Emperor Joker: I Won't Let You Hit Batman! (Pouncing to Bite)

I was the First Lantern, and I was completely on the defensive.

Damn Barbatos, damn Dark Multiverse. I cursed them and everyone who intended to stop me.

The Lights Out Protocol—a completely unknown creation. Only the Dark Multiverse could give birth to something so twisted and unreasonable.

The Emotional Spectrum could never have a natural enemy. It was one of the most important components of the entire multiverse, at least one of them.

Even a twisted creation of the Dark Multiverse had to obey basic laws. The fact was, power could not appear out of thin air.

So as long as he...

"Welcome home, Huo Rong!"

Within that darkness, the claws of Batman Dragon flickered in and out of view.

Countless meridians of the Emotional Spectrum glimmered across the First Lantern's translucent body.

"Night won't save you, Batman."

The first user of the Emotional Spectrum in the history of the multiverse spoke thus.

"But I think fear will always have a place... don't you?"

The First Lantern heard Batman's voice. The whisper seemed to murmur right beside his ear.

He spun around and hurled sunlight-like radiance into the pitch-black night sky, but everything went out immediately afterward.

No one answered.

"Heh." The First Lantern was almost laughing from anger when Batman Dragon struck him hard again. "Oh, darling... did something amuse you? Hahahahaha!"

He vanished into the darkness again... The First Lantern knew he always acted this way. He did not dare face him head-on, because Batman knew exactly how powerful he, Huo Rong, the First Lantern, had become.

He had taken Hal's Anti-Matter Universe energy. He was now even stronger than he had been when he invaded OA.

But his attacks were ineffective.

He knew Batman was trying to destroy his will. He heard the other man say:

"I