American comics: Starting with replicating Superman's talent

Chapter 277 The Dark Knights Appear

Hashet's Curtain.

The enormous coffins were placed throughout the gloomy and dimly lit tomb.

"Splash!"

A grappling hook descended from the sky, and then Batman, flapping his bat-cloak, roared to life on the dark earth.

"This is the place of origin."

Batman squinted at the murals painted throughout the tomb, which depicted the story of a bird tribe robbing a bat tribe in ancient times.

"But where are the clues?"

Batman looked around, but suddenly, an inexplicable sense of crisis made his scalp tingle.

Without the slightest hesitation, Batman rolled on the spot.

With a flick of his body, several gleaming daggers grazed past his back armor, piercing the mud wall with tremendous force and embedding themselves within it.

Batman turned his head and saw the owl pattern carved on the end of the dagger.

"Hehehe."

Before Batman could react, a cold and cruel laugh came from the dark passageway.

"It's been such a long wait."

Batman squinted and looked into the darkness.

The black goggles allowed him to easily see through the darkness.

He saw several figures clad in black robes, wearing grotesque and twisted skeletal masks, and wielding bat-shaped staffs slowly emerge from the darkness.

Their exposed arms were deathly pale.

The leader had a hoarse and deep voice.

"So long has passed since we set our sights on you, great woman, our ancient priestess, who serves the god of darkness Barbatos in your name."

"We owls have waited a long time for this day, and the curtain is ready."

"Now it has come upon us."

Listening to the priests' words, Batman subtly moved his hand to his waist while feigning incomprehension and asking, "How did you plan all this?"

Sure enough, just like all villains, he had an inexplicable urge to share.

The leading priest smiled, opened his arms, and said, "What we need to do is very simple: hide in the torrent of history."

"That's what the Court of Owls does best."

Several figures in suits and ties, wearing pure white owl masks, emerged from behind the priests, their tone playful.

"We know you slaughtered those idiots in Gotham City."

"But the courts of owls are endless."

"And now is the time for you to pay the price."

As the voice faded, the priests raised their scepters.

The slender scepter emitted a deep black light.

These pure malices flowed like water over the entire tomb, surging towards Batman's feet.

"Clatter!"

Batman was given no chance to resist; the mud in the darkness grabbed him and enveloped his entire body at an incredible speed.

"No!"

Batman struggled to raise his hand; he realized he had been tricked.

But it was all too late.

The blood was absorbed by the dark energy.

The towering figure flickered and gradually dissipated like a black hole, replaced by a blood-red passage from which dark energy surged forth.

"The passage has opened; Batman has become the entrance!"

The members of the Court of Owls sneered as they stared intently into the dark passageway.

"Hooray! Barbatos will reward us!"

"He will imprison this world with chains, and we will follow his rule!"

A group of people were celebrating around the dark, blood-red passage when one of them heard a rustling sound coming from inside the passage.

"Shut up, I heard his voice!"

People were breathing heavily.

"He's here, he's here!"

Before they could react, a foul stench mixed with the smell of blood assaulted their senses.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Amidst piercing laughter and frantic roars, several figures suddenly leaped out of the passage.

The monsters, clad in black cloaks and wearing red Robin uniforms, but with abnormally pale and twisted faces, bared their sharp teeth and lunged at the men in suits wearing owl masks.

"Crunch!"

Sharp teeth tear flesh apart.

The Robins, who should have been the embodiment of justice, were now like greedy and ravenous hounds on the African savanna, feasting on the owls.

"Click, click!"

The strange sounds made as raw meat was chewed.

"Hehehe, calm down, my children."

Accompanied by the flickering of light and shadow.

One figure after another emerged from the blood-red passage.

A bat-woman wearing a medieval halter dress and holding a trident symbolizing Neptune.

A terrifying monster with a ferocious face that bears some resemblance to Doomsday, and the bat marks remaining on its muscles, indicate that this is Batman from Doomsday.

A metallic Batman constructed using nanotechnology.

There is also a slender Batman with black lightning flashing around him.

A Batman flying in mid-air, wearing a dark green ring on his hand.

But the most eye-catching figure is Batman, standing at the very center with a twisted smile and a pale, ashen face.

He seems to be laughing all the time; if the people of Gotham City saw him, they would probably think he was Batman dressed as the Joker.

"Hehe, we've finally arrived in this universe."

He turned to the enormous figure within the dark passageway and said, "Great Barbatos, we will complete your mission."

"But now."

Batman, with his twisted smile, slowly crouched down and cut a piece of metal that emitted a ghostly blue light from the ground.

He burst into laughter, laughing so hard he almost fell over: "But for now, let's bring the world into a dark slumber!"

He gently tapped the strange metal.

"Buzz~"

....

"Buzz~"

A long and strange melody permeated everything, echoing across the wilderness like the sound of a melodious flute.

But what was even more terrifying than the sound of the flute was that the vibration spread throughout the world, penetrating every corner.

...

"Gino".

A gentle female voice rang out.

"Um?"

Gino slowly opened his eyes.

The surrounding buildings and facilities were very familiar.

Inside the enormous circus, an elephant trapped in a cage is using its trunk to pick up a banana and put it in its mouth to taste it.

A little girl with long, light blue hair was looking at him with a bright smile.

The girl shook the rabbit in her hand and said, "Let me show you a magic trick."

Seeing the girl's two little tiger teeth showing when she smiled, Gino rubbed his head.

"Are you Zatanna?"

"Yes, it's me?" The girl tilted her head. "Don't you remember we were at the circus?"

"Ah, of course I remember."

Gino looked down at his small hands, feeling as if he had forgotten something.

It seems they've forgotten something very important!

"Gino Luther".

A faint voice sounded in my ear.

"The leader of the Justice League."

"The world needs you. Don't wallow in the darkness of illusion. Wake up! Wake up!"

(End of this chapter)