American comics: You're asked to fish, but you catch a Superman template?

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When Diana tried to stop Superman, Superman flew towards the laughing bat. "Don't rush, Clark, that bastard's cunning!"

"I know, don't worry, I have it under control."

With these words, Superman flew to a distance of five meters from the Batman Who Laughs. Behind him, members of the Justice League and the Seven Lamps were ready to launch a war if the Batman Who Laughs made even the slightest move.

“Joker, tell me where Bruce is, and I’ll let you go,” Superman said, his gaze fixed on the laughing bat.

"Don't call me the Joker. I've said it many times. I'm Bruce Wayne, although I do look like the Joker, so... you can call me the Laughing Bat, hahaha..."

"Stop it! I don't find this funny, and my patience is limited!"

“Alright, alright, Superman, I’ll give you a chance. If you challenge me, you can save your Bruce Wayne!” The laughing Batman said in an unusually serious tone.

"You want to challenge me?" Superman looked as if he had heard a very funny joke.

If Batman could challenge the apocalypse, Superman would still find it very difficult to deal with, but what we are facing is just a fusion of the Joker and Batman. Is such a creature difficult to deal with?

The dark energy might not kill him, but it wouldn't be incapable of defeating him either!

However, Batman pointed a finger, laughing maniacally and shaking it: "No, no, no, you challenge me? Don't get the point wrong. To save Bruce Wayne's Batman, you must challenge me."

Batman repeated the request with a maniacal laugh, and Superman snorted maliciously, "A challenge? Oh, in that case, I'll grant your wish. Go ahead!"

With these words, Superman assumed a fighting stance, ready to pounce on his opponent in an instant, shattering every bone in his body with a single punch, while the laughing bat obeyed.

“Very well, in the name of Barbados, the god of darkness, I accept your challenge!”

With victorious smiles on their faces, the frenzied bats waved their arms, and the surrounding space suddenly changed, as if they were standing on the top of a high mountain, surrounded by an endless desert as far as the eye could see.

"Welcome to the Eternal Stone, the heart of Earth connecting all parallel universes, this is Mount Conquest."

The Bat Maniac laughed loudly, and behind him appeared a green snake with a huge clown's head but a body covered in claws—the Bat Maniac's pet, a dragon-shaped clown.

Such an ugly creature caught Superman's eye. The clown dragon opened its blood-red maw, bursting out a piercing laugh, and spewed a cloud of green gas at Superman.

"Damn it, kryptonite gas! I knew that bastard was just kidding me!" Diana brandished Vulcan's sword and Hawkgirl's hammer.

Behind them, members of the Justice League and warriors of the Rainbow Lantern Legion also charged toward the Clown Dragon.

The frenzied swarm of bats stood undeterred before the army, continuing to laugh excitedly, saying, "Your opponent is not me, but...them!"

Suddenly, a clear sound seemed to come from afar, like the chirping of a fork, making one distinct sound after another.

The sky above Challenger Mountain darkened, and a massive metal tower, about a mile long, appeared before them, seemingly both near and far. Diana glanced down at the color of Eagle Gila's warhammer and made a call to the massive metal tower in the sky.

"N metal!"

This is a massive n-metal electric tower, a cosmic tuning fork, an artifact used by Barbatos to pull the main universe into the dark multiverse.

Because it is currently the hardest metal in the world, the only thing capable of destroying the Space Fork is a massive weapon made of the same metal, but Diana simply did not have the time or ability to travel to another universe to reassemble the metal.

When the spatial fork appeared, a dense crowd descended from the sky. They all came from the dark multiverse and were supervillains who would eventually take over the world.

There's the Scarecrow who killed Batman and spread fear throughout the world, Lex Rudd who rules the world, Wonder Woman, Black Panther, and various corrupted members of the Justice League...

Faced with the creatures huddled in the darkness of the multiverse, Diana grabbed the Sword of Vulcan and struck the eighth and ninth metals with all her might.

A divine power surged forth!

A major battle between the two sides looms on the horizon.

......

On the other side, the washed-out Scarlet Reaper, along with Batman, Superman, and Xu Fu, traversed infinite cosmic space and entered the melting pot of worlds beyond parallel universes.

This is a world of flames; as far as the eye can see, everything is red—red lava.

"Don't worry, some of these flames are real and some are fake. As long as your thoughts are pure and you have unwavering faith in yourself, you will be safe."

The scene of the Scarlet Reaper stepping on the red-hot rocks, the heat scorching the soles of his feet, did not occur; he walked as if he could endure a thousand degrees of heat, as if walking on the edge of the world's furnace.

"Clark, why are you sweating? I think your willpower is wavering!" Batman Bruce Wayne couldn't resist teasing Superman.

Indeed, the lawless superman of the universe began to waver in his original faith after Louise's death.

Xu Fu stepped forward and patted the extraordinary Superman on the shoulder: "This battle has nothing to do with ideology. It's just a battle for survival. Believe me, everything will be alright after this battle."

"Thank you!"

Superman forced a smile at Xu Fu, then closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and started walking.

"Wait for me, Clark. Finding the N metal in the World Forge requires both of us. Neither of us can be missing. The survival of the world depends on you and me."

Batman, Bruce Wayne, cheered for his old friend as Superman arrogantly snorted, "Then I'll trust you one last time. Don't let me down again."

"That is impossible!"

Batman spoke, and they walked side by side along the rocks at the edge of the World Forge toward the center.

The Scarlet Reaper suddenly looked into the distance and muttered to himself, "He's here!"

"Who?"

“Carter Hall, the original eagle-man of Earth Zero, a slave of Barbatos, the god of darkness!” said Scarlet Reaper.

The next moment, the earth shook violently, and beyond the distant rocky mountains, the head of an eagle appeared, looking like a small house. This creature was at least forty meters tall.

"My God, what the hell is that?"

Not only Batman, but even Superman was shocked: Hawkman Carter Hall was in their world and had joined the Justice League, but your Hawkman is forty meters long?

"...He was the first to challenge Barbatos, Carter Hall Eagle, but before the battle even began, he fell from Mount Rushmore and was banished to the World Forge to become its gatekeeper... Incidentally, the hammer he wields is also made of N different metals!"

"I'm sorry, I can only accompany you this far," the Crimson Reaper explained, then his figure began to sway. "If the Eagle Man sees me, Barbados will know I betrayed him. Take care!"

Then, the blood-red, dead figure disappeared into the darkness.

In an instant, the giant eagle-man stared at Xu Fu's men, raised his warhammer, and smashed it down on the men below.

This hammer is at least five meters long, and considering its weight and falling speed, its impact force is no more lethal than that of a small meteorite.

Seeing this, Xu Fu's body was engulfed in white flames. He grabbed the falling metal hammer and shot it into the sky. "Superman, take Batman to the Forge of Worlds. I'll deal with this Hawkman."

He didn't know how much N metal was left in the World Forge, but the N metal warhammer in the opponent's hands was incredibly lucky.

With these words, Xu Fu leaped into the air, raised his fists to the sky, and smashed them down hard against Hawkman's massive warhammer.

A milky-white shockwave erupted from the space, and the enormous warhammer rolled down. Xu Fu stiffly gripped the metal warhammer, held his breath, and punched in its direction.

boom!

A terrifying force pierced through the massive warhammer, causing the eagleman's wrist to tremble uncontrollably. He gripped the warhammer and flung his body backward several steps.

Between the battles between Xu Fu and Hawkman, Superman and Batman walked side by side across the rocks of the World Forge.

"Darkness has entered the world's furnace, and there is nothing before you but death!" The giant eagle-man took dozens of steps, trying to bypass Xu Fu and stand in front of Superman and Batman.

Xu Fu reached out, and the energy of the life equation formed a chain. The chain broke free and wrapped around Hawkman's neck.

"Hockman of Earth Zero, you should be the greatest adventurer and the greatest hero in Earth's history. Why are you here, playing the role of a loyal watchdog for Barbatos?"

The equation of life became a rope binding Hawkman, preventing him from taking another step forward, while Xu Fu's questioning gaze made him widen his eyes.

Clearly, Xu Fu's words touched upon some deep emotion in the other person.

"Hockman isn't here!"

The other party seemed to deny who they had ever been. Xu Fu glanced at Superman and Batman, who were flying at full speed into the depths of the World Forge under Batman's guidance.

Xu Fu continued to say to Hawkman, "That's right, there's no Hawkman here, only a lapdog crying in the dark!"

Chapter 497 The Metal of the Gods

No! You don't understand!

The giant eagle-man seemed very annoyed with Xu Fu, and suddenly an unparalleled dark aura emanated from him.

"Darkness...unstoppable! I challenged Barbatos on Mount Challenger...but failed. After thousands of years of cycles of darkness...this world is filled with darkness!"

As powerful dark energy erupted from the giant eagle-man, the world's volcano-like furnace, once ablaze with red lava, rapidly descended into darkness.

Superman, led by Batman, flew thousands of meters.

At this moment, the rocks on the ground of the World Furnace began to crack, and fissures tens of meters long appeared, from which oily black lava gushed out.

"Superman, can you feel it? Aa ...

Batman was splashed with several clumps of dark lava, and his skin and flesh were instantly burned.

Even Superman's steely body was helpless against this strange black lava, as if it were the embodiment of all darkness in the world, capable of easily destroying the last hope in people's hearts.

At that moment, all Superman could do was dodge the explosion of black lava as quickly as possible.

"I'm sorry, Clark."

"What are you saying, Bruce?"

“I should tell you I’m sorry, Clark, I shouldn’t have gone against you when you needed me the most.”

"Bruce, now is not the time to talk about this!"

Superman's voice rose a few octaves, but Batman smiled helplessly, ignoring the pain in his body, and shook his head. "There's something I've been keeping to myself for a long time, Clark. Actually, looking back on everything, I finally understand you..."

Superman did not respond, but silently flew at an extremely fast speed toward the center of the world's melting pot.

Batman gripped Super 040's hand tightly. "You discovered the destruction of your home planet, buried Krypton's future with your own hands, and killed your last Kryptonian ally. If it weren't for Lois, you would have lost your mind long ago. And when Lois was in trouble, I ignored your feelings and demanded that you become a saint... We are not saints, we are just mortals!"