r18novel Chapter 658 The Emperor Joker: I Cannot Tolerate Batman and Others
Chapter 658 The Emperor Joker: I Cannot Tolerate Batman and Others
Chapter 658 The Emperor Joker: I absolutely cannot tolerate Batman and anyone else...
The plan has already begun.
Chen Tao wasn't actually sure if Parallax Demon Hal truly believed what he said, nor was he entirely certain that Hal couldn't escape the Hypertime Stream. The only thing he was certain of was that Hal had indeed projected his power downwards through the Hypertime Stream, into the weapon in his hand.
Compared to Hal Jordan himself, who was unstable and possessed self-awareness and his own thoughts, these forces appeared clean and pure. The optimal solution that Chen Tao's plan could achieve was finally completed. He raised the weapon in his hand, and the power transmitted into his body through the metal made him almost groan.
Parallax Mohal lunged at the Anti-Monitor Dragon, his momentum like that of a mad tiger, green light emanating from his mouth and nose.
The anti-monitor dragon straightened its upper body, bared its fangs, and hissed fiercely at him. After it finished his breath, it turned and ran away.
Even with this crowbar as its physical body and the fifth-dimensional divine power of the bat mite as its transmission belt, it would still take Hal some time to transmit a significant amount of power.
The qualitative change in power requires the accumulation of time. Under Chen Tao's cover, Barbatos and the others will not discover Hal's arrival immediately.
Taking advantage of this lull, Chen Tao needed to do something else, something that could only be done using Hal's power. Normally, he wouldn't have such a good opportunity to do it.
The divine power of the bat mite and the power of the parallax demon Hal were continuously converging on Chen Tao's body. At this moment, he was just like an engine that had been filled with diesel fuel.
In this state, his power was approaching the level he had gained after consuming over 3000 heroes, a state imbued with the destiny of the Dark Multiverse. In this form, he finally had the ability to do something he had always wanted to do:
They're targeting their allies.
This applies not only to Hal, but also to those trapped in the times.
Although the Time Trapped deliberately acted like he wasn't very bright, just like Superman, and was even easily threatened by him, Chen Tao never underestimated him because he had read the original comics. He knew very well how dangerous and wicked the Time Trapped was.
Chen Tao was deeply impressed by how he cunningly manipulated Supreme Superman step by step in "The Three Realms Legion"—until Supreme Superman finally rejected reality with a punch, which directly turned his existence into a bug.
The man trapped in the moment was transparent to Chen Tao; Chen Tao knew what kind of person he was the moment he saw him. Therefore, the man's deliberate imitation of the Supreme Superman was completely futile.
Chen Tao dared not be too aggressive and directly leave traps and surveillance on the other party like he had done with the Supreme Little Superman before, because that would make the other party immediately aware of it, and then their superficial cooperation would immediately collapse.
Chen Tao needs to use Hal's power, just like now, to gradually weave a net around the victim, without them noticing...
Until the moment the net is pulled in, no one will know what the net will look like.
More importantly, it suppresses Parallax Morhal.
Chen Tao hadn't tampered with the crowbar at all; it wasn't like a bat in the slightest. While his limited time was certainly a factor, the main reason was simply a lack of strength.
But now, with Hal's power, he can finally happily tamper with the crowbar, then subtly hand it over to Hal, and prepare to launch a counterattack.
Teammates who haven't been part of Batman's plans can't really be considered teammates. Chen Tao wasn't plotting against Hal, but rather letting him experience the professional culture of Batman's teammates.
And then again, if Hal didn't have any ill intentions towards Batman, he wouldn't have discovered this plan, would he?
The spirit of that creaking white lamp was released from the space of the metal spirit once again.
"Huh... wait a minute?"
The tiny white lamp spirit, like a little elf, circled Chen Tao twice, then looked at him, puzzled.
Chen Tao stretched out a hand towards the spirit of the little white lamp.
"?"
A question mark made of white light energy floated above the forehead of the petite spirit, and then it felt that it realized what Batman was going to do.
He reached out his small hand and stroked the middle finger of Batman's palm, and a white lantern ring was immediately forged on it.
The ring shimmered with white light. As long as one wore it, one would immediately become the representative of life, then paint one's entire body with a layer of white paint, and possess a buff that restrained the Black Death Emperor.
But it's clear that this wasn't Chen Tao's goal.
He accepted the white lantern ring and nodded.
But then, Chen Tao reached out again.
"?"
The Spirit of Existence stared at Chen Tao, completely bewildered. This time, he truly couldn't figure out what the other party was trying to do.
Then he saw Chen Tao beckon with his finger, signaling him to come over.
So the spirit of existence foolishly walked over and placed its neck in front of Chen Tao's palm.
The next second, Chen Tao grabbed the Spirit of Existence by the neck and lifted him up.
"Eeya!"
The spirit of the white lamp tried to escape, but was immediately punished by Chen Tao with two large slaps to the buttocks.
He pulled a black lamp ring from his pocket and slipped it onto the hand that had just slapped the Spirit of Existence.
In an instant, that hand transformed from a normal palm into a skeletal claw-like hand, and it was precisely because of the Black Lantern Ring's power that those two slaps had such destructive force against the spirit of existence.
The poor spirit began to wail and cry. It turned its head and tried to use its watery eyes to make Chen Tao stop persecuting it, but Chen Tao ignored it completely.
He carried the petite spirit of existence like a chicken about to be slaughtered, and then forcefully stuffed it into the gift it had just given to Chen Tao, namely the white lamp ring.
After he successfully inserted it, Chen Tao took the white lamp ring off his finger, then took out the crowbar made of many molten metals and put the white lamp ring on the crowbar.
Then he took the black light ring off his other hand and put it on the crowbar, behind the white light ring.
After doing all that, he took out the rings of the seven-light legion (red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and orange) one by one and skewered them on the crowbar.
Following that, Chen Tao used the power of the Metal Spirit to forge a small iron ring out of thin air, resembling a lamp ring, as the central control device for the entire system. This ring was also placed behind the pile of colorful lamp rings.
Once the crowbar and light rings were completely finished, Chen Tao snapped his fingers. The next second, all those colorful, glittering light rings that had been shining on the crowbar vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.
Chen Tao picked up the crowbar and swung it a couple of times. No problem, although magic couldn't work on these metals, it could work on the lamp rings on them.
Chen Tao used his fifth-dimensional divine power to cast an invisibility spell on the rings, and then used a concealment spell to make them appear intangible.
In this way, everyone who gets this crowbar will not be able to tell that there is something else on it. No matter what happens, they will all think that it is a magical modification inside the crowbar.
This misunderstanding will lead them to try to crack the crowbar itself. It's not a particularly clever trick, but this little mental trap is enough to temporarily delay the other party's ability to crack it.
He had just finished doing that when he heard Parallax Morhal's low voice transmitted:
"Hurry up and leave, my power is about to be revealed in the flow of time."
Once Barbatos discovers all this, he will immediately abandon his plans and relentlessly hunt me down downstream. And you, too, must seize this opportunity to completely push your universe into the fortress you were originally meant to enter.
"This is a heroic act, and heroic acts bring peace to the heart," Parallax Mohal said.
He began urging Chen Tao to take action, and Chen Tao indeed had the same intention.
If everything goes smoothly, he probably won't need to go to such lengths to scheme against Parallax Morhal using that weapon. It's just a weapon; there's really no need to leave so many traps, only to create unnecessary trouble for himself in the end.
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The Emperor Clown was grinding his teeth to powder.
Although he knew he hadn't really made a move yet and was just playing around, the idea of Batman and Hal teaming up was still hard for him to accept.
Why? This isn't fun at all.
He wanted to help these damn bastards, and then, just when they were about to win, suddenly turn on them and decide the outcome.
In this game, no matter when the curtain rises or how far the game progresses, everything should be under the control of the Emperor Joker.
But now Batman has suddenly and inexplicably partnered with Parallax Morhal, making all the things he did for Batman before seem completely meaningless.
This collaboration appears to have been achieved entirely by luck and chance, with Parallax Morhal arriving. Actions downstream in the timeline no longer harm Batman, rendering the Joker's previous attempts to inflict damage on him utterly laughable.
As a fifth-dimensional being who also possesses the power of the fifth dimension, the Emperor Joker sees things more clearly than Barbatos and the others. He can see from the flow of time that Batman Dragon and Parallax Morhal are closely connected like grasshoppers on a string through the power of the Bat Mite. However, in this game, there is no place for him, the Emperor Joker.
The Emperor Joker is angry; this is not the end he deserves.
No one cares about the Emperor Joker; he's been forgotten by everyone. Even though he just tried to help Hal, no one remembers a comedian who's already retired.
So at this moment, the Joker could only bite his handkerchief, hide on the edge of the battle, and watch Parallax Mohal unleash his power.
"Damn it, Hal, let me go! The fight is over! You're still clinging to us like a leech. Do you think you can keep us here?"
The Anti-Monitor Dragon was cursing. Parallax Mohal, dragging his already torn and bleeding shoulder, used his other intact hand to strangle the Anti-Monitor Dragon's neck. He bared his fangs and tore at the Anti-Monitor Dragon's neck like a dog.
For a moment, it was even impossible to tell who was human and who was dog.
Brainiac extended numerous metal tentacles from behind Parallax Morhal. He had been involved in the battle, but in reality, he hadn't had much impact on the overall situation, and Brainiac wasn't fighting particularly hard either.
He had been holding back his strength, so he was the least injured among those present. Even the Black Death Emperor had been chased and bitten by Parallax Morhal, but Brainiac never was.
He always unleashes so many metal tentacles, seemingly giving it his all, yet also appearing to be slacking off. His purpose remains elusive.
Aside from the anti-monitor dragon who has no will to fight and Brainiac who is slacking off, Black Death is actually the most aggressive member who is still fighting.
For the Black Death Emperor, he needed more deaths, so he not only attacked Hal but also acted as a warden.
When the Anti-Monitor Dragon tried to escape again, it was almost cleaved away by the Black Death Emperor's scythe. It finally couldn't help but curse at the Black Death Emperor, but what meaning does being cursed have for a dead man?
The Black Death Emperor was still trying to finish his work, attempting to create a death in the current situation, but it was destined to be fruitless.
The Anti-Monitor Dragon, having failed to escape, was once again attacked by Hal, who bit it on the rear, causing it to scream in pain.
He was forced to turn around, and opened his mouth wide to face Hal as well. Then the two of them started biting each other, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
Hal and the Anti-Monitor Dragon were engaged in an exceptionally fierce battle. He was constantly stalling them, trying to delay the fact that they were about to discover they had been deceived.
And he did succeed. In such an intense battle, even Barbatos' attention was focused on providing power to the Anti-Monitor Dragon, and he did not notice that the Batman Dragon downstream in the timeline had been quietly using the crowbar to continuously absorb the power of the Parallax Demon Hal upstream, until Hal could appear downstream through the crowbar.
This appearance, unlike the true descent of the original body, can only benefit Batman Dragon, causing no harm.
Oh, this isn't fun at all, you know? Those boring guys... were completely fooled by Batman Dragon.
But the Emperor Joker won't let that happen.
He had already stealthily hidden behind Parallax Morhal, and this time...
The Emperor Joker is about to take control of this game.
I absolutely cannot allow... I absolutely cannot allow Batman to be with anyone else...
I'm going to give Batman a surprise, a huge, dearest injury!
(End of this chapter)