Across the red earth, strange fleshy plants filled the horizon, forming river valleys and mountains. Only the rivers flowing through them were streams of bluish-green slime, making one instinctively want to pull a Geiger Counter from their waist pouch.
Fortunately, Su Ming was not afraid of radiation. He headed straight for his target: the black flower growing atop the red mountain.
It looked somewhat like a spider lily, except its stalk was extraordinarily thick. The entire flower stood about three hundred meters tall, and the bloom atop its stalk resembled a gigantic Black Umbrella.
Landing beside the black flower, Su Ming reached out and touched its sparse leaves. A wet, slimy sensation spread across his palm, making him raise an eyebrow.
"Hand of the Void, can you hear me? I want to make a deal with you."
Though the flower clearly did not look like it had ears, Su Ming still tried verbal communication. After all, this was the Sorcerer Supreme lineage's opening move. Without a line like that, he would seem unprofessional.
"..."
The flower remained silent. There was not even a trace of wind on this civilized planet, so there was no rustling of leaves that could pass for an answer.
"Sigh. Come to think of it, you were once somebody important. I had planned to keep you around as a stepping stone for humanity's future progress."
Su Ming withdrew his hand and flicked the slime from it.
"But I didn't expect you to have no foresight at all. You didn't even have a contingency plan for something like CAAT? You're not even as good as Darkseid. I've decided not to use you as a whetstone anymore, because you aren't worthy."
"..." The black flower still gave no reply.
Well, that confirmed it. Deathstroke was sure now that