bookbashuk Chapter 424 The Death of Mongo, General Zod Kneels Immediately
Chapter 424 The Death of Mongo, General Zod Kneels Immediately
Chapter 424 The Death of Mongo, General Zod Kneels Immediately
"Let's go."
Chen Tao flew behind William Hand, who was still wearing a spacesuit and had some propulsion devices under his feet.
Despite having undergone surgery to acquire the bloodline of the Wolf, William still did not intend to expose himself to outer space, especially since the giant cannons of the War World had just inflicted a near-devastating blow here.
Although Mongo and Parallax were thrown off their feet by the explosion, placing them some distance from the blast's epicenter, the various deadly cosmic rays were still far too dangerous for him.
At this moment, he stood quietly in front of Mongo, who was on the verge of death, watching him drift in space, barely clinging to life.
His gaze lingered on the other's mangled body, from the fragments of hands and feet with insect-like limbs to the face distorted and twisted by the decaying black power.
The decaying blackness caused a third and fourth eye to grow on his yellow face, and made his once-smooth teeth protrude and become sharp.
This is just a major change in appearance, not to mention the broken skin that exposed the muscles underneath, the gaping lips that exposed the gums, and the rotting flesh that rotted from the corner of the eye all the way down to the neck.
Chen Tao remained silent.
He turned his head and glanced at Killer Croc and Ventriloquist, who were carrying the green lamps that sealed Parallax back onto the spaceship, while not far away, Bane was trembling violently.
Now that Parallax has been sealed inside him, the Ion Shark has no reason to humble itself and temporarily reside in Bane, a host he deemed unqualified. Even Batman is an unqualified host for the Ion Shark.
However, Bane mastered the power of ions very quickly, and he was unwilling to let the ion shark leave him. He was now desperately trying to keep the ion shark attached to him, like a girl who had been deceived by a frivolous man but still had fantasies about him.
Bane hasn't asked Batman for help yet... not yet.
Chen Tao turned his head back and looked at William Hand.
Even at this point, Mongo was still not completely dead.
An insatiable ambition for power. This led to Mongo being simultaneously infused with the power of the Decaying Black and the Black Death Emperor, causing his immortality to once, almost, temporarily, rival that of the immortal Wolf.
But unlike the wolf, ...
Unlike the Wolf, he lacked regenerative abilities. After his body shattered, he lost the power supply from the two Death Domains and was no longer able to reassemble them.
Chen Tao saw Mongo's lips move, as if he wanted to say something. The shadow of death began to loom over Mongo, and a long-absent ripple of fear appeared on the face of this cosmic tyrant who had been determined to repeatedly leap on the edge of death.
Chen Tao raised the Green Lantern Ring and used its translation function on Mongo. This allowed him and William to hear Mongo's last words.
"save……"
"Help me."
Mongo said, "I...I don't want to die..."
With his remaining arm, attached to only half of his shoulder, he reached out to Chen Tao and William Hand: "My cosmic empire... I want it..."
Then he seemed to regain some of his senses. He looked up and saw the pity on William Hand's face and the coldness on Chen Tao's face.
So he stopped begging for mercy from his enemies and said, "Do it. The victor has the right to execute the loser."
Even though he was now almost nothing but a head attached to an arm, he still held his head high with his non-existent chest puffed out, with a sense of entitlement, as if he were not floating in the vast universe like an insignificant speck of dust, but rather in a duel arena revered by thousands, having lost to his opponent in a fair and just battle.
Chen Tao remained silent. It was William Hand who spoke first:
Do you regret it?
Chen Tao wanted to say that such a question was meaningless, but in the end he didn't say anything.
In life, not every problem needs to be meaningful.
"This...this world is inherently one where the strong rule over the weak," Mongo said.
"Power is a tool for ruling others, not a toy for playing house with them."
His gaze became unfocused, and the power of decay and the remaining might of the Black Death Emperor began to gradually fade from his mangled corpse, causing Mongo's brain, which had been driven by these powers, to become somewhat sluggish.
"If you don't enslave me, then I will enslave you. There is no other choice."
He was slightly dazed.
Then...then Mongo heard the call.
He saw his mother appear before him, loudly berating his own incompetence, cursing him for failing to become the most powerful being in the entire universe, and thus enslave it all…
But none of that mattered anymore; Mongo simply stared blankly at her face.
So many years... He hadn't seen his mother's face for so many years. It had been such a long time. She was still as vicious and powerful as ever.
"Mother..." he whispered softly, "I...I'm trying to become the person you want me to be. I really tried...I'm...I'm sorry."
His mother continued to hurl insults, but Mongo still felt it was good that he could see his mother one last time before he passed away, something that would be a luxury for many.
Then he saw a woman dressed in black walking towards him from a distance, holding an umbrella.
She has yellow skin like the Mongo race, and a tattoo-like mark at the corner of her eye, resembling a beauty mark.
She...she took Mongo's hand, like a kindergarten teacher holding the hand of every innocent little child. Mongo felt only warmth...
He had experienced many facets of death. The coldness and terror of the Black Death Emperor, the putrid stench of decaying blackness, but he had never imagined that death could also be so...warm.
……
Chen Tao and William Hand watched silently as Mongo's corpse, having lost all its power, began to crumble and disintegrate little by little, eventually turning to ashes. For a moment, both of them fell silent.
Then William broke the silence: "Mongo borrowed the power of the Black Death Emperor and the Lord of Decay, right?"
"Yes," Chen Tao said.
"And sooner or later, I will inevitably be chosen by the Black Death as his first chosen people. I have no power to change this fate, right?"
"No, that's not it, wait a minute."
Chen Tao hurriedly said to William Hand, "William, listen to me, Mongo, he..."
"I don't need comforting."
But William Hand interrupted him, turning to look at Chen Tao seriously: "What I want to say is, you don't need to worry about me. When that time really comes, I will do what I should do. I am prepared to do what I should do."
He said, "You know what? Mongo's fate didn't terrify me; it just challenged me."
He reached out, trying to grab Mongo's body as it turned to ashes: "The culprit who turned Mongo into this state is also coveting my body."
He turned to Chen Tao: "Isn't this a declaration of war?"
Then he turned and looked in the direction where Mongo had turned to ashes and drifted away, and then said, "Even though you never tell me, Bat, I know you never thought I could escape the control of the Black Death Emperor."
He said with a hint of self-deprecation, "So even though I know you're very good to me, deep down, you've always treated me as if I could be controlled by the Black Death Emperor at any moment."
Then he lowered his head and muttered, "I understand all this, you know, I understand all this. But..."
He raised his head, looked at Chen Tao with a somewhat solemn expression, and then said, "But while you're making those preparations, Batman, I hope you won't forget that I also have the courage to go down in flames."
"I hope you can include the ruthless William Hand in your plans, Batman."
He stared into Chen Tao's eyes and said very seriously.
Chen Tao opened his mouth, about to say something, when he was interrupted by a loud roar from the ion shark beside him.
He turned his head and saw that not far away, the Ion Shark had finally broken free from Bain's forceful attempts to keep it.
Bane finally couldn't maintain his "I'm not asking Batman for help" attitude anymore, and he was forced to speak up, but he still couldn't stop the Ion Shark from completely breaking free of his control.
"I need your help, Batman!"
After calling several times without getting a response from Chen Tao, Bain had no choice but to speak directly.
Hearing Bane's shout, Ion Shark stared nervously at Batman. He was the embodiment of will, not a chaotic beast. He knew very well that Batman had just sealed Parallax, and if he wanted to do anything to him, Ion Shark would fight back.
Bane is ready to cooperate with Batman in attacking the Ion Shark and forcibly keeping him here.
"I advise you to stay." But Bane and Ion Shark only heard Batman say, "However, if you insist on leaving, I won't stop you."
Chen Tao said, "But unlike Parallax, who has been sealed in the Green Lantern Central Energy Battery for so many years, you have been supported by the Guardians of the Universe in the Green Lantern Central Energy Battery. Now that the Green Lantern Corps is in trouble, you should at least help to relight the Green Lantern Central Energy Battery and help to recharge it a little."
"Then you can go into the universe to find your true love."
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"I only want the Code of Life."
"General Zod said."
"That thing contains all the DNA of Krypton. With the Codex of Life, I can clone and recreate the entire planet of Krypton. Kal'el, have you been on Earth for too long and completely forgotten what you've done? I swear to you this time, I will never try to transform Earth into Krypton again. Just give me the Codex of Life, and I'll turn around and leave."
Superman didn't say anything.
"I know you're assembling your stupid teammates right now, and I know exactly what kind of team Batman put together for you on Earth, but I'm telling you, it's not going to make any difference."
General Zuo pointed to the sun in the sky.
"I can shield him anytime I want, do you believe me?"
"You..." Clark was about to say something when General Zod abruptly interrupted him.
"Are you wondering why your teammates haven't come to rescue you yet? Well, let me tell you. They're currently fighting a living planet outside Earth, a living Green Lantern planet. In your teammates' eyes, the entire planet is more important than you."
"The Earth is indeed more important than me, isn't that obvious?" Clark tilted his head.
General Zod was so angry that he rolled his eyes when he was met with a question from the Son of Krypton without thinking.
This last Kryptonian orphan always manages to stir his emotions in this way.
Enraged, General Zod finally gave up on trying to reason with the tractor and kicked it. The poor machine then began to tumble and bounce around in the field, spinning like a top.
"Do you even know what I'm capable of? I can use Green Lantern Mogo to create tsunamis and storms, completely destroying 80% of the planet's landmass, and all of this would only take a few tens of minutes. Batman wouldn't even have time to come back and stop me!"
He yanked Clark up from the ground, spitting almost onto Clark's face.
"You're still waiting for Batman? Do you know that Batman is probably already surrounded by Sinestro and Mongo, and can barely protect himself? This is a diversionary tactic, designed to lure Batman away from Earth, just like what happened to Planet OA!"
"And you have no idea what kind of enemy you are facing. While you still have the chance, let me leave behind some Kryptonian seeds before this universe is destroyed. This is the only good thing you, a traitor to Kryptonians, can do in your life!"
He threw Clark to the ground, and even in his rage, he softened the slam, only making Clark tumble a few times.
"Now, hand over the Codex of Life," General Zod said.
If his chief scientist were still alive, he might have been able to kill Clark Kent and extract the Codex of Life directly. However, after Brainiac wiped out all of his men during his last invasion of Earth and transformed them all into Doomsday, General Zod, now with only two lieutenants by his side, no longer possessed such research capabilities.
Both adjutants, including Zod himself, are skilled fighters, but extracting the Codex of Life from a corpse is a complete challenge for them. General Zod doesn't even have a spaceship, so even if he wanted to find the information, he couldn't learn it on the spot. More importantly, even if he had the information, General Zod is genetically identified as a warrior rather than a researcher.
His genes wouldn't allow him to learn these complex scientific methods. Therefore, he could only choose the brute-force approach:
"While Batman is trapped, whatever I do to Earth, Batman won't be able to get back in time to stop me!"
"And you so-called Justice League members can't even stop Green Lantern Mogo."
Seeing that Clark still didn't react, General Zod kicked the ground hard.
"Karl El—kneel down! You need to understand one thing, I'm not negotiating with you, I'm ordering you—"
He was about to say something when suddenly he seemed to hear someone's voice and froze on the spot.
"Batman won, he'll be back soon."
Then he said in a low voice, as if repeating something someone else had said.
Clark was trying to figure out who had leaked the information to him. He no longer possessed X-ray vision or super hearing, so he had no idea who had provided the information to General Zod through the Kryptonian armor's earpiece. But before he could react, he saw General Zod suddenly kneel down with a thud.
(End of this chapter)