Crushing, Death, the Darkest Hour

The two figures stared at each other, and time on the battlefield seemed to stand still because of their absurd love.

For some reason, the Kryptonian, filled with hostility, instinctively rushed to Louise Lane's side upon hearing her scream.

Their eyes met, one filled with confusion, the other with delight.

"Clark, Clark, is that you, Clark?"

Louise Lane covered her mouth, tears of emotion dripping onto Clark's fingers. The spreading light acted like a key, instantly unlocking memories long stored deep within Clark's mind.

From childhood until now.

The fierceness in his eyes gradually faded as his memories returned, and the savagery on his face softened.

"It's me, Louise."

Clark's fingers gently ran through his girlfriend's hair, but an energy blast landed rather inconsiderately beside him and Louise.

The sweet love scene came to an end, and Beckett's indiscriminate attack with one hand allowed Clark to immediately take his girlfriend away from the center of the explosion.

Looking back, Beckett was standing to one side, panting, clutching his broken right arm.

"Wait here for me a moment, Louise."

Having regained his senses, Clark looked around and then floated in front of Darkseid.

This made Beckett frown, who had assumed Clark had come after him to fight him again.

"Who are you?" Clark, shirtless, hadn't put on his Kryptonian suit yet, and his black sweatpants were tattered from his previous battle with Beckett.

But this does not diminish the aura of the world's strongest hero in the slightest.

"My name should be in your Kryptonian records."

Darkseid.

Facing Superman blocking his way, Darkseid's expression remained unchanged. Instead, he put his hands behind his back and began to reminisce about the past, looking like an old cadre recalling the highlights of his life.

The premise is that we have to ignore his surroundings.

Darkseid?

Clark frowned, his imposing presence, though not angry, instilled confidence in the panicked people through the television broadcast from the distant helicopter.

This is what the face of Superman represents on this planet.

If the fear Batman created only radiated from Gotham to surrounding cities, then Superman once roamed the world maintaining order, represented peace and savior.

Or rather, a hero.

A true hero with noble character.

The significance of Superman's appearance far surpasses that of the previously unfamiliar Beckett.

What's more, Beckett had previously fought Superman fiercely on television.

"Hey, come here right now!"

"Hurry up!"

While Clark and Darkseid were locked in a standoff, Mera sneaked into the battlefield, patted Louise Lane on the shoulder, and signaled her to hurry up and follow her.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Mera, the current Queen of the Sea." After hiding with Louise Lane Mera peeked out again to observe the movements on the battlefield.

Superman Clark has already begun his battle with Darkseid.

"???"

"I know you're confused, but believe me, I mean you no harm."

"I just want to get you away from the battlefield so you don't get in their way."

Mera bluntly pointed out Louise Lane's burdensome nature, gripping the miniature Golden Trident and the Woz bracelet given to her by Beckett.

His eyes were fixed intently on Beckett, who was still on the field, ready to intervene at any moment.

She only had one chance, a chance to go unnoticed.

This was calculated by Woz for her.

"Not bad power, but that's all."

Darkseid, having withstood Superman's Heat Vision, dusted himself off and punched the unresponsive Clark into the rubble next to Beckett.

Boom!!!

"Cough cough..."

Clark shook his head as he stood up from the ruins, feeling a little dizzy for a moment.

All of humanity who witnessed this scene via television broadcast fell silent.

The appearance of Superman did not seem to change the course of the battle much.

"Get out of the way!"

Beckett's figure bypassed Clark and headed straight for the opening that Darkseid had created after attacking Superman!

His still-mobile right arm suddenly opened, and dazzling silver light bloomed like a flower.

Sizzle!

Darkseid turned around and unleashed an Omega Beam that landed on Beckett's hand, but Superman's Heat Vision followed closely behind, striking Darkseid in the back!

Boom!!!

Darkseid swayed three times, then used Beckett was almost within reach, as a throwing weapon to strike Clark's location!

"Your power cannot harm me."

"You cannot stop me from destroying this earth."

No sooner had he spoken than Darkseid chose to take the initiative.

Like iron clamps, the arms firmly locked Beckett and Clark's heads, slamming them hard onto the cracked ground!

Bang!

The cracked ground instantly split into four pieces, creating two more giant circular craters!

"Puff..."

Kryptonian blood and Saiyan blood mingled under the dim sky. The two figures, who had stood up again, straightened their backs and launched an attack on Darkseid simultaneously.

They had never spoken, yet it was as if they were telepathically connected.

"Innocent."

An invisible energy field spread outwards from Darkseid, and an overwhelming force that no one could resist instantly swept Beckett and Clark to the ground.

"That's the end of the fun."

Darkseid walked step by step toward Beckett and Clark, who had fallen to the ground.

He threw a punch.

An overwhelming sense of despair welled up in Beckett's heart in that instant.

Beckett, who could previously exchange dozens of blows, was now unable to withstand even a single attack from Darkseid.

That overwhelming force caused Beckett to experience the excruciating pain of his internal organs shifting almost instantly.

That guy... how could he...?

"Die."

Having vented his anger, Darkseid looked indifferent and gestured with both hands towards the two most powerful figures on the planet.

Omega Beam, several times more powerful than before, shot out, instantly piercing the chests of the two men and taking their lives...

The speed was so fast that Mera, wielding the trident, didn't even have a chance to react.

Whoosh!

Under the invisible pull of gravity, Beckett and Clark's bodies were hung by Darkseid on the bronze gate above Gotham City, their gruesome deaths broadcast to all of humanity via a distant helicopter signal.

"Kryptonian are dead! Your guardian spirits are dead!"

"Ignorant and backward Earthlings!"

"Your end is coming!"

"Fear! Tremble at the feet of the great Lord of Apokolips Darkseid!"

Rumble!!!

The sound of Steppenwolf, accompanied by thunder, instantly reached every corner of the earth. Under the influence of the Mother Box's power, every piece of land on earth began to move again.

Accumulation, collision, volcanic eruption.

The surging waves and scorching lava instantly spread to the land on which humanity depended for survival, and overwhelming fear spread rapidly throughout the entire human race like a virus.

Like cats that have caught the scent of fish, the Apocalypse Legion took flight, following the fear brewing from Superman's death...

The darkest hour has arrived.

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It would be a disservice to the Saiyan identity to not die at least once.