46. Mending the knife, you must learn to mend the knife--[29/50]
The departure of Mr. Sandstorm, who has a strong enough field control ability to quell the chaos in Arkham Asylum in an instant, seems to have become a clarion call for the Bat Family to really start a counterattack.
Especially when Batman rushed to the roof of the building and was entangled with Lei Xiaogu, and the Scarlet Knight who rushed to attack Batman was stopped by Dashao who fell from the sky.
The supervillains who were supposed to be on their side also turned against the water under the leadership of Batman's disguised "Kite Man", and the Asasins, who had drawn too much power into Gotham City to destroy and cause chaos, suddenly fell from being strong to the point of "no one can use".
Ms. Talia, who was the commander of the scene, had her cheeks twitching.
She didn't understand what had happened in those few minutes. She didn't know that she had been treated as a traitor by a dangerous fellow.
But the sudden turn for the worse made the cunning woman immediately realize the danger.
Sensing that Mr. Sandstorm had left and that it was impossible to return, the woman who was determined and ambitious enough gritted her teeth and led a group of elite samurai to the launch pad, which was not yet ready for the launch program.
She's going to shoot the missile-like thing that has been erected before the Bat Family can destroy everything.
Gotham City is right in front of you anyway.
Launching at this distance would have prevented the missile from reaching the rest of the Americas, but it would have been enough to destroy Gotham and the surrounding cities.
This is certainly not a personal vendetta!
Nor is Thalia as obsessed with absolute justice as her father, who lived for more than 800 years.
Her idea was very simple.
Now that the Assassins have decided to cooperate with the Stars, whether or not the Advent plan spreads to the world, it must be done at least in the area they are responsible for.
In this way, no matter how the terrifyingly large organization is held accountable or dealt with afterwards, the relationship between himself and their allies will not change.
And in the case of Batman's appearance and the suspicion that the Justice League is all dispatched, even if you want to run, you have to run in a plan, and the end of rushing out like a headless fly will definitely not be too good.
After all, can they escape faster than the Flash's pursuit?
You'll have to do something that keeps the Justice League busy enough to give yourself a chance to relapse into the shadows.
"Bang"
The killer moth that rushed up from downstairs howled and sprayed the wildfire in his hand, but the neurotic arsonist was knocked down by a shot from Talia from afar.
With a wave of her hand, the cold lady in her cloak sent the silent warriors to clear a path for her.
The King of Assassins and Batman are head-to-head in the front, the Crimson Knight and Nightwing collide in the rear area, and the Kite Man swarm bombardment overhead makes the road very difficult.
But Talia eventually made it to the launch pad.
She quickly typed in a line of commands, and two gunshots rang out as she inserted the firing key.
The black-clad warrior guarding Talia's side used their unique gauntlets to eject a small shield to protect the commander, but the bullet hit them and petrified them in place.
"Damian in the Batcave! If you launch it, your son is dead."
Mason's voice came from low in the sky with the whistling of kites sweeping through the air.
There was also the sound of pill bottles shattering in mid-air, large spills of paralyzing potions being spilled, and flying bombs falling from all directions and exploding fires, which threw the neighborhood into chaos.
The young man rolled over and landed in front of Thalia.
The crit cannon that pulled out the demon change fired three bullets in quick succession, forcing the Assassin lady back, and Catwoman, who was touched in an invisibility cloak behind her, didn't want to say anything more.
The moment Mason catches Talia's attention, the Eagle of Sujay stabs through the heart of Damien's "mother" with a cold light.
However, as the daughter of the King of Assassins, Talia was no easy match as a good Assassin commander, and she was extremely sensitive to murderous intent and danger.
Sensing movement behind her, the pretty lady instantly threw a smoke bomb and used a rather dashing tactical roll to cover herself and move to safety.
Before she stood up, she had drawn the straight-edged knife behind her back, and the invisibility cloak was not very face-saving this time, or the vicious force in the cloak was expecting to see the two women fight each other.
Therefore, after Catwoman's first assassination failed, Selena was "pushed" out of the concealment of the invisibility cloak.
At this moment, two women who are closely related to Batman face each other in this chaotic killing place, and Talia takes off the torn cloak on her body, but the pistol is knocked out by Catwoman's whip the moment she raises her hand to shoot.
Two equally beautiful, equally cold, and equally sassy women don't have any nonsense.
As if sensing that the other party was their "old enemy" in this life, they approached each other under Mason's strange gaze and then drew their knives and slashed at each other.
The young man who watched with that fierce energy shrank his neck.
He turned back to look at the launch pad that had already been activated by Talia, and although the launch command had not yet been given, the key insertion had allowed the classic fifteen-minute countdown to begin.
Mason first carefully inspected the technology level of the entire launch pad in the midst of a hail of bullets, and then confirmed that he could not crack it by normal means, so he set his eyes on the launch stand not far away.
The explosives erected on it were not massive, just the normal size of a small cruise missile.
"Charles, cover me!"
Mason pulled out his toolbox.
Gesturing to the sky, the Kite Man helped him look around, and then he fired the Claw Gun at the launch button to send himself there.
"I could have dropped you in my suitcase, but I'm guessing you must have a self-destruct device."
Mason complained, stretched out his hand and put it on the special missile in front of him, and the prompt label quickly popped up to verify his bad conjecture:
against Titan-type bio-chemical missiles
Quality: Epic Engineering/Alchemical Creation, Outstanding Craftsmanship
Weapon Effectiveness:
This type of missile is a military technology product attached to the "Emperor Project", designed and manufactured for the purpose of carrying out lethal biochemical attacks on the sleeping ancient Titans, and is characterized by not emphasizing destructive power and is specially designed to carry different types of biological virus warheads and designed with a super diffuse internal structure.
Currently loaded with virus warheads: 7.
The missile has already entered the launch procedure, and forcibly moving it will cause the self-detonation program to start in 3 minutes.
Maker: Imperial Organization Military Science and Technology Research Laboratory
Item description: This otherworldly technology renders bomb disposal skills useless, but luckily the versatile engineering is up to the challenge.
Move your hands and tell yourself not to be nervous, now, grab your engineering wrench and start saving the world!
Warn:
The biological virus warhead currently assembled inside the missile is [2149 Cosmic Special Biological Extract (Source Zombie Virus)], and this item is extremely dangerous!
Do not attempt to contact research until the alchemy skill reaches Lv7 and the First Aid skill reaches Lv7.
The hint of two successive information labels made Mason frown, and he glanced at the watch that recorded the countdown to the launch, and there were still thirteen minutes left.
He had to remove the missile's self-destruct mechanism and remove it from the launch frame before the thing could be launched.
Although he didn't understand the difference between this "2149 Universe Special Extraction Source Zombie Virus" and ordinary zombie viruses, if the character cards warned him so seriously that this thing was extremely dangerous, then Mason would have to be vigilant for 12 points.
While Mason begins to defuse the bomb and the Kite Man protects the Boss to save the world, Batman is engaged in a one-on-one battle with his "mentor" on the top of the roof of the utter chaos of Arkham Asylum.
Although Mr. Sandstorm had already extended an invitation to the Assassin King, the Assassin King, the personnel who had been tricked out had apparently no intention of leaving with their new teammates.
The King of Assassins, though somewhat disappointed, was not very disappointed.
After all, he has lived for more than 800 years, and nearly nine centuries of long life is enough for him to face all the impermanence in life with a calmer attitude.
Like now.
He and the best disciple of his life stood in the narrow area that would make the cat fall whenever he ran, Batman attacked with all his might, and the king of assassins, armed with an eerie black sword, seemed unhurried.
Although each attack is defused, it is no longer as easy as the encounters have been.
This made the Assassin King's slightly narrowed eyes full of amazement.
It's been more than fifteen years since Batman left the League of Assassins, but he's still growing.
He didn't waste his potential by returning to his hometown to waste his time battling a bunch of freaks in fancy costumes.
In fact, in the eyes of the King of Assassins, it took his disciples less than twenty years to surpass his eight centuries of actual combat experience.
Lei Xiaogu swung his black sword to resist another fearful assault of Batman and pushed him out in the deflection of the blade, and the old man rolled flexibly in the air to remove the strength of his arms, and landed steadily on the eaves a few meters away.
"If such potential can be used in the right way..."
The King of Assassins sighed regretfully.
In the voice of the old man, full of wisdom and experience, he said:
"My invitation to you is still valid, Bruce, and if you're willing to take over my inheritance, I can end up smiling right now, you know I'm too tired.
We don't have to fight to the death in this crazy place."
"You're destroying the world!"
The old man was full of disgust and said:
"Before today, I thought that the Assassin League was just an organization that had gone astray under the leadership of an overly radical ideology. But after today, you will be a hopeless bunch of lunatics in my eyes."
"Are we destroying the world? No, we're trying to perpetuate it."
Lei Xiaogu shook his head and raised the ancient sword in his hand to aim at his best disciple.
His eyes, which had been squinting, opened at this moment, and his tiger-like beard was shaking, like a tiger roaring against the erection collar of his green robe.
"Bruce Wayne! Batman, I know exactly what kind of work the Justice League has been doing for more than a year! Just after Doctor Fate warned you—"
The Assassin King's tone turned cold.
He said:
"You and your self-proclaimed righteous companions rotate in the watchtower base of that extraplanetary orbit to monitor the stars, and I believe you are the most aware of the current situation on this planet.
But in the face of that truth, you chose to hide it.
Perhaps with good intentions.
Perhaps it is intended to bring the people of this world to a final day in sheltered ignorance in the face of unstoppable despair.
It's just that you ignore that not everyone wants to live blindfolded to the end.
My disciple.
I also lifted the veil of the future, and I saw the same brutal scenery as you see.
You made your choice.
So do I!
You may scoff at what I'm doing.
But I think you also know deep down that you are no different from me, we are both moving towards the same goal, but we choose different methods!"
The old man did not refute Lei Xiaogu's statement.
He just lowered his arms, and when he rushed up again, the sharp sharktooth grappling knife popped out of his gauntlet, bringing with him the sound of sharpness in the night.
"Hmm, you're murderous..."
Lei Xiaogu let out a hearty laugh, and he swung his black sword forward to entangle his disciple.
He said:
"That's it! Put order and chaos
, good and evil, right and wrong aside, Bruce, it's just a game of two paths and two approaches.
If one of us can make it to the end, then there will be no loser in this fight!
You have to remember, my disciple.
If I die, you will continue to lead the League of Assassins, it is not something you want to do, but you know that you must do so!
That time is almost there—"
"And you and your outlaws are wasting our little time!"
The old man finally spoke, with intense anger.
He jammed the Mentor's black sword with the sharktooth grappling knife in his left arm, and slammed his clenched five-fingered fist into the Assassin King's jaw from the bottom up before the latter could break free.
This ferocious attack of the Ascending Dragon Fist struck the eight-hundred-year-old man who flew upwards and was slammed by the old man and flew out, but the latter rolled in the air and stopped at the very edge of the eaves in an almost impossible movement.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at Batman.
He said:
"Your strength has increased! Beyond the realm of normal people, it's clear that you've used some sort of self-enhancing item, and it seems that you're starting to break your own rules under pressure!
Good, Bruce.
That's it!
Only by making good use of everything can you take everyone to the end.
Forget Jason Todd.
Forget the Crimson Knight, he will never replace you!"
As he spoke, the old man who had lost his weapon bent down, and the moment the old man rushed over, just like Damian Wayne's movements when he attacked Mason in the Batcave, his fingers were together like a sword, and at the same time as Batman's fist hit him in the heart, the powerful fingers also poked the old man's heart.
A low pop sent the King of Assassins to the burning floor beneath Arkham Asylum.
And the old man clutched his heart and fell to his knees, even the suit made of special titanium alloy still couldn't stop the fatal blow of the killing technique that the king of assassins had practiced for more than 800 years.
Layers of cracks burst out in his heart, making the old man seem to feel that the gates of hell had opened before his eyes at that moment.
But his punch was also fierce enough to make Lei Xiaogu lose his weapon and the whole person was smashed into the burning Arkham below.
However, the King of Assassins also took advantage of this to get rid of the fierce entanglement of the master.
He felt his heart beating more and more slowly, and his life force was passing away from this body that had gone back and forth countless times in life and death.
As he crashed into the flames, he threw his claws at the other side of the chaotic land, pulling his body and moving quickly to the launch pad, where the kite man tried to stop the old fellow but was knocked to the ground by the latter's three punches and two kicks.
Lei Xiaogu vomited blood and twisted the key on the launch pad and pressed the launch button.
Gotham, this decaying city must be destroyed!
That's the only way!
Only the Batman you fancy can unshackle and devote yourself to a truly great cause.
However, a few seconds passed and nothing happened!
The King of Assassins looked up in amazement and saw that on top of the missile on the launcher, a young man in a gray suit was taking out some rather delicate modules from the unwrapped missile, and put the silver missile from the spot into his magic bag as if by magic.
"Whoosh"
"Bang"
The black throwing knife and the disarmed bullet shot at each other almost simultaneously, Mason's chest flashed with blood and fell from the air, and Lei Xiaogu was overwhelmed with heart when he threw the final attack, and he could no longer dodge.
A blinding flash of blood exploded from the Assassin King's forehead, causing him to fall to his knees with wide eyes and embrace death once more.
His body was like a decaying thing that flew to ashes in the bleak night, except for a moment all that was left in place was a simple robe and a falling bullet.
The Kite Man screamed and threw his hook from the roof, pulling Mason into the air before his head hit the ground and exploded, the young man whose heart was pierced by the knife would have ignored it
The blood of a unicorn grabbing a test tube was poured into his mouth.
Complete a long-range headshot or anomalous humanoid creature execution, the Cold-Blooded Gunslinger trait takes effect, and the shooting skill proficiency is increased by x80, currently at Lv4.
Unlock the Mystic Talent [Eye of Death]
Mason felt the unicorn's blood heal himself and pull him back from the brink of death, he looked at the dissipating ashes and the falling black sword beside him, and whispered:
"It's okay, it's not a loss."