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Chapter 422 For Darkseid
Chapter 422 For Darkseid
Under the dark red sky, as far as the eye could see, there were huge piles of smoke and thick black smoke.
This was an endless arsenal, with groups of bipedal creatures with wings on their backs flying around, seemingly on patrol.
In this "city" comprised of arsenals several times larger than any other city on Earth, a towering statue stands proudly.
The statue stands with its hands behind its back, gazing ahead, its eyes flashing red light, and the scars on its dark brown skin proclaiming its past.
During the "Brainiac" incident, the Justice League of Earth Zero remained on Earth, while the Justice Lords of Earth Three went to Apokolips.
But at this moment, Superman knew very well that he was on Apokolips, and that the statue was the two greatest enemies of Earth, Darkseid, the Dark Lord.
Greer ripped open Cyborg's breastplate, forcibly opening his blasting channel, just as Superman was charging towards her.
By a twist of fate, he plunged into the exploding tunnel and found himself here the next moment.
"I need to find a way back to Earth; they need me there—"
Superman Clark's gaze remained as resolute as ever as he walked step by step toward the arsenal billowing black smoke.
Behind the Darkseid statue, in a palace atop a mountain, Darkseid stood with his hands behind his back, watching the red and blue figures slowly moving toward the armory.
The vast distance made Superman appear several times smaller than an ant in Darkseid's eyes, but that's not the point.
"Superman is here, he's in our world."
From Darkseid's side and rear, a figure clad in armor, wearing a helmet with two downward-spiraling horns, and wielding a double-edged great axe spoke.
"That Kryptonian dared to come? I'll go and meet him. I'll split his flesh open with an axe, pull out his spine while he's still alive, and leave the rest to hang on chains and weep every day."
"I promise I'll keep my word."
"For Darkseid."
Darkseid, the Dark Lord who was a full size larger than Steppenwolf, remained unmoved until Steppenwolf finished speaking. After a long while, he turned his head slightly, his eyes practically radiating Omega rays: "Do you think your axe can destroy that Kryptonian, Steppenwolf?"
Steppenwolf stepped forward, his double-edged great axe gleaming with a chilling light under Darkseid's crimson gaze: "My axe has tasted the blood of both the new and the old gods."
"Superman is not a god. He may be considered strong on Earth, but here, on Apokolips—" Darkseid sneered twice, "there is no yellow sun to provide him with power here."
"Any Parademon would be enough to kill him, but it's pointless to let him die like a mortal. I want his soul."
After speaking, the Omega Ray in Darkseid's eyes finally spread into the air, but its target was not Steppenwolf behind him or Superman far away, but a large open space in front of the Darkseid statue.
The Omega rays flashed by, and a large, sunken pit appeared in front of the statue, with a flat bottom and steep walls.
"Throw Superman into that arena, and then free all the slaves," Darkseid said. "The slaves who kill Superman will gain their freedom, while the slaves who do so will be executed."
"No slave can kill him; he's Superman," Steppenwolf said.
From the shadows, a humanoid creature shrouded in a filthy hood slowly approached, its voice echoing like the flapping wings of countless insects: "But they will try, Steppenwolf. They will fight to the death."
"That Kryptonian thought everyone had hope, but he'll soon find that Apokolips doesn't, and here there's only Darkseid."
Darkseid turned around with his hands behind his back to look at the creature that had spoken: "The Anti-Monitor has arrived at Earth Zero. Assemble the army and prepare for teleportation. Queen Kalibak, Nemesis, Steppenwolf—"
"Follow me into battle."
Steppenwolf had more to say: "Calibak is out of control, and this war against Earth and the anti-gods will be extremely difficult—"
"Especially a human from Earth-3 who calls himself the Watcher, who has been traveling to other worlds since his last visit to Apokolips and the complete destruction of that world."
"He seems to have been gathering his strength, waiting for your true form to descend here."
Darkseid remained expressionless, his voice laced with rage: "Leave him to me. He destroyed Apokolips, stole the Mother Box, took the Active Life Equation, and killed my clone."
"I will make him pay an unimaginable price."
"As for Kalibak—Steppenwolf, you can't exclude my eldest son; he will be one of the most powerful forces in this war."
The insect king, whose voice sounded like the flapping wings of a million flying insects, quickly lowered his head, not daring to look Darkseid in the eye: "Praise be to Kalibak!"
"Kantor and Rashina have been searching for the Amazonian across many planets, and my warriors are ready to imprison Milina at any time."
"I promise that Milina will pay a heavy price for what she did to your daughter Greer."
"But—" Steppenwolf wanted a clean and decisive victory in this war, not to aimlessly accept challenges from others. He had to get to the bottom of this. "Tell me, my master."
"Is this war about capturing your daughter Greer, destroying the Anti-Gods, or seeking revenge against the Justice League?"
"What are we fighting for?"
Darkseid stood with his hands behind his back, his tall and muscular body motionless, his gaze fixed on Superman, who had been captured by Parademons and was fighting desperately on the horizon.
He didn't say a word, but the Insect King, standing with Steppenwolf, knelt down on one knee: "For him. For Darkseid."
Steppenwolf only then belatedly realized what was happening and quickly knelt down on one knee: "For Darkseid."
A flash of red light appeared in Darkseid's eyes.
Grell is Milina's daughter, a killing tool created by Milina to kill Darkseid.
At this moment, Greer was on Earth Zero when Lord Superman punched her into the ground, blasting a huge crater in the soil.
Trapped deep in the pit and surrounded by the Lord of Justice, Greer showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, she wielded her giant axe and began to slash at the bottom of the pit.
Gradually, a huge Omega symbol surrounded by circles and lines appeared.
"I call upon the darkness, summoning the evil in all hearts, bathing in the blood of the Old Gods—"
"He came for me, Father!"
Greer completed the summoning ritual in full view of everyone, sending a signal to her father, Darkseid!