, which she then backhanded into the ground.
The square tiles instantly lit up with a ghostly green light, and two energy light pulses burrowed into the ground from her palms, like two giant Earth dragons, rushing at high speed through the strata, causing the ground to arch up along the way, rushing straight toward the position where Darian was standing with a dull rumble.
Darian flapped his single wing, and his whole body instantly soared into the air.
The next moment, the place where he had just been standing exploded violently, and a pillar of energy over five meters in diameter shot straight into the sky from underground, spraying gravel and air waves dozens of meters away.
Darian hung in mid-air, golden light rising in his eyes again, and two electric beams shot straight at Enchantress.
Enchantress's figure disappeared directly from where she was and appeared almost simultaneously right in front of Darian, hovering in the air, chanting a string of low incantations quickly.
The dark clouds rotating overhead suddenly lit up, and lightning surged crazily within the clouds.
Rumble—!!
Accompanied by the deafening thunderclap exploding in his ears, countless thick bolts of lightning struck down, enveloping the entire airspace where Darian was located.
The coverage density and destructive power were far stronger than that so-called Thor.
Thor: "..."
"Go, Max!"
Darian raised his hand and threw the Pure Iron Poké Ball, and Max's figure immediately appeared in mid-air.
The next instant, the lightning across the sky took a hard turn, as if receiving some traction, and struck straight at Max.
"Burp~"
Max was crackling with electric light, and he directly let out a satisfied belch, clearly stuffed.
Darian pointed at Enchantress and shouted: "Max, use Charm on her!"
"Pi~ka~chu~!"
Max: (≥≤)
Enchantress: (╬ beneficial╬)
An uncontrollable rage instantly rushed to her head.
She had lived for so many years, but this was the first time she had seen such a disgusting move.
Enchantress immediately changed targets, raised her hand, and shot a dark green energy wave at Max.
Max was caught off guard and was directly blown away by the energy wave.
But his taunt helped Darian successfully attract aggro.
Taking advantage of the gap while Enchantress was distracted, Darian's figure instantly stretched into an afterimage, rushing straight to Enchantress.
A golden spear appeared out of thin air in his hand, carrying terrifying wind pressure, and thrust straight at Enchantress's head.
The spear of longinus, with its inherent armor-piercing property to pierce all things.
Even if Enchantress's head were made of Adamantium, it would be pierced with a large hole.
But before the spear could fall, Enchantress's figure disappeared out of thin air again, followed by an energy wave blasting at Darian from the side.
Darian swung the spear horizontally, instantly breaking the energy wave.
He looked up and found that Enchantress had already appeared a hundred meters away.
It had to be said that a no-cooldown teleportation skill was indeed disgusting, especially when the enemy was a ranged fighter who knew how to create distance.
Darian suddenly missed Red Devil in the X-Men server.
When they were enemies back then, the other party would always foolishly take the initiative to teleport in front of him; by comparison, he was simply an honest man.
Darian immediately changed targets and looked at that signal device.
Since Enchantress was so good at dodging, he might as well destroy this thing first.
No sooner said than done.
Darian raised his left hand, an energy beam rapidly condensed in his palm, and then he blasted it out suddenly, hitting the main body of the device straight on.
The energy beam did not encounter much resistance and pierced directly through the main body of the device.
But the next second, the pierced gap shook, and it quickly healed, without even leaving a trace of a crack.
Enchantress sneered when she saw this: "It's useless. This device is cast from my magic. As long as I don't cut off the energy supply, it can keep running."
"It seems I can't skip the level."
Darian was a little disappointed and shouted loudly: "Max, if you're not dead, come over and help. Give her a good Charm!"
With a flash of electric light, Max returned to the mid-air battlefield.
Hearing Darian's order, he didn't hesitate at all and used a mental attack on Enchantress.
"Pi~ka~chu~!"
Max: ((@@))
Darian: "..."
When did this guy secretly unlock new expressions, why didn't I know?
Not to mention Enchantress, even Darian itched to punch this guy.
Ever since he got the Charm skill, Max had become more and more unrestrained; where was that original unwilling look?
Seemingly wearing a mask, but actually, he had taken it off.
Darian resisted the urge to beat Max up, his figure exploded upward, and he flew toward Enchantress again.
With Max as a taunting follower, Enchantress couldn't focus her attention entirely on Darian at all.
Whenever Enchantress teleported away, Max would follow and launch the Charm skill, causing her actions to be half a beat slower.
Enchantress almost failed to teleport several times and was nearly pierced through the heart by Darian's spear of longinus.
The two's coordination made her feel nauseous.
"Enough!"
Enchantress let out a sharp shout and teleported to the ground of the square.
Dark green magic energy surged into the ground from her palms and spread rapidly in all directions. The ground cracked quickly, and the cracks spread to the entire square at a very fast speed.
The next second, dozens of thick water columns erupted from the cracks, shooting straight into the high sky.
Max was chasing Enchantress to continue using the Charm skill and couldn't dodge in time, taking a shower on the spot. The current instantly formed a circuit along the water flow and surged back into his body.
The electric light that was originally under control became a mess on the spot. Max screamed and crashed from the air.
Having dealt with this disgusting guy, Enchantress immediately controlled all the water columns to change direction, surging toward Darian like water dragons, instantly engulfing him.
The rushing water flow was constantly squeezed inward under the control of magic, while trying to drill into Darian's body through his mouth and nose to crush his internal organs.
However, the scene Enchantress had expected did not happen.
The moment the water flow touched Darian, it automatically slid off along the contours of his body.
Not to mention getting hurt, not even a single strand of hair was wet.
[Item: Water-Repelling Bead (The holder can walk in water without getting wet, immune to water damage)]
Just as fire could not cause damage to Darian, after equipping the Water-Repelling Bead, this kind of water-based attack was also useless against him.
He was now truly immune to water and fire.
"What!?"
Enchantress's pupils shrank, and her face was full of disbelief.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just in the brief gap when she was distracted, several batarangs, carrying the sound of breaking wind, shot out from the shadows on the side, precisely wedging into the gaps of her Egyptian-style headwear.
Before Enchantress could react, the batarangs instantly released a powerful electric current, which quickly spread to her whole body.
At the same time, gases of various colors sprayed out, firmly wrapping her head inside.
It was Bruce.
He had long arrived at the scene in the Batwing, waiting in the dark for a long time, seizing this fleeting opportunity to successfully attack Enchantress.
Moreover, he had considered that Enchantress's body was stronger than ordinary people and the batarangs could not break through her defense, so he specifically chose the metal gaps of the headwear as the entry point.
Details perfectly executed!
Enchantress was caught off guard, eating the full set of control effects, and several debuffs instantly appeared in her status bar.
Dizziness, paralysis, hallucination, lustful burning...
"???"
Darian's eyes widened immediately.
You evil Bat-boy, what kind of strange things did you mix in there!?
Under the influence of various strong drugs, even though Enchantress's physical fitness was stronger than ordinary people, she couldn't help but feel mentally dazed, her legs trembling slightly, her face flushed.
Darian's mouth twitched, but he didn't let go of this opportunity, holding the spear of longinus and swooping down toward Enchantress.
Strike while the iron is hot!
As a result, just halfway through the charge, a red and blue figure suddenly rushed from the clouds and slammed into Darian.
Bang!!
Accompanied by a deafening collision, a terrifying force swept through his torso.
Even though Darian's physical strength was strong, he couldn't stop the impact of this force, and he flew backward.
After crashing through several buildings, the single wing behind him suddenly spread out, slamming hard against the air, barely unloading the force on his body, and he managed to stabilize his figure in the air.
Darian looked at the attacker.
He saw a familiar figure hovering directly above Enchantress, the red cape behind him flapping loudly due to the airflow.
This person was none other than Clark, who had long been drifting in Midway City and lost contact.
But at this moment, Superman no longer had his usual gentle image.
His eyes were murky, glowing with a faint ghostly green luster, his hands behind his back, looking down at everyone expressionlessly, his whole body exuding a sense of supremacy.
This posture seemed as if he would blurt out a sentence in the next second: I can do whatever the f*** I want!
"Bat-boy, you pitfall!"