What bad intentions could Batman have?.

The dark multiverse is Barbatos's territory. Even if it is a one-on-two fight, Chen Tao doesn't think that Lord Barbatos will be at a disadvantage.

No matter how powerful Parallax and Superboy-Prime are, they have entered the current reality from the past timeline. Just for this reason, it is not difficult for Barbatos to deal with the two of them in the World Crucible, Barbatos' home ground.

Compared to the battle line on the great Lord Barbatos' side, Chen Tao's situation here is even more serious.

A very serious problem:

He's got a little... a little indigestion now.

"Open your mouth, I want to come out!"

He heard his stomach yelling, "Damn Barbatos, how dare you..."

"You are not allowed to threaten the great Lord Barbatos. Lord Barbatos is the savior of the multiverse and the greatest hero!"

You see, these words sound ridiculous, but Chen Tao did not lie.

The Anti-Monitor who was struggling desperately in Chen Tao's stomach asked loudly, "Are you really willing to be controlled by Barbatos? Do you really think you can take away my power like he said, and then walk away from the game calmly?"

He said loudly: "Do you really think that Barbatos' power is so easy to take? You also disobeyed Barbatos' orders, and once he frees his hands, you will be finished. You have to let me go. Only by cooperating with me can you have the ability to fight against Barbatos!"

Chen Tao ignored what the anti-monitor said.

He lay down in the space, like an old hen hatching eggs, and on his body, the face of the Anti-Monitor kept showing through, trying to break out of his body, but he could not do so. To some extent, everything the Anti-Monitor said was true, and now Chen Tao's body was a little complicated.

First of all, Chen Tao already had the power of Barbatos in his body. After he swallowed the heart and was corrupted, he would become the Dragon of Barbatos and officially occupy that position.

At the beginning, Barbatos did not intend to use his power to directly control Chen Tao, as that would make him a puppet, but this was not what Barbatos wanted. What he needed were soldiers like the Dark Knights who could both infuse power and fight independently.

These pollutions will slowly corrupt Chen Tao's mind over time, just like the slowly corrupted Laughing Bat.

But this also bought Chen Tao enough time to enable him to shift the battlefield from the dark multiverse to the light multiverse.

Then he swallowed a large number of superheroes. With the Ten Heroes Pills, Chen Tao combined their strengths and once again confronted the pollution of Barbatos head-on.

If we rule out the inevitable event that the heroes will eventually dissolve their fusion with Chen Tao, but for now, for Chen Tao, with the help of the heroes, the contamination of Barbatos, although very dangerous, is not imminent.

But all this changed when he forcibly merged with Barbatos' Anti-Monitor Dragon with his help.

Barbatos' control over the Anti-Monitor is completely puppet-like, which is why the Anti-Monitor has no power to resist when facing Chen Tao's fusion and can only enter in shame.

In order to gain Batman's trust, Barbatos completely handed over the control of this body to Chen Tao in exchange for Chen Tao's help. However, he was backstabbed. The price Chen Tao paid was that he no longer had Barbatos' suppression, and the Anti-Monitor he swallowed rebelled.

"Batman, I don't have any conspiracy. But the fact is...if you really want to get rid of Barbatos...are you really listening to me?"

"Barbatos, after he has dealt with Parallax Demon Hal and Superboy-Prime, he will use the authority of the [Dragon of Barbatos] to forcibly deprive this body of its control. He has already stained the identity of the [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse] with his own mark. Do you think it is so easy to fight against the full-strength Barbatos?"

"Only if you release me, and the two of us fight against Barbatos's control at the same time, can we..."

But before the Anti-Monitor could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chen Tao.

“And you can use your identity as the sixth-dimensional god of the Anti-Monitor to gradually break free from Barbatos’ control by delaying as time goes by.

As for me, I will gradually become a pawn of Barbatos due to my mortal mind and the increasing time. "

The Anti-Monitor then hears Batman's sarcastic remarks:

"And since I helped you draw more of Barbatos' energy, you'll be able to play cat and mouse with Barbatos and delay the situation as long as possible."

"Then you will completely break free from Barbatos' control, but you will still retain half of the authority of the [Dragon of Barbatos] and the power he once shared with you. At this time, you only need to murder me, and the identity of the [Dragon of Barbatos] will be taken into your possession, and you will be transformed back into the [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse]."

"After occupying this position, you will have the authority and identity to exist openly in the current timeline. Even Barbatos will be powerless against you...right."

Did the Anti-Monitor stop talking because everything he was thinking was being said by Batman, or because he realized he couldn't convince Batman anymore?

But none of that matters anymore.

He realized that he could not control the other party's behavior, and the only thing left for him to do was to force his way out of the cage.

But he still didn't understand one thing.

"And why do you think stopping me here will change anything?"

He said loudly: "You are only going to ruin yourself and drag me down with you."

"Want to hear my plan? The Anti-Monitor?"

The Anti-Monitor then hears Batman say:

"Barbatos has impregnated this person with his own power. His power is like a poison that is everywhere. Unless I am willing to give up holding these powers and persona that belong to Barbatos, no matter how I control them, I will always be harassed by Barbatos. Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless I can split my current body in two and transfer all the influence of Barbatos in this personality into your body, just like forcing all the toxins in a poisoned apple into the poisonous side."

"I will lose a great deal of my person and power, but the influence of Barbatos will also leave my body."

"As long as I can keep a part of the [Dragon of Barbatos], a part of the personality that is not controlled by Barbatos, then this personality will become the [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse]."

Then the Anti-Monitor heard Batman say: "Only by mastering this Persona can I protect my own universe under the influence of Barbatos. My universe, Nite Owl's universe, I have spent so much effort, all for these two universes, isn't it?"

"So what are you going to do? You said it was easy, but how exactly are you going to do it?"

The Anti-Monitor's questions received no answer.

He heard Batman say:

"I do not know."

Then he heard the other party pause and continue:

“So I’m praying, praying to myself.”

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All this happened so wonderfully. Beyond the vast time and space, Dr. Manhattan was observing the development of the DC multiverse.

He witnessed all this happening, but was full of doubts.

At first, he thought that the Prime Superboy that Chen Tao brought from the dark multiverse was just a poor reflection of the Prime Superboy himself in the dark multiverse, but he soon discovered that this Superboy who appeared from the dark multiverse was connected to the Superboy in the light multiverse.

Then the little Superman in the dark multiverse became a time trapper. The history before he appeared on the origin wall of the dark multiverse was completed by the super time flow, and then the closed loop of the current timeline was completed.

This is an extremely mysterious case of confusing cause and effect.

Dr. Manhattan could hardly tell whether it was [the Dark Multiverse Superboy-Prime came to the main universe and was chosen as the Time Trapper] → [therefore, the multiverse merged his history into the timeline of Superboy-Prime, and he was no longer a mirror image of the Dark Multiverse but became Superboy-Prime at some point in the future] → [the multiverse inferred the fact that his power was so strong in the Dark Multiverse that it was almost close to the original Superboy-Prime], or another situation:

[From the beginning, the Time Trapper entered the Dark Multiverse, and now he comes to meet his original destiny]

(Note: To put it simply, situation 1: Super Time Flow: Hey, you, the Prime Little Superman of the Dark Multiverse, just fill in the bug of my Time Trapper, so let you fill it.

No, you are too weak, so I have to change your past history in the dark multiverse. You are not weak, you have always been strong in the dark multiverse! I erased your history of being weak in the dark multiverse!

Situation 2: The time-trapper accidentally falls into the dark dimension.

Manhattan can't tell whether it was originally situation 1 or 2.)

This reversal of cause and effect is very complicated and confusing, but in short, the super time flow was successful. In the future history observed by Dr. Manhattan, the Time Trapper punched Earth-15 to pieces, the First Lantern traveled through the universe, and the future was repaired.

Parallax Hal returned to his Zero Hour timeline, Superboy-Prime returned to his Sinestro Corps War timeline, and the Time Trapper wandered the end of time after destroying Earth-15 until he was wiped out by Superboy-Prime with a single punch during Final Crisis: Tri-Realm Corps.

After the Legion of Three Realms event, the timeline moved forward again, the New 52 happened, the DC Universe Rebirth happened, and the Batman from the Dark Multiverse used the two universes as a hammer to push the Anti-Monitor into the Light Multiverse... and moved forward again, until now...

Batman throws Parallax Mohal and Superboy-Prime to Barbatos.

He is waiting now, what is he waiting for?

There must be something that causes the time loop, and Dr. Manhattan wants to see it, he wants to understand it.

If the Time Trapper showed up now, if he showed up here now, the first thing he would do would not be to destroy the Earth, but to kill Batman.

Because of this change, the first Lantern will travel with his mother in advance, and give up resurrecting his own Earth for a period of time, and thus will not teach the emotional spectrum to the guardians of the universe...

This would create another fork in the multiverse: the timeline where the former President Superman and the Avatar of Justice who had previously been blinded in one eye came from.

Now the two timelines intersect at this point.

One is the timeline in which [Earth 15 is destroyed], in which the time loop is closed and the world starts running again. The other is the timeline in which [Earth 15 is destroyed a little late], which leads to the collapse of the multiverse and its complete destruction.

Dr. Manhattan really wants to know how Batman completes the time loop, or how the super time flow can heal itself to avoid damage to the timeline such as the destruction of the universe.

Dr. Manhattan closed his blue eyes, and in an instant, endless forked histories appeared before him.

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"Damn it, Batman, I found promethium metal. You don't need to know why I'm here. You asked me to come... and how you got this shit, it doesn't matter. Damn it, now you have to use the sword made of this metal to cut your body! Split yourself in two! The purest..."

Dr. Manhattan saw a history.

The Golden Pioneer from a certain timeline appeared in front of Chen Tao, and he offered promethium to him.

When Batman used promethium metal to cut open his body, he was unable to completely eliminate the influence of Barbatos in power. The poisonous thoughts of Barbatos still remained in his body. Therefore, the separated Anti-Monitor, because of the incomplete control of Barbatos in his body, was able to barely resist Barbatos' orders and did not go to the Crucible of Worlds to help him fight against Parallax Hal and Superboy-Prime.

Batman and the Anti-Monitor fought each other, and with the addition of the Time Trapper, the melee between the three of them resulted in Earth-15 not being destroyed by the Time Trapper at the original time.

A world line where the multiverse is heading towards collapse...

Once again, the multiverse attempts to repair itself.

"This sword is forged from electrum and promethium. It can perfectly cut through..."

No, the world is destroyed.

(Note: Although electrum is a liquid metal, it can still be forged into weapons as long as it finds a powerful craftsman to forge it)

The multiverse keeps trying.

"This is electrum, Dionysus factor, and promethium... He can separate them..."

No, the universe is destroyed.

Try again.

"This is electrum, Dionysus factor, promethium and nthium..."

Still can't, destroyed again.

After repeating it many times...finally.

"This is a sword made of n-metal as the base material, supplemented with amber gold, Dionysus factor, and Amazon metal. More importantly, it also contains a drop of bat gold, which was forged from the underground cosmic fire of Gotham City."

Chen Tao looked at the golden pioneer who appeared in front of him. The other party looked exhausted. He used to be a person who liked to joke, but now he was so tired that he couldn't even laugh.

There are more than 20 speedsters in front of Chen Tao.

The second generation Flash Barry Allen, the third generation Flash Wally West, the first generation Flash, Jay Garrick wearing a steel helmet, Johnny Quick and Jesse Quick (the one who uses the speed formula, and the evil Flash Johnny Quick of Earth-3 is not the same person)

Bart Allen, the Flash Boy and the fourth generation Flash, Avery Ho, the Chinese Flash, Red Runner, and even the Flash villain "Speedy" August, as well as some people Chen Tao couldn't name (such as Wallace West, the Flash in Kingdom Come Deliverance, John Fox, the Flash in the 27th century, and Max Mercury, the speedster also known as Quicksilver in DC)

The candidates behind were getting more and more outrageous. Chen Tao even saw a black lightning that specialized in hunting speedsters. Shouldn't this be a time ghost that specialized in killing speedsters?

They gathered around Chen Tao.

Chen Tao tried to talk to some of them, but everyone kept their mouths shut, trying not to let Chen Tao know any information from the future in order to prevent it from having any impact on the future.

Only the leader, Barry Allen, said succinctly: "We will use the Speed ​​Force to help you separate the Anti-Monitor."

Then Chen Tao asked Barry something, but he didn't say a word.

So Chen Tao could only hold up his sword high.

"Don't even think about it!"

The Anti-Monitor shouted: "You throw all of Barbatos' energy at me, and I will be completely controlled by him!"

But what is the use of these howls now that they have reached this point?

The Anti-Monitor struggles desperately, and he almost succeeds, almost, or at some point he gets the illusion that he can flip out of Batman's palm.

Then he saw the breathless Time Master followed by another version of Golden Bomber. The two of them openly opened a portal to the super time stream in front of Chen Tao. At the other end of the portal, "Final Crisis" was happening.

This major DC event, which ended with Darkseid's death, demonstrated the Omega Effect to the Anti-Monitor on the spot, causing it to leave the user.

As this incident occurred, the Anti-Monitor, whose Anti-Life Equation was destabilized by the Omega Effect leaving its user, finally completely lost the last bit of power to resist.

With Chen Tao's scream, the division was completely completed. Although Chen Tao felt that he only had about 1/4 of the Dragon of Barbatos left, but now this body...

It can already be called the [Dragon of the Dark Multiverse].

As the Anti-Monitor was dragged away by Barbatos to act as a thug amidst his screams, Chen Tao also swung his tail to save his own dark multiverse. When both of them left the scene in front of them...

The Time Trappers arrived on Earth-15 on their heels.

Time and space are thus closed.

What is the bright multiverse?