A figure radiating light stood in front of the expanding red giant. The vast energy was like ice, sealing the expanding red giant into crystals bit by bit.
The expanding red giant slowly devoured the energy of the purple light, and the side facing the purple light was covered with a purple crystal luster.
"Carol?" Hal and the others widened their eyes when they saw Carol Ferris suddenly appear on the field.
"She shouldn't be here." Wayne frowned slightly when he saw Carol on the front line. He had made some preparations beforehand, but it was clear that his preparations hadn't been effective.
Is it some unknown ability of the Purple Lantern?
Wayne knew that different spectrums of light rings possessed different powers. The purple light represented love and expressed the ravager. Wayne had no time to discern whether Hal and the others had concealed certain special abilities of the purple light, or whether Carol had unleashed a deeper power.
But her appearance did prevent their collapse.
"It doesn't matter whether we show up or not now. What we have to ensure now is to survive and clean up the mess." As the communication relay, John, the mental connector, responded to Wayne's words with his own mental fluctuations.
Protecting Carol and Purple Lantern is based on the premise that they can defeat or repel Thanos. If they cannot do so, then this protection will be meaningless.
At the beginning of the battle, they had never imagined that Thanos could cause a star to age from its prime in a matter of seconds. Their prepared trump cards, far from having the desired effect, were actually detonated by the enemy, threatening to destroy their home.
Regardless of the outcome of this battle, they will be the party that suffers the greatest losses.
The only good thing was that the mother planet was still safe, firmly protected by a layer of golden energy and a green double barrier, much better than its unfortunate brothers that were swallowed up.
However, the current situation was not optimistic. Although the red giant's expansion had been significantly slowed, its threat remained imminent. Achieving this alone was already the limit of Carol's current capabilities. She appeared to have given it her all.
Hal, Carol's lover, was the first to rush to her. The energy of the green light climbed up the purple crystal energy, as if he wanted to take on some of the pressure for his lover.
Hal's help didn't alleviate Carol's burden, but his actions did stimulate the emotions represented by the purple lantern. Harnessing the purple lantern's power of love, she sensed her loved one's danger and, through a connection of love, harnessed the purple lantern's power to instantly appear beside Hal, shielding him from the expanding red giant. Carol, nearing her limit, sensed Hal's concern and love, and her energy surged even higher. The purple energy crystals, squeezed by the red giant's compression, suddenly seemed to rival Hal's.
Each ring within the spectrum has the ability to control the fundamental forces of the universe, but is limited by factors such as the user's knowledge and willpower. Hal and Carol are thinking about how to stabilize the red giant and even restore it to its original state.
"careful!"
John, who was an information station and also served as a human radar, suddenly changed his expression and issued a warning to everyone in the mental connection, especially Hal and Carol who were in the front.
Crash.
A large hole appeared in the crystal wall constructed from purple energy, and a purple figure slowly walked out from the flames and energy that gushed out from the gap.
"Did you show up on your own initiative?" Looking at Carol, who was standing with Hal and glaring at him fiercely, Thanos smiled as he emerged from the crystal wall that had been shattered and was beginning to recover. It was a look of relief, a relief that seemed to be coming.
Seeing Thanos rushing towards them, Hal's expression changed, and almost instantly he constructed a rhino-like energy entity with green energy, and launched a confrontational charge towards the rushing Thanos.
The two huge energies collided with each other, and the energy shock wave exploded like a supernova, spreading wildly in all directions.
Hal was thrown almost without resistance. The green light forcibly saved his life, but the collision felt like every bone in his body had been struck and crushed by a tank. Even though the green light had reduced the damage to the extreme, the damage beyond the critical value was still too much for Hal to withstand.
"Hal!" Seeing Hal's miserable condition, Carol was worried and used one arm to hang a thick purple shield for Hal.
Thanos slashed the shield that Carol had condensed. The shield trembled for a moment, then firmly protected Hal inside. He was pulled by a purple light chain and flew backwards towards where Carol was.
Superman Clark, John and Luthor's Doomsday also rushed up and launched a fierce attack on Thanos.
However, Thanos did not retreat. He ignored the attacks of Clark and others. The blade in his hand was as fast as a storm. The brilliant blade light even formed a terrifying blade curtain due to its speed.
The purple shield in front of Hal finally shattered. Amidst the horrified and desperate expressions of Carol and others, Hal, whose bones were broken and had not yet recovered, was violently rushed over by Thanos, who broke through his energy suit with one sword and chopped off his head.
The space seemed to freeze in an instant.
Since the battle began, the first death has finally occurred.
Hal's head and body floated in the universe, tiny, yet captivating everyone's hearts and minds. Before the war began, everyone was prepared to sacrifice, but they had never expected the first victim to come so suddenly and unexpectedly.
"Look, life is so fragile. Trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm will not yield satisfactory results. As the initiator of this war, do you have any regrets?"
Thanos' voice echoed through John's mental connection. Hearing those words, Wayne subconsciously looked at Thanos through his suit and energy barrier. He realized that Thanos was speaking to him.
Do you regret it?
Wayne didn't know, but he could already feel the uncontrollable anger welling up in his heart.
"Hal!"
Carol's desperate screams resounded in the spiritual connection channel. Seeing her beloved being killed in front of her eyes, even under her protection, the shock made Carol completely lose control for a moment.
The purple energy that was blocking the expansion of the red giant relaxed, then wrapped around Carol, and appeared in front of Thanos at almost instantaneous speed, and punched the target's face heavily with a fist shining with brilliant energy.
"don't want!"
The moment Carol launched the attack, Wayne, who had already sensed certain signs from the mental fluctuations in the mental connection, almost instantly stopped herself from making a sound. However, his voice was ignored by Carol. In the perception of the mental connection, Carol's emotions were now in extreme rage and despair. Carol, who was dominated by emotions, had lost her so-called sanity.
"People who are dominated by emotions are both strong and weak. I can understand the feeling of losing everything, but this is a necessary process to reach the goal." Thanos was hit on the cheek by Carol's continuous punches. After the other party finally vented his anger, he blocked the other party's next attack, looked at the other party's dead and desperate eyes filled with hatred and disgust for him, and whispered.
"Love is a very powerful force. Your outburst will bring me what I want. I'm sorry, kid, I took advantage of you."
A purple lamp was summoned into the universe by Carol. When it merged with Carol, Thanos, who had prepared in advance, grabbed it first. He even withstood the fierce attack of Clark and others with injuries.
"Stop him!"
When John saw the purple lamp appear, alarm bells rang in his perception. He appeared beside Thanos almost instantly and snatched the lamp in his palm together with Superman and others.
Seven beams of light exploded, centered around Thanos. Clark and the others were instantly shattered by the surging energy, their bodies feeling as if they were submerged in the deep ocean, bearing an unparalleled pressure. The expanding red giant was slashed open by a blade of infinite length.
Thanos, who was at the center of the explosion, suffered some aggravated injuries, but he didn't care about the damage he had suffered. He just activated the power of the gloves again and forcibly pulled out a ferocious lamp beast from the purple lamp furnace.
The purple lantern beast, the entity expressing love: the plunder beast.
As the purple light faded, an eighth pattern appeared on Thanos' gauntlet. Besides the Eclipse energy, which represented invisible light like killing and hatred, the energies of the seven emotional spectrums and the Lantern Beasts were all gathered and bound together in a single glove.
Vast energy washed over Thanos' body, as if it was going to explode him. Every time a lamp beast was captured, the burden Thanos had to bear would increase.
"It's over." Thanos raised his gloved hand and said softly as he looked at the Justice League members who had steadied themselves and were rushing towards him again.
The moment the fingers snapped, a mysterious force suddenly descended.
White light entered the Earth and then spread outwards endlessly. A strange pattern appeared on the Earth, which was emitting a white halo.
The spreading white light swept across Clark and the others, and their injuries improved rapidly under the white light at an incredible speed. Even the dead Hal, after the white halo dissipated, had a strong heartbeat again in John's spiritual connection.
As everyone felt confused and shocked, white energy rushed into their bodies crazily, dyeing their bodies a holy white. A strange ring pattern appeared on everyone's fingers.