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

The situation was critical, and Superman and the old Superman couldn't care less about their injuries, even though they knew that rushing in would be futile in their current state.

"Alright! I'll capture you first and recharge my cosmic tuning fork." Barbatos leaned back slightly, making enough space for the Supermen to leave the spaceship.

Retrieving Superman was also one of his objectives on this trip, so Superman's charge was a reward for him.

However, just as Barbatos was about to make his move, he suddenly sensed a tremor in the surrounding space, and upon closer inspection, he discovered that the source of this tremor was an extremely large amount of dark energy.

Superman also noticed the change and quickly steadied himself, not daring to make any rash moves. At the same time, he warned the others in the mental network set up by Martian Manhunter: "Be careful, Barbatos has suddenly mobilized a large amount of energy. We don't know where he will launch his attack next."

Such mental power naturally could not shield Barbatos's mind-reading ability, so Barbatos could also hear Superman's words.

Barbatos knew himself best. He was very clear that he had not mobilized any dark energy at all. Moreover, even if he were to use dark energy to attack, it would not cause any cosmic tremors, which would not help in the slightest to strike the enemy.

However, Barbatos also understood why Superman and the others had such thoughts, since only he had the ability to use dark energy that could shake the universe.

"In the entire multiverse, if there is anyone besides me who has such a high level of mastery over dark energy, it would only be the World Forger. But that's impossible. He's currently in the sixth dimension. Even if he were to suddenly descend upon me, I wouldn't be completely unaware."

"If we rule him out, then there's only one answer... Someone tampered with my cosmic tuning fork!"

The Multiverse Tower holds the most important position in the plan to seize the multiverse. It not only receives the energy of the Dark Universe, but also sends the energy from the multiverse beings to the Dark Universe. It can be said to be a bridge connecting the two worlds.

In other words, once someone moves the Multiverse Tower, all the energies connected to the tower will vibrate as well, and whatever they do, the commotion will be immense.

"I left two Dark Batmen there and they were completely useless? They really are trash. I have to do it myself. Once this is over, I'm going to throw these Dark Batmen into the furnace and reforge them!"

Once Barbatos had figured it out, he immediately gripped the surface of the spaceship with his right hand, pulled it forward, and completed that insignificant last bit of travel in no time.

Both sides broke through space and returned to Earth 0.

They appeared halfway up Challenge Mountain, a short distance from the summit where the Multiverse Tower is located.

The superheroes and their friends didn't know why Barbatos had suddenly returned, but their goal was to pass through Earth 0 anyway, so they planned to struggle with all their might as soon as they landed and then run directly into the depths of the dark universe.

But when they actually returned, they discovered that Challenge Mountain had changed drastically. It was easier to enter the Dark Universe from here than before, but they would have to recalculate the route. In other words, their escape route was not yet ready, and they could not leave Challenge Mountain for the time being.

The heroes were afraid that Barbatos would take advantage of this time to wipe them out, but fortunately, the enemy's attention was mostly focused on the mountaintop.

"What happened? Where are those two bat-men?" Barbatos first confirmed that the Multiverse Tower was still in place, which was the most important thing. And the result satisfied him. Although it had just been activated, at least it was still in place.

Barbatos then began searching for Karl and the Red Death, which was the second most important task.

Before the multiverse is completely plunged into darkness, he needs the Dark Knights to live to maintain the passage.

"Possessor, Red Death Demon, come out!" Barbatos roared, suppressing the Octopus Ship with one hand.

There was no trace of the two on the mountaintop, and Barbatos's calls went unanswered.

"This is terrible. It couldn't have happened now, those two guys. And the bomb is gone too."

Barbatos frowned, ordered the surrounding human pillar towers to release some dark energy to trap the Octopus Ship, and then immediately flew to the mountaintop.

“Use the Cosmic Tuning Fork to find them,” Barbatos said, stroking the Multiverse Tower. “These two carry the unique aura of the Dark Universe and my blessing. No matter where they are, I can find them.”

Barbatos was certain that the two were still alive, or at least one of them was still alive, otherwise the passage would have closed. And one being alive was enough. He would definitely keep the one who was alive by his side until the last moment passed.

Thinking it over, Barbatos immediately activated the detection program of the Multiverse Tower, and he got the results.

Just as he thought, the dark cosmic origin on the two mountains was too special, like two black dots on a pure canvas, very easy to find.

As for the matter and antimatter bombs, it's uncertain whether they are in the same place.

Barbatos no longer wants to blow up the multiverse, but he's not too worried about losing the bomb.

Because he knew that without his dark energy to catalyze the explosion, the bomb wouldn't be able to destroy the entire multiverse. Even if some fool activated the bomb, it wouldn't matter. He believed that the main universe wouldn't disappear directly, and at least Superman, whom he needed most, would definitely survive.

"Let me see, where are they now... hmm, it's Apokolips! Is Darkseid going to get involved too?"

Barbatos was somewhat surprised, but quickly relaxed: "Hmph, your godhood has cracked several times already. Does he really think he's still the Darkseid who caused the final crisis?"

If it were the original, most complete Darkseid, Barbatos would still have some respect for him, but now...

Rebooting might allow Darkseid to return to his original body, but it wouldn't repair his massive, multi-dimensional divine nature.

Just as the Anti-Monitor became Möbius, Darkseid was no longer the original Darkseid, and Barbatos was not afraid of him at all.

And so, Barbatos used the Cosmic Tower to create a portal to Apokolips, then confidently hunched over and walked in, his cloaked head disappearing first.

Teleportation within a single universe is still quite simple for the giant tower.

“Darkseid, heh heh, the Dark Lord, is it? Now I’ll show you what true darkness is.”

Barbatos strode forward with a wicked grin, and then...

Boom boom boom!!!

A fist carrying immense kinetic energy slammed into Barbatos's face, the resulting shockwave shaking the heavens and the earth!

Barbatos absorbed most of the damage, but the force of the explosion still spread throughout Apokolips.

Cracks appeared on the planet, which was riddled with craters, and the intense heat from within the planet flowed out, making the cracks even more dazzling. If someone were to look at it from the outside, they would definitely think it was a fireball about to explode.

Barbatos was stunned by the punch and couldn't recover for a moment.

At that moment, the second blow came, aimed at his chin.

Boom! It hit him directly, and Barbatos rolled backward, his face, which had been covered, was smashed open, revealing his pale and ferocious face.

With scarlet eyes and sharp teeth, one could barely make out the shape of a dragon. Coupled with his pale skin, he should have looked ferocious and terrifying. However, several of his lower jaw teeth had been knocked out, and his tattered cloak had changed his overall demeanor from ferocious to wretched.

"Aaaaa Darkseid!!!" Barbatos roared, straightening his body again, his scarlet eyes seeming to spit fire.

"Eh..." But immediately, those eyes widened slightly, as if they had seen something illogical.

Before him stood a warrior dressed in blue armor and draped in a scarlet cloak, slowly retracting his fist.

Below the warrior lay a massive Apokolips with muscles as thick as gray rock. Upon closer inspection, who else could it be but Darkseid, whom he had just been searching for?

Barbatos had initially thought that the Dark Lord had attacked him, but now it seemed that the Dark Lord was seriously injured, with a clear footprint on his chest, about the same size as the one in the sky.

Clearly, this person came here to wipe out the Parademons, trample Darkseid underfoot, and single-handedly suppressed Apokolips, and was specifically waiting for him here.

The warrior's face was very similar to Superman's, but he also possessed the aura of the dark universe's origin, something he controlled and which had only been granted to two people at this time.

"Kryptonian, who exactly are you?!" Barbatos asked solemnly.

Chapter 401 Barbatos, you didn't want this either...

Barbatos is certain that there are currently only three individuals in this universe who possess the Dark Source.

Barbatos himself, along with his two henchmen, the Possessionist and the Red Death, are all alien Batmen he brought from the Dark Universe.

However, these two are quite unique among most of the alternate Batmen, because although they are Batmen, they do not use Batman's body. Instead, they possess and merge with other members of the Justice League, so they look like Superman and The Flash.

At first glance, the Kryptonian in front of him didn't look much different from a normal Superman, but his temperament wasn't as peaceful as the Superman in the main universe. In addition, Barbatos could also sense the aura of the dark universe from him.

Thinking about it this way, the other party fits the characteristics of the Dark Batman, so it's basically certain that the other party is one of his subordinates.

The only difference is that the Kryptonians born from the Dark Universe can never match the power of Superman from the main universe, while this Kryptonian can hurt him, so his combat power is obviously beyond the limit.

Barbatos was certain that the possessor did not possess such abilities, which is why he asked who you were.

"Who am I? You really can't guess?" Karl pointed to a symbol on his chest and mocked, "I didn't even cover my face, I just changed the decorations on my clothes, and you still can't recognize me? Your eyes are really useless."

The trajectory of the finger gestures is already clear: who else besides Superpower would use a U-shaped symbol as a Kryptonian marker?

"It's you? It's you!"

Barbatos knew who the other party was; it was definitely Superpower, and the Superpower that had brought the biggest surprise to his plans.

Seeing this enemy, who should have been trapped in the dark universe, reappear with the very essence provided by Barbatos himself, Barbatos knew exactly what had happened.

Clearly, his suspicions were correct; the person before him was the possessor, the Superpower he had been trying to capture.

The other party infiltrated his team, returning to the multiverse almost openly, completely fooling him.

"You're really bold. But although I don't know how you became so strong, you're still too weak compared to me. Your biggest mistake was not taking the opportunity to escape but instead showing up in front of me."

Barbatos was furious. After saying that, he didn't even bother to think about Karl's actions and intentions anymore, and pounced on him with his claws outstretched.

Carl didn't back down and met the attack head-on. He met the claws with his fists, exchanging several blows.

The rumbling sound echoed throughout Apokolips. Darkseid, who had been knocked unconscious by Karl, was even thrown high into the sky by the force of the punch, escaping the planet's gravity and drifting into the depths of space.

After a few rounds of stalemate, Barbatos suddenly narrowed his eyes, opened his mouth wide, and a surge of dark energy erupted out, engulfing Karl's entire body.

Even though Karl was trying to resist with his thermal vision, the energy was still slowly advancing towards him.

"So it's still a bit lacking. My current physique, with the overload state stacked, is about the same as when I fused with White Lamp, but compared to Barbatos, who has been dormant for so long, it's still insufficient," Karl thought.

His body wasn't glowing, but it had definitely entered an overload state.

The glow is because the cells absorb so much energy from the kryptonite that some of it becomes visible under overload. After obtaining the gold kryptonite, Carl's superpowers become more mature, and his cells are fully adapted to the overload state.

So on the surface, Karl doesn't seem to have changed much, but his strength has genuinely increased, and even Darkseid is no match for him.

Karl is undoubtedly powerful now, but it would still be difficult to defeat Barbatos head-on. Barbatos' dark energy quickly overwhelmed the heat vision and was about to attack Karl himself.

But Karl wasn't flustered. He hadn't expected to defeat Barbatos so easily. This battle was just a simple assessment of his own condition; he had no intention of fighting to the death.

Just as Barbatos was about to completely engulf the heat vision, a sonic boom appeared behind Karl. He reached in and pulled out a person who was tightly bound.

Carl grabbed the man by the neck and held him in front of him, as if he were holding a shield.

This is certainly not a real shield, and it has very little defensive power. If Barbatos were to actually strike it down, this person would probably be burned to ashes in an instant.

Yet this fragile and simple response forced Barbatos to forcibly interrupt his attack, and even caused him to suffer some backlash as a result.

“Cough, Red Death Demon…” Barbatos recognized the person Karl was holding.

“That’s right, it’s Red Death.” Karl said slowly, “You should understand by now, I’ve infiltrated the Dark Knights, but I’m not Batman, I’m an alien Superman. That is to say, Red Death is the only Dark Batman in the multiverse, and the one who keeps you here.”

Barbatos's face began to darken, and Karl revealed a sinister smile before uttering a single sentence.

"Barbatos, you don't want your carefully crafted plan to fail like this, do you?"

As he spoke, Karl made a chop gesture on the Red Death's neck.

Barbatos's eyes widened instantly. What had he just heard? Someone dared to threaten him, and with hostages no less!

You can kill me if you want, but the moment you make that decision, I will tear you to pieces.

Barbatos wanted to say those words, but staring at Karl, his jaw trembled, and he couldn't bring himself to speak.

Without the Red Death Demon, he would be forcibly expelled from the multiverse in ten minutes at most, and that's only because he had already eroded a portion of the universe to obtain so many worlds.

Ten minutes is definitely not enough to complete the plan, so Barbatos absolutely cannot lose the Red Death.