"Ha! Ptooey!"
Before the ring could announce his induction into the Black Lantern Corps, Lobo spat a thick glob of phlegm onto its face with tremendous force, knocking the ring flying.
He sneered and rolled his neck.
The corpse-like transformation that had been spreading rapidly vanished in an instant. The skin and blood vessels around his wounds wriggled, restoring themselves in the blink of an eye.
"What the fuck did you just say?! So Nekron, the guy those trash mobs keep chanting about, is you? Your mother must've accidentally raised the placenta instead of you when she gave birth! You know I'm a Tamaranean and thought this could deal with me? Dumbass!"
The Tamaraneans were a cosmic race. Though they were not as strong as Kryptonians basking under a Yellow Sun, they were not far behind.
And under the current circumstances, Lobo's ability to replicate his own cells at will made him a natural counter to the Black Lantern's energy virus.
After sending his regards to Nekron from afar, Lobo kept cursing without pause. He slaughtered the other Black Lantern Zombies while muttering:
"This bullshit Black Lantern Virus isn't even as bad as the cosmic super-syphilis I caught from some crazy Forerunner bitch last time. Hell, it wasn't even as bad as her cosmic super-herpes or cosmic genital warts. Fuck, just thinking about it makes me feel like that bitch was filthy as hell. Which dumbass Monitor made her? Though she was pretty good in bed."
"Die, die, die, die."
The Black Lantern Ring lying on the ground seemed like a toy suffering from a programming error, capable only of repeating that one word.
Lobo crushed it beneath his boot, then caught the lasso Black Lantern Wonder Girl had thrown at him. He yanked Black Lantern Cassie over and slammed