The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1411

Steppenwolf raised his battle axe and cleaved through Shazam, who was breaking through the minion wave. Then, riding his giant wolf mount, he created distance and hid behind a large number of Parademons.

Unlike the mindless brute Kalibak, Steppenwolf, despite his berserker attire and exaggerated double-edged battle axes, is still quite intelligent when it comes to commanding troops.

Steppenwolf knew that although he and Kalibak were nominally leading the Parademon army, he was actually the only one in command.

After all, you can't expect Kalibak to have any brains. At most, he can only raise his arm and make the army charge with him without any order or strategy, without considering formations or anything like that.

Unfortunately, Steppenwolf had no choice but to take over command of Kalibak's unit as well, which meant he couldn't charge into the crowd and fight as freely as the latter.

In the past, Steppenwolf would not have been afraid of battle, and those enemies who rushed in front of him would have borne the brunt of his double axes. Unfortunately, this time was different. If he were to be knocked down, these Parademons, who were even less intelligent than Kalibak, would be completely helpless.

The Justice League clearly understood this principle, after all, Batman and others had already provided everyone with detailed information about the enemies of Apokolips before the battle.

Therefore, once they learned who the general who only knew how to fight was, they immediately made the decision to take down Steppenwolf.

Once the enemy commander is captured, the battle is essentially over. The remaining Parademons, no matter how powerful, are mindless idiots and easy to deal with.

Thus, a scene unfolded on the battlefield where powerful superhumans, led by Superman, fought while running, never lingering in one place for too long, all in order to find Steppenwolf hiding on the battlefield.

The Steppenwolf also fought and ran, except that the former chased while he fled.

This greatly frustrated Steppenwolf. He had never fought such a frustrating war before. Not only could he not participate in the battle freely, but his supplies from the rear had also been cut off, and the Parademons had not been replenished for quite some time.

At this point, the number of Parademons on the battlefield was still decreasing. Although they were not without achievements, having taken down many superheroes, they would ultimately lose the war based on the current casualty ratio.

Losing a war on his own doorstep? Even Steppenwolf himself couldn't accept this, let alone how Darkseid punished him afterwards.

As a warrior who has been on the battlefield since he was able to pick up a weapon, Steppenwolf has his own pride. Losing on his home turf is something he, as a new god and as a warrior, cannot accept under any circumstances.

Therefore, Steppenwolf fought very hard in this battle, enduring even the most frustrating moments.

Just then, Steppenwolf, who was about to command the Parademons to carry out the next phase of the operation, finally received a communication from Apokolips.

“Steppenwolf, this is Desard. I am about to tell you the decree from the Dark Lord.”

Normally, the generals on Apokolips would kneel down to listen, as a sign of respect for Darkseid.

But now they were on the battlefield, so Steppenwolf had to keep things simple and just respond verbally.

Then, Desad briefly recounted to Steppenwolf what Darkseid had just told them.

"I will send the modified Orion and Scott into outer space later. They have already been equipped with control devices, and you can control them using the Mother Box you bring with you."

"I hope you can make good use of them to carry out the tasks assigned to you by the adults and buy them time."

"I will," Steppenwolf hurriedly replied. What he lacked most right now wasn't combat power, since his Parademonic strength after the upgrade was already quite formidable.

What he lacks now is a compelling target. The Parademons are no longer enough to attract the Justice League's attention, and Steppenwolf is genuinely struggling against the enemy's relentless pursuit. With Orion and Scott, two targets clearly different from Parademons, even if they are just two mindless puppets, they could still draw considerable attention to him.

In this way, Steppenwolf was confident that he could carry out Darkseid's orders.

...

Under Darkseid's orders, the remaining Apokolips crew began to carry out the orders methodically.

As expected, Disad sent the modified Orion and Scott into space; he only shattered their spirits, not their bodies.

Therefore, in terms of combat power, as long as Steppenwolf operates properly, these two children of the strongest new gods in the world can still exert considerable combat power.

Viman couldn't show off his brains anymore, but in order to lessen his punishment, he still worked very hard while transporting the Hell Spores. Even though he wasn't a New God known for his strength, he was still a New God and had the physical abilities he needed.

Since he couldn't show off his command skills, he could only rely on his physical strength.

The kind grandmother was the same; she looked like a frail old lady, but her actual fighting power was much stronger than that of the young man, Viman. The two of them worked together and actually managed to move more than a hundred hell spores.

The two piled all the Hellspores in the command room, and Darkseid, who was ready, finally arrived late.

“My lord,” Viman said with a fawning smile. “A total of one hundred and four Hell Spores. If that’s not enough, Grandma Hell and I will go and get some more.”

“That’s enough.” Darkseid nodded in satisfaction.

Don't underestimate just a little over a hundred hell spores; these are enough to turn the surface of a planet upside down. If there are more than two hundred, they could even destroy some smaller planets.

Even if negotiations break down, Darkseid's hundred-plus hell spores would be enough to kill over 90% of humanity on Earth.

He's not afraid of a lose-lose situation, even if it means mutual destruction, since he's already made arrangements for the future.

"You two come with me to Earth. I need you to spread the Hell Spores throughout the Earth."

"Yes sir."

Wyman and the kind grandmother spoke in unison, and Darkseid took out the Mother Box and casually opened a sonic boom channel, encompassing everything in the room.

...

"Okay, let's stop for a moment."

Yang Le hurriedly raised his hands in a standard French military salute, and looked at the two enormous, semi-transparent faces in front of him as he spoke.

"How many issues do we still have to discuss? How many clauses are we still short of finalizing our agreement? And how much time has passed since I came in?"

The person in front of me, Yang Le, is the one who has become X-Man. Since the transformation, he has been staying in the laboratory, and due to the special nature of X-Man's body, he has no way of knowing the exact time.

(End of this chapter)