Chapter 546 Human Dignity

Om's voice is transmitted to thousands of households through the Internet. Batman may not be everyone's favorite superhero, but he is a pure human being, and countless ordinary people can resonate with him.

Especially after Thomas's identity was revealed, being executed by the enemy in such a humiliating manner further aroused everyone's hatred of the enemy.

But Thomas, the person involved, had a very calm expression. He knew what the enemy wanted to see. If Batman could be afraid of death and grovel in front of everyone, then Orm would be very happy.

He wouldn't give Om the chance.

Just as he thought, what Orm wanted to see was not a heroic death, he hoped that Batman could serve as a warning to others.

Cyborg is not a good choice. He is a cyborg and it is not known whether he has the same feelings as a normal person. Moreover, it is difficult for humans to empathize with his death, even though he is also very famous.

As for the other superhumans who are not as famous as the two of them, they can only be regarded as extras in this execution drama. They are not well-known enough to be deliberately targeted by King Orm.

It is worth mentioning that this execution was not only made public to the human world, but the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Atlantis was also watching on the scene, but it did not make its presence known.

After King Orm successfully launched a large-scale annihilation war against the human world, his reputation was greatly improved as expected. Maintaining his throne was just a small matter. He also relied on the power brought by this war to promote the establishment of a new House of Representatives in the United Kingdom.

In terms of military strength alone, King Orm may not be as good as Aquaman Arthur, but in terms of understanding of the ocean and political skills, Aquaman cannot catch up.

The kings of Atlantis were always constrained by the Kingdom Council. Under the parliamentary system that lasted for thousands of years, the king's power was greatly restricted.

Orm had been trying to break this shackles a long time ago, but now, after he picked up the Trident of Poseidon and completed a successful military operation, he was finally able to change this situation.

If you want to break the current political structure, killing is one way to pave the way, but it will cause endless harm and may cause turmoil in the short term, so it is not advisable.

If we want to break the deadlock in a relatively peaceful way, we need to introduce new forces.

The establishment of the United Kingdom inevitably requires a new parliament to ensure the stable operation of this new political system. It is impossible for the parliament of a certain kingdom to make independent decisions. Therefore, although the members of the Atlantis parliament knew that Om's intention was to dilute their power, they had no way to stop it.

Because they could not stop the restoration of the Atlantean Empire, that was the long-cherished wish of all Atlanteans for thousands of years. Instead, they had to support Om in doing so, even if their power would be reduced in the short term. But in the future, the new empire would surely give them even more generous rewards.

Therefore, except for the missing royal family of the Trench Kingdom and the Saltwater Kingdom which looked down upon the United Kingdom, other kingdoms sent their great nobles to form a joint parliament with Atlantis, which was somewhat like the United Nations.

It is worth mentioning that although the Desert Kingdom lives on land, it still sent important members to participate in the construction of the United Council Hall and obtained several seats in the parliament.

And they promised that if King Orm needed them, they could serve as an important force to attack the surface world and be at the disposal of the Lord of the Seven Seas at any time.

After the establishment of the United Council Hall, the constraints of the Atlantis Council on King Orm were greatly reduced, and new forces poured in. As Orm had expected, they were busy fighting for power with those outsiders.

This allowed Orm to truly control the Atlantean army. In addition, the Trench Clan, who were completely obedient to him because of the trident, were forced to obey his Zebel army. In the face of this huge military force, the Fisherman Kingdom had to succumb to Orm's tyranny.

In this way, he actually controlled the military power of the four major kingdoms. If he added the Desert Kingdom that had sworn allegiance to him, Orm had achieved a feat that no one had done since the first king, and almost completely unified the military power of the seven seas.

Such a huge military force was enough for him to threaten the council and force them to obey his will.

The first thing the United Council Chamber did after its establishment was to pass the "War Act", declaring King Orm as the guardian of the entire Seven Seas, the military commander-in-chief, and in charge of all marine forces.

He was finally qualified to proudly call himself "Lord of the Sea".

After basically unifying the seven seas, King Orm also gained the enhancement brought by his prestige. Like the previous Sea King, Poseidon was very satisfied with his actions and bestowed the power of faith of the seven seas on Orm, allowing his personal strength to reach the level of demigod.

But as to whether he is as strong as the previous Aquaman, it will require an actual battle and a strong enough opponent to verify.

In order to show his merits, Om invited the United Parliament Hall to watch the public execution this time. On the one hand, it showed his determination to fight humans to the end, and on the other hand, it was to make an example of others and show his muscles to the parliament.

The parliament hall looked at the sea tribe army guarding them and said that they understood King Orm's "good intentions".

However, such a ceremony would be inappropriate without a scream, so Orm gave an order to Black Manta, who immediately punched Thomas in the stomach. The severe pain forced Thomas to vomit out the contents of his stomach.

"Batman! You bastards, come at me!" Upon seeing this, Cyborg, who was always gentle and polite, immediately started cursing at Black Manta.

But Black Manta ignored him. His big, Carslan-like eyes observed Thomas quietly: "Scream, it will be much easier if you scream."

There was something filthy on his lips, but a smile was on his lips: "Did your mother not eat? That's all you have."

Black Manta's helmet obscured his expression, making it impossible to discern his feelings, but then he punched Thomas again, this time hitting him in the face.

The enormous force quickly turned his face black and blue, his skin cracked, and the wounds bled continuously.

"Why bother? You must be in a lot of pain too. Why are you gritting your teeth and refusing to let go?"

Thomas just looked at him coldly. "That's it? You rarely do interrogations, do you? You want me to surrender in such a simple and crude way. Who are you looking down on?"

Thomas is a master of interrogation, proficient in all kinds of punishment. He knows hundreds of ways to torture the body alone. Black Manta's skills are just child's play in his eyes.

Although the opponent's fist caused great pain to his body, it was far from enough to destroy the man's spirit.

Ever since the Joker's death, his biggest mental flaw has disappeared, and now he is indestructible.

Under Black Manta's fist, Thomas not only did not show any ugly appearance, but also mocked the other party. This scene was shown to the world through the network hijacked by Atlantis. Although he was in a miserable state, he maintained the dignity of a human being.

Anyone who saw this scene, even if they were not a fan of Batman in the past, could not help but cheer for him now.

"This guy is really fucking brave!"

"Damn you stinky fish, do you see this? This is what a man is!"

"They can't defeat us!"

Not only was the human spirit not crushed, but it rose against the trend, which was not what Om wanted to see.

"He's a warrior," someone in the United Kingdom Parliament sighed. "King Orm, please give your opponent a quick death. Continuing to humiliate him will only tarnish the reputation of Atlantis."

Hearing even his own people say this, Om frowned.

Most of the sea people are martial, and they often have great respect and sympathy for heroic figures. If it is a legendary hero like Spartacus, even the enemy will be treated with courtesy. This is the culture brought by the sea people before they lived on land.

Om dared to go against the parliament and challenge the system that had existed for thousands of years, but when faced with the traditional culture that was engraved in his genes, he had no intention of resisting.

He could only silently give orders to Black Manta to kill the other party directly and not give him another chance to show his personal charm.

Black Manta had no feelings about Thomas's bravery. He was a pirate before and had killed many men of integrity. This was because he didn't give him the opportunity to show his bravery. Otherwise, he really wanted to test how tough Batman's bones were.

"You are lucky. I have received orders to give you a quick death."

Black Manta said as the red eyes on his helmet lit up and Thomas felt the heat searing his skin.

"It would be nice if there was some wine." Thomas said with some regret that he didn't leave any last words.

"No--!" Cyborg struggled violently, but his iron body could not break through the Atlantis steel and was firmly imprisoned on the rack.

The other superhumans turned their heads away, unable to bear to watch any further.

Countless people around the world who were watching this scene were worried. Some fragile people even cried silently. Many people had just met Batman, but were about to witness his death.

But a hero will not die so easily. Just when Black Manta was about to release an ion ray, he suddenly heard a sonic boom in the sky.

Thinking it was an enemy fighter attack, he suddenly raised his head, and two thick beams of light burst out in the direction of the sound and went straight into the clouds.

"what is that?"

Many sea soldiers around poked their heads out of the sea and looked towards the sky, vaguely seeming to see a figure.

Black Manta felt a sense of crisis coming from the sky, his whole body began to tense up, and his eyes were fixed on the sky.

Humans could not feel the solemn atmosphere at the scene. They could only see Black Manta looking at the sky with full vigilance on the big screen, not knowing what was happening.

"Damn it! Is there no one on the scene who can send back the footage? Where are all those damn reporters? Are they only good at covering celebrity scandals? Digging through the trash looking for condoms?"

Unbeknownst to those complaining, there was a former journalist who was actually at the scene and dutifully pointed her camera toward the sky, but even she couldn't see what was there.

But she noticed a red lightning bolt rushing towards her from the distant sea.

Chapter 547 Foreign Aid

It's the Flash!

He was running on the sea, and when all the sea people focused their attention on the sky, he took the opportunity to approach the execution ground and immediately rescued Batman.

Considering that the other party was just a mortal, the sea people did not use metal locks such as Atlantis steel on Batman, but only used ordinary metal.

The Flash took a little effort to dismantle all those things and carried Batman away from the execution ground.

"Barry? What brings you back here?"

"I'm here to save you." The Flash said in a deep voice, his tone lacking the playfulness of the past. He looked up at the sky, "Besides, I've found a helper."

The first person Batman thought of was Dane Davis, but then he thought it didn't make sense. Barry didn't seem to have such a good relationship with the other party, so he also turned his gaze to the sky.

"The prisoner has been kidnapped!" After everything happened, the sea people finally discovered that Batman had disappeared from the rack.

All the sea people had ugly expressions on their faces. In front of everyone and under such heavy guard, someone could actually kidnap people right under their noses. This was a huge shame!

"Batman escaped!" Unlike the sea people, the humans were jubilant. Although only one person escaped, they were as excited as if they had won a battle.

In a corner outside the execution ground, reporter Lois Lane turned the camera back to the execution ground and recorded the ugly expressions of the sea people.

Although she was standing on the sea, she miraculously did not sink.

"Who saved Batman?" She was very curious.

Black Manta, whose enemy escaped, felt something was not good, as he had not noticed anyone approaching and Batman was lost.

He quickly turned his attention back to the execution ground and found that the others were still there. He made a quick decision and immediately turned his sights on the remaining superhumans, ready to kill them directly and not give the people in the dark a chance to save them.

But the sonic boom sounded again from above his head. Black Manta gritted his teeth, ignored it, and shot the red ion rays in his eyes at Cyborg.

But after the energy was released, a tall and thin figure suddenly appeared in front of him. The ion beam hit the opponent's chest, but it was like hitting an indestructible shield. The ion energy reflected in all directions and randomly shot at the unlucky people around him.

"Who is it!" Black Manta's face changed drastically. He saw clearly that there was a person opposite him, but except for Aquaman and Wonder Woman, he had never seen anyone who dared to resist the ion rays with his body.

The energy dissipated, and the water vapor evaporated by the heat also dissipated with the wind. Black Manta finally saw the person, someone he didn't know.

"It's you!" Cyborg said in surprise.

The man turned his head and looked at Cyborg: "Friend." He was Kal-El, the Kryptonian who had been rescued from the base by Cyborg and others.

"You, why did you come back here?"

"Barry, ask me for help." Carl explained briefly.

Cyborg felt strange, who is Barry?

The Flash hasn't revealed his true identity to him yet, and he hasn't used his electrical powers to investigate.

"Who is he?" This question arises in the minds of people all over the world when they see Kal-El.

"He's so skinny, yet he's so strong!"

Just now, Carl used his body to block the ion beam from Black Manta. This scene was seen by everyone, especially the scattered beams that flew out and killed many unlucky sea soldiers. This proved that the beam was by no means without power.

Carl stepped forward, stretched out his hand and tore off the Atlantis steel on Cyborg's body with his bare hands, just like gently tearing off a sticker. The other imprisoned superhumans around him widened their eyes.

"Good friend! Can you save me?"

Many of those present were members of the Suicide Squad, and face was nothing compared to life.

Carl glanced over there in confusion, and the members of the Suicide Squad looked expectantly.

He didn't know these people, why did they call him "friend", Carl turned his puzzled eyes to Cyborg.

Cyborg tilted his head and saw those people's pleading eyes. He couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in his heart, so he said to Carl: "If it's convenient, please save them too."

Carl nodded when he heard this. Their entire conversation was seen by the world. Although Black Manta's face could not be seen, the black head under the helmet was about to explode with anger. The other party did not take him seriously at all!

But he also knew that his ion beam was useless against Carl. The other party was able to withstand such an attack with his physical body, so he must be a demigod.

So he wisely aimed his sights at the other prisoners, and Carl, with his back to him, didn't notice, while those who were waiting for him to rescue him were terrified.

"Do not--!"

The black manta's rays carried high temperature and powerful impact. Due to the extremely large eyepiece, the two beams of ion rays appeared particularly strong. With just a light sweep, the upper bodies of the three people were instantly wiped out. There was only carbonized black on the wounds, and not a drop of blood was shed.

However, the shock of looking death in the face was still imprinted in the minds of all those watching through the Internet. Countless psychologically fragile people screamed at once. This live broadcast once again proved that Black Manta's attack was by no means without threat.

When Carl saw the person he wanted to save die, he turned his head away angrily, but Black Manta had already jumped into the sea.

A demigod can only be dealt with by a demigod, and Black Manta is not arrogant enough to think that he is strong enough to fight against the other party.

"Carl, rescue the others first." Seeing that Carl seemed to want to catch up, Cyborg was afraid that he would fall into the other party's trap, so he quickly called him back. This was all based on experience.

And what is this metal? Why is it so hard? Cyborg struggled with Atlantis Steel for a long time, but still couldn't break it, so he had no choice but to ask Carl to do it.

Seeing the other party break the metal easily, he couldn't help but doubt himself.

Could it be that he is just too bad?

He quickly shook the thought out of his head and asked Carl the question that concerned him most: "What's going on with Batman?"

"He was saved by Barry." Carl asked honestly.

It's him, Cyborg thought.

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