In the past, Darkseid had looked down on humans as inferior creatures. Even though the Justice League had defeated him more than once, he still did not believe that humans had beaten him.
In his eyes, there had only been that Kryptonian. Every time he attacked Earth, Superman had been the only one he truly cared about.
That should have remained the case. At his level, one could say his Dao heart was unwavering—or, less politely, that he was stubbornly set in his ways. He would not easily change his views.
But perhaps Su Ming's repeated interference with his plans, along with the times he had displayed greater dominance than Superman, had changed Darkseid's opinion of humanity.
He no longer regarded humans as small fry that could be controlled by the Anti-Life Equation. Instead, he had truly begun selecting promising individuals from among them and cultivating them, starting to play at sending elite forces in undercover.
Moreover, his recruitment grounds were not limited to Multiverse 1, but extended throughout the larger Hypertime.
Perhaps Brutus and Simon Santo were examples of that. As for Zubado, they had not met him yet, so there was no judgment to make for now. It was also unclear whether Merlin's actions had anything to do with Darkseid, but Su Ming could put that on Darkseid's tab for the moment.
If that was the case, then during the mere few days Su Ming had been away from the DC Universe, Darkseid had cultivated four fairly capable Super Villains. Once he got a taste for it, he could endlessly train villains in Another World and send them to Earth-0. The Justice League Collective only had around two hundred people in total. How long could they hold out?
He had probably also discovered one of the Justice League's