In Senisto's huge office, the King of Trepidation and Batman stood opposite each other on both sides.
In terms of his own strength, Batman had a chance of winning if he tried his best, but he was still at a disadvantage when facing the once most powerful Green Lantern and the current King of Trepidation. Fortunately, this competition was more of a spiritual confrontation. Just as Saber said, Bruce didn't even need to raise his fist.
But before the confrontation began, Saber took off the yellow ring on his finger and threw it to Bruce.
"To project your fear, you need a medium. Use mine first, and return it to me when you're done."
Bruce nodded and put Saber's ring on his finger. The next moment, a yellow light shone on Batman's body. Just like when Saber first put it on, the fear from the soul slapped waves, trying to crush Batman's will from the heart. But obviously, it failed. In just a few seconds, Bruce's body returned to its normal state.
This scene left Senisto dumbfounded. He turned to look at Seiber and asked loudly, "What's the matter?
"How can you give your light ring to others? This doesn't make sense at all! A light ring is bound to a soul! This is the absolute rule of the spiritual spectrum! "
"Are you surprised?"
Saber shrugged. "Rules are for those who don't have the ability to break them. I'm different from you, King of Trepidation. My soul is pure and powerful. I choose it, not it choosing me. Since it has already obeyed me, it naturally has to act according to my will."
"You're really a weirdo! Saber! "
Senisto shook his head. He looked at the light ring on Bruce's finger that was shining with a faint yellow light. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Facing a beginner in the power of fear, let's do something simple first!
"I can smell the fear of your family being destroyed and all alone!"
Hum!
With Senisto's voice, the scene before Batman's eyes suddenly changed. His thoughts were sucked into his own memories, and he saw his past self from a third-party perspective.
It was Gotham during the Great Depression. On the surface, it looked glamorous, but in the back of the chaotic theater, a robber tried to hurt him in order to steal his money. His parents, in order to protect him, were shot dead by the robber. The bastard ran away with the money, leaving Bruce Wayne, who was not even ten years old at the time, sitting alone beside his parents' corpses.
In the cold winter night, he could still remember the warmth of the blood on his finger, the loneliness and pain of losing everything.
But standing in a third-party perspective, Bruce calmly looked at himself crying helplessly in the darkness. He felt a tinge of sadness in his heart. This scene would appear in his memory almost every night, like a nightmare that could not be erased, but there was no longer any fear in his heart.
He looked at himself as a child and thought of his son, Damian. He couldn't let his son go through what he had gone through in the past. He couldn't let his son go through what he had gone through. He couldn't let the other children who had gone through the same thing as him. This was probably the reason why he had devoted everything he had to fighting against evil when he grew up.
"Is that all you've got?"
Bruce spoke for the first time. The memory in front of him suddenly dissipated, and he saw Senisto standing opposite him. The latter's eyes were slightly surprised, but then Senisto's voice sounded again.
"Heart of stone? Alright, let me smell it again. I can still smell the temptation of darkness. You're just one step away from falling into it and losing your soul completely! Face it! "
Buzz!
Batman's vision blurred again, and he saw himself traveling the world from the same perspective. It was in Nepal. He had not eaten for five days and was very hungry. He secretly took a loaf of bread from a shop and hid in a corner to enjoy it. At that moment, a child, a hungry child, stood in the corner and looked at him eagerly.
Bruce hesitated for a moment, tightened the loaf of bread in his hand, and put it back in his pocket. The next moment, he saw a group of wanderers like him in the warehouse beside him. They knocked down the guards and rushed in to loot. He subconsciously followed them and rushed out of the warehouse with a bag of food. At that moment, the guard who had been knocked down held onto his leg tightly.
At that time, Bruce was still very young. It was his first time committing a crime. In a panic, he picked up a stick from the side and smashed it down on the guard's head. In a state of agitation, it was difficult for people to judge their own destructive power. Just before the final blow, he saw that the guard's head was broken and bleeding. One hit from the stick was all it took to knock him out or even kill him. No one would know that he had stolen something.
However, when their eyes met, Bruce saw a hint of fear. That was the first time he had imposed his fear on someone else. It was the first time he felt that he could instill fear in others.
It was as if the abyss was summoning him, and a dark voice sounded in his ears. Smash it down, smash it down, and you will become strong!
Bang!
The stick suddenly swung down, but it smashed beside the guard.
Bruce took out two pieces of bread from the bag of food, enough for him to fill his stomach. He then placed the bag of bread in the guard's arms and strode out. When he passed by the corner, he stretched out his hand and stuffed the half loaf of bread into the hungry boy's hands. He wiped the bread on the boy's head and left with a smile.
Hum!
The scene before Bruce's eyes dissipated again, and he began to feel annoyed. He looked at Senisto and said in a deep voice,
"Apart from strengthening my will, this has no other use … Is this all your tricks?"
"You!!"
Senisto gritted his teeth and took another deep breath. He spread his arms and said in a deep voice, "I can also smell your helplessness in the face of hatred. You will fall into darkness and be unable to extricate yourself from the fear! Mortals are unable to escape the influence of emotions. This time, you … will definitely lose! "
Hum!
The scene before Batman's eyes changed again. He saw himself in the most painful period of his life. After he became an adult, the robber who had shot his parents was going to be tried. He longed to see the criminal punished, but in the end, with the help of a scoundrel's lawyer, the murderer was sentenced to be released in court.
The angry Bruce hid a pistol in his hand and planned to shoot that bastard outside the court.
If the law could not punish evil, then he would do it himself!
However, the moment before he fired the gun, the guy with a smug smile walked out of the court and was killed by the assassins hired by the gangs. Bruce was shocked, but he finally felt the joy of revenge. He even began to thank the gangs.
However, following the death of the bastard, the order of Gotham began to rapidly collapse. In the dark night, Bruce saw with his own eyes how the gangs that helped him kill his enemy destroyed the city and how they tarnished the peace that his philanthropist parents worked so hard for. This made him feel ashamed.
In extreme pain, he chose to exile himself, and when he returned as a hero of justice, he personally captured the culprit behind everything, the Shadow Warrior who tried to overturn Gotham's order. Facing the culprit, he wanted to end his life with his own hands, just like how he tried to kill the robber outside the courthouse, but in the end, he remembered the order that had collapsed, and in the end, he chose to let go.
As for his revenge, it was his friend who helped him complete it …
"Buzz"
The scene in front of him collapsed again. Bruce heaved a sigh of relief. He turned his head to look at Saber and smiled at him. Then, he turned his attention back to Senisto and said in a low voice, "This is all you have.
"That's all you've got. Your understanding of fear is too shallow. Look out the window. Your people are living in fear. Fear breeds resentment, resentment drives anger, and anger eventually leads to crime. You're destroying your kingdom instead of maintaining it. Now it's my turn!"
"I don't need to incite your fear. I only need … to make you become me!"
"Buzz"
The yellow light ring on Bruce's hand shone. Under Senisto's determined gaze, his thoughts were thrown into the memories from Bruce Wayne's perspective.
There, he was born like Bruce, grew up like him, fell into the dark bat cave like him, and experienced the taste of fear for the first time in his life. Then, he suffered the tragic death of his parents, the collapse of the city, the betrayal of his friends, and the interrogation of good and evil. Like Bruce, he was trained as a Shadow Dancer and thought that he was a hero. Then, he was awakened by the cruel reality.
Until he faced the Shadow Dancer Master and the even more terrifying Joker. All of this was like a real nightmare that dragged him into it.
Senisto had never seen such a painful fate so vividly from the perspective of a mortal. He was born with tyrannical strength and did not need to worry about the schemes of thieves. But because of this, after encountering such a bumpy fate, he became lost and helpless.
At the end of the story, Senisto was completely driven mad by Joker's terrifying tricks. He held two blood-stained blades in his hands, and at his feet was Joker's broken body. Joker's lifeless face had a twisted and strange smile. Meanwhile, Senisto stood in the ruins of Gotham that he had destroyed with his own hands and laughed loudly. This scene directly affected his thoughts. Until Batman withdrew the power of the Light of Fear Ring, Senisto was still immersed in the void of destruction.
Saber and Bruce looked at him as if they were looking at a pitiful worm.
"You have failed! Senisto! "
Saber's voice woke the King of Fear from his illusion. He looked down abruptly, and then his face turned pale.
The yellow light ring on his finger had abandoned him and was floating in front of Batman. Saber took his light ring and put it on his finger. He walked to Batman's side and patted him on the shoulder.
"Take it. This is what you deserve. This ability to project fear is very suitable for you. With it, you will be invincible!"
Bruce glanced at the yellow light ring floating in front of him. He only needed to reach out his hand to grasp this power, but in the end, he shook his head.
"No, I don't need it!"
Batman took a step back. "I don't need this power to manipulate others' fear. Just as you said, it belongs to Batman, but it shouldn't belong to Mayor Bruce Wayne. I have a new life."
"Take care of it for me! Brother. "
Bruce said to Saber, "Give it to me when Batman needs it. Then, send me home … Rachel and Little Damian are still waiting for me for dinner."
"Hahahaha!"
Saber laughed and reached out to hold Senisto's light ring in his hand. He waved his finger, and a portal opened behind Bruce.
"This is the Batman I know. This is my good brother of fear … Go. I hope you will never experience war again in your life!"
Bruce put on his glasses again, smiled at Saber, turned around, and walked into the portal, disappearing. Saber turned his head and looked at the ashen Senisto. He looked at his finger. After seeing the traitor fall into such dire straits, the ring's resentment disappeared. It returned to the light green color of the other Lanterns, and it submitted to Saber, completely belonging to this new master.
The energy battle suit on Senisto's body had already disappeared, but compared to his weakened strength, his spirit being crushed was the real fatal injury. He lay limp on the ground, and his eyes had lost focus. Seeing this scene, Seiber suddenly felt that it was meaningless to kill such a person.
He walked forward and crouched down beside Senisto. Looking at him, he whispered,
He whispered, "Do you know? Lantern, after I heard your story, I felt that the most suitable place for you is not the Yellow Lantern Corps. You are still a hero of the light, but you lack the peace of mind and faith. So go back, Senisto. The poor Green Lanterns need you … Without you, they can only be a pile of scattered sand. "
"I took away a talented Green Lantern from them. I should return him a future leader!"
With that, he stood up and stretched. "If it's not too late, I hope to see all of you on the battlefield of the stars … and not just you alone!"
"Wait! Saber! "
Senisto called out to Saber, who was leaving. He asked softly, "Batman, has he really never killed anyone? Even when facing a terrifying criminal like Joker … "
"Of course!"
Saber shrugged and did not answer. He just said happily, "I killed Joker myself. You see, behind every great hero, there must be a good friend who specializes in doing the dirty work. Senisto … take him as an example, learn from him, and then become a real … Green Lantern King!"
Swoosh!
Saber stepped into the Red Lantern Corps' territory. The world in front of him had completely changed, as if it had been flattened by an incomparably huge interstellar behemoth. He widened his eyes and looked at everything around him. Then he shook his head and took a few steps forward. He saw the Hulk's huge body and the Destroyer standing next to him.
After seeing Saber return, Hulk and Drax waved at him. When Saber approached, Hulk threw away the half-eaten melon in his hand and raised his finger proudly. He had two red light rings on his hand. Obviously, one of them was his spoils of war.
And under his butt, Athokitas's bones had not yet turned cold. Blood that represented anger flowed everywhere.
"Hulk! Great King! "
The Hulk stretched out his thumb and pointed at himself proudly. Then he stretched out his little finger and pointed at Saber in disdain.
"Saber! Little King! "
Finally, he patted the throne of bones under his feet with both hands and spread his hands proudly. The four Red Lanterns who had been completely beaten into submission knelt behind Hulk with bruises on their faces, making the Hulk look as proud as a king.
"Look! Hulk's … Corps! "
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