When Dane reappeared, deafening cheers erupted throughout the city.
Everyone who could see him raised their hands high, as if wanting to touch the figure in the sky.
Diana spat, "Show-off!" but couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.
The other Justice League members also breathed a sigh of relief.
Inside the Hall of Justice, Zatanna, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn all let out the breath they had been holding.
Even Hawkman felt a sense of relief because of his appearance.
Wait, I'm not on their team. He harshly criticized himself.
Dane returned to the ground, looking at his teammates gathered around him.
Superman meticulously examined him, then wondered, "Now even a nuclear bomb can't harm you?"
"Actually, I think you could do it too."
But Superman's face wasn't very confident, just like the first time he took a bullet to the face; he wouldn't dare say he could withstand a nuclear bomb without trying it first.
And Batman said nothing, only silently raising Shazam's and Superman's threat levels in his mind again.
"Everyone, don't celebrate too early. This matter hasn't been truly resolved yet; Coast City is still under the control of monsters."
Although some of the monster worms were annihilated by the aftermath of the nuclear bomb, many Parallax worms were still rampaging through the city.
But Batman noticed some differences:
"I don't know if you've noticed, but their numbers don't seem to be increasing anymore."
Everyone listened intently, and Red Hood simply had Cortana help him with the statistics, comparing them to the previous swarm numbers.
The results showed that the number of Parallax worms had indeed stopped increasing.
"Although I don't know why, this should be a good thing, right?"
Nightwing was very optimistic; they had survived a nuclear bomb, what else couldn't they handle?
But he was clearly celebrating too early.
Boom—!
With a loud bang, a Green Lantern figure burst out from beneath Coast City, soaring into the sky.
"Isn't that..."
Nightwing had only seen the data Cortana gave him; Batman nodded, "It's Green Lantern!"
He turned to look at Dane, the meaning clear: Is he back?
Dane returned his gaze, confirming: Yes!
Just as Hal appeared, a yellow monster also emerged from underground, its ugly face faintly showing Hector's Shadow.
He seemed to have been merged with Parallax for too long, already showing some non-human transformations.
Hal hovered in the air, yelling at Hector:
"Stop it, Hector! Look what you've done to Coast City!?"
"This is your hometown!"
"I... have no home, and... no family left!" Hector gave a tragic laugh, his body groaning in pain.
He could feel Parallax resisting him, wanting to switch hosts.
And its preferred new host was Hal Jordan, whom it had only met once, which filled Hector with jealous rage.
He had finally acquired such invincible power, yet he still couldn't compare to Hal Jordan; it was bad enough that Carol favored him.
You? You're just a brainless monster, yet you still don't choose me!
Hector would never allow his things to be taken away again! Never!
"By the way, since we've already taken him out once in space, can we do it again this time?" Nightwing suggested, turning his gaze to Dane.
But Dane shook his head, "I'm afraid not. That would only kill Hector, but Parallax could still choose another person to possess, just like before."
This would simply be endless.
Although there weren't many qualified people in Coast City, Parallax could treat humans as consumables.
Discard them when they're used up, and replace them with new ones.
He wasn't interested in playing such a boring game with this big bug.
To concentrate his power, Hector had no choice but to recall all the Parallax.
This time, unlike before, the aircraft carrier fleet and fighter jet formations absorbed the most life force.
It could be said that Hector, by himself, proved that the United States' aircraft carrier battle groups were not invincible.
And Dane proved that humanity's strongest weapons were not enough to eliminate life forms like them.
Now, all the countries in the World watching this disaster were studying and thinking about how to deal with superhumans like them in the future.
No one stopped Hector from recalling the yellow energy, because if he did so, they wouldn't have to clear out those scourges throughout the city.
They only needed to deal with Hector and Parallax.
Seeing that persuasion was futile, Hal decisively dived down and punched Hector in the face.
"Hehehe, at this point, do you think that will help?" Hector's facial wound healed quickly, and he suddenly discovered something interesting.
That was, the green energy on Hal's body was very similar to the yellow light energy on his own body.
So, when he saw Hal manifest a giant hammer through imagination, he also tried to manifest a grenade launcher, and he succeeded.
"So this energy can be used like this!" Hector was like he had discovered a new World, his entire body shaking with yellow light.
The fighter jets and ship-mounted cannons that had just been destroyed were all recreated and fired fiercely at Hal!
Hal manifested a large green curved shield, blocking the barrage of cannon fire.
Seeing this, the Justice League also stepped forward to assist, and Hector immediately felt his pressure double.
"Look at you, Hal, you're better than me in everything. I am evil, so you must be good."
"Look, the power of Justice has chosen you, and this power of evil on me is also favoring you. Are you really that good?"
"Even Carol... even Carol likes you, why? Why? I'm not convinced, I'm not resigned!" Hector's entire body once again erupted with a surging tide of energy.
Countless fighter jets appeared out of thin air, and these fighter jets were far more agile than real fighter jets.
Although they couldn't do anything to the Justice League members, they effectively delayed their progress.
And Hector himself engaged in close-quarters combat with Hal!
He completely lacked combat skills, relying only on his abundant energy and self-healing ability to wear down Hal.
And with a fierce resolve, he managed to suppress Hal in a short amount of time.
But this outburst was, after all, limited and couldn't last.
Moreover, Parallax was not as cooperative now as it had been at first, which further accelerated Hector's loss of life, and Hal also saw his condition clearly.
While sparring with Hector, he asked with a complicated tone, "Is all this worth it?" Hearing this, Hector just smiled, though his smile was very ugly:
"You'll never understand, Hal. I've failed too many times. If I can win one last time, I don't care about anything."
"Is that why you're fighting me now, even if it costs you your life?" "Exactly!"
Hal stopped his movements. Hector stepped back suspiciously, wary of a trick.
But Hal had no trick. He took off his lantern ring; his suit and his superpowers disappeared.
He threw the lantern ring aside and looked at Hector.
"Now, I have nothing either, Hector. Do you dare to give up the yellow light and truly fight me one-on-one?" Hector was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.
He controlled the yellow light to manifest a tentacle that wrapped around Hal's neck.
As soon as Clark saw this scene, he wanted to act, but Dane stopped him.
"Just trust him, Clark. For now, you just need to watch." Hal was a bit uncomfortable being choked, but he had no regrets or anger; instead, he smiled at Hector.
"Are you crazy? Or do you think I won't kill you?" Hector found his current blind optimism strange.
But Hal still smiled and said, "Kill me? No, Hector, you might think so, but it definitely won't." Who?
Hector's brain briefly stalled, then his expression changed drastically.
"You tricked me!" However, Parallax sensed that the power of the Green Lantern had left Hal, and it became restless.
Taking advantage of the two men's contact, Parallax transferred its power onto Hal's body.
Hector watched this process with wide eyes, roaring madly, "No! I am your Master, you should listen to me!" However, Parallax had no loyalty whatsoever.
It quickly transferred itself to Hal's body.
And Hector's life and his fear of losing power were packaged and taken away by it, given to Hal.
Dane couldn't help but sigh, Hector's unwillingness was very normal.
One moment, Parallax was perfectly coordinated with him, killing everything in sight, as if life had reached its peak.
The next moment, it defected to the opponent. It's like the goddess you finally managed to win over, after holding hands for a few days, turns around, empties your wallet, and throws herself into the arms of a rich, handsome man... Wait, Hector also likes Carol, right? Emm... Chapter 097 Wizards are awesome!
After Hal accepted Parallax, his body was also covered by yellow light energy. All JLA members could see that he was desperately resisting Parallax's temptation with his willpower.
"What do we do now?" Martian Manhunter didn't know Green Lantern.
But he could tell that Green Lantern should be on their side.
"Now he has temporarily suppressed Parallax with his own will, but this process cannot last. The power of the Lantern Beast will grow stronger over time."
"We need to find a way to seal it first." "How?"
"This is where our mages come in, Constantine, Zatanna, do you hear me?" As soon as the words fell, two transmission arrays of different luster lit up, and Constantine and Zatanna stepped out from them respectively.
"Finally, it's my turn to appear." Constantine arrogantly lit a cigarette, his demeanor exactly like a hooligan.
Martian Manhunter hesitated slightly: "Is this also a member of the League?"
At the Hall of Justice, he had only caught a fleeting glimpse, and now Martian Manhunter realized how... unconventional this teammate was.
Constantine smiled, showing his teeth, and said to Martian Manhunter: "This new alien friend, don't mind that I smoke, drink, and love saving fallen women. In fact, I'm a good person."
"You'll know once you spend more time with me." Martian Manhunter silently distanced himself from him, not believing a single punctuation mark of what he said.
"Oh, how sad, these newcomers don't respect their elders at all ~" he said with a touch of affectedness.
Zatanna, on the other hand, greeted everyone politely.
Strictly speaking, this was Zatanna's first appearance in front of all the members, and she was still a bit nervous.
But when she saw Dane smile at her, she seemed to be instantly filled with courage, and she also looked up and gave him a sweet smile.
Diana noticed this scene and subtly frowned; she had a hunch that there might be something going on between these two!
"So, Boss, this time I'm here to save the World again?" he said shamelessly.
That expression made Dane find it a bit amusing, but he still cooperated: "In a way, yes, I need you and Zatanna to help me complete a magic."
With that, he reached out, and Hal's Green Lantern ring flew into his hand.
"Do you still remember the sealing magic I once taught you?" This question was mainly directed at Constantine, because Zatanna actually often went to the Rock of Eternity to learn magic.
Her biggest problem was always wanting to cast all magic through her family's inherited reverse-speech magic, and only the Rock of Eternity could give her enough theoretical knowledge to accomplish this.
She naturally understood what Dane's sealing magic was; it was what Dane had once researched to seal Trigon.
But at that time, to cast this magic, they still lacked a self-contained World artifact. Did they have one now?
Dane understood her confusion and showed her the Green Lantern ring in his hand.
Zatanna just took it, glanced at it, and nodded, acknowledging the value of the lantern ring.
Constantine also looked closely and said with some regret, "This thing can certainly work, but it has a Master."
"We still need the Master's permission." Dane motioned for them to look into the distance; Hal was struggling to suppress Parallax's corruption.
He saw that Dane was still leisurely watching him, and couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Don't just watch! Think of something! I can't hold on much longer!" Dane turned to look at Constantine and Zatanna: "Then let's start quickly!" "Good!"
Parallax is an unusual monster; it is a pure energy life form, so it cannot be sealed by ordinary methods.
This requires many prerequisites.
First, an artifact related to its power must be prepared, and this artifact must also have spatial functionality, capable of containing Parallax.
The Green Lantern ring meets the conditions.
Second, a White Mage and a Black Mage are needed to cast the spell together.
Considering that Parallax is already in the realm of a divine beast, the power of a god must also be added here.
Only with such a trinity can it be sealed.
"Hal, this might hurt a bit, bear with it." Dane, Zatanna, and Constantine stood in three different positions, simultaneously chanting spells, their low voices carrying a mysterious atmosphere.
Parallax sensed the impending crisis and struggled even more violently.
But Hal was indeed the man known as the greatest Green Lantern of all time. Under the strong will to protect Coast City, he forcefully suppressed Parallax's rebound.
Immediately, just as Parallax used to like to suck out other people's fear along with their life force, Parallax also transformed into a huge yellow phantom and detached from Hal's seven orifices.
Hal's face was twisted in pain; he wanted to wail, but the position of his mouth was also occupied by Parallax, so he couldn't wail.
He could only bitterly swallow all the pain.
Fortunately, this pain didn't last long, and soon Dane and the others extracted the energized Parallax.
"Zatanna!"
Zatanna nodded at the words, chanting a reverse magic spell, and the green lantern ring glowed, shining on Parallax.
His pair of forelimbs lifted, trying to cover his body.
At the same time, Constantine used dark magic to curse him, but of course, cursing a powerful monster like Parallax with his own strength was far from enough.
So Dane's body surged with divine power to support the two's magic.
Under the combined efforts of the three mages, Parallax's struggles gradually weakened, and finally, he slowly transformed into a writhing mass of energy that was absorbed into the lantern ring.
"You two maintain the magic; I'll be back soon."
Dane instructed the two, then his body transformed into a bolt of lightning and drilled into the interior of the lantern ring.
The World within the Ring, Emerald Space.
Parallax had just been sent in here and was still a bit disoriented.
Then the lightning, Dane's transformed self, struck directly on his head.
This greatly stung him, and Parallax let out an angry roar, flying towards Dane's direction.
He wanted to tear him to shreds!
Dane revealed his true form, luring him towards the floating city.
Earlier, when he was studying Hal's ring, he had discovered that the floating city itself could actually be used as a prison.
Especially since this place, like Oa's Central Power Battery, was filled with green will energy, and there were no living creatures, which meant Parallax had no way to replenish fear energy in time.
It was like a natural cage prepared for him.
Dane somewhat suspected that this World within the Ring was actually connected to the Central Power Battery, or rather, the World within the Ring itself was a relatively primitive Central Power Battery.
The Little Blue People might have created lantern batteries based on this World.
All in all, this floating city was just large enough to accommodate Parallax's massive body.
After luring him to the floating city, Dane suddenly turned and rushed towards Parallax.
This Parallax, not possessing anyone, was not very intelligent; he stared blankly as Dane charged at him, even opening his mouth, thinking the other party was delivering a meal.
Dane circled around him, directly grabbing his large tail.
Despite the completely asymmetrical size, Parallax was unable to resist his immense strength.
"You go over there!"
Parallax was flung away without any resistance, crashing directly into the floating city.
When he tried to crawl out of the ruins, he found that the floating city suddenly seemed to come alive and entangled him.
Parallax could only struggle desperately, roaring, wanting to escape, but his several attempts were all beaten back by Dane.
After dozens of such cycles, Dane grew a bit annoyed.
He pulled out his Kiss of Death and first gave Parallax a shot.
But, as expected, it had no effect; Parallax could not be killed.
As long as there is life in the Universe, the emotional spectrum will not disappear, and Parallax, as the representative of yellow fear, will not die.
So Dane put away the Kiss of Death and instead took out the Wizard Scepter.
"I hope you can live up to expectations!"
He pointed the Scepter at Parallax, and suddenly a beam of light shot at Parallax, and then Dane was surprised to see.
The yellow energy on Parallax's body was flowing into the Scepter.
This Scepter could even plunder the energy of the emotional spectrum?
Dane couldn't help but exclaim:
"Wizard is awesome!!!".
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