HBWnovel Chapter 680 Let's go save the world together!!! Barbatos
Chapter 680 Let's go save the world together!!! Barbatos
Chapter 680 Let's go save the world together, Lord Barbatos!!! (5000-word long chapter)
Barbatos is now unsure of what he should do.
He is currently inside the World Forge, with the corpse of the World Forger sitting beneath him, watching the scene outside while showing off.
Holding the Dawn Lamp, which looked utterly hopeless, like a doll in his arms, Barbatos would rub his enormous claws against it whenever he had free time.
Oh, right, Barbatos thought. He was currently pondering the question of "not knowing what to do."
Okay, that does sound a bit strange, but Barbatos really hadn't figured it out.
He now stays within the melting pot of the world, keeping his doors tightly shut.
Outside the furnace, amidst the endless turbulent currents of spacetime, Batman's Dragon is engaged in a fierce battle with Barbatos's enemies.
Barbatos... Barbatos hasn't decided yet.
If the Emperor Joker were to lead his vicious allies directly into the World Forge at this moment, Barbatos would have no choice but to fight a desperate battle.
Whatever their reason for trespassing, it was intolerable to Barbatos.
From the moment of its birth, it was the Dragon of the Forge, a meaning and value bestowed upon it by the world's forgers.
This is not only because its power can only be maximized in the World Forge, but more importantly, it cannot escape from here with the corpse of the World Forger.
The Emperor Joker is nothing but a clown; even with the power of a fifth-dimensional god, he cannot change his ridiculous nature.
But the Anti-Monitor... that sixth-dimensional deity just like his former master, the Anti-Monitor, always cast a shadow over his heart.
Barbatos didn't want to admit that he was afraid of the other party, but the fact that the puppet Anti-Monitor Dragon, manipulated by the Anti-Monitor, could still break free from his control despite his tight control gave him a feeling of being out of control.
In that instant, at that moment, Barbatos once again recalled the fear of being dominated by the World Forger. In fact, he had murdered his master many years ago, so long that even the blue face of the World Forger had become somewhat blurred in his memory due to his deliberate forgetting.
For so many years, he had been in charge of the world's melting pot, enjoying smooth sailing and never encountering such a huge failure.
Even now, Barbatos wasn't sure if he could hold off the Emperor Jester and the Anti-Monitor Dragon if they stormed into the World Forge, taking advantage of the terrain. Before, he would never have doubted himself; he was so powerful in the World Forge, he had never failed. But now, he was no longer sure.
So he has now made his decision: Batman Dragon or the Emperor Joker, as long as they don't invade, they can fight however they want outside the Forge. Barbatos needs to recuperate and continue to build up his strength, not participate.
Once he locks the door, they have no chance of getting in unless there's an inside man.
But in the melting pot of the world, who else besides him has the ability to quietly open the door?
He rubbed the Dawn Lamp in his hand a couple of times.
Could it be this cute little doll?
"Oh right, everything's fine now. Now, perform your lights-out procedure for me again..."
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"What do you mean? William Hand is not dead. My Black Light Ring can still sense his existence."
Chen Tao's heart tightened, and he suddenly grabbed the Emperor Joker's neck. The Joker let him hold him like that, feeling the almost suffocating climax, the perverse pleasure making him spasm.
"Where did you take him?!"
The Emperor Clown's eyes were glazed over.
what.
Look.
A Batman determined to kill, but like the Batmen of the past, he is a Sisyphus who is forever pushing the boulder.
Chen Tao was barely able to contain his anger. William had failed. He hadn't done anything wrong, but he couldn't possibly get away with it every time.
How did the Emperor Joker capture William and then separate him from the Black Death Emperor's body?
William is the real-world host of the Black Death Emperor.
Once William and the Black Emperor separate, the Black Emperor's power in reality will plummet. How could the Black Emperor agree to let the Emperor Joker do these things?
He's just allied with them, not worshipping the Emperor Clown as his godfather!
the most important is.
Why the hell didn't he use the 50% power of the bat mite that he gave William as a backup plan?
That was his last trump card to save William's life!
He had taken the best possible precautions, so why did it still fail? Why was William captured, and why did his ring not give any warning until the Emperor Joker appeared before him and told him this?
There were too many unknowns. For the first time, Chen Tao realized that he knew nothing. Could the Emperor Clown really do all this?
Could he really bypass his own intelligence network and all the backup plans he had left behind to capture William Hand alive?
This is a bit too much, Joker... Okay, calm down.
Chen Tao took a deep breath, and even in the most turbulent moment in his heart, he did not reveal the slightest bit of his emotions.
He tried to stall for time; his scheme with William Hand had failed. Fine, he accepted it.
But Batman always has a backup plan. He may not be able to monitor every ally for the time being, but he still knows the location of every ally.
Even without the Emperor Joker speaking, Chen Tao knew what he wanted to do: capture William Hand alive. Capturing this person, who, so far, was the closest to Robin in terms of his status, was of great significance to both Chen Tao and the Emperor Joker.
Even without the Emperor Joker saying so, he already knew what the other party was going to do, but he still needed to stall for some time:
"What exactly do you want, Emperor Joker?"
The Emperor Joker's smile faded.
In that instant, after the Emperor Joker's smile faded, his pale face, which no longer appeared manic but even unusually handsome, showed a deep sadness.
He unexpectedly displayed a melancholic prince-like aura, catching everyone off guard.
Chen Tao still gripped his throat, just as Spartacus gripped the lion's throat in the arena of ancient Rome.
This scene resembled a relief carved from pure white marble in ancient Greece. Although it wasn't shown on his face, the Emperor Joker knew that Batman was burning with rage. He knew what the other was thinking and feeling. But the Emperor Joker seemed completely oblivious. He gently opened his palm and murmured in a dreamlike manner.
"I want to be the star of the show!"
The pale, melancholic prince chuckled softly, elegant and gentle—that was the most absurd part.
He was face to face with Batman, eye to eye.
His eyes were filled with tender affection, yet also chillingly cold. All of this seemed to coexist so harmoniously in his eyes, making one feel that it was merely one's own fantasy.
"So if I cannot make you my brother, bound by love."
He said, "Then we will be bound together by hatred."
"You've changed, Batman," he said. "You know what? That trauma made you who you are. There isn't a Batman in the multiverse, there isn't a single Batman who hasn't experienced that trauma."
He said, "When I traverse the long river of time and witness one Batman after another in countless parallel universes, even the weakest one has his own Crime Alley."
"And those who never owned Crime Alley will become mayors, gang leaders, or henchmen of the Court of Owls, but they will never become Batman."
"But you!"
He said, "But only you."
"A Batman without any trauma! You have no weaknesses, you never suffer, you never grieve! Yet you are still Batman, it's astonishing! Have you ever seen an attic without a foundation?"
"So when I saw you, I realized my destiny! Do you understand? I am part of your puzzle, my heart is connected to yours!"
He said:
"I will fill the last missing piece of you as Batman, a pain! A mournful echo deep within your soul! You will know who I am, and what you truly are!"
The melancholy prince tore off his disguise, transforming once more into a frenzied beast, and suddenly grabbed Batman's hands that were choking him:
"I am the ultimate answer to your life's problems! Without me, you're a joke! Please, I'm begging you, have mercy and let this happen—"
You will be a legend, and I will be a part of you, a part of Batman! This was all made for you, and there will never be another person as good as you!
Chen Tao could no longer bear it.
"You disgusting pervert."
He said this.
He knew that letting the Emperor Joker continue his nonsense was the right choice at this point. He used this time to get things done, and even located William's position, but what the Joker was saying was so disgusting that he could no longer tolerate it.
He suddenly raised his foot and kicked the Emperor Joker in the face. The immense force sent him sprawling backward, screaming in agony.
Chen Tao lunged at the anti-monitor dragon, just as the Emperor Joker had said, he was trying to target each enemy specifically.
When the Anti-Monitor Dragon swung its claws at him, Chen Tao exerted influence on him through the presence of a 1/4 Dark Multiverse Dragon within him.
His outstretched claws and the energy beams he spewed were misdirected by Chen Tao, hitting the wrong target instead and striking himself instead.
Both of them accepted the status given to them by Barbatos, which was originally one entity, even now that the Anti-Monitor Dragon has escaped Barbatos's control.
But then the anti-monitor dragon realized that this technique was nothing special, just a clever trick. So Chen Tao, who had just pulled out a crowbar from his pocket, almost hit himself on the head with it.
Ultimately, both the Anti-Monitor Dragon and Chen Tao unanimously shut down this guiding technique. They unanimously shifted the domains controlled by their respective powers, preventing each other from guiding their attacks. Just as Chen Tao had thought, this could not decisively defeat the Anti-Monitor Dragon, but only catch it off guard.
Brainiac stared intently at Batman, who was fleeing for his life.
Regardless of why the other party came to the World Forge or what their plans were, it's all over now. He temporarily forced back the Anti-Monitor Dragon with that skill, but now he had nowhere left to retreat.
Brainiac thought to himself.
The fact that the Emperor Joker's plan included the option of having so many of them unable to stop the enemy and allowing him to escape so they could go back to rescue William Hand is utterly foolish. Who could possibly escape from such a large group of them?
Not to mention Batman Dragon, even Barbatos couldn't do it. Faced with their combined attack, Barbatos could only hold out in the World Forge.
He is the Dragon of the Anti-Monitor, the Emperor Clown, the Black Death Emperor, and the Time Trapped...
Wait, what about those who are trapped in the current situation?
Brainiac suddenly realized that the Time Trapped was no longer on the battlefield. Who knew when he disappeared? His combat power was slightly reduced, but it didn't matter. Even if the Emperor Joker didn't put in his full effort, the outcome was still predetermined.
Batman's tricks against the Anti-Monitor Dragon cannot be used a second time, and the Black Death Emperor is no longer affected by the Batman Dragon after he has deployed William Hand.
So now he's all alone. Batman must have prepared something for him, but he absolutely cannot suppress him. Once he's taken a hit and figured out what kind of move the other man is using, the next move won't work on him.
What follows is Batman's doomsday.
He surrounded his opponent, and Batman Dragon released some kind of psychic virus at him, an infectious disease specifically targeting telepaths. This caused Brainiac some trouble, but Anti-Monitor Dragon was already in pursuit, and the final outcome would not change.
The Black Death Emperor swung his scythe at Batman Dragon, which the latter dodged, but still completely deprived Batman Dragon of any chance of escape.
Brainiac reminded himself that times of desperation are often when one needs to be most vigilant. He was prepared to face Batman's desperate struggle; a cornered beast often chooses an enemy to drag down to hell. But to his surprise, Batman did not continue to pounce on the three of them. Instead, he suddenly turned around and opened a huge, tightly closed door in mid-air.
The Gate to the World's Crucible?
What does Batman want to do?
Before Brainiac could react, he saw Batman Dragon pounce on the door, pounding on it frantically and shouting:
"Lord Barbatos! Lord Barbatos! Help me! Look what they've done to me!"
He shouted loudly:
"Have you forgotten what they did to you? Don't you want revenge? Lord Barbatos, save me! And then, Lord Barbatos—"
"Embrace your destiny and join me in saving the entire multiverse!"
He pounded on the furnace door, just like Barbatos's head.
The loud thuds continued, but Barbatos did not respond at all, which was to be expected, as the dragon was terrified by his defeat.
Brainiac admitted that for a fleeting moment, he almost thought the door would open right in front of him and Barbatos would rush out and fight them all, but half a second later, he relaxed slightly.
He had seen too many lunatics today—the Emperor Joker, Batman Dragon—but thankfully Barbatos at least still had some sense.
Batman Dragon was still pounding on the door, and Brainiac was ready to make his move.
"ridiculous."
Brainiac thought to himself.
Barbatos wouldn't open the door, Blaine could remind herself. Once Barbatos opened the door, it would mean a full-blown battle between them, and she would have to strike first.
but now……
Batman: Dragon is what he should be focusing on.
He continued his attack on the other side.
It's all time to end this.
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Within the melting pot of the world.
The Bat Who Laughs is still in jail.
According to his original plan, he had been released by Barbatos to replace the temporary killing machine and become the actual leader of the Dark Knights again, but now that position has been promised to Dawn Lantern, so no one remembers him now.
But it doesn't matter, all of this is within the Batman Who Laughs's plan. Even if he can't escape according to his original plan, the Batman Who Laughs will always be able to escape.
For example, right now.
The Batman Who Laughs looked up and heard Batman Dragon's thunderous roar, which shook the entire Forge, outside of it, as he swung his crowbar and slammed it against the sealed Forge door.
"Lord Barbatos, Lord Barbatos!"
"The destiny of the multiverse has descended upon us both. Do you know how great a blessing this is?"
"Open the door! Open the door! Let's all..."
"Go save the world!!!"
At that very moment, a two-dimensional miniature Batman Dragon appeared before the Batman Who Laughs.
"I'm here to make a deal with you, Bat of the Laughing."
The Bat of Laughter heard the other party say:
"You better not think I have no other choice."
"Oh, not really, darling."
Then the Bat of Laughter said, "I knew you would use me; it was all part of my plan. Or rather, the fact that you didn't choose to use me last time really broke my heart."
He said, "So, this time you really want to cooperate with me?"
"vomit!"
Then he heard the miniature Batman Dragon in front of him gag.
Then the Bat of Laughter heard the other say, "No, I've changed my mind again."
"???" The Batman Who Laughs was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, the mini Batman disappeared in mid-air with a pop.
"Are you really leaving, my dear?" the laughing bat asked.
Silence reigns within the cage of the world's melting pot.
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William Hand lay on the high altar, barely clinging to life.
He monitored everything on the battlefield through the eyes of the Black Death Emperor.
William Hand kept an eye on every ally.
Including Batman.
Batman taught him that.
(End of this chapter)