Run, Krypto, Run!

Lava churned across the surface of Apokolips.

Darkseid slowly rose into the air, his crimson eyes impossible to meet.

"Do you want to stay behind to cover their retreat, or beg me to spare Earth?"

"Neither."

Leon's gaze was calm, his mind as still as water.

He looked at the face nearby, as though it had been built from charcoal and doused in sulfur.

Slowly, he clenched his right fist.

His 2,700-fold Force Amplitude activated naturally, bolstering a body that had reached 1,086 times the genetic level.

When he had fought Dormammu,

Leon had been at only 200 times the genetic level, an early-stage World Lord with 1,300-fold Force Amplitude.

In quantifiable terms,

his physical strength had grown nearly five thousandfold since then.

If he faced Dormammu outside the Dark Dimension again,

a single full-strength punch using nothing but his body

would have been enough to make Dormammu sign an unequal contract with a long face.

"Neither? Then you've come here to die!"

Darkseid unleashed his Omega Beams and spread his arms.

At his command,

the Apokolips Armory opened.

Countless Hell Spores locked onto Leon and began their countdowns.

He intended to take Leon down with Apokolips!

When it came to ruthlessness, Darkseid was every bit Batman's equal!

Leon watched Darkseid with his fist clenched, then suddenly laughed.

His figure appeared behind Darkseid.

"Your body reminds me of Dormammu's. You can both take a beating."

"If I could, I'd like to fight you a few more times. But I'm sorry, Darkseid. You're too dangerous."

Leon threw a punch from behind Darkseid.

It looked featherlight, like a feather drifting slowly down.

But the instant it struck Darkseid,

the entire world seemed to lose its color.

Every sound faded from Darkseid's ears, and everything he saw began to drain of color.

His