But Three Palaces was different.
He had neither an invincible-frame dodge roll nor the Source Wall's protection like Superman.
He had endured it with his own body.
Aside from his skin turning redder, Three Palaces seemed unaffected.
He waved a hand, brushed at the burned holes in his body, then grabbed Darkseid and hurled him away.
Darkseid steadied himself in midair and angrily continued fighting Three Palaces.
There was no chance of reconciliation between them.
For beings like them, there was no possibility of joining forces. The only option was to defeat the other completely.
So Darkseid and Three Palaces never said a word to each other.
They were the same kind.
Just then, the Sonic Boom Passage began to flicker. It was about to close completely.
Seeing this, Three Palaces grabbed Darkseid and charged straight into it.
In midair, Three Palaces glanced at Rachel.
"Daughter! This is the only thing I can do for you."
His voice carried over.
Then came Darkseid's furious roar: "No!"
It was hard to imagine that, at a moment like this, Three Palaces could still summon such fatherly love.
Though in truth, he knew he would have a hard time defeating Darkseid completely.
All he could do was drag Darkseid away with him.
They weren't dead.
They had simply vanished into the temporal turbulence after crashing into the Sonic Boom Passage.
"Vmm!"
The Sonic Boom Passage closed completely. Cyborg Victor said, "They'll keep fighting each other in the timestream."
The sight left the people of Apokolips utterly devastated.
They hadn't been mind-controlled, of course. They simply had no idea how Apokolips could continue to develop without Darkseid.
Of course, some were happy and some were sad.
But before they could dwell on their feelings, countless warships appeared in the skies over Apokolips.
The New