An invisible pressure instantly surged into Darkseid's mind. That condescending gaze, those indifferent eyes. Lothar, with his golden eyes and black hair, stood quietly on the ground, yet Darkseid dared not make any rash moves.
Danger, extreme danger.
Lothar was the second person to make Darkseid feel this way.
"Power... evolved...?"
Thousands of thoughts raced through Darkseid's mind. The last person to make him feel this way was his father—the former ruler of Apokolips, Yuga Khan.
Lothar was the second.
Darkseid wasn't sure how strong Lothar's current evolved power was, but he could tell that this feeling, like a thorn in his side, deeply displeased him.
"Super Saiyan 4."
"What?"
The term that flowed from Lothar's lips startled Darkseid, then his pupils constricted sharply. Lothar, whose figure almost instantly vanished, appeared behind Darkseid and backhanded him across the face.
Whack!
The sudden, immense force instantly sent Darkseid flying!
The new form, born from the ultimate fusion of the Great Ape and Super Saiyan power, filled the last missing piece in Lothar's path to godhood—his body.
Super Saiyan 4, born from the combined energy effects of Super Saiyan 3 and the robust physique of the Great Ape form.
At this moment, Lothar finally possessed a body capable of perfectly bearing the power of Super Saiyan 3.
"No!"
"Impossible!"
"This power..." Darkseid, reeling from the slap, saw the blood dripping from his lips, his face twisted with shock and rage. How was this terrifying rate of improvement possible?!
"Father once said,"
"My evolution speed is faster than light."
Whoosh!
Before his words finished, Lothar's right hand struck Darkseid's cheek again. The speed was so great that even with Darkseid's full attention, he couldn't dodge it.
Whack!
Another slap, leaving Darkseid's face symmetrically bruised.
"Get up."
"Again."
Lothar shook his throbbing right hand, beckoning Darkseid, who lay on the ground, with his index finger. His calm face showed no ripples of emotion, yet it caused immense humiliation within Darkseid.
"Who do you think you are?!"
Darkseid, enraged, had veins bulging on his arms. The bronze gate beneath the sky suddenly began to tremble. A mysterious power descended from an unknown place, bursting through the gate and merging into Darkseid's body.
"I am the one who kills you."
Lothar took a step, and a roaring explosion followed.
"Loneliness, isolation, fear, despair, self-worth..."
Like the tolling of a bell, with the power surging from behind the Apokoliptian portal, Darkseid, confronting Lothar, suddenly widened his eyes.
"I am the new God."
"All is one, all is Darkseid."
"This strong body is my temple."
"When I command you to surrender, three billion voices follow..."
"I will lead you into a hell with no exit and no end, where I will kill your souls! I will make you fear, make you beg! I will make you die! Die! Die for Darkseid!"
"For Darkseid!"
An indescribable mystery, this was the power Darkseid had pursued his entire life, and it was also Darkseid's last trump card he could now employ. At the same time, it was one of the most powerful and mysterious forces in the entire universe.
The Anti-Life Equation, an extremely unique and potent ability. It could corrupt and engulf anything the user touched, and all who heard the equation would lose their free will, becoming puppets of Darkseid.
This was why Superman Clark's corpse had previously been manipulated by Darkseid to engage in a great battle with Lothar.
Of course, the Anti-Life Equation belonging to Darkseid at this moment was incomplete, which was why Darkseid hadn't used this unstable ability earlier.
Darkseid, in his conquest of the multiverse, had always been searching for an opportunity to complete his Anti-Life Equation, but unfortunately, he had had little success until now.
"Now, kneel."
Darkseid, imbued with sudden majesty, raised his right hand towards Lothar, who was slowly walking towards him. The next second, the crisp sound of bone breaking shattered Darkseid's illusion.
Crack!
Lothar, without mercy, directly broke Darkseid's entire arm!
"How could—?!"
Thwack!
His red tail, hard as iron, instantly pierced a bloody hole in Darkseid's chest!
"Ah!!!!"
Even one as powerful as Darkseid couldn't help but wail.
"Your power is full of flaws."
The perfect balance between body and power couldn't be broken by a mere incomplete version of the Anti-Life Equation used by a Darkseid avatar. Not unless Lothar willingly dispersed the energy shield covering his body. But was that likely?
"No... no..."
"This is impossible..."
"This is impossible..."
"This is impossible!!!!"
Darkseid stumbled backward, his chest already stained red with blood, yet Lothar showed no sign of letting him off.
"See, you're bleeding."
With that, he unleashed a punch!
The surging force impacted Darkseid's body, sending flesh and blood flying!
"Get up, Darkseid."
"Again."
Lothar, with his black hair waving with the wind, looked down at the fallen figure, waiting for him to stand up.
"You—"
Darkseid's words suddenly caught in his throat. Lothar gave him no chance to speak, and an unavoidable punch pierced his abdomen. The blood of Apokolips stained Lothar's cheek.
"Again."
Lothar withdrew his right arm, single-handedly gripped Darkseid's throat, then ruthlessly slammed him to the ground, his face expressionless.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
"Again." Lothar punched Darkseid in the forehead.
"Again." This time, Lothar broke Darkseid's arm.
"Again." This time, Lothar broke Darkseid's legs.
"Again!"
"Again!!"
"Again!!!"
"Again!!!!"
Lothar's eyes were red, with no flashy energy fluctuations, just pure physical combat. One punch after another. Blood flew, and pulverized flesh splattered!
Darkseid, having lost his limbs, lay paralyzed on the ground, critically wounded, barely clinging to life: "You... you can't kill me... but I... I can kill you..."
"Is that so?"
Lothar, after an unknown number of punches, stood up from Darkseid and walked to the side, bending down to pick up the Golden Trident that had fallen to the ground. His blood-stained hands wiped away the dust from the Golden Trident, and he walked back towards Darkseid.
"In my universe, I'll be waiting for you to find me." Lothar raised the Golden Trident in his hand, his face devoid of emotion.
A cold glint, and a head rolled.
Lothar stomped on it, leaving no chance for this Darkseid to survive.
"And by the way, a piece of advice."
"If you can defeat me, remember to cut off my head."
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