Chapter 2911: When Night Falls (40)

The Arkham Knight wiped the blood from his face, took a light breath, reloaded the bullets in his gun, turned to look at Doctor Strange, and asked, "How are you?"

"Not much magic power left. Perhaps we should consider retreating." Doctor Strange looked a bit disheveled at this moment, his face paler than before, and his fingertips were trembling slightly—a sign of exhaustion.

Before them lay a ground full of corpses, all criminals from the Legion of Doom base who had been transformed into vampires. Logically, this would be good material for necromancy, but Doctor Strange did not raise them.

Of course, this was because of the monster currently wandering in the main hall of the Legion of Doom base. It had the highest priority control ability over vampires. Even if the vampire corpses had been controlled by a necromancer, it could still use blood magic to drain the blood from the corpses and form new blood puppets.

Looking inside along the main gate, a half-human, half-bat monster wandered in the hall. It was nearly four meters tall, covered in black hair, with thick upper limbs and shorter lower limbs than a normal person, but equally muscular.

It had a bat head, but its eyes and teeth flashed with blood-red light. Behind it was a pair of huge bat wings, and shadow energy circled between its arms and neck.

After the Arkham Knight and Doctor Strange arrived, it had not yet broken free. The two of them dealt with the transformed vampires outside, making a bit too much noise, which caused the wall on one side of the hall to be smashed, and this guy ran out.

At that time, they knew they had definitely fallen for Constantine's trap, but worried that this thing would run out, they still bit the bullet and went up.

Facts proved that the two of them certainly couldn't deal with this thing. It wasn't because it was so strong, but because it knew too many types of magic. Every collision was a new move. The two hadn't even waited for it to run out of tricks before they couldn't hold on themselves.

Mainly because Doctor Strange couldn't hold on. He was already injured and hadn't fully recovered. Although the life energy of the vampires he killed before made him feel a little better, he still couldn't support such high-intensity combat.

And his proud necromancy was also restricted by the opponent's blood magic, and the opponent could also draw power from blood. If they continued to fight like this, this dungeon run would be a loss instead of a gain.

The Arkham Knight didn't care much about retreating or not, but he felt that if they could take down this monster, maybe they could let Doctor Strange pull it up again. That way, they would make a big profit.

Doctor Strange certainly understood. If they could really do it, they would have the most powerful thug, and he might be able to find a way to take this guy out, so he wouldn't be afraid of the variants chasing him.

After thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "Just the two of us probably won't work, but if our two teammates also come, maybe there's hope."

"I actually think we can ask Batman for help," the Arkham Knight said. "The Justice League should have freed up their hands by now. If they can help us take down this monster, maybe it will be more favorable for dealing with vampires."

Doctor Strange didn't actually know Batman very well. After all, he was a person from another universe and had no communication with his own variant. He had heard that Batman was a very powerful guy, but he didn't know to what extent.

However, according to Doctor Strange's observation, the Arkham Knight was very strong. He heard that he was Batman's adopted son, so Batman probably wasn't bad either.

When receiving the communication from the Arkham Knight, the Justice League was still in a state of chaos.

First, Green Lantern disappeared with a swoosh, and then the Flash disappeared with a swoosh. Except for those few who claimed to be the truth but couldn't say it, everyone else was confused.

Batman browsed the content of the information and had a plan in his heart. He looked at Zan and said, "I know you are not Zan. No matter who you are or what kind of plan you have, it is best not to interfere with the Justice League's actions."

Zan sat down and said nothing. Janna looked at her brother suspiciously. She felt that something was wrong since Zan came back, but she thought it might be the depression caused by the transformation into a vampire that made him appear abnormal.

Now it seemed that things were much more complicated than she imagined.

Batman led the others of the Justice League away. They returned to the hall. Batman didn't give too much explanation about the previous situation, only said that the Flash was indeed the traitor, and then began to arrange for everyone to solve the vampire problem.

Batman decided to lead the team to handle the vampire monster himself because he learned from the Arkham Knight that it was Constantine who asked them to go there, which meant Constantine might think that the monster was the key to dealing with vampires.

Batman understood the principle of leaving professional matters to professional people. Constantine might be unreliable, but he was indeed professional in magic. He thought the monster was important, so Batman had to ensure that this part of the plan would not fail.

To prevent problems, he brought Wonder Woman and Superman because he thought Superman might need to be an attacker, and Batman needed someone to protect him. She finally chose to join Batman's team.

Now these people all realized deeply that they must not be alone, because that was the Flash! Who could withstand him suddenly jumping out of the Speed Force and biting you?

Martian Manhunter and Cyborg didn't intend to leave the Justice League hall. They weren't very good at frontal combat anyway and still acted as the command center. Aquaman wanted to return to Atlantis to bring reinforcements, and the Wonder Twins went with him.

Before everyone set off, Janna still couldn't help but find Zan. She held the door frame, her lips trembling, and asked, "Is my brother still alive?"

Schiller nodded.

"Where is he?"

"His soul has been protected," Schiller said. "I hope you understand this is a good thing, because if it were him controlling this vampire body now, you might have already been bitten."

"Impossible, he wouldn't hurt me!"

"Vampires are not as simple as you think."

Janna immediately realized that Schiller had something in his words. She took a deep breath, full of questions surging in her heart, but in the end, she asked a very clever question.

"Blood-sucking is not the key, right?"

Schiller nodded.

Janna seemed to understand a little.

Actually, if vampires were just turning humans into a monster that fears sunlight and sucks blood, the disaster wouldn't have turned into what it is today. The key lies in the fact that it makes people evil.

The Flash could be said to be the friend the Wonder Twins could talk to most in the Justice League because the Flash was also very young and had plenty of time. They often chatted, ate snacks, and played games together.

At the same time, the relationship between the Flash and Green Lantern was also very good. It was the kind of good that Janna didn't quite understand. The backgrounds and experiences of these two people had nothing in common, and their hobbies didn't seem to be the same, but they just got along well.

Janna knew very well that if it were the real Barry, he wouldn't bite Hal even if he starved to death, let alone force Hal to take the blame so viciously.

This meant that the Flash's personality had been changed, which might be the terrible thing about vampire bloodlines.

A person's appearance is him, his ability is him, his background and experience are all him, but only his personality is no longer him. What is the difference between this and changing a soul?

Janna then thought, so besides physical transformation, there is also soul pollution, otherwise it cannot be explained how they turned superheroes into evil criminals.

That is to say, if you want to change the transformed superheroes back, the body is not actually the most important thing, and lifting the soul pollution is the key.

Or rather, it doesn't matter if the body is transformed or not. Even if you have to suck human blood, there are many ways to achieve sustainable development, and fearing sunlight is not a big deal, it can always be solved.

As long as the pollution in the soul can be lifted, controlling a vampire body is actually not without benefits. At least a person who has been bitten once cannot be bitten a second time.

But how to lift soul pollution?

Janna knew nothing about this. There was no such thing as magic on the planet where she was born, and the occult culture was not as rich as Earth's. This was completely their weakness.

But thinking of the soul, this smart girl suddenly remembered that when they chatted before, Superman joked to them, "You two are simply soul-connected."

The Wonder Twins indeed had such an ability. They were not even telepathic, but could really communicate mentally. Although they couldn't convey specific complex language, emotions and feelings could be clearly felt by the other party.

If she contacted her brother's soul, could she figure out how he was polluted?

Janna felt this was very likely. She had to find a way to let this stranger who controlled her brother's body take her to find her brother.

The good news was that this guy didn't seem to hate her. The bad news was that she didn't even know his name. How should she communicate?

Janna thought for a moment, finally chose to give up thinking, and said directly, "Can you take me to find my brother's soul?"

Then she added, "Don't misunderstand, I just feel that if I contact his soul, maybe I can know what the pollution of vampire bloodline to the soul is like."

"Do you think my soul has any abnormalities?"

Janna recalled the soul communication they had before and shook her head. She really didn't notice any abnormalities.

"I am also a vampire."

Janna widened her eyes. She understood Schiller's meaning, but still couldn't help confirming it again, "You mean you were also transformed into a vampire? Your soul was also polluted?"

Schiller nodded.

After being named, Schiller simply stopped pretending. His face had no lively expression, most of the time expressionless, and occasionally even appeared a bit dull.

Looking at this familiar face, Janna inexplicably saw another person from him, looking about the same age as them, but the temperament gap was very large.

Janna scratched her head and said, "I didn't feel anything abnormal about your soul... Wait, isn't everyone polluted? Why is there such a difference?"

Janna was obviously the kind of person who loved to use her brain. Although Aquaman called the two of them to set off, she was thinking about this problem all the way—it seems that not everyone who is turned into a vampire will become evil and cruel. Why is this?

Just as they left the Justice League base, Schiller suddenly asked Janna a question.

"How many legends about vampires have you heard?" ===== CHAPTER 2912 =====