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After dealing with that worthless piece of junk.

The hundreds of yellow-light soldiers remained silent, but the fear energy emanating from them coalesced into a wall, pressing down on the three people in the center of the square.

Shuen took two steps forward and stood in front of Hal Jordan and Constantine, facing the King of Fear who was floating in mid-air.

"An interesting interlude has come to an end."

Seneca's voice regained its coldness.

He looked down at Xiu En.

"Now, tell me your purpose, messenger of the sun. You have trespassed into my world without permission and interfered with my recruitment of soldiers. I do not believe this is merely a coincidence."

"I am here in accordance with a prophecy, to collect the energy scattered throughout the universe called the spectrum of emotions."

"prophecy?"

"Is it one of those self-deceiving tricks of the Guardians again? Jordan, it seems your new friend has also been bewitched by those little blue liars."

"I'm not interested in the destiny or prophecy that Xiao Lan talks about."

Hugh shook his head, his golden eyes fixed on Seneca.

"I'm only curious about the spectrum itself. For example, the power you wield called fear. I acknowledge its deterrent effect."

Sinestro never expected that this being, who seemed to be bathed in light, would first affirm the power of fear.

He lowered his altitude slightly, bringing him to the same level as Hugh.

"Oh?"

Seneca looked at Shuen and gave a concise order to the legionary adjutant behind him.

"The parade is cancelled, the site is cleaned up, and all personnel return to their combat readiness posts."

"Yes, Leader!"

All the yellow-light soldiers turned around in perfect unison, transforming into streaks of yellow light that quickly disappeared into the distant arsenal complex.

Xiu En spoke first.

"I just don't like people littering on my property."

He was referring to the scarecrow, and also to the fear of being corrupted it.

"Your territory?"

"Earth, sector 2814, that chaotic, decadent quagmire filled with disorder and rampant emotions. You call that kind of place your territory? It seems the power of the sun has not endowed you with the taste to match it."

"Whether one has good or bad taste is a matter of opinion."

Xiu En shook his head.

"In my view, the universe is like a giant garden. There can be roses, and there can be carnivorous plants. There can be towering trees, and there can be roadside weeds. They grow on their own, compete with each other, and eventually form a chaotic but vibrant balance."

He stared directly into Seneca's eyes, which gleamed with terror.

"What you want to do is pull out all the flowers and grass, then lay down the hardest cement, draw the most standard parking lines, and require every car to park in the designated spot without any deviation. Your universe is neat and orderly, but it's not a garden; it's a lifeless graveyard."

"A naive metaphor."

Seneca let out a disdainful snort.

"A garden? Letting weeds grow rampant will only lead to poison vines strangling roses and insects devouring trees. Your vitality is nothing but a disguise for chaos! And chaos only brings weakness, pain, and ultimate destruction!"

Hal knew that this theory was the very reason why Sinestro betrayed the Green Lantern Corps and founded the Yellow Lantern Corps!

"Look at your planet."

Seneca opened his arms.

"War, poverty, crime! All you bring is endless internal strife and self-destruction! Humanity is like a group of children lost in the dark without realizing it. What they need is not illusory hope, nor the freedom to make unlimited mistakes!"

"What they need is a whip! A pair of divine eyes hanging over their heads, preventing them from ever crossing the line! Absolute fear that will deter them from doing evil out of fear of punishment!"

"Only under the rule of fear can true order be born! Only order can bring eternal peace! This is the meaning of my existence, and of everything I have built!"

He pointed to the vast city of terror beneath his feet, his voice filled with undeniable arrogance and pride.

"What I have done is to build a colossal tower leading to true civilization on a barren wasteland! I am the true savior of this universe!"

Hal clenched his fist.

He had heard Seneca's words countless times and refuted them countless times, but each time he could not truly convince his stubborn former best friend.

Xiu En thought for a moment.

"I acknowledge the value of fear; fear is indeed necessary in development."

"Since you recognize the value of fear, why do you try to stop me? That pathetic Earthling has a natural talent for spreading fear; he's a born warrior."

Xiu En corrected him.

"What he possesses is not talent, but scars. He is merely a patient who keeps tearing open his old wounds, letting others smell the blood, in order to prove that he is still alive."

"And you prescribed him the wrong medicine."

"I admit, fear is a very potent and effective drug."

"It can quickly calm a chaotic body and bring a frenzied mind back to cold rationality. From this perspective, your path is not wrong at all. Use the harshest punishments to establish the most stable order."

"But I still don't like your order."

I can understand part of your thinking.

Shuen continued, “When power is weak, chaos is indeed the greatest enemy. A nation, a civilization, needs iron-fisted laws and authority to remove obstacles if it wants to develop. From this perspective, you have done a better job than those blue-skinned dwarves who only hold meetings and chant prophecies.”

This sudden praise even surprised Senesto himself.

"But order is merely a process, not an end. The purpose of establishing order is to allow the flowers in the garden to bloom more safely and freely, not to make all the flowers grow in the same way, or even stop blooming altogether."

Xiu En shook his head.

"Your uniform concrete parking lot."

"It's so ugly, not a single flower I like could ever grow on it. The whole world smells the same, and that's the awful smell you give off."

"Any order that cannot make life better."

"In my opinion, none of them have any meaning."

"It doesn't taste good, and it doesn't look good. So it's wrong."

"Wrong?"

Senis repeated the word, his face, which had just relaxed at receiving a sliver of approval, was replaced by a murderous rage.

"I have seen more of the world than you have eaten, messenger of the sun! Therefore, I know better than you that giving life absolute freedom will ultimately lead to absolute destruction! They do not deserve the right to choose!"

"Only fear! Only the absolute fear of certain death for crossing the line can keep them like livestock, firmly confined within a safe enclosure! Only then can they, along with the universe I have created, attain immortality!"

It's a life-or-death struggle, a battle over political lines where there's never any room for compromise!

"It seems the power of the sun has blinded you, making you as naive, arrogant, and hopeless as Jordan."

"Since language cannot help you understand what true greatness is..."

His yellow ring emitted a terrifying light!

The surrounding space was distorted by this pure energy of fear!

"Then let me use my absolute power to teach you and this great city of order beneath my feet the most profound lesson in reverence!"

Battle is imminent!

The entire planet Kovald, this massive war machine built on fear and order, began to operate!

The rusted gears on the rings of that enormous, dark planet suspended in the sky began to turn.

Streams of yellow energy poured down from all directions, flowing into Senesto's ring!

"For order!"

He whispered, opening his arms.

Behind him, countless yellow warships burning with flames of terror leaped out of the void, forming a massive fleet that blotted out the sky!

The strange fighter jets, like a swarm of bees, roared and hurtled straight toward Xiu En!

In the center of the fleet, a Leviathan behemoth entirely constructed of fear energy roared to the sky and opened its enormous maw, large enough to devour stars!

Seneca demonstrated the overwhelming power that a legion leader can mobilize on his home turf!

"He unleashes his full power without hesitation! This guy knows how to manage resources!"

Not far away, Constantine, who had already used illusion magic to merge himself with a piece of scrap metal around him, stared wide-eyed with excitement. He felt that today's trip was well worth it!

"Shuen! Watch out!"

Hal is very familiar with Seneca's tactics; this is definitely one of his trump cards.

Hal pushed his willpower to its limit without hesitation, and a thick shield made of countless layers of green energy was placed in front of him!

However, the terrifying fleet loomed over them like an apocalyptic catastrophe.

"All that glitters is not gold; rotten cotton is inside."

He commented.

"The design is quite impressive, but unfortunately, it's too cluttered inside."

He extended a finger, and the Sun Ring began to glow, as Xiu En began to draw power from his true form.

The next second, a real little sun appeared at his fingertips!

It started as just a point of golden light, but then expanded exponentially!

The terrifying heat distorted space, sweeping across the entire square like a hurricane!

Hal's giant shield transformed into pure green energy particles the instant it came into contact with the golden light, and was then drawn in by the gravity of the small sun, becoming its fuel!

"BOOM—!!!"

The little sun crashed into the giant mouth of Leviathan!

A blinding expanse of pure white!

The Leviathan behemoth, constructed from the fear of countless creatures, burst into flames from the inside out, like a piece of styrofoam thrown into a furnace!

Immediately afterwards, the swarming yellow insect fighter jets, under the extreme light and heat, also went out of control and exploded, turning into clusters of dazzling yellow fireworks!

In just over ten seconds, Seneca's terrifying elephant army, which could be described as devastating, crumbled in front of that tiny sun!

Xiu En looked at his work and nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm, the firepower is alright, but the endurance needs improvement."

"That's interesting."

Seneca looked at Shuen's ring as if she had misunderstood something.

"It seems the Guardians are finally willing to bring out some of their most treasured toys."

Instead of retreating, he advanced, and yellow energy unfurled behind him like a cloak!

He no longer built those flashy and impractical behemoths, but instead concentrated all his fear energy on himself!

A set of intricately designed yellow heavy armor, covered with sharp barbs and energy channels, covered his entire body.

"Then let me see how long you, this fragile sun, can burn!"

Seneca and Hugh, that rising little sun, collided violently!

Hal immediately stepped forward and tried to interfere with Seneca's energy supply using his green light.

Constantine retreated even further away, and even lit another cigarette to calm his nerves.

A fierce battle between the sun and fear has begun!

Every collision of golden light and yellow light sent shivers down the spines of the entire planet Kovald!

The ripples of energy spread out and impacted every building in the surrounding area!

However, none of the people present noticed that the fear energy aroused by their battle did not dissipate, but instead, as if it had found a home, it was sucked into a huge meteorite crater wrapped in countless yellow chains and seals in a certain direction below the horizon!

That is the Parallax Monster's prison!

"Um?!"

As Shuen struggled with fear, the sunflower on his shoulder straightened its back!

Its flower head looks like a radar at full power!

"Something's wrong! Such a huge energy reaction! The underground energy aggregate in this garden! It's absorbing the fertilizer that leaked out during your fight! It's waking up!"

Sunflowers connect the nature of this planet.

"That thing stinks! It stinks even worse than Sinestro! Is it a gigantic worm?! I'll stop it for a bit."

Before Xiu En could react, an even louder alarm sounded throughout the entire Xi Mu Realm!

Countless Peashooters, Ice Shooters, and even newly bred Corn Cannons that were originally dormant burst forth from the ground!

Sunflower directly used her authority to contact her main body and forcibly tore open a green portal connecting to the planet Kovald in the sky above the Ximu Realm!

The next second, a deluge of peas, ice beans, butter chunks, and corn shells, like the most bizarre hail in the world, tore through the sky of Kovald and launched an indiscriminate saturation bombardment toward the huge meteorite crater!

"Bang bang bang bang bang-!!!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom—!!"

What is this?!

Sinestro and Hal, who were locked in a fierce battle, and even Shun, were all stunned by this sudden act of divine justice, and stopped fighting at the same time.

They watched as thousands upon thousands of pea-shaped projectiles, brimming with the vitality of nature, rained down on the distant restricted area, a place even Seneca himself dared not approach lightly.

It exploded into clusters of green, ice-blue, and even golden energy fireworks.

Hal's jaw nearly dropped to the ground.

He recognizes that thing!

Those are peas!

Peas from another world!

Seneca frowned as well. He could sense that although the attacks were not particularly powerful, they contained a life force that all fear energies found repulsive. More importantly, the target of the attacks was that being that absolutely could not be disturbed!

who is it? !

Who is wielding his ultimate weapon!

"Hey, Xiu En!"

Hal turned to Shuen and asked in shock.

Is your backyard sprinkler system malfunctioning?!

Before Xiu En could answer, a voice came from deep underground on the planet Kowald!

"Thump—!"

That sound seemed to come from the very terror of ancient times!

Seneca's face turned deathly pale.

He knew better than anyone what this meant!

The monster he considered the Yellow Lantern Legion's ultimate energy source and insurance is about to break free!

This fighting state of his is absolutely uncontrollable!

His gaze swept quickly over Hal, who also looked solemn, and Shuen, who was curiously watching the beans falling from the sky.

Humiliation, anger, and resentment.

A variety of emotions flashed through his mind, but in the end, they were all suppressed by his orderly rationality.

Green Lantern.

Seneca's voice was full of reluctance.

"And you, this sun god of unknown origin."

"I propose we take a temporary truce, what do you say?"