chsdbacks Chapter 663 Hal is dead, the Bat Doctor uses a crowbar to treat him violently.
Chapter 663 Hal is dead, the Bat Doctor uses a crowbar to treat him violently.
Chapter 663 Hal is dead, the Bat Doctor uses a crowbar to treat him violently.
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
Barbatos was already quite annoyed; frankly, he had never had any experience as a protector before.
Since its birth, as the World Maker's pet, Barbatos' job has been to destroy the failed creations that the World Makers made by mistake, namely those Dark Multiverses.
Long lifespan does not mean that one is proficient in everything. If a pig is born only to eat and drink, it will not become smart even if it lives for 1 years.
Barbatos was accustomed to destruction, and he was born for destruction.
Now, although he is forced to protect the Time Stream for his own great cause, this goes against his nature, making him feel uncomfortable all over, and he can only exert less than 70% of his full power.
"It's simple." Then Barbatos heard the Black Death Emperor say, "Have you forgotten that I can drag all creatures that have died but have been resurrected back into the realm of death?"
Barbatos instinctively retorted, "But Hal is still Hal from the Zero Hour; he hasn't experienced..."
He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized something.
"Yes, that's right. If he were still Hal from the Zero Hour era, I naturally wouldn't be able to do anything about him... But now, he's come down from his own timeline... ah."
Barbatos heard a hint of excitement in the other's voice: "Parallelism Morhal has already appeared after the rebirth event, which means that the [Night of the End] that caused his death has already occurred. I can now completely use the death of the Night of the End to drag him back into death. But all of this is predicated on..."
The Black Death Emperor extended his bony hand to Barbatos via telepathic communication.
"I need your energy. Only with your energy can I define Hal's death in reality. Otherwise, I can't do it. The energy I can project in reality is far too little for an opponent of Hal's caliber."
Barbatos did as he was told, sharing his energy directly with the Black Death Emperor, but he was quickly rejected by the Black Death Emperor.
"No, you're mistaken. It's not this dark matter energy mixed with your will. What I want is pure energy that hasn't been tainted by your will."
Of the three brothers created by Papetua, the mother of the multiverse, the Monitor controls the energy of the matter universe, the Anti-Monitor controls the energy of the antimatter universe, and the World Forger controls the energy of dark matter.
Although this energy belongs to them, it is not something that cannot be taken away or transferred.
For example, after sealing away their mother, the three brothers had a dispute over the spoils, and the Anti-Monitor became mortal enemies with his brother, the Monitor. In the major event "Crisis on Infinite Earths," he devoured a large amount of positive matter universe, which was equivalent to biting off a piece of flesh from his own brother, the Monitor.
The Antimonitor's own antimatter energy, combined with the antimatter energy it gained from absorbing the Monitor's matter universe, created the almost invincible demon in Crisis on Infinite Earths, a demon that required all the heroes to join forces to defeat.
This is why the Anti-Monitor never recovered to its peak after it died.
Barbatos has shared his dark matter energy before, but this sharing has often been malicious and contaminated.
Just look at the unfortunate Anti-Monitor Dragon to see how tragic the consequences are for accepting dark matter energy containing Barbatos' will. What's worse is that if this energy still belongs to Barbatos, then he can give it away at any time and naturally take it back at any time.
No matter how strong you are, Barbatos can bring you back to reality with just a snap of his fingers.
The Black Death refused to use this energy; he wanted Barbatos to permanently transfer a portion of his power to him, rather than the temporary borrowing that Barbatos desired.
"That's impossible!" Barbatos was furious and rejected the other party without hesitation.
All this energy should belong solely to Barbatos. In this world, only Barbatos can plunder the power of others; no one has ever been able to steal Barbatos' power.
Barbatos is the only one who takes advantage of his teammates; no teammate has ever taken advantage of Barbatos!
That bastard Black Death Emperor is taking advantage of our misfortune! Barbatos will never tolerate such extortion!
Despite this, the battle was fought too restrained, especially since Barbatos clearly understood that if he failed to stop Hal this time, he would only have one more major enemy in the mortal world. Whether his plan to take control of the entire multiverse would succeed and who would ultimately gain control of the multiverse remained uncertain.
It's like a hunting dog chasing a rabbit; it's only running for a bite to eat, and even if it doesn't catch the rabbit, it will have another chance.
For Parallax Morhal, he was like a rabbit. If he couldn't escape this time, who knew when the next chance would come, or even if he would ever have the chance to leave again.
In this situation, coupled with the fact that Howl can destroy things at will without worry, while Barbatos has to catch all the bottles and jars falling from the sky like Tom the cat in Tom and Jerry, Barbatos is already at a disadvantage in terms of fighting spirit alone.
As time went on, Barbatos found it increasingly difficult to stop Hal, and the scales in his heart gradually began to tip.
Barbatos has invested too much. He even left his lair for this matter. If he returns empty-handed this time, what is the point of him leaving the World Forge?
If all his efforts are in vain and Parallax Mohal ultimately returns to the downstream of the hypertime stream, then all his previous investments will have been wasted, and all his previous investments will have gone bankrupt.
This time, unlike when he cooperated with the anti-surveillance agents before, they helped him make up for his losses. Not only did he not lose money, but he actually made a profit. This time, if he loses money, nothing will help him.
If they grit their teeth, once Hal dies, all the remaining antimatter cosmic energy in his body will belong to Barbatos.
The first Genie absorbed a certain amount, but even what's left is enough for Barbatos to make a huge profit.
Without investment, how can you have the chance to make a fortune?
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind for a long time, Barbatos finally turned around and asked the Black Death Emperor through the telepathic communication link, "How much energy do you need?"
"Not much," the Black Death Emperor said, "just a tiny fraction."
Finally, Barbatos made up his mind.
While Hal was still enjoying the battle, the cunning Barbatos reached a deal with the Black Death Emperor, but he wasn't without attempts to retaliate:
"I won't give you all of this energy. I will share it with you anytime, anywhere, for your use. If you dare to lie to me..."
Once bitten, twice shy. Barbatos's mistake of paying off all his energy at once resulted in him being tricked out of his energy by Batman Dragon, and he will never make the same mistake again.
"Of course I wouldn't lie to you."
The Black Death Emperor stared indifferently into his large, dark, dull eyes, which were devoid of any pupils, and then said:
"What bad intentions could I possibly have?"
He explained it this way: "My purpose in being is to bring death. I cannot go against my instincts."
That is indeed the case.
Barbatos nodded slightly. The Black Death Emperor's behavior pattern was not much different from that of a real living person, and was actually not much different from that of a machine influenced by instinct.
So after that energy was completely transferred, a certain change began to occur in Hal.
"Get out of my way! You..."
Lightning flashed and thunder roared.
Within the purple lightning manipulated by Barbatos, Hal swam directly within it using only his powerful physique.
After engaging in close combat several times and realizing he couldn't gain any advantage, Barbatos could only use ranged attacks to wear down Hal's stamina and try to stop his advance.
But this can only slow him down at best.
Beside Parallax Morhal, numerous phantoms are reenacting history that just happened shortly after the rebirth event in the Hypertime Stream.
Lex Luthor, clad in blue armor, roams the city fighting for justice, attempting to shed his villainous reputation from the New 52 era...
One historical timeline after another was slowly but firmly left behind by Hal, like a cicada swimming downstream, twisting its body with force, making the entire river of time tremble.
But at that moment, a wisp of deathly aura suddenly crept onto his cheek.
Half of Hal's face suddenly caved in. The most distinctive feature of Parallax was the graying at his temples, a mark left on him by Parallax after he learned of the destruction of his coastal city.
The two tufts of white hair made Parallax appear much older than his actual age, but compared to this change, the increase in age was insignificant.
Hal's entire face quickly turned into a skull, transforming him from a somewhat old-looking man into a skin-and-bones corpse.
An aura of death spread across his face, causing him to pause even as he attacked Barbatos.
What's wrong with me?
Hal was startled. He had just come down from the Hypertime Stream and his memories of the entire Hypertime Stream had not yet been fully absorbed into his mind. Therefore, his understanding of the Black Death Emperor's power was not profound. He only knew that the other party possessed a certain kind of death, but he could clearly resist this power of death during the Zero Hour. How come he could not do so when he left his position in the Hypertime Stream?
"Damn it, Hal!"
Just then, Hal heard Chen Tao's voice in his ear: "This is the power of the Black Death Emperor. He used..."
Chen Tao explained why the Black Death Emperor could drag Hal into the realm of death, and then he said, "Now there's only one way!"
"What method?"
"I have a way to resist the Black Death Emperor's influence on you, but it won't last long enough. You must forcefully break through Barbatos's obstruction within this short time, understand?"
Parallax heard Batman say, "If you don't make it, you'll never have another chance!"
"I know, come on." Hal, whose face was already half-turned into a skeleton, struggled to resist the sudden increase in pressure from Barbatos. He barely managed to grab the other's bat wing, then opened his mouth full of teeth and bit down, only to be knocked over by Barbatos.
He originally wanted to ask Batman what gave him the right to influence the Black Death and stop the attack on him, but Barbatos's attacks were too swift and intense, and Hal simply couldn't spare the energy for them.
The approach to death caused Hal's abilities to diminish significantly in a short period of time. He used to be able to fight Barbatos, who was restricted in his ability to move through time, to a standstill, but now he was being defeated one after another.
Barbatos had the upper hand for a moment, but in an instant, Hal returned to his original form.
The deathly aura vanished, and the skeletal face regained its rosy hue. Barbatos was caught off guard when the green beam of light pierced through Hal's fist pierced through his wings. He turned sideways somewhat disheveled and slammed his opponent away again.
He exhaled a breath of purple lightning, forcibly smoothing out the time rift that Hal had conjured out of thin air.
"Black Death Emperor, what's going on?" Barbatos, enduring the relentless, mad dog-like punches from Parallax Demon Hal, couldn't help but curse, "I was... I saw a ghost, I was..."
He was beaten so badly that he couldn't even speak for a moment, but he finally managed to say, "Hurry up and kill this damn bastard!"
With a pop, Hal's face was once again covered in black death energy.
His once lush hair instantly turned into baldness, and Deathhal was weakened once again before being pinned to the ground by Bartos.
He pressed hard against the other man's neck, and Parallax Mohal struggled violently.
Then he heard Batman's heavenly voice:
"It's alright, I can help," Batman said.
Pop, he changed back to normal.
He leaped up from the ground, breaking free of Barbatos's restraints, then straddled Barbatos's head, raising his fist that shimmered with green light and smashing it down relentlessly.
"Black Death Emperor!"
Barbatos cried out.
He was being beaten and howling in pain. The more important reason for this was that Barbatos had lost his will to fight and had gradually begun to place his hopes for victory on the Black Death Emperor, even if it was only temporary.
Hal's face was covered in black mist again. This time he looked much worse than before, indicating that the Black Death Emperor had indeed done a great deal of work.
But the next moment he was gone.
"Black Death Emperor!!!" Barbatos could no longer bear it, but he heard the Black Death Emperor's voice in his ear: "No, that's not right. Batman Dragon has some kind of ability to interfere with my abilities. My abilities come and go. How did he do that?"
The Black Death Emperor had barely finished speaking when the effect returned, only to disappear again after two seconds.
After repeating this several times, Chen Tao finally sighed and took out a crowbar.
"Don't worry, Hal, the Bat Doctor will completely cure this stubborn ailment!"
Hal saw the colorful lights suddenly appearing on the raised crowbar and immediately had a bad feeling.
(End of this chapter)