novellhall Chapter 353 Max Level Magic Resistance, So Tough the Boss Itself
Chapter 353 Max Level Magic Resistance, So Tough the Boss Itself
Chapter 353 Max Level Magic Resistance, So Tough the Boss Itself (5000-word Chapter)
"Is this the reinforcements you've been waiting for?"
Eclipse turned its head and looked at Superb.
So, at that moment, the two strangers sized each other up and then simultaneously scoffed:
"Seriously?" x2
"I was initially worried / I was initially looking forward to it."
Chen Tao crouched down quietly to the side, while Wonder Woman, with her mouth crooked and eyes slanted, followed behind him looking like a beautiful woman who had lost control of her facial expressions.
"Roar!" Martian Hunter suddenly moved without warning, but the next second, his entire body was suppressed by the infrasound gun that Chen Tao suddenly pulled out.
Amidst the intense infrasound that Chen Tao had prepared, the Martian Hunter, who was already completely controlled by the Eclipse, was caught off guard and fell to his knees. In that instant, the molecules in his entire body became violently disordered.
"I'm sorry, Rong En."
Chen Tao strode forward and slammed the infrasonic gun, which had fused with his left hand and been enhanced and assembled by countless nanobots, into the Martian Hunter, almost causing him to lose his human form.
"I synthesized a frequency specifically for you using the pitch variation of a black canary's croak, which can make every molecule in your body waltz."
The Martian Manhunter, skilled in shapeshifting, uncontrollably switched between various alien creatures he could transform into. Then, he swung his enormous claws, which he had transformed into, in an attempt to fight back, only to be punched in the face by Chen Tao with his right fist.
Because the molecular connections were disrupted, Martian Manhunter's green face turned like dough, causing Chen Tao's fist to sink deep into it. Then, Chen Tao's right hand formed a gun muzzle, violently spewing out cold air, freezing him into an ice sculpture.
"Mr. Freeze and Captain Cold's freezing technology won't kill you, Ron. I'm sorry, I need to assure you, it will only..."
"It will cause you a tiny bit of harm."
In the blink of an eye, Martian Hunter was rendered combat-incapacitated on the spot—a process Chen Tao had rehearsed in his mind many times.
This was easier than expected. Martian Hunter Ron, under the control of Eclipse, clearly lacked his tactical genius. One of the most important issues was that if it were Martian Hunter Ron's own will to control this body, he would never be so foolish as to stand still and let Chen Tao point a gun at his forehead.
But actually...
Chen Tao's ability to take down Martian Hunter on the spot with a series of actions also owes a great deal to another important contributor.
Chen Tao turned to look at Tian Shi, whose expression was rather unpleasant.
He wasn't stupid. Since it was the strong reinforcement Batman had been waiting for all this time, it was obvious that it wouldn't be some scoundrel.
In this standoff, it might have been a safer approach to have Martian Manhunter use his telepathic abilities to launch a surprise attack. However, this idea was clearly within Batman's expectations, and ironically, it helped Batman silence Martian Manhunter.
"Bat..." Eclipse wanted to say something, but the next second he was grabbed by the neck by the flying Superb. The two of them flew out like meteors, crashing into a large section of walls and floors, raising a cloud of dust.
On the other side, without Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman watching closely, Killer Frost couldn't keep up with the Flash's speed at all.
Although she is also a cold-based villain, she is not the type like Captain Cold who often fights the Flash.
Killer Frost doesn't understand one crucial principle: when facing the Flash, damage output isn't the most important thing; the most important thing is to slow him down and create a cold field around herself. Previously, she could recklessly unleash her icy attacks on the Flash because Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman were the main attackers, and she was merely supporting them. But now…
With a clatter, the Frost Killer was thrown aside, and then his whole body was wrapped in ropes that Barry had somehow picked up from somewhere.
Just when Chen Tao thought Barry would be foolish enough to use ordinary ropes to tie up Killer Frost (note: because Killer Frost could freeze ropes to pieces), he saw the Flash raise his hand and chop Killer Frost on the back of the neck, and she immediately passed out without a sound.
"I'm sorry, Catherine."
"...So why did you tie her up with a rope?"
"..."
Barry tilted his head: "Uh... a sense of ritual?"
"...Okay, actually it's to let the police know who to put in the prison van."
Barry changed the subject, disappearing on the spot, and soon after, he arrested the other two members of the Suicide Squad. Harley Quinn and the extra period of bloodshed were bound and writhed on the ground like human cocoons.
"Oh, come on! Why did the game end so quickly?"
Chen Tao stared at Harley Quinn, who was lying on the ground expressing her discontent. Although half of her face, like everyone else's, was covered in a bluish-purple hue, clearly under the influence of Eclipse, just look at her bloody actions—
"...Kill them all! Kill everyone! I'm going to kill you all, and once I've killed you all, I'll never..."
"…Boring, I want to see rivers of blood." Harley, under control, grumbled, then turned to see Wonder Woman with a crooked mouth and distorted eyes:
"Wow, look at this beauty! She's completely under your control now, isn't she? Haven't you thought about doing something to her...?"
Chen Tao casually tore the sleeve of the Bloody Movement shirt, then stuffed the torn cloth into her mouth, making Harley writhe on the ground in anger.
The Flash is back: "Batman, I can't handle King Shark, it's too tough."
"He is, after all, a demigod," Chen Tao said. "Wait, let me give you one..."
"Pfft!" Harley spat the cloth out of her mouth and said, "Ha! Don't tell me it's that classic 1966 bat shark spray again!"
(Note: This is a DC reference. The 1966 Batman film was a comedic version, featuring many nonsensical gadgets.)
"..." Chen Tao took a spray bottle from his belt and handed it to the Flash: "This is a hallucinogen specifically for King Shark, a mixture of biological enzymes and hormones. It can reduce its aggression and induce a physiological coma, and then..."
"Ha! This is the bat shark repellent spray!" Harley exclaimed from the side.
"No," Chen Tao said. "This is something I spent a lot of time creating specifically for the Shark King..."
"If something looks like shark spray, smells like shark spray, and works like shark spray, then it is shark spray."
"...Okay, this is it." Chen Tao shoved the item into the Flash's hands: "Go and take care of King Shark!"
The Flash gave a small "OK" sign and then skipped away.
"The idea that you only need to use anti-glare spray to deal with anything is a lazy thing to do by the writers, and it will lead to problems in the manga..."
Chen Tao ignored Harley's ramblings. He first opened the portal to the Death King's Golden Sphere and sent Harley and the others away, who were still chattering on the ground. Before leaving, Harley asked if there was any spray to repel Wonder Woman or Superman.
Chen Tao: "..."
In short, he now finally has time to refocus his energy on the Superpower.
"I am the nemesis of magicians!"
Superpower grabbed Eclipse by the neck, and Eclipse returned the same gesture. The fight between the two had escalated to the point where they were trying to strangle each other right from the start.
But one of them is a superman from a parallel universe, and the other is the wrathful spirit of God. It's obvious that such a confrontation won't yield any results.
"The bane of magicians?"
Eclipse finally realized that it couldn't gain any advantage in close combat with a brute force monster like Superpower.
He broke free from Superpower's grasp and soared into the sky: "Let me show you power. There is no greater pleasure than clearing away life like moss."
He stretched out his hand toward Superpower, his eyes flashing with purple-blue lightning: "The dark side of the moon always faces away from the earth, but sunlight bleachs its surface."
His words had a peculiar rhythm, and Chen Tao felt the ground begin to tremble.
"However, eternal darkness still exists at the bottom of the deepest crater."
As the eclipse whispered, the obscured sun emitted a black light, and Chen Tao heard all the living and dead creatures in the entire Berelf prison howling in unison.
He even witnessed the lingering soul on the corpse of a guard who had recently died, wailing and trying to escape to a place further away from the eclipse.
"Roses have thorns, silver produces filth; clouds and eclipses defile the sun and moon..."
The sound of Eclipse grew louder and louder, and the lightning surrounding him grew brighter and brighter. Even Superpower began to feel a sense of impending doom and silently prepared to withstand the attack.
"And the repulsive mud... exists within the flower stamens that have transformed from sweetness!"
"Heaven and earth, all things, heed my command!"
boom!!!!
As Eclipse finally unleashed its power... or at least a part of its former power, a massive cylindrical bolt of purplish-black lightning descended from the sky, its surging plasma engulfing Hyperion. In an instant, half of Berelf Prison was razed to the ground, and countless prisoners and guards vanished into thin air amidst their cries of agony.
After a long while, the smoke and dust dissipated.
The eclipse stood silently in mid-air.
"You know what Batman is like?"
He turned his head:
"When I built my sanctuary, I deliberately raised the spire high, stretching it into the abominable sunlight, to remind me that the pain always shines upon me in that hateful straight line."
Chen Tao saw the eclipse flying towards him:
"Before I was banished, I was omnipotent, and now I will regain my omnipotence."
This time, I will complete my revenge; I will plunge the earth into eternal darkness.
He watched Batman slowly retreat, his gaze lingering on the spot where Superpower had just been struck by lightning.
Eclipse suddenly felt like laughing: "You don't understand who I am at all, nor do you comprehend the power I wield. Your last hope is gone. Who do you think he is? A ghost? No one can..."
Then his movements suddenly stopped. He whirled around and saw Superpower emerge unharmed from the crater he'd created with lightning: "You want to take me down? Just with your words?"
Eclipse stared at the other person: "This is impossible..."
Superpower charged like a mad dog, grabbing Sky Eclipse by the neck and plummeting to the ground with it: "You're quite the talker, aren't you?"
"you……"
Before Eclipse could even utter a word, Superpower unleashed a barrage of supersonic slaps across his face:
"Can you read one more sentence to me?"
Then Eclipse actually intended to chant the spell right in front of Superb, and one can only imagine what would happen at such close range:
"You really want to read it?"
Chen Tao, watching from the side, almost felt sorry for the eclipse.
Superpower was originally a professional at dealing with magicians, as evidenced by the magicians on Earth-3 whom he slaughtered.
It is not afraid of kryptonite and even feeds on it. It has maxed-out magic resistance and decent physical resistance. If it weren't for its weakness to yellow sunlight, Superman would be almost the perfect Superman.
Unfortunately, the yellow sunlight also happens to be one of Eclipse's weaknesses, which is why he used magic to block the sunlight overhead, creating a favorable environment for himself. But this was precisely the environment where Superpower could most easily exploit his weaknesses.
In the absence of sunlight, Superb can truly unleash its full power. Eclipse said Chen Tao had never seen or understood it? No! Superb is a monster that Eclipse could neither comprehend nor predict!
The beating by Superb continued.
He crushed Tian Shi's jaw with his bare hands, then punched him in the upper jaw: "If you can still read it now, I'll let you go!"
However, such physical injuries were not fatal to Tian Shi, since he was now possessing Maxwell Lord. He quickly recovered his shattered facial features and continued to try to recite a long string of difficult and complicated incantations.
Originally, as the spirit of God's wrath, he wouldn't have needed to chant spells like an ordinary magician to unleash his power. However, he had been imprisoned in the Heart of Darkness for too long, and the Heart of Darkness had been divided into thousands of pieces. What was here was only a small part of it. Although it was barely enough for Eclipse to put on a resurrection armor, it was unrealistic to use magical power as freely as before.
It is clear that Eclipse has become accustomed to its power, and its habitual thinking has made it overlook the huge gap between needing to chant incantations and being able to cast magic without chanting incantations.
So he was hit in the forehead by Superpower once again, and if it were Maxwell Lord here, he would have died countless times. But the Eclipse possessed his body and gave him the property of immortality, so his head, which was shattered in an instant, was quickly put back together.
Eclipse finally started to panic. He tried to possess Hyperbole, but maxed-out magic resistance obviously included the ability to be unaffected by magic.
If the previous Eclipse possessing others was like an earthworm burrowing into the soil, then Superpower was a damn hard and heavy piece of raw iron! Forget about burrowing, it was impossible to even make a hole.
"you……"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As Superpower raised his fist and slammed it down repeatedly, the ground shook as if an earthquake had struck. Eclipse was pinned down by his opponent and couldn't break free for a moment.
However, in the next second, he suddenly discovered a flaw.
Blood began to trickle from Superba's nose, forcing him to stop and reach down to touch it.
"I've used up too much energy, I need kryptonite..."
Unlike Superman, who absorbs sunlight to enhance himself, Superman's only energy source is those small, glowing green stones. This means that he can't replenish his energy in real time like Superman can while fighting and sunbathing.
Even the highest magic resistance doesn't guarantee magic immunity. Eclipse's all-out magical lightning ultimately drained too much of Superpower's power. Although Superpower had absorbed a lot of artificial kryptonite before, the biggest drawback of this stuff is that its purity is far lower than that of real kryptonite.
No matter how much you eat, the actual power you absorb is far less than that of real kryptonite.
Super Power took two steps back: "I've exhausted myself."
He crossed his arms and let the eclipse knock him flying.
Chen Tao's face darkened as he looked at it.
Superpower wasn't incapable of continuing the fight, but he didn't intend to. He knew that villains like him never had the will to fight to the end, and Superpower was a complete coward; he only fought for himself, nothing more. The sheer amount of energy required was enough to make him back down.
But... what was that saying again?
If we suffer setbacks while leading our leader, we shouldn't question his abilities; we should first reflect on our own shortcomings.
Not enough damage from the Superb?
That must mean he wasn't carrying a weapon with magical attributes to increase damage. Chen Tao directly controlled Wonder Woman beside him, and she stripped her of all her equipment: the Lasso of Truth, shield, sword, crown, and a pair of Hercules bracers.
He snapped his fingers, and the Flash ran to his side to await orders. Although he didn't quite understand what was going on, the Flash faithfully carried out Batman's command.
The next second, Superpower looked down and found himself wearing a divine suit, with a large clump of nanobots carrying the magic of the Metal Spirit attached to his shoulder.
That's right. As long as you give him the equipment, he'll wear it himself, adding magic damage to every attack and making every hit a critical hit.
Is the eldest brother not tough enough?
Chen Tao's head transformed into a car computer, and a radio wave was emitted directly from his head into outer space.
A long time ago, in order to deal with Superman (crossed out), he used Wayne Enterprises' satellites to prepare a global rain system. By remotely launching rain-inducing projectiles from the satellites, rain could be brought down anytime, anywhere on Earth...
Kryptonite rain.
It's not the artificial kryptonite kind, but a genuine, pure, natural kryptonite stockpile. So, due to limited stock, this kind of rain can only fall a few times, but that's enough.
Although it takes some time to prepare for rain, thanks to his previous preparations, the rain is now almost ready.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
In an instant, the rain poured down, and Chao Ba took a single breath, swallowing all the green rainwater falling from the sky.
If this were an online game, Chen Tao would almost certainly see his health bar instantly replenished, transforming him into an invincible, brute force.
Meanwhile, the other green Kryptonite rain fell on Superpower's body and was absorbed by his skin, essentially adding a hardness buff.
Eclipse realized something was wrong. He summoned another magical lightning bolt and struck Superpower. Then he felt as if he had kicked a metal plate, so hard that he wanted to cry.
Superpower stood still, not even flinching. The massive magical lightning bolt struck nothing at all, as if it had struck thin air.
"Charge!" Chen Tao crouched behind Superb: "Beat him to a pulp!"
(End of this chapter)