r18novel Chapter 571 Death Slams Heavy Down on Chen Tao's Head
Chapter 571 Death Slams Heavy Down on Chen Tao's Head
Chapter 571 Death Slams Heavy Down on Chen Tao's Head
I am Batman, and my name is Chen Tao.
Because of the clown's actions, I was forced to cut my vacation short.
But I'm not here beside my teammates, fighting alongside them. I'm doing something else, I'm...
Trying to provoke death.
Morgue.
This is where the dead are kept. These three bodies were brought here a few hours ago; they were murdered by the clown.
Two men and one woman were found at the Ace factory, with the woman's body still wearing the uniform of Batgirl Barbara Gordon.
After capturing Barbara, the clown gave her clothes to the unfortunate man.
I'm sorry.
Chen Tao stood before the corpse, bowing slightly.
He reached out his hand toward the corpse.
"I am a dragon of the Dark Multiverse... or at least a part of it."
He wanted to give it a try.
"The Joker bypassed my surveillance by altering reality, which led to your deaths. You shouldn't have died. If it weren't for the Joker's interference, you would all be alive and well right now."
"Rewriting reality is a field I've never explored before... Without the help of over 3000 heroes from the positive matter universe, I can't do it... but if..."
Chen Tao has a history of resurrecting the dead; for example, he recently resurrected all his fallen comrades in the Justice League.
However, the prerequisite for such resurrection is that they possess the power of the Crimson of All Beings within them, and their souls return to the Crimson of All Beings' Underworld Bone Garden after death.
The three corpses before them had not been subjected to the power of the Crimson of All Beings beforehand, and now that they were dead, their souls had long since vanished. Once a soul dies, it enters the endless realm of death of the Clan of Death, where space and distance in the material universe have no meaning.
Therefore, although they have only been dead for a short time, their souls were not drawn into the Garden of Bones and have long since wandered off to some unknown dimension. Even if Chen Tao wanted to resurrect them, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Of course, Chen Tao couldn't just implant the power of the Crimson of All Beings into everyone in the world on a large scale. Not to mention whether the Bone Garden, the underworld originally prepared specifically for users of the Crimson of All Beings, could hold so many people—originally, users of the Crimson of All Beings would enter the Bone Garden after death, and then be reincarnated there as some kind of beast-headed creature, and then become the guardian warriors of the Crimson of All Beings, driven by the Totem Council.
Therefore, the White Bone Garden was originally a "VIP passage for the dead red representatives of all living beings," and its size was very small.
Even if Chen Tao can expand it, the influx of a large number of dead souls will make the Crimson of All Beings too powerful, which will directly disrupt the balance of the three natural energies of red, green and black.
This would only cause greater chaos. Chen Tao didn't want to create another Anton Akane belonging to the Crimson of All Beings out of thin air. Moreover, the imbalance of natural forces would directly affect all living beings.
Even so, Chen Tao continued to try.
He attempted to summon souls through the power to alter reality, through the corpses.
He wanted to alter the reality that the body was dead, thereby using the rules of death to summon back the souls that had left the body.
As long as Chen Tao can prove that they are not dead, but in shock, the rules of death will send their souls back, no matter how far away or how many dimensions they are in.
So Chen Tao did just that, and through his efforts, a male corpse sat up in shock, exclaiming, "Holy crap!"
With a thud, the male corpse, who had only lived for less than half a second, fell back onto the cold morgue, his death utterly complete.
Chen Tao wasn't entirely resigned to the situation.
He turned to look at the other side, where another unfortunate soul was being poisoned to death by the clown's gas, his mouth stretched to his ears, a truly gruesome sight. But Chen Tao didn't find it disgusting at all.
He reached out again and touched the unfortunate man's face.
A moment later, the other male corpse sat up: "Fuck! I'm fucking alive!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he collapsed down like a mountain of gold and a jade pillar falling over.
Chen Tao: "???"
Why? He clearly succeeded in altering reality, even though he was exhausted like a dog, like a gorilla trying to thread a needle with congenitally poor eyesight, and it had no practical value. But after a long time of reading the skill charge bar, he was certain that he had done it.
He was skeptical and tried it again on the third body.
This time it was a female corpse, but it didn't sit up like the previous corpses.
Chen Tao felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, followed by a deafening roar, like the sound of a great bell, that exploded in his ears.
In a daze, he saw a girl with hooked eyes angrily raise her umbrella at him, then extend her slender, jade-like fingers and flick him on the forehead.
With a loud bang, Chen Tao spun backward and flew out of the morgue through the window. He landed headfirst like a comet, half of his body embedded in the hospital's fairly high-quality reinforced concrete floor, with only his feet kicking wildly outside.
Chen Tao silently pulled himself out of the ground.
He originally planned to try to destroy the Joker's fun at its root by saying something like, "Haha, no matter how many you kill, it's useless. I'll resurrect them all." But such behavior seemed to be provoking death.
Forget it, let's cancel this plan.
Next, he plans to go directly to Zatana and use his Dark Universe Dragon powers to help her develop a way to counter the Joker's ability to alter reality.
Meanwhile, the Justice League was responsible for drawing the Joker's attention, and they were doing a great job, having a great time fighting the Joker. Chen Tao was also keeping a close eye on things, ready to quickly come to the rescue if there was any danger. With this two-pronged approach, Chen Tao believed that if he really appeared in front of the Joker, he would definitely be a fully prepared Batman.
And as everyone knows... never challenge Batman to a fight.
"Who goes there! Hands up!"
The hospital security guards also heard the noise and rushed over. Chen Tao then disappeared into the darkness.
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In an instant, Clark lunged at the Joker, but then, as the Joker pulled a small stick from his clothes and pointed it at Clark, the mighty Superman was instantly bound by ropes tied to his false teeth, appearing in mid-air from countless cameras.
Despite his fury, Superman Clarke maintained a semblance of rationality and did not immediately use his superhuman powers to break free from the bonds.
They also needed to extract the location of Batgirl Barbara Gordon from the other party. In the past, Clark could have easily flown directly to downtown Gotham, used his X-ray vision, and then his super brain to scan and find the person he needed. But now, when he flew over Arkham Asylum, all he saw was darkness.
Someone literally coated Arkham Asylum with lead, so you can't see anything inside.
The Joker has turned that place into his lair.
So he had to act as convincingly as possible...
So he staggered, pretending to be bound by the ropes, and then fell to the ground with a thud just half a meter away from the Joker in the play.
"Look," the clown said enthusiastically, "now we can chat, old friend." "You've probably noticed that none of your special abilities work anymore. I specially modified this rope to counter your annoying little transformation abilities."
Once you're entangled with these things, you won't be able to use any of the special abilities you've previously displayed. This is a trap I made specifically for you. Who would have thought that just an ordinary rope could make the famous Batman kneel before me?
Clark knew it was time for him to speak, but he wasn't sure what the real Bruce would say in this situation, so he ultimately chose a compromise option over the others.
"In my eyes, you're just a..."
He started hurling insults at the other person, which only fueled the Joker's excitement.
"Shh, don't do that, stop pretending. Don't do this here, don't do it in front of me, don't pretend with your loyal court jester. For while the jester's duty is to entertain the king, he usually has another responsibility, a deeper one. That is to report bad news to the king, the worst news for the whole country, such as the fleet being riddled with holes, the army becoming pacifists, and the children's hands rotting so they can't clap for the fairies!"
The Joker said, "This is all I've ever wanted to do for you, little bat. To bring you the worst news in your heart, so that maybe you can bear it, maybe even laugh it off, and become stronger."
He said, "And God, I do have some news for your old friend tonight. Heh heh, so let's put on some music, turn on the lights, and then cough cough cough, I'll clear my throat and try to speak as loudly as possible. I'm also planning to let your little Justice League family hear it too, through the police lines. So, are you listening? Are you listening, you idiots?"
He said, “You’re imposters, imposters, or con artists, like Barbara Gordon, your friend. She looks strong, but in reality… no, no, no. She’s a bloodthirsty person, you know? She bleeds for everyone, for the city, for her men, for her father, a fragile, bloodthirsty person. Con artists.”
"I was just playing with you guys before, but you guys, the Justice League, I'm coming for you, one after another, hehe, because you're the real bad guys, the real villains."
The Joker, in a frenzy, pointed at Batman: "You ruined my dear king! I mean, look at him! Without your help, he actually said he wanted to retire!"
He clutched his head: "You..."
Do you know how devastated I was after learning this information?
"Where can we find Barbara Gordon?" he heard his Batman say.
"Oh, my dear little bat, must you be so persistent?"
Tell me the answer.
"No." The clown chuckled.
He waited. He knew he had angered Batman. He knew that even with his reality-altering chains, he couldn't hold Batman in place for long. He knew that if he continued to stand there instead of taking other action, he would definitely be beaten by Batman.
He also knew that if he got beaten up by Batman now, it might affect his overall plans, but he just couldn't resist.
On the very night Batman defeated Bane, all three of them were taken to another universe by an unknown force.
There is no Batman in that place, only an invincible, powerful other self.
How boring.
One of the three clowns, the leader of the criminals, accepted the missions, but these missions were meaningless to the Joker. Even though his invincible self was relatively kind to them, the Joker's heart was still full of malice.
The Joker knows everything, he knows everything, but at this moment, the Joker's reason and emotion are separate.
As he leaves his original universe to travel to a universe where he is more powerful, the Joker has muscular men beat him up every night, just to relive the feeling of Batman's punches.
And indeed, it had been a long time since he had experienced being beaten by Batman. The Joker was waiting, waiting for a special kind of revelry.
He waits to relive his old dream.
Sure enough, in front of the Joker, the enraged "Batman" broke free of the ropes and jumped up with pure brute force, punching the Joker with such force that it was almost comparable to Superman's, even scraping off a large piece of the Joker's face.
However, he didn't seem to care at all, and instead covered his face with satisfaction:
"You hit me... but Bat, everything I've done all this time was for you!"
He relived the days when he was beaten by Batman, and that sense of déjà vu brought tears to the Joker's eyes.
Clark suddenly grabbed the Joker by the neck and lifted him up, then made a knife shape with his other hand, as if he was about to rip out the Joker's heart at any moment.
"Where exactly is Barbara Gordon? Tell me!"
"He's not here, he's far away... part of our special feast!" the clown said. "A celebration for you, for me, and for your allied families. You'll thank my bat when you see it, you will, you might even kiss my hand. Just like I kissed yours, my king, heh heh heh heh..."
"It's poisonous..." Clark remained in his original position, temporarily giving up.
"Yes, old friend, my kiss is so captivating, it can make you stop in your tracks. That's how loving it is, see?"
"Besides, I won't let you ruin the celebration I've planned for you, especially since I've already put in so much effort and shed so much blood and tears to make it a success. Of course, that's not the point, hahaha! It will be a grand event. Here, let me give you the invitation."
The Joker used more chains and huge tentacles that suddenly emerged from the ground to re-tie up the Clark version of Batman.
He's finished reliving his old dream of being beaten up by Batman; now it's time to get down to business.
But just as the Joker approached Clark...
But what he saw was a smiling face raised.
(End of this chapter)