indianbanksassociation Chapter 580 Batman Chooses to Kill the Joker Directly
Chapter 580 Batman Chooses to Kill the Joker Directly
Chapter 580 Batman Chooses to Kill the Joker Directly (6000 words)
For the Black Death Emperor, there are several things he needs to deal with now.
The bad news is: his prepared Faust has been captured by Batman and appears to be unkillable. He's lost his spokesperson, and it's highly likely that the Emperor Joker was behind this.
The good news is that the Emperor Joker has reached an agreement with him, so even without his spokesperson, his plan to invade the Batman universe will not be affected.
These were all minor changes for the Black Death Emperor, and he didn't care as long as they didn't affect the final outcome.
Unlike Barbatos, who never considered bringing back ancient beings from the timeline like the Anti-Monitor or the Emperor Joker, the Black Death Emperor didn't care about such things; he was fundamentally different from Barbatos.
Barbatos's goal is to rule; he wants to turn the main universe into a kingdom completely under his control. But the Black Death Emperor's goal is death. No matter who rules the main universe, as long as enough people die, the Black Death Emperor's kingdom will become more abundant, which is exactly what he wants to see. And the return of those ancient beings will inevitably bring death.
Therefore, the Black Death Emperor remained calm and waited for the moment when he would fully enter the Batman universe, sooner or later, but death would eventually come.
Now he holds the reins. Those ancient beings are beholden to the Black Death Emperor, a force he never had when he unleashed the Darkest Night in the main universe. He can use this to expand death even further.
The Emperor Joker promised the Black Death Emperor that he could handle what he was supposed to do.
The Black Death Emperor had thought he only needed to sit quietly and wait for the Emperor Jester to present him with his chosen representative. But at this moment, a group of uninvited guests barged into his kingdom.
"No one has the right to forcibly take my soul from my realm." The Black Death Emperor swung his scythe at the ever-growing, densely packed black-robed figures before him, while standing before him was the first Lantern Knight from the Dark Multiverse.
Who exactly are you?
boom!
The Black Death Emperor's enormous scythe collided with the seven-colored spectral shield formed by countless men in black, producing a deafening roar.
In this otherwise black realm of death, for the first time, so many colorful lights shone brightly. This was a feat that even Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of the main universe, had not accomplished.
Green of will, yellow of fear, red of anger...
The seven-colored light shone brightly, condensing into a large, seven-colored halo within the Black Death Emperor's domain, illuminating the heavens and the earth like the colorful aurora borealis in the Arctic, covering the entire land.
The immense light illuminated countless tombstones, making the corpses lying within them seem to leap out of their sockets.
The corpses thought they were about to be resurrected, but after discovering it was just a large-scale disco with colorful lights in the Black Death Emperor's domain, they all climbed back in disappointment.
These tombstones represent the dead from the main universe and other parallel universes. They are currently under the temporary control of the Black Death Emperor until the new universe reboots after the New 52 or the DC universe rebirth, rewriting their history of death and bringing them back to life, such as the Polka Dot Man who died multiple times in the vast history of the DC universe.
(Note: Polka Dot Man is a minor villain who has died multiple times in different places throughout comic book history, but has been repeatedly resurrected due to several DC universe reboots.)
Those with graves are considered fortunate; more often, countless wandering souls in this land of the dead raise their heads in bewilderment, then vanish into thin air in a burst of colorful light, only to reassemble and wail incessantly.
"How dare you... How did you manage to do that?"
The shock overwhelmed the Black Death Emperor's anger. He hadn't expected that he would fail to kill so many enemies in front of him with a single strike within his own domain. This, in turn, made him less eager to make a move.
This is his territory, the Land of Death. The Black Death Emperor in the Land of Death is on a completely different level from the Black Death Emperor who descended to other universes.
Even Barbatos—he might be able to easily suppress the Black Death Emperor who descended upon the main world, but if he were to be so foolish as to come to the Black Death Emperor's territory and fight him, he might end up in deep trouble.
The fact that these numerous black-robed figures could block his casual attack together is simply incredible! This is too abnormal; who could do such a thing?
He finally took a good look at the group of people in front of him, especially the guy who called himself the first Lantern of the Dark Multiverse, the 1/4 Dragon.
"What did you just ask of me? What should I call you?"
The leader in front of him had already said quite a bit to the Black Death Emperor, but after the Black Death Emperor learned that the other party was the first Genie of the Dark Multiverse, he was too lazy to listen to what he was saying, so he wasn't listening at all.
"You can call me Shadow Calamity, Black Death Emperor," said the first Lantern Knight who called himself Shadow Calamity. "I want you to hand over the first Lantern Knight of the main universe."
Shadow Calamity paused, then said, "This is the foundation of our deal. It's useless to you, but it's a treasure to us."
"Don't even think about it." The Black Death Emperor flatly refused: "No one has ever escaped from my grasp."
Actually, there are exceptions. For example, all the beings in the main universe, all the members of the Seven Lanterns Legion, and Hal Jordan in the main universe, who committed suicide to enter the Black Death Emperor's domain, became the Black Lantern, and piloted the Black Death Emperor as a mecha to kill the first Lantern...
Heroes could come and go from the Black Death Emperor as easily as carp crossing a river, but the Black Death Emperor selectively forgot about them.
He lost patience and planned to kill the guy in front of him who called himself Shadow Calamity first. Once the guy was dead, he would naturally tell him everything about the Black Death Emperor, the spokesperson for death.
As he raised his scythe again toward the legion of men in black, he was also keeping an eye on the Emperor Joker's actions.
After all, he had already made a deal with the Emperor Joker: the first of the three Jokers to die would become his representative. Everything was perfectly planned; whichever Joker died, he would gain a brand new representative.
This matter is far more important than these inexplicable black-robed men in front of us.
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Getan Reservoir.
"What... happened to me?"
A look of astonishment crossed the clown's manic face. He immediately rejected the blue light ring, shouting, "What the hell is this? Get out of my body!"
He shook the stick in his hand. The Joker originally wanted to use reality manipulation to erase the Blue Lantern in front of him. However, unfortunately, this Blue Lantern was the first Blue Lantern ring in the entire universe and the last member of the Emotional Spectrum to return to its original position. It was born to be the true reflection of the power of the Emotional Spectrum in the universe. To change such a fact would be to change the completeness of the Emotional Spectrum in the entire universe.
Therefore, this approach to modification was flawed from the very beginning.
Therefore, no matter how Xiaoke activated his ability, the ring continued to fly towards him as he retreated, until he figured out the logic at the crucial moment. The blue ring that was flying directly towards him suddenly changed direction and flew in a completely unrelated direction, no longer trying to land...
The ring, which was originally curved, was suddenly grabbed by a hand in mid-air.
Chen Tao tore through space, grabbed the ring, and in an instant, his figure flickered and appeared directly behind the Laughing Clown.
His cool, clear eyes, like moonlight reflected on the surface of a reservoir, met the ecstatic gaze of the clown.
I don't know how far away in the darkness.
In a secluded apartment building, the clowns have transformed it into their temporary base.
The clown, the criminal who was monitoring the scene, stood up from his seat expressionlessly. He was a stern gangster and a mental patient whose uncontrollable, violent laughter caused him immense suffering.
The Criminal is the oldest of the three Jokers, but not the most powerful. However, overall, he is the mastermind among the three Jokers, and therefore he controls the overall situation.
He raised his hand immediately.
A bioelectric current surged from his brain, traveling through nerve endings and extending into his arm.
The act of raising his arm is merely a meaningless physical gesture. In essence, the criminal Joker is attempting to directly use the reality-altering abilities granted to him by the Emperor Joker to extinguish his own life force.
This is very fast, much faster.
It's not easy for the Black Death Emperor to change his chosen representative. The representative must have a deep and long-term connection with the Black Death Emperor. The little blue man who betrayed and killed his comrade in the Darkest Night is at best a servant of the Black Death Emperor. William Hand from the main universe, who has always liked "the one who is so cute when he is still," is the flower he has carefully cultivated.
Although William Hand in the main universe was too useless, he gave the Black Death a huge mess.
In short, the Black Death Emperor spent a long time secretly cultivating Faust in that Batman universe, and replacing him is not something that can be done on a whim. Even with the Emperor Joker's ability to alter reality, it would still take time, not to mention that the Emperor Joker and the Black Death Emperor had only reached an agreement not long ago.
If Emperor Joker's original plan had been followed, regardless of whether he could kill a member of the Justice League to create a Black Lantern Corpse in the upcoming battle, he had already achieved his goal of persuading the Black Death Emperor.
Then, the Criminal Joker will lie low until the Black Death Emperor's infusion of energy into him is fully completed with the help of the Emperor Joker, and then immediately commit suicide to become the representative of the complete state.
But due to the machinations of a certain Bat of Laughter, the criminal clown's position is now...
It has been exposed.
"The Joker's ability to alter reality cannot be applied to himself!"
In that infinitesimal moment before the bioelectric current reached his fingertips, magical sound waves pierced the air and resonated in the cochlea of the criminal clown.
Meanwhile, Faust, who was far away in Chen Tao's Metal Spirit Space, took the blame for Zatana's spell and suffered a magical backlash from the anti-spell, letting out a scream like someone having an epileptic seizure!
In an instant, the Joker's suicidal attempt failed. Zatana launched a Superman punch followed by a Rising Dragon punch, striking the Joker's face mask, and then delivered a powerful punch to his chin. Caught off guard, the Joker flew diagonally over the chair he had just been sitting on, then crashed face down to the ground, his front teeth flying out as he spun through the air before landing.
He stood up and raised his hand towards Zatana, as if to do something, but was immediately struck by her counter-curse: "The Joker is temporarily unable to alter reality!"
Zatana dared not directly deny the criminal clown's ability to alter reality, as this could cause Faust to suffer too much magical backlash. Although he possessed a large amount of life-sustaining magic, he was still unprepared, and if the power suddenly became too great, he would die, which would be disastrous.
Meanwhile, the Getam Reservoir.
Suddenly realizing that Batman had appeared behind him like a drifting leaf, the Joker turned around abruptly. He had finally seen the Batman he had been longing for.
"Oh, old friend! You simply can't believe what I've been through since we last parted!"
The Joker raised his cane at Batman: "And I'm about to show you this hilarious transformation!"
He tried to use his abilities on Chen Tao, but he failed without a doubt.
This is not only because Zatanna had just temporarily banned all clowns from using their reality-altering abilities, but also because the Joker's target for his power is about a quarter of the Dark Multiverse Dragon. If it were the Emperor Joker, who possesses 99.99% of the power of the five-dimensional beings, the Mischievous One, he might have a chance. Joker?
Batman grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground: "Did I ask you to? Who asked you? You're wearing this ring today, whether you want to or not!"
The apartment of the criminal clown.
Zatanna swung her magic sword staff and slammed it down on the Joker's head, using the same secret physical magic that Batman had just taught him from Harley Potter and Queen: Stun.
Her magic sword staff is a short, sword-shaped stick, which is functional as a short stick for attack.
She wasn't fast enough to cast spells, so she needed to use physical attacks to keep the criminal clown constantly under attack.
The clown couldn't use his reality-altering abilities, Zatana didn't have time to cast her spell, and everyone was just an ordinary person; in terms of physical combat...
Okay, the Joker is still stronger.
Zatana dodged the strong acid sprayed from the flower on the chest of the opponent who was getting up, and then got hit on the face by the clown's headbutt.
She hurriedly raised her hand and chanted a spell. The criminal clown was about to make a move, whether by using his powers or by using physical skills, but he was suddenly interrupted.
Zatana Summoning! Bane's Fist Technique!
Bane, his body bulging with muscles, tore through the space from behind, using the green of all things as a path. He swung his muscular arms, opened his fan-like palm, and swiftly captured the criminal Joker…
It was in my hands.
I dare not take pictures, for fear of killing them.
Zatanna is the caster, so she can temporarily become immune to the Joker's ability to alter reality by taking the cost of Faust's counter-curse, but Bane does not have this protection.
The criminal Joker could easily turn him into a rag doll or something else with a flick of his wrist. So after grabbing the Joker and throwing him to the ground, Bane vanished without a trace in a flash. The criminal Joker didn't even have time to react to how he ended up on the ground.
"The clown is completely frozen!"
And in another hidden corner...
The Laughing Bat was quietly observing all of this.
well.
Everything was going according to my plan, the Laughing Bat.
Now that all three clowns are alive, the Black Death Emperor and the Emperor Joker will certainly not let this go easily.
With this potential threat continuing to fester, it will be easier for him to manipulate Batman until he is completely driven to his death.
He can...
He had only thought halfway through when he saw Batman say to the Joker:
"I need your help."
"?"
The laughing bat sat up straight.
What kind of trouble is he up to now?
The Laughing Bat wanted to keep watching, but then the screen went black.
Batman cut off his covert surveillance... It's not surprising that he could sense these things.
This Batman possesses at least a quarter of the Dark Multiverse. Even if the Cosmic Dragon is not very proficient in mastering this power, it would still be easy for him to sever a bit of the spying channel that the Batman Who Laughs created by altering and creating the power of Barbatos.
But what made the Laughing Bat feel like he was losing control was that his opponent knew his skill level was not high enough and it would be difficult for him to guarantee that he would not be spied on for a long time. Therefore, he chose to block at the critical moment to ensure that he, the Laughing Bat, would not have time to rebuild his "telescope" in the next few minutes. And what exactly was his opponent doing during this time when he could not spy on him?
The land of death.
The Black Death Emperor, who had just been entangled with the legion of men in black robes, immediately put aside this trivial matter.
He abandoned his enemies, who were shielding him with enormous, colorful shields, and roared into the void, "Your plan has failed, Emperor Clown! None of your three puppets will die!"
Indeed, the Joker was captured at the aquarium and taken to Justice League headquarters by the Justice League. He was then secretly placed into the Metal Spirit's space by Chen Tao, who arrived later. The criminal was apprehended on the spot by Zatanna, and the Laughing Man was also subdued by Batman using the Blue Lantern Ring.
Although Batman briefly obscured the Black Emperor's vision, the Black Emperor knew that even if he could see, it would be too late to react to the situation.
It is now a fact that the Joker, like his two predecessors, has been captured by Batman.
"You have to do something; you must take action."
The Black Death Emperor warned, "Otherwise, our deal ends here immediately!"
He said, "One of the three Jokers, whoever it is, at least one of them must die!"
Getan Reservoir.
"I need your help, Joker... This is no longer the time for us to fight."
Chen Tao forcibly put the Blue Lantern Ring on the Joker's finger, which filled the Joker with hope.
He tried to use his reality-altering abilities to break his own neck and die, just as he had planned, but the hope of life kept haunting the Joker, guiding him toward good and toward the light.
This feels absolutely awful.
"You want me to help you, bat? Hahaha! That's quite a joke. I never thought you could be so humorous. It really makes me...want to kill you."
The content about helping others caused the clown to burst into maniacal laughter.
He laughed so hard he almost fell over. If Chen Tao hadn't been holding him up in mid-air like a rooster by the neck, Chen Tao had no doubt he would have been rolling around on the ground.
"The Black Death Emperor will destroy this world's normal system of life and death. Many people will die. If there are no living people left, then who will you play with? Joker, when you look back at the world, you will no longer see pairs of astonished eyes, but a desolate expanse of tombstones. Don't you feel a sense of despair about such a future?"
Chen Tao probed the other party with words, not knowing how deeply the Laughing Clown in front of him was controlled by the Black Death Emperor and the Emperor Clown.
He needs to try to deduce the truth from the other party's response.
"Wouldn't that be better for me, allowing me to return from the upstream of the hypertime stream much faster?"
Chen Tao's heart sank, but he also gained a lot of intelligence.
The other person directly referred to themselves as the Emperor Joker. This indicates that they have been brainwashed to the point of believing they are the same person as the Emperor Joker.
Although there's a saying that all clowns are clowns, this inability to distinguish oneself from other clowns is undoubtedly the most serious symptom.
Chen Tao could only give him a bombshell.
With a thought, countless nanobots, carrying Mudface's cells, coalesced into the image of the Laughing Bat right before the Joker's eyes.
The mere sight of this creature made the Joker nearly vomit: "What the hell is this? Is this what you're supposed to look like in the future? I'd say this is far more disgusting than you are now, Batman. I've always wanted to heal you. You're not the same as before. You've become like me. That's impossible, that can't be! Batman should always be Batman!"
"A smile should only belong to me! That thing shouldn't be on your face!"
He screamed loudly and angrily, and this outburst made him vaguely regain himself.
Countless metal mechanical tentacles sprouted from Chen Tao's body and then directly pierced into the Joker's body from behind.
"These are about the Bat Who Laughs..."
Chen Tao transmitted all the information about the Batman Who Laughs to the Joker through his ability, which infuriated him. Then, Chen Tao continued to make a request: "I need your help."
"Alright, so what is it, little Batman?" the Joker asked. "That lousy laugh is just too disgusting. Compared to that, even though your laugh is nauseating, at least you're still the old Batman, right? You're still Batman, just pretending to laugh, but I'll fix you sooner or later!"
"Don't change the subject, I'm going to stage a murder."
"Murder case??? Why can you talk about murder so easily now, Batman? You're really sick. Waaah, my best friend is sick, I'm so sad—after you commit the murder, will you bake me a cake as a reward?"
"You should ask me who the murder victim is."
"Okay, who is it, little bat?"
"It's you."
Chen Tao said.
He gave the clown a twisted smile.
The clown suffered cardiac arrest.
(End of this chapter)