After hesitating for a moment, Batman ultimately chose not to take the risk and retreated. Then Xik exploded with a thunderous boom, and the massive Energy Shockwave sent everyone flying as countless grains of sand turned to ash.
Xik had really self-destructed? Of course not. Only his clone had self-destructed—a clone possessing half his strength. As the eldest of the Ten Brothers, he was undoubtedly the strongest.
At the same time as the explosion, Xik's true body appeared in the sky. Red Light lit up his eyes as two Lasers blasted fiercely toward Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman, who was fighting Darkseid, hurriedly raised the Divine Power Barrier to block the Lasers. Her body was shoved back continuously. Then Xik raised both hands, unleashing a vast amount of frost that froze Wonder Woman inside an iceberg.
"Darkseid, hurry and break open space. I'm going to save Steppenwolf."
Xik shouted, but Darkseid hesitated. As the mighty Universe Overlord, how could he flee so miserably?
Thousands of years ago, when Apokolips attacked Earth, eight-year-old Darkseid had been beaten bloody by a group of Old Gods without taking a single step back. In the end, he had been forcibly dragged away by a group of Parademons. How could he run now?
"Darkseid, the strongest one hasn't even made a move yet. Get out of here!"
Seeing Darkseid standing still, Xik could not help but curse. What was a terrible teammate? This was a terrible teammate!
Before Darkseid could answer, Xik raised a hand toward the supervillains besieging Steppenwolf below. Magneto's Ability activated, and every supervillain wearing steel crashed into other villains.
The supervillains immediately descended into chaos. Xik grabbed through the air, pulling Steppenwolf to his side. Steppenwolf waved his axe and roared angrily, "Let go of me! I'm going to kill them!"
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