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"Without reservation..."
"Dedicate it to me!"
"Submit to me!"
"To become my subordinates... to create a new order... a completely new... flawless and regretless... 'perfect' world..."
"The most loyal..."
"warrior!!!"
Lin Tian's declaration, brimming with allure, incitement, and a grand vision, was like planting a magical seed in the parched and despairing hearts of heroes!
Let them, in the endless darkness, seem to see a glimmer of... a twisted... yet deadly allure... a beacon of hope?!
Yes… since my past self was so despicable… since so-called “justice” and “order” are all false…
Then why not...
Smash it all?! Completely abandon those ridiculous morals and constraints?! Embrace a completely new power?! Follow a more powerful, more "real," and more "meaningful" being?! Create a... truly powerful world ruled by the strong! A flawless and regretless "perfect" world?!
This thought! It's like the most terrifying virus! And like the sweetest poison!
In the heart of every hero! It grows wildly! It spreads!!!
Their eyes began to look lost...struggling...and finally...
Gradually…
It was stained with a trace of...
The purple-gold light emanating from Lin Tian's body was extremely similar...
Filled with fanaticism! Dependence! And absolute obedience!!! Twisted light?!
Lin Tian looked at these superheroes who once represented light and justice, whom he was about to completely "turn" and "control"! A chilling smile, like that of a demon god, filled with wicked charm, pleasure, and an overwhelming sense of control, appeared on his face!
Excellent! Heroes of the Justice League!
Welcome to…my…new era!!!
Are you ready... to embrace your brand new... "destiny"?
142 Justice has fallen! A new order! The dark sky, the universe's lament!
Under the combined influence of Lin Tian's devilish temptation and the complete collapse of their own faith, the heroes of the Justice League finally made their "choice".
Or rather, they had no choice at all.
When light is completely swallowed by darkness, when hope is completely replaced by despair, when all perseverance and faith turn into laughable bubbles, what else can they do but submit to a more powerful being?
"I...we...are willing..."
Clark Kent, the human god who once symbolized the hope of the earth, was the first to kneel down on one knee with difficulty before Lin Tian!
He lowered his once proud head! His eyes, which were as clear as sapphires, were now filled with a complex, distorted light, yet also carried a hint of morbid fanaticism!
He spoke with a tone filled with struggle, yet also tinged with relief and... anticipation! To Lin Tian on the throne! He swore his corrupted "loyalty"!
“Great…master…please…please grant me…new power…and…guidance…”
Then! Wonder Woman Diana! This once proud and righteous Amazonian princess! Slowly lowered the sword of Vulcan in her hand! Kneeling on one knee!
Her eyes were also filled with complexity and confusion! But even more so, there was a sense of awe for Lin Tian's godlike power and... a strange dependence mixed with admiration and fear?
“I…Diana Prince…am willing…to follow in your footsteps…to create…a new…order for you…”
Barry Allen, The Flash! Hal Jordan, Green Lantern! Arthur Curry, Aquaman! Ron Jungs, Martian Manhunter!
One after another, superheroes who once represented light and justice laid down their weapons like dominoes falling from the sky and knelt before Lin Tian!
Their faces all bore similar expressions, complex, distorted, yet tinged with a morbid fanaticism!
In an instant, they seemed to have fallen from "guardians of justice" to "followers of the demon king"?!
Only Batman, Bruce Wayne, remained standing in the same spot!
Although his body was trembling slightly, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his eyes were filled with indescribable pain and struggle.
But his heart, belonging to the Dark Knight—obsessive and tenacious to the extreme—was still putting up a final, and most futile, resistance!
He didn't want to kneel! He absolutely could not kneel before this demon king who manipulated people's hearts and treated all living beings like ants!
Even though… that “Hehuan Brand” from the depths of his soul! is like a maggot clinging to his bone! It is frantically eroding his will! Twisting his thoughts!
"Oh? It seems... our Mr. Batman... still has quite a 'personality'?"
Lin Tian looked at Bruce Wayne, the only one still struggling to hold on, and a smile of great interest appeared on his face.
He did not immediately use his mental power to forcefully crush him.
He enjoys watching his determined prey make its final struggle in despair.
That would make him feel more...pleasant and accomplished.
"Bruce! What are you doing?!" Superman, seeing Batman still "resisting," actually spoke up! He urged him in a tone full of "concern" and "confusion"?! "Kneel down! Swear allegiance to our great master!"
“That’s right! Bruce!” Diana also earnestly advised. “Stop being so stubborn! Only by following our master can we gain true power! Only then can we create a truly peaceful and perfect new world!”
Listening to my former most trusted comrades, now speaking as if in a dream, uttering these nauseating words of "surrender"! Looking at their faces, so familiar yet so strange because of "brainwashing"!
Bruce Wayne's heart was filled with endless sorrow, anger, and...despair!
It's over! Everything is over! The Justice League… this heroic group he once placed so much hope in! The group he hoped would become the last line of defense for Earth… has it all fallen so completely?!
And he... seems... unlikely to hold on much longer...
That "Hehuan Brand" from the depths of his soul! Like a maggot clinging to his bone! It is slowly devouring his last shred of reason and will to resist!
His knees... began to bend uncontrollably... his head... also began to slowly droop...
No! I, Bruce Wayne! The Dark Knight of Gotham! I must never! Submit to the devil!
Just as Bruce was about to completely give up resistance and succumb to the temptation of darkness, suddenly! A deafening, even more terrifying roar erupted from outside Wayne Tower, on the distant horizon!
Then! The entire Earth seemed to tremble violently!
An indescribable surge of dark energy, filled with an aura of destruction and despair, swept across the entire solar system like an invisible cosmic tsunami! Even… the entire Milky Way galaxy?!
"Um?."!"
Lin Tian, who was just about to enjoy the "beautiful sight" of Batman's final surrender, suddenly frowned slightly! He abruptly raised his head! His gaze seemed to pierce through the dome of Wayne Tower! Pierce through Earth's atmosphere! Looking towards the distant depths of space!
He could clearly feel it! A force far more powerful and terrifying than the one that invaded Apokolips before! Even carrying a hint of dark power that made his heart tremble! was descending upon Earth at an incredible speed!
"What...what kind of power is this?!" A hint of surprise and seriousness flashed in Lin Tian's eyes!
With his current Nascent Soul realm cultivation, he still felt a chill?! The newcomer... is definitely not simple! They might even be... at his level! Or... even stronger?!
Could it be…? A name flashed through Lin Tian's mind in an instant! A name he had always been both "anticipating" and "warning" against! Thanos?!
No! That's not right! This power, though also filled with destruction and darkness, is completely different from Thanos's pure will for "cosmic balance"! It's more... chaotic! Mad! Filled with extreme hatred for all life! All order! As if it wants to drag the entire multiverse into eternal darkness and nothingness!
This aura… Lin Tian suddenly remembered! When he was analyzing the Mind Scepter and Loki's memories, he had come across some scattered information about the deepest secrets of the DC Universe! The Anti-Life Equation?! The Dark Multiverse?! And… that terrifying being, like the embodiment of all nightmares, representing absolute darkness and destruction! Barbatos?! Or perhaps… the Anti-Monitor?!
For the first time, a genuine sense of...gratitude and...excitement welled up in Lin Tian's heart!
It seems... my "game" in this DC universe is bigger than I imagined!
Those so-called "Justice League" and "supervillains" are just...appetizers?!
The real feast... is only just beginning to be served!
Lin Tian looked out the window at the sky, which had begun to turn pitch black! Lightning flashed and thunder roared! It seemed to foreshadow the end of the universe! His face showed no fear whatsoever! Instead, a more sinister and fiercely combative smile appeared on his lips!
"very good!"
"Let me see..."
"This DC Universe..."
"Just how many 'surprises' can it bring me?"
His gaze! Like two sharp swords capable of tearing through the darkness! Piercing straight to the heavens!
That wave of dark energy, filled with an aura of destruction and despair, swept across the entire Earth in just a few seconds, like an invisible plague, and even began to spread toward the more distant edge of the solar system!
The sky had turned completely black, like ink! Not a single starlight! Not a single moonlight! Only ferocious streaks of blood-red lightning, like the claws of a demon, madly tore through the sky amidst the churning dark clouds! A chilling stench of sulfur filled the air!
The earth trembled violently! It wailed! As if unable to withstand the terrifying pressure from the deepest darkness of the universe! Countless cities began to collapse! Mountains began to crack! Oceans surged with towering waves! The entire Earth seemed to be struggling in its final moments before the end of the world!
Every living being on this planet! Whether they are superheroes as powerful as Superman or Wonder Woman! or ordinary mortals as weak as ants! At this moment! they all felt the ultimate fear and despair from the depths of their souls!
It was as if their lives! Their will! Everything they had! were about to be completely swallowed up by that boundless darkness! Reduced to nothingness!
"What...what kind of power is this?!"
On the top floor of Wayne Tower, the Justice League heroes who had just "submitted" to Lin Tian looked out at the terrifying, apocalyptic scene, feeling the dark pressure that made their very souls tremble! They were all terrified, their faces pale, their bodies shaking, and they could barely stand!
They previously thought that Lin Tian was already the most terrifying being in the world!
But now it seems! Compared to this pure, all-consuming dark power from the depths of the universe! Lin Tian's so-called "Demon King" aura! It's practically like... a child's toy?!
This is the real deal! A cosmic catastrophe!
“Master…” Wanda, Jean, Gwen, and the other queens under Lin Tian’s command also came to Lin Tian’s side with solemn expressions! They too had sensed the terrifying power of that darkness! It was a terrifying existence that far exceeded their current understanding and control!
Even Jean Grey, who had just begun to master the Phoenix Force, and Wanda, who could already warp reality, felt like a small boat in a raging storm before this power, on the verge of capsizing at any moment.
Only Lin Tian remained, standing with his hands behind his back in front of the enormous floor-to-ceiling window. His face showed no fear whatsoever; instead, it wore a smile filled with excitement and fighting spirit.
"Finally...has it arrived?" He looked out the window at the sky completely shrouded in darkness and crimson lightning, muttering to himself, his eyes gleaming with a light as bright as stars.
“A surge of energy…filled with the laws of ‘antimatter’ and ‘destruction’…” Lin Tian’s powerful primordial spirit instantly deciphered part of the essence of this dark power! “Moreover…it seems to also contain a trace…of a unique aura from the ‘Dark Multiverse’?”
"Looks like... my luck this time is really good..." Lin Tian licked his lips! His eyes were filled with undisguised greed and possessiveness! "To actually encounter... two 'heavyweight' guests at the same time?"
Two people?! Everyone present was stunned upon hearing Lin Tian's words!
Could it be... that besides this already descending dark force... there's something even more terrifying waiting for them in the transit group?!
Just as everyone was filled with doubt and uncertainty, suddenly! Rumble!
The entire Earth trembled violently once more, more violently than ever before!
It was as if... something much larger! Something much more terrifying! Had descended!
Then! Under the horrified and incredulous gazes of everyone, in the sky, the already pitch-black clouds... appeared as if torn apart by an invisible hand! A colossal spatial rift, radiating a dark red light!
No! That's not a crack! It looks more like an...open...eye?!
A colossal eye, large enough to blot out half the sky! A dark eye filled with endless malice, chaos, and an extreme hatred for all life?!
And deep within this "...Eye of Darkness"! One can vaguely see... an even larger! Even more indistinct! Yet emanating a terrifying aura capable of causing the entire universe to groan! An indescribable! Dark figure!
He seemed to be... coldly watching from another dimension... an "antimatter universe" filled with absolute darkness and nothingness... this... "matter" world that was about to be completely devoured and destroyed by him?!
"Anti-Anti-Monitor!!" Martian Manhunter Ron Juntz screamed in terror and despair as he stared at the "Dark Eye" in the sky and the indescribable, terrifying figure within it.
He was the last surviving martyr! He had seen scattered records of this existence in ancient Martian texts!
That existed since the beginning of the universe! The opposite of the "Watcher"! A multiverse-level catastrophe representing absolute "antimatter" and the will of "destruction"! The Anti-Watcher!
Every time he appears, it is accompanied by the destruction and wailing of countless universes!
How could he... suddenly appear in this universe?!
Could it be… Rong En suddenly remembered what Lin Tian had said before about the “multiverse crisis” and the “apocalyptic catastrophe”! Could it be… that what he said was true?!
This anti-surveillance agent…is the… ultimate threat he was talking about?!
Just as everyone was gripped by endless fear and despair due to the arrival of the Anti-Monitor, another terrifying energy wave, equally filled with destructive and domineering aura, was rapidly approaching Earth from the distant depths of space at an incredible speed!
That was a massive fleet consisting of countless menacing black warships!
On the flagship of the fleet, a giant clad in golden armor, with skin that appeared an eerie purple, and a face covered in deep wrinkles, sat firmly on his floating throne forged from withered bones and wailing souls.
On his left hand, he was wearing a golden metal glove! And embedded in the glove was a power gem that emitted a purple, destructive light!
Exactly! Thanos, the Emperor of the Universe!
He actually came too?!
And judging from his appearance... it seems... he's after the remaining Infinity Stones on Earth?!
Two cosmic-level super tyrants! The Anti-Monitor! And Thanos! They actually descended upon this tiny Earth at the same time! For different purposes!?!
This...this is simply...the end of the world!