Many people want me dead, and you're no different, but just you scruffy birds who've been hiding in the shadows for centuries? For hundreds of years, you've been cooped up in Gotham like rats, refusing to step outside. You should really be called the Court of Rats."
Donny narrowed his eyes, looking at the assassins in owl costumes.
Every assassin must have had the "Dionysium" factor added to their bodies; normal injuries wouldn't be fatal.
The only way to kill them was to aim for the head, either by decapitating them or blowing their heads apart.
Otherwise, even if you cut them in half, they could reattach their lower bodies and continue fighting.
"Many have tried to change the balance in Gotham, but they all died. You'll be no exception."
The leading owl waved his hand, no longer wasting words, and directly ordered all the owls to charge and kill Donny!
A battle of vastly unequal numbers began!
Essentially, it was three against countless… The Dionysium factor of the Court of Owls could be used on living people, granting them long lifespans and powerful regenerative abilities, but why use living people when dead ones are so much more convenient?
The Court of Owls mass-produced Dionysium and directly applied this peculiar substance to corpses, creating "Talons" on a large scale.
Revived Talons, unlike living people, had no self-awareness; they were like killing machines executing orders, their sole purpose to serve the Court.
Optimus Prime stood at the very front, silently raising his weapon, a war artifact glowing with a faint light and exuding an astonishing killing intent.
The leading owl, a living person, sneered at this sight.
Don't be fooled by the Talons rushing at enemies with firearms, armed with longswords and daggers, as if they were fools.
In reality, Talons feared firearms the least, unless they were high-powered weapons like various missiles.
As for ordinary guns… hehehe, if their bodies were shattered, they would instantly regenerate before your eyes.
Their masks were specially made to block bullets and protect their heads.
"Donny, you are remarkable, but also foolish for provoking us… Tell me, how did you discover the Court's existence?"
"Right now! The moment you bugs crawled out!"
Countless assassins swarmed forward, all armed with cold weapons, not a single firearm, charging fearlessly.
They were all resurrected from the dead, their minds so altered that only orders remained!
The will of the Court was everything to them!
Kill Donny!
Optimus Prime suddenly raised his head.
Two pieces of metal extended from both sides of his face, forming a mask that clipped onto his face, and in his two massive hands, he held a newly assembled giant cannon barrel.
War mode activated—energy output… The core module was formally activated for the first time, a module created in imitation of the Allspark.
Countless particle streams flowed rapidly, and the changes in the microscopic world directly affected the macroscopic world, as if every particle contained inconceivable energy, and their interconnections directly stirred up a storm in reality!
Energy cannon!
With the core module as the energy source, it was like the human heart supplying the blood necessary for the body's survival!
A massive torrent of particles roared out from the cannon barrel!
A beam of light, capable of making anyone gape in astonishment, carved a straight path through the dense ranks of figures.
Numerous owls in its path were pierced through the chest, leaving a gaping hole in their bodies, and some even had their heads completely gone, sitting limply on the ground, utterly dead.
"Energy weapons? This doesn't match our intelligence.
I wonder if Donny got these energy weapons from Stark Industries or if he made them himself.
If it's the latter, it means this mutant has advanced further, making him an even more valuable target for hunting!"
The leading owl wore the same attire as the other owls, blending into the dense crowd, making him hard to distinguish.
He was a rare case of Dionysium being implanted while still alive, naturally making him a loyal fanatic of the Court, serving its interests at every turn.
An immortal body and a long lifespan… enough for him to give up everything.
What if you became president?
A hundred years later, you'd just be a pitiful handful of dust, unlike him, free, immortal, and commanding an army of Talons.
Optimus Prime swung his arm, and a huge energy column swept horizontally, hitting countless assassins with the Allspark cannon.
Perhaps because it swept past in an instant, and the attack time was too short, they did not appear to be cut in half.
"Heh, what kind of energy weapon is this? Nine times out of ten, Donny made it himself… Huh? What's going on?"
The leading owl was greatly startled, witnessing an astonishing scene!
Many of the Talons who were hit, whether initially pierced through the chest or sustained bodily injuries from the sweep, should have rapidly recovered and re-entered the fight.
However, in the interim while countless owls charged, these owls hit by the Allspark cannon fell to the ground, clutching their wounds in pain, their regenerating flesh moving unusually slowly.
The beam of light was the miraculous Allspark energy!
It was a particle torrent that had never appeared in this universe, completely different from everything known in this world, originating from the Allspark which possessed the authority of creation!
The Allspark cannon could directly cause destruction at the microscopic level, from molecules to atoms.
Allspark particles, which attached to all matter, were constantly making microscopic alterations.
Although not to the extent of changing rules, altering things within the rules while being within them was incredibly easy.
Optimus Prime could directly launch microscopic attacks!
"This mutant is too great a threat.
He can suppress the Dionysium factor in the human body, just like Magneto.
With a human body, he can influence microscopic particles.
This is the most terrifying supernatural domain… This person must not be allowed to live!"
The leader, hiding in the shadows, moved stealthily through the ranks like a ghost, his sinister gaze fixed on Donny's weaknesses.
As soon as he found one, he could launch a devastating attack.
The entire Owl army seemed to receive some signal, becoming even more frenzied.
They couldn't kill Magneto, but surely they could kill an undeveloped mutant like you?
Surely they could kill a mutant whose strength was greatly diminished?
There were too many owls, and their weapons were also meticulously crafted, incredibly sharp.
Layers upon layers of people swarmed forward, a dense mass.
Donny said nothing, the sheer number making his scalp tingle a bit.
He was fully armed, several cannon muzzles aimed at the surrounding crowds, and he began to fire wildly!
There were too many.
God knows how many immortals the Court of Owls had accumulated over the years, and even those appearing now might not be the Court of Owls' full strength!
The Talons, layer upon layer, still broke through the firepower, even when Arcee suddenly erupted, using two Allspark longswords to unleash a massacre, it couldn't stop them.
These fanatics were set on Donny, and various cold weapons rained down on him indiscriminately.
Although many assassins were incapacitated by the Allspark cannon, their numbers were simply too great.
Several Talons stepped over the bodies of those in front, quickly breaking through to Donny's immediate vicinity.
This was their first time breaking through the defensive line.
Several Talons, wielding cold weapons, fiercely struck at Donny, but were blocked by his hard metal armor, and in the next second, Donny shot them dead with a backhand.
"This is troublesome.
My calculations were off; microscopic attacks can't instantly obliterate them.
Dionysium… no, or rather, the origin of the raw material for Dionysium is even more worth scrutinizing.
I hadn't planned on using my trump card; that thing isn't fully modified yet, and I wanted to save it for tricking people…"
Donny stared at the people from all directions.
Even with his three combat units fully equipped with Allspark weapons, it was difficult to contain this group of insane assassins.
Donny had underestimated some things and had no choice but to use his trump card.
However, to defeat the Court of Owls and obtain the Dionysium technology, deploying the trump card was not a loss.
A tiny figure emerged from Donny's collar, perched on Donny's ear, transforming into a communicator, and dialed a number.
"Jarvis, can you hear me? As I told you before I came to Gotham, use that thing… my current trump card, the true weapon of war!"