Chapter 1504

But arriving even earlier than Caine was another group—the witch Circe and the companions she had recruited.

"Bruce, you can't fool me. Your ridiculous mask can't stop soul tracking. You thought that by releasing the news that you were in Cat Getan, I would foolishly go attack that city?"

The witch Circe walked in from the front entrance triumphantly. She looked at the corners of Batman's mouth turning downward with satisfaction, glanced at the blood clan elder with a livid face beside him, and continued in a light tone.

"Hundreds of years have passed, and you still haven't made any progress. You would actually be fooled by this kind of little trick. The most dangerous place is the safest place, but today, Bruce, you've miscalculated."

"You want to interfere in the grudge between me and Caine?" Batman narrowed his eyes and looked at Circe, asking.

"I only want the core fragments. When I obtain them, Eclipso will bestow upon me incomparably powerful strength. By then, whether it's you or Caine, you will all head towards destruction."

Batman turned his head and glanced at the blood-red eye decoration that had no movement. He frowned slightly and said in a low voice: "... It seems he is very busy now. Well then, Ms. Circe, how about we play a game?"

Batman stepped forward, took a prism from his bosom, and placed it on the table. The witch Circe recognized that it was a core fragment, and her eyes lit up instantly.

"This is what you want. It is only three meters away from you now, and the button in my hand..." Batman's other hand reached out, and in his hand was a button with an orange key.

"It controls a large bomb that can blow everyone present into the sky. Your teleportation magic and shields won't be useful."

"So now, do you want to gamble? Will you rush over to take the core first, or will I press the button first to blow everyone to death?"

The witch Circe's foot that had stepped out froze. She sized up Batman with slight hesitation, but in the end, she didn't choose to act rashly.

As a person in the occult community, the legends of Batman that the witch Circe heard came more from Hell. And the fact that Batman could cause such a big stir in Hell showed that he had quite a bit of accomplishment in occult aspects, and it wasn't impossible for him to make her teleportation spells and shields ineffective.

And without magic, it was unknown whether she could survive a violent explosion. The longer people live, the more they cherish their lives. Clearly, Circe felt that gambling with her own life wasn't worth it.

"Batman, don't do this." Circe's tone softened. She didn't dare to use other magic either, worried about being seen through by Batman, leading him to irrationally press the button.

The overestimation of Batman's occult level made Circe somewhat timid. She originally thought this was her surprise attack, but didn't expect to step into the trap prepared for the blood clan. Besides admitting bad luck, Circe didn't intend to give up.

"Batman, we both know that we are not each other's enemies. Because you possess the most important core fragments, while I hold the most ordinary fragments, we should have cooperated."

Circe stepped forward gently and lowered her voice: "Look, you can't forge a complete Heart of Darkness without ordinary fragments, and I can't obtain the power of Eclipso without core fragments. It makes no sense for us to persist."

"We should unite to find all the fragments first. After forging the complete Heart of Darkness, we can then distribute the power equally. I am even willing to take a step back and let my people find the ordinary fragments. You only need to contribute the core fragments to share half of Eclipso's powerful strength. How about it?"

Batman narrowed his eyes slightly. Seeing he didn't speak, Circe took another step forward and explained: "I know you are worried that I will change my mind at the last minute, but I am also worried that you won't keep your promise. Verbal guarantees have no effect. We can sign a contract to ensure that the cooperation won't have any changes."

The muscles around Batman's eyes relaxed, and his gaze became somewhat vacant, as if he were thinking about something. Seeing that the persuasion was effective, Circe went a step further and began to lobby.

Circe's lips were almost worn out, but Batman only changed his expression and didn't say a word. At this time, Circe also felt something was wrong. Her face stiffened, and just as she wanted to say something, a wind of blood blew over from the entrance.

Circe turned her head and saw the pale Caine standing at the entrance, folding his bat wings. A crazy smile hung on his face, but from his cold eyes, one could tell he wasn't happy.

Batman's gaze fell completely on Caine's face. He sized Caine up and down and said: "You're injured?"

Caine laughed crazily twice and said: "Stabbed by a little guy who looks a lot like you. You two really are very similar."

Turning into a ball of blood mist again, he swept across the hall. Suddenly, an elder standing in front of the table grabbed his neck tightly. Within a few short seconds, his whole body became withered and pale.

"No! Ancestor! No..."

He screamed crazily, but was still drained of all the blood in his body. After landing, Caine let out a satisfied sigh, while Batman stared at his face and said: "Are you showing me that you actually don't care about your descendants? Cruel enough."

"I never thought about actively leaving descendants, Batman. You want to use this move to deal with me? Stupid beyond my imagination."

"You're the same, Joker. Do you want me to tell the joke about you sending your stupid descendants to Wei En Manor to catch my child, only to be hung on a tree?"

The expression on Caine's face suddenly stiffened. He swept his incomparably cold gaze over the blood clan elders in the hall. At this time, a blood clan elder who hadn't figured out the situation revealed a fawning smile and said: "Ancestor, we just wanted to use this to threaten Bruce to hand over the core fragments... Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!

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After a burst of intense screams, this blood clan elder also turned into a dried corpse. Everyone else showed panic, turning into bats and wanting to run away, while Batman said flatly: "Whoever dares to go out, I will press the button. Believe me, in such a short time, you won't be able to run out of the explosion range."

The Brujah leader completely collapsed. He looked at Batman and Caine and roared loudly: "What on earth are you doing?!"

But Circe thought this was a great opportunity. She hurriedly looked at Batman and said: "Batman, the blood clan cannot be trusted. We should unite to subdue Caine first and use his blood as a sacrifice for Eclipso!"

Instantly, Batman and Caine turned their heads to look at her at the same time.

In Wei En Manor, Harley and several other children gathered together to take stock of the current harvest. She counted on her fingers and said: "Deathstroke found over a hundred fragments for us, the account has been settled. Cat Getan's thieves collected over three hundred fragments in total, Cobblepot gave them all gift money. Selina sent over fifty fragments, and I gave her a beautiful gemstone necklace."

"Then we have over four hundred and fifty fragments now." Damian sighed and said: "And half are still not found. What should we do about this?"

Just then, they heard movement downstairs. Several people ran out and found Alfred serving tea to entertain Clark.

"Hey, hello everyone. Is Bruce here? I have something to find him for."

"He went out. What do you have to find him for?" Jason asked.

"Oh, nothing much. He asked me to find black diamonds before. Bruce helped me quite a bit before, so I've been busy with this for the past few days. I want to hand over the black diamonds I found to him. Is he here?"

Several children immediately ran downstairs, looked up at his face, and asked: "How many did you find?"

"Over three hundred and fifty, I guess. This is all thanks to Krypto. His nose is very sharp; he's a master at finding things." Clark sighed and continued: "Bruce was right, this thing is a bit dangerous. When I went to find the diamonds, many people were already out of their minds, going crazy and hitting people. Fortunately, I subdued them all."

Several children looked at each other, restraining the surprised expressions in their eyes. Jason coughed, covering his mouth, and said: "Oh, then you're quite capable. But there are still many not collected."

"Oh, yes, but this should be all the black diamonds in the range I can feel on Earth. The rest might be in some places I can't feel. Although there aren't many such places, they do exist."

Harley pulled Jason's sleeve. Several children followed her and ran to the side. Their heads gathered together, and Harley lowered her voice: "In that case, we have eight hundred fragments. Very close to the goal."

But Jason said with a worried look: "I know Clark, he is very powerful. If even he can't find them..."

"Oh, Clark, you've already come." A familiar figure appeared at the door. Clark turned his head and saw Bruce.

Bruce was wearing casual clothes, holding a box in his hand. Clark walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "I found over three hundred and fifty black diamonds for you. I hope it's enough. I've tried my best."

"Thank you so much." Bruce nodded and said: "Very good. I have another hundred here. I just beat up a witch, or you could say I watched others beat her."

"After she was beaten to the ground, I tied her to a chair and then threatened her that I would press the bomb button to blow her to death, and she gave me all the black diamonds she collected. She's not a bad person, right?"

Except for Damian, who gasped, the other children excitedly ran up and looked into his box.

Sure enough, quite a few black diamonds were lying in there, adding up to over a hundred. Harley calculated again and then said: "Then there are nine hundred now, but what about the remaining hundred? Where would they be?"

Bruce handed the box to the children, turned around, walked to the telephone stand, dialed a number, and said to the other side.

"Hello, Professor Schiller? Oh, it's like this. I've been looking for black diamonds, and now I'm just a hundred short. Do you know where they are?... You've already returned to Cat Getan, right? Good, see you later."

About half an hour later, Bruce appeared outside the gate of the Rodriguez Manor. The butler Merkel was busy fertilizing the crops in the garden again. Seeing Bruce outside the window, he hurriedly stepped forward to open the door for him.

When Bruce walked in, Schiller had just come out of the bedroom. He was buttoning his suit jacket while walking down the stairs, while sizing up Bruce. Bruce was wearing a tracksuit, and other than a clear and stupid temperament, he didn't bring anything else.

Schiller said somewhat helplessly: "Is it that hard to bring a bottle of red wine to exchange for what you want? Why do you think I collected them?"

Bruce reached out a hand to him, made a stopping gesture, then walked to the telephone stand in the hall, dialed a number, and said to the other side.

"Hello, Diana? It's me. Where are you and Nightwing? Remember the thing I asked you to forge before?... You've already brought it back from Mount Olympus, right?"

"Yes, I need to use it now. Just send it over directly using a portal."

A few seconds after hanging up the phone, a portal opened beside Bruce. With a "bang," a huge box fell to the ground. Schiller raised an eyebrow.

Bruce walked up and slapped the box lid hard. The four sides of the box fell down. Schiller's eyes widened the moment he saw the contents of the box.

Bruce pointed at the contents of the box and said.

"Red wine is too uncreative. That's something only old antiques would give."

"Look at this, the magic-tough, blessing-permanent shredder, hand-forged by the Vulcan Hephaestus of Mount Olympus, with a shell made of volcanic molten iron and deep-sea crystal, endowed with sixteen types of solid magic, twenty-two types of divine blessings, and tested by the thunder of the Lord of Gods!"