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Chapter 504 Savage's True Purpose (Please subscribe and read, monthly ticket recommendation!)

"You know Steppenwolf. Are you also a new god in Apokolips?"

Savage looked at Martin in surprise. Even though he was an immortal, he really couldn't see through the young man in front of him and could only guess based on various information.

"Steppenwolf is dead!"

Martin knew that Savage would not leave easily, so he revealed a bombshell: "As for whether I am a new god or not, what does that have to do with you? Do I look like the kind of fool who would reveal all my secrets to the enemy?"

"No!"

Savage was indeed stunned by this shocking news. He had experienced the War of the Ancients and was well aware of the power of the New Gods.

Although Steppenwolf was expelled by Darkseid, he is not a small man made of clay who can be stepped on by anyone. With the position of God of War, he can be said to have no rivals on Earth.

"How did he die?"

Savage asked subconsciously, and after he said it, he regretted it. His question was equivalent to handing the initiative of the conversation to Martin, which was not his original intention.

"Since I can openly tell you this news, then of course I killed him!"

Martin looked calm. He tossed the Mother Box in his hand, and several sonic boom channels opened one after another above the valley. Superman flew out with a group of superheroes and began to clean up the battlefield.

"Go and revive Brainwave first. He should still be breathing. Imprison him and the Injustice Society in Blue Valley Town, but don't hand him over to the police!"

"The Injustice Society has a lot of dirty secrets. If you hand them over directly to the police, something bad will happen before they reach the prison."

He arranged the work in front of Savage as if no one was around, and his words revealed his intention to use this incident to expose Savage and his group completely under the sun.

"You are so arrogant. You directly told me such a plan. Do you really think I am a dead body in a grave?"

Savage clenched his fists, and there was a hint of anger in his words.

Although he knew that Martin was deliberately provoking him, as a superior, he could not accept such provocation and expressed his anger.

"You are welcome to do whatever you want. If you rats in the gutter don't come out, how can I let the world see your true faces?"

Martin heard Savage's anger and laughed disdainfully.

These old guys are all like this, always living in their own era, thinking that others should act according to their ideas, and that others should always kneel before them to listen to all kinds of "truths".

But the world will change, and no matter how great the glory is, it will change with the times and become a painting hung in history for people to admire.

Besides, has Savage really done anything that will be remembered by history?
"You seem to have great ill will towards me!"

Savage looked at Martin's disdainful smile and wanted to rush forward, grab him by the collar and teach this young man how to respect his elders.

But he was an immortal, and his mind was not hopelessly rigid. He knew that it was impossible to accomplish such a thing with just an illusion, so he endured it.

"How should I answer this question?"

Martin sighed in a pretentious manner, then scolded with a cold face: "I have no ill will towards you, but I despise you traitors who sold the Earth to Apocalypse."

"I have seen murals in many places praising Vandal Savage, praising you as the bravest of the heroes who fought against the invasion of Apokolips during the War of the Ancients. But I didn't see a hero. I only saw cowardice, meanness, and shamelessness in you. I saw a weakling kneeling in front of Darkseid and kissing his toes!"

"you……"

Savage's phantom fluctuated violently and distorted beyond recognition, and it seemed that it was about to disappear from Martin's sight, but after a moment, the shadow stabilized.

Martin felt the fluctuations in the surrounding space and knew that Savage wanted to rush over directly, but he held back in the end!

It's a pity that the old guy actually endured such a direct insult. If he rushed over directly, Clark and I could twist his head off, and the rest would be easy.

There is always a difference between an organization with someone in command and one in chaos.

"You are still too young after all. This level of insult is nothing to me."

Savage's illusion stabilized and became calm, as if nothing in the world could stir up his emotions.

"I used to be as impulsive as you. After the War of the Ancients, I kept looking for ways to eliminate the threat of Apokolips once and for all. But the more I investigated, the more I found that Apokolips was unfathomable. Not only did they possess the power of the New Gods, they also had technology that was several generations ahead of Earth, countless demon-like soldiers, and the most terrifying Darkseid!"

"Even those civilizations that have existed for a long time in the universe have been reduced to ashes in front of the iron hoof of Apocalypse, and have no choice but to become puppets controlled by the Mother Box. Humans, what can such a young civilization use to deal with Apocalypse?"

"From that day on, I knew that there was only one way for Earth to win, and that was to turn Earth itself into Apocalypse."

"And then let you old antiques become new gods, ruling and enslaving ordinary humans who are like demons?"

Martin wanted to laugh when he heard Savage's theory: "Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? Do you think I haven't been to the universe and seen how civilizations beyond the Earth resist the invasion of Apocalypse? Do you think I don't know what Apocalypse looks like?"

"I have never heard of such a stupid and ridiculous theory. Apocalypse destroyed countless planets and turned countless lives into captive lambs, only to raise a few new gods."

"Who do you think you are? A bunch of dark maggots hiding in the corners of history. How dare you expect billions of people to sacrifice their entire history and future to support you?"

Martin guessed Savage's real purpose, and the rage that he couldn't suppress in his heart made him point his finger at the other party and curse:
"I can tell you right now, as long as the Justice League exists, as long as there is a rational human being on Earth, your evil, stupid and backward plan will never be realized. You old guys will always be the disgusting maggots in the cesspool of history."

"Don't be impulsive, young man!"

Savage looked at Martin's angry expression and felt very proud.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he had achieved some great victory. He put on the posture of an old man and said slowly: "Anger will make you lose your mind. You can't deal with me like this, let alone Apocalypse!"

"Hahaha……"

Martin looked at his old and frail appearance and laughed out loud. "Bah! You are just an exercise I prepared for the Justice League before my head-on battle with Darkseid. Who do you think you are? You are not worthy to be compared with Darkseid, let alone me treating you rationally. All you get from me is anger and the destruction that comes with anger."

"Don't be so arrogant!"

Savage's eyebrows raised, anger climbed onto his face, and he turned from a wise man into a terrifying brown bear: "What can the Justice League count for? Krypton has become dust in the universe, humans are torn apart, the Amazons and the Olympian gods have broken up, Atlantis is dueling, and the new superhumans are just naive children..."

"I admit that you, the mysterious one, are indeed a genius and a tough opponent. There are few new gods on Apocalypse who can compare to you. But can you train this group of orphan alliances by yourself?"

"Dream on! Let me tell you, the Earth would have been destroyed long ago. If I hadn't kowtowed to Darkseid, if I hadn't sold my dignity to Apokolips, mankind would have been destroyed long ago."

"Boy, you can certainly talk big here, but when you really do something for humanity, you have no right to blame me."

"Humph! Then why don't you announce what you did to the whole human race?"

Martin summed up Savage's impassioned speech in three words: "playing rogue":
"Since you have done such great things, why do you hide them from the world? Why is it that the only record I have seen in history is the mural of the War of the Ancients?"

"Why are you still groveling before Darkseid when the former kings of mankind decided to endure eternal pain just to tear apart the Mother Box?"

When the matter of ancient times was mentioned, Savage's expression became a little strange, and he did not refute Martin immediately.

Martin continued, "How long have you not opened your eyes to see who is standing next to you? Are they people with real ideals who want to fight against the invasion of Apocalypse, or are they a group of puppets who have undergone biochemical modification and are in agony?"

No matter how Savage whitewashes his choice, one thing remains unchanged.

He will provide young people to Apocalypse on time and in quantity. All of them are humans with super-powered genes and are one of the most suitable races for biological transformation in the universe.

In this respect, Savage is no different from the African chiefs who sold out their compatriots to the white people during the Age of Exploration. They are all historical sinners.

He is still a feudal monarch, an antique whose body and consciousness are stuck in the past, rather than a leader of mankind in the fight against foreign invasion.

"Do you know that once the Apocalypse army arrives, the Earth will turn into a sea of fire, and countless people will die in the flames, without even the chance to be transformed into demons!"

Savage calmed down, and that was his last question for Martin.

Martin also looked at him calmly and said expressionlessly: "Even if the population of Earth is reduced to only one percent, one thousandth, or even less in the end. As long as we can stop the invasion of Apokolips and let the universe know that Darkseid is not invincible, all the intelligent beings willing to rise up against the invasion will help the remaining humans enter a new era."

"On that day, mankind will be truly liberated. After all, it was not us who decided to start the war, but the invaders!"

"You're crazy!" Savage thought he was cruel enough, but he never thought about what the earth would be like if the population of billions was reduced to that extent because of the war.

"It seems that you are determined to be my enemy and are unwilling to stand on my side and face Darkseid with me!"

"After saying so much, you finally revealed your true colors."

When Martin heard this, he finally understood Savage's real purpose: "Darkseid is finally tired of you. You alone can no longer satisfy his pleasure by groveling. So you want to drag me and the Justice League into this, and kneel before Darkseid with you to fight for your own interests."

"Anyone who is my enemy will pay a heavy price in the end without exception!"

Savage didn't answer the question, but the action itself proved that Martin was right.

"I already knew that the Injustice Society was unreliable. These Americans were too soft to handle anything. So, when the dam was being built, I had already buried a large number of bombs underground, filled with the potion that Apocalypse uses to transform demons."

"Calculating the time, it's about to explode now!"

Boom!

As soon as Savage finished speaking, there was a huge explosion at the dam, flames shot up into the sky, and all the dams were blown up. The water in the reservoir was dyed dark red, and it broke through all obstacles like blood, roaring and rushing down.

"Shameless!"

Martin still underestimated Savage: "The Injustice Society has worked hard for twenty years under your threat, and you treat them by destroying them?"

"You know, Brainwave has always been against me. They are not trustworthy." Savage didn't care about the possible consequences of the dam, as if he had just knocked over a glass of water on the table.

"I really don't know if people like you still remember the feeling of trust?"

Martin held the Mother Box in his hand and smashed it directly at the guy, but Savage's phantom disappeared immediately.

"Go and save them, great hero! I'll wait for you guys to chop off my head."

"asshole!"

Martin cursed inwardly, opened the sonic explosion channel directly, passed through it and arrived next to the reservoir.

The smell of Apocalypse hit him in the face, and the water pouring down from the reservoir all had the same smell, which made him feel nauseous.

"vomit!"

This tastes exactly like the Steppenwolf battleship, I'm about to vomit!

Click!

Superman flew in the sky, blowing out icy breath, but his throat was almost frozen into ice, and the flood that was roaring downstream did not stop at all.

"What on earth was added to the water? My feet were frozen by the flood, and the next moment they thawed again. The temperature is still the normal water temperature. It's really weird!"

When Superman saw Martin, he flew over and complained to him.

"This water has been added with the medicine used by Apocalypse to transform intelligent life. Humans are not allowed to touch it! Quickly evacuate the people and leave this place to me!"

Martin ignored Superman's complaints and was only thinking about how to solve the problem.

"Why don't I feel anything?"

Superman looked at the dark red liquid on his hands, which were left when he rescued someone from the water, and felt nothing.

"What kind of physique do you Kryptonians have? What kind of physique do the Earthlings have? Stop talking nonsense here. Quickly evacuate everyone to a safe area. Don't notify Blue Valley Town to avoid causing a riot."

Martin gave Clark a push and told him to hurry up.

"Do you need help? I have experience dealing with floods!"

"Get out of here!"

Superman was scolded by Martin, and with a bang, he quickly moved all the people on both sides of the valley away.

Brainwave was the last one. After being spared by the Justice League, he sat next to Icicle's body. Although his eyes were blind, he could still feel the chill emanating from his old friend.

When Superman took him away, he realized that Icicle didn't even have a body left, and the last tear fell from his empty eyes.

"Vandal Savage, you greedy piece of trash. Sooner or later, I'm going to chop your head off!"

Martin looked at the flood and cursed Savage, put away the mother box, and dived into the flood.

Gulu!
As soon as he came into contact with the flood, he felt his skin begin to itch and fall off piece by piece, revealing the tender red flesh. The pain that followed pierced directly into his bone marrow, making him unable to help but scream out.

He does not have any special identity today, and his physical condition is at the ordinary level, so of course he will be affected by the potion.

But Martin swallowed the pain and reached out to the bottom of the lake:
"The green lantern is ever-burning, shining for eternity! Come, green lantern furnace!"

The green lantern furnace that was thrown into the lake by Martin in advance immediately shone brightly when it sensed Martin's will, and it pushed away the surrounding flood like a meteor, flew directly into Martin's hands, and released a green lantern to cover his body.

"Stop the floods for me and purify all the dirt inside!"

Martin was now extremely determined to kill Savage. The lamp in his hand hummed and was fully charged. Before he could give an order, the green light energy broke through the flood, turned into a beam of light, and pierced into the clouds.

The emerald green light continued to spread outward, dyeing the entire sky green, casting faint rays of light that covered the Blue Valley Town area, as dazzling as the aurora.

All those who were illuminated by this light calmed down, regained their clarity of mind, and were eager to solve the problems around them.

"YoYo--"

Martin slowly rose into the air along the green light column and heard a familiar voice.

"Isn't this Martin? I didn't expect you would be able to summon me after returning to Earth!"

The projection of the Ionic Shark appeared in front of Martin. He did not leave the central energy battery of Oa, but appeared in front of Martin with the same projection as last time.

"Your emotions are so volatile, has someone bullied you? Whoever dares to bully you, I will bite him to death."

The Ion Shark bared its fangs and was about to release its power to the Earth, but was stopped by Martin.

"Just some minor inconveniences. I can handle them myself."

Martin quickly stopped the Ion Shark, thanked him, but asked him not to alarm the Guardians.

He still has plans for the Green Lantern Corps and doesn't want to fall out with the Guardians now.

"Don't worry. After our last meeting, I negotiated with the guardians as you said, and they all agreed. I am free now. The Ganser you recommended also found the trace of Yao Shi Huang, but his condition is not good..."

"Since you are here, please help me!"

Martin didn't expect the Ionic Shark to appear, but since he was here, he might as well show up to facilitate Hal's subsequent actions.

"Help me purify the river water below!"

"The river water smells like Steppenwolf. Did Apocalypse hit the Earth?"

Ion Shark also smelled the scent of Apokolips and expressed his dislike for it.

"It's still too early. This is just something a small fry did."

PS: This chapter has 5,000 words, and another 5,000 words will be updated in the afternoon to make up for the missing 2,000 words from yesterday!

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