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

After all, if darkness completely invades and devours this spatial gate, it will be like opening a gateway to another universe.

Even if this dark energy hasn't grown strong enough, it can still simultaneously devour the reality of another universe.

He stretched out his right hand toward the spatial gate, and a surge of blue energy erupted from his palm.

The endless dark energy illuminated the surroundings.

They then converged on the spatial gate, forming a blue barrier that protected it.

Having blocked the invasion of darkness, the spatial gate slowly and successfully condensed.

"Thanks……"

As Barry watched Dr. Manhattan do all this, a hint of gratitude flickered in his eyes.

"No need to thank me, I just want to buy you some more time for your cosmic reality."

Dr. Manhattan's face remained expressionless, as if he had only done something insignificant.

At that very moment, the spatial gate completely solidified.

Instead of seeing a figure emerge from the opposite side, they saw a hand slowly reaching out from the portal.

"This is?"

The moment the hand reached out, a faint flash of electricity emanated from it.

Although faint, it was still noticed by Barry, who was focused on everything.

He instantly realized that in another universe, there was another version of himself who possessed the speed power.

"Could it be him?"

Originally, Barry planned that once the portal was formed, someone would enter it and, the moment they arrived, he would warn them to return immediately and dispel the portal to prevent dark energy from sneaking into his original universe.

However, upon realizing that what was about to enter this universe was likely another version of himself, Barry instantly changed his mind.

At this moment, Barry did not hesitate at all. His Speed ​​Force, which had been gradually weakening due to the invasion of darkness, suddenly burst forth with strong vitality.

The golden lightning suddenly surged several times.

The dazzling light even temporarily repelled the dark energy that had already seeped into Barry's skin.

This restored its mobility, and it rushed towards the spatial portal.

"Are you really going to do this? You're only temporarily suppressing the dark energy within you. If you insist on returning to that universe, once the dark energy within you can no longer be suppressed and completely erupts, you will become the culprit who destroys your own universe!"

Seeing Barry suddenly regain his mobility and rush towards the portal, Dr. Manhattan couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face.

He had assumed Barry was already willing to sacrifice himself for the safety of the universe, but he never expected...

……

Barry seemed to ignore Dr. Manhattan's warning, his body determined to transform into a golden lightning bolt, passing through the barrier that Dr. Manhattan had previously erected.

Immediately, he grasped the hand that reached out from the portal.

In an instant, a dazzling golden lightning bolt flashed, and Barry seemed to release all the Speed ​​Force energy within him, gathering it into a condensed golden lightning bolt, which he then handed to the outstretched hand.

However, his action instantly triggered completely uncontrollable consequences.

In an instant, the barrier that Dr. Manhattan had set up shattered, and the endless dark energy, unable to stop it, once again surged towards the portal.

Even the dark energy that had already invaded Barry's body erupted completely at this moment. The dark energy, along with the arm that was in contact with him, instantly passed through the spatial gate and invaded the reality of another universe.

"Hmm? So you weren't planning to escape back to another universe after all..."

"But for the sake of all universes, it is to seek an opportunity to defeat the darkness!"

Seeing what Barry was doing at this moment, he gathered all his remaining energy and vitality into a golden lightning bolt representing hope.

Even Dr. Manhattan couldn't help but be slightly moved by this.

The expression on his face gradually changed, as if he was once again feeling the spirit and emotion of selfless dedication of humankind.

He knew that the condensed lightning contained some important information.

Perhaps this is a warning that darkness is about to invade the entire multiverse.

Or perhaps he devised some method to combat the darkness.

In short, at that moment, in order to convey those messages, he fearlessly and generously faced death.

Sure enough, Barry condensed all the Speed ​​Force within him into that golden lightning bolt and sent it out.

In a mere instant, the endless dark energy around him had completely invaded his body.

Hey!

In an instant, intense pain filled his body.

Endless darkness seeped through his skin, seeping into his flesh and bones.

It felt like bathing in concentrated sulfuric acid, an almost unbearable, endless pain.

Barry, enveloped by darkness, had his skin and flesh peeling away like a melting wax figure.

His entire body was completely stained with the color of darkness.

The whole process lasted for several seconds before it finally ended.

Barry's body, however, did not seem to transform into nourishment for the dark energy, unlike other matter and humans that had been invaded by it, thus not expanding the reach of the dark energy.

His body appears to have been preserved.

However, at this moment, he no longer had his previous thoughts and consciousness, and he looked unlike a normal human being, as if he were a dark demon crawling out of hell.

On the face, where there was hardly any flesh left, one could already see the bones that had been eroded by darkness.

He opened his zombie-like mouth, revealing sharp fangs and a ferocious face, and slowly turned to look at the blue figure in the darkness, then roared at Dr. Manhattan.

However, it seemed to know that Dr. Manhattan was not someone to be trifled with.

So the next moment, accompanied by a dazzling black lightning bolt, the figure instantly disappeared from Dr. Manhattan's sight, merging into the endless darkness.

……

"Heroes have fallen, and darkness will eventually shroud the world..."

"Has his body been completely taken over by darkness?"

Dr. Manhattan remained indifferent throughout, simply watching everything unfold before him.

Only after the zombie-like figure of the Flash completely disappeared into the endless darkness did he slowly sigh.

He knew that the hero who had once fearlessly faced death and bravely confronted the darkness with great courage and perseverance had now completely fallen into the endless abyss of darkness and become a claw of darkness invading the universe.

Then, Dr. Manhattan turned his gaze away from the endless darkness and looked back at the portal.

At some point, this originally blue portal had been completely invaded by dark energy.

The endless darkness transformed into tentacles, reaching into the reality of another universe.

"Since that's the case, I'll help you one last time. I hope that your actions can preserve a glimmer of hope for the entire universe to fight against endless darkness..."

Looking at the portal that was about to be completely engulfed by darkness, Dr. Manhattan ultimately did not stand idly by.

A dazzling blue light suddenly erupted from his entire body.

sizzle...

The brilliant blue light, like the sun dispelling darkness and flames melting ice, gradually dispelled the surrounding darkness.

Almost simultaneously, the dark energy that had invaded outside the portal also seemed to suffer some kind of blow.

With the two forces combined, the dark energy, along with the portal, dissipated into a dazzling blue glow.

The brilliant blue light lasted only a few seconds.

Then it was once again enveloped by endless darkness.

Within this space, the figure had vanished.

The gaze continues to extend further, as the perspective expands beyond the universe.

A blue figure stood in the void, looking at the cosmic sphere that was almost completely shrouded in darkness.

"There was a universe that, under my watchful gaze, was destined for destruction..."

Dr. Manhattan seems to have lost count of how many universes have perished before his eyes, from the beginning of his own universe until now.

Of course, it's also possible that he deliberately made himself forget the exact number.

The next moment, Dr. Manhattan turned his gaze to the distance. In the endless void, countless universes, shimmering with different colors of light, hung like ripe fruits in the endless void.

However, from Dr. Manhattan's perspective, those beautiful universes were shrouded in a dark aura.

This wisp of darkness seemed to foreshadow that they were about to follow in the footsteps of the previous universe, be swallowed by endless darkness, and ultimately meet their destruction.

……

The perspective returns to the universe that has just been plunged into darkness.

In less than a moment, the endless darkness grew stronger and stronger. After completely engulfing the Earth, it continued to spread outwards, approaching the Sun, the star that shone with dazzling light at the center of the solar system.

At the core of the sun, a figure is bathed in endless solar energy.

His eyes were tightly closed, and a ferocious expression appeared on his face, as if he was enduring intense pain that no human could bear.

The immense solar radiation energy was enveloping his body.

The extreme heat seemed to be able to completely incinerate his flesh and blood in the next second!

The surging plasma flames completely enveloped its body.

Without a doubt, this figure bathed in the core energy of the sun is Superman, who left the space station not long ago.

To save the world shrouded in darkness, he did not hesitate to plunge into the core of the sun, a place he had never entered before.

The immense energy was something even he, a Kryptonian, could hardly withstand.

Countless cells within the body were burned and destroyed by the raging solar energy.

Not only did it not make him stronger, it even made him feel like he was about to be burst apart by the raging solar energy.

Suddenly, Superman, who was suffering terribly inside the core of the sun.

Within its powerful senses, it suddenly felt a terrifying dark energy approaching the sun.

"Could it be that Victor and his team's plan has failed?"

In an instant, Clark, who was still suffering in pain, had an unbelievable idea pop into his mind.

"No, that's absolutely impossible!"

"We cannot fail, the world cannot fall into darkness, and darkness can never defeat light!"

"I will never allow myself to lose my home again!"

Clark's intense resentment made it impossible for him to accept the failure of the plan and the impending plunge of the world into endless darkness.

Even more unacceptable is that, after Krypton, their other home has been destroyed once again!

At this moment, Clark, who had already appeared unable to withstand the raging energy of the sun's core, was now...

It seemed to be fueled by an inner sense of unwillingness and a powerful burst of perseverance.

This allowed his body to unleash tremendous potential.

The violent energy that was originally burning and destroying his body cells was now actually stimulating the power of his Kryptonian bloodline within him.

His body was covered in a tattered Kryptonian suit, burned by the raging solar energy.

It is gradually being repaired and rebuilt at this moment.

The "S" symbol, representing hope, slowly shimmers with a golden glow.

boom!

It was like a thunderclap that resounded throughout the entire solar system.

The figure bathed in the core of the sun suddenly disappeared into the sun.

The next moment, the figure appeared outside the sun, backed by the huge, dazzling star, gazing ahead at the boundless darkness surging towards it.

His expression was full of determination.

The next moment, as if he had made up his mind, his entire body instantly transformed into a golden stream of light.