Lights, Lights, Lights, Lights, Lights, Lights, Lights (Part 2)
Deep within Batman's consciousness, the battle continues, with the black tide summoned by the Fear Laughing Demon becoming his own stumbling block, as aquatic birds can attack the monster's legs from beneath the sea.
The Penguin that Cobblepot transformed into didn't just attack with its beak; when it flapped its wings, it could stir up water and create whirlpools that would approach the Fear Laughing Demon. Whenever the Fear Laughing Demon was hit by these whirlpools, its legs, which supported its body, would be pulled in one direction, causing it to lose its balance.
Whenever he stumbled, Alberto, flying in mid-air, would fold his wings, swoop down, and slam into the side of his body. Even if he didn't fall, the enormous monster would shake for a long time.
The blizzard and Gordon's suppressive fire in the arena dealt the most damage to the monster. Bullets and snowflakes that resembled bullets relentlessly struck the monster, tearing its skin and flesh. The healing process alone consumed a great deal of its energy.
Hal, the Green Lantern, primarily played a controlling role. While attacking the monster with Green Lantern energy, he discovered that he was somewhat helpless against the monster's lower body, specifically the Parallax's lower body. The Parallax monster seemed to have a special defense that could withstand the power of Green Lantern energy, and it remained unmoved no matter how Hal attacked it.
Although this monster is ugly, it must be admitted that its size is very advantageous in dealing with being surrounded, because its lower body has a multi-legged structure like a centipede, and it also has a long tail, which makes its center of gravity relatively stable, so even if one of its legs is injured, it will not easily fall down.
The upper body is humanoid, with two excessively thick arms. Every time it swings, airborne combat units need to dodge, otherwise, if they get hit, they will suffer greatly.
"His head, his weakness is his head." Cobblepot's voice rang out in everyone's ears, and soon Victor's voice followed. "In dreams, we don't need to be close to talk, we can communicate with our minds, just like I do."
"I also agree that its weakness is its head, which it protects with its arms whenever we try to get close."
"My goal has always been a headshot!" Gordon said, crouching on the roof of a building. "But its head protection is too good; I can't find an opportunity!"
"I'll feign an attack to distract it, you guys find an opportunity to attack its head!" Alberto's voice came from mid-air. After he finished speaking, the wind whistled, and he quickly circled around the monster, causing the Fear Laughing Demon to keep turning its head, searching for him.
Cobblepot continued to attack the monster's lower body, rendering it unable to turn around and forcing it to parry hastily. Meanwhile, Victor seized the opportunity, condensing a huge ice crystal in the air and shooting it toward the monster's head.
The ice crystal appeared behind the Fear Laughing Demon, so it had to turn its upper body and use its arm to cover the back of its head.
Just then, Gordon was in position ahead, and an enormous missile shot out along the launch pad, arriving in front of the Fear Laughing Demon almost instantly, and then crashing into his tiny head.
With a loud "boom," the monster let out a fierce scream, and its body began to tremble uncontrollably. Clearly, the attack had been effective.
Moreover, it wasn't just superficially effective; in fact, the attack was a huge help because another war was raging inside the monster's body.
Just as Schiller predicted, Parallax, the Laughing Egg, and Batman could never coexist peacefully. The Laughing Egg is a native of this consciousness space, and his main adversary is Batman. He brought Parallax in with the Parallax fighting Batman together so that he could escape smoothly.
However, Parallax is a very chaotic creature, and it is difficult to reason with it. In the past, it was the only one in the consciousness space of the host it parasitized, so it was unwilling to share its territory with others. Even though the Laughing Egg let it in, it turned around and bit the guide, wanting to devour the Laughing Egg and then monopolize Batman's consciousness space.
Batman could not allow two monsters to wreak havoc in his consciousness. Neither the Laughing Egg nor the Parallax was a good thing, and Batman had no intention of cooperating with either of them, so both were his enemies.
The Laughing Egg wants to escape, Parallax to possess Batman, and Batman wants to eliminate both of them, resulting in the three parties fighting each other inside the Fear Laughing Demon.
The Laughing Egg initially had the upper hand. Even before it hatched, this deformed and bizarre embryo was incredibly powerful, and Parallax and Batman could barely withstand its attacks.
However, external attacks still helped them turn the tide of battle. A heavy blow struck the head of the Fear Laughing Demon, the part occupied by the Laughing Egg, causing it to suffer severe damage.
This was also part of Batman's plan. He knew that after the monster was born, neither the two Joker nor Professor Schiller would be able to ignore it; they would definitely try to attack it.
This monster consists of three parts: the head controlled by the Laughing Egg, the upper body controlled by Batman, and the lower body controlled by Parallax.
Whenever an attack gets close to the head, Batman controls the monster's arm to block it, but this is not to protect the Laughing Egg, but to send a signal to the outside world—the head is the monster's weak point.
Batman believed that those outside the circle would understand his hints, and sure enough, they used a brilliant cover and feint to severely damage the Laughing Egg.
The head controls the monster's overall movement coordination, but the head injury weakens the monster's control over its own will. Batman takes the opportunity to escape. After the monster screams, yellow scales spread to its upper body, and the black and bat patterns gradually fade away.
Soon, the Fear Laughing Demon transformed into a Parallax with a head shaped the Laughing Egg. The bat element completely disappeared from the monster's body, and Batman appeared in the skies above Gotham.
He looked around and, apart from the person who looked like the green Green Lantern in Green Lantern, he quickly guessed who all the strange-looking things around him were.
Instead of attacking, Batman approached Gordon and asked, "Did you see two Joker?"
"The Joker? What Joker?"
Who brought you in here?
"Oh, it's Schiller. What's wrong?"
"Where did he go?"
He said he had something to take care of.
Batman narrowed his eyes. He guessed that Schiller was planning something big, but he didn't expect Schiller to use any methods to reverse the current situation.
Just as he was pondering this question, he suddenly heard a crisp "click" sound coming from his consciousness space.
It sounded somewhat like a door lock opening, or like a truck bed being connected, but after that sound, Batman looked towards the horizon, where a sea of clouds and mist were churning.
The gray fog swept in swiftly, engulfing the entire city in an instant. Batman recognized it as the power Schiller had used during the battle against Living Hell.
But the fog did not damage anything on the field; it was just like fog in nature, coming and going silently.
The Gray Mist rose and churned between the cities, as if the entire city had suddenly floated into a sea of clouds in the high sky. The Fear Laughing Demon, who had lost Batman, paid no attention to the fog that caused no harm.
But soon, the fog began to thicken and rise higher and higher, eventually engulfing even the tallest building in the entire city.
The Fear Laughing Demon realized something was wrong. After a dash, it coiled around Wayne Tower in the consciousness space like a centipede and then crouched on the roof.
The Gray Mist beneath our feet rose up like a persistent, insidious infection, changing from a light gray to a deep, dark gray, until the bottom layer became pitch black.
No one knows where this fog comes from, but everyone senses an indescribable mystery and danger emanating from it.
The fog filled the entire space of consciousness, occupying all areas including the sky, and in the sky, a Shade like a mirage appeared and disappeared.
Batman looked up and saw what appeared to be a towering High Tower reaching the sky. He examined the High Tower closely from top to bottom and discovered that it was at least three hundred stories high.
As the fog thickened, the shape of the tower became more and more solid, until it solidified into a complete entity, a towering Tower of Babel that reached into the clouds, settling in the center of Gotham.
All eyes were drawn to the enormous High Tower, and as they watched, High Tower continued at the top, bricks and tiles were added, and beams and pillars supported it. In just a short moment, more than a dozen more floors were added.
Upon seeing the tower, the Fear Laughing Demon sensed immense danger through his Parallax intuition. He flew rapidly towards the tower, and Batman's voice echoed in everyone's ears, "Stop him."
Suddenly, birds screeched, snowstorm raged, and machine guns roared, but none of this could compare to a black figure.
Batman's black cape fluttered in the Gray Mist, and he could fly at great speed without any tools, even faster than Green Lantern.
He rushed up to the Fear Laughing Demon and slapped it across the face. The invisible force sent the massive monster tumbling backward. Clearly, no one could rival Batman in terms of willpower.
The others followed and began to attack the monster, forcing it back from the High Tower. As the battle intensified, the Towering Babel grew taller and taller until it reached the barrier between the deep and surface consciousness.
Ignoring the barriers that hindered it, the High Tower continued to rise, breaking through layer after layer of dreams, from deep consciousness to surface consciousness. Then, it surged forth from the soul into the body, like a terrifying black tide, crossing the sky, the atmosphere, and the barriers of the ordinary universe, extending into the endless, mysterious cosmos.
At that moment, Schiller's voice echoed in the space of consciousness, "Everyone, get ready..."