Bruce suddenly found himself in a different location.
Standing before him was a superhero in a red uniform.
It was The Flash, from Central City.
So the one who brought him here must be…
Batman turned his head.
"Separation Breathing, Sixth Form: Parting Dragon Night Dance!"
A blue-white lightning bolt flashed across in the blink of an eye.
The High-Voltage Electric Sword clashed instantly with countless black tentacles.
"So hard!"
This was the first time Qingshui had encountered such a tough substance, other than Promethium.
He had just used Separation Breathing, boosted by the Speed Force, and he didn't know how many cuts he'd made in an instant, yet he couldn't completely sever these black tentacles.
Even if he occasionally cut a few, they would rapidly regenerate.
With so many tentacles, it was hard to cut them all at once.
But at least the immense force carried by Qingshui's attack sent these tentacles flying back.
"Watt, I need you to restrict the enemy's tentacles to create an opening. Flash, try to use your speed to get me close to the enemy's main body. Its surface is covered in many tentacles; we need Promethium weapons to break its defense."
Batman surveyed the situation and gave his command.
"I'll listen to you this once."
The Speed Force Dagger activated again, and the White Knight once more transformed into a blur of lightning, darting across the entire area.
After mastering the Transparent World, Qingshui's reaction speed was incomparable to before, and his adaptation to the Speed Force had also improved.
Current Speed: Mach 3.22 — Current Speed Force Remaining: 79%
Dazzling lightning bolts flew everywhere. As the Speed Force rapidly depleted, it also kept most of the tentacles spreading from Cthulhu Batman in check.
"Can't you find another way? This makes it hard for me to exert force."
Batman, held in a princess carry by Barry at light speed, murmured.
"Sorry, I'm used to rescuing people this way."
With a flash of electricity, Barry slung Batman onto his back.
"Actually, we could use my hands to vibrate at high speed, matching the vibration frequency of these things, and pass right through them to get that Batarang off that guy."
Barry said this while moving around with Batman on his back, looking for an opening.
"No use. I tried with molecular vibration weapons. Its composition is very different from matter in the real world. We can only use the simplest method."
Promethium Alloy arm blades sprang from the Bat-suit's arm.
"Barry! Circle around!"
Qingshui swept through the air in a circle, then suddenly shouted to Barry.
Barry, carrying Batman, quickly moved, running in circles around the altar.
Qingshui made the same motion in the air, simultaneously forming hand seals.
"Wind Release: Tornado Hurricane!"
Strong winds surged, forming a tornado that frantically pulled at every tentacle. Only Cthulhu Batman, located at the eye of the storm, remained in a calm spot.
"Now!"
Batman, carried on Barry's back, suppressed his dizziness and mouthed the word, barely making a sound that was then lost in the fierce wind.
Barry didn't hear it, but he saw the opportunity.
*Swish!*
Batman was flung out by Barry, his cape spreading behind him like a giant bat descending from the sky, swooping towards Cthulhu Batman.
The two Batmen then engaged in the most primal form of hand-to-hand combat.
One wore a Promethium Alloy suit, the other a Bat-suit woven from black tentacles.
Both had extremely strong defenses, but the former's attacks were powerful enough to break through the latter's defense. The Promethium arm blades on his arms repeatedly tore through the dense tentacle defense.
Given enough time, victory wouldn't be difficult.
However, after barely a minute of fighting, the normal Batman suddenly weakened, being knocked down repeatedly.
Current Promethium Battery Capacity Insufficient, Overload Mode Cannot Be Activated.
"Damn it! You weakling, are you really that useless! It's only been this long and you're already soft!"
The tornado dissipated. Qingshui continued to race around the main battle area, blocking tentacles, while complaining.
"The suit's out of power! Watt, hit me with a shot!"
Batman lay on the ground, pushing against Cthulhu Batman's fists, and shouted.
"I'm busy right now!"
Qingshui gritted his teeth.
He was under the most pressure in this fight, having almost single-handedly blocked all the tentacles with the aid of the Speed Force, which created an opening for Batman.
"I'll do it!"
Barry shouted, rapidly running back and forth on the ground, using the inertia from his movements to hurl the electricity generated by his friction like a spear.
However, at that moment, fine tentacles emerged from Cthulhu Batman's suit, forming a bat-shaped shield behind him that blocked the lightning spear.
But doing so also caused a portion of his suit to separate, revealing the handsome face hidden beneath the tentacles.
It was Bruce Wayne's face, incredibly pale from years without sunlight.
Batman seized the opportunity, enduring the attacks, and plunged the Promethium arm blades on his arms into the now sparse tentacle suit. He spread them apart and tore forcefully, revealing a Batarang embedded in Cthulhu Batman's heart.
A black Batarang.
Faced with this situation, Batman could only clench the end of the Batarang with his teeth, twisting his neck and pulling his head back to extract it.
Blood splattered, and all the dark tentacles stopped moving, falling limply to the ground.
A flash of red electricity, and Barry instantly brought Jason and Jevonni, who had been dangling from the tentacles, to the ground.
Batman calmly pulled out a syringe from his utility belt, injected adrenaline into his alternate self, then quickly shed his Promethium Alloy suit and placed his chest plate over the other's chest.
"Initiate life support protocols, activate ECMO. I need to perform a temporary open-heart surgery to stitch the wound in your heart. This will sustain your life for now. Then I'll need a hospital to implant a defibrillator and a support device in your heart. After six months of recovery, you'll be back to normal."
Batman pulled out his arm blades, preparing to use them as scalpels.
He wouldn't kill, even if it was another version of himself who had fallen into darkness. That's why he had already planned his next steps before extracting the Batarang.
He was confident he could save his alternate self.
"No need for all that trouble." ×2
The alternate Bruce, lying on the ground, said these words, and Qingshui, who was walking towards them, holding the High-Voltage Electric Sword, also uttered them.
"I won't let you kill, Watt."
Batman looked at Qingshui, speaking solemnly.
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