Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Steelbone reacted, and his brain immediately started working at lightning speed.

"Apokolips' communication network is synchronized in real time. If the Dark Fortress is attacked, the alarm will be instantly transmitted to Daxide's flagship," Cyborg analyzed. "The fortress is his source of power; if it is destroyed, his divinity will be severely damaged."

"Even if there's only a one in a billion chance, he would absolutely turn back without hesitation. Protecting the fortress is ten thousand times more important than destroying the Earth."

"very good."

Ah Zu turned around and snapped his fingers.

"Then our strategy is very clear. I'll be in his stronghold, sitting on his throne, waiting for him."

"To relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao," Bruce uttered in a low voice with a French accent. As a tactical mastermind, he had read every military book outside of the United States.

He immediately understood Azu's intention: "You want to use yourself as bait to draw the war from Earth to Apokolips."

"That's right, a bat." Azu gave Bruce an approving look.

"You're insane!"

"Steelbow Victor retorted loudly."

"Homelander, I know you're powerful. You defeated Superman, you wiped out the Parademons from Earth. But Darkseid is different! He's a true cosmic deity!"

"If he were somewhere else, you might be able to put up a fight with him using your strength. But if he's on Apokolips, the situation is completely different!"

"That's his home turf! With the anchor point's support, his power will increase a hundredfold!"

"You can't beat him!"

"Going there means death!"

The steel-boned warning echoed across the empty square.

Everyone fell silent.

They knew Cyborg was telling the truth. Facing a god blessed by the homeland in the enemy's stronghold went against all basic tactical common sense.

Azu did not immediately refute.

His peripheral vision swept over the cameras still in operation on the square.

Hundreds of millions of eyes around the world are glued to the screen, listening to Cyborg's despairing pre-battle analysis.

Ah Zu lowered his head slightly, letting half of his face be immersed in shadow.

When he looked up again, he had completed a perfect switch in emotion and expression.

In the photos, his brows are slightly furrowed, and his eyes reveal a hint of pity, a trace of helplessness, and a resolute acceptance of life and death.

"Victor..."

Ah Zu spoke slowly, his voice low, but his words struck a chord deep within people's hearts.

"Tell me, if I don't go to Apokolips, where should the battlefield be chosen?"

He turned around, slowly stretched out his hand, and pointed to the dilapidated skyscrapers and the ravaged streets around him.

"Choose here? On Earth?"

"Don't you understand? Darkseid has returned not to conquer, nor to occupy. Darkseid has come with fury, and only to destroy!"

"If we set the battlefield on Earth, with his dark fleet hovering outside Earth's atmosphere, countless main guns aimed at our cities... even if we could defeat him here, what would the cost be?"

"The oceans will evaporate, the continents will be shattered. Newly revived life will turn to ashes in an instant."

"Of the billion people who barely survived, how many are left? Ten thousand? Or a million?"

"This war has dragged on for so long that humanity has already shed too much blood. A mother should not lose her child, and a soldier should not weep over the severed limbs of his comrades."

"Perhaps in the end we will have achieved justice for humanity, but what is lost will never be regained..."

Azu took heavy steps and came to Steelbone, patting his cold shoulder.

"We don't want to be Avengers, Victor. We are the protectors of humanity."

After he finished speaking, he turned around to face the camera and the global audience.

Sunlight shone on his handsome profile, subtly casting a sacred filter upon him.

"Fellow countrymen, I am a citizen of the motherland."

"I promised you that as long as I am here, nothing can hurt you."

"Therefore, I must go to Apokolips."

"I will lock the battlefield on his land, and I will burn the flames of war in his palace."

Azu clenched his right fist tightly and pressed it against the golden eagle emblem on his chest.

"Now, I promise again!"

"I will end Darkseid on Apokolips! I will use my own hands to crush this cosmic nightmare from his throne!"

"if……"

He paused for a moment, his eyelids drooping slightly, revealing a relieved smile.

"...The price is my death today...then please let me become light and live on in your tomorrow!"

My heart is with you!

Tragic, incomparably tragic.

At that moment, no one spoke; the only sound in the square was the whistling of the wind through the ruins of the buildings.

Batman, Bruce Wayne, pursed his lips tightly. He was a suspicious man, but at this moment, faced with the strategy that this man had paved with his life, he could find no reason to refute it.

Barry secretly turned his head away and wiped his eyes discreetly, not wanting anyone to see his tears of emotion.

As Queen Mera gazed at that broad back, her initial gratitude transformed into intense admiration.

Amazon General Phillips then slammed his right fist into the armor on his left breast, giving a warrior's salute of the highest rank.

Even the extremely arrogant Deathstroke spoke up at this moment: "He... is a true hero."

On the other side of the screen, countless ordinary people around the world watching the screen were also shattered by these words.

Inside the shelter, a mother held her child tightly, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Remember this face, child... He gave us the chance to live."

The wounded resistance fighters silently removed their helmets, gazed at the clouds on the horizon, and raised their hands in salute.

The fervent emotions transformed into a tangible stream of data, exploding in Azu's mind.

"Hint! Gained 5000 Special Popularity Points! (From Harley Quinn)"

"Hint! Gained 5000 Special Popularity Points! (From Slade Wilson)"

"Hint! Gained 10000 Special Popularity Points! (From Bruce Wayne)"

"Hint! Gained 10000 Special Popularity Points! (from Barry Allen)"

"Hint! Gained 12000 Special Popularity Points! (From I.Mera Zebella Chara)"

"Hint! Gained 10000 Special Popularity Points! (From Phillips Egilia Themiscula)"

"Hint! Gained 10000 special popularity points! (from Kirovog)"

……

"Notification! Popularity points gained: +1540112!"

"Notification! Popularity points gained: +1625500!"

"Notification! Popularity points gained: +2199520!"

……

Looking at the explosively growing numbers, Azu felt incredibly happy.

This is exactly the effect he wanted! The emotional value of these DC wasteland residents is ridiculously high.

"Let me go with you."

Bruce, Gotham's Dark Knight, suddenly spoke, breaking the silence. "While I don't have superpowers, I can be of help in tactical infiltration and sabotage."

"Me too!" Barry Allen immediately raised his hand. "I can draw their fire for you!"

"Atlantis never leaves its friends to fight alone!" Mera stepped forward.

"The sword of the Amazon is ready to pave your way!" Phillips shouted in agreement.

Looking at the crowd, who were indignant and ready to go to Apokolips with him to "die," Azu rolled his eyes inwardly.

Take you guys with me? Are you kidding me? How can I act freely with a bunch of burdens like you?

With your skills, you're only fit to be exploited on Earth!