The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1395

To be honest, before Batman threw the batarang, he had envisioned many ways Kanter could retaliate.

But Batman had never thought of using his sword to deflect the batarangs back.

This isn't simply picking up a batarang that's fallen to the ground and throwing it back; it's using exceptional skill to deflect the batarang back during its flight—something not everyone can do.

Batman doesn't have that kind of skill, so he can only use his cane to knock down the returning darts instead of returning them like he would a volleyball.

However, after their brief exchange, he learned one thing: darkness had no effect on Kant, and he would have to use other methods.

Batman didn't stop running; his goal was to avoid closing the distance with Canterbury.

Based on the information available so far, the physical abilities of the New Gods on Apokolips are no worse than those of the other New Gods that Batman knows. Therefore, maintaining distance is something he absolutely cannot forget in this battle.

"Create distance, shall we?" Kant held his longsword up in front of him. "A wise choice, but do you think I'd let you do it so easily?"

As Kant said this, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and was instantly behind Batman.

"I took care of your comrades with just four sword strikes. I wonder how many of my sword strikes you can withstand."

As he spoke, Kanter thrust his sword toward Batman's back. The sword hissed through the air with a chilling sound, like a viper flicking its tongue, aiming for a fatal blow.

The sword pierced through Batman's cape without any resistance, and it looked like it was about to go right through him, but Kanter's expression changed slightly.

'It doesn't feel right.'

Kant muttered to himself that after his sword pierced the thin cloak, it did not pierce the enemy's soft body as he had expected, but instead struck something hard.

"Ding!"

As Kant struck the unknown, hard object, Batman lunged forward, creating distance between himself and Kant's sword tip, while simultaneously allowing his sword to slice open his cape.

With a whoosh, Batman's cape was ripped open, and a blinding white light shot out from the hole, which was seen by Kanter, who was behind him with a dagger.

Even the New Protoss cannot remain unaffected after looking directly at a flashbang; the powerful flashbang instantly blinded Kant.

"Ugh!" Kant groaned in pain, but his feet didn't slow down. Before he finished speaking, he had already distanced himself from Batman.

While he could choose to rely on the New Gods' superior physical abilities to try and hack Batman to death, this wouldn't fit Kant's fighting aesthetics.

He wasn't a brute like Steppenwolf or Kalibak; he was a hunter who skillfully and effortlessly eliminated his enemies.

Batman rolled around a few times, and only stopped after confirming that Kant was not chasing him. However, he still did not dare to stop what he was doing.

With his right hand, he casually tossed out two explosive darts, while his left hand pulled out four or five small bombs from his waist pouch, which rolled on the ground like marbles.

The bomb dart is a biomimetic design that mimics the wings of a bat, making almost no sound when it flies through the air, but it is still jarring to the New Protoss.

However, Batman had anticipated this, so he chose a marble bomb as his other option, one that was loud enough for him to hear.

Small marble bombs are not very powerful, at most about the same as Chinese firecrackers, and are only good for scaring people. The real killer move is the bomb dart that flies in the air.

At least that's how it appears on the surface. Kant frowned slightly; even amidst the deafening noise of the marble bombs, he could still hear small sounds coming from the air.

Normally, the real killer move is the subtle, concealed action, but Kanter thinks that a smart person like Batman might very well counter his logic.

It seems like a choice between two options, but Kanté has another way to break the deadlock.

Kant held the sword in his right hand, and with the movement of his wrist, the sharp tip of the sword had already turned into a flurry of swordplay.

The sword flower gently stirred the air, and the slight change in airflow disrupted and altered the trajectory of the bomb dart, causing it to fall from the sky and collide with the rolling marble bomb on the ground.

"boom!"

Several bombs exploded at the same time, and the burst of fire instantly illuminated the previously pitch-black lounge.

At the same time, a piercing explosion also broke out.

This is exactly what Batman wanted!
He raised his right hand, the rope gun already in his grasp, and with a gentle pull of the trigger, the grappling hook shot out and caught right on Kant's blade.

The ear-piercing explosion masked the sound of the grappling hook firing, and Kant couldn't hear the grappling hook under such circumstances, so the grappling hook easily grabbed the blade in his hand.

"Crack!"

A powerful electric current climbed up Kanter's body along the grappling hook's rope. Batman's electric gauntlets were now operating at overload; even the Crocodile Man couldn't withstand this level of electric shock.

Crackling bolts of electricity coursed through Kant's body. The powerful physical abilities of the New Gods allowed him to grit his teeth and withstand the onslaught, but it still caused his body to spasm.

Kant didn't have any special resistance to electric shocks, so the current could still cause him to spasm, making it impossible for him to stop the counterattack immediately.

Batman didn't choose to stand still. His electric fist was already operating at overload from the start, and he estimated that it would self-destruct in another five or six seconds.

So Batman chose to discard his right gauntlet and threw out the last two explosive darts.

After doing all this, Batman started running again. He felt an unprecedented pain in his lungs, and a metallic taste rose up from them with every breath.

His bones resembled rusty pendulums, his muscles like chains that could break at any moment; it wasn't just the electric shock gloves, Batman was working at an excessive capacity.

As Batman ran, he used his arm blade to cut off the skin that had been cut into two strips and wrapped it around his left hand, which still had the gauntlet. After wrapping it several times and making sure it was tight, Batman used his free right hand to take out a can of spray from his waist pouch.

Batman sprayed the contents of the spray onto his left hand, which was covered by a cape, and at that moment, he rushed in front of Kanter.

At that moment, the electric shock boxing gloves exploded due to overloading.

"Fuck!"

"Bang! Boom!"

The first sound was the explosion of the electric gauntlets, and the next two sounds were the sound of Batman's fist hitting Kanter's face and the sound of the former's fist exploding.

(End of this chapter)