amaotonovel Chapter 290 Reverse Lightning Invades All Beings: The Red
Chapter 290 Reverse Lightning Invades All Beings: The Red
Chapter 290 Reverse Lightning Invades All Beings: The Red
Wonder Woman crawls out of the ruins.
She was somewhat relieved that the Flash had evacuated all the residents beforehand. Otherwise, a battle like this would have killed countless people; ordinary people were like tofu in the face of these superheroes and villains.
She looked up at the sky not far away. The body of the meditation mite had swelled up and was now floating in the air like a small airship.
But then her expression changed, she raised her shield, and was immediately knocked away by a large axe.
"You'd better not get distracted while fighting me, Amazon."
Steppenwolf stepped forward, his nine fingers gripping his giant axe as he swung it down, Wonder Woman barely managing to hold on. Aquaman Arthur attempted to stab Steppenwolf in the back with his trident, but Steppenwolf slightly turned to the side, the trident tip wedged into a gap in Steppenwolf's armor, causing Arthur to lose his grip and be lifted up by Steppenwolf.
"Your planet will submit to Darkseid!"
Wonder Woman was forced to pounce, and Steppenwolf had been waiting for this moment. They were both masters of combat; neither would make a move that could be easily predicted by the enemy, nor would they allow anyone to anticipate their attack direction.
However, Wonder Woman's forced confrontation with Aquaman Arthur in order to save him is undoubtedly a huge flaw.
Steppenwolf grabbed Aquaman Arthur by the neck and used his entire body as a weapon, slamming it against Wonder Woman.
Just as the two were tumbling to the ground, Steppenwolf strode forward, his giant axe slashing down at Wonder Woman. Diana gritted her teeth, knelt on one knee, and raised her shield.
She knew that her old strength was gone and her new strength had not yet been generated, so it would be difficult for her to withstand Steppenwolf's premeditated killing move. But at this point, she had no way to avoid it and could only try to fight to the death.
However, just as she was bracing herself for the attack, she felt someone grab her shoulder and instantly pull her out of the attack's reach.
Wonder Woman turned around, and there stood the Flash, Barry Allen. At that moment, the black and red Reverse Speed Force and the golden Speed Force were coursing through Barry's body, making one half of him shimmer with golden light, exuding righteousness, while the other half was sinister and eerie.
"Barry!" But Wonder Woman showed no joy at meeting her teammate; instead, she immediately tensed up: "Where's Reverse-Flash who's with you? Where did he go?"
The fact that the Flash is here alone means that Reverse-Flash didn't fight him but went somewhere else, which is the most dangerous thing.
In a sense, Mite is already stronger than Steppenwolf. Even with Shazam, the Rogues, and the two Lanterns around, the situation can still be said to be just barely balanced in terms of the opponent's fighting power, maintaining a state of neither victory nor defeat.
But if reverse lightning were to appear there, it would likely become the final straw that breaks the camel's back... no, the final 300-kilogram dumbbell.
Strictly speaking, this tactical allocation is not reasonable. If the goal is to win the battle, the correct approach is to try to hold off the stronger opponent, then concentrate overwhelming combat power to quickly eliminate the weaker one, thereby establishing our advantage.
However, the Justice League's tactical design, or rather, the tactical design devised by Batman, supplemented by Martian Manhunter, and directed on the spot by Wonder Woman, was designed from the very beginning to buy time.
The core strategy is to seek stability, not to achieve great success, but to avoid mistakes. The goal is to separate all enemies, ensuring that each enemy is on a battlefield with equal combat strength, preventing them from joining forces to create a synergistic effect where 1+1=100.
However, this tactic now has a huge flaw:
The Flash couldn't hold off Reverse-Flash.
This will definitely cause a complete collapse of the situation!
"No, Barry. You have to find Reverse-Flash and then hold him off." Wonder Woman broke out in a cold sweat and grabbed The Flash by the collar:
"When you were fighting him, how did he get out of your sight?"
"I don't know!" Barry exclaimed anxiously. "I just told him I was willing to sacrifice myself to defeat Darkseid, and then he started flying into a rage, and then—"
Steppenwolf's axe, as big as a cartwheel, came crashing down again, but the Flash grabbed Wonder Woman and Aquaman Arthur, who was lying on the ground, and dodged the attack with his speed far exceeding that of Steppenwolf. His Speed Force enveloped the two of them, accelerating them as well.
Wonder Woman heard The Flash say:
"—Then somehow he opened a spatial portal, probably some kind of subspace, and ran straight in and disappeared!"
"What kind of space is that? Calm down, Barry. Think about it carefully. What exactly did you say to Reverse-Flash? What might he be planning to do?"
"I...I...I just told him I did, and he called me a hypocrite, told me not to pretend to be a moral guardian, and said he already had a way to force me to sacrifice myself, that he was fully prepared. Wait, I think I understand, he meant..."
Suddenly, Barry the Flash seemed to wake from a dream, his eyes instantly turning red: "The Red of All Beings! The way you force me to sacrifice myself is by threatening me with my girlfriend Patty and my dad!"
He had just discovered that the other party had suddenly disappeared, and panicked. He hurriedly ran back to the battlefield to look for Reverse Lightning's whereabouts, and did not think of this for the time being.
He clutched his head:
"But Batman clearly said that the Red Isles was safe, so how did Reverse-Flash get in?"
"It's clear that either Reverse-Flash himself or Mist Mite have cracked the way to enter the Crimson Realm, and that place is no longer safe."
Wonder Woman took a deep breath: "Listen, Barry."
The Wild Wolf's axe came again. He swung left and right, but couldn't hit the Flash who was holding Wonder Woman and Aquaman Arthur. He angrily looked up and roared to the sky.
"Batman trusts me a bit; he once gave me something he called a remote control," Wonder Woman said. "Take this to Gotham City, to Poison Ivy's office..."
She gave a specific address and continued, "There's a magic circle there that Batman had Killer Croc leave behind. It can open a temporary passage to the Red Realm, but it requires real-person authentication and a remote control to activate."
Wonder Woman could even feel the gears inside her brain spinning incessantly:
"Since Batman only gave me the remote and granted me single-person access, you have to take me there so we can enter the Red. There's no time to lose, Arthur. You have to hold on a little longer and fight Steppenwolf alone, otherwise, if Reverse-Flash kidnaps the entire Justice League's families..."
Hal's childhood sweetheart and biological brother, Billy's adoptive parents and his godbrothers... everyone will lose their will to fight, and at that point, the entire war will risk collapsing!
As she was talking, she noticed that both The Flash and Aquaman Arthur were staring at her.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong? Or is there something on my face?"
Then Wonder Woman silently watched as the Flash pulled out a "remote control" from his belt that was exactly the same as the one he was holding.
Aquaman Arthur, with his golden hair and beard, scratched his butt and pulled out something from behind that was almost identical to what the other two were holding.
During the infinitely slowed-down time caused by the Speed Force, the three of them remained silent.
"At least Batman wasn't lying." Aquaman Arthur chuckled twice. "Neither Barry nor I knew there was a temporary passage to the Red Hollow in Gotham City. Looks like Batman really only told you."
Wonder Woman remained silent. Her face flushed slightly, then she abruptly turned her head away: "I bet Batman has registered your permissions on that magic circle, Barry. You can definitely open it with your remote, so there's no need for me to go."
"Huh?" Aquaman Arthur asked, "But didn't you say Batman only gave you access, and that you need to be physically present to open it...?"
"Stop talking," Wonder Woman interrupted. "Shut up, we need to focus on Steppenwolf. To hell with Batman!"
"???"
Barry didn't waste any more words. He abandoned the two men and headed straight for Gotham City.
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"It's always like this, Clark."
Louis sat at the table, gazing at the dark red sky outside the window.
The vast desert made it easy to mistake this place for some other dimension, but rather somewhere on Earth. However, the eerie blood-red hue constantly reminded Louis that they were not in a familiar place.
"It was just like the last time we faced Brainiac. Everyone was sent into the Crimson of All Beings, as if they were quietly placed into a bottle."
"Ah, Batman doesn't want to control us," Clark quickly explained. "It's just necessary for the battle. We're too easy targets for the enemy to break through."
"I know, I know," Louis said. "I didn't mean to complain."
She looked out the window at the unchanging scenery: "I'm just a little nervous. Although it's not the first time, I still don't know the final outcome of the battle."
Then Louis looked at Clark and said what he hadn't yet said: "Aha, Batman always wins. I knew you'd say that."
She walked over and sat down on the white sofa next to her, showing what she thought was a slightly protruding belly that wasn't actually there.
When Louis was furnishing the Red House, he insisted on using white furniture, aiming to at least create a color distinction between the interior and exterior.
"But sometimes...don't you portray Batman as a little too omnipotent?"
Louis said, "I'm not questioning Batman's abilities; he's always managed to turn the tide so many times. But you guys seem to be a bit too optimistic about him. It's like you can just hand everything over to Batman, like you can just delegate everything to him without having to think for yourself."
He always succeeds, he always wins, but you never consider that Batman is actually just a human being. No matter how confident he appears, he is still capable of failure.
Louis said, "We actually had no idea what his plan was, right? But we just obediently followed his orders and entered the Red Realm. I think that kind of trust was a bit blind."
"So Batman left us two to protect him, 'Reporter Man' sir." Killer Croc's voice came from behind the door. He was wearing casual clothes that looked like they were for a Hawaiian vacation, with pink fur covering his body.
He pushed open the door with his tail, carrying a pitcher of mango smoothie with straws in one hand and a pitcher of hot coffee with milk in the other, and wobbled in.
"That's why Ivy and I are here. Whoever comes here, we'll fucking flatten them. The two of us are the top fighting force here, along with Death Shooter."
Killer Croc said, "This guy always says goodbye to his daughter before each mission, like it's the last time, but he always comes back alive, doesn't he? Tch, acting all heartbroken, like he's doing all this work for free."
"Talking badly about someone behind their back will get overheard."
However, Death Shooter's voice immediately rang out from outside the door.
Unlike Killer Croc, who is dressed as beautifully as a flower, Death Shooter is fully armed, with weapons almost filling his tactical vest.
"We're here to protect people, not for a vacation," he warned Killer Croc. "You'd better act like a bodyguard. The longer you hang out with Batman, the more complacent you become. I understand you're not a professional bodyguard, but you've been in Gotham for so long and done so much. I think this is a basic mistake for you."
"It's alright," Killer Croc said. "Batman has already arranged most of the things. Our presence here to protect them is just a formality. Even if someone breaks in, can they stop several of us working together? We..."
However, just as Killer Croc was chattering away, a gentle breeze swept into the room, and time seemed to suddenly stand still.
Death Shooter's eyes widened in horror as he saw a yellow figure appear in the room, sprayed onto every living person by the swirling air currents.
A large spurt of blood erupted from Killer Crocodile's body as the supersonic hand slashed through it, rendering the bulletproof scales as if they had never existed.
Before he could finish speaking, the two drinks fell to the ground and shattered.
Immediately following was the sharp, explosive cry of Death Shot, then abruptly cut off: "Enemy attack! Enemy..."
Pfft!
Clark shielded Louis behind him and watched as Reverse-Flash pulled his hand chop from Deadshot's body.
On that trembling, blurred face, a pair of red eyes stared at him.
He immediately turned his back to Louis and made a hand gesture, ready to transform into a zombie superhero at any moment.
(End of this chapter)