I, V, Gotham Legend

Superman nodded calmly, but he still secretly asked Batman: "Do you also have a box eye?"

[Open the box? It sounds like a term V would use.]

"Yes, she taught me. When she sees someone she meets for the first time, she always calls out that guy's name first, even if his identity is hidden." Superman said.

"Who are you talking to?" Green Lantern asked curiously when he saw Superman whispering.

"Military advisor." Superman answered openly.

Green Lantern raised his eyebrows, roughly understanding what Superman meant: "Does a superhero like you still need someone to give you orders?"

"Everyone has his or her own strengths. If I am a bullet, then the military advisor who gives me advice is the gun." Superman said seriously.

Green Lantern nodded and turned around: "Well, Mr. Superman, in terms of seniority, I am the earliest superhero. If you want to save the earth, you'd better follow me obediently."

Green Lantern exudes a convincing confidence from deep within, to the point where he doesn't seem arrogant.

Superman hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How are you going to deal with this spaceship?"

"It's very simple. Rush into the cockpit and activate the self-destruct of this carapace." Green Lantern said, "You haven't seen this before, have you? Most of the passengers on this spaceship are biological weapons without intelligence. The spaceship is controlled by AI. Those mercenary pirate groups in the universe like this configuration."

Superman nodded.

Not only did he know about it, he also dismantled several of them with his own hands.

"If they encounter an enemy with targeted technology, this kind of army might be turned against them for some reason, so those organizations will prepare some insurance measures."

Green Lantern said as he walked forward.

"There is a remote control backup, and there is also an internal self-destruct device... Forget about remote control, but if we can find the self-destruct device, everything will be solved."

Green Lantern's face radiates confidence, a confidence he has honed from countless battles.

"Can't we just detonate the energy source?" Superman asked.

"That's so inefficient. The owners of these spaceships seem to be very wealthy. The internal layout of each spaceship is different. It will take a lot of time to find energy for each one." said Green Lantern.

Superman showed a surprised expression. He conservatively estimated that he had dismantled at least four spaceships by detonating energy. Every time he landed on a spaceship, Batman would accurately guide him to the target location.

"How did you do it?" Superman asked again into the communication on the necklace.

[Because I am Batman.] The voice from the other end was still calm.

Although the space station's scanner plays a role, it still depends mainly on Batman's processing of this complex information.

After briefly answering Superman's questions, Batman had already planned a route for Superman to dismantle the spaceship, and he dictated to Superman how to go.

Superman trusted his strategist, and he immediately walked in the opposite direction of Green Lantern.

"Hey! You should follow me!" Green Lantern noticed Superman's movements.

Superman turned around and smiled confidently: "I think it's faster to follow me."

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In the factory on Earth, Steppenwolf rushed towards several superhumans in the heat. Looking at the huge alien body like a tank, several people scattered like a swarm of bees. Only Wonder Woman stayed where she was, raising her sword.

The sword blade collided with Steppenwolf's axe, and Wonder Woman was flung away by an irresistible force.

She spun a few times in the air to lose her strength until she was about to hit the wall, then she pushed off the wall and jumped back onto the bridge.

The Flash seemed to have taken over the power. He ran to Steppenwolf and punched him hundreds of times on the head in an instant, but to no appreciable effect.

The wolf just tilted his head, then took the axe and chopped down at the ground. The electricity from the axe spread through the iron bridge to the wolf's armor, and flowed along his armor to his whole body.

Of course, electric current is useless to the Flash. The purpose of Steppenwolf's action is to awaken the dormant armor in his body.

Just like an electric shock, the bristle-like armor stood up, and a shock wave was sent out in all directions with him as the center, even the Flash on his body was bounced away.

On the other side, Valerie crossed a large piece of molten iron that was steaming, extended her mantis blade, and nailed herself to the wall.

"Aquaman, it's too hot down there!" Valerie said to Aquaman who was rolling on the bridge from a distance.

Aquaman raised his trident high up towards the open air ceiling, but nothing happened.

"This place is too far from the sea. I'm trying to divert water from the river next to it," said the Sea King. "It will take some time."

Steppenwolf didn't take anyone else seriously. His first target was always Valerie. After knocking the Flash away, he immediately stepped onto the guardrail of the bridge and threw an axe in Valerie's direction.

Valerie immediately pulled out her mantis knife and climbed to the side, with the axe piercing her body and nailing her to the wall.

The Steppenwolf immediately jumped towards the wall, and its huge body crossed half of the factory in an instant and landed accurately on the axe handle embedded in the wall.

Valerie climbed up like a spider, just one step ahead of Steppenwolf. She turned around and looked at Steppenwolf standing on the axe handle, snorting: "I knew you would jump over."

When Steppenwolf heard the rapid beeping of a bell, he opened his eyes wide and looked around, and saw a circle of coin-sized metal pieces surrounding the wall where the axe was embedded.

Without asking any questions, the pieces of metal immediately told him what they were used for. A series of explosions sounded on the wall, and the axe that the Steppenwolf was standing on fell off along with the piece of wall on which it was hanging.

Before the wolf could grab hold of the wall, he and his axe fell into the molten iron pool.

The boiling hot molten iron like magma instantly covered his whole body. The Steppe Wolf stood up, roaring while holding the axe.

His full body armor was enough to protect him from passing through the atmosphere, so the high temperature of molten iron alone would not be fatal to him.

But Valerie had an inexplicable power against him. She threw a single molecular line at Steppenwolf, and the orange whip of light lashed towards Steppenwolf's waist buried under the molten iron with a sound of breaking through the air.

The armor densely covering the Steppe Wolf's body did not break even though its master was in danger; the bristle-like shell spread out in all directions of the body.

The molten iron flowed toward Steppenwolf's flesh, sticking to him like corrosive super glue.

At the same time, the already dark sky became humid. The Steppenwolf looked up and saw a large ball of water like a cloud.

The trident in Aquaman's hand turned a circle, and then fell upside down on the ground. As if receiving an order, the water in the sky flowed down like a waterfall.

Neptune brought in almost a river of water, and the water mass came into contact with the molten iron over a large area, and for a moment large amounts of steam rose up.

The room, which was originally dark and only illuminated by the stars in the sky and the large area of ​​magma in the molten iron pool, was filled with white fog, and no one could see each other for a moment.

"Where are you? I can't see anything!" The Flash was the most blind. He felt inexplicably powerless in the shockingly low visibility environment.

[You can go out first, the hostages outside need you more.] The voice of Batman suddenly sounded, and he was commanding two battlefields at the same time.

"How am I supposed to get out?" The Flash agreed to the task Batman assigned to him. He groped his way forward, fearing that he would fall into the molten iron pool below.

Aquaman, who was somewhere unknown, suddenly waved his trident, and the fog in front of the Flash automatically dissipated. He was surprised to find that there was a way leading to the exit in front of him.

"This fog is also water... It can even control such a tiny degree, it is worthy of being the Trident." said Aquaman.

Like Aquaman, Valerie was also able to see things in the fog. She turned on the biological scanner that she hadn't used for a long time, and accurately saw a human figure standing in the high temperature below.

After the molten iron came into contact with water, the surface layer solidified into black iron blocks. The Steppe Wolf stood surrounded by these iron blocks like a statue.

"At least you got a set of armor that won't undo itself," Valerie teased from a distance.

Steppenwolf did not respond to Valerie's provocation. He looked down at his body buried under the iron block, with a thousand thoughts in his eyes.

Awakening the subspace channel requires a large area of ​​flowing metal, which is why Steppenwolf kidnapped a large number of people to smelt iron for the factory.

But with the interference of several people, the liquid metal has solidified. Even if the mother box is thrown in front of him, he can no longer open the subspace.

In the mist, an agile figure slowly appeared in front of Steppenwolf. It was Wonder Woman. She was holding a sword and her eyes were fixed on Steppenwolf's neck.

"Do you have any last words, Minotaur?" Wonder Woman asked.

The upper body of the Steppenwolf was not fixed, and he could even jump out of the restraints at any time, but he did not move.

At this point, the lord has only one last way to come to this planet.

"Please tell the great Darkseid..." Steppenwolf lowered his head, "to bury my head in my hometown."

As he said this, Steppenwolf's entire body suddenly caught fire.

The surface layer of the liquid metal was solidified by a large area of ​​water, but there was still a large amount of molten iron underneath.

Now, the only one who could touch the molten iron was Steppenwolf himself. He could feel his armored feet being wrapped by the burning water.

He would sacrifice everything he had and burn his soul to open the warp.

Steppenwolf has conquered nearly 100,000 planets so far, and his soul is corrupt and powerful.

Just like Desaad said, he doesn't need the so-called Mother Box. He can still open the subspace with his own soul alone, but the price is that he has no chance of survival.

The continent made of solidified iron blocks trembled like an earthquake. Wonder Woman was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and she chopped off Steppenwolf's head cleanly, but she could not stop the sacrifice that was already in progress.

Diana's God-blessed eyes could vaguely see a tall soul burning with pain on its face, and as the light became brighter, the soul was also collapsing.

The burning smoke floated into the air and merged with the white mist, forming a ball, as if it was just an ordinary burn.

Until suddenly there was a sharp sound like breaking glass.

No. 18. Darkseid

There was a sound like breaking glass, but Valerie's scanning field of view could not see what was breaking.

Aquaman waved his trident, and thick white mist swirled like a whirlwind, finally gathering around him and solidifying into a ball of water.

The head of the Steppe Wolf was cut off, leaving only a skeleton, and its mane armor was scattered all over the ground like a broken pencil case.

A crack spread upward from the body of the wasteland wolf, and the space crack was like a tree uprooted from its original place.

The space is trying to repair itself, but in a short period of time it cannot match the speed of the space opening.

Like a door that has been opened, the other side of the space is a vast expanse of heaven and earth, and under the yellow sky is a huge black castle.

The first person to walk out of the space crack was a man wrapped in a black robe, with skin as dry and cracked as the earth showing under the robe.

"The water smells bad." This was the first sentence Desaad said after arriving on Earth.

He glanced at the body of Steppenwolf but did not express any feelings. The one who died was just a tool of rebellion.

Desaad's body shape is similar to that of an ordinary earthling, but he has an unparalleled presence, and no one present can ignore him.

Valerie, who was still hanging on the wall, quietly adjusted her communication with Batman: "Sure enough, this guy has a backup plan. It seems that the situation is a bit tricky now."

[It's very dangerous, prepare plan B.] The sound of Batman typing came from the other side.

"OK, get ready quickly, I'll delay for a while." After saying this softly, Valerie coughed twice and cleared her throat.

The cool sound caught everyone else's attention.

"Are you Desaad? I've seen your projection." Valerie shouted.

Desaad didn't answer him. He just raised his head and his eyes under the hood met Valerie's from a distance.

Valerie seemed to hear someone singing in her ear in a trance, and the unusual sound made her alert immediately.

Desaad raised his hand and pointed at Wonder Woman who was closest to him: "Kill her."

"Who are you talking to?" Valerie asked from a distance. She could feel that she was being ordered.

Wonder Woman was also surprised. She saw Desaad's face under his hood. "You are wearing so hot that your skin is cracked."

"..." Desaad was silent for a long time, and finally sighed heavily, "I'm very sorry, Master, my equation still has flaws..."

Wonder Woman immediately got into position, she sensed danger.

In the space crack behind Desaad, a rock-like throne fell from the sky and was nailed to the ground as heavily as a meteorite.

A huge monster dressed in black sat on the throne like a sculpture. His skin was like rock, and his red eyes looked through the cracks in space, as if he had crossed two worlds.

The monster just sat on the throne without saying a word, his emotionless eyes fixed on the only part of the Steppenwolf's head that had not turned into bones.

No one introduced him and he didn't speak, but everyone guessed who he was.

"Darkseid." Wonder Woman held the sword in front of her and did not retreat because of the pressure.

"Short-sighted earthlings can still remember their master's name." Desaad made a sound through his nasal cavity.

Darkseid just sat there without saying a word, and the iron smelting factory, which had been extremely hot, immediately cooled down to its lowest point.

Valerie felt uncomfortable with the oppressive atmosphere, and she said loudly: "Why did you come to Earth?"

This question broke the silence and Desaad laughed. Just as he was about to reprimand Valerie for her overstepping her bounds, Chaos' voice sounded from behind him first.

"The Anti-Life Equation, it stays on Earth." Darkseid spoke, his vision skipping over the other heroes and staring straight at Valerie.

Desaad was stunned. He looked at his master behind him with a little loss of composure: "The great Darkseid actually condescended to explain in person to the insignificant natives."

"She is not an ordinary person." Darkseid stood up from the throne. He took a few steps forward steadily and crossed the space crack in an instant. "I smell the scent of the God of the Multiverse."

"Me?" Valerie heard.