The purple lightning kept streaking across the sky, releasing energy as the Blood Domain was torn apart. The rift that extended directly into the pitch-black space had descended below the horizon, indicating that Gotham City, now serving as an anchor, had entered into this dark universe.
Previously, Su Ming was worried about Wonder Woman. With her strength, taking down the Laughing Bat should have been more than enough, but strangely, even after Su Ming had already killed three Nightmare Batmen, there was still no news from her side.
He had initially planned to have Barry take him to find Diana, as killing the Laughing Bat first seemed safer, but now there was no time. Gotham had already sunk into the Dark Multiverse, and the entire Earth was gradually falling, so the process must be stopped or even reversed immediately.
This meant they must first deal with Barbatos and destroy or reverse the Cosmic Tuning Fork.
"Gah!!! This world shall ultimately fall into my hands!"
As he helped Barry think, Barbatos atop the Cosmic Tuning Fork finally took action. He manifested a horde of monsters through dark magic, creatures with Joker-like heads and worm-like bodies.
They were enormous, surging through pitch-black portals like a train, slithering through the sky, launching attacks on all the heroes who had come to assist.
Some spewed green slime as ranged attacks, while others lunged to entangle and bite. The scene quickly fell into a stalemate.
The reinforcements from other worlds were strong, but without any form of 'metal', they couldn't effectively damage these dark monsters.
They could only take hits passively or constantly dodge, with counterattacks being almost ineffective. Heroes with greater strength could throw the monsters away, but most were left helpless, the scene chaotic.
Barbatos himself turned his attention to the Qiongji in the sky, reaching out his hand, and the space within his palm seemed to shatter as an incredibly thick black energy pillar shot into the sky.
The pitch-black sky served as the universe's background, but Barbatos's energy was blacker than the depths of the cosmos, differing not just in color but also embodying negative emotions and thoughts like a tangible force.
The beam's speed was too fast, the Qiongji couldn't dodge, and was immediately hit, creating a large piercing hole.
A series of explosions erupted on the massive ship's hull, the engines caught fire, and it began plummeting towards the ground.
The explosions illuminated the sky, while Su Ming's focus lay on the breach.
Though the Qiongji wasn't made of 'metal', as the vehicle of the Multiverse overseer the Watcher, it was certainly very sturdy.
But Barbatos easily penetrated it, so did this mean his armor wasn't secure either? Barbatos stood over 40 meters tall, and in front of the massive light beam he released, Su Ming's stature was like a LEGO toy.
The original plan was for Superman to entangle Barbatos while Diana delivered a lethal blow, but now it seemed he had to take action himself.
"Barry, are you ready? Time is of the essence."
"Ugh..."
Barry raised a finger, indicating to wait a moment. He was nearly done vomiting, reduced to dry heaving, but under such conditions, linking to the Divine Speed could be fatal.
Fortunately, some space had been cleared by Wonder Women from other Earths, so Su Ming and his current position were behind their own lines.
But now, facing the clown-headed monsters flying around, the Clark from the Main World was utterly overwhelmed.
However, Su Ming could manage; true, he couldn't fly, but he just needed someone capable of flight to take him into the air.
"Ladies!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
After he shouted, several Dianas in front turned their heads, including a chibi Diana from the Little Universe and a decayed Diana from the Zombie Universe.
By human aesthetic standards, none of them could be called beauties.....but anyhow.....
"Uh...who's free to lend a hand?"
"I'll do it, sisters, maintain the line."
From among the Dianas stepped out a Black version, her outfit filled with hip-hop flair, hair styled in a fluffy afro.
"Earth 23?" Su Ming reached out and shook her hand, as despite her odd attire, she was quite eager to help.
"Yo, that's right, Earth 23 American Justice League, Princess Diana of Paradise Island, right before you, yo."
The Black young lady approached with a smile, taking Su Ming's hand, then engaged him in a series of street-style fist bumps, finger hooks, hand slaps, and wrist flips, making Su Ming feel like he was meeting a hip-hop singer rather than a superhero.
Earth 23 is a Parallel Universe entirely consisting of Black people; there, the Black Superman is the President of the United States, the Green Arrow is the Black Arrow, The Flash is Black Lightning, and Batman is practically invisible at night...
Unless he speaks and shows his teeth, that is.
"Why not take me for a spin, and let's clear out those clown-headed fish in the sky?"
Su Ming shook off random information from his head and asked the Black Diana.
"No problem, just hold onto the Lasso of Truth. I've been itching to deal with those monsters."
Wonder Black Sister agreed readily, removing her Lasso of Truth from her waist, gesturing for Su Ming to secure it around his arm.
"Uh.....what's with the gold-plated diamonds on your Lasso of Truth?" Su Ming took hold of one end, wrapped it around his arm a few times, securing himself.
"Don't mind it, sis is just this trendy, hold tight."
Wonder Black Sister displayed an expression like she was looking at a country bumpkin and shot into the sky, charging directly towards a nearby clown dragon.
Su Ming sighed secretly; some Multiverse settings were really strange...but now wasn't the time to dwell on that. He drew his great sword, and leveraging the momentum of flight, he really sliced the incoming clown dragon from head to tail like cutting a bony herring.
They flew swiftly, and the great sword was sharp. In an instant, the monster was split into two halves, falling from the sky.
"Yeah! Just like that, let these green-haired bitches witness the might of the Black sisters!"
The super Black Sister glanced at Su Ming's black great sword, showing an approving expression, indicating his choice of black was quite tasteful. Then she took him toward another dragon-like monster.
Fragments of monsters fell from the sky in sections, gradually turning the battlefield tide in their favor.
After clearing a large area of airspace, Su Ming signaled to be let down. Before parting, Wonder Black Sister invited him to visit Earth 23 when he had time, where their Justice League would host him well in the Black Palace.
Su Ming smiled and agreed, but he had no such plan; Earth 23 was too peaceful, not fitting for a mercenary like him, nor would he fit in with the Black Justice League.
The density of monsters in this airspace had greatly diminished, and before Barbatos noticed this blank area, Su Ming planned to launch a surprise attack on him.
Now he was about 1 kilometer away from the Cosmic Tuning Fork, but Barry was still throwing up nonstop, and the Flash from other worlds was nowhere to be seen. He needed a quick method to get close to Barbatos.