Chapter 30: Red Lantern Demon Spirit Star
Lingxing's wish has always been simple.
It just wants to be a normal good cat.
This wish has not changed since it was still called Dexter, and it wants to bring luck to its master, as the old lady of Brooklyn gave it, and to live a lazy life of sleeping curled up on his master's lap all day long.
This life did go on for a while, until the old woman was shot dead by a burglary, and when "lucky" tried to help the police identify the criminal, he was chased away on the grounds that it might destroy the scene, leaving the criminal at large.
It then became a stray cat for a while, until it was caught by a few thugs, used as an object to release their cruel nature, abused for several hours, and then thrown off the bridge.
And at this time, the anger in its heart changed the cat forever.
[Lucky from the 2814 sector. 】
"Anger is rolling in your heart. 】
Welcome to the Red Lantern Corps. 】
After killing the thugs who abused him and the murderer who robbed the old woman, Lucky met his new master, the leader of the Red Lantern Legion, Atohitas, and perhaps because he felt that his name was not worthy of it, he gave himself a new name-
Dex-star.
Although the name has changed and the power has changed, the wish in the heart of the spirit star has not changed, it wants to bring luck to its master.
It follows Atohitas on his crusades, sensing anger to eliminate the oppressor and abuser, in order to recruit members of the Red Lantern Legion and challenge the Green Lantern Legion's dominance.
It once burned an entire alien tribe alive and bit the throat of a dictator on a certain planet, which for the Spirit Star was just an instinctive act to vent its heart, similar to other cats biting balls of yarn.
But that life came to an abrupt end three months ago.
It all started when Atohitas used blood magic to prophesy that the Red Lantern Beast might appear in Sector 2814, and in order to capture the Lamp Beast to increase the Red Lantern Legion's combat power, Atohitas returned to his hometown with the Spirit Star.
Lingxing didn't quite understand what the Lantern Beasts were, only that they were legion symbols corresponding to emotional energy, which could greatly enhance the power of the Lantern Ring user, and the Red Lantern Beast, which represented anger, was an energy creature called the Blood Slaughter Cow.
However, it turns out that the Spirit Star really can't bring luck to the master - before they even enter the earth, they are already stopped, and there are two Green Lantern waiting for them here.
But even so, Atohitas and Lingxing were not afraid and flinched, the red light, as the extreme of the spectrum, has a destructive power that surpasses other color lights, and the 2V2 fair duel is not false purely in terms of combat effectiveness.
Until the third enemy appears - but instead of a green light, he wears a blue light.
"I am the Holy Walkers, the leader of the Blue Lantern Legion, the Red Lantern Warriors who wield the power of untold wrath, and I hope that we can cease fighting each other and deal with the coming Darkest Night."
The two Green Lanterns were not surprised by the arrival of the Holy Walkers, it seemed that they had planned to delay time, but it was impossible for Atohitas to accept this offer - his blood feud with the Green Lantern Legion and the Guardians of the Universe would not be resolved.
However, even at this time, there was no problem for Atohitas and Lingxing to retreat, after all, the other party did not intend to use lethal force.
The problem lies with Lingxing himself.
During the battle, they discovered that the blue light energy emitted by the Holy Walker could actually suppress the function of the red light ring. However, Atohitas almost immediately used his furious anger to break free from the influence, but Psistar was not so lucky.
Perhaps because it was too close to the earth, Lingxing recalled the memories of being an ordinary cat, and when he was shrouded in blue energy, Lingxing had an unrealistic hope for a moment - he wanted to live a warm and stable life like an ordinary cat again.
Although it was really only for a short moment, when it came back to its senses, the Lantern Ring had already left it and flew towards Earth.
"Poor little life, I will take you to the planet of Odim and use hope to heal the wounds you have suffered-"
"Stay away from my cat! Bastard! ”
Atohitas erupted with a furious force, suppressing both the Green Light and the Saintwalker on Earth in an instant, but it was only a brief outburst, and Atohitas used what little strength he had left to envelop the Spirit Star and send it to Earth.
"Go find the Blood Slaughter Cow, Spirit Star! Blood magic prophesied that when the power of the Blood Demon Slayer was completely liberated, the entire universe would be filled with the power of red light's rage! ”
Although Lingxing has changed back into a normal cat, it has gained a new mission.
However, in the process of completing its mission, it was attacked again by thugs-
Sure enough, human beings will always repeat the same mistakes and commit the same sins.
The thought flashed through my mind when it was thrown off the Gotham Bridge. Maybe this is the punishment of God, the punishment that this bad cat has never brought bad luck to its owner.
But it still felt unwilling and angry, not to those little thugs, not to the Green Lantern, but to himself. The desire to snuggle up to the master, the mission to find the lamp beast, he couldn't complete any of them.
However, it soon discovered that both the desire and the mission were accomplished at the same time.
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"There's a lot of anger in your heart."
Spirit Star opened its eyes, and it felt the familiar burning sensation fill its body, but it seemed to be different from before.
"Welcome to the Red Light...... Well, that doesn't seem right. And the Douglas Corps? It's weird, I'm not as narcissistic as Senisto...... What about the Berserker Legion? ”
"Meow?"
Psychron found itself in Red's arms, slowly recovering from the damage it had received, and on its tail, a gleaming red light ring was firmly attached to it.
"I'm sorry, Lingxing, the copycat red light ring that I rubbed out of my hard hand seems to be quite different from the original, and even the built-in computer voice doesn't seem to have it. However, it seems that the basic ability to manipulate the red light energy in the body of the repaired vow holder is still there. ”
Red gently stroked Lingxing's back, and at this time, Lingxing noticed the strangeness of his arm - I saw that Red's right hand with the lamp ring was now dyed dark red from the arm down, just like the arm of a demon, which looked very hideous and terrifying.
"Meow~"
Lingxing stuck out his tongue and licked Red's hand with some concern, who smiled and shook his head.
"Don't worry, this seems to be the after-effect of forcibly copying the lamp ring just now...... It's not a big deal, I should say that I've been used to it for a long time. ”
Red looked at his altered right hand, in fact, in addition to its appearance, it was just a faint pain.
The problem was that the sensation was not new to him, as if there seemed to be some force lodged in his arm...... It's like a ghost hand that you once had.
But this is not the Arad continent, since the ghost is not the power of the ghosts, what is it?
"Let's get out of here first, Lingxing, Gotham can't go back, we have to find a place first-"
At this moment, Red's brow furrowed slightly, as he felt the dazzling light shining from his head.
It was a green light that symbolized the will.
"It seems that the mastermind behind the scenes has appeared on his own...... Very well, I should have settled accounts with you. ”
Red picked up the promethium katana on the ground and stood up, looking up at the figure looking down on him in the air, his body full of fighting intent.
"Green Lantern."