Inside the tornado, a supreme power, Marden, who created the tornado, trembled maniacally.
Within the tornado, he was like a god, controlling the destructive storm, tearing everything apart, twisting everything, destroying everything.
"I am God."
"I am God."
Marden laughed wildly, the tornado surrounding him, tearing everything apart in a terrifying manner.
His heart was filled with unparalleled excitement at the scene he had created.
"After today, I will become a God."
"I am God."
"God, destroy all living beings."
"You all shall prostrate yourselves at the feet of God."
"You insignificant beings…"
Marden's face was twisted, and his swollen cheeks made him look even more ferocious and terrifying.
His heart was twisted to the point of perversion.
Everything that stood in his way would be torn and shredded by him.
Just at this moment.
A yellow lightning bolt once again encircled him.
That was Barry.
No.
It was The Flash.
The Flash, who had already decided to sacrifice his life to protect everything.
Marden looked up and laughed wildly: "Foolish man, trying to stop a God?"
Marden raised his hands above his head, and invisible control permeated the tornado, causing it to dramatically increase its rotational speed once more.
The ground was ploughed, forming deep furrows; tree roots, embedded in the earth, wildly swayed and snapped, and uprooted trees were flung everywhere.
The now even more powerful tornado made it difficult for Barry to move, even more so than before.
However, holding onto the belief that he would die, the belief of protecting everything.
He ran with determination.
The yellow electric arcs became more intense.
Electric arcs frequently flashed in The Flash's eyes, and dense yellow lightning intensely pulsed.
An invisible figure, enveloped by swirling yellow lightning.
Running, tearing through the tornado.
Barry showed a faint smile.
For more than ten years of living with Joe as a father and son, he thanked heaven for giving him another father and all his friends.
His hands moved even more frequently, his legs disappeared from view; at such extreme speed, no one could see his legs.
His speed increased.
Inside the tornado, Marden saw the yellow lightning becoming clearer and clearer.
Barry's smile grew wider.
"Lin Li, thank you for teaching me all of this; it is what I must protect with my life."
His speed once again increased dramatically.
The yellow lightning formed a continuous circle, with no beginning or end, generating extremely powerful airflow that tore against the tornado in the opposite direction.
The sky and earth were dim, the tornado raged, and yellow lightning encircled it.
Marden howled wildly, intensifying the tornado once more, using his last ounce of strength to accelerate its furious spin.
Everyone calmly waited for this to end.
Joe.
Cisco.
Caitlin.
Lin Li.
All were pinning their hopes on Barry, anticipating.
Lin Li never doubted that Barry would fail, even though his Crossing had changed many things.
He had encountered the Speed Force, knowing its power and its terror.
Especially in Barry, the Speed Force was an absolute, truly broken ability.
The Speed Force definitely had the ability to achieve all of this.
What was lacking was Barry's confidence.
It was Barry's will.
Caitlin, in the control room, watched the simulated image on the screen.
Barry's current speed was 250 meters per second, the speed he was able to achieve by running directly against the tornado, but it still wasn't enough.
It wasn't enough to counteract the tornado; counteracting the tornado required the sonic boom wind speed generated by Mach 1, and his current speed was far from enough.
The intense exertion had already caused Barry's vital signs to begin to drop; if he continued, the situation would be very bad.
At such high speeds, his body would be torn into pieces, and although protected by the Speed Force, it was clearly at a critical point; he could not increase his speed further, or he would die.
Caitlin anxiously warned: "Barry, you can't keep going like this, you'll die, you'll die."
Caitlin's voice did not reach Barry.
The tornado continued to tear apart the sky, the earth, everything.
Marden still laughed wildly inside, disdainfully looking at the yellow lightning.
The Flash transformed into lightning, circling the tornado.
Once again, Barry accelerated.
The smile on his face vanished.
Images of his childhood sweetheart flashed in his mind.
Under Speed Force thinking, Barry glanced at Central City, a beautiful, wonderful Central City, where all his beautiful things and beautiful people were.
"Central City, I will protect it!"
His face was resolute, his eyes shone with a determined will, his lips were tightly pressed, and he gritted his teeth.
Suddenly, countless yellow electric lights burst from his body in an instant.
Yellow electric light swirled around his entire body.
His whole body trembled violently, emitting One by one of yellow electric arcs.
His cells were overloaded, feeling a deep cellular explosion, and tiny electric arcs spread, gathering throughout his body.
His hands were very tired.
His legs were very weak.
His body felt like it was falling apart.
But what did it matter?
Even if he died, collapsed, disappeared.
His running would not stop.
Countless chaotic air currents, with immense frontal pressure, pressed against The Flash.
He was like a lightning bolt.
Tearing apart the heavens and earth.
Tearing apart the tornado.
Marden's wild laughter abruptly stopped; he was horrified to find that he had lost control, he could no longer control the tornado.
Before his eyes, there were only yellow electric arcs, reflecting his terrified gaze.
The yellow electric light formed the scenery before his eyes.
Yellow lightning filled his surroundings.
He screamed in terror: "NO…"
"Boom…"
A huge explosion.
Under the two forces, the moment Barry broke the sound barrier and created a sonic boom, the tornado was counteracted and dissipated, and the trees and dead leaves that had been swept into the sky fell down.
Dust permeated, a vast gray expanse.
The explosion startled Joe; he tried his best to shield Eddie's body, preventing trees and debris from hitting him.
Everything was too intense, too surreal, like watching a sci-fi blockbuster.
He stood up, searching and calling out: "Barry! Where are you?"
After a while, when most of the trees and debris had fallen completely.
Joe looked around.
The ground was ploughed, with scattered rocks, broken wood, a messy, chaotic scene.
It looked like a battle had taken place.
The dust gradually dispersed, and the sky also cleared up, but there was no one in sight; Barry and Marden were nowhere to be found.
He didn't know where they had been blown to.
Joe looked around.
In the deep pit ploughed by the tornado, he found Marden.
Marden had a sharp piece of wood impaled through his chest, and his breath had ceased; he was no longer breathing.
His eyes showed unwillingness, dying with his eyes wide open.
Joe ignored Marden and continued to search for Barry.
Finally, Joe found Barry in a spot covered by trees and dead leaves.
Joe nervously placed his hand on Barry's neck; a faint pulse emanated, which his fingers felt, making him sigh in relief.
Then Joe immediately took out his phone to call an ambulance and notify the police.
At the same time, in STAR Labs, in the control room lobby.
Caitlin saw the disappearance of the tornado and Barry's condition, and easily said into the communicator: "Good news, the tornado has been counteracted by Barry; bad news, Barry's vital signs are very low, and he is in a deep coma.
I estimate you will need to carry Barry back."
Hearing Caitlin's words, Lin Li and Cisco's tense hearts relaxed.
Although he trusted Barry, the changes from his Crossing inevitably made Lin Li's heart clench; if Barry really died in the first episode, Lin Li believed he would go crazy, and of course, Dr. Wells would probably be even more frantic.
Feeling no movement from the Speed Force in his mind, Lin Li at least knew that Barry was safe.
He also said with relief: "Don't worry, Barry is fine; we are still waiting for the fifth red light."
Facing the villain in the first episode, Lin Li finished after waiting for five red lights.
No matter what, Lin Li never expected that it was precisely because he waited for these five red lights that he would become a Lightning Knight!