A Priest in Gotham: Starting Out by Taking In a Little Boy
Chapter 537

Doomsday

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The Nightmare dissipated, and the world returned to its former peace.

"So, all that excitement we put into solving the mystery ended up with the Deadman solving everything?" Roland felt something was off.

"Right."

"Because Insomnia once tried to control my dreams, I trained my consciousness to control them—and the skills to stay awake," Damian said. "Then I broke free from the Nightmare to deliver the message—and it was all for nothing?"

"I have a feeling you've been set up." Superman patted Damian's head. "Was it Superboy-Prime?"

"Right."

"Slap!" Everyone slapped their foreheads in unison.

"It doesn't matter, at least the result is good." The Sandman, clutching his recovered Nightmare Stone, laughed and said, "I declare that for the next year, everyone on Earth will have sweet dreams every night!"

"Oh." Roland yawned. "That's good news. I'm getting ready to go to sleep."

"It might take a while." The Superboy-Prime looked up at the sky. "Today's been quite a busy day—"

"What is that?" Roland followed Superboy-Prime's gaze and sensed an extremely painful aura approaching the Earth's surface. "That is—"

"Doomsday," said Superboy-Prime.

"Oh, so it's Doomsday." Roland nodded.

Doomsday and Parademons are known as the two most powerful biological weapons in the entire Universe, possessing world-destroying power. They can continuously evolve to counter their opponents based on their abilities and characteristics, adapting to all environments and enemies. They can also be resurrected after being killed and evolve new methods to counter them. Doomsday cannot be killed twice using the same method, making it virtually invincible.

However, no one had any other thoughts. Superman took to the air, ready to intercept them.

He had already fought against the Devastator, so naturally he wasn't afraid of Doomsday.

An egg-shaped Meteorite fell from the sky over the Metropolis.

"This Doomsday doesn't look quite like the other one." Superman intercepted Doomsday and took it directly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Those who could keep up with Superman's speed also rushed over to observe Doomsday's condition.

"It's this thing? Have you Earthlings finally gone mad? Get him out of here!" Parallax Sinestro emerged from Green Lantern's chest, staring at Doomsday with disbelief.

"Do you know what this is?" Green Lantern asked.

"I think what's more important is why he crawled out of your chest?" Roland looked at Green Lantern's chest. "What's your relationship now?"

"Of course we're friends," Sinestro said.

"On Earth, friends don't usually act like that," The Flash retorted.

"Shut up, Barry." Green Lantern scoffed.

"So you know what this is?" asked John Stewart, the Green Lantern candidate who hadn't experienced anything related to Doomsday, easing Green Lantern's embarrassment.

"Of course I know, this matter is also related to us Green Lantern," Green Lantern said.

"Huh, how come I've never heard anyone mention this before?" John Stewart, somewhat puzzled.

"Then you'll have to ask the Guardians," Sinestro sneered. "They're very good at covering up the truth."

"There are no Guardians anymore, so why bring this up?" Green Lantern scoffed. "It's also recorded in the Book of Oa. A guy named Bertron wanted to create an ultimate life form, so his team created a Doomsday Baby and placed it on Krypton at the time."

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be from Superman's hometown too," Stewart said to Superman.

"Strange, how come I've never heard of this kind of creature before?" Superman was taken aback. His parents had also given him a copy of the information on Krypton, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with Doomsday.

"Back then, Krypton hadn't yet evolved Intelligent Life; the natural environment there was harsh and teeming with ferocious and evil creatures," Green Lantern explained. "The Doomsday baby died there repeatedly. Each time he died, he was collected and reassembled, creating a better and stronger version than before. Doomsday endured thousands upon thousands of agonizing deaths, and each experience was recorded in his genes. Eventually, Doomsday gained the ability to be immune to the cause of his previous death, eliminating the need for Bertron's team to reassemble him."

"This ability sounds so familiar," Roland thought for a moment and said, "What, you want to hear the story of Yurube Yoriyura again? I can't do anything with you: In the second year of Genna, Fushiguro subjected to the pressure of a level two cursed spirit. Fushiguro, who should have fled that night, in desperation chanted the Mahoraga to protect the last dignity of the Fushiguro family. Fushiguro was knocked away on the spot, but still maintained the hand seal. Later, to commemorate the chivalry of this cursed sorcerer, each generation of Mahoraga would tattoo Megumi Fushiguro's mark on their backs----"

Everyone ignored the guy, Stewart asked, "What happened next?"

"Later, Doomsday began hunting down all life on the planet, causing Krypton's first mass extinction," Green Lantern said. "Then Doomsday targeted Bertron's team, killing all its members and leaving Krypton in their ship, unleashing endless carnage throughout the Universe."

"Then the Green Lantern discovered it. That Green Lantern was named Zaran Bailey. After witnessing Doomsday's actions, he immediately stepped forward to stop him, but was killed by Doomsday," Sinestro said. "Doomsday put on his Green Lantern Ring and sensed the power of the Guardians. So he followed this power to Oa, scaring those guys half to death, and they immediately gathered hundreds of Lantern."

"Then what?"

"Is that even a question? When the Green Lantern Corps fights in a group, they're wiped out." Roland shrugged.

The two Green Lantern and one former Green Lantern present remained silent. They wanted to refute the claims, but they couldn't produce any evidence.

In short— the Green Lantern were Doomsday, after which a Guardians Sacrifice his life to defeat Doomsday. The immense energy released by the Guardians blasted a rift in the Universe, causing the severely Doomsday to fall into it.

"See, I told you so." Roland raised an eyebrow.

"I wonder what Doomsday went through in the Universe rift; it might be even more troublesome." Superman weighed Doomsday in his hand, who had just awakened. He seemed to instinctively realize something, but Doomsday, whose Willpower was filled with pain and madness, did not make any rash moves.

A few seconds later, Doomsday was still controlled by his bloodlust and lunged at Green Lantern.

"He seems to have some sense; he didn't attack Superman, who was closest to him," The Flash analyzed.

"What do you mean, treating me like trash?" Green Lantern conjured a sword and sliced Doomsday in two.

A few seconds later, Doomsday, which had been cut in half, regained its life and pounced on Green Lantern once again.

"Interesting." Green Lantern unleashed another strike with the same force, but it was blocked by Doomsday's rock-like skin.

"Wow, that's really an unreasonable ability to adapt."

"Wow, even Hercules only had twelve resurrection abilities," Roland exclaimed.

"If only it were that simple." Green Lantern created a green missile, Doomsday. "It seems conventional methods are indeed useless against this guy."

"How about I give it a try?" The Flash said, pressing one hand against Doomsday. The high-frequency vibrations Doomsday's newly pieced-together body. "That's outrageous. Even as a fragment, it can still reassemble itself—this guy seems even more troublesome than the records suggest."

"Before us, there shouldn't have been anything that could Doomsday," Green Lantern said.

"I've got an idea," Superman said.

"Me too." The Flash nodded. "Send him straight to the end of time; he'll never be immune to the power of entropy."

That's it.

"Let's wait a bit," the Sandman objected. "I can try weaving a dream to get him on our side."

"Your idea is quite peculiar." Green Lantern frowned. "Putting aside the reliability of this brainwashing method—when did we become ally? You seem to be a Universe concept god, yet you've already been categorized as an Earth hero?"

"Why don't you take a look at your teammates?" Sandman's eyelids twitched, his hand pointing from the Flash to Roland. "The embodiment of the Speed Force of the Universe, the King of the Seven Seas who connects the origin of all life, God, the King of the New Gods —do I, a member of the Endless, stand out among you?"

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