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When the lightning dissipated, Black Adam had lost the power of the six gods and had once again become that withered old man who had lived for thousands of years.

But now, this is neither Earth nor will anyone come to save him.

In the vacuum of space, this supervillain, who had lived for thousands of years, could no longer bear the weight of life.

His physical body began to crumble and dissipate, turning into countless gray dust particles that scattered and disappeared into the universe.

"How boring!"

"Yeah, let's keep playing with that guy who looks a lot like you!"

"Wait, it looks like someone else is coming!"

"Wow, they're Kryptonians!"

Not far from the middle-aged Depp, Clark, Diana, and Bruce and Hal Jordan, who had just taken to the sky and were piloting Jaegers and using the Green Lantern ability, were in space.

They stared in shock at the twisted and bizarre middle-aged Depp, the lifeless Sinestro drifting in the universe, and the Black Adam reduced to dust.

However, amidst the shock, another emotion quietly crept into their hearts, attempting to infiltrate their minds and corrupt their souls.

That is fear!

The superheroes who witnessed this scene naturally felt a sense of fear.

This tiny, insignificant fear was enough to bring out the things they truly feared, hidden deep within their hearts and things they had never told anyone.

This is the power of fear; it can evoke the deepest fears hidden in people's subconscious, even those fears that they themselves are not even aware of.

Clark's vision blurred, and he seemed to see his dearest people dying one by one, leaving him all alone and helpless.

If Johnny Depp hadn't saved his father during that tornado when he was sixteen, he might have had to live with his mother for the next few decades.

and many more!

A series of images suddenly flashed through Clark's mind, and he asked in confusion, "Wait a minute, did Depp really save my father when I was sixteen?"

"No, that's not right! Father... he seems to have died in that storm. And what caused all of this was my cowardice, my willfulness, my... fear!"

"Yes, sixteen years ago, my father died in a storm. From then on, my mother and I depended on each other, living in the small town..."

"Mother...who can prove that Mother is still alive?"

"No, it seems Mother is dead too!"

"When Zod and the others came to Earth, I did not use my full strength immediately because I felt that they were my only remaining kin."

"However, they slaughtered my fellow Earthlings without any scruples, including my mother... Martha Kent."

"Damn it, my mother died because of me. It was my cowardice and my kindness that caused all of this."

"You fucking deserve to die!"

"Ah! Louise, Louise is still alive! I'm so relieved that my beloved woman is still alive..."

"Wait! Lois seems to have been killed by the Joker, and Batman... won't allow me to take the law into my own hands and kill that executioner, that madman stained with countless blood!"

"Batman... No! The world is sick!"

"This world must be cleansed, and all criminals must be punished severely!"

"No one can escape my punishment. I must control all the regimes on Earth so that crime can be eradicated from this world!"

Diana looked at Clark, who was talking to himself, her eyes filled with doubt and concern.

She went to Clark's side, stroked his cheek, and asked with concern, "Hey, Clark, what's wrong?"

However, at that moment, a voice rang out behind Diana.

Chapter 389

Wonder Woman Diana approached Clark, stroked his cheek, and asked with concern, "Hey, Clark, what's wrong?"

However, at that moment, a voice rang out behind Diana.

“Diana…”

“Diana…”

“Diana…”

Upon hearing that distant yet familiar voice, Diana froze on the spot.

"That voice is..."

Diana turned around abruptly and immediately saw a man she could never forget for decades.

Steve Trevor!

A young U.S. special forces pilot with blond, tousled hair, a handsome face, and an upright posture.

Steve was also Diana's first boyfriend.

It was also Wonder Woman's, and Diana Prince's, lifelong regret.

"Steve!"

Diana covered her mouth, saying in disbelief, "You...how did you get here?"

Meanwhile, Steve smiled as he saw Diana, but it was clear that an ordinary human being could not survive in space without any protective suit.

Realizing this, Steve Trevor's face immediately frosted over as he stood before Diana, but he could clearly sense that the fluids on his tongue were beginning to boil.

Immediately afterwards, Steve's eyes began to bloodshot, and all the moisture and air in his body began to be forcibly extracted in the vacuum environment.

Steve began to lose consciousness and started convulsing uncontrollably.

"I feel like I'm boiling over, but I'm also feeling cold... Diana, save me!"

Steve opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.

Upon seeing this, Diana immediately rushed over and embraced her lover.

However, although she possesses demigod blood, which would allow her to survive in space.

But Diana was unable to share her strength with the man in her arms.

Suddenly, Diana had an idea. She turned to Hal Jordan, who was not far away, and shouted, "Hal, help me! Use your green ring to make a spacesuit for Steve!"

"Space...spacesuit?"

Hal Jordan clearly didn't understand Diana's meaning and asked, "Steve? Who's that? It sounds like a man's name!"

Seeing that Hal Jordan was still arguing with her at a time like this, Diana was furious.

She untied the Lasso of Truth from her waist and threw it to Hal Jordan, pulling him close. "I said, quickly make a spacesuit for Steve in my arms, he can't hold on much longer!"

"But you don't have it in your arms at all..."

Hal Jordan was about to say something, but was stopped by a voice coming from the bat-like mech beside him.

"Never mind all that, just listen to Diana and make a spacesuit in her arms."

Bruce was sweating profusely, but his eyes were incredibly resolute.

Clearly, he had just experienced something that terrified him.

"Okay, okay, you're all bosses!"

Hal Jordan said helplessly, then used the Green Light Ring to create a bright green spacesuit in Diana's empty arms.

After doing all this, Hal Jordan spoke to Bruce, who was sitting in the Batmobile, through the radio in his ear: "What's going on? Clark and Diana seem a bit off."

Upon hearing this, Bruce glanced with lingering fear at Depp, who was watching them with great interest from a distance, and said, "Actually, I think it's your nonchalant attitude that's really abnormal."

"What do you mean?" Hal Jordan asked, puzzled.

Bruce looked at the green lamp ring in the other's hand and said with lingering fear, "They must both be like me, trapped in their deepest fears and anxieties, unable to extricate themselves. Although it was just a fantasy, it reached the deepest part of our hearts, making it impossible to guard against. I think this is probably the work of that guy who fused with the yellow lamp ring monster."

Bruce didn't know the name of the Parallax, but he recognized it by its appearance and the feeling it gave off.

He easily deduced that the Parallax monster must be inextricably linked to the yellow light ring that represents fear.

Hal Jordan suddenly realized what was going on and then asked, "How did you recover so quickly?"

"I...."

Bruce recounted an incident from over a decade ago when he first met Depp, in Jonathan Scarecrow's lab.

“I have experienced this deep-seated fear countless times more than a decade ago, so it is easy for me to break free from it.”

As he spoke, Bruce recalled how Depp had drunk over a dozen bottles of the Scarecrow's Fear Venom in a row.

No wonder this guy wasn't affected by fear; he must have lost that emotion long ago!

On the other side, as the spacesuit appeared, Diana's expression gradually softened.

She untied the lasso binding Hal Jordan and held his head tightly to her chest as if embracing a lover's head.

"It's alright, it's alright," Diana said, her eyes filled with tears. "You're safe now, Steve. After we finish this battle, I'll send you back to Earth. When that happens, you'll have to tell me all about how you were resurrected."

However, before Diana could get a response from Steve, she saw the spacesuit that Hal Jordan had made suddenly shatter.

Countless emerald green crystals reflected the sun's brilliance, and along with them shattered Steve's ephemeral final life.

"Do not!!!"

Diana screamed in utter despair, tears and rage mingling in her eyes. She turned to Hal Jordan and asked, her voice trembling, "Why won't you help me save Steve? Why did your damn spacesuit tear?!"

"I...I freaking..."

Hal Jordan stared blankly at the green spacesuit still in Diana's arms, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Bruce, piloting the Bat-Mech, stood in front of Hal Jordan and said to Diana, "Diana, you've been affected by that guy's power of fear! Wake up!"

"Get out of my way, you stinky bat!" Diana drew her short sword and shield, her eyes bloodshot, and said, "Don't block my way, or I'll kill you too!"

Seeing this, Bruce immediately got into position, pointing the mech's laser cannon at Diana: "Those are all illusions! Steve Trevor has been dead for decades, you know that better than anyone!"

Bruce said this in the hope of bringing Diana back to her senses.

To Bruce's surprise, his words not only failed to bring Diana to her senses, but instead completely enraged the goddess!

Diana's eyes blazed with fury as she stared intently at the cockpit of the Bat-Man suit, gritting her teeth as she said, "You actually investigated me, Batman! I suppose you were hoping to find my weaknesses from my past experiences to prevent me from doing anything to harm humanity? You bastard who has never known the meaning of trust!"

As she spoke, Diana tapped her short sword on her round shield a few times, a signal that the Amazon warriors were about to launch an attack.