What bad intentions could Batman have?

The Dark Multiverse is Barbatos' domain. Even in a one-on-one fight, Chen Tao doesn't feel that Lord Barbatos will be at a disadvantage.

No matter how powerful Parallax Demon and Superboy-Prime are, they entered the current reality from the past timeline. For this reason alone, it is not difficult for Barbatos to deal with them both in the Forge of the World, Barbatos' home ground.

Compared to the front on the great Lord Barbatos' side, things here with Chen Tao are more serious.

A very serious problem:

He's having a little bit of...a little bit of indigestion right now.

"Open your mouth quickly, I want to come out!"

He heard his stomach yell: "Damn Barbatos, how dare you..."

"You are not allowed to threaten the great Lord Barbatos. Lord Barbatos is the great savior of the multiverse and the greatest hero!"

You see, these words sound ridiculous, but Chen Tao didn't lie.

The anti-monitor who was struggling desperately in Chen Tao's stomach asked loudly: "Are you really willing to be controlled by Barbatos? Do you really think you can really take away my power like he said, and then take away my power from the game?" Leave calmly?"

He said loudly: "Do you really think Barbatos' power is so easy to get? You also disobeyed Barbatos's orders, and once he frees his hands, you are finished. You have to let me go, and you can only be with me." Only by working together can you fight against Barbatos!"

Chen Tao ignored what the anti-monitor said.

He lay down in the cosmic space, like an old hen hatching an egg, and on his body, the face of the Anti-Monitor kept showing through desperately, trying to break out of the body, but was still unable to do so. To a certain extent, everything the anti-monitor said was true. Now Chen Tao's body is a little complicated.

First of all, Chen Tao originally had the power of Barbatos in his body. Originally, after he swallowed the heart and became corrupted, he would become the Dragon of Barbatos and officially occupy that position.

At the beginning, Barbatos did not intend to use his power to directly control Chen Tao, as that would give him a puppet on strings, but this was not what Barbatos wanted. What he needs are soldiers like the Dark Knights who can both imbue themselves with power and fight on their own.

These pollutions will slowly corrupt Chen Tao's thoughts as time goes by, just like the slowly corrupted Laughing Bat.

But this also bought Chen Tao enough time, allowing him to transfer the battlefield from the dark multiverse to the light multiverse.

Then he swallows a lot of superheroes. With the Shiquan Hero Dabu Pill, Chen Tao combined their powers and once again faced off against the pollution of Barbatos.

If we rule out the inevitable event that those heroes will eventually dissolve the fusion with Chen Tao, but for now, for Chen Tao, with the help of heroes, although the pollution of Barbatos is very dangerous, it is not imminent.

But when he forcibly fused Barbatos' Anti-Monitor Dragon with the help of Barbatos, all this changed.

Barbatos' control of the Anti-Monitor is completely puppet-like manipulation, which is why the Anti-Monitor has no power to resist when faced with Chen Tao's fusion and can only be humiliated.

In order to win Batman's trust, Barbatos completely handed over the dominance of this body to Chen Tao in exchange for Chen Tao's help. Then came the back stabbing, and the price for Chen Tao was the loss of Barbatos. Toth's suppression, the Anti-Monitor he swallowed into his body rebelled.

"Batman, I'm not up to anything. But the truth is... if you really want to get rid of Barbatos... are you really listening to me?"

"Barbatos, after he solves Parallax Hal and Superboy-Prime, he will use the authority of [Dragon of Barbatos] to forcibly deprive this body of control. He has already removed the power of [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse]. The personality is stained with his own mark, do you think it is so easy to fight against Barbatos who is going all out?"

"Only if you release me and the two of us can fight against Barbatos' grasp at the same time..."

But before the anti-monitor could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Tao.

"And you, by virtue of your identity as a sixth-dimensional god as an anti-monitor, can gradually get rid of Barbatos' control by delaying it for longer and longer.

And I will gradually become Barbatos' pawn because of my mortal mind and the passage of time. "

Then the Anti-Monitor heard Batman's cynicism:

"And since I helped you attract more of Barbatos' energy, you'll be able to play cat-and-mouse with Barbatos and delay it for as long as possible."

"Then you are completely free from Barbatos' control but still retain half of the authority of [Dragon of Barbatos] and the power he once shared with you. At this time, you only need to murder me, the person of [Dragon of Barbatos] It will also be captured by you and transform back into the [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse].”

"After occupying this position, you will have the authority and identity to exist openly in the current timeline. Even Barbatos will be powerless against you...right?"

The Anti-Monitor stopped talking because Batman said everything he was thinking? Or is it because he realizes there's nothing he can do to convince Batman?

But none of that matters anymore.

He realized that he had no control over the other person's actions, and the only thing he could do was to force his way out of the cage.

But he still didn't understand one thing.

"Why do you think blocking me here can change anything?"

He said loudly: "You are just dragging me to finish you off."

"Want to hear my plan? Counter-Monitor?"

Then the Anti-Monitor heard Batman say:

"Barbatos has imbued this person with his own power, and his power is everywhere like poison. Unless I am willing to give up holding these powers and persons belonging to Barbatos, no matter how I control them, They will always be harassed by Barbatos unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless I can split my current body in two and pour all the influence of Barbatos in this character into you, it's like forcing all the toxins in a poisonous apple into the already poisonous that side.”

"I will lose a great deal of my personality and strength, but Barbatos' influence will also leave my body."

"As long as I can keep part of the [Dragon of Barbatos] and a part of the personality that is not controlled by Barbatos, then this personality will become the [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse]."

Then the Anti-Monitor heard Batman say: "Only by mastering this identity, can I have the ability to protect my own universe under the influence of Barbatos. My universe, Night Owl's universe, I have spent so much effort , it’s all for these two universes, isn’t it?”

"Then what are you going to do? You said it's easy, but how are you going to do it specifically?"

The Anti-Monitor's questions did not get an answer.

He heard Batman say:

"I have no idea."

Then he heard the other party pause and continue:

"So I'm praying, praying to myself."

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It is so wonderful that all this is happening. Outside the vast time and space, Dr. Manhattan is observing the development of the DC multiverse.

He witnessed all this happening, but was full of doubts.

At first, he thought that the Superboy Supreme brought by Chen Tao from the Dark Multiverse was just an inferior reflection of the Superboy Supreme in the Dark Multiverse, but he soon discovered that the Superboy who appeared from the Dark Multiverse was not the same as Superboy. There is a connection between Superboy and Superboy in the Multiverse of Light.

Then the Superboy of the Dark Multiverse became a time trapper, and the history before he appeared on the origin wall of the Dark Multiverse was completed by the super-time flow, and then completed the closed loop of the current timeline——

This is an extremely mysterious reverse cause and effect.

Dr. Manhattan can hardly tell what is [Dark Multiverse Superboy-Prime came to the main universe and was chosen to be a time trapper] → [Therefore, the multiverse merged his history into Superboy-Prime’s timeline, and he is no longer The mirror image of the Dark Multiverse turned him into the Superboy Prime at some point in the future] → [The Multiverse reversed the fact that he was so powerful in the Dark Multiverse that he was almost close to the original Superboy], or maybe Another case:

[From the beginning, it was the Time Trap who entered the Dark Multiverse, and now he comes to meet his original destiny]

(Note: To put it simply, Situation 1: Hypertime Flow: Hey, you, the supreme superman of the dark multiverse, just fill in my bug called the time trapper, so I’ll let you fill it.

No, you are too weak, so I have to change your past history in the Dark Multiverse. You are not weak, you have always been strong in the Dark Multiverse! I erased your history of being weak in the Dark Multiverse!

Scenario 2: The Time Trap accidentally fell into Dark Diversity.

Manhattan couldn't tell whether it was situation 1 or 2. )

This reversal of cause and effect is very complicated and confusing, but in short, the super-time flow is successful. In the future history observed by Doctor Manhattan, the time trapper punched up Earth 15, and Lantern No. 1 traveled through The universe, the future is fixed.

Parallax returns to his Zero Hour timeline, Superboy-Prime returns to his own in Sinestro Corps War, and Time Trap wanders the end of time after destroying Earth-15. , until he was wiped out by Superboy-Prime with a punch during "Final Crisis: Legion of Three Realms".

After the Legion of Three Realms incident, the timeline was pushed forward again, New 52 happened, DC Universe was reborn, and Batman from the Dark Multiverse used the two universes as a hammer to push the Anti-Monitor into the Light Multiverse... Pushed forward again, Until now...

Batman throws Parallax Hal and Superboy-Prime to Barbatos.

He is waiting now, what is he waiting for?

There must be something causing the closed loop of time, Dr. Manhattan wants to see it, he wants to understand it.

If the Time Trap appears now, if he appears here now, the first thing he will do will not be to destroy the earth, but to kill Batman.

Due to this change, Lantern No. 1 will travel with his mother in advance, and give up resurrecting his own earth for a certain period of time, thus failing to teach the guardians of the universe the spectrum of emotions...

This would create another bifurcation of the multiverse: the timeline where Superman, the president who was blind in one eye, and Justice Incarnate come from.

Now the two timelines meet at this node.

One is the world line in which [Earth 15 is destroyed] time completes the closed loop and starts running again, and the other is the timeline in which [Earth 15 is destroyed a little late] leading to the collapse and complete destruction of the multiverse.

Dr. Manhattan really wanted to know how Batman completed the time loop, or how the super time flow healed itself to avoid the damage of the timeline such as the destruction of the universe.

Dr. Manhattan closed his blue eyes, and in an instant, endless forked history appeared in front of him.

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"Damn it, Batman, I found the promethium metal. You don't need to know why I appeared here. You asked me to come... and how you got this shit, these are not important. Damn it, anyway, you have to use the sword made of this metal to cut your own body! Split yourself in two! Those purest..."

Dr. Manhattan saw a history.

The golden pioneer on a certain timeline appeared in front of Chen Tao, and he offered him promethium.

When Batman used promethium to cut open his body, he was unable to completely eliminate the influence of Barbatos in power. The poisonous thoughts of Barbatos still remained in his body. Therefore, the Anti-Monitor who was separated was not completely controlled by Barbatos in his body, so he could barely resist Barbatos' orders and did not go to the World Crucible to help him fight against Parallax Morhal and Superboy-Prime.

Batman and the Anti-Monitor fought fiercely, and with the addition of the Time Trapper, the melee between the three of them caused Earth 15 to not be destroyed by the Time Trapper at the original time point.

The world line of the multiverse is heading towards collapse...

The multiverse tried to repair itself again.

"This is a sword forged with electrum and promethium. It can be perfectly divided..."

No, the world is destroyed.

(Note: Although electrum is a fluid metal, it can still be forged into a weapon as long as it finds a powerful craftsman to forge it)

The multiverse continued to try.

"This is electrum, Dionysus factor and promethium... He can be divided..."

No, the universe is destroyed.

Try again.

"This is amber gold, Dionysus factor, promethium metal and nth metal..."

Still can't, destroyed again.

After repeated many times... finally.

"This is a sword forged with nth metal as the base material, supplemented with amber gold, Dionysus factor, Amazon metal, and more importantly, it also incorporates a drop of bat gold, which is forged from the underground cosmic fire of Gotham City."

Chen Tao looked at the golden pioneer who appeared in front of him. The other party was exhausted. He used to be a person who liked to joke, but now he was exhausted and couldn't even laugh.

More than 20 speedsters were in front of Chen Tao.

The second generation Flash Barry Allen, the third generation Flash Wally West, the first generation Flash, Jay Garrick wearing a steel helmet, Johnny Quick and Jesse Quick (the one who uses the speed formula is not the same person as the evil Flash Johnny Quick of Earth 3)

The Flash Boy and the fourth generation Flash Bart Allen, as well as the Chinese Flash Avery Ho, Red Runner, and even the Flash villain "Speedy" August participated in it, and some Chen Tao couldn't name (such as Wallace West, the Flash in Kingdom Come Deliverance, John Fox, the Flash in the 27th century, and Max Mercury, the speedster also called Quicksilver in DC)

The candidates behind are getting more and more outrageous. Chen Tao even saw a black lightning that specializes in hunting speedsters. Shouldn't this be a time ghost that specializes in killing speedsters?

They gathered around Chen Tao.

Chen Tao tried to talk to some of them, but everyone kept their mouths shut, trying not to let Chen Tao know any information from the future to prevent it from affecting the future.

Only the leader, Barry Allen, said concisely: "We will use the Speed ​​Force to help you separate the Anti-Monitor."

Then Chen Tao asked Barry anything else, and he didn't say a word.

So Chen Tao could only raise his sword high.

"Don't even think about it!"

The Anti-Monitor shouted: "If you throw all the energy of Barbatos to me, I will be completely controlled by him!"

But what's the use of these howls now?

The Anti-Monitor struggled desperately, he almost succeeded, almost, or at some point he had the illusion that he could turn out of Batman's palm.

Then he saw another version of the Golden Booster behind the panting Time Master. The two of them openly opened the super-time flow portal in front of Chen Tao. At the other end of the portal, "Final Crisis" was happening.

This DC event, which ended with the death of Darkseid, performed an Omega Effect to the Anti-Monitor on the spot to leave the user.

As this incident happened, the Anti-Monitor, whose anti-life equation was unstable due to the Omega Effect leaving the user, finally completely lost the last bit of resistance.

With Chen Tao's screams, the division was completely completed. Although Chen Tao felt that he only had about 1/4 of the Dragon of Barbatos left, this status now...

can be called the [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse].

As the Anti-Monitor was dragged away by Barbatos to act as a thug with screams, Chen Tao also swung his tail to save his own dark multiverse. When they both left the scene in front of them...

The Time Trapper arrived at Earth 15 at their heels.

Time and space were closed.

What is the bright multiverse?