togophonebook Chapter 583 The Consumables Were Actually Myself?
Chapter 583 The Consumables Were Actually Myself?
Chapter 583 The Consumables Were Actually Myself?
This is the darkness of decay.
Anton A. Kane sat on the highest throne of the corrupt kingdom. At this moment, the last remaining member of the corrupt council, who was still clinging to life, had his last bit of power absorbed by him and vanished into nothingness amidst wails.
Like the councilors of other natural energies, these members of the Decay Council were once spokespeople who used the power of the Decay Black in history. After their deaths, they returned to the Decay Black and will forever guard this place, preventing it from expanding in the darkest, most insane, and disorderly direction.
But clearly, they failed.
Apart from the low-level spokesperson named Bane, and a portion still lingering within Batman's body, Anton Arkansas, after a long period of time, finally unified the corrupt darkness.
This is a completely different experience... In the world of death, the Black Decay is a separate realm that has been carved out, filling the void of death on the magical side.
When Akane finally killed those stubborn and corrupt members of parliament who were resisting, and thoroughly absorbed their knowledge and experience, he understood death itself more than ever before.
He sensed death, manifested in ways other than the decaying black... Black lightning, representing the death of the Speed Force runners; Black Runner, representing the death of the new gods of Apokolips; Reaper of Scythes (a character from the Phantom Strangers comic series) - the death brought by prophecy; and Candlestick Maker... (a villain from the DC superhero organization "Doom Patrol").
They are all multifaceted to death, while the true face of death is hidden behind the hem of a skirt shrouded in a hazy mist.
Of course, there's also the Black Death Emperor… the Lord of No Life, Death on the emotional spectrum. The most powerful of all the Death Agents that Akane has sensed, and likely the only one.
Akane tapped his twisted knuckles twice.
This action attracted his servants... but not the well-known Three Hunters.
The Three Hunters of Decay are Akane's henchmen. In the early days of Batman's career, they even used the bodies of Ms. Vicki and Count Vertigo to confront Batman in Gotham, and directly caused Bane, who was still controlled by the Joker's Laughter virus at the time, to be tainted by the power of Decay for the first time.
They were powerful, but their strength came entirely from the decaying darkness. And now... they had been eliminated by Anton-Akain, like a tattered rag.
Now serving Akane...
The mutilated body of Lady Styx appeared before Akane.
Her blue face was completely distorted. What was originally a pretty face, even by Earthling standards, had now become a hideous and terrifying creature, resembling an insect.
Her mouth transformed into something resembling an insect's mouthparts, covered with tiny, sharp teeth, while her eyes became even more numerous compound eyes, densely packed on her face.
Dark matter swirled around his body; clearly, the Night Owls had severely wounded them, and Akainu had ambushed, killed, and transformed them, while Lady Styx retained her original powers.
Next to Lady Styx appeared the Demon of Despair, who, like Lady Styx, was now a pink corpse.
Unlike Lady Styx, whose appearance was merely altered while her limbs remained unchanged, Despair Demon was completely transformed by Arkansas into a terrifying monster. He could no longer even put his feet on the ground, and could only support himself on his half-lying position using his enormous insect-like limbs.
If Lady Styx and the Demon of Despair are both here, then the Galactic Puppet...
However, his enormous size clearly made it impossible for him to appear in this tiny palace.
"It's time."
Akane said.
"The era of the decaying land is about to begin. Even Batman cannot stop death from coming. The Green of All Things is no longer a threat, the Swamp Thing is long dead, and they simply do not have a new representative strong enough. Neither Poison Ivy nor Black Orchid can stop us."
He said, "Once we kill Animal Man's daughter, Michaela, the power of the King of Life will belong entirely to Decay Black."
(Note: A-Kane's intelligence is outdated. The position of spokesperson for the Red of All Beings has been taken from Michael Xin by Chen Tao, who also drowned as a wronged soul.)
Arkan rose from his throne, and dark matter, almost tangible, coalesced around Lady Styx, while Despair howled to the heavens in response to his voice.
Feeling the immense power within him, Akane felt invincible, even though he knew it was just an illusion caused by the overwhelming power.
With such powerful resources as Lady Styx, he is no longer afraid of the Justice Alliance in terms of mid-level combat strength.
Aside from his power and the servants he manipulates...
Anton A. Kane opened his hands. In his palms, the power of the emotional spectrum flickered and leaped incessantly, not only the green of will, but also the yellow energy of fear, the purple energy of love, all seven energies of the emotional spectrum were present.
The power of this emotional spectrum was a gift from a man in black called Lantern Zero to Akane. And Akane quickly verified that these powers were not just empty words.
Now, not only is Akane adept at manipulating the energy of the seven lamps, but he does so as if he created these powers himself.
Under Akane's tireless study, the seed even sprouted colorful, vein-like threads that grew into his body, greatly increasing his strength.
He also quickly absorbed a large amount of spectral energy through the seed left to him by the first Lantern Man, and used this spectral energy to suppress the uncontrollable Black Lantern energy he had absorbed from the Black Death Emperor.
Although Arkan couldn't utilize these black light energies, he still felt a surge of power through analyzing them. This was wisdom from a pioneer in the realm of death, which greatly benefited him and filled him with confidence in the impending arrival of the corrupt kingdom.
If he can spread enough death, the whole world will become a paradise of decay and darkness, and even Batman will be helpless against him.
He could continue to analyze the power of the Black Death Emperor, and then expand his own decaying blackness in the same way. He sensed that in addition to his own planet, there were other planets that also possessed decaying blackness, and they also had their own representatives, followed by even larger worlds.
He can continue to grow stronger and then challenge the Black Death Emperor in the realm of death...
Akane pulled a bag from behind him and then took out a 3D imaging phone from it.
Yes, the Lord of Decay is indeed down-to-earth. Many years ago, Anton Akai was a normal human being. Unlike the Black Death Emperor, who was an anomaly, he had human emotions and could understand human pain and reluctance. What's worse, knowing these things, he made a living by torturing others and creating suffering.
After so many years, Akane has long since come to enjoy it.
"Akan, I need your help."
As soon as he turned on his phone, a three-dimensional image of Shadow Calamity appeared in front of him.
He always wore his hooded jacket, dressing like a villain from a third-rate comic book in front of Akane. But Akane knew just how dangerous the other man was.
"What kind of help? Where?"
Arkan has no doubts. He has now fully absorbed the power of the council and has also obtained the emotional spectrum as an energy booster. Now Arkan is not afraid of anyone, not even the Black Death Emperor. He dares to reach out to him.
"I was attacked by a death demon from another dimension. His power seems to be slightly related to death, and you are the master of death."
The flattery hidden in seemingly ordinary conversations made Akane lose his due vigilance.
"Of all the people I know, you are the only one who truly masters the manipulation of death. I need you to save me now and help me fight off this demon."
Upon hearing what the Shadow Calamity, who had imparted his power to him, said, Akane immediately asked, "Location?"
He paused for a moment, then added, "You owe me a favor."
One debt of gratitude is the result of a meticulously planned scheme by Shadow Calamity.
Shadow Calamity left Akainu a spatial coordinate, and Akainu soon discovered that this place was not actually any corner of their universe at all, but looked like some other dimension, a dimensional rift.
This made him hesitate slightly, but due to the temptation of increased power and the possibility of gaining more knowledge about the emotional spectrum after saving Shadow Calamity, Akane ultimately opened the spatial portal and teleported directly there.
As he left, he briefly instructed the corpses of Lady Styx and the Demon of Despair, who were still standing there in a daze: "I'll be back soon. Guard this place well. When I return, we'll continue with the plan..."
The sky darkened for a moment, then brightened again. Anton A. Kane found himself traversing space and appearing in a vast, pure white space.
"A calamity for the enemy?"
Akane asked in a low voice, trying to check if there were any other people in the space, but then...
He discovered that the white building was disappearing, and wisps of black mist appeared from the corner of the room. In an instant, the place where he was standing turned into a graveyard.
Graves, dead people—Akan felt all too familiar with this scene; he was the master of death. But this place was different.
Akane wanted to use the power of the Decaying Black to temporarily resurrect a corpse in a grave, which would be very useful for both guiding and other purposes.
Then he failed.
At this point, Akane finally realized what he was facing. His first thought was to break through space and escape back to his Decaying Blackness, which existed in every corner of the world. It was an alternate dimension, as ever-present as death.
What Arkan occupied was only a small patch of decaying blackness near Earth. He used teleportation magic to travel through the decaying blackness and arrived here following the guidance of the Calamity.
He began to regret not having figured out where he was going before he arrived.
But it was too late. As Akane writhed and twisted among the layers of tombstones like a skinned frog, he realized he couldn't leave no matter what. Then he sensed the increasingly intense aura of death, and he finally understood where he was...
The realm of another Lord of Death, a death more powerful than himself, a meticulously prepared trap.
When Akainu, hopping around like a skinned frog, finally crossed five hills filled with tombstones, he was horrified to see the Black Death Emperor's enormous face emerge from the darkness.
He had nowhere to run.
"Damn liar, you think you can catch me just because you tricked me into coming here? You think I'll surrender so easily?"
He launched an attack on the Black Death Emperor: "We are all destined to die, do you really think you can kill me?"
In an instant, an endless aura of withered black decay erupted from his body, and countless tombstones in the distance seemed to have decayed and rotted for thousands of years. The Black Death Emperor raised his arm and slowly pulled out his huge scythe.
As Anton Akain roared, his body grew larger and larger, with countless dark red, corpse-like muscles sprouting from his body, making him appear as a pile of countless huge red muscles.
Arkan grew fangs and opened his massive jaws, becoming as large as the Black Death Emperor. He roared at his opponent like a ferocious dog.
A violent sonic wave, carrying a foul stench, sprayed onto the Black Death Emperor's face: "Come on, who's afraid of who? You think you can kill me just because you tricked me into coming here?"
Countless black-light zombies crawled out of the tombstones, and then control changed hands in an instant. A large number of insect limbs appeared on the bodies of these black-light zombies, turning them into half-human, half-insect monsters.
Arkan unleashed his power with abandon, and even on his Earth, few corpses could so clearly display the form of a scavenger.
With all his power fully charged, Akane charged towards the Black Death Emperor: "We're evenly matched. Don't think you're so strong just because you're in your own territory..."
*smack*
Two minutes later.
Anton Akai, now back to his original size, lay before the Black Death Emperor like a dead dog. He shouldn't have been defeated so quickly, but he had accepted the emotional spectrum given to him by the Shadow Calamity and had practiced diligently day and night.
Every effort he put in ultimately became a punch thrown at himself, leaving him bruised and battered.
"Can you absorb the essence of this decaying blackness?"
Shadow Calamity finally emerged from behind the tombstone at some point, thoughtfully observing the countless essences of power that Arkans had released after each battle.
Only within the Black Death Emperor's domain can the energy that escaped from Akane's body due to his injury resonate with the death within the Black Death Emperor's domain, forming a death cloud that solidifies into a tangible substance.
"No," the Black Death Emperor told Shadow Calamity. "The Black of Decay is a completely different realm from the one I rule. I cannot invade other realms of death."
Shadow Calamity seemed unwilling to give up: "Can't you just...?"
"I cannot," said the Black Death Emperor. "I am the agent of death, yet you demand that I fight against death itself. But you do not know that death has its own laws."
Shadow Calamity fell silent.
"Alright," he finally said. "Then let's put these powers back into Arkan's body and use them to forge the Black Lantern Central Power Battery."
"Although its performance is somewhat weaker and it takes longer to forge... once it's cast..."
"We can unleash the darkest night in that Batman universe!"
(End of this chapter)