Opening with an All-Out Attack

One doorway away lay Apokolips.

It was an unbearably oppressive planet.

An apocalyptic red sky hung over a land crisscrossed by lava flows, and the stench of sulfur filled the air.

Once everyone had landed,

they looked up and saw Leon in the sky, his Freeze Breath freezing the entire city ahead.

Within a few breaths, thick ice had encased every building there.

Even the particles in the air crystallized.

Then Leon dropped into the city like a ghost.

Unlike Henry Superman, whose every move caused a violent commotion,

Leon moved so fast no one could see him, yet he made no sound.

It was as though he did not exist in the world, or could switch between being a ghost and a living man.

The moment he landed in the city on Apokolips,

he became a living man.

In an instant, the impact roared like a tidal wave and shook the world.

A deafening boom erupted!

The entire frozen city shattered.

The outer walls of buildings, the Parademons overhead, and the city's residents all became ice crystals as fine as sand.

A terrifying shock wave spread from where Leon had landed.

Countless ice crystals flew with it.

Wherever it passed, the ground caved in, cracked, and broke apart.

Before Batman and the others could react, the shock wave reached them.

The ground beneath their feet collapsed, and magma surged up from below.

Ahead of them, the shock wave threatened to destroy everything in its path.

Batman and his group were stunned.

They had only just arrived. They had not even seen an enemy, and they were about to be crushed by the aftershock of an ally's attack?

"Fall back!"

Diana suddenly shouted and stepped in front of them.

"Hah!" With a fierce cry, she crossed her arms before her