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

The Ancient One's methods are very comprehensive, and she is adept at defending against space magic. Therefore, the Spider-Man's greatest opportunity was during the first attempt to seize the treasure. He didn't know what to do, but he went all out from the start, directly using the Space Stone to maximize his own strength!

With this in mind, Spider-Zoo began to command his clones to charge without regard for sacrifice, while he himself used his scythe and spider silk to provide support. He never used his most proficient spatial magic, and even deeply concealed his spatial distortion magic eye.

This time, Spider-Woman's clone army was really badly hurt. Unlike Tiamat, whose army was built up slowly over time, half of her clones were wiped out in this battle.

However, the enormous cost was ultimately worthwhile; the spider successfully created an opportunity for the doctor to simulate the Divergent Sword.

This is an extremely large-scale attack that can cleave space; once used, it will destroy the mirror space laid out by the Ancient One.

The Ancient One naturally wanted to use magic to stop the Doctor, but the Spider-Man wouldn't let him succeed. In desperation, the Ancient One had no choice but to use the Eye of Agamotto to slightly reverse the Doctor's time.

The opportunity is here.

Chapter 346 Meeting

"Successful."

Spider-Woman snatched the Time Stone, and the moment she got her hands on it, she traded it to Bronya for safekeeping to prevent any unforeseen events.

Spider-Man's instant teleportation, enhanced by the Space Stone, required almost no prerequisites, making it difficult even for the Sorcerer Supreme to defend against.

"What? I can't sense it at all? Where did you hide the Eye of Agamotto?" the Ancient One questioned.

The Time Stone is housed in the Eye of Argomot, an artifact passed down through generations of the Sorcerer Supreme. It can be summoned back with a single thought from the Ancient One.

She could even go further and remotely command the Eye of Agamotto to attack enemies, but all of this was thwarted by Spider's decisive actions.

Without the Eye of Agamotto, the Ancient One was truly desperate. Her eyes turned bloodshot, and black energy continuously emanated from her body. The situation had spiraled out of her control, so the Ancient One began to use the power of the Dark Lord.

These wisps of black energy gathered towards Gu Yi's right hand, compressing and merging to quickly form a massive black sphere, larger than even the Demon God Pillar, occupying almost one-fifth of the plaza.

Then the Ancient One pushed forward, and the black ball pressed forward at a seemingly slow but actually fast speed, leaving a mess in its wake. Even Spider-Man's large clones were crushed, and the Ea sword created by the Doctor was suppressed. The Ancient One had truly begun to kill.

Spider and the doctor quickly regrouped, and the remaining forces did everything they could to slow down the black ball, while the two of them left the area the instant they made contact.

The objective has been achieved; there's absolutely no need to stay here and fight the raging Ancient One any longer.

Spider-Girl suffered heavy losses this time. Most of her clone army was wiped out in the previous battle, and the rest were not retrieved because she had to retreat as soon as possible. In other words, she was almost bankrupted in this battle. All the clones she had painstakingly accumulated were used up in one fell swoop, and she had to start building them from scratch.

Fortunately, she still had a lot of spider eggs left, so her resurrection ability wasn't seriously affected. Therefore, Spider Girl could barely accept this result. After all, safety comes first, and as long as there were no problems in this area, the situation was above the bottom line. She was still quite timid.

After leaving the Ancient One's territory, Spider-Man immediately returned to the Rift of the Nine Realms to pick up Tiamat and the controlled Odin. Without stopping, he transferred everyone to the planet Wormour.

The Spider-Man doesn't have a map of the universe, but Odin knows the exact coordinates of the planet Wormour. Legend has it that he tried to collect the Infinity Stones when he was young, but later gave up for some reason.

Now, all that's missing for them to collect all the Infinity Stones is the power and the soul, which means they still need to go to Xandar and Vommul.

However, considering that they had just experienced two major battles, it would be better to rest first. Therefore, they unanimously decided to go to Womiaoer Star to retrieve the Soul Gem, which was an uninhabited planet. As long as they passed the test, they could take the gem away.

Spider-Man held the Space Stone for a while, and then the group arrived at the planet Vomiaoer, or more accurately, the original site of Vomiaoer, because they found that they had not landed on a planet, but were in empty space.

The sudden change in environment did not cause too much trouble, as most of the crew members were capable of surviving in space.

The doctor's body is that of an ordinary person, but he has protective magic on hand so there are no problems. Deadpool, on the other hand, has no protective equipment or magic and is clutching his neck, looking like he is in great pain.

The doctor immediately realized what was happening and used the Reality Stone to create a red barrier that isolated everyone from the outside world, while also filling the space with air to ensure everyone could communicate normally.

"Phew...that was close, I almost had to grow a new set of lungs. Spider-Man, what's wrong with you? Be careful when you teleport, cough cough..." Deadpool had to stop halfway through his sentence. He needed a few more seconds to heal himself and couldn't force himself to speak.

The doctor knew he couldn't die no matter what, but still reflexively cast a healing spell on Deadpool, while wondering, "Have we gone to the wrong place? Could it be that this isn't the location of Wormour?"

"Impossible, I remember it clearly."

The one who answered was Odin. The personality of the Lasso overlaid on Odin's original thoughts, but his memories and abilities would not change in the slightest. He would only become loyal to the Lasso's master in temperament.

“Womour is here, that’s for sure. Perhaps something happened to this planet over the long years, but that doesn’t matter, because the Soul Gem won’t disappear just because the planet is destroyed,” Odin added.

"I see. Then let's look around the neighborhood," the doctor said.

The group flew around for a few rounds, but instead of finding the location of the Soul Gem, they discovered Möbius, who had gotten separated from them.

At this moment, Mebius was still in her monster form, and her right claw was purple, a trace of energy leakage from the Power Gem.

“Mebius, what are you doing here?” Tiamat asked.

"As for the reason, what else could it be besides taking the Soul Stone? It seems things are going quite smoothly on your end, even Odin has been controlled."

Both sides quickly explained their experiences, and Spider-Man and the others learned that Mebius had obtained the Power Stone and was trying to obtain the Soul Stone.

She had arrived on this planet a few days ago and learned about the gem's trial from the Red Skull's soul.

The requirement is straightforward: one soul for one soul. Anyone who wants the Soul Gem must exchange it for the soul of the person they cherish most.

Without a doubt, Mebius alone could never meet this requirement, and even if she could, she wouldn't do it. Apart from her own pursuits, the understanding person is the only existence she cares about, so how could she exchange them for a broken stone?

So, not intending to follow the rules, Mebius began to sabotage the ritual points in an attempt to find the hidden Soul Gem, but unfortunately, the results were not very good.

She destroyed the entire planet and even managed to kill Red Skull's soul, but she still couldn't find the Soul Stone.

No one else had a good solution to this problem. The only thing to do was to research it and brainstorm. This was the last Infinity Stone. As long as we could find a way to get it, we could start trying to return to the DC universe.

……

Meanwhile, the Dark Knights' spaceship.

The Dark Batmen received a message from Barbatos instructing them to return immediately, as a new mission awaited them.

So six Batmen and a fake Superman came to Barbatos again.

The Blessing of Barbatos (Chapter 347)

Karl would periodically use his all-seeing eye to check on Barbatos' situation, so he wasn't surprised by Barbatos's orders.

He roughly guessed that Barbatos wanted to launch another surprise attack on the multiverse, but he hadn't figured out the specifics of the other party's plan.

Barbatos had the Dark Knights continue searching the Dark Universe for three more days before recalling them.

During this time, Barbatos did not wait idly. These few days not only added a possibility to the capture of Karl, but also gave him time to prepare the means needed to capture the monitor.

Sending the Dark Knights into the multiverse wasn't enough; Barbatos believed that these mortals couldn't defeat the Watchers without his help.

When Carl and the Dark Batmen arrived in front of Barbatos, they were first drawn to the enormous vortex in the sky.

The mountain where Barbatos most often resides is shrouded in black clouds, and above it, even more black air currents form an inverted funnel-shaped vortex, which is narrower at the top and wider at the bottom, becoming narrower as it goes higher.

Carl's superhuman vision allows him to see more details than ordinary people. From his perspective, the vortex is maintained by the human-pillared towers in the universe.

Compared to the last time the Knights were here, those trapped on top as batteries were unconscious, but they had all lost a lot of weight, indicating that the Human Pillar Tower was operating at full capacity.

"Great Barbatos, what new instructions do you have? Your will is the meaning of our existence," the Bat of Laughter routinely flattered Barbatos.

However, Barbatos ignored him and said directly, "Because of your incompetence, the plan to invade the multiverse has been severely hampered."

"..." Dawn's Ghost Lamp really wanted to say that it had done its best.

"Now, if you want to make up for this mistake, there is only one way left. If you fail, I will not say anything about punishment, because this is truly your last chance. Once you fail, don't even think about entering the upper world anymore. Just obediently struggle in this broken quagmire," Barbatos said in his hoarse voice.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Drowned and the Red Death immediately changed. Their world had been destroyed, and their greatest obsession now was to reclaim the main world and regain Gotham City. Failing to achieve this would be worse than death for them.

The Dark Batmen each have their own purposes, but they can be roughly divided into three categories. The first type is those who do not want to disappear with the Dark Universe, so they want to invade the multiverse. Killing Machine and Dawn Lantern belong to this category. Among them, Dawn Lantern also hopes that Barbatos can resurrect his parents in the future.

The second type is unable to accept the demise of their Gotham City and desires a long-lasting, bright universe to firmly control. This is the obsession of the Drowned and the Red Death, and Carl also disguised himself as this type of Batman.

The third type is pure corruption. Those who belong to this category include the merciless iron bowl who wants to spread war throughout the world and the laughing bat who pursues dark events.

Especially the Bat Who Laughs, it doesn't have any specific target, it just wants to see other people suffer, the worse the story, the more it likes it, a pure madman.

The three obsessions of the Dark Knights are independent yet intertwined, but no matter which one it is, no one can achieve their wish without invading the multiverse.

When their core interests are at stake, the Dark Batmen are all working with tremendous enthusiasm, a drive that is far stronger when threatened.

When the Dark Knights were hunting Karl, they only thought they were helping Barbatos find his enemies. Apart from the Dawn Lantern, the others, including the Batman Who Laughs who seemed to be completely obedient to Barbatos, didn't really care.

But things are different now. No matter what task Barbatos assigns them, they will try their best, even if it costs them their lives.

Barbatos glanced at everyone's state and nodded to himself. It was worth it for him to fabricate this lie; he had finally managed to motivate everyone.

He wouldn't tell these pawns the truth; once his plan is complete, they'll be useless.

Most members of the Dark Knights only wanted to rule one world, but his plan to capture the Watcher was aimed at destroying the multiverse, which went against the interests of others.

“It seems you are prepared. Then come forward and accept this darkness,” Barbatos said, perched atop the mountain.

The Dark Batmen exchanged glances, then used various methods to quickly ascend the mountaintop. Even the Batman Who Laughs was not far behind; although he was an ordinary human, he possessed a considerable amount of advanced technology.

Before he was recruited by Barbatos, he used various equipment to eliminate all the superheroes in that universe. Later, when the universe collapsed, most of these equipment disappeared along with it.

When everyone reached the summit, Barbatos did not announce the mission details. Instead, he raised his hands and drew something invisible from within the mountain, injecting it into the Dark Knights.

The drowning victim looked at her palm with some confusion. She clearly felt that something had changed about her, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Her strength hadn't increased, her speed hadn't increased, and she didn't feel any surge of energy within her. She instinctively felt that what Barbatos was doing was extraordinary, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly where the change had occurred.

The others were in a similar situation, so they asked Barbatos, "Honorable master, what just happened?"

"This is my blessing, allowing you fools to successfully complete a mission for me!" Barbatos said vaguely.

The Dark Batmen still didn't understand what Barbatos had done, but they didn't dare ask anymore. His tone was very unpleasant, like a volcano about to erupt.

Analyzing the limited intelligence available to Barbatos, regardless of any changes that have occurred, would clearly be too costly for him to bear, hence his anger.

Karl, who used the alias "Possessionist," naturally received the same treatment while mingling with the Knights.

At first, he was a little unclear about the situation, but Karl soon began to have some guesses about what Barbatos had done.

The main reason was that he recalled this feeling, the unknown changes that were happening to them at this moment. Karl had actually had a similar experience before, just before the battle with the Anti-Monitor.

That was the feeling of a deeper connection with the universe, the feeling Karl felt when he became the God of Power.

He became a god by taking advantage of the upheavals in reality and the blurring of the line between humans and gods. True DC gods have divine attributes and can draw power from certain concepts in the universe, just as Ares could draw power from war.

So, to put it simply, the Dark Knights' current state means they have a deeper connection with the Dark Multiverse and can harness a portion of its power.

Of course, the Dark Universe is constantly being created and destroyed, and its existence is extremely unstable, so it is unlikely to bring a direct boost to hard power like a godhood.

Chapter 348 The Rebooted Main Universe

The black vortex that filled the entire sky above the mountain peak spun faster and faster, slowly pulling the Dark Knights, including Karl, upwards.

Then Barbatos revealed their mission objective: "You will be sent to a corner of the multiverse. You don't need to make much preparation; the target will appear before you immediately."

"Defeat him, capture him! Then bring him back!"