A Calculated Scheme, the Beginning of a Shura Field

The air seemed to freeze in an instant.

The splattering ice shards slapped Loki's face, and the figure reflected in his pupils made his breathing quicken slightly.

Beckett, Son of Titan.

His goal is also Darkseid's goal.

"Beckett?"

"What's wrong with you?"

On the shattered ice crystal ground, Hela struggled to her feet, her expression revealing weakness, yet she felt inexplicably at ease.

Call out!

Before he could even voice his question, Beckett threw him Nutrient Fluid.

"..."

Hela glanced suspiciously at Beckett, then subconsciously looked at Mera, who was still standing behind Loki. She opened the bottle, tilted her head back, and poured in the Nutrient Fluid.

The abundant energy began to repair her injured body. "After this is over, explain this to me clearly."

"Long time no see, Beckett." Loki cursed inwardly, trying to calm his turbulent emotions. He forced a fake smile, the small square floating on his right palm giving him a great sense of security.

With this thing around, Beckett has no way to hurt him.

This was Darkseid's guarantee, and Loki had no choice but to believe it, because he had no other option.

"Should we say hello to your old friends?"

Loki waved his hand, and the rogues belonging to the Justice League all took a step forward.

Beckett glanced at them, unmoved.

His defeated foe, Superman Clark;

Batman Bruce Wayne, whose neck was crushed by Superman.

The insignificant Wonder Woman, Diana;

The mechanical life form Cyborg, which he personally tore in two.

Barry Allen, who used the Speed Force to reboot the universe under his pressure;

Of course, there was also Mera, whom Beckett knew best and whom he thought he would never see again.

These were all people he had more or less encountered in another universe, but now they were all standing against him, on Loki's side.

"Not dead?"

"Woz." Beckett squinted at Loki, whom he thought was already dead, and called out to his little sidekick.

"Scan complete, Your His Highness Beckett."

"After testing, a very special power was found in Ms. Mera's mind. It is estimated that the reason why Ms. Mera was controlled by Loki is because of this special power."

Stealing a glance at the expressionless Beckett, Woz diligently analyzed Mera's unusual behavior, suppressing the thought that "something might go wrong."

"Controlling Mera?"

"Him?"

It wasn't that Beckett looked down on people, but rather that Loki had left him with the impression of being far too weak.

"No, Woz can't do a deep analysis, but judging from the surface force field composition, it should belong to..."

Darkseid ...

Woz was stunned when he saw the final analysis results.

Upon hearing Woz's analysis, Beckett's gaze instantly sharpened.

You cannot kill me, Beckett.

But I can kill you!

The last words Darkseid uttered when he killed Darkseid suddenly echoed in Beckett's ears.

Like the tolling of bells and the sound of a morning drum, it was incredibly clear.

Hela, unaware of the feud between Beckett and Darkseid, remained silent, quietly restoring her energy so that her younger brother could truly experience what "sisterly caresses" meant.

"Indeed, all of this was created by Lord of Apokolips Darkseid and the strongest New God!"

With the main character arriving, Loki no longer needed to hide.

There's no point in hiding it anymore.

Without Darkseid's help, how could Loki possibly control such a bunch of thugs as the Justice League?

As the vanguard of Apokolips, Loki has destroyed all the energy hubs located in the international metropolis of New York. As long as the teleportation array is in place, Darkseid can descend at any time in his invincible true form.

"By the way, let me give you a piece of advice. Don't even think about letting the Artificial Intelligence next to you crack it; it's impossible."

"The Anti-Life Equation that Darkseid uses to manipulate others can only be cracked by himself." With a grin, Loki shattered Beckett's last glimmer of hope.

"Then let's kill them all together." Loki's words were exactly what Hela wanted to hear.

Hela would love to chop that little bitch who dared to "seduce" Beckett to pieces herself.

"My father once said that nothing is impossible for me." With a cold expression, Beckett Instant Transmission to Loki's side.

Just as he reached out to lock Loki's throat before he could react, a golden trident was already positioned in front of Beckett.

Beckett paused, Mera, dressed in a magnificent royal robe, pulled Loki behind her.

Sizzle!

The familiar Heat Vision struck again as Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth bound Beckett's right ankle and then pulled sharply!

The mechanical lifeform piloting the Gundam Cyborg spread its chest, and the modified particle cannon aimed at the furrowed brow of a figure not far away.

"Beckett!"

Hela raised her arms forward, and the metal shield she created burst forth from the ground like the legendary Rashomon, shielding Beckett from Cyborg's particle cannon and Clark's Heat Vision.

"I'm fine."

Sensing something was wrong, Beckett yanked hard on the Lasso of Truth wrapped around his arm, causing Wonder Woman Diana to lose her balance and slide dozens of meters to the ground.

"Woz!"

"Based on the analysis results, the energy levels in Clark and the others are significantly higher than before, Your His Highness Beckett!"

Woz's urgent alarm made Loki's mischievous smile grow even wider.

He's not stupid, Darkseid is even less so.

Knowing that Clark and the others were no match for Beckett back then, how could they not enhance their strength before sending them over?

The shrewd Darkseid would never do something as suicidal as sending someone to their death from afar.

"Well then, that's all for now, Beckett."

"I hope you'll be in just as good spirits when we meet again."

A blindingly bright teleportation array appeared behind Loki, and Cyborg and the others, having received the retreat order, gradually returned to the cube in his hand. Mera, however, was left behind by Loki.

"I will leave Mera to you."

"I've said it before, she is a gift I gave to my sister Hela."

With a strange smile on his face, Loki waved to Beckett in the distance, his every move filled with an unusual goodwill, before disappearing completely.

Beckett, Hela, and Mera were left standing there.

"???"

Beckett was completely baffled, having no idea what Loki was up to. He turned around and saw Hela's rather kind eyes.

Turning her head again, she saw Mera's emotionless gray eyes.

Caught in the middle, Beckett suddenly understood the meaning of Loki's last words before he disappeared...

Self-taught.