"Repay blood with blood?"
Gotham City.
High atop a tower.
With one foot planted on a bat statue, Steppenwolf wore a mocking expression.
"What are you going to use to repay blood with blood?"
Gripping his massive axe, Steppenwolf leaped down from the heights.
Boom!
Falling hundreds of meters, he shattered the floor beneath his feet and sent dust flying.
There was no pointless talk. The battle began in an instant.
"Ha!"
Diana slammed the Bracelets of Submission on her wrists together.
Bzzz!
A tremendous shockwave spread from her wrists, exploding like a violent air cannon and hurtling toward Steppenwolf with rainwater and rubble.
"For Darkseid!"
He flipped his massive axe and buried it in the cement, firmly anchoring himself to the ground.
Before Steppenwolf could catch his breath, a pair of blazing red beams crashed onto his silver armor.
Bzzz—
The terrifying heat scorched the silver armor until it glowed hot. Steppenwolf did not even see what had struck him before a tremendous force overturned him, sending him scraping and rolling through Gotham City's already pothole-ridden alleyways like a road ripped apart by a bulldozer.
"Why waste words with him? Let's take him together!"
Clark clenched his fists and explosively launched himself at Steppenwolf like a cannonball.
"Alfred, deploy the Nightwing Jet!"
Batman activated his own Power Replication as well. A massive Batplane rose from the night, unleashing countless shrieking bullets and missiles at the abandoned building Steppenwolf had crashed into, giving him a first taste of heavy ordnance bombardment.
Dust and rainwater sprayed everywhere. Within the smoke, Steppenwolf staggered to his feet.
"Enough!"
He swung his massive axe, scattering the smoke.
"For Darkseid!"
Steppenwolf roared, as though the words themselves could grant him immense strength. Golden Lightning flared around his axe as it crackled and smashed toward the