Chapter 142: R: The Great Bat Incident (19)

Nick Fury stood on the roof of the Empire State Building. He saw a red light erupt in the distant New York sky, followed by a red pillar of light shooting straight into the heavens. He held his walkie-talkie and said, "Attention all units! That so-called Bat God Guardian has descended. Activate monitoring equipment and prepare to launch the resistance plan at any moment..."

Before he could even finish his sentence, a black shadow suddenly soared into the air from the roof of the Highlands Building.

In an instant, a massive black storm swallowed the sky over the entire Brooklyn district. A black curtain spread out in circles from the center, and a black tide filled with endless terror rushed toward them.

Nick stood with his mouth agape, lowering the walkie-talkie. After a while, he cursed viciously and then said, "Connect me to the New York Sanctum immediately! What on earth is the origin of this damn Bat Guardian? Does he intend to destroy the Earth directly? Are those mages just going to do nothing?!!"

Near the Highlands Building, all the armed personnel also stared blankly, looking up at the roof. A huge black spherical explosion erupted, then immediately retracted, and a black monster at least a hundred meters long gradually condensed into shape.

When the terrifying black bat appeared over New York, Steve looked up and muttered to himself, "Their so-called Bat God has truly descended..."

Except for Schiller, who was watching from the roof of the mansion, everyone believed this was the Bat God the vampires spoke of.

Of course, there was one other person who knew the truth, and that was the vampire Morlun who had descended, though he had no energy left to argue at this moment.

The black Venom-bat that Peter had transformed into was Bruce's second transformation stage—the same terrifying bat monster that had fought a battle with Schiller above the Living Hell.

Whether in terms of size, form, or aura, it exceeded the understanding of ordinary people.

The Morlun family traveled across various multiverses and had seen many monsters. The universe was vast and full of wonders; the Venom-bat's size was not considered massive among these monsters, nor was its appearance particularly shocking.

But likewise, the vampire Morlun could feel things that ordinary people could not. In his field of vision, this Venom-bat's form was far more terrifying than its visible appearance. Its entire body was wrapped in an infinite black tide, and the aura of fear it emitted was heart-stopping.

Even Morlun, who had traveled through countless multiverses, had never seen such tangible fear. The eruption of the first wave of the black tide sent him flying backward directly to the edge of the roof.

But soon, Morlun wanted to strike first.

The talent of the Morlun family members was to absorb the power of other life forms for their own use. They were accustomed to this way of fighting, so the moment Morlun felt danger, he activated his innate ability.

Morlun reached out a hand, just as he had previously absorbed Spider-Man's power, intending to absorb the power of this Venom-bat.

But this time, unlike the pure energy obtained from absorbing other creatures, as Morlun activated his ability, infinite darkness and fear surged in along with the energy.

In almost a fleeting instant, the black energy shattered Morlun's mental barrier. Dead, silent black mist began to emerge from the vampire's nose, mouth, eyes, and ears.

This energy polluted his consciousness and infected his blood. Morlun let out a horrifying scream; his skin and muscles began to wither. He knelt on the ground, and his entire body began to undergo a terrifying change.

His skin began to become like a real bat—dry and black—and grew quite a bit of hair. His forehead receded, his nose and mouth protruded forward, a pair of bat fangs and ears grew out, sharp wings sprouted from his back, and his hands and feet also turned into the shape of bat claws.

Morlun, infected by the dark energy, turned into a half-human, half-bat monster, but this change did not stop there.

As creatures capable of traveling through various multiverses, the members of the Morlun family possessed a special mental network. They could communicate across different spaces and times, and they all relied on this innate mental network.

But likewise, once the defense of this mental network was breached, the speed of infection would be very fast. A large amount of dark energy suddenly surged into the mental network terminal of this Morlun family member who had descended to Earth.

Other members of the Morlun family sensed the change in this terminal, and echoes kept coming from the depths of the universe: "What happened to you? Answer us, have you encountered danger?"

Responding to them was infinite fear. In countless corners of the universe, all the Morlun family members who sent signals underwent the same terrifying mutation.

And this Morlun, who had descended to Earth, after the mutation was complete, that dark consciousness and fear completely devoured his brain. He trembled and let out a low, manic laugh. Amidst the laughter, he shouted, "I am the Bat! I am the Bat! I am the incarnation of fear! I am a believer in fear! Death has never changed; only fear is eternal! Hahahaha!"

Schiller observed this change from the nearby roof. Of course, he did not know that the darkness from the depths of Batman's heart had already infected most of the Morlun family members, turning them into new believers of fear.

He had only one feeling about this—Morlun, you are weak.

What happened to the multiverse hunter? What happened to the cosmic vampire?

But Schiller thought about it carefully; perhaps it wasn't that Morlun was too weak. That darkness in the depths of Batman's heart was almost the source power of the DC world, belonging to an over-the-top weapon of the entire DC world. Any Batman who released dark energy would instantly become a DC infinite-level villain.

And when this power was preserved within Venom and brought to Marvel, dealing with an individual in the multiverse-level Morlun family was like using an anti-aircraft gun to shoot a mosquito.

Unfortunately, however, the release of this power was a one-time event, and there were many restrictive conditions. Not everyone could carry this power. Perhaps only a hero like Spider-Man, with a purely kind heart, could maintain his original sanity after accepting the release of this power.

In fact, Spider-Man was indeed sane now, but he was very panicked—extremely panicked.

I woke up and became the Bat God himself. What should I do? Waiting online, it's quite urgent.

Almost all ordinary people on the ground believed that this huge Venom-bat transformed from Spider-Man was the true Bat God Guardian. As for the half-human, half-bat monster next to him, it was probably just a minnow mutated by the radiation of the Bat God Guardian's power...

Since only two people faced this change—one was Morlun, the believer of fear who was now insane, and the other was Stark, who had lost consciousness—no one knew that this monster with a terrifying style was actually Spider-Man.

"What should we do now?" Peter asked Venom in his heart.

"It's all your fault! You did this last time, and we almost got beaten up by Captain Steve. We've caused an even bigger mess this time. What now?"

"We don't do anything. Just stay here; someone will come in a while."

As soon as Venom finished speaking, Peter heard a somewhat indifferent female voice ring in his ear: "Who are you? Why have you come to Earth?"

In Peter's field of vision, a mage wearing yellow robes appeared before him. The moment she appeared, the surrounding space rippled. In Peter's vision, the clouds on the horizon became completely still, as if time had frozen.

She repeated herself: "I am the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. Who are you? Why have you come here?" ===== CHAPTER 143 =====