The Death Knell

John frowned and thought for a while. The tall black man scratched his flat head. The muscles under the green light uniform were bulging, but he didn't have the honest feeling of Arthur at all.

"In that case, the lantern group should not be reliable either. This universe seems to be revolving around the earth, and the alien forces are just following the advice of those fakes, the fake Zhenglian."

Having said this, John sighed helplessly:

"Hal used to tell me when he was drinking that the lantern group was the Gestapo in the universe. All those blue dwarfs were missing two mustaches. 99% of aliens didn't care about the life or death of the earth... Now look Come on, what he said was right.”

Kendra spread his hands and moved his wings: "Then Senagang is ruled out. Even though its ruler is still Siara, you are right, we cannot rely on aliens."

So after talking for a while, in the end everyone's eyes still stayed on Diana.

Now the only way she came up with was to connect the anthropomorphic existence with the concept of magic - the Upside Down Man, to bring himself back from the multiverse level.

No one knows as much about the magical world as she does, and the only one who can deny herself is herself.

But Diana was very confident. She believed that her plan was feasible. She had seen Deathstroke deal with the Upside Down many times, and she herself had been teleported through the Dream Kingdom.

Even if this is really the sixth dimension, the master control room of the multiverse, and even if Papetua once hid here, it's still within the multiverse.

Compared with her previous self, Diana has learned a lot of new knowledge in just a few days. She knows much more about the existence of high-level concepts and the theory of parallel worlds than before.

Not to mention magic. Although she is not a spell caster, she grew up on Paradise Island, received royal education, and has been exposed to various magical arts and magical creatures. The average Amazon warrior cannot compare with her.

In addition, Deathstroke and Bobo have been giving her some extra lessons from time to time recently, and she has learned new ideas by acting with them.

She knows that there is a kind of magic that does not require the user to master the basics of magic at all. Even ordinary people can cast it with a little preparation.

That is the magic of demon summoning.

There are often ignorant children or desperate housewives who find some weird books from bookstores or the attics of old houses. They are full of beautiful red text and illustrations, and the lines are dotted with weird creatures with long horns.

The book not only describes the power levels of various demons and introduces the organizational structure of hell, but also records some "pleasant" things. In short, it is:

‘Do you want everything to go well? Want to reach the top of your life? Do you want someone you hate to die? ’

‘Contact us now! The first 100 viewers who call the hotline now will also receive gifts from our hell, with a 50% discount! ’

‘It’s better to act than to have a heartbeat. It will be in the basement of your house at ten minutes today! Draw a five-pointed star with chicken blood, light a candle, and our salesperson will come to serve you! ’

It suddenly sounds like you are making a lot of money, 50% off? Wouldn’t Satan be so sorry that he would cry?

Most people are obsessed with the power and beauty described in the book, but they never thought that even if the price is 50%, the monetary unit of the transaction is the soul, and half of the soul falls into the hands of the devil...

According to Constantine, it would be better to die directly.

Now there is no sorcerer among the crowd. It is impossible to use magic to turn people upside down. The only way is to summon the devil and let the devil do it for him.

Hell and heaven also belong to high-level planes. If you use yourself as bait to summon a hell demon, you should be able to do it.

If that's the case, then contact Mackenzie, call her over, and let Batman be responsible for negotiating terms with the devil, and he should be fine.

Batman calmly listened to Diana's plan. He pinched his chin, unsure.

It's not that her method is not feasible. Batman is not afraid of negotiating terms with the devil. What he is not sure about is whether this Diana is real?

It's not that Diana wasn't smart before, but the sword in her hand moved much faster than her brain.

But now, she can actually come up with this indirect borrowing plan, and it sounds like she plans to trick the Demon King of Hell. Did she learn this from Deathstroke?

Batman didn't know what Deathstroke taught Diana, and he couldn't compare and analyze it with her experience, so he was a little unsure of the other party's identity.

But at this time, he saw her fiddling with the mental shielding device she had been given before without putting it on, and a familiar silver light flashed on the back of her neck.

He knew this was true. Deathstroke had given her all the X metal, so there would be no lies.

Diana has X-metal in hand, and John also has an X-metal cannonball that Batman gave him. The collision between them will produce a resonance that can be transmitted to every corner of the multiverse. There is no need to contact Hell. Demon King.

Before the Syndicate crashed to Earth, the Justice League held a meeting to discuss its fate.

If it was decided not to let the 'comet' land at that time, let John fire X-metal shells to destroy it.

It's just that the result of everyone's meeting was to let it land, hoping to find a way to stop the bleeding in the multiverse, but they didn't expect that it would lead to so many things about the Legion of Destruction.

And the cannonball was still on John's body.

Batman said the improved method, John also took out the small cannonball from the light ring, and Diana breathed a sigh of relief.

If she wasn't desperate, she wouldn't be willing to make a deal with the Demon King of Hell.

"But if they collide, our position will be exposed." Diana put on the mental shielding device and took off the silver disc on the back of her head.

It was vibrating, as if the knell were urgently telling her something, but there was no pattern, not Morse code or any other signal she knew.

What does the death knell mean?

Batman took over the cannonballs, which were about the size of pears, and the flakes the size of coins, and of course he noticed they were shaking at the first moment.

Whatever Deathstroke was doing, it wasn't sending a message.

X-metal collision combined with psychic abilities can transmit information. It is not difficult for Deathstroke to find a psychic person on Earth. Even if Megan is unwilling to follow him, he can definitely find a villain like Queen Bee or Thinker. .

This is the advantage of being a mercenary. Deathstroke can talk between heroes and villains, which is unmatched by anyone in Zhenglian.

As a member of the Justice League, let alone cooperating with those people, even if Batman or Superman appeared in the opponent's field of vision, the opponent would either run away or resist desperately, without giving them a chance to talk at all.

Even if the villains agree to cooperate, Batman will suspect them of ulterior motives. At least from his experience, those guys all have ulterior motives.

So Batman wanted Diana to form the Justice League Dark, and also wanted Bobo to join the team, because he was interested in Bobo's connections.

As the owner of the Forgotten Bar, the orangutan knew many dark wizards, and even many of the demons could speak to him.

It's a pity that the death knell disrupted the plan before it took shape.

After retracting his thoughts, Batman's expression did not change much: "Although this looks like a container, it is actually a permanent fortification. It is arranged at the level of the Hall of Justice. I believe it can temporarily block it for a while."

Ron pinched the corners of his eyes and floated on the ground: "As long as the death knell moves quickly enough, we will be safe."

"He has always been fast." Barry interjected: "He is the fastest ordinary person I have ever seen, but I am still faster. I am the fastest man in the multiverse."

John felt that there seemed to be some ambiguity in Barry's words, and it seemed inappropriate to say that to him? But he didn't dwell on that:

"We will discuss whether Deathstroke is an ordinary person later. The question now is...are you sure he will react immediately and help us? Can we really put all our hopes on a mercenary?"

"Okay." Diana gave an affirmative answer, almost without thinking.

This is not the first time that Deathstroke has helped Zheng Lian. Even the old Deathstroke from the main world was very clear-headed in the face of right and wrong.

Barry also ran and shouted: "No problem, I have a good relationship with him, he is a good man."

Ron had never seen Deathstroke's thoughts, so it was difficult for him to express his opinions, and also because Deathstroke once saved him from a tuning fork, which he still owed a favor to.

So the Martians, as always, turned their attention to Batman to see his decision.

John is right. If his position is exposed and Deathstroke fails to respond within a short period of time, everyone will be in big trouble.

Batman thought for a while, and now Thomas should be acting with Deathstroke. Thinking that Deathstroke helped him find his father from an external timeline, Batman was a little confused about what the other person was thinking.

He never trusts anyone, but now that Thomas is resurrected, does that mean Deathstroke shouldn't have much of a problem?

What did the clown say?

Batman looked at his shoulder. Others thought he was just looking at his cape, but only he knew that was not the case.

His current situation was much more serious than Diana had imagined, and in his eyes, there was one more person present than what others saw.

The clown has been skating around in front of his eyes from beginning to end. When everyone was discussing before, they even lay on his shoulders and hummed a lullaby...

"Sleep, sleep, poof, my dearest bat, hehe... Mom's hands will always...hehe, shaking you..."

The lullaby mixed with strange laughter made Batman's hair stand on end, and the Joker actually grabbed his arm with both hands and shook it gently.

He knew that the madman's appearance was an illusion, but the clown who finished singing kept talking as if he was still alive.

"Oh, my old friend with pointed ears, do you think I am an honest person? I vouch for Deathstroke and let him try, or are you afraid of death? Afraid of being reunited with me? Hahahaha.... ..Quick, touch your hands together, like applauding, yes, that’s great..."

Batman raised his hands, but he clenched his teeth and his eyes looked very ferocious, as if he was resisting something.

Under the influence of the Joker, he forgot about finding the real Superman, and he was searching his own memory, trying to recall what he had forgotten.

"Huh..." After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head, and handed the two X metal props to Diana: "It's better you do it, and I'll prepare the defense."

After saying that, he lifted up his cloak, walked out of the bullet time realm of the Speed ​​Force, and disappeared into the darkness not far away.