Chapter 222: The Lord of Darkness Shocks All Worlds!

“My name is… Barbatos!”

In an instant, that voice rumbled like thunder, endlessly echoing through the minds of countless viewers!

Boom!

It continued to reverberate, becoming increasingly overwhelming!

One-Punch Man World!

Boros’s single eye widened to an exaggerated degree. It became bloodshot as a trail of crimson blood flowed from it!

His body trembled uncontrollably. Fear from the deepest depths of his soul churned violently, threatening to crush his sanity!

At this moment, he was just like the weak beings he had once slaughtered, roaring madly,

“What kind of existence is that!?”

“What is that thing!?”

“Impossible! This is fake!!”

“I am the Dominator of the Universe! How could I be no different from an ant!?”

Yet no matter how he roared, his body continued to display its most primitive reaction—

Fear!

Dragon Ball World!

Frieza collapsed into his floating chair, sweat pouring from his body like rain!

Not a trace remained of the pride belonging to the emperor of the universe. There was only panic and terror!

In the Realm of the Gods, Beerus’s entire body stiffened, and his feline pupils contracted into razor-thin slits!

He could not understand what he was seeing!

That was an existence even more terrifying than Zeno!

Marvel EU World!

Inside Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One revealed an incomparably horrified expression!

It was not because of the image on the screen.

It was because the world itself had trembled just now!

She understood what that represented!

The true master of Kamar-Taj…

The great Eternity itself had trembled!

How was that possible!?

One of the five great cosmic gods of the multiverse had actually reacted this way!

It seemed as unreal as an illusion!

Yet everything was undeniably real!

The Ancient One stared at the screen, her heart surging like a ten-thousand-meter tsunami!

She could not comprehend what kind of existence that shadow beneath the tattered cloak truly was!

Had the screen’s immense power not isolated its influence, the eyes of Kamar-Taj’s disciples might have exploded merely from looking at it!

Egypt, Temple of the Moon!

Khonshu prostrated himself on the ground, trembling violently!

As a god, his spiritual sight was even stronger, allowing him to perceive something far more terrifying!

Even the so-called sun god Ra would be nothing more than an insignificant spark before that existence!

The sight left Lockley, dressed in the Moon Knight suit, completely dumbfounded.

Even though he was the most unruly and cold-hearted of the personalities, he could no longer comprehend what he was witnessing.

Only fear remained!

Planet Oa!

Sinestro trembled, his eyes filled with terror and confusion.

He no longer knew whether he should continue searching for the power of the Yellow Lanterns and become the master of fear!

Because the existence before him was fear itself.

At that moment, the shadow concealed beneath the cloak once again released a voice that seemed capable of shaking the entire universe.

“I… am the embodiment of destruction and darkness!”

“I am the master of the World Forge!”

In the Void, He Who Remains took a deep breath!

“And I am the ruler of the Dark Multiverse!”

“As for you, Bruce Wayne…”

“You shall become the vanguard of my invasion into that world!”

He had guarded the Sacred Timeline for countless years and knew many terrifying secrets, including the existences that possessed true supreme power!

However, those beings rarely interfered with reality. There was even that horrifying tribunal maintaining a certain form of order!

Yet this existence, despite already possessing such unimaginable power, was actually the mastermind preparing to invade the multiverse!

This would be a disaster unlike anything he had ever witnessed before!

Compared to this, the variants he had restrained within the timeline and prevented from appearing were utterly insignificant!

The DC Multiverse was in mortal danger!

DCEU World!

Inside the temple atop Mount Olympus, the gods were surrounded by deathly silence.

Not even the sound of breathing could be heard!

At this moment, the same thought appeared in the minds of every god.

Perhaps…

There was no need to return to the mortal world after all.

The Divine Realm was quite comfortable.

They sincerely thanked the wizards of the Rock of Eternity for maintaining the barrier—and hoped they would strengthen it even further!

London.

At the Justice Society branch of A.R.G.U.S., Doctor Fate finally understood what he had previously witnessed.

That darkness, so overwhelmingly dense that it could devour all light, was…

Barbatos!

On the beach, Barry Allen’s face was deathly pale, and his legs had gone weak. Had Clark not supported him, he might have fallen to his knees.

Arthur’s mind had already gone completely numb.

At this moment, he abandoned all attempts to think.

Perhaps returning to the ocean and living as a fish would not be so bad.

Bruce took a deep breath.

Halfway through the video, he had already realized that these Dark Batmen could not possibly be the true organizers.

There had to be another mastermind behind them!

However, he had never expected that the existence behind everything would possess such terrifying titles!

Master of the World Forge!

Lord of Darkness!

Even if those titles were not entirely literal, the truth was probably not far from them!

Was this truly an enemy they could stop?

No!

Bruce’s eyes suddenly widened!

He had noticed a particular word the other party had used!

“Vanguard!”

Barbatos was so powerful, so why did he not directly break through the barriers between universes and descend upon the positive multiverse himself?

Why did he need those corrupted Batmen to invade ahead of him?

Bruce immediately became excited!

Perhaps this overwhelmingly powerful existence could not enter directly.

Perhaps some kind of restriction bound him!

In that case, resistance might not be impossible!

At this moment, light appeared in his eyes once again!

The Batman Who Laughs’s eyes shone more brightly than ever before!

So there were still countless fascinating worlds waiting for him to toy with, along with countless versions of Bruce Wayne waiting for him to reshape.

This was truly… wonderful!

Without the slightest hesitation, the Batman Who Laughs chose to become Barbatos’s minion and invade even more universes.

But before that, he needed to make certain preparations!

Soon, he used the power granted to him by Barbatos to travel throughout the Dark Multiverse and locate those pitiful souls!

The Dawnbreaker, the Red Death, the Drowned, the Devastator, the Merciless, the Murder Machine, and the Batman Who Laughs!

The Dark Knights were formed!

Every one of them knew that Barbatos’s promise might be nothing more than a lie, but they did not care!

Bruce Wayne had already lost everything. The worlds on the other side were their only remaining hope—something worth gambling everything upon!

After all, they had been born within darkness!

Therefore… they would inevitably yearn for the “light”!