I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.

But even the Dawn Lamp can't guarantee its continued existence. According to its estimation, it will collapse within an hour at most. Its only chance of survival is to return to the Dark Multiverse within an hour, or obtain a piece of Dark Metal.

Dawn Lamp racked his brains. Although separated by a spaceship, he was practically already under capture. How could he break this deadlock? Dawn Lamp couldn't think of a solution.

Rumble!!!

Just then, the outside space suddenly became severely distorted, and a passage was being forcibly opened.

Below the passage, Dark Wonder Woman, who had been knocked unconscious at the start of the battle, was holding the corpse of Black-Striped Superman and continuously drawing some kind of energy from it to supply the passage.

Chapter 304 Barbatos

The seemingly empty boundary of the universe was now filled with the sounds of lightning and thunder, as fragments of spacetime itself were colliding with each other.

The awakened Dark Wonder Woman used some secret method to use the corpse of Black-Striped Superman as an energy source to attack the entire space-time continuum.

Black-striped Superman is dead, but his cells still retain a certain degree of activity. After being bathed in the sunlight, the energy he stored is extremely astonishing.

Carl and the others didn't know much about magic and couldn't figure out what Dark Wonder Woman wanted to do with this energy, but it certainly wasn't anything good, so finding a way to stop her was definitely the right thing to do.

Carl's heat vision went straight for Dark Wonder Woman's head, while the other two weren't idle either. With Blue Superman gone, they could use their energy attacks again.

Mebius's Honkai energy lightning and the Octopus's energy cannon, one aimed at the corpse of Black-Striped Superman, and the other blasted towards the unstable void above the enemy.

rub!

Heat vision travels the fastest, and Dark Wonder Woman, unable to move to maintain her magic, was instantly ripped open in the chest.

"Ugh... I was almost there, help me... help me..." Dark Wonder Woman said weakly. The Amazons' strong physique prevented her from dying on the spot, but she was close. In despair, she even cried out for help when she knew no one would pay attention to her.

Without her support, the magic that extracts energy from the corpse of the Black-Striped Superman can no longer exist, and the affected spacetime will gradually return to its original state.

However, that refers to the normal situation. The magic released by Dark Wonder Woman is to construct a passage, and passages can be opened from both ends at the same time.

boom!!!

A pale, giant claw suddenly emerged from the unfinished spatial passage. It swung around a couple of times and actually swatted away the attacks from Mebius and the Octopus Ship as easily as swatting a mosquito.

The giant claw was dry and pale, resembling a dried corpse, and filled with deathly energy, but its strength far exceeded everyone's imagination.

Without the support of magic, the passage began to shrink gradually, but the claw grabbed the edge of the passage and tore it apart, forcibly stretching spacetime apart with its power.

At first, only one claw could be seen, then two, and then half of its body. The owner of the giant claw ignored the treacherous spatial turbulence and dragged its body, which was tens of meters long, across the boundary.

Even with the help of the Kryptonian corpse, Dark Wonder Woman could only make a hole less than a meter wide, but this guy easily expanded the passage a hundredfold.

The black hood completely covered his face, and the thick bat wings enveloped his body like a black robe. Standing there, he was nearly a hundred meters tall. Even after transforming, Mebius's height only reached the other's thigh.

"Is this Barbatos? It doesn't look like a dragon at all."

The other party emerged from the portal created by Dark Wonder Woman, and one could easily guess his identity with a little thought. The only reason that prevented Mebius from making a direct conclusion was that the other party did not look like a dragon.

Their exact appearance was not visible, but their physique was clearly that of a tall, thin giant. The only part that was related to a dragon was their pair of jet-black dragon wings.

"Master, Master...save me, Master..." Before Karl could answer, the Dark Wonder Woman's attitude had already completely confirmed the other party's identity.

Barbatos, formerly responsible for destroying the cosmic dragon and now the ruler of the Dark Multiverse, has come here on his own initiative.

Barbatos had been looking straight ahead since he appeared, not glancing at anyone present, until Dark Wonder Woman specifically called out to him, at which point Barbatos tilted his eyes and looked down.

"Why should something worthless continue to exist? Destroy it!" With that, Barbatos scooped up Dark Wonder Woman, gripped her in his palm, and crushed her to death.

The Dark Wonder Woman summoned Barbatos because her side had no hope of victory, and in order to survive, she had no other choice.

But she forgot that Barbatos had sent them here with a mission, and now that the mission had failed, he was being forced to take matters into his own hands, so she also had to bear his wrath.

“Alright, now it’s time to collect the cosmic tuning fork left behind by the Anti-Monitor. It’s in that spaceship, isn’t it?” Barbatos said, patting the blood off his hands.

The Cosmic Tuning Fork refers to the Multiverse Tower, which Barbatos plans to modify after acquiring it. The Cosmic Tuning Fork is the new name he has prepared for it.

In his view, since he had personally taken action, it was no different from having already obtained the Multiverse Tower, so he called it the Cosmic Tuning Fork.

Barbatos flashed forward, unleashing a speed completely disproportionate to his massive body, and in the blink of an eye, he was already in front of Karl.

Bang!

His claws were about the same size as Karl's body. When he struck, Karl felt the force all over his body, as if he had hit a wall or a planet had crashed into him. He was instantly sent flying tens of thousands of meters away.

Now, the stealth spaceship, which had just been under their control, was freed and flew away into the distance, carrying the Dawn Lantern.

His boss was clearly in a bad mood. Dawn Lantern planned to hide first, and wait for Barbatos to get the Multiverse Tower before taking the opportunity to return to the Dark Multiverse with him, so as not to die from cosmic repulsion or be discovered and killed by his anger.

'So strong!' Before Mebius could finish her exclamation, Barbatos, after repelling Karl, also swung a claw at her.

Sharp fingertips pierced Mebius's snake scales, tearing her flesh. Even her bones, which were as hard as divine metal, were of little use at this moment. A large chunk of her sternum was ripped out.

'This guy's physical abilities are probably even better than the Anti-Monitor.' Mebius thought to herself. She had evolved quite a bit, but her defenses were still insufficient against the opponent's claws.

Mebius's feeling was correct. Not just in terms of pure physical strength, but even in a comprehensive comparison, Barbatos's combat power was far superior to that of the reborn Anti-Monitor.

Although they are similar in level, the Anti-Monitor is only equivalent to returning to its initial state after leaving the Anti-Life Equation, while Barbatos is different.

In order to attack the multiverse, he lay dormant in the Dark Multiverse for countless years, constantly replenishing himself with the energy and resources there, and always maintaining his peak condition.

"A rather interesting variant of Doomsday, but it's still going to die." Barbatos said, about to deliver another claw strike. So what if it's Doomsday? He controlled those dark universes, and Doomsdays were frequent visitors to the crisis; he had seen plenty of them.

Mebius wanted to defend, but the claw strike to her chest not only injured her sternum but also affected the muscles in her shoulder. Before the wide bloodstain had healed, raising her arm would be extremely difficult, and at this moment, there was simply no time to react.

However, at that moment, a bright red cloak suddenly appeared in front of her.

Before her brain healed, she thought the sunlight was Carl shining, but now Carl really is shining.

Overload mode.

Carl decisively put the cells at full power, activating the mode he only used when he was in a tough fight.

“Mebius, go back to the spaceship.” Karl stopped Barbatos’s giant claws and said without turning around, “Haven’t we collected almost all the data? It’s time to put it into practice.”

Mebius pondered Karl's meaning for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed in alarm, "What? What will you do then?"

“As long as you choose to come back again… Go quickly, this is the best way,” Karl urged.

Mebius understood the urgency of the situation. She looked deeply at Karl, her heart involuntarily quickening – this was true 'love at first sight'.

“I’ll be back, I promise,” Mebius said earnestly, then turned and rushed toward the distant spaceship without looking back.

Barbatos' right paw was seized by Karl, and his eyes, hidden in his hood, gleamed with an ominous, eerie blue light.

He looked at Karl in front of his paw, frowned, and then turned to stare at Mebius's back.

Suddenly, his expression changed drastically, and he said in shock and anger, "You actually found a way to leave the Wall of Origin! You won't be allowed to leave, leave the Cosmic Tuning Fork with me!"

Telepathy allows you to control the enemy's thoughts and intentions.

Chapter 305 Procrastination

"Were you reading minds just now?"

Karl questioned Barbatos, asking how the other man could so readily reveal the details when neither he nor Mebius had mentioned any key words.

He didn't expect Barbatos to give a specific answer, but his current goal was to buy as much time as possible to get the Multiverse Tower and Mebius and the others to a safe place, in case the other party was willing to talk.

Barbatos suddenly gathered a huge amount of energy in his palm, which exploded off Karl's claws. He wanted to chase after Mebius, knowing what he wanted.

"You've only just arrived, don't be in such a hurry to leave!"

Karl grasped Barbatos's broad wing; it felt like holding a piece of cold metal, completely unlike the body of a normal creature.

Barbatos didn't look back, but kept moving forward in one direction. The Multiverse Tower was the most important thing; once he got it, he could deal with everyone else however he wanted.

However, after dragging Karl forward for a distance, Barbatos was forced to stop.

He was stronger than Karl and was able to maintain a steady pace even in this wrestling situation, but he could only move forward; his speed was kept very low. He could barely catch up with Mebius, let alone exceed the speed of sound.

Barbatos turned around and gritted his teeth, saying, "You really think you can stop me? I was just not paying attention to you. You could have lived a little longer. You asked for it!"

Barbatos no longer ignored Karl. He had destroyed countless universes, so even Kryptonians were nothing special in his eyes. But the Kryptonian in front of him was not comparable to those defective products in the Dark Multiverse. If he wanted to take the Multiverse Tower, he had to deal with him first.

Several purple energy whips emerged from Barbatos's palm, nimbly striking Karl on the dragon's wing with incredible speed.

However, Karl was prepared. He was fully focused and waiting for Barbatos to come and fight him. The moment the attack came, he left his original position and quickly moved around Barbatos' side.

He couldn't stray too far from Barbatos, lest the latter use feints to trick him into dodging and then launch an attack on the spaceship.

Barbatos is even faster than the previous Blue Superman. If Carl were to disengage, the situation would collapse instantly.

"Like a fly, if you want to keep hiding, then hide further away!" Barbatos, having wasted a few seconds chasing after Barbatos without success, began to change tactics.

The energy whips he released suddenly turned towards himself, as if arcs were rapidly encircling his entire body, forming a temporary thorny garment.

Arcs of energy, like meat grinders, swept across Barbatos's body.

Carl's pupils constricted slightly at the sight, somewhat surprised.

Barbatos's move was clearly not a fixed technique; he was manipulating the energy in real time.

The energy whip is very powerful, after all, it was a move intended to kill Karl, but Barbatos used it on himself, which requires a very high level of experience and skill, and the slightest carelessness could lead to injury.

Karl felt the pressure. Barbatos not only had a higher energy level than the Anti-Monitor, but also had a better combat awareness. He had been preparing in the Dark Universe for too long, and his condition in all aspects was at its peak.

Karl hasn't been injured since he met Barbatos, but that's only because Barbatos's mind is focused on seizing the Multiverse Tower, and his attitude towards him is primarily one of expulsion.

Right now, Barbatos is actually forcing him to retreat with dense arcs of energy, rather than spending more time locking onto him and then killing him.

But will Karl choose to retreat? Of course not. He will not, and cannot, retreat before the spaceship enters the safe zone.

boom!!!

Before the energy arc could catch up with him, Karl took the initiative to meet it, clenched his fist and punched forward, throwing several punches in succession, completely shattering the energy arc.

The burst of energy simultaneously enveloped both Karl and Barbatos, but neither of them even glanced at this minuscule, scattered energy, as the strength of their skin was sufficient to ignore it.

"You bastard!" Barbatos realized that he had underestimated his opponent. The fact that his attack had been directly countered was a power that was completely cosmic level, a strength that most Kryptonians, no, most Supermen, could not reach.

Barbatos turned around and, for the first time, fixed his gaze entirely on Karl.

“I’ll give you one last chance. You can submit to me, just like Superman from the opposite universe,” Barbatos said.

This wasn't his first time in the multiverse. Long before the last reboot of the universe, he had already been secretly operating in the shadows of some major events. During that time, he also corrupted and controlled a superpower in one universe.

“I’ll think about it. This is a very important decision and I need to think about it carefully,” Carl replied.

“I’ll give you three seconds, that’s plenty of time. Or you could stop the ship first, then you’ll have more time to think,” Barbatos said.

They are both thinking at full speed now, and once they start acting, only those at the speedster level can keep up with them. So having three seconds to think is indeed a lot.