Chapter 4464: Blackest Day (Part VIII)

The army of Parademons following Kalibak was large, but not large enough, maybe a few million, but this force was dispersed to major cities around the world, and each city didn't get many, probably just a few tens of thousands.

Moreover, human heavy firepower weapons could cause damage to Parademons, and finally it was the turn of ordinary human armies to show their skills. This thing hadn't even come down yet, and it had already been plowed by missiles once; and falling to the land, what they faced were various calibers of artillery and large-tonnage bombs.

Parademons weren't purely carbon-based organisms; they were monsters transformed by machinery. This meant they had the advantages of both carbon-based organisms and mechanical life, but also meant they had the disadvantages of both sides.

Human artillery was too simple compared to Darkseid's technology and couldn't destroy the mechanical parts on Parademons, but Parademons' flesh and blood were carbon-based organisms just like humans, and as long as they were carbon-based organisms, they couldn't resist high temperatures of thousands of degrees and explosions.

Upon seeing Kalibak, countless orders were issued from the Presidential Palace. Of course, this wasn't done by Schiller; Batman was the master of mobilizing troops. He mobilized the army, surrounded the major cities on the East and West Coasts tightly, and constantly used artillery and missiles to force the Parademons to land in the central states.

This was also unavoidable; the interior regions of the United States have relatively sparse populations and cities that aren't very developed, providing enough space to suppress the Parademons with firepower. After all, those national parks and farms usually have no one around, so it doesn't matter if they get blown up. If they landed on the East or West Coasts, destroying any office building would mean hundreds or thousands of lives lost. Since large-scale firepower couldn't be used, they could only fight urban warfare, and humans have absolutely no advantage in that regard.

Various countries basically adopted similar measures, forcing Parademons to no-man's land through firepower attacks. Fortunately, there were enough places on Earth unsuitable for human survival, and every continent basically had such places, and the few million Parademons were soon eliminated.

Schiller glanced at the surveillance screen and found that the Parademons weren't resurrected, and cursed the Lantern Corps for being trash in his heart. Seven Lantern Corps besieged Apokolips, and they could still let Darkseid divide troops to attack Earth, didn't this clearly show they didn't take the Lantern Corps seriously?

However, the multiversally unified Darkseid couldn't be underestimated, and he had sufficient experience in fighting the Justice League, and had also dealt with the Lantern Corps, knowing their weaknesses. And because the Lantern Corps lost the Central Power Battery and had no energy supply, if this continued, defeat was only a matter of time.

Schiller sighed, turned to Batman and said, "Prepare to execute the final plan; only by driving Nekron out can we free up our hands to deal with Darkseid."

Batman nodded; he knew it was time. Although Nekron's threat was great, there was the multiversal Justice League resisting, and the biggest crisis they faced was Darkseid; this guy was too close to them and was a complete entity, I'm afraid there would be a big battle to fight.

Before dealing with Darkseid, Nekron must be kicked out of the field, otherwise, one wave would be resurrected after another, and one wave after another, no one could play this game. Just the resurrected elite generals from Darkseid's side were enough to make humans drink a pot.

"I'll notify Hal and have him prepare." Schiller said.

When he received Schiller's message, Hal and Clark were about to pull out the last pollution source. But clearly, things weren't that simple. Atlan notified Kalibak of their movements, and that general, who was as strong as a savage, rushed straight toward them.

Clark made a move to block, but was actually knocked flying by Kalibak. This guy's strength was shockingly great, although he had no skills, but relying on a brute force, he could fight Superman to a draw.

Hal was increasingly nervous, but didn't dare to act recklessly. It had reached this point, he absolutely couldn't be infected, otherwise all previous efforts would be wasted. Fortunately, that guy was also focused on fighting Clark and didn't care about him at all.

Hal wanted to continue to provide long-range support, but found that Clark was at a disadvantage. He found that Clark's injured arm couldn't be lifted, while the resurrected Kalibak was in his prime state, and in close combat, Clark suffered a big loss.

Hal hurried to rush forward, used the Green Lantern energy barrier to block a blow for Clark, and then blasted Kalibak away with a cannon.

"Are you okay?" Hal asked with concern.

Clark clutched his arm, his face very ugly. This death power was clearly very stubborn and conflicted with the life force in his body, simply not something that could be absorbed easily. He tried for a long time without progress, but the death power was conquering cities and lands, and now half of his body was numb, simply unable to move freely.

"Hold on a bit longer," Hal said, "It will be fine soon."

But it seemed Hal's actions angered Kalibak, who roared and pointed the golden trophy in his hand directly at Hal, and Hal was hit hard in an instant.

The Beta trophy could fire neural laser waves that were incomparably painful, and the penetration was very strong, almost ignoring all energy. Hal was hit without preparation and was in a daze from the pain.

Fortunately, Clark caught Hal. Hal trembled all over and took a deep breath. But at this time, Kalibak's huge fist had reached his face, Clark took Hal and flew back, the opponent still didn't give up, and slammed into them like a cannonball.

"This isn't a way," Clark gritted his teeth and said, "Must lure this guy away, so we can deal with the pollution source."

"How about I..."

"No," Clark said, "If we aren't together, we will definitely be broken one by one. It's a pity we have too few people..."

Just as he said this, several figures suddenly appeared at the end of the sky. The leader was a giant, none other than General Zod who had turned into Doomsday, and following behind him were those Kryptonians who had come to Earth.

Those two Kryptonians who had become presidential bodyguards also waved at Clark. After being irradiated by yellow sunlight, they all possessed flight ability and super strength, although because they hadn't been on Earth for long, they weren't as strong as Superman, but at least they had three-tenths of his power.

More importantly, there were many of them, besides General Zod, there were seven or eight people, and they were all professionally trained soldiers, proficient in fighting techniques, and coordinated tacitly. As soon as they joined the battlefield, they instantly reversed the situation.

So many super-powered individuals surrounded Kalibak and fought, Kalibak waved his pair of fists tightly, but couldn't break through the encirclement. General Zod, who had turned into Doomsday, was the strongest among them, able to punch Kalibak head-on, the two fought back and forth, evenly matched, and others helped from the side, actually pressing Kalibak to the sea surface for a time.

Atlan was clearly anxious, constantly stirring up sea waves, attacking several people. At first, it did cause some chaos, but this group of people was indeed well-trained, and soon thought of a way to break it, starting to constantly attack Kalibak's lower plate, forcing him to fly upward. The group fought until they were about to leave the atmosphere, Atlan wanted to interfere again, but was helpless.

Taking this opportunity, Hal surrounded the pollution source with Green Lantern energy, Clark cut open the seabed with laser rays, and pulled out the contaminated bones again. Accompanied by the Indian Ocean also becoming clear, those nails hitting Earth began to emit a faint light.

Hal and Clark originally thought this was also a part of the purification program. But the more they looked, the more they felt something was wrong.

Before, they saw the seawater become clear, thinking it was the power emitted by the nails that drove away the death power. But now looking closely, why did the light emitted by these nails look so much like death power?

Hal seemed to understand a little. Actually, the so-called purification of the ocean wasn't through Seven Lantern power to drive away the death power in the ocean. How stubborn death power was, they had already experienced personally; this kind of power didn't seem to be able to be directly driven away, otherwise, when Hal had physical contact with that group of undead, he would have already purified them with Green Lantern energy.

This nail was actually borrowing Seven Lantern power to absorb the death power in the ocean. Seven Lantern power was like a big net, scooping all the death power into the tower. This was the truth of purifying the ocean.

If it was really like this, then just absorbing the death power in the ocean would be enough, what was this for?

The light emitted by the nails became stronger and stronger, and that rich aura of corruption began to converge gradually, but it wasn't sealed, but condensed and condensed again, finally becoming like a sharp arrow, shooting into the Earth's core through the export under the crust.

Hal was stunned, what kind of operation was this? Who was Batman sniping???

He soon knew. Because a few seconds after the three nails used death power as bullets to snipe the Earth's core, he heard a heartbeat reviving from underground.

This was a very wonderful feeling, acting on all living things on the surface at the same time. Whether on the ground or in the trees, whether on the surface or in the air, their heartbeats became synchronized with a certain ancient creature.

Endless life force radiated from beneath the surface. Those Kryptonians who had entered space looked back, and the originally blue planet was plated with a layer of faint white light, looking sacred and beautiful.

Hal finally knew what Batman's backup plan was—it turned out that the White Lantern power they had been looking for had been hidden in the depths of the Earth's core.

The explosion of life force made the undead with death power incomparably painful. Atlan was the first to scream, just like a vampire seeing light, and began to melt.

He had to leave the ocean and fly to the high sky to escape the increasingly rich life force's purification of him, the flesh and blood shaped by death power constantly fell off his body, and the whole person fell back into the sea like a skeleton.

And Damian and Steve, who were staying in the Presidential Palace, also felt the same pain. But perhaps because they rekindled love for Batman and Diana in their hearts, possessing a part of the rules of life, this pain didn't tear them apart completely, but constantly fought with the death power in their bodies and purified them themselves.

Kalibak naturally was also affected, but the death power on him was exceptionally rich, seemingly Nekron had high hopes for him. And as Darkseid's son, he clearly knew more.

He started looking around, looking for these things. Suddenly, light spots condensed over the Pacific Ocean. Hal immediately realized that this was the White Lantern ring; he must get the ring and become the host of White Lantern power to have a chance to defeat Nekron.

But his eyes turned, and he said to Clark: "Quick, Clark, quick go grab the ring!" ===== CHAPTER 4465 =====