First Stop: Arkham. Next Move: Steal Harley Quinn
Chapter 273

Omega Effect!

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The voice did not travel through the air. It rang out directly in their souls.

For an instant, it was as though someone had muted the entire Earth.

The heroes battling Parademons amid the ruins of the city froze in place.

In the command center, Batman's pupils contracted as he frantically analyzed the data.

Harley Quinn, sprawled by the floor-to-ceiling window and watching the strange sight in the sky with delight, lost her smile for the first time.

It was fear born of the instinct to survive.

Like an antelope facing a lion, or a planet facing a black hole.

It was the absolute, undeniable crushing force of a higher form of life.

"Damn... this guy's entrance puts mine to shame."

That was the thought that flashed through Link's mind.

He had to admit, the pressure was immense.

So immense that he felt as though he faced not a person, but an entire universe filled with malice and death.

But when had Link ever been afraid?

The stronger the enemy, the greater the reward for signing in. That ironclad rule was on the first page of the system manual!

"Finally, a decent final boss. I was getting sick of grinding the starter-zone mobs."

He did not hesitate. Action was instinctive to him.

In a flash, Link shot through the laboratory dome like a cannonball. Within seconds, he was beyond the atmosphere, facing the mountain-sized god from afar.

At close range, Darkseid's presence was even more terrifying.

He was like a black singularity, devouring everything around him—light, heat, energy. Even space itself seemed to collapse slightly before him.

Link could feel that the laws of space he had just mastered were as crude as a child's scribbles before this New God.

His Man of Steel physique and the Olympian Power he

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