Marvel: Spider-Man? No, I'm Superman!

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Chapter 218 The Unconquerable Darkness

"It's really open?"

At this moment, everyone present was extremely shocked, staring at the slowly gathering energy that gradually formed a huge spatial portal.

"Phew! Finally finished, I'm exhausted!"

At the same time, young Barry returned from the track to the laboratory, where he and the others watched as the energy slowly formed a portal.

"Everyone, prepare yourselves for any impending danger..."

As energy slowly gathered, the portal was about to open. Superman spoke in a serious voice, telling everyone to prepare to enter the portal.

Of course, it is even more important to be aware of the potential threats that may arise after the portal is opened.

Without the slightest hesitation, everyone took their positions as Superman spoke, with Aquaman and Wonder Woman already holding their weapons.

Like everyone else, Batman gripped a black batarang tightly, ready to strike at any moment.

And so, under the watchful eyes of everyone, energy gradually coalesced to form a portal.

"What's going on? There doesn't seem to be anything unusual?"

Seeing how cautious everyone else was, young Barry felt a little strange. He looked at the seemingly harmless portal, then turned and glanced at the others.

"Steel skeleton..."

However, they did not lower their guard, and Batman called out to Cyborg.

"The portal has stabilized, and no anomalies have been detected..."

Without any hesitation, Cyborg immediately stated what he had detected.

"Even so, just to be on the safe side, it would be best to have someone go closer and investigate..."

Batman always makes very careful plans for everything, and now that they've opened a portal to another universe, they naturally have to be even more cautious.

"Hehe, let me do it!"

Before Batman could finish speaking and assign someone to check if the portal was safe, Barry, who was full of curiosity and excitement, couldn't contain himself after hearing this.

He volunteered immediately, transforming into a bolt of lightning as he rushed towards the teleportation portal.

"Wait...Barry..."

Even if Bruce wanted to stop it, it was too late!

"Damn it, that reckless guy!"

The others, seeing Barry's recklessness, couldn't help but curse him inwardly.

However, they didn't blame Barry too much for his recklessness; they were just worried about him.

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"Is this the spatial portal to another universe?"

Barry instantly appeared in front of the portal, his face filled with curiosity and anticipation as he faced the blue portal that was so close at hand.

However, he wasn't really reckless. Instead of going straight in, he slowly extended his right hand towards the center of the portal.

"Barry, watch out!"

The others did not stop Barry at this moment, but continued to stand by and watch Barry's movements closely in case of any unexpected situations.

"Huh? It seems to have really succeeded, there's absolutely nothing blocking it..."

Soon, Barry's right hand came into contact with the central area of ​​the blue spatial portal.

Without any surprise, his palm easily passed through the blue portal and entered it, creating a faint energy ripple at the center of the portal.

"Everyone, please come over without worry, there's absolutely nothing wrong!"

Barry casually stirred the energy in the portal a few times and found that apart from a slight ripple in the energy at the center of the portal, the entire portal was very stable.

Without hesitation, he turned around and greeted the crowd.

"It seems we really have succeeded!"

Batman's tense expression gradually relaxed, and he then slowly prepared to approach the portal.

The others did not hesitate and followed along to the portal, preparing to enter and rescue Barry, who had been kidnapped to another universe.

However, in the few seconds that they slowly approached the portal...

Steelbone, who was intently monitoring the machine, seemed to see something unbelievable, and his expression changed drastically in an instant.

"Oh no, everyone get out of there quickly..."

However, before Cyborg could finish speaking, and before anyone could react,

A surge of energy, emanating a dense aura of darkness, suddenly erupted from the blue portal.

The dark aura instantly transformed into several octopus-like tentacles, which directly coiled around Barry's body.

"Ah! Damn it, what the hell is this?!"

Even though Barry possessed the Speed ​​Force, he couldn't react in such a critical moment before two black tentacles wrapped around his body from behind.

Then, with a sudden burst of force, it was as if it wanted to drag the object directly into the portal!

"No!"

Barry's body was being dragged into the air by dark energy, and even his constant footsteps had no effect.

They were about to be dragged directly into the portal.

"Barry, hang in there!"

Suddenly, a figure that seemed incredibly imposing to Barry appeared before him and grabbed his clothes.

He grabbed Barry, who was being pulled toward the portal, and shouted at the panicked Barry.

"Mr. Superman, thank God!"

"It's so good to have you..."

Seeing that the person who had grabbed him was none other than Superman, whom he had previously admired so much, Barry couldn't help but show a look of relief at surviving a disaster.

However, he soon discovered that even though Superman had grabbed him, he still seemed to be slowly being pulled backward.

"Damn it, that thing is even stronger than Clark! Everyone, hurry and help!"

Batman's initial anxiety gradually subsided after seeing Superman catch Barry in time.

But soon he realized that even Superman's immense power couldn't completely stop Barry from being dragged in, and he shouted in shock to the others.

In fact, the others didn't need Batman to remind them; they were already aware of the danger.

They rushed over at incredible speed, and together with Superman, grabbed Barry's body, who was about to be dragged in, and then pulled him outwards with all their might.

"Ouch...it hurts! What the hell is this thing?!"

Several powerful forces instantly acted on Barry's body, causing him to feel extremely painful. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel incredibly suspicious about the dark energy that was binding him, wondering what kind of thing it was.

"You must hold onto Barry and not let him go!"

With the help of others, they were finally able to temporarily suppress the powerful force pulling Barry.

Superman spoke to the others, then quickly came behind Barry, unhesitatingly covering his palm with his biofield, and then directly grabbed the tentacle that was wrapped around Barry.

Superman did this because he knew that although Barry's physical abilities were much stronger than those of ordinary people, he could not withstand such a powerful force pulling against him for an extended period of time.

Obviously, it would be much more convenient for him to pull those black tentacles.

With Superman grabbing the black tentacles, it naturally became easier to exert force.

Almost instantly, he unleashed an incredibly powerful force from within him.

It's important to understand that while Superman at this point wasn't displaying any particularly extraordinary abilities and was simply acting as the Superman in his normal state, he still possessed immense power.

With its full force, it could even shift the continental plates.

However, even now, with Superman unleashing his most powerful strength, it seems he is still unable to completely defeat this strange dark energy.

It seemed that no matter how much force it used, it could not break this energy, or even pull it out of the portal.

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"You must hold on!"

Batman, being an ordinary person, knows that even Superman struggles to fight against such a powerful force, so his efforts to help would be completely futile.

"Victor, what exactly is going on?"

Without much hesitation, he rushed to the instrument and the steel skeleton to check what this dark energy was all about.

"I don't know either. At first, the device that opened the portal was working fine, but after Barry touched it, an incredibly large amount of energy suddenly flowed into the portal!"

Cyborg was also very nervous at this moment, his face showing an urgent desire to find a solution.

"What exactly is that black energy?"

Batman knew that the sudden surge of immense energy was the black tentacle that even Superman's strength couldn't sever.

But he had almost never seen such a strange and tenacious energy, as if it were indestructible!

"I don't know either. Even using all the knowledge I have about Apokolips, I haven't been able to find the essence of this dark energy... It might be a force from outside the universe!"

Cyborg was utterly shocked. Apokolips' technology was far ahead of Earth's by countless years, and its understanding of the universe was also far superior to that of anyone on Earth.

However, this dark energy is not recorded in any part of the Apokolips technology system.

"Could this be formed from dark matter? Or even antimatter energy?"

In such a critical moment, Batman could only try to explain the nature of this energy using all the incredible knowledge he could think of.

"No, it's not dark matter energy or antimatter energy... This energy is far more powerful than them and should absolutely not exist in the universe!"

However, Cyborg shook his head without hesitation, denying his guess.

"So now, do you have a way to cut off this energy and free Barry?"

Batman's expression was extremely grave. He had no choice but to settle for second best and rescue Barry from the entanglement of the dark energy, no matter what.

"It's difficult. Based on my brief analysis, this energy is almost impossible to destroy by external forces..."

Although Cyborg had only briefly analyzed this strange energy, he already felt somewhat desperate.

"What if we forcibly shut down the space gate device? Will that energy disappear along with the space gate?"

As the strategist of the Justice League, Batman naturally wouldn't give up hope easily, and in just a moment, he came up with a plan.

"Unfortunately, once that energy merged into the spatial gate, the gate would no longer disappear when the instrument was shut down!"

Cyborg rejected Batman's proposal without the slightest hesitation.

"The power of the gods? Can it dispel this dark force?"

Seeing that the plan wouldn't work, Batman immediately fell into deep thought again. A few seconds later, he suddenly asked again with some surprise.

"This... I don't know either, whether this energy can resist the power of a god..."

Cyborg clearly understood what Batman meant instantly, but for a moment, he was also unable to give an answer.

"We have to try, no matter what!"

Without further hesitation, Batman turned around and shouted to the crowd who were still struggling against the energy.

"Diana, use your divine power and your longsword to try and cut through that energy!"

"Divine power and a longsword?"

Wonder Woman's eyes lit up when she heard Batman's shout.

Without hesitation, he drew the powerful sword from his back and went to Superman's side.

"what!"

With a furious shout, Wonder Woman leaped several meters into the air.

His unique divine power converged from his body into the golden longsword in his hand, causing the already gleaming golden blade to emit an even more dazzling golden light.

It's important to understand that in certain timelines, Diana's divine sword was even capable of decapitating Steppenwolf.