aircannonsinc Chapter 399 The Black Death Emperor's Call! I will never become the Laughing Emperor.
Chapter 399 The Black Death Emperor's Call! I will never become the Laughing Emperor.
Chapter 399 The Black Death Emperor's Call! I Will Never Become the Bat of Laughter
Chen Tao is waiting.
He didn't actually want the parallax monster to possess him unless absolutely necessary.
When facing Darkseid, Chen Tao had a discarded plan: to absorb Blood Bull into his body and use Blood Bull's power to transform himself into a powerful Batman to fight against Darkseid.
However, he abandoned this dangerous plan after discovering Superman Supreme. Compared to forcing Darkseid to join forces with him, the danger of absorbing the Lantern Beasts into his body was simply too great. This danger wasn't just for Chen Tao himself, but for everyone else besides him.
The worst problem with absorbing a Lantern Beast is that your willpower will be corrupted by it. Even Hal Jordan, known for having the strongest willpower in DC, was once controlled by Parallax, even though he forged the Green Lantern Ring with his bare hands. Before actually absorbing one, Chen Tao didn't know what would happen, nor was he sure if his preparations would be effective.
Hal Jordan, after absorbing Parallax, displayed a bright and cheerful smile; Batman, after absorbing the Joker's gas, also displayed a bright and cheerful smile. Parallax Demon Hal triggered a multiverse crisis (Dc Event "Zero Hour"), as did The Batman Who Laughs (Dc Event "Dark Night Metal" and its sequel "Death Metal").
Therefore, The Batman Who Laughs is roughly equivalent to Parallax Malfurion, and Parallax Malfurion is also quite similar.
Making a living in the Dark Universe, Chen Tao was always worried that he might accidentally lose himself and become one of the Dark Universe Batmen henchmen summoned by the Batman Who Laughs from the Dark Multiverse.
Therefore, there are some things I can't just do because I think I have a high probability of success. If problems arise later, I'll have nowhere to turn to complain.
Superman Supreme appears unaffected by Darkseid because he is Superman Supreme. However, even so, Superman Supreme in his Darkseid possession state still does many things he wouldn't do when he's calm, such as beating up Darkseid.
If Superman the Supreme had calmed down a bit, he wouldn't have just grabbed Darkseid and beaten him up; instead, he would have killed everyone present equally.
In the entire history of DC comics, only one person has ever successfully controlled a Parallax monster without letting its will dominate their body.
That's Sinestro!
If you want to implant Parallax into your body, at least synchronize with Sinestro's version of Batman before you think about it.
Chen Tao subconsciously glanced sideways at Seneca in her blue lamp state with a malicious look, causing the other to shudder.
Seneca: ?
However, Chen Tao quickly looked away.
Long ago, when Chen Tao first discovered that his teammates had died and he was able to gain a synchronized Batman, he never thought of voluntarily sacrificing his teammates to gain power. Instead, he chose to use his brain and find a way to solve the problem himself.
sometimes……
Chen Tao felt that the Alfred Agreement was full of malice.
Although American comic book fans often jokingly say that Batman has a whole set of tricks up his sleeve when it comes to his teammates, it's just a necessary preparation that Batman makes to prevent his teammates from going astray.
Even in the major event "Babel" (Note: This major event is about Master Ninja stealing Batman's plan to fight the Justice League and then using Batman's plan to defeat the entire Justice League), Master Ninja Raikou's almost fatal plans for the League members were just modifications of Batman's plans. Batman's own plans were always to subdue his teammates, not to kill them.
Under no circumstances would Batman kill his teammates for anything.
What kind of Batman would intentionally kill his teammate?
The Bat of Mad Laughter.
At least a twisted Batman from some dark multiverse.
That's exactly what the Alfred Protocol has been protecting and preventing Chen Tao from becoming.
But what if… let's look at it from another angle? If Chen Tao chose to deliberately murder his own teammates to strengthen himself, then what would the Alfred Protocol… turn him into?
Is there some evil force trying to influence the Alfred Protocol and turn Chen Tao into something worse, more degenerate?
Such intentions are thwarted by a more positive, brighter, and better force, which is why the Alfred Protocol repeatedly and forcefully protects him from becoming the "Bat Who Laughs?"
Therefore, for Chen Tao, deliberately causing Seneca's tragic death or deliberately driving him insane and causing him to break down in a defeat are things he would never do, at least not while they were still teammates.
He would rather leave his strategic plan of absorbing the Lantern Beasts into his body to gather dust in the Bat Computer than cross certain lines...
Chen Tao believed that he had already lowered his standards considerably.
He admitted it.
But there are some things...
Once you do it... you'll lose yourself.
His ideal retirement life would be filled with luxury cars, sunshine, beaches, and throngs of tourists in Fiji.
Instead of becoming the last survivor and destroyer of the entire universe like those Batmen in the Dark Multiverse, amidst desolate ruins.
So Chen Tao was waiting.
He was waiting for Mongo to react.
He was certain that Mongo would never stand idly by and let Parallax fall into his arms, even though Parallax was now coming over with a "brother, you smell so good" look on his face, Mongo would never let himself be taken advantage of.
What method will he use to regain control of Parallax? It will either come from Genie 01 or from Calona. Since he dared to release Parallax, he must have a way to take it back. Otherwise, for Mongo, this would be doing someone else's work for free. He wouldn't be that stupid.
And more importantly...
Chen Tao did not turn to look at Sinestro.
Was Sinestro truly controlled by the Blue Lantern? Was he really so easily manipulated by the first Lantern?
Chen Tao was skeptical. Sinestro could even conquer Parallax with willpower. Although there was indeed a dark history in the comics where he was unexpectedly defeated and controlled by the Blue Lantern, that was only the first encounter.
And there is another very important reason:
The Green Lamp Tribe was secretly established by Abinsu, who was also Senisto's teacher and brother-in-law.
In the original comic book history, Sinestro never showed that he received any inheritance or clues about the Green Lantern tribe from Abinsu, but that doesn't mean that Abinsu never left Sinestro anything...
However, due to Atositas's prophecy, Abinsu always knew he was going to die... He must have thought about entrusting the Green Lantern tribe to a trustworthy person after his death.
In the original comic book timeline, Sinestro hadn't even had a chance to investigate the Green Lantern tribe established by Abinsu before Hal Jordan filed a lawsuit against him at the OA, leading to his immediate arrest and imprisonment in the Green Lantern Central Power Battery. This marked the beginning of his main storyline: "Building the Yellow Lantern Legion." However, due to Chen Tao's influence, the first Lantern Knight, Carona…
These old things that should have been hiding in the gutter and getting moldy have all jumped out. Who says Seneca won't have some idea about what Abinsu has done?
In particular, the first Lantern Man flirted with Mongo and allied with Sinestro, and even directly participated in the modification of the Blue Lantern Ring. Did Sinestro really know nothing about the first Lantern Man's double-dealing?
So, Chen Tao waited. He waited for Mongo to forcefully pull Parallax away, waited for Sinestro to activate his preparations to seize Parallax, and then he would make his final move, sealing Parallax away once more...
If all else fails...
The Green Light Central Energy Battery still lies quietly in the Crimson of All Beings; the Killer Crocodile had stolen this precious treasure before.
Inside the Green Light central energy battery, besides the Parallax monster, there is an even more dangerous weapon...
The Green Lantern Beasts, the embodiment of the will to live...
Ion shark.
At this very moment, Bane sat motionless beside the central energy battery of the green light, like a meditating monk. Chen Tao had deliberately kept Bane out of the fight from the beginning, waiting for this very moment.
Therefore, no matter how things ultimately turn out, unless Sinestro performs a "suddenly something" for Chen Tao and then dies on the spot, it won't be too out of Chen Tao's control.
But could Seneca be dead?
impossible.
Chen Tao still had some confidence in the villains.
In the Dark Multiverse, villains possess a positive buff that increases their success rate, making them both more dangerous and more reliable than heroes.
Sure enough, soon enough, when the parallax monster's yellow fear energy began to entwine around Chen Tao's body, Meng Ge could no longer sit still.
"You dare!"
As the blue ghost mask of Carona unleashed another round of profanities on his half-face, and the slightly annoyed expression on the blurry face of the First Lantern, materialized by the Green Lantern Ring not far away using the Divine Power Ring, soon, strands of death energy from the Black Death Emperor began to gather on Mongo's body.
Although we are in the pre-Dark Night era before the Black Lantern Ring was invented, just as the so-called Green Lantern Ring is merely a weapon that uses the green will energy in the emotional spectrum, the so-called Black Lantern Ring is merely a vessel that uses Black Lantern energy.
The fact that the Black Lantern Ring has not yet been forged does not mean that the Black Death Emperor's power cannot be projected onto Mongo in large quantities. It simply means that it is impossible to create Black Lantern Corpses, which are purely controlled by the Black Death Emperor. Just as the Guardians of the Universe could use green will energy to fight long before the Green Lantern Ring was created.
Therefore, at this moment, black chains flew out from Mongo's body and quickly wrapped around the Parallax monster's body, causing the huge yellow monster to roar in anger.
These are not the yellow chains that Seneca materialized using the Yellow Lantern Ring before. Instead, they are chains of willpower condensed using a special method, faintly carrying some strange effects specifically targeting the Lantern Beasts. However, at this moment, these chains are filled with a large amount of the Black Death Emperor's death power, which multiplies their power several times over.
At this moment, Chen Tao realized that the move looked familiar. Damn it... wasn't that Caronna's move?
In the major event "The War of the Green Lanterns," when Karona was freed from his cage and returned to his home planet Oa in glory, leading the seven colorful Lantern Beasts, he annihilated his fellow Blue Guardians. The chains around the necks of those Lantern Beasts were made of green will energy, which Karona held in his hand like a dog on a leash.
Now, in Mongo's hands, these chains have been recolored, achieving the same effect.
"Damn it!"
The first Genie, who was controlling the Ring of Power, reacted immediately. He controlled the Ring of Power and flew towards Parallax amidst screams of "No, Ring Bro!"
"obedient!"
The ring resisted too fiercely, and he was too cowardly, so the first Genie could only control the hand with the ring on it and punch himself.
After using the Jiequan Dao, Shenli Jie indeed fainted and stopped talking.
Then, the first Genie, controlling the body of the Divine Ring, flew to the side of the chains:
"let me see……"
Under his control, the unconscious Divine Power Ring stretched out its hand, and then, some green veins, branching out like meridians, spread out from the power ring on the Divine Power Ring's hand.
Chen Tao recognized those things; they looked somewhat similar to the network of meridians containing the seven-color spectrum of emotions used by the first Genie in the comic "The Wrath of the First Genie." However, now, all the branching lines of these meridians were green, only the green of will, without any other colors.
"I can't do anything about it..."
The first Lantern Man attempts to use his own methods to stop Mongo's actions.
However, although the first Lantern has mastered the emotional spectrum, Black Lantern is the only one whose domain is entirely the Black Death Emperor's.
Those chains, made of the Black Death Emperor's power and crafted using Carona's methods, are indestructible to the first Lantern Knight... at least in his current condition.
So in the end, he could only let his green meridian network wrap around Parallax's body, trying to pull him back, but Parallax was still being controlled and kept being pulled toward Mongo.
For a moment, the field was in a strange tug-of-war state, completely deadlocked.
Chen Tao stood there quietly, doing nothing, letting Meng Ge pull the roaring parallax monster back, as indifferent as a cold-blooded emperor watching his favorite concubine being dragged into the cold palace by a eunuch.
Sinestro, who had been feigning pity for the sow for a while, finally couldn't keep up the act anymore after seeing that Batman remained unmoved.
He flew over expressionlessly and stood beside the Divine Power Ring: "I'll help you."
This time, he didn't utter any more pity or nonsense. He acted decisively and didn't even exchange a single word with Batman.
Sinestro was well aware that no matter what happened between him and Batman, Parallax must not fall into Mongo's hands. This guy could no longer be considered a purely living person; in his current state, he was the enemy of all living beings.
Even the most serious conflict between him and Batman is merely an internal struggle among living beings; when it comes to the attitude towards the dead, they are of one mind.
and……
More importantly, Batman didn't seem to be that resistant to his proposals, which was one of Sinestro's key considerations. Even if they retrieved Parallax, they could still discuss the specifics. But when facing Mongo, they had no room for negotiation; they had no choice but to fight.
With Sinestro's help, the green vein network extending from the first Genie began to incorporate yellow and the cyan of the blue lamp. Although it didn't reach the level of the true form that descended when the first Genie was resurrected, containing the seven-color emotional spectrum, it still increased the entire dragging force by a whole circle.
At that moment, Sinestro turned his gaze to Batman, the implication being...
Dude, I've already taken action. Is it appropriate for you to just stand by and watch now?
So Chen Tao finally made a move.
Not far away, the Death Storm, which had just spewed out parallax monsters from the Death Storm Matrix, drifted silently in the universe, its weakness literally resembling a skeleton.
He had originally planned to float quietly in space and then stealthily fly out of the battlefield to save his own life, but soon he saw Batman's serious face appear in front of him.
Then Batman smiled at him.
Deathstorm saw Batman rubbing his hands together somewhat shyly: "Um... Dr. Stan. Parallax has resurfaced, hasn't it? We might... need your help."
Deathstorm's face turned almost green.
Again?
However, before he could speak, both his and Batman's expressions changed simultaneously.
Along with the horrified reaction, Sinestro and the first Lantern created a blurry face using Green Lantern energy.
At that moment, a voice rang in everyone's ears. Just hearing this voice was like being doused with a bucket of cold water, or like hearing the sound of a large beast grinding its teeth in the shadows of the darkest night.
"William Hand..."
Chen Tao turned his head and saw William Hand, whom he had protected with his green light energy, looking at him in fear and confusion.
Then the voice rang out again:
"William..."
Click click click click...
The seemingly indestructible green light shield crumbled instantly upon hearing that sound, leaving William Hand standing naked in the snow, facing his enemy.
He heard that howling sound in the darkness and cold air:
"You belong to me."
(End of this chapter)