章節 188: CHAPTER 185

Sparks from the clashing of metals continuously appeared in the air as the clanging sound reverberated in the air.

Wonder Woman cleared from Granny Goodness and took a battle stance, heavily panting as she tried catching her breath.

"Still haven't had enough?" Granny Goodness asked as she watched Wonder Woman prepare to attack.

Without saying a word, Wonder Woman darted at Granny with her sword and shield in hand. Granny blocked the attack and kicked Wonder Woman back.

Granny quickly closed in on Wonder Woman before she could regain her balance, then violently punched her stomach.

The strike sent Wonder Woman somersaulting along the ground as she came to an abrupt stop by suddenly crashing into a parked vehicle, damaging the vehicle in the process.

Wonder Woman stumbled to her feet as she spat blood to the side, her lips with the back of her hand. Granny prepared to attack as her mega-rod crackled with red electrical energy.

At high speed, both warriors engaged in a battle dash towards each other. Wonder Woman came to an abrupt stop midway, and dug her sword into the ground.

She sent dirt right at her and went into Granny's attack with her shield in hand. She blocked Granny's weapon with her shield and struck her sword into Granny's solar plexus.

She pulled out her sword as Granny coughed up blood, then followed with a slash attack on her torso.

Granny held on to her bleeding torso as she dropped to her knee.

"Wonder Woman, can you hear me?" Cyborg asked over her coms.

"Loud and clear." She replied as she reached for the coms in her ear.

"How's things over at your end?" Cyborg asked, wondering if he caught her at a bad time.

"Hold on, I'm just about done here." She said before violently using her shield to strike Granny on the head as she finally fell on the puddle of her own blood.

"I could really use some good news right about now." She said to him.

"Okay, good news first. I found Lex and we are currently working on a way to send all of them back to Apokalips."

"Good. What's the bad news?" She inquired.

"I need some time to lock on to Apokalips and ensure the fumigation exercise only has an effect on the intruders." Cyborg explained.

"Don't worry, we will hold out for as long as you need." Flash replied through the coms.

"Let's hope Darkseid doesn't show up before Cyborg is ready." Aquaman said. He was well aware that holding off Darkseid would be a difficult task, especially with the absence of Superman.

"You heard him, everyone, do your best to buy as much time as needed." Wonder Woman ordered, taking charge in the absence of Superman and Batman.

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Flash found Green Lantern leaning his back up against a wall, he had severally suffered from internal injuries and had his right hand broken during his fight with Kalibak.

"Hal!!" Flash called out as he zapped to his side.

"Are you okay?" Flash asked as he placed an arm on his shoulder.

"I'll live." Green Lantern replied with a tone of exhaustion.

"You're in pretty bad shape budd, I think you should sit this one out." Flash advised, throwing his left arm over his shoulder as he helped Green Lantern get on his feet.

"Guys, we have incoming!!" Cyborg warned over the coms.

"What is it this time? More unending waves of Parademons?" Flash quipped, following up his inquiry with an exaggerated sigh of exhaustion.

Everyone waited in suspense, waiting for Cyborg to identify who or what might come out of that portal.

"Guys…!!!" He exclaimed as their worst fear at the moment had just been realized.

"Don't tell me…" Green Lantern muttered.

"It's Darkseid, he's here." Cyborg confirmed.

Looking onto the screen, he watched as Darkseid floated over the streets of Metropolis. He used his Omega beams to destroy anything that caught his sight. "He is near the Daily Planet, guys you have to hurry." He warned.

Aquaman and Wonder Woman headed straight in

the direction Cyborg had pointed them, while the worried Flash tried talking some sense into Green Lantern so he wouldn't engage in the fight.

"It might cost you your life if you go to battle in your current state, don't even consider fighting Darkseid in this condition." Flash argued, hoping Green Lantern would adhere to his advice.

But Green Lantern wasn't one to be easily persuaded from a fight. He pulled himself from Flash and tried standing on his own.

He stretched forth his left hand and his ring moved right into the finger of his left hand. "I might not perform at hundred percent in this fight, but I can definitely assist." He firmly said as green constructs materialized into something like an incomplete exoskeleton to provide him with support.

It would help ease the pain he felt from every sudden movement, and assist in helping him move like he would if he had sustained less severe injuries.

"Like I said, I can do this." He said to Flash.

"Okay, but don't overdo it." Flash replied.

"Sure." He responded as his feets slowly left the ground and with him floating in the air.

"Let's move out!!" Flash loudly exclaimed as he dashed towards Darkseid's location. Green Lantern followed suit as he flew at stop speed towards Darkseid, leaving a green and red blur on their trail.

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[Somewhere at the other side of the city]

Steppenwolf angrily got to his feet, a fierce gaze in his eyes as he stared at Ace in the distance. So far their fight had been completely one sided, and Ace seemed comprehensively invulnerable to his attacks.

"I at least expected more, I was all excited for this warm up fight with you before meeting with your boss in a unique but yet civilized manner, and of course, with quite a few gentle fist taps on his ugly face for ruining Christmas." Ace pressed on as he took a casual look at the axe in his hand.

Steppenwolf clenched his fist, gritting his teeth as Ace seemed to have gotten under his thick skin.

"Unfortunately for me you're a complete let down, and now I just seem like a kid picking on a defenseless old man." Ace continued his heckling words as he tossed Steppenwolf's axe right next to him.

"You aren't even enough to quell my boredom… Now, pick that up and give me a real fight because this time you will be fighting for your survival." On hearing this, Steppenwolf almost lost it. He was panoramically enraged and frustrated by Ace's attacks and incredible durability, but Ace kept on rubbing salt in his fresh wounds.

Ace stumped on Steppenwolf's pride as a warrior and proceeded to insult Darkseid without the slightest hint of respect or fear for his Lord and master.

With furrowed brows, he intensely gazed at Ace with hate filled eyes. Still maintaining eye contact with intense malice, he reached for his electro axe handle as yellow electrical energy swirled and crackled around it.

He abruptly lifted the axe up into the air and struck the ground, directing his attack at Ace. The ground quaked as an energized shock wave struck at Ace, of which the energy simply dispersed upon reaching him.

Steppenwolf quickly zipped at Ace and with his axe in hand, fully prepared to rip through the arrogant vermin. Taking the last step to a huge swing, Ace took a really quick step forward at hyper speed to close the gap between him and Steppenwolf, then touched Steppenwolf's chest with his palm before returning back to his previous position at the same speed.

Suddenly, spiky rock pillars burst out of the ground all around him. They dug their way through Steppenwolf's armor and into his body, bursting out from the other side.

Steppenwolf's eyes widened in surprise upon seeing what Ace had done to him. "Impossible." He struggled to say, panting through each word as blood spilled from all over. Dripped along his hand and to his axe as it dropped to the ground, covered in blood.

Ace looked upon the gruesome scene and literally yawned at it as he stretched out a little. "I noticed you regenerate from wounds and attacks that should have incapacitated you by now. So when I touched you earlier, I did a little tweaking with your blood cells."

Ace burst into a psychotic but yet menacing laughter as he noticed the look on Steppenwolf's face, he seemed to have realized what Ace had done to him.

"What did you do?" He growled, noticing he couldn't move an inch, like he was completely paralyzed. More importantly, he wasn't regenerating.

"I do not care how durable you might be, so long as something flows in your veins or you possess some kind of energy in your cells, you are already at a disadvantage against me." As he spoke, Ace stretched out his hand at Steppenwolf.

At that moment, the realization that the vermin he underrated could actually end his life, dawned on him.

Steppenwolf grit his teeth in anger and fear, fear of losing his almost immortal life before accomplishing his goal. Fear he hadn't felt from anyone else except from his Lord, Darkseid.

Ace reached his hand forward and started to compress the air around him and into an almost visible bubble in his palm.

He compressed the air over and over again and reduced it to the size of a pearl.

As the night breeze swirled around Ace, his crimson red pupils glowed with utter menace as he reeked of strong bloodlust. "If I'm being all honest and truthful here, you were the worst warm up a guy could get."

He released the compressed air bubble at Steppenwolf, it went through his skin and into his body. Ace slowly raised his hand up into the air as he tormented Steppenwolf with momentary suspense before his death.

He snapped his fingers and Steppenwolf immediately burst into different bits as his guts scattered around the area.

Ace looked around the areas he made sure to avoid during his fight with Steppenwolf, he saw the evacuating civilians look unto him with gratitude and little relief as they watched him end Steppenwolf.

"With that over with, I wonder what is taking him so long." Ace muttered as he floated into the sky, using his customized visor to search for the big names in the league.

They were sure to engage in some interesting 1v1s, and would go after Darkseid if he made an appearance, so that was where he needed to be.

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章節 189: CHAPTER 186

A rip in the fabric of reality tore open the skies above Metropolis, and from the swirling abyss emerged the ominous figure of Darkseid. His towering form cast an imposing shadow upon the city below as he levitated, seemingly unaffected by Earth's gravitational pull. Dark clouds gathered, reflecting the malevolence that accompanied his arrival.

Darkseid hovered above the cityscape, his eyes gleaming with the cold, unyielding power of the Omega Beams. His granite-like skin bore the weight of countless conquests, and the air crackled with the aura of impending doom. With both hands clasped behind his back, the Lord of Apokolips surveyed the destroyed city of Metropolis with a disdainful gaze.

Brilliant beams of otherworldly energy erupted from his eyes, leaving trails of destruction in their wake. A sinister smirk crept across his visage as he unleashed the devastating force of his Omega Beams. Buildings crumbled under the relentless assault, their structures disintegrating into clouds of dust and debris.

The city trembled beneath Darkseid's power as he effortlessly targeted anything that dared to catch his attention. Vehicles were incinerated while in mid-motion, their metallic frames reduced to molten slag. The air echoed with the screams of panic as civilians fled, their attempts to escape the wrath of Darkseid proving futile.

The skies themselves seemed to groan in protest as Darkseid's presence distorted the natural order. The once vibrant cityscape transformed into a nightmarish tableau of destruction, with fires blazing amidst the ruins. The very essence of fear permeated the air, choking the hope out of those who witnessed the cosmic despot's malevolent display.

Darkseid's eyes glowed with a cold, calculating brilliance as he continued his merciless assault. Each sweep of his Omega Beams left a scar on Metropolis, a symbol of his absolute power and the impending darkness that had descended upon Earth.

He continued his assaults of destruction as he awaited an interruption from earth champions, the Justice League.

"Hey, ugly." A voice called out to him from behind but he didn't turn to find out who it was, because he couldn't care less of their identity.

"Giving us the silent treatment ugh!" A second voice exclaimed.

"Never mind, we will get your attention either way." Green Lantern stated as six rocket launchers materialized before him, while Flash disappeared in the opposite direction..

Green Lantern launched all six of them at Darkseid but they all exploded in an instant. He materialized two missile launchers and did just as he had done with the rockets.

Without turning or even batting an eye, Darkseid's Omega beams moved through the air in a zigzag motion, destroying the missiles in their tracks.

The beam didn't stop with the missiles but went in pursuit of Green Lantern who managed to materialize a shield in the nick of time.

Unfortunately, he was unable to defend against the Omega beams and destroyed his shield as the shockwave from the collision sent him down. "Come on Barry, hurry." He muttered.

Darkseid slowly approached Green Lantern, ready to incinerate him with another hazardous beam.

Just as he was about to release the beams and melt off Green Lantern's face, Flash arrived at the scene in time and hit him with a sonic punch.

Considering the effort he put into the punch, it had little effect on Darkseid as he only stumbled backwards. Looking in front of him, he saw Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Green Lantern, all ready to fight him in defense of their home planet.

"This must be a bad joke." Darkseid said to them as he looked around. "You dare stand against me without your champion in your midst." He added, taking note of Superman's absence.

"Sorry to disappoint, Superman is unavailable right now. Luckily you have us all to yourself and ready to beat you to a pulp instead." Wonder Woman countered before charging in at Darkseid, leading the attack as everyone jumped into action.

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Back at Lex's underground Lab, Cyborg had everything in place and ready to send Darkseid back to Apokolips but the mother box was yet to lock-in on Apokolips.

"I'm out of here." Cyborg said to Lex as his mechanical arm opened up and safely procured the mother box within it.

Headed towards the elevator, Lex called out to him. "Just so you know, I had no involvement in this madness." Lex said, making it crystal clear that he wasn't willing to take responsibility for the consequences of his actions.

His plea fell on deaf ears as Cyborg didn't entertain him even for a moment, but just proceeded to exit the lab without uttering a single word. He was headed to the battlefield so he could help with the fight against Darkseid, taking to the skies as he left LexCorp.

He flew over what he could hardly believe was the city of Metropolis, it was looking more like a war zone now.

Cyborg spotted them in the distance as he bustled through the air, transforming his arm into a destructive blaster as he closed in on them. He took aim at the preoccupied Darkseid and shot an intense laser blast at Darkseid who tanked the blast like it was nothing.

"Hope am not too late." He inquired from no one in particular as he joined the league members in fighting against swarms of Parademons attacking them.

"Right on time." Green Lantern replied to him with a big thumbs up as he rustled at Darkseid, materializing a gigantic fist construct with metal spikes on its knuckles.

Green Lantern slung a solid blow against Darkseid's face, but his construct immediately shattered into pieces upon impact.

Darkseid bitch slapped him to the side like some pest, dispatching Green Lantern through the air as he bashed into a wall and fell to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Flash asked as he extended his hand to help him up.

"Of course I am." Green Lantern replied.

He whisked through the air for another attack. "Let's see how you handle this." He quipped.

As he drew-on Darkseid, a train moving with vigorous force instantaneously materialized around him.

He stood firm against the incoming train and did not make the slightest attempt in eluding it. The train crashed against Darkseid but shattered into many glass-like fragments.

Darkseid grabbed the arm which bore Green Lantern's ring and raised him up in the air.

"Ahhh!!!" Green Lantern screamed in pain as Darkseid crushed his arm, flew to the top of the Daily Planet, then whacked Green Lantern against the monumental golden statue at the top of the building.

"Lantern!!"

Wonder Woman called out in concern as she cut off a parademon's arm and decapitated it on the spot.

Flash ran up there and grabbed Green Lantern as he immediately took him to safety, decamping him from the fight. Wonder Woman made a break for Darkseid with her sword in hand, but he fired his Omega beams at her.

She dodged them as she continued to advance but the Omega beams made a dynamic turn and chased from behind. She made a sharp turn as she brought both hands together and blocked the beams with her bracelets, just at the nick of time.

As she turned around to resume her attack, Darkseid struck her to the ground and started a rush of violent blows, crating the ground with every blow. "I'll ensure you die a painful death, Amazon." He said to her as he raised his hand and landed a heavy blow on her chest.

Aquaman leaped in the air with his trident in hand as he struck Darkseid from behind. His attack proved to be ineffective as his trident bounced off Darkseid's armor.

Darkseid violently kicked Wonder Woman like a soccer ball, dispersing her so he could give Aquaman the attention he seeked.

Aquaman charged in for another attack but was so unfortunate as Darkseid quickly disarmed him of his weapon and stabbed him with his own trident.

He coughed up blood as the trident speared through his torso, and slowly dropped on his knees.

Cyborg was preoccupied with bringing an end to the swarm of parademons which were interrupting their fight against Darkseid, when he saw the bleeding Aquaman drop to the ground.

Cyborg ran a quick scan on his vitals and saw that they were definitely going to lose him if nothing was done on time.

With rage filled eyes, Wonder Woman engaged Darkseid once more, while Flash disappeared with Aquaman who was barely alive at that moment.

"I'm taking him to Central City, hopefully Star Labs might be able to save him." Flash communed with Cyborg and Wonder Woman as he continued his run.

Starting with Green Lantern, their numbers had been reduced to just Cyborg and Wonder Woman. Hopefully Superman, Batman and Martian Manhunter make it on time or else it might spell the end of the League as we know it.

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