manynovel Chapter 325 Talia: You are not my lover
Chapter 325 Talia: You are not my lover
Chapter 325 Talia: You are not my lover
"Barbara (the leopard woman's real name), we are friends."
Wonder Woman had already summoned her round shield with magic and changed into her Wonder Woman costume.
On the deserted street, she could only see a yellow shadow running at breakneck speed, rushing past like a hurricane, shattering countless paving stones that could not withstand the force, which then rained down from the sky.
Many people are unaware that although Cheetah sometimes appears to be the kind of ordinary animal-type villain you could easily find in a zoo, like Lionmane (Note: a user of All Red, an obscure villain, similar to Killer Croc, simply put, he's a lion-headed man), or Jaguar (Note: also a user of All Red, a jaguar-headed man, a member of the Suicide Squad, most famous for being instantly killed by Amanda Waller, who didn't believe Amanda Waller had planted a nanobomb in his neck, so he risked his life to test it), Cheetah is actually one of the fastest runners in DC.
Her power comes from the god-slaying blade possessed by the cheetah goddess of the Saen tribe. Through a magical ritual, she plunged this god-slaying blade into her own heart, transforming herself into this supernatural beast.
Unlike the Flash and many other Speed Force users, Cheetah's speed relies on pure speed and has nothing to do with the Red Force.
This also means that when Cheetah uses moves similar to Flash's, she will become even more... bloody.
Clang!
With a loud bang, Wonder Woman was knocked to the ground and rolled around in a sorry state, desperately sticking her shield into the ground to maintain her balance.
A huge gash appeared on her arm, stretching from her shoulder to her wrist. The leopard woman who had stopped in front of her had an arm hanging limply, but she quickly moved her shoulder and reattached it expressionlessly.
When The Flash, Barry Allen, uses this high-speed run-up and then swings his sword, he can use the Speed Force to absorb the recoil energy, thus ignoring the laws of physics to some extent, but Cheetah cannot.
"Listen to me, Barbara, that magical ritual changed your temperament, making you..."
Wonder Woman tried to say something, but all she got in return was Cheetah's inhuman howl.
"You!"
Whoosh! Wonder Woman was about to say something when her expression suddenly changed. She turned around and saw the giant woman push off the building behind her with one foot to get a running start. With a deafening roar, the 50-meter-tall female giant, like a small mountain, crashed down on her.
In the DC universe, villains capable of scaling their bodies are usually associated with Atom, but Giant Girl is an exception; she became Giant Girl purely for experimental purposes. Dr. Doris Zul, terminally ill with a rare blood disease, attempted to cure herself with a laser procedure, but instead gained the superpower to grow larger.
However, the giant woman who charged forward was sent flying back at an even faster speed.
Chen Tao synchronized the high-speed bullet and flew to Wonder Woman's side.
The two of them faced the leopard woman and other villains who had surrounded them.
"Don't insert it..."
"I won't interfere."
Chen Tao said, "The Leopard Woman can turn others into a kind of completely mindless, half-human, half-leopard monster by biting and scratching. It looks like a viral infection, but it's not an infection at all. It's a kind of magical curse."
Chen Tao said, "And what's even more absurd is that the prerequisite for this curse isn't actually being bitten and drawing blood, but rather being bitten by the leopard woman. This thing is essentially a curse, a kind of magical attack. You can resist this curse with your demigod body, but I can't."
"That's right..."
Wonder Woman glared at Chen Tao: "You know Barbara's abilities better than I thought, but what I want to say is..."
The Amazon princess raised the corners of her mouth in a smile, though the wound on her arm was still bleeding, her hair began to stand on end, bursting with an indescribable fighting spirit: "In the name of Hera, this is the battle of the Amazons!"
Chen Tao said nothing. He looked thoughtfully at Talia, who had been standing there quietly since earlier.
He met Talia's gaze and read her meaning in her eyes.
Chen Tao then lowered his arm, and a large group of nanobots flowed into the ground under his control. He then charged towards the other villains who had surrounded him.
"When can we retreat?"
Hiding behind her brother Mammoth, Glimmer watched as Batman grabbed the two massive iron lumps, Shrapnel and Steel Beam, by the back of their necks and slammed them together with a thud. The two were dazed and confused, their heads buzzing.
Shrapnel arched his back, and a large amount of metal fragments were sprayed at Batman like a shower of flowers, but they only shattered upon impact with the other's steel body.
Steelbeam suddenly hugged Batman from behind again. Half of his body, which had been shattered by Reverse-Flash, was now twisted into an inhuman shape, which allowed him to wrap one of his arms around Batman's waist like an octopus tentacle.
Batman reached out and grabbed his tentacle-like arm, followed by a sickening metallic twisting sound.
The two of them temporarily restrained Batman's hands and feet—temporarily.
As Wei Guang turned his head, his teammate, Xiao Invention, was piloting a giant steel robot and attempting to attack the opponent. However, he was caught off guard when Batman sprayed a freezing breath on his face, instantly freezing him into a block of ice.
Damn it!
This is clearly a superhuman skill! This is plagiarism! Shameful plagiarism!
The Horror Five aren't new supervillains; despite their young age, the siblings, who have had superpowers since childhood, have been diligently playing villains since they were young.
When the original Robin, now Nightwing Dick Grayson, founded the Teen Titans, he and his sister Jinx were part of the Terror Trio, responsible for fighting against Starfire, Robin, and Beast Boy. As Nightwing and his siblings grew up, the Teen Titans became the Titans, and they became the Terror Five. The gadgets and Brain Demon correspond to Raven and Blue Beetle.
So, although the Terror Five has been around for a long time and has a long criminal career, even comparable to some less experienced villains in Gotham City, the enemies they have fought against have been very limited, basically no one except for the Teen Titans.
Such a career and resume means that when they face their old rivals, the Teen Titans, they can exert combat power beyond their own level because they are very familiar with their opponents' abilities. However, when they face opponents that they have only heard of but have never actually fought, they will find themselves struggling.
"Brain Demon! Brain Demon!"
Glimmer crouched down and pressed her hands to the ground. Her ability was to manipulate matter, much like the effect achieved by Firestorm, another very famous DC superhero, through the Firestorm Matrix.
However, the ability of the faint light can only be activated by touching it with your hand, which is much weaker than the firestorm that can change matter by emitting light from a distance, and it also takes longer to activate.
At that moment, she squatted on the ground and touched the ground with her bare hands. Soon, a wall of steel rose up, blocking the group that was still fighting with Batman.
"Brain Demon!"
She turned to her teammates: "Did the mastermind say we can surrender? I mean, Batman is far beyond our capabilities. Even with Cheetah, Giant Woman, and Silver Swan, and the three of them entangled with Wonder Woman, they are still no match for us."
She said, "And I always felt that Batman was holding back... There's something weird about this whole thing, and we really shouldn't have gotten involved in this conflict without knowing anything about it."
Beside Wei Guang, her younger brother Mammoth touched his head. Mammoth was a typical muscular villain, over two meters tall, with a body full of muscles, and thick, brownish-yellow hair on his head like a mammoth's mane.
His strength and physical structure are naturally extraordinary; he possesses superhuman strength comparable to Beast Boy, and can even withstand bullets with his skin alone. But beyond that…
There aren't any other special features.
Moreover, the mammoth had a very important weakness:
Even with exceptions like Bane, people often assume that muscular, strength-based villains are usually not very bright, and this stereotype applies to Mammoth…
That is absolutely true.
"But sister, you told me, 'The Super Villain Secret Society has such generous bosses; even if we get arrested and thrown in jail, they'll bail us out. We should work hard with them.' Why are you saying now that we shouldn't get involved in their business?"
"I regret it, you can understand, right?"
Wei Guang said, "We're just following orders."
Then Weiguang saw his teammates looking at each other in bewilderment.
"What's wrong with following orders? We've joined other villainous organizations before; we're people who follow orders anyway."
"But we shouldn't listen to orders based on plans we don't even know about." Glimmer, somewhat agitated, asked the Brain Demon, "Is Talia's son still normal?"
The brain demon closed its eyes, then opened them: "Completely under my control, able to do anything at any time."
"Very good." Glimmer nodded, then said, "We'll attack Batman one more time, then split up and run away. If we can escape, all the better; if not, we'll have the mastermind bail us out."
"Huh?" His younger brother, Mammoth, made a dumbfounded sound from the side.
The Brain Demon said, "But this is not the plan."
"Our plan is just to distract Batman so the mastermind can do dirty work," Glimmer retorted. "As long as we achieve this, that's all that matters."
She finally made her decision: "I am the leader of the Terror Five. Now, carry out the orders."
The Mind Demon nodded: "I'll control Talia to charge at Batman first. This woman used to have an affair with Batman, so he won't have the heart to hurt her badly. Then we'll follow closely behind."
After discussing the plan, Weiguang walked back to the iron wall she had just built.
As soon as his palm touched the wall, countless steel spikes immediately emerged from it, stabbing towards Batman. Meanwhile, Brain Demon controlled Talia, who nimbly drew a kryptonite longsword from her back and leaped through the barrage of spikes to gain momentum, charging towards Batman.
"You unfaithful man—"
Batman, who possessed the physical characteristics of a Kryptonian for some unknown reason, also possessed the weaknesses of a Kryptonian. In the glimmer of light, Batman was seen dodging and weaving in the face of Talia's attacks, repeatedly saying things like, "No, no, no, don't do this..."
"Hey, Batman really wouldn't dare to lay a hand on that woman." A strange light flickered in Brain Demon's eyes, but Glimmer immediately stopped him: "Don't do anything unnecessary. Our mission is just to buy time, at least that's what the mastermind told us. Don't be stupid enough to think about killing Batman. Batman isn't an idiot."
"Even if we used Talia to pressure Batman, we still wouldn't be a match for them!"
She said, "Using Batman's past feelings for Talia to exceed the mission's expectations is already very advantageous for us—"
boom!
Before she could finish speaking, Batman suddenly swung his big hand and slapped Talia hard across the face. Blood splattered everywhere, and Talia's body flew towards them like a kite with a broken string, blood gushing out.
Batman's sudden act of killing left the villains dumbfounded.
"???"
The Brain Demon instinctively reached out to catch Talia, but the assassin's daughter, who seemed to have completely lost the power to resist, suddenly swung her knife before she even got close to the Brain Demon.
Before the brain demon could react, Talia plunged a knife into its brain, causing it to let out a violent scream!
"you……"
Surrounded by numerous villains, Talia landed lightly and gracefully on the ground.
She turned her head, looking at Batman in the distance with a complicated expression.
"You are not my lover."
she says.
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(End of this chapter)