Godhood Unlocked: I Chose Sci-Magic Dual Cultivation

"I know, I know. I'm not dead, am I?"

Jason lowered his raised hand, his shoulder throbbing with pain.

"Looks like Batman won."

Batman stood to one side and gave a soft snort.

But Clark's X-Ray Vision saw clearly that he was badly injured too; he was merely forcing himself to endure it.

"Alright, since Batman has passed the test, he is officially a member of the Justice League according to the rules."

"Diana, Clark, Jason, let's welcome our new member. Welcome!"

Dane clapped his hands with exaggerated ceremony.

Clark was an honest kid, and he looked utterly baffled.

"A test? What test? When did we ever have a rule like that?"

Batman's stiffly supported body froze at once, his cold gaze pinning Dane in place.

Poison Ivy covered her mouth, turning away as she laughed until her stomach hurt.

Diana could not help smiling as well. Dane really was a grudge-holding man.

Dane looked even more surprised than Clark.

"Really? Our Justice League doesn't have that rule? You must have missed it. It's written in the handbook!"

"So we don't even have a handbook..."

Dane reached into his pocket, pulled out a thick booklet, and casually stuffed it into Clark's arms.

"Read it carefully. Study it properly. This is the handbook I was talking about."

"There really is one..." Now it was Clark's turn to stare blankly.

If Boss Dane said it existed, then it had to exist!

"Next, everyone except Damian and Alfred will return to Justice Hall with me."

"Why!"

The moment Damian shouted, Dane clapped his hands and vanished with the Justice League members and their accompanying personnel.

Damian was furious. Then he suddenly remembered something and controlled the armor on his body to assemble a teleportation Bracelet once more.

But this time, the magic did not work.

A line of text popped up on the display screen on his arm: You have been removed from the group chat.

"Ah—!"

Damian was driven mad with rage. That bastard and his disgusting sense of humor!

When they arrived at Justice Hall, everyone was immediately drawn in by its futuristic atmosphere and furnishings.

But Poison Ivy still could not resist commenting.

"I remember you're a magic god. I thought your base would have more of a magical style."

Dane led everyone onward while chatting with Poison Ivy.

"I do have a more 'magical' secret base, but that's my lair. How could I show it to people so casually?"

The Rock of Eternity was not only a holy land of magic; it was also a massive gold mine.

Dane had only recently remembered that a huge piece of Eternal Metal should be stored within the Rock of Eternity.

In Black Adam, the seven members of the Wizard Council had once established their base near Kandahar.

When they bestowed Adam's son with Shazam's power, a gigantic piece of Eternal Metal had been floating in the background.

A reasonable guess was that the Wizard Council had originally gone there to collect Eternal Metal, only to happen upon someone suitable to inherit Shazam's power.

Legend said that Eternal Metal was formed from material cast into the outside world by the Rock of Eternity. It naturally possessed magical properties and was one of the best conductors for magic.

As mentioned before, Dane intended to forge a divine artifact for himself. This Eternal Metal possessed properties similar to Uru metal from the Marvel Universe.

It was the most suitable material for forging divine artifacts.

But there was one thing to note. Like Kryptonite, Shazam's power came from the Rock of Eternity, so Eternal Metal originating from it could restrain Shazam just as Kryptonite restrained Kryptonians.

That was why Black Adam had been injured after taking a missile made of Eternal Metal.

Soon, they arrived at the treatment room. As expected of Kryptonian technology, especially its nanotechnology—its versatility was simply incredible.

Injuries like Bruce's and Jason's were healed in less than a few minutes.

Barbara's case was slightly more troublesome. A small section of steel particles would have to remain permanently within her spine, replacing her completely damaged bones and nerves.

But once the operation was complete, she would be faster and stronger than before.

Clark: I'm Still Here!

While Dane was not paying attention, Batman quietly stuck something resembling a patch onto one of the consoles.

Cortana quickly discovered his action and alerted Dane.

Dane took a look and quietly rolled his eyes.

"I knew you'd pull something."

After all, he was Batman. He was the kind of guy who transmitted a virus to Cyborg the first time they shook hands. This sort of move was hardly surprising.

Once they became more familiar, Batman would surely keep a piece or two of Kryptonite or Eternal Metal in the tactical pouch at his waist.

But Dane did not care about that. If he had, he would never have invited Batman in the first place.

Though Batman was only human, he excelled at planned combat. He rarely lost a fight when he had time to prepare.

The future battles against enemies like Doomsday and Darkseid would be brutal, and the Justice League would need his tactical mind.

If even Batman could not handle it, then they could only sacrifice The Flash to the heavens.

"Now that I've joined you, can you tell me about this so-called classified intelligence of yours?"

The fully recovered Batman walked over to Dane's side.

Dane had no objection. He told the non-Justice League members to stay behind and wait for Barbara's surgery to finish, then led his teammates to the Justice Hall conference room.

He turned on the projector and played a video.

"I believe you're very curious about our origins..."

"You may even be planning in your head how to deal with us if the need ever arises."

Diana and Clark turned to look at Batman at the same time, but his expression did not change.

"I understand your thinking, and I understand why it is necessary. So we might as well explain everything clearly in one go."

The large screen first displayed an image of the Rock of Eternity.

"This place is called the Rock of Eternity. It is the headquarters of the Wizard Council and also a holy land of magic."

"I believe you can now accept that magic exists in this world."

Batman nodded. He had seen too much with his own eyes to deny it.

"The Wizard Council originally had seven members, but after many battles, only one remained by the time I inherited Shazam's power."

"The last Wizard found me and had me inherit Shazam's power. That was how I became a god."

"What is Shazam's power?" Batman asked.

"It is the collective name for the powers of six gods. Don't think it is too overpowered. In truth, I did not fully inherit the complete powers of all six gods; I merely borrowed a small portion from each of them."

"Borrowed?" Batman emphasized the word.

Dane smiled faintly.

"That's right. Shazam's power is borrowed from gods. Theoretically, it can indeed be taken back."

Batman could not tell whether he was telling the truth, but he remembered the intelligence.

But then, Batman seemed to recall something and asked.

"When did you obtain Shazam's power?"

Dane raised one finger.

Batman raised an eyebrow. "A hundred years?"

It really was easy for people to misunderstand, Dane mused.

Seeing his expression, Batman's face changed slightly. "Don't tell me it was a year ago?"

Dane nodded, leaving everyone present stunned.

After all, everything Dane possessed seemed to suggest that he had been planning for a very long time.

Who could have imagined that he had built all of this from nothing in just one year?

Batman's expression grew even more solemn. He worried when enemies were too capable, but he worried just as much when his allies were too capable.

"Alright, now that I've introduced myself, let's introduce Diana."

"As her name suggests, she is a Princess. She comes from the Amazons and is the daughter of the Amazon queen and Zeus. Unlike me, she is a true demigod..."

He briefly introduced Wonder Woman's history. This demigod's story was quite consistent with everyone's assumptions about her age.

With nearly a thousand years of life experience, she must have seen many things, right?

Seeing her teammates' looks, Diana felt somewhat displeased.

She considered herself young. Why did everyone seem to think she was old?

"The last person I'm introducing is the most important one: Clark Kent, Superman."

"His original name is Kal-El, and he is a Kryptonian."

"A what?" Batman paused.

"A Kryptonian. He comes from another planet."

Batman was numb. Fine then—among three people, two were gods and one was an alien. Was there not a single normal person in this Justice League?

Jason: ...

"I believe you have already witnessed the strength of a Kryptonian."

Batman recalled what had happened at the Northern Ice Plant and could not help nodding.

Conventional human weapons were completely useless against Superman.

He had asked Clark afterward, and Clark had said bullets hitting him did not even register as a sensation.

Although Diana was also impervious to blades and bullets, she still felt pain when bullets struck her skin. Clark, however, felt nothing at all...

How was someone like that supposed to be dealt with if he had no weakness? Batman felt a headache coming on.

But Dane soon dropped a bombshell.

"Although Superman is currently the only Kryptonian on Earth, another group of Kryptonians will descend upon Earth in a few years."

"What are they coming for?" Batman felt his temples throbbing.

"To conquer this place, enslave this place, and rebuild this place."

"How do you know that?" Batman took a deep breath.

"Prophetic magic."

Dane rubbed a small golden spark between his fingertips. The spark scattered, then formed into a human face—Zod's face.

"The leader of those Kryptonians is General Zod, Krypton's hawkish faction."

"So don't think about resolving this through negotiations. It would be useless."

Fine then, even the man's portrait had been displayed so clearly. Batman could only accept it.

"About how many people will they send?"

If Krypton sent an entire army, Batman figured he would have to suggest building an ark instead. Fight them? Fight what?

"You don't need to worry too much. Krypton was destroyed more than twenty years ago."