Chapter 4019

The main universe Batman already understood that the other side's intention in releasing Hulk first was nothing more than wanting to use the Martian Manhunter's mental invasion to let Hulk enter his strongest state as quickly as possible, and then rush to support Asgard.

Although the base was surrounded, it was only superheroes plus some Parademons, and this battle formation was far inferior to the invasion of the two major empires combined. Asgard and Earth share a common fate, so even if their strength is limited, they must split off a part to support. Only by resolving the matter there as soon as possible can they regain Asgard's help.

"Really makes one's head ache." Batwoman said, hugging her arms and looking at the star map, "The alliance between Earth and Asgard is far more solid than ours with Apokolips. As long as one side can free itself, any trouble on the other side is not a trouble."

"All living beings within the Nine Realms have long been bound together; this is determined by the structure of the universe." the main universe Batman sighed, straightened up from the table, and said, "It's just that the Earth in this universe has developed exceptionally well and has the ability to sit on equal footing with Asgard, which is why the two sides can help each other. Other universes are not like this."

"In that case, choosing this place as the battlefield was a bit rash?"

"Can't say that either. Since it's training, naturally we have to pick strong enough opponents, otherwise how can we make progress?" Mechanical Batman also looked on from the side and said, "Their command center is quite confident, actually sending all the Hulks to support. Then let's continue to apply pressure and see what their trump card is."

The front line was still continuing to advance.

The Parademons, emerging one after another, constantly pressed against the mechanical defense line. Because it was too close to the base, fusion bombs could not be used. The mechanical defense line was mostly based on shields and laser weapons. The most common trap is the gravity trap, but this thing can be shaken off as long as there is enough initial speed, so it is not fatal.

Many Parademons stepped into traps, but rather than saying they entered by mistake, it was better to say they were deliberately going to step on mines. They seemed to have made up their minds to use human-sea tactics to push down the mechanical defense line.

Captain America was holding his shield to counter the corrosive monsters. It is said that hitting accurately is not as good as catching well; Captain America can always use his shield to catch the slime they spray.

This thing is highly corrosive; even if it hits the vibranium shield, it will smoke, and the impact of the spray is not small, always able to shake Captain America away.

Steve raised his shield to hard-carry a slime spray, and without exception, was bounced away, and even hit the mechanical shield behind him. The shield provided him with power, but it was still a bit difficult to turn around in space. At this moment, a mechanical hand reached out to his side.

Steve grabbed Bucky's hand and adjusted his posture. He let out a long breath and then said: "Thanks, buddy. Are you okay?"

"Not bad." Bucky panted lightly; obviously, the battle just now had exhausted him quite a bit. He shook his mechanical arm and then said, "Howard is indeed good enough; this arm is much better than the previous one."

"I thought you would say he was hiding treasures and not letting you use them." Steve smiled and said, "He always likes to be like that."

"No matter what it was like before, this time he must have taken out the best goods from the bottom of the box." Bucky also grinned and said, "Let's go, let's give these guys a taste of their own medicine."

Steve followed behind him, his movements paused slightly, but he still turned on a switch on his shield.

"You finally decided to use that?" Charles's voice with a hint of a smile sounded in his ear.

Steve pretended to sigh strangely, which made Charles laugh even harder, and then Steve said: "This thing is not used unless necessary, and once used, it must hit the target in one blow. I originally wanted to use it on Batman, but now it seems I have to invite the Green Lantern to taste it first."

"Who are you eyeing?"

"The one with the brightest armor." Steve looked toward the opposite side and then said, "Just that one, dressed as if he's going to be knighted..."

Steve was looking at Hal. Hal was wearing the attire of the Emerald Prince, much more luxurious than the other Green Lanterns, so he was spotted by Steve at a glance.

"Alright, consider him unlucky." Charles said.

Steve didn't continue to say anything, but raised his shield to continue dealing with the boundless Parademon army.

The battle situation soon entered a stalemate. Under the interception of the superheroes, the Parademons could not further press the defense line, but the number was too large, and the heroes on the Marvel side couldn't clear them out.

Continuing to consume like this is beneficial to Marvel; after all, what they are consuming is machines, and the essence of machines is mineral resources, and they are not short of minerals, so they don't feel bad about consuming how many.

Although there are many Parademons, they ultimately need aliens as materials. Now the Parademons on Apokolips are all aliens captured by Darkseid before and modified; although they have pure mechanical technology, they are not known for this, and Darkseid is not proficient in this aspect either, completely unable to keep up with Stark.

Moreover, the alliance between Batman and Darkseid is not that solid. Although Darkseid said on his lips to use it openly, if it is really used too much and Darkseid is dissatisfied, Batman will also be in a difficult position.

"It's about time." Hal said, "Get ready to do it."

Now the balance is basically equal, and we must add chips to one of the sides to secure the victory.

Hearing his order, the Green Lanterns immediately gathered, bringing the spaceships they had materialized during their rest period, and slowly flew toward the defense line.

The Marvel side naturally also sent people to intercept. In addition to the members of the Avengers, there were also many young heroes, such as Speedball Robert. His ability is simply tailor-made for space combat; he accelerates when he hits something, and then goes to hit another one. Just hitting a few, the impact brought by the speed is enough to smash the opponent to pieces.

He jumped back and forth in the Parademon pile, and before long, he approached the Green Lanterns. The Green Lantern suddenly saw something flying toward him, thinking it was a cannonball, and set up a barrier, wanting to block it.

Several Green Lanterns blocked it one after another, but it made Speedball's speed faster and faster. And one unlucky guy with his back to this side didn't pay attention and was hit in the waist by Speedball. With an "ow," he screamed and flew out.

The direction Speedball hit was exactly toward the Marvel defense line. This Green Lantern was hit like this, and it could be said that he was deep in the enemy camp. By the time he reacted and wanted to run, he was surrounded by enemies closing in.

When the other Green Lanterns saw it was bad and wanted to come to save him, Hal hurriedly shouted: "Don't go over there yet!"

He didn't mean not to save people, but that so many people couldn't go to save him together, otherwise they wouldn't be able to form a suppression force on the front defense line, and then they would have to continue to stalemate. Just send one or two people.

This Green Lantern is a humanoid creature, his waist was originally very fragile, and he had no preparation at all. He vomited blood when hit by Speedball, obviously his internal organs were shaken, and he didn't even crawl up for a moment.

This is really bad; there are so many enemies around, and he has temporarily lost his ability to act, and has no way to fly out with Green Lantern energy, so he can only rely on others to save him, but the position is very dangerous.

Hal thought for a moment and decided to go himself. He was already close, and his teleportation was smoother than other Green Lanterns. He opened a Green Lantern portal on the side, flashed in, and after coming out, grabbed the person and continued to run toward the portal.

Unexpectedly, a spinning shield flew straight toward him. Hal took a step back and turned to dodge, and another punch came from the right. Hal turned his head to look, and it was actually the Winter Soldier.

He snorted coldly, turned around, and kicked the Winter Soldier's mechanical arm, barely forcing him back, and then another Captain America rushed up. Hal didn't dodge or evade, punched the opponent in the chin, scooped up the person again, and ran toward the portal.

Just as he was about to enter the portal, another shield flew over. The companion he was carrying let out a painful whimper; Hal gritted his teeth and took the hit, but jumped into the portal before the opponent could catch up.

And Steve, who arrived later, had no look of disappointment at all. He took back his shield, touched the center of the shield lightly, nodded, and said: "It should be a success."

"Thanks to Dr. Pym this time." Charles said, "His Pym particles have come in very handy."

"Yeah, although I don't know if the curse of the so-called 'M'Kraan' crystal is true, throwing such a dangerous item to Batman is better than keeping it at home."

Charles in the office on the floating island of the Andromeda Galaxy capital smiled. Erik turned to look at him and said: "The plan succeeded?"

"You could say that. Steve has successfully sent the shrunken crystal to the Green Lantern on the other side. It's just that I don't know if Batman can discover it. If he doesn't discover it, we can observe whether the crystal's curse is true; if he discovers it, he will definitely study it, maybe he can really study something out?"

"You guys are really wicked." Erik sat down and said in a calm tone.

"Anyway, this thing is part of the rules of the universe, and they can't take it away." Charles spread his hands and said, "It's quite good to put it there. No matter if something happens or not, we won't lose."

Erik shook his head. Although he also agreed with this plan, it still made people feel a bit absurd now that it had really succeeded.

No other reason, this crystal was the treasure of the Shi'ar Empire before, and they had spent some effort to get it, but didn't expect it to become a hot potato in the end, having to be thrown to Batman.

This actually has to do with the legend of the crystal. The M'Kraan crystal is known as the ultimate of all reality and possesses the power to destroy the universe. Legend has it that when the crystal collapses, a new universe will be born, and also, anyone who holds the crystal will become unfortunate.

The mutants got this crystal and thought it was a very powerful artifact, because after all, the Shi'ar Empire treated it as a treasure before, so naturally they felt this thing was very powerful.

But in reality, it's not like that at all. The mutants cannot directly use this crystal; destroying the universe is completely nonsense. The energy of this thing is so stable that even Magneto can't do anything about it.

But thinking about it, if it could be activated so easily, wouldn't Eternity be crazy?

And ever since they got this crystal, the mutants' luck seems to have not been very good, and incidents have occurred frequently in the Andromeda Galaxy. Charles is actually a bit superstitious; he feels that such cursed things should not be kept in his own home. Erik didn't believe in any curses before, but ever since the four troublemakers were born, he also began to suspect whether he had been infected with some curse.

So, under Charles's repeated persuasion, he also wavered, feeling that since it couldn't be studied or used, it would be better to throw this thing further away. It just happened to coincide with the invasion from other universes, so it would be better to throw it directly to Batman.

If Batman can use it, then consider him capable, but he can only use it for this while; this thing is part of the rules of the universe, and Batman cannot take it away from this world; if Batman cannot use it, he will definitely study it repeatedly, and if he really studies something out, it can also serve as a reference for the mutants.

More importantly, if this thing really has the attribute that whoever holds it will be unlucky, then no matter how Batman struggles on his side, it will be useless; this is the power of the great will of the universe, and they will definitely lose.

But this thing was originally as big as a planet, and Batman is not blind; it's impossible to watch such a big thing run near him without blocking it. To throw it to Batman, doing it with such fanfare is definitely not okay, so it can only be done secretly.

So, the mutants sought help from Dr. Pym, let Dr. Pym use Pym particles to shrink the crystal, placed it on Captain America's shield, and waited for an opportunity to throw this thing at Batman.