The moment Batman finished speaking, Rachel suddenly looked up, her eyes beneath the hood locking tightly onto Batman.
A pitch-black magical tentacle burst from the shadows beneath Rachel's feet and lunged at Batman with bared fangs and claws.
"Rachel, no!"
Tim cried out instinctively, but when his gaze swept over Shane's corpse beside Rachel, pain and struggle flashed through his eyes.
Superman wanted to stop her, but the red glow in Kara's eyes had yet to fade. He did not dare gamble that, if he pulled away now, Kara—whose personality had changed into someone quite unfamiliar to him—would not continue attacking.
Flash supported the stretcher, lightning only beginning to flicker across his body, when Rachel raised one hand hidden beneath her cloak and lightly pointed toward Flash through the fabric.
In truth, from the moment Batman admitted it, Rachel had already wanted to kill him. But she knew that so many members of the Justice League were present; they would not simply stand by and watch her attack Batman.
So Rachel had prepared in advance.
After spending so much time with Shane, Rachel had naturally picked up some of Shane's tactical thinking.
She did not need to deal with everyone present, because within the Justice League, only Superman and Flash could react quickly enough to her dark magic.
Since Superman was being held up by Kara, then the moment Rachel made her move, she only needed to restrict Flash's movements to raise her chances of success infinitely.
Just as Shane had always practiced: fight Superman with Superman; if there was no Superman, whip Flash. The rest generally had the reaction speed of ordinary people and were not worth mentioning.
And what she had prepared for Flash was a vicious spell she had never used before, solely to ensure that the