Just as Supreme Little Superman began his slaughter, Ultraman—the antimatter Superman—had not been idle either. When Supreme Little Superman blasted open a passage straight to Oa, Ultraman, who had remained silent all this time, finally made his move.
Many people thought Ultraman was a brainless weakling, but the opposite was true. Not only was he not stupid, he was extremely clever and cunning. Not only was he not weak, he was tremendously powerful.
Though compared to the terrifying Supreme Little Superman, that strength fell far short.
After all, Ultraman was an indispensable part of Thought Superman, the future Monitors' strongest combat weapon.
Mandrak had resorted to coercing Mobius by force to ensure Ultraman's survival precisely because of Ultraman's unique importance. Mobius had long since lost contact with the Monitors. Having obtained the Anti-Life Equation, he was consumed by ambition and could not be bothered to contact the rest of his kind.
Mandrak, at least, still flew the hypocritical banner of being obligated to work for the Monitors' plans. More importantly, he also coveted Thought Superman and yearned to possess that powerful weapon of war. Otherwise, a thoroughgoing egoist like him would never waste time dealing with Mobius.
Supermen were peculiar beings. Gold Superman Silver Superman and a group of other formidable figures protected all Superman Doppelgangers in the shadows, preventing powerful entities from erasing them completely. Now that Donnie had quietly slaughtered even the Kryptonian Pantheon, the many Supermen would enter an era of peace and explosive growth in power.
It was equivalent to Donnie freeing countless Kryptonians who had been raised in captivity by gods such as Rao.
Many people had their eyes on Superman. Even Darkseid had adopted a Superman as his foster son. Naturally, the Monitors, a race even older and more ancient than Apocalypse, would not