Beckett, Master of Psychological Warfare

"How... is this possible...?"

As his life force faded, Darkseid gradually felt the exhaustion in his body, his wide eyes filled with disbelief at the situation before him.

Not only him, but even The Others, Woz, Mera, and even Tony Stark could not have imagined that things would end in such a dramatic way.

Darkseid, who traversed the Multiverse, had his heart ripped out by the severed arm that Beckett had previously discarded.

The speed was so fast that no one could react in time.

"I've said it before, nothing is impossible for me."

Clutching his severed arm, the blood seeping from it had stained Beckett's black Battle Suit dark red, but a smug smile played on his lips.

"Your pride has blinded you, and that is precisely your only weakness."

Beckett laughed, panting heavily. His bloodied chest heaved like a bellows, and the severed arm that had been clutching Darkseid's heart suddenly tightened its grip, crushing the still-beating heart in an instant!

Bang!

Blood splattered!

The alluring blood blossoms accentuated the sinister and seductive allure of the sun symbol on Beckett's chest.

"My father once said: Never let pride blind you."

These were the words Thanos had used to teach Beckett more than once, but now they became the reason for Darkseid's defeat.

As soon as Beckett finished speaking, a gentle energy was born from his body.

This energy seemed to have a gravitational pull, and the severed arm that had crushed Darkseid's heart quickly returned to its proper place under the support of this gravitational force.

As the light shone, the wound healed completely.

Beckett stretched his arms and looked at Darkseid, who had lost his heart, with a cold smile.

Darkseid was proud, and he couldn't accept the fact that Beckett was strong enough to defeat him.

It was for this reason that Beckett chose to feign weakness, deliberately sacrificing one of his arms to inflict serious injury in order to await the final, decisive blow.

Clearly, Beckett succeeded once again.

Darkseid, still harboring his pride or perhaps having been intimidated by Beckett, chose to press his advantage rather than suspect a trap after Beckett showed signs of fatigue.

After all, Beckett's physical attributes were simply no match for Darkseid.

Even after Beckett became the Super Saiyan God, it was still the same.

The plan Beckett devised in a flash to feign weakness was based on his preconceived notion that he was "physically weak."

"Your pride once cost you your life at my hands."

"This is the second time."

Beckett, flexing his wrists, sneered and punched Darkseid in the chest, creating another bloody hole!

This is to prevent Darkseid from possibly having a second or third heart.

Last time, Beckett almost gave up on his life, only taking the final step to defeat Darkseid's clone after being emotionally stimulated by Mera's death.

This time, however, he no longer needed Mera to die.

He is capable of doing everything he can to turn the tables.

Because now his power is truly on the same level as Darkseid's.

"No..."

"No!!"

"This is impossible!!"

From furious rage to agonizing roars, the roles of attacker and defender were reversed in a short time. Darkseid, having lost his heart, could only retreat step by step in the face of Beckett's attacks.

At the same time, a feeling of powerlessness and weakness was constantly eroding every cell in his body and corroding every nerve.

"Impossible?"

"Let me show you what the impossible is."

The white-haired figure that floated in front of the Apocalypse Monarch suddenly reached out and pressed down hard on the former's head!

Bang!

Darkseid instantly lost his balance, fell to his knees, and the crisp sound of bones cracking clearly reached the ears of everyone present!

"That is, you will never, ever be able to defeat me."

Bending over, leaning forward.

Beckett leaned close to Darkseid's ear and whispered words that were enough to provoke Darkseid's nerves.

"I am the strongest New God."

"You are just a pathetic loser."

That's all.

Beckett, who was forcing Darkseid to look him in the eye by the back of his head, grinned, but the coldness in his eyes made Darkseid feel an overwhelming killing intent.

"Oh..."

Darkseid, knowing full well that he had been tricked, did not refute it.

If Darkseid's previous defeat in the psychological battle was due to his clone wanting to test Beckett's true strength, then in this psychological battle, Darkseid was truly outmaneuvered and killed in the blink of an eye.

Understand your opponent's personality and develop targeted tactics.

This is also something Thanos taught Beckett.

However, so far, there haven't been many enemies that have made Beckett use his brain in battle.

Shafrin from the former U40 was one, Ego from Sakaar was another, then there's Odin from Asgard and Darkseid, the Apocalypse King, standing before us.

"Your father really did teach you some good things." Darkseid tilted his head back and looked into Beckett's eyes.

"But."

"There's something you once said to my clone that I want to send back to you now."

Darkseid was panting heavily, and the energy on his body surface disappeared like a deflated balloon, making it seem as if he had given up the fight.

"You should have smashed my head, not my heart."

With a sinister grin, Darkseid's body suddenly swelled up!

At such close range, even someone as strong as Beckett's expression changed drastically!

Self-destruct!

"Danger!"

"Beckett!"

With her sharp eyes, Mera gripped her trident tightly, and a fierce torrent of water shot skyward!

"Don't do it!"

"Leave this to me!"

Tony Stark's stern shout came from Mera, and the former Iron Man, who had hastily completed the encapsulation of the magical artifact, threw the artifact he had just created straight toward Darkseid's self-destruction point!

That device was created by studying the cosmic imprint within the Mera gene.

Although it is not fully developed yet, it should be able to prevent at least one self-destruction without much problem.

At least that's what Tony Stark thinks.

He couldn't fight Darkseid, but at the very least he could stop this self-destruction that could affect the entire universe.

In a sense, he certainly deserves to be called a savior by Steve Strange.

He is ranked alongside Beckett.

"Is it... over?"

The gene limiter was thrown out, and Darkseid's self-destructing figure disappeared with it.

The entire planet was as calm as if this person had never existed; everything was so peaceful that Mera could hardly believe it.

"No..."

"Not yet."

With his white hair flowing, Beckett frowned and looked up at the universe.

A series of Omega Beam spread outwards from Regulus, the planet in the constellation Leo, without any clear purpose!