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Chapter 264 Athositus was terrified
Chapter 264 Athositus was terrified (A long chapter of 6000 words, I'm so awesome! I want to read it!)
calm.
May your whole family die?
Whatever, why get angry about this?
At this moment, Athocitas felt only a calmness in his heart, with a Zen-like tranquility like an old monk in deep meditation—what the hell!
Upon seeing Batman in front of him, he immediately flew into a rage. The other man had betrayed his trust and used him as a tool to lure the Red Lantern Beasts into slaughtering the bull!
"How dare you—how dare you—"
At this moment, Athocitas had completely become the host of Blood Bull, suddenly possessing power comparable to the Spectre, the Spirit of Vengeance, a being of God. He was now consumed by rage, about to unleash his fury upon Batman.
This is one of the most important characteristics of the Blood Slaughter Bull: it can fully ignite the host's rage and make that rage burn recklessly, making it convenient for the Blood Slaughter Bull to feast on. Before absorbing anger, the Blood Slaughter Bull naturally hopes that the anger is as great as possible, right?
Take Atocitas, for example.
Chen Tao had clearly said something like "for the cause of justice" to Athositas before. Logically speaking, if he were thinking normally, he should have realized by now that Batman was deliberately provoking him again.
The leader of the Red Lanterns is not someone who cannot control his anger; on the contrary, when it comes to emotional management, Athocitas is among the best in the Seven Lanterns.
After all, not everyone can be so organized when wearing a red light ring. Hal Jordan wore a red light ring in the comics, and he was much crazier than Athocitas, directly shoving Sinestro into the electric chair.
Athositas, on the other hand, is able to control his emotions very well. Although the Red Light Ring would plunge the user into perpetual rage, Athositas is undoubtedly an exception.
In the early stages of the comics, he was even the only Red Lantern in the Red Lantern Corps who could speak normally, and for a long time, the Red Lantern Corps in the comics was basically a bunch of screaming lunatics. This situation only improved later when Athositas used something called the Blood Pool to restore the sanity of the other members of the corps. The outermost layer of the emotional spectrum has a greater impact on the user's mind, and that's no exaggeration.
Now, under the influence of the Blood Bull, Athositas has completely fallen into a mode of indiscriminate rage, unable to use rational thinking to consider whether this was Batman's deliberate act. It is purely the Blood Bull deliberately influencing the mind of its host, Athositas, in order to obtain more anger for itself to consume.
In short, Atocitas is now furious.
He jumped up from the spot, disregarding any attack method, and landed on all fours, opening his fangs like a wild beast, ready to bite Chen Tao.
Glah!
With a clanging of chains, Athositas looked down and saw countless red energy chains materializing from the central energy battery of the red lantern he had just forged, binding him tightly along the magic circle Batman had just drawn on the ground.
The next second, the chains of red light energy shattered into pieces when Atositas, possessed by the Blood Slaughter Bull, exerted force on them.
Atocitas stared at Chen Tao with his red eyes: "Batman, you..."
Slip!
With a soft sound, the anger that Athositas had just generated, which was about to rush in front of Batman, was sucked into the stomach of Blood Bull.
The red lantern beast emitted a sound like an orgasm:
"Delicious! So delicious! I've never eaten such delicious 'angry' before!"
Although he had already possessed Athositas, Blood Bull still used his crimson energy to condense a small version of himself on the other's back.
A look of human-like satisfaction appeared on its bull face, and then its whole body began to tremble, stamping its front hooves incessantly, as if the entire bull was boiling like water.
It's so delicious I'll stomp my feet! Yay!
"stay……"
The enraged Atositas, who had been eaten, was not so comfortable. He stood still, his body in a forward-leaning posture, but he looked as peaceful as the Buddha Shakyamuni of India.
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Atocitas's mind was completely calm.
In the universe, everything is so peaceful and serene, filled with tranquil natural beauty.
The world is so beautiful, why am I so irritable?
Then he saw Batman, right in front of him, transform into Red Lantern Batman [Battocitas] after a burst of silvery-white particles.
?
What the heck? When did Batman start wearing a red light ring?
How come I didn't know?
Athositas's emotions wavered, and then he heard Batman say to Blood Bull:
"I am the leader of the Red Lantern Legion! Blood Slaughter Bull, come in obediently..."
Athositas didn't hear anything Batman said after that; his mind was filled with the phrase, "I am the leader of the Red Lantern Corps."
I am the leader of the Red Lantern Legion! It's me! It's me! Not you!!!
"Awoooooo..."
A massive burst of rage erupted once again like a volcano. Blood Slaughter Bull lay on the crater and feasted to its heart's content, the whole bull almost flying away in ecstasy.
What is a buffet? The hosts he found before would wither after he absorbed their anger once. To continue absorbing anger, he needed to keep whispering things like "Your whole family was killed," "Your wife cheated on you and made you a cuckold," and "Hehehe, you're an orphan" in their ears to keep them angry. But even so, he would soon run out of anger to absorb and would have to leave the host, leaving behind a peaceful creature.
(For details, see DC Comics' "The Day After Tomorrow")
But what's going on today? He didn't even need to lift a finger; the host in front of him, named Atositas, started generating a constant stream of anger. It was like someone had fed him right to his mouth—it was too comfortable!
He had already noticed the strange magic circle under his feet and the red light in the center of the battery next to it, and knew that it was another foolish creature trying to capture him.
He had encountered this kind of thing in his hundreds of millions of years of wandering the universe, with different civilizations and races, but no one had been able to catch him. However, being entangled with him was still troublesome, delaying his search for food, so he had just finished consuming Athositas's wrath, then turned around, patted his cow's rump, and slipped away.
But who would have thought that the host he was possessing, named Atositas, was such a treasure boy?
Blood Butcher Niu suddenly couldn't bear to leave.
After all, it is one of the seven luminaries that split from the Creation Light of DC. As a representative of the emotional energy of anger, if a mere magic circle could bind it, it would have been captured by someone else long ago during its long wandering, right?
So this magic circle shouldn't work on him. He can completely ignore this strange magic circle and the strange red furnace next to it, and continue to happily absorb the energy of Atositas, right?
Moreover, the magic circle and the furnace had already exerted their power once, but they couldn't do anything to him and Atositas.
So there's even less to worry about.
Blood Slaughter Bull thought so, but he soon realized he was wrong.
When the red chains in the Red Lantern's central energy battery, under the control of Chen Tao who had transformed into the Red Lantern Batman Athositas, combined with the magic circle he had previously inscribed when he transformed into the Bat Mage, the Blood Slaughter Bull, who was possessing Athositas, finally sensed something was wrong.
But he still has a chance; he can still walk...
Chen Tao unleashed blood magic in front of Athositas. [Red Lantern Batman Athositas] was practically a parallel universe version of Athositas, and he himself was even a product of fusing the two using blood magic. The blood magic he unleashed was no less powerful than Athositas's. However, when Athositas saw that the other party had used blood magic, he immediately exploded.
"Where did you learn blood magic?"
"From your wife whom you just killed, to your comrades who betrayed the Gang of Five."
To some extent, Chen Tao wasn't lying. The blood magic and blood prophecy of [Battositas] were indeed learned from the five traitors of the Dark Multiverse, without a doubt.
Uh… Athositas, who had barely calmed down for a few seconds, was enraged again. Chen Tao was used to it. This was what it was like to be the host of the Blood Slaughtering Bull; even the smallest thing could make him furious, and then he would feed his anger to the bull.
He stared intently at Bloodslaughter Bull, his focus no longer on Atositas, but on the other man.
Blood Slaughter Cow is no longer willing to leave.
He had just been about to leave, but Athositas got angry again, and this newfound anger was like a hot, roasted steak—well, maybe that's not a good enough analogy and a bit hellish, so let's say it's like freshly cut grass, which has a fatal attraction for the Bloodslaughter Bull.
Of course, if he turned around and left at this moment, ignoring the temptation at all, Blood Slaughter Bull would certainly be able to leave. But if he had this kind of anthropomorphic self-control, then he would not be an entity of the energy of anger.
Blood Slaughter Bull's every action is based on the instinct to absorb more anger energy; he cannot resist the call of this instinct.
So he remained obediently on Athositus' body and didn't move.
"stay……"
Taking advantage of Athositus being drained of his anger once again and becoming a reincarnated Buddha, Chen Tao's magic, which he had been preparing for a long time, was also ready.
With the roar of the Blood Slaughter Bull, the central energy battery of the Red Lantern and the magic circle that Chen Tao had previously inscribed on the ground worked together to suck the enraged Blood Slaughter Bull, which was still devouring Atositas, into it.
Blood Slaughter Bull was right; as the embodiment of the emotional energy of anger, most methods were ineffective against him.
But just as the Parallax of the Yellow Lantern Corps was captured by the Guardians of the Universe and stuffed into the Green Lantern's central energy cell, the Ion Shark of the Green Lantern Corps will also live in the cell. The resistance of these Lantern Corps members to the energy of the Lantern Cluster is on a completely different level compared to their resistance to other energies or methods.
The Blood Bull was too greedy for the anger emanating from Athositas, and was caught red-handed, leaving the beast completely dumbfounded.
But no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't resist the suction of the central energy battery of the red light and was quickly sucked in, obediently becoming Chen Tao's prisoner.
Seeing the last wisp of blood from the slaughtered cow being sucked into the battery, Chen Tao felt a sense of relief, desynchronized, and lay on the ground panting.
He was exhausted from continuously syncing with [Red Lantern Batman: Batto Cittas] without the Flash helping him, but thankfully the result was good.
With the Blood Slaughter Cow, the final piece of the puzzle that drove Superman to madness was complete—in a sense, Superman has almost no weaknesses and is a perfect superman.
A mere red light ring can have a very limited effect on it; only the materialization of the furious energy of Blood Slaughter Bull can truly affect the mind of Superman Supreme.
Chen Tao's desire to "make Supreme Superman angry and lose his mind" and Xue Tu Niu's desire to "make Supreme Superman angry and create more anger for him to eat" can coexist to some extent, which is the basis for cooperation.
Chen Tao struggled to his feet, and Atositas, who had also broken free from the Blood Slaughter Bull's control, struggled to his feet as well. He glared at Chen Tao with his bull-like eyes, his anger burning.
He then glanced at the central energy battery of the red light and shuddered in fright.
The Blood Slaughter Cow is like turning all your emotions into anger, then swallowing it all with a gulp, and then you become a reincarnated Buddha. This experience is so terrible that Athositas never wants to experience it a second time in his life.
"Sorry." Chen Tao shrugged. "It's not that I didn't want to inform you in advance, but if you had known, you wouldn't have been so angry, Blood Slaughtering Bull wouldn't have been able to come, and the plan would have been ruined from the start."
Atocitas understood... but was still furious!
"I'll help you crush the Meditation Mite, and then deliver William Hand to you," Chen Tao said succinctly. "Don't worry, our cooperation is a righteous alliance. I have a great use for Blood Slaughter Cow, don't worry, it's also a righteous cause; I need it to protect my planet. As for you, you'll wipe the darkness from William Hand's heart, and everything else will be none of your concern, right?"
Atocitas fell silent. Batman was right; that was all he wanted to say, so there was no need for further explanation.
He said, "Then..."
"Sorry," Chen Tao said.
Atocitas was taken aback; Batman actually knew to apologize, which softened his attitude slightly, but outwardly there wasn't much difference.
"Then let's go back to Earth together," he said. "Open your portal, and then we'll figure out how to deal with the Meditation Mites."
"No." But Batman refused, saying, "Don't tell me your two henchmen are on my side now."
"Huh? What do you mean? Why? Hiss... wait, you suspect one of them is one of the Mite people? The two Kryptonians you brought?" At first, Athositas didn't react, but after understanding Batman's thoughts, he was suddenly taken aback.
"It's not just one of them," Chen Tao corrected, "it's both of them that are suspected."
He said, "And that's why I won't let you go back to Ming Si Mite's side as an undercover agent. Otherwise, the probability of being exposed is too high. If you die at Ming Si Mite's hands because of being exposed, things will completely fall apart."
"But those two Kryptonians weren't brought by you. You should have trusted them completely..." However, Athocitas trailed off, unable to finish his sentence. He looked Batman in the eye:
"Okay, I get it, I get it. Batman doesn't trust anyone. But with Mite, I've read through the files of everyone under your command, even that dog from Krypton. So that's the part I don't quite understand."
Athositas asked, "Why would you suspect those two Kryptonians?"
"If you've read enough of the information from the Mite of Meditation, you should understand what kind of crisis Earth is facing, Atositas."
Athositas looked at Batman, who turned to the side, and a large shadow suddenly appeared on his face.
Even though the planet Ismot, where they were standing, was not dimly lit, and was illuminated by the light from the central red energy battery, Batman stood there unremarkably, yet it was as if some living darkness was protecting him.
"Considering his previous actions of repeatedly failing the Shazam mission and causing the deaths of civilians, and then using his biological father to deceive Billy, I had long suspected that there was a spy in my team."
"Darkseid's ability to mind control Kryptonians is practically a standard skill, and there must be some connection between Mite and Cyborg. So I think both Supergirl Kara and Superboy Connor are suspects; they may both be under Darkseid's control—of course, it's just a possibility."
“No, if Superboy Connor joined your team after Billy’s father had already stolen Shazam’s power, then he shouldn’t be a suspect,” Athocitas said.
"What if Darkseid wants you to think that way?" Chen Tao glanced at him. "Using an exposed spy, Supergirl Kara, to cover up Superboy Connor? So, to be on the safe side, I'll keep it from them both. And why do you think I left them both alone on Earth? I've been monitoring them since just now; this in itself is a test."
"Wouldn't that Kryptonian dog who first joined your ranks be even more suspicious...?"
"So I had Superdog Little Krypton guard the lonely fortress in the Arctic, that Superman's spaceship," Chen Tao said.
"Clark Kent himself handed over the highest authority over that ship to me, and I modified it, secretly placing tons of kryptonite and red sun weapons targeting Kryptonians inside."
"Do you believe that if that dog makes any unusual move, Lonely Fortress can close the kryptonite-encrusted door and it will immediately become its grave? That kryptonite door is usually hidden and won't appear. Normal visitors can only see the ordinary door, but it will trap them like turtles in a jar at the crucial moment."
Chen Tao said, "I only need to carefully screen human beings. I am always ready to kill animals that are not human to nip the danger in the bud."
Athositus shrank back upon hearing this.
Is this something a human being could do?
"So your mission is to pretend that I've imprisoned you on Ismot, to become a prisoner again, and to completely sever all ties with Earth's conflicts," Chen Tao said. "This will be your situation with Superboy, Supergirl, Sinestro, and Hal.
In front of Athositas, Chen Tao synchronized the Green Lantern Batman [Darkest Knight] with his character, and then continued:
"You're going to hide the Red Light central energy battery underground. I'll tamper with Sinestro and Hal's rings so that if they insist on coming to see if you're really imprisoned, the Green Light ring won't be able to scan the Red Light battery underground."
Of course, the highest priority solution is to influence them not to come to you; the previous plan was just a backup plan.
Chen Tao said, "And you, who have been hiding, will become the sharpest weapon to pierce through the situation at the crucial moment!"
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More than 10 minutes later, after performing the skit "Athositas is re-imprisoned on Ismot" with Batman, Athositas sat in front of the red light central energy battery he had created.
Batman's words to him weren't just a casual remark about his plans; they were a demonstration of power and a way to intimidate him.
Athositas knew that all of Batman's words had only one underlying message:
If you still want to lose your conscience and think that following Medusa Mite will make it easier to get William Hand, and want to betray me, Old Bat, then you should consider whether you, like my other teammates, have been guarded against by me, and whether you will end up losing miserably.
Although Athocitas himself had no intention of continuing to associate with the Mite, he had fully grasped Batman's subtext.
"Really..."
Athocitas touched the red light battery, a thoughtful expression appearing on his red-faced, fanged features:
"This battery contains Bloody Bull... This thing seems crucial to Batman's plans. Is he really just leaving me alone with this thing? He trusts me that much?"
"Hiss... Could he have left some kind of backup plan?"
Forget it.
Atocitas shook his head. He hadn't considered betrayal anyway; let Batman have a backup plan if he wanted. His target was only William Hand, and as long as his objective was achieved, that was fine.
Everything for the cause of justice!
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Meanwhile, far away on Earth...
Chen Tao's head transformed into the grotesque appearance of Atocitus, the Red Lantern Batman. Through countless miles of mountains and rivers, using the Red Lantern Ring and the connection established by the nanobots left in the central energy battery using the magic of the Metal Spirit, he silently monitored Atocitus, who was standing in front of the Red Lantern Battery.
Ok……
This guy was just standing in front of the battery for a while.
I didn't intend to destroy the battery, bleed the cow, or slaughter it.
It's not that I want to usurp the power of the Blood Slaughtering Bull.
It's not that I want to contact the Meditation Mite to betray myself.
Ok……
Why are you standing in front of the battery for no reason? It made me think you were going to betray me. Don't you know that this can easily cause misunderstandings?
Chen Tao cursed under his breath as he hurriedly dispelled the energy-accumulating magic cannon that had been prepared in the magic circle that had been pre-engraved in the battery.
If Atositas had really wanted to do something, he would have fired that shot. Caught off guard, it would have definitely blasted half of the enemy's body, allowing them to hold out until Chen Tao arrived to quell the rebellion.
"Honestly, all of you. If you don't want to do something bad, don't do things that could be misunderstood..."
(End of this chapter)