newbobooks Chapter 390 What? You like me instead of the scarecrow?
Chapter 390 What? You like me instead of the scarecrow?
Chapter 390 What? You like me instead of the scarecrow?
"It smells like a pool of fuel."
Mongo turned his head and saw some bubbling, lava-colored fuel flowing on the ground not far away.
"Stay away from these pools. If you smell gunpowder in the wind, take another route."
Mongo heard his mother say that.
His mother led him to a pile of ruins, and then she reached out and groped among the steel wreckage of the crashed alien spaceship.
This is a skillful way to survive; she has to find food hidden among the wreckage without getting cut by sharp pieces of metal.
"What are you doing?"
Young Mongo asked.
"Try to survive, idiot. Do you think your tribe will just kill you whenever they want? If so, then hurry up and die, so you won't be a burden. But if you want to live, then shut up and watch..."
Mongo's mother said, "Learn how to do things properly."
Then she pulled her arm out, and a large clump of leeches was wrapped around it. It was a lump of living flesh and blood. The leeches had sucked through her skin, but they had also given their lives to her.
Mongo's mother casually pulled the leech off the wound.
This is flesh and blood, and flesh and blood... means food. Exchanging a small wound for food is a worthwhile trade.
"Can...can we eat them?" Mongo asked.
"It's not for you to eat," his mother said. "The Gologosian wasteland is full of four-legged scavengers, and if they get really hungry, they'll try to kill us."
Then she tore off a piece of leech from the sewer and threw it on the ground.
"But if they had a choice, they would prefer to eat dead animals, and if we left some food behind them every day, they would keep their distance."
Mongo seemed to understand, but not quite. He looked at the food his mother had thrown on the ground for a while, then said, "Don't we...don't we need food?"
He then tried to reach out and take some more leeches from his mother's hand, but this was firmly refused after his mother hesitated for a moment.
"This is mine."
His mother said coldly.
"It is your weakness that led to our exile. Go catch some leeches in the gutter if you decide to live. Or choose mercy like you did in the great pit on Slaughter Day, and die for it."
The woman paused, hesitated for a moment, but finally said these words to her child:
"Anyway, it makes no difference to me."
Then she turned her head and left on her own.
Young Mongo seemed lost in thought. He looked at the shadow of the carrion beast that appeared behind him in the distance and picked up a sharp piece of iron from the wreckage.
Several tens of minutes later.
"Mother."
She heard her child calling, and then she turned her head.
Then, to her astonishment, she saw Little Mongo carrying a carrion beast several times his size that was completely dead, and holding a long, sharp piece of iron that he was using as a weapon.
Mongo threw the enormous carrion to the ground, then knelt before his mother: "Eat, Mother. You are injured; you need strength."
His gaze lingered on the wound on his mother's arm, caused by leeches sucking blood from the sewer.
But he was met with a furious, heavy punch from his mother.
"The war zone tribes never protect others; every action you take shames me!"
She punched her son in the face.
"We are about to face the Kalisengir tribe, who will devour the flesh of their enemies and the flesh of their own wounded! Will you show them mercy?"
She punched and kicked her son, hurling insults at him.
"Cowardice! Cowardice! If you waste your energy protecting me, you weaken yourself and I! Members of the War Zone Tribe decide their own fate, it has always been so. Listen carefully, if one day you are in danger, I will not hesitate to abandon you and run away. You must decide your own destiny... This is the way of survival for the War Zone Tribe—"
"War zone tribes never protect the weak; that's how we tolerate what others cannot!"
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"War zone tribes never protect the weak."
Mongo knew this many, many years ago.
He has to make a decision if he decides to live.
"I know you're there."
He muttered to himself:
"I command you to obey my will!"
"hold head high!!!"
The deafening noise came from the parallax monster awakening within the central energy battery of the green light.
The yellow lamp-shaped iron chain cast by Senesto could no longer bind the central energy battery, and the huge metal creation trembled, as if something enormous was hammering against the inner wall of the metal from the inside.
"Damn it... you shouldn't have come out at this time..."
Senesto hurriedly increased the output of the yellow light's energy, and more yellow chains wrapped around the green light's central energy battery, attempting to reinforce it and prevent Mongo's summoning.
At the same time, he was furious. He brandished his lamp ring, shooting a beam of light at Mongo, then turned to Achilo and berated him:
"You're all bastards trying to rebel! Do you really think you'll get away with this after Mongo succeeds?! You only have one chance now: Achilo, join me in stopping Mongo's actions, or we're both finished!"
Achille didn't move. Seneca roared angrily, and finally, one of his sentences struck a chord with Achille.
"...As long as you don't actually rebel, I can tolerate you, but do you think Mongo can?"
Damn it.
In the end, Achilo had to admit that Seneca was right, and he hurriedly fired two attacks at Mongo, but it was too late.
As Mongo did so, the iron chains that Senesto materialized shattered and disintegrated.
Chen Tao took a half step back. Even at this moment, he still had time to be distracted. While Seneca, Mongo, and Achilo were all focused on the green light's central energy battery, he quietly opened a portion of the portal to the Crimson of All Beings.
Behind the door, the killer crocodile and the scarecrow had been waiting for a long time.
With his mouth gagged, the scarecrow, upon seeing Batman, immediately made a whimpering sound: "Help! This is outer space! I'm suffocating... I can't hold this in..."
Chen Tao removed the towel from his mouth: "Stop yelling. I've modified your brain with the DNA of a wolf, so you won't die even if you're exposed to outer space. You're a master at manipulating fear. Dr. Klein, you understand the essence of fear better than Shining and the others. And with Parallax, you'll truly reach the source of fear."
He excitedly said, "You will become the master of the Parallax Monster, a living aggregate of fear energy on a cosmic scale. Don't worry, you will be the most powerful host of the Parallax Monster."
He was spouting nonsense at the poor Scarecrow, who, just weeks before, had been plotting a terrorist attack in Gotham City, had no idea what he was talking about.
Without his classic scarecrow costume, Dr. Klein looked somewhat timid, blinking his eyes:
"Huh? Me?"
"The scarecrow asked."
Chen Tao didn't care. He quickly dressed Scarecrow in his classic outfit again. He hadn't dressed him in it before because Klein's fighting ability often depended on the buffs he received from the uniform he wore. Scarecrow was one of the stronger second-tier villains, and if he were locked up dressed and still thought he was Scarecrow, he would cause Chen Tao a lot of trouble during his imprisonment. It was better to capture him first and then dress him up at the scene.
Under Batman's immense strength, Scarecrow was utterly powerless and could only submit obediently.
Soon, Chen Tao looked at the scarecrow that was already taking shape and nodded with satisfaction.
Great, as long as I push the scarecrow out, he will have a chance to directly attract the parallax and then pull it into his body.
If this best-case scenario happens, I can summon the ghost directly and recreate the famous scene from the comics where the ghost and Parallax fight.
Chen Tao thought to himself.
As the vengeful spirit of God, although Ghost often suffers setbacks when facing truly powerful opponents, he is still undoubtedly a top-tier powerhouse in the magic realm.
In the comics, he was even able to fight Hal Jordan, who was possessed by Parallax, and forcibly separate Parallax from Hal.
Let him deal with dangerous creatures like Parallax, then pack them up and send them away. Hmm, plan in place!
Chen Tao had already prepared a backup plan for the scarecrow.
After defeating the Eclipse with Amanda and the others and obtaining the Eclipse's Dark Star, he was able to easily use magic to forge a portion of the Eclipse's aura.
When Eclipse is truly resurrected, he will have the ability to use magic to isolate himself from the ghosts' detection, thus preventing them from causing trouble. He will only summon the ghosts to fight when he believes he has regained enough power to fight them.
But the aura that Chen Tao fabricated wouldn't do that; it would only tell the ghost: "Heavens! The evil monster Eclipse, which you once sealed away, has been resurrected! Come and see!"
In such a situation, a ghost would only be able to tolerate it if he were dead.
And even if the ghost can't, it's okay, regarding the ion shark...
Chen Tao stroked his chin and turned his gaze to Bain, who was still looking bewildered not far away.
Unwavering willpower, hmm? If there's anyone in the DC universe whose willpower can rival Batman's, Bane would definitely be one of them.
As one of Batman's archenemies, Bane can do many things that Batman can do. Why do you think he brought Bane along? This is called Plan B.
"Something's not right... Batman. Did you call me here just to sit here like an idiot amidst the Red Sea?"
Bain leaned over and whispered to Chen Tao:
"Stop joking, the more I think about it, the more something seems off." After spending half his time as a lowly soldier in the Red Hole, Bane gradually realized that his IQ seemed to be declining day by day after following Batman's orders.
He was becoming increasingly lazy in thinking about what Batman actually wanted to do, and instead preferred to empty his mind and simply follow the other's orders. This was a dangerous sign, and at this moment, his long-dormant brain finally sensed something unusual.
"You're here to protect William Hand, what else?" Chen Tao said, trying to fool Bain. "Your job is to protect William Hand. There will be times when William Hand needs to step in."
Then, feigning busyness, he interrupted Bane's question, and whispered something to Killer Croc: "Coordinates here, there, and here... There are many little blue men's corpses, and two living little blue men!"
"The little blue man?"
"It was those guardians of the universe who captured them and put them into the Crimson of All Beings, especially the few who were still alive. We had to ensure their lives, as they might be useful later."
Seeing the killer crocodile nod, Chen Tao felt relieved and reached out to take the scarecrow that had just had its mouth gagged again.
OK.
Boom!
With a huge vibration
Chen Tao turned his head, and the Parallax monster roared, completely breaking through the Green Light Central Energy Battery.
The universe roared, rippling outwards invisibly. Countless creatures clutched their ears, letting out screams of fear and terror.
After being imprisoned by the Green Lantern Corps for many years, the source of all fear in the universe is now free!
"Parallelism monster..."
The three members of the Yellow Lantern Legion recited the Yellow Lantern Legion's oath in unison.
The rings on their hands emitted a burst of yellow light, which then struck the Parallax monster simultaneously.
Batman forcibly put the yellow light ring from the previous Deathstorm on Scarecrow, then used the prepared drugs to control his body and shoot yellow beams at Parallax.
"The night is vast and dark."
Sinestro roared:
The burst of yellow light struck the Parallax monster: "A Bright Night!"
Mongo roared, and the blue ghost of Carona appeared on his face, making him look like he was wearing a mask.
"Dissidents and rebels fear my divine light!"
"W-what happened? Ahhhhhh..." Scarecrow screamed as Batman threw him toward Parallax. Undoubtedly, he possessed the ability to control the yellow light, but in the rush, he was swept up by Batman's manipulated body. He barely had time to feel the power of the light ring on his hand before being forcibly pulled along, shooting his beam toward Parallax.
"Wait, that thing..." But soon a look of fascination appeared on the scarecrow's face. He was a master of manipulating fear, and also a villain who toyed with fear.
For every believer in fear, the Parallax monster is the most alluring treasure.
"No!" Achilo shot out a yellow beam with all his might, trying to join the fight, but he was quickly suppressed by the other two.
"Burning with terrifying fire, those who defy me shall perish!" Senesto roared, but his voice was quickly drowned out by Mongo.
"Fear is the source, Mongols are the authority!"
Mongo charged towards the Parallax monster:
"I am your master!"
"Obey me!"
However, Parallax stared blankly at the small creature before him, let out a hiss, and then its massive head fixed its gaze on...
batman.
Then Parallax's eyes lit up.
He was looking in the direction Batman was looking, and at that moment, the Scarecrow was standing right in front of Batman.
Then, Chen Tao's eyes lit up.
"Yay!"
The man and the beast were thinking the same thing almost simultaneously.
(End of this chapter)