Chapter 417 Overcoming Fear with Fear

Chapter 417: Chapter 417 Overcoming Fear with Fear

Unlike the comic book settings, Parallax in this Universe was not a fear entity born at the beginning of the Universe, but rather Krona, one of the Guardians of the Universe.

Years ago, Krona conducted a dangerous experiment.

He attempted to harness the yellow emotional spectrum representing fear, hoping to use this power to do good.

As a result, he far underestimated the power of the fear energy, was instead swallowed and corrupted by it, and eventually degenerated into the entity of fear, which is today’s Parallax.

And the three-meter-tall big-headed ghost before them was Krona’s true appearance.

Parallax let out a harsh laugh, ignoring the spear of longinus piercing its body, and reached out to grab Darian’s arm with a backhand.

In an instant, its entire body erupted with dazzling yellow light, which surged crazily down Darian’s arm like a tidal wave.

It intended to replicate the scene from back then.

Corrupting Darian with the purest origin of fear and taking Darian’s body as its own.

As long as it got hold of Darian’s body, no one on Earth could stop it anymore.

Not even that guy with the outrageously huge pectoral muscles!

Seeing Parallax’s actions, Darian instantly understood what this fellow was plotting, and the expression on his face became somewhat peculiar.

Why does this scene look a bit familiar?

Black Sky, is that you?

However, this time no system prompt for voluntarily granting power popped up.

The reason was also very simple, because Parallax’s power and Black Sky’s power had fundamental differences.

To explain it in gaming terms, Parallax’s power belonged to account binding and was exclusive to Parallax; others could at best borrow its power and had no way to directly snatch it away.

Black Sky’s power was in an unbound state, belonging to whoever held it; even if the Master of the power wanted to take it back, they couldn’t, and might even get beaten up by their own power, which was quite abstract.

Regarding this, a certain bald Sorcerer Supreme who never paid back her debts had a lot to say.

But this did not mean Darian had no way to deal with it.

On the fingers of the ultron armor, a colorless gemstone was embedded at some unknown point.

[Item: energy storage gem (one-time item, can absorb all energy, and can absorb or release it by itself after reaching the limit)]

In an instant, the fear power that was originally surging into Darian’s body suddenly made a sharp turn and poured entirely into the energy storage gem.

A faint layer of yellow light appeared on the surface of the gemstone, like a silently opened bottomless pit, swallowing all the fear energy poured in by Parallax.

Judging by this posture, it was still far from reaching its capacity limit.

Darian knew what he was doing, and instantly and skillfully switched expressions, a panicked look appearing on his face.

"What is this!?"

Parallax grinned and said, "Feel it! This is the power of fear! As long as you accept it, soon you will gain power as powerful as mine!"

Upon hearing this, Darian immediately shouted, "No! I don’t want a weakling’s power that can’t even beat me!"

Parallax: "..."

These words were truly heartbreaking.

Parallax was somewhat exasperated out of shame, "I just wasn’t full! If I were full, do you think you could stop me!?"

Darian panicked even more, "Then I still don’t want it! What’s the use of power that can’t even get enough to eat!"

Holy crap!

As the incarnation of the emotion of fear, Parallax felt at this moment that it was about to turn into the incarnation of anger.

Why was this human so infuriating when he spoke?

It stared dead at Darian and said through gritted teeth, "Whether you agree or not, the ending is already destined. Submissively surrender to fear!"

"No!"

Darian shouted exceptionally exaggeratedly, dragging his voice out very long.

But from beginning to end, not even a trace of fear aura was emitted from his body.

Parallax vaguely felt that something was wrong, but right now it couldn’t care less. Instead, it increased the output of the fear power, single-mindedly wanting to corrupt Darian as soon as possible, otherwise it would be troublesome if this human’s opponent came over to help.

"Omni-Man! I’ve come to save you!"

Right at this moment, Clark, who had just finished evacuating all citizens together with Barry, suddenly appeared.

His super hearing had long since captured the commotion here, and his entire body turned into a blurry afterimage, charging towards high altitude at full speed, punching Parallax right in the face.

Bang!

Parallax’s head exploded on the spot, turning into a scattered cluster of black fog.

However, a mere fatal injury was nothing at all to it.

The black fog surged and flowed around Darian’s body, circling behind him to re-condense into a complete head.

It looked at Clark, full of complacency, "It’s useless; your friend will soon become my new vessel."

As its voice fell, its body suddenly burst with dazzling yellow light, and its entire torso turned into countless energy chains, layer upon layer wrapping around Darian’s body.

The fear energy, like floodwaters from an opened sluice, rushed crazily towards Darian along these chains at a speed several times faster than before.

"Darian!"

Seeing this, Clark was extremely anxious, blurting out Darian’s real name.

Although he possessed powerful strength, he was helpless in the face of such a bizarre situation and simply didn’t know how to handle it.

Under the anxiety, a tiny crack appeared in Clark’s mind, and a trace of fear aura spilled out from his body.

Parallax’s eyes lit up instantly, like a shark that had smelled blood.

It took a deep breath, showing an extremely intoxicated expression, "Your fear is simply unimaginably delicious. If you are willing to become my vessel, I might just let your friend go."

Parallax changed its mind.

It could sense that the potential of Clark’s body was extremely astonishing, and compared to Darian, it seemed even more suitable as its new vessel.

Clark glanced at the controlled Darian, and the expression on his face showed obvious wavering.

"I..."

"A-ta!"

Before Clark could finish speaking, Darian suddenly delivered a friendly face-breaking punch, blasting it right onto Clark’s face.

The force of this punch was shockingly huge; Clark was completely unprepared, and his entire body turned into a human flesh cannonball flying backwards, directly flying hundreds of meters away and disappearing from view.

Darian looked panicked, "Forgive me, Clark, I can’t control myself."

He certainly didn’t want Clark to interrupt.

If Parallax suddenly changed its mind, single-mindedly wanted to escape, and found a place to hide and slowly develop, that would be troublesome.

Barry stood on the ground, looking up at the situation at high altitude, and anxiously said, "Oh no, that monster has controlled Darian."

Bruce said expressionlessly, "In my opinion, Darian has controlled that monster."

As a veteran schemer, how could he fail to see that Darian was not controlled at all.

This fellow was clearly acting in front of Parallax, digging a hole and waiting for the other party to jump in. Only Parallax couldn’t see it and even actively plunged headfirst into it.

But Parallax, who was right in the middle of it, completely failed to notice.

It was stunned at first, and then burst into loud laughter, "Hahaha, it seems your will is not as strong as imagined; you were actually defeated by the power of fear so quickly."

Seeing that Clark, a high-quality vessel, was punched away, it had no choice but to lock its target back onto Darian.

Get this fellow’s body first, and it wouldn’t be too late to look for Clark then.

With Parallax’s continuous output, the fear power absorbed by the energy storage gem became more and more.

Darian shouted loudly with his mouth, occasionally shouting a couple of phrases like "Stop pouring" and "Help", with modulated tones and full, in-place emotions, continuously providing emotional value to Parallax.

Parallax thought Darian was about to reach his limit, so it worked even harder, pouring all its fear power out.

The black fog constituting its body became thinner and thinner, its originally solid figure began to become indistinct, and wisps of fog continuously drifted away at the edges.

Suddenly, Darian shouted loudly, "Wait, stop!"

"Hahaha, are you finally unable to hold on?"

Hearing these words, Parallax became even more excited.

Not only did it not stop, but it squeezed out every last bit of the remaining fear power, continuing to aggressively pour it into Darian.

"Stop quickly!"

"Keep dreaming! Become a slave of fear!"

"No! If this continues, it’s going to... going to overflow!"

"???"

The expression on Parallax’s face instantly froze.

The next moment, it saw that energy storage gem embedded on the ultron armor light up with dazzling yellow light.

"This is... the power of fear!?"

Parallax was full of shock.

How could it not understand by now that it had been played by Darian from head to tail.

The fear power didn’t surge into Darian’s body at all; instead, it was all absorbed cleanly by this gemstone.

"Bastard! How dare you deceive me! Give me back my power!"

Parallax was furious to the extreme, wanting to take back its power at the first moment. However, it found that this power had long lost connection with itself, without a shred of response.

Darian said coldly, "Watch your words. This is my power; I am the incarnation of fear, the Yellow Lantern!"

Parallax: "?"

The next moment, yellow light bloomed all over Darian’s body, and the light condensed into a huge palm in the void, grabbing it tightly in its hand.

Parallax couldn’t be more familiar with this power; that was clearly its power of fear.

Using its power to deal with itself, was this fucking still human!?

Parallax panicked a bit.

Although this was its own power, it was ultimately spectrum power after all, and it also had a natural restraining effect on it.

Parallax tried to resist, but most of the power in its body had long been sucked almost dry by the energy storage gem.

The tiny bit of energy remaining at this moment was barely enough to maintain its basic form, let alone break free from the restraint of this giant hand.

Darian grabbed Parallax and said calmly, "Parallax, your power is too powerful; I can no longer let you run amok."

Parallax cursed in its heart.

Powerful my ass, if you have the guts, let me go and say that again.

Knowing that it was no match for Darian right now, it could only squeeze out a friendly smile, "Um, you just said you came to negotiate, right? I think we can sit down and have a calm, nice chat."

This wasn’t fear; this was strategic submission.

While there’s life, there’s hope.

Darian nodded, "Yes, but I’ve changed my mind now."

As the voice fell, the giant hand of light suddenly transformed into a square prison, trapping Parallax tightly within it and beginning to continuously compress.

Seeing this, Parallax quickly said, "I can negotiate too! I can love Earth too!"

Darian ignored its shouts, only continuing to compress the prison, intending to seal Parallax away.

The power of fear and Green Lantern rings shared a similar essence.

Since Green Lantern rings could seal Parallax, the power of fear could do so as well.

"No—!!"

Accompanied by a final shrill roar, the yellow cube rapidly shrank, eventually turning into a transparent yellow crystal the size of a fist, quietly floating above Darian’s palm.

Inside the crystal, a mass of black fog could be faintly seen rolling slowly; that was Parallax’s true form compressed to the extreme.

Its consciousness was still there, but it had been tightly sealed and could no longer stir up any waves.

[Quest "The best way to defeat fear is to face fear" completed]

[Settling rewards...]

[Obtained rewards: EXP +25000, Free Attribute Points * 8, Item "Double Four Symbols Seal", Item "Emotional Energy Cylinder", Equipment "Adamantium Blade"]

[Item: Double Four Symbols Seal (choose an object or human body as a carrier, use the Four Symbols cycle to seal evil power, and automatically generate an internal sealing space)]

[Item: Emotional Energy Cylinder (can absorb other people’s emotions, cannot continue absorbing after reaching the limit, and can only be reused after self-consumption)]

[Equipment: Carbonadium Blade (coming from a talkative and disfigured Green Lantern, insane version, capable of suppressing healing factors)]

The Double Four Symbols Seal was another sealing item.

But unlike other sealing items, it could seal evil power into a certain object or human body, and then form an internal space.

In other words, this was manually creating an inner Grandpa, or a ring Grandpa, directly enjoying the same treatment as the protagonist of a novel.

Of course, it mainly depended on what kind of thing the evil power was. If it was easy to control, it was a Grandpa; if it couldn’t be controlled, it was an ancestor, so it had to be used with caution.

The Emotional Energy Cylinder item seemed unremarkable, but in the DC Universe and Marvel Universe, it was a rather practical item.

You must know that whether in the DC Universe or the Marvel Universe, characters whose power source is emotion are not few.

For example, Green Lantern, Hulk, Scarlet Witch, Phoenix...

Green Lantern and Hulk both used emotion as power; the stronger the emotion, the stronger the power.

Having the Emotional Energy Cylinder was equivalent to fundamentally suppressing their power, making it impossible for them to even release their power.

As for Scarlet Witch and Phoenix, their emotions were mainly unstable and they would go berserk at every turn. They were typical examples of being incompetent in foreign wars and proficient in civil wars, and the Emotional Energy Cylinder was their suppressor.

Of course, it was equally useful against others.

After all, humans are creatures of seven emotions and six desires, and most behaviors are driven by emotions. If one sucked away a person’s emotions, it would inevitably affect the other party’s behavior.

Finally was the Carbonadium Blade; this equipment at a glance came from that bumbling idiot Wade.

Clearly it was a Green Lantern quest, yet it dropped related rewards from that bumbling idiot. One could only say that Green Lantern was probably a shadow that Wade could never shake off in his entire life.

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