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Chapter 1110 Azu's Boastful, Extremely Long Title!
Barry and Leila met at the same time.

the other side.

The tearing sensation in the passage receded like a tide, and Diana felt a sharp headache, as if countless needles were piercing her head at the same time.

Shaking her head, Diana forced herself to wake up and warily surveyed her surroundings.

This is a huge and gloomy cave.

The cave's dome hangs high, hidden in darkness.

The surrounding walls are not rough rock, but neatly carved into niches.

In each niche, there is an item that makes her heart stop beating.

All the artifacts and relics of the Olympian gods were placed inside.

Diana saw a piece of the broken lightning staff of Zeus.

In addition, there is Hera's golden crown, which symbolizes the authority of the queen of the gods and is now dim and faded.

In addition, there is Apollo's golden seven-stringed lyre, whose strings were all broken.

And Ares' war spear, stained with blood that never dries, now sits askew in the niche.

Athena's Aegis Shield, Poseidon's rusty trident, and countless other artifacts, some familiar and some unfamiliar, are displayed here in a deathly stillness.

"Welcome to my trophy room, Princess Diana."

A deep, hoarse voice echoed in the center of the cave.

Diana turned her head sharply.

To her astonishment, a tall, imposing figure stood with his back to her in the center of the cave.

The figure was clad in dark, heavy armor that combined Batman's practicality with the splendor and ferocity of ancient Greek armor. The shoulder armor featured the head of a roaring demon, while the chest armor was branded with a twisted bat symbol.

Dark Batman slowly turned around, revealing his face covered by the Ares helmet.

The helmet's eye sockets glowed with a dark red light, like hellfire lava.

Diana recognized the man as the ruthless Batman that Peter had mentioned.

"At a time when these so-called gods can no longer control our destiny."

The voice of the ruthless war god resonated through the helmet, carrying a metallic resonance.

"I hope you can choose a weapon and have a fair fight with me."

He pointed to the relics of the gods on the surrounding walls, saying, "Use the power of your people to challenge me."

The words of the ruthless war god were filled with a condescending arrogance.

As Diana watched the figure twisted by the helmet of war, and felt the mournful cries of the gods filling the cave, a surge of anger welled up within her.

She looked down at the Vulcan Sword she was gripping tightly in her hand, then looked up at the Ruthless War God. Then, under the Ruthless War God's slightly surprised gaze, she made a startling move.

“Clang!”

Diana casually tossed the Sword of Vulcan onto the ground.

The sword struck the ground, producing a crisp sound.

"I do not need to rely on the power of any god."

Diana's voice was eerily calm, "All I want now is to crush you, you monster, with my own hands."

Before she finished speaking, Diana immediately launched an attack.

Like a golden lightning bolt, Diana instantly closed in on the merciless war god.

Without the constraints of weapons, her movements became even more agile and swift.

The Amazon princess's honed fighting skills were on full display at this moment.

Diana sidestepped the ruthless war god's probing punch, then slammed her elbow into his ribs like a warhammer.

In the instant the opponent returned to defense, Diana slipped to his side like an eel and swept a sharp roundhouse kick toward his knee.

The entire movement was fluid and graceful, full of power and beauty.

The ruthless war god's heavy armor and immense strength were momentarily overwhelmed by Diana's exquisite agility.

"Is this all you have?"

After dodging once, Diana sneered contemptuously, "You are just a pathetic mortal who relies on stolen divine power to pretend to be a god, a weakling with poor skills who only knows how to rely on brute force!"

"Weak?"

Hearing Diana's taunt, the ruthless war god's voice came through his helmet, "And what about Peter Patrick? Isn't he also a mortal disguised as a god?"

At the mention of Peter, Diana's eyes instantly sharpened. While continuing her rapid-fire attack, she retorted without hesitation, "No, you're wrong. Peter is a god, but he's also a mortal!"

Diana's voice was filled with pride and love.

"He possesses divine power beyond your imagination, but he also possesses the most precious thing in humanity—love, his love for his family, his love for his friends, and his love for the world."

"It is this love that gives meaning to his power, making him a true false god, infinitely nobler than an empty killing machine like you!"

"like?!"

The Ruthless God of War seemed to be completely enraged by these remarks. He suddenly unleashed a powerful God of War force, and a dark red energy shock emanated from him, forcibly pushing Diana, who was standing close by, back several steps.

"Love? Feelings? Those are just the most fatal weaknesses."

The Ruthless War God roared, his fighting style suddenly changing to more precise and efficient attacks.

With a "thud," Diana, caught off guard, was struck in the shoulder and staggered backward.

Do you think your skills are very superior?

The Ruthless War God coldly said, "My combat skills were personally taught to me by your counterpart—my Diana. I know all your moves, all your fighting habits and reactions by heart."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Ruthless God of War suddenly lunged forward, catching Diana just as her old strength was exhausted and her new strength had not yet been generated.

The opponent's armored hand shot out like lightning and grabbed Diana's outstretched wrist.

"what?!"

Diana was shocked when her wrist was grabbed.

She tried to break free, but found that the other person's strength far exceeded her expectations, and she was unable to move at all.

"boom!"

The ruthless war god's other fist slammed into Diana's abdomen.

"Uh!"

Diana let out a painful groan and flew backward, crashing heavily into the wall where Hera's crown was displayed, sending dust flying from the niche.

Diana struggled to get up, but the merciless God of War gave her no chance.

The next moment, he followed closely like a persistent ailment, unleashing a barrage of attacks upon Diana like a storm.

Every attack from the ruthless war god struck Diana's weak points in her defense, or the very joints where she was about to launch a counterattack.

Diana's prized fighting skills were completely ineffective against an opponent who knew everything about her.

She could only defend herself passively. As the battle progressed, cracks began to appear in her Amazonian armor, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

"See? This is what happens when you rely on skills and emotions."

The merciless war god attacked without hesitation, while simultaneously eroding her will with words, "In my universe, my Diana and I, like you, once fought side by side against Ares..."

His voice seemed to drift into a memory, “We defeated him, knocked off his helmet, but my Diana was seriously injured and fell into a coma. In order to end Ares completely, and to avenge her, I put on that alluring helmet.”

At this point, the merciless war god's attack became even more ferocious, sending Diana flying with a single punch and smashing the niche in the wall.

“I gained power, I killed Ares, but the helmet also made me understand many things I had never understood before. I rejected that ridiculous belief, and I realized that only absolute power and dominion can bring true peace.”

The ruthless war god's voice was filled with madness, "When she woke up and tried to stop me, tried to take back the helmet... I killed her with my own hands."

When the other person mentioned killing Wonder Woman with his own hands, Diana was shocked.

"But this is not enough."

The merciless war god seemed to want to unleash all the darkness, "After that, I slaughtered all the Amazons on Paradise Island, and their blood stained the sea red."

With a "bang," the ruthless war god once again sent the disoriented Diana flying.

Slowly walking forward, the ruthless war god stood before Diana, who was struggling to her feet, looking down at her.

He pointed to an object that had been standing quietly beside him in the shadows—a dull, black metal coin the size of a millstone, engraved with countless pained and distorted faces.

"See this?"

The merciless war god pointed to the huge coin and said, "This is the coin of Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx. It was the fare paid to him by the Amazons after they died. I made him collect all the reincarnation coins of the Amazons I slaughtered. Then, I melted them down and recast them into this coin of atonement, which carries the resentment of all the dead souls of your race."

Then, to Diana's astonishment, the merciless war god raised his armor-clad fist and, like beating a war drum, slammed it down on the giant black coin.

"Boom!!!"

A deep, resonant bell tolled, as if from the depths of hell. With that toll, the enormous black coin suddenly erupted with a torrent of black resentment.

Countless Amazonian ghosts, their faces contorted and their eyes burning with the flames of pain and hatred, surged out of the coin like a flood bursting its banks.

The spirits let out silent shrieks, stretched out their skeletal claws, and pounced on their former princess.

As the terrifying torrent of souls of her fellow countrymen rushed toward her, Diana froze in place.

She can fight powerful enemies, but how can she wield her sword against the souls of her slaughtered and desecrated people?
Just as Diana was falling into despair, the air exploded with a loud bang.

"In the name of Patrick, may evil be banished!"

A clear, sharp sound rang out, like a thunderclap.

The next second, dazzling silver lightning, carrying immense divine power, descended from the sky.

Mjolnir, like a comet, crashed down between Diana and the dead.

"boom!"

The power of thunder erupted, forming a dazzling barrier of lightning.

The approaching Amazonian ghosts, as if encountering their nemesis, let out a shrill scream, and were instantly purified by the power of lightning.

Jane Foster, the female Thor, wields Mjolnir and is surrounded by dazzling lightning, descending like a Valkyrie.

Almost simultaneously, Loki's figure gracefully stepped out from the other side.

Horus appeared at the entrance to the cave.

Donning power armor, he resembles a mobile war fortress.

Horus's hawk-like eyes instantly locked onto the merciless god of war.

On the other side, Azu and the others also fell into the dark bat cave.

Beneath the seaside city lies an absolute dark realm forcibly distorted.

Here, the Dawn Lantern initiated the "lights out program".

The existence of light is completely denied here, even at the conceptual level.

The moment Azu, Raven, and Mark were thrown into this place through the tunnel, they were forcibly separated by the thick darkness.

Ah Zu felt as if he were sinking in an asphalt sea, surrounded by utter nothingness, stripped of even sound and smell, with only a maddening stillness.

"Bad trick."

Azu snorted coldly, forcibly suppressing the slight discomfort rising in his heart.

Recalling the runes his father Peter had taught him for dealing with extreme environments, Azu focused his mind and gathered a tiny glimmer of light at his fingertips.

“Ansuz…”

As he chanted softly, runes representing signals and revelation flickered to life at his fingertips.

However, this faint light had little effect in this absolute darkness.

Almost the instant the light appeared, the dense darkness around them coiled around them like living tentacles. The runic light released by Azu couldn't even last a minute before it was completely extinguished with a "poof".

Just as the light went out, Azu heard a sound.

"The night is vast and dark, extinguishing the light; the day is long and dark, about to end; the dawn breaks and the midnight is long; the eerie lamp burns forever; the darkness breaks the dawn."

this voice
Azu instantly recognized him as Batman from Dawn of the Dark.

"It's no use, Homelander."

The chilling voice of the Dawn Lamp came from all directions of darkness: "Here, light itself is a paradox. Your power, derived from external recognition and the gifts of sunlight, is meaningless here."

As soon as he finished speaking, darkness began to surge, transforming into a tangible fear.

The scene before Azu's eyes suddenly changed.

He was no longer in a dark cave, but back in the living room of Patrick's Farm.

Peter sat upright on the sofa, his face showing a disappointment he had never seen before.

Loki, Horus, Mark, Raven, and several others stood around him, all of whom he considered his brothers and sisters who "shared his father's love," and they all stared at him with cold and disdainful eyes.

Peter, seated in the main seat, slowly began to speak:
"John..."

"Your arrogance, your tyranny, your incompetence..."

You have disappointed me greatly.

"You are not worthy to be called my son."

Azu stared in shock at his disappointed father, and the scene changed again in the next second.

He saw himself being driven from the farm and left to wander the streets; defeated and trampled underfoot by his brothers and sisters; Peter giving all his love and strength to others while he was completely forgotten...

Peter's disappointed sighs and his brothers' mocking laughter echoed in the darkness.

Faced with the terrifying illusions that rushed towards him, Azu's facial muscles tensed up at first, then slowly revealed a mocking expression.

Azu was unaffected; instead, he let out a disdainful laugh at the endless darkness:

"Little Bruce, is that all you've got? Hiding in the gutter, you're just a rat playing with other people's fears. Do you think I'm a pathetic creature who cries at the sight of my own shadow?"

Azu's voice echoed in the darkness, "All I can say is that you don't know me, little Bruce. This level of illusion can't scare me."

“I’ve heard my father talk about you. Out of fear, you put on the Green Light Ring, which summoned a twisted monster and brutally killed the robbers who murdered your parents.”

Not only was Azu unaffected by the illusion of the Dawn Lantern, but he also launched a psychological offensive against the other party.

"Afterwards, you return to your parents' bodies, hoping to use the ring to bring them back to life, but the ring can only make them move like zombies. At this point, you completely break down, harboring a paranoid hatred for all criminals, without any moral compass, wondering why they can live while your parents cannot."

"After being Green Lantern for several years, people initially called you a hero, but as your methods became too cruel, people began to fear you."

"What a poor little mouse. If it were me, I probably would do anything for my parents, but unfortunately, you still can't save them."

Ah Zu deliberately sighed.

At this moment, the Dawn Lantern was already caught in a huge emotional turmoil because of Azu's verbal attacks.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Azu quickly raised his right hand.

"Buzz!"

The darkness was forcibly torn apart, and a golden trident, flowing with dazzling lightning and imbued with the power of divine thunder, was summoned by him.

"Boom!"

An unprecedented bolt of lightning erupted from the tip of the golden trident in his hand.

As the lightning was unleashed, the absolute darkness created by the all-encompassing, conceptual "lights-out program" ripped apart under the overwhelming light.

The dense darkness was forcibly dispelled for a moment, revealing the original structure of this underground cave.

The figure of the Dawn Lantern, hidden in the darkness, was completely exposed.

In an instant, the Dawn Lantern's eyes were filled with disbelief and shock.

What is this ghost?

My lights-out rules have actually been broken?!

Holding a trident wreathed in lightning, Azu proclaimed in a loud voice:
“I am the eldest son of Patrick, the heir to the Patrick Farm!”

"The shade of the World Tree rests with me, and the light of the Temple of the Gods crowns me!"

"My destiny is neither ordained by heaven nor bestowed by the gods, but rather recognized and granted by my father, Peter Patrick!"

"I have reshaped the unjust world order!"

"I have returned safely from the abyss of the underworld!"

"I have made countless cosmic overlords grovel and kneel in worship!"

"I make demons tremble and flee, I make the gods admire and praise me!"

"Nowadays—"

Azu brandished his trident, pointing it directly at the astonished Dawn Lamp, as thunderous power roared and surged forth:

"I will burn you, the Dark Knights, to ashes and reduce you to cosmic dust."

Before he could finish speaking, Ah Zu's figure vanished instantly.

The next moment, he appeared in front of the Dawn Lantern.

The trident in his hand, crackling with lightning that tore through all darkness, pierced through the hastily erected shield of the Dawn Lantern like a spear of judgment.

"Oh!"

A huge explosion rang out, shattering the shield formed by the Dawn Lamp, and he himself was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the rock wall behind him.

(End of this chapter)