American comics: Damn it, I’m surrounded by those who worry about their fathers!.

Chapter 1113: Is the New Father's Sorrow the End of the Dark Knights' Rebellion?

The Patrick Farm was unusually quiet at night.

Barry felt that the silence was like a chilling stillness, as if all life had been drained from the body.

There were no insect chirps, no wind sounds, and all the subtle noises disappeared.

In the distance, the lights of the small town of Smallville were pitifully sparse, as if the whole world was holding its breath, waiting for some unknown judgment.

Only the huge birch tree in the center of the courtyard still exudes a faint breath of life, like a lonely lighthouse standing in the boundless dark ocean.

"You said you were picking someone up, but are you sure there's actually anyone here?"

Barry asked in a low voice.

He felt a vague unease in his heart.

Barry swallowed hard, asking the question while cautiously scanning the barn, the houses, and the cornfields in the night.

Lyra stood beside him, her blue cloak shimmering softly in the glow of the World Tree.

Her gaze slowly swept across the entire farm, finally settling on the cornfield.

"of course."

Lyra said definitively, "However, it's not the right time yet."

Barry nodded, though he was still filled with doubts, but Mr. Peter's arrangements always had a deeper meaning.

He temporarily set aside his concerns about the current situation and turned his curiosity toward the newly acquainted superhero.

"Laila, speaking of which, you...you said before that you came from a similar world? Can you tell me about it? I've traveled through many timelines and parallel universes, and perhaps I've been to your world."

Barry asked Leila to ease his unease.

Lyra nodded, her gaze seemingly piercing through the scene before her and landing on some distant parallel world.

"My world is a bit complicated. Some tragic things have happened. It all started with an irreversible tragedy. The Joker deceived Superman with illusions, causing him to kill the pregnant Lois Lane and destroy Metropolis with a nuclear bomb."

Upon hearing Leila's account, Barry gasped.

Hearing such a tragic story sent a chill down his spine.

Lyra continued, “He killed the Joker and then established a regime maintained by iron fist and fear, where any opposition was ruthlessly suppressed. Batman… Uncle Bruce, he led the resistance and waged a brutal war against Superman’s regime for years… until the Master arrived.”

After a moment of silence, she said softly, "In that world, I... I was supposed to be Superman and Lois's unborn daughter, a phantom existing in his painful dreams. It was the Master who brought me out of that shattered dream and gave me a real form and existence."

“I am both the daughter of Superman and the daughter of Patrick. I am the hope of the world that Batman created.”

"Uh!"

Barry listened to this incredible yet plausible origin story and was momentarily at a loss for words.

He opened his mouth, about to say something.

"Hi, Barry."

A familiar female voice came from not far away, interrupting his thoughts.

Barry and Lyra turned around at the same time, only to see Kendra Sanders of the "Anti-Doomsday Squad" standing in the shadow of the World Tree, greeting them.

"Kendra?"

Barry was somewhat surprised. "What are you doing here?"

Kendra took a few steps forward, glanced at Barry and Lyra, and explained to them, "I came to see if Mr. Peter was here. There are some things I need to discuss with him about the Dark Multiverse."

Barry, unsuspecting, said to her, "Then you've probably made a wasted trip. Mr. Patrick isn't at the farm."

Just as Barry finished speaking, Lyra, who had been sensing her surroundings, suddenly raised her head, her eyes instantly sharpening as she stared intently at the starry night sky.

"No...the sky..."

she whispered.

Upon hearing this, Barry and Kendra also instinctively looked up.

At first, the night sky remained quiet.

But the next second, the sky changed.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had torn open the sky, and countless dazzling meteors with long, trailing tails of light streaked across the dark night sky.

Numerous meteors streaked across the sky, their intense light illuminating the entire town's night sky as if it were daytime.

"Is this... a meteor shower?"

Barry said in astonishment.

He hadn't heard that there would be a meteor shower here recently.

Layla's gaze was already fixed on the most dazzling meteor in the meteor shower.

The dazzling meteor streaked down at an astonishing speed toward the vast cornfield outside the farm.

"over there!"

With a sharp cry, Leila didn't have time to explain further. In an instant, she transformed into a streak of light that tore through space, rushing at full speed toward the meteor's predicted impact point.

Kendra's expression turned complicated as he watched Lyra fly towards the cornfield, a hint of struggle flashing in his eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, she followed closely behind Leila, transforming into a sharp arrow and shooting into the cornfield.

"Boom!"

The deafening impact, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, shook the entire farm.

The earth trembled violently, and the branches of the World Tree rustled mournfully.

A powerful explosion rang out in the cornfield, accompanied by flying dirt and charred corn stalks.

Barry, who was a little slow to react, increased his speed to the maximum and also arrived at the edge of the impact point.

Before everyone's eyes was a shockingly large pit, tens of meters in diameter, with the soil around its edges solidified by the high temperature.

In the center of the pit, a strangely shaped spaceship lay quietly.

The spaceship has a matte silver-white finish, with smooth and futuristic lines, and a blurred swastika emblem on one side of the hull.

The spaceship's surface radiated astonishing heat and faint energy fluctuations, with wisps of mist rising from its bottom.

"What is this? A new... Superman?"

Barry stared in disbelief at the creation, which clearly did not belong to Earth's technology, and the scene of Clark's first arrival on Earth flashed through his mind.

As someone who had experienced the Flashpoint event with Clark, Barry knew that Clark was a Kryptonian and that he had come to the world in a spaceship.

Leila ignored Barry's complaints and landed gracefully at the bottom of the crater, next to the spaceship.

Lyra looked at the strange spaceship with a surprised expression.

Is this the person the master asked him to welcome?
For some reason, Lyra sensed that there was a powerful and dangerous creature inside.

Even though she felt uneasy, Leila quickly suppressed her unusual emotions.

After all, this was an order from the master.

In any case, I must complete the task that the master has instructed me to do.

Taking a deep breath, Lyra reached out and tried to touch the hull of the spaceship, attempting to find a way to open the hatch.

"Wait! Lyra!"

Barry shouted from above, worried that the spaceship might pose unknown dangers.

However, just as Lyra's fingers were about to touch the spaceship's hull, a powerful energy surge suddenly erupted from Barry's side.

Barry's hair stood on end.

Almost instinctively, he turned his head sharply at a speed exceeding his limits.

The source of the energy was none other than Kendra!

To Barry's disbelief, Kendra hovered in mid-air, holding a warhammer aloft with both hands.

At this moment, Kendra's eyes had turned completely black, with no distinction between the whites of his eyes and his pupils; only endless darkness surged within them.

"Kendra! Are you crazy?!"

Barry gasped in disbelief, completely unable to comprehend what Kendra was doing.

"Dr. Fate saw the future."

Kendra's voice became hoarse, "The future shows that only a man sent from the heavens, a man sent from the heavens to land on Patrick Farm, can change the predetermined fate. I cannot... I absolutely cannot let him fall into your hands."

With a pained expression, she said, "I have never believed, never believed that without Peter Patrick, his children, the world could be saved. You will only bring more chaos and destruction."

"I must get this spaceship!"

Before he could finish speaking, Kendra swung his warhammer, imbued with terrifying dark energy, down fiercely towards Lyra, who was preparing to open the spaceship at the bottom of the pit.

A thick torrent of energy, seemingly capable of swallowing all light, descended from the sky and struck Lyra's back.

"No!"

Barry yelled at Kendra. In that split second, Barry pushed his Speed ​​Force to its limit, transforming into a golden bolt of lightning that instantly positioned itself between the energy torrent and Lyra.

"Oh!"

The torrent of energy collided violently with the golden barrier of speed.

A hissing sound rang out as energy was forcibly annihilated.

The speed field that Barry constructed only lasted for less than a second before it shattered.

"Ugh—!"

Barry let out a painful groan, feeling as if he had been hit by a high-speed train. The violent energy instantly invaded his speed field, blasting him violently away from the edge of the pit.

The lightning surrounding Barry dimmed instantly, and his body traced an arc in the air before crashing heavily onto the ground in the distance.

"Barry!"

Hearing the noise, Leila turned around sharply and saw Barry being knocked away.

Upon seeing Kendra's sneak attack, Lyra's eyes instantly blazed with fury.

Kendra, watching Barry being easily defeated, showed no smugness on his face, only a more twisted madness.

She refocused her gaze on Leila, preparing to launch another attack.

"You...are unforgivable!"

Lyra let out an angry roar, abandoning her plan to open the spaceship immediately, and her body leaped up from the spot like a spring compressed to its limit.

With a speed that Kendra couldn't even react to, Lyra instantly appeared in front of him.

The next second, a fist slammed solidly into her shoulder.

"Crack!"

A clear cracking sound rang out.

"what!!!"

Kendra let out a scream and flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

With a loud thud, Kendra crashed heavily to the ground.

She struggled to get up, but her left shoulder was a bloody mess, the bones were broken, and blood was gushing out of the wound.

Barry struggled to lift his head from the ground and saw Lyra hovering in mid-air, watching Kendra lying motionless on the ground.

Although she didn't know why Kendra attacked her, Lyra knew that he was originally on her side, so she didn't continue the attack.

But soon something unbelievable happened to Barry and Leila.

Despite his severe injuries, Kendra, lying on the ground, did not lose consciousness; instead, he uttered even more bizarre murmurs.

She seemed to be struggling against some unseen force, or performing some kind of evil sacrificial ritual; her body began to convulse violently and unnaturally.

"His!"

A chilling tearing sound suddenly rang out.

Under the shocked gazes of Barry and Lyra, a pair of wings covered in glossy black feathers suddenly burst forth from Kendra's shoulder blades.

Its wings spread wide, blotting out the sky, casting shadows that seemed capable of swallowing even the light of the World Tree.

In addition, Kendra's body is also undergoing a strange change.

Kendra's skin became rough and hardened, and reptile-like scales and bone spurs appeared on his body. His head twisted and deformed, and his mouth protruded forward, transforming into a beak-like structure covered with keratin.

In an instant, Kendra transformed into a pitch-black hawkwoman, radiating endless malice and chaos.

"Roar!!!"

Black Hawkwoman threw her head back and let out a deafening roar. The sound waves contained a dark power that could tear the soul apart, causing the surrounding air to tremble.

What happened to her?

Leila, standing to the side in shock, asked Barry.

Barry was also in a state of confusion, and stammered:
“I guess it was Barbatos, it was his power. He, Barbatos, took advantage of Kendra’s fear and despair about the future, and her distrust of us, which threw her into a state of turmoil, and planted the seeds of corruption deep within her heart, turning her into a slave to darkness.”

Just as Lyra frowned, wondering how to deal with the Black Hawk Woman in front of her.

"Stab!!!"

A thick bolt of lightning, imbued with ancient magic and destructive power, tore through the night sky above the farm without warning, striking down directly at Lyra.

Laila reacted instantly, her figure flashing to the side like a phantom.

"boom!"

The golden lightning bolt barely grazed her afterimage before striking the spot where she had been standing.

The earth was instantly blasted open, leaving a scorched crater. Soil and grass clippings were instantly vaporized by the high temperature, and a pungent smell of ozone and sulfur filled the air.

Lyra landed a few meters away, raised her head, and looked in the direction from which the lightning had struck, her eyes burning with anger.

In the night sky, a tall and imposing figure hovered above.

The opponent was clad in ancient black armor, with a mysterious lightning symbol flashing on his chest, and a red cloak fluttering behind him.

"Black Adam?"

Barry, barely able to support his upper body, asked in disbelief and anger, "Why did you attack us?"

Black Adam slowly descended, hovering in front of the black hawk monster that Kendra had transformed into, his voice filled with arrogance.

"why?"

He repeated himself, letting out a cold laugh, "Because I've seen reality, Flash. I assessed the strength of both sides and came to a very simple conclusion—"

His voice suddenly rose in pitch.

“I simply do not believe that your so-called ‘Padric Alliance’ can defeat Barbatos and his Dark Knights.”

"Rather than following you in a doomed and futile resistance, and letting my homeland Kandak turn to ashes in the war like other places, it is wiser to make a better choice."

He glanced at Kendra behind him, who was emanating a terrifying aura, and continued:

“I have surrendered to the Dark Knights, exchanging your insignificant resistance for the peace of Kandak. In my opinion, this deal is more than worthwhile.”

“You…you…”

Barry was so angry at this human traitor that he could barely speak.

Doesn't this guy understand that all of humanity has been plunged into darkness, so how could Kandak possibly escape it?

Lyra's eyes blazed with fury after hearing Black Adam's foolish declaration.

"Foolish! Short-sighted! Hopeless!"

Lyra's voice was filled with contempt and anger, "You think kneeling and surrendering will bring peace? Barbatos wants to devour everything. Kandak will eventually be crushed in the darkness like other worlds, leaving not even a trace."

Black Adam looked at the furious Lyra, frowned, and asked, "Who are you?"

He had heard of Peter's children, but had never met anyone like this.

And why is this woman dressed so similarly to Superman and Supergirl? Is she the new Superman?
“I am Lyra Padric, daughter of Peter Padric.”

She quickly said to Barry, "Barry, keep an eye on the ship. Leave this bastard to me."

Before she finished speaking, Lyra's figure vanished from the spot.

The next moment, she appeared before Black Adam like a ghost, without warning.

A look of astonishment flashed across Black Adam's eyes.

He didn't even see how Leila got close.

"What?!"

Her response was Lyra's angry fist.

Black Adam was, after all, a seasoned warrior. His fighting instincts drove him to cross his arms in front of his chest at the last moment, while simultaneously mobilizing the immense power of Shazam within him, attempting to withstand the attack head-on.

"Oh!"

A deafening roar erupted.

The terrifying shockwave spread outward in a ring, scraping away a thick layer of the ground, and even the branches and leaves of the World Tree in the distance were blown wildly.

"Ugh—!"

Black Adam felt an overwhelming force, completely irresistible, slamming through his defenses and crashing into his arms and chest.

A sharp pain shot through his arms, which he was using to protect himself, and Black Adam was sent flying backward uncontrollably.

It flew in a messy parabola and crashed into the depths of a cornfield that had not yet been affected, kicking up a cloud of dust and broken stalks. It destroyed countless ears of corn before finally coming to a stop.

Seeing the enraged Lyra send Black Adam flying with a single punch, Barry's mouth dropped open in astonishment.

No wonder she's Mr. Patrick's daughter!
(End of this chapter)