As the Joker's voice fell, the entire dark space fell into a strange silence. The only black light in this dark space allowed Batman to see the Icarus mask, but naturally, Batman couldn't just take Joker's word for it and believe that this was the only way out...
Batman tried to contact his butler, Alfred, but unfortunately, he failed. His messages couldn't be transmitted out of this dark space.
Then, Batman began to try his other trump cards, wanting to use extraordinary power to break free from extraordinary power, but it seemed just as Joker had said, in this dark space, only the power of darkness and his own extraordinary powers could be used.
If it were a transcendent like Robert who entered this space, then he could still exert his combat power, but Batman, who maintains his mortality and only borrows extraordinary powers when needed, is indeed restrained here.
After all, this was the plan Joker had prepared for Batman. How could Joker not have anticipated this?
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
In the end, Batman started using his technological means again, trying to break through this darkness or find a way out, to see everything around him clearly. But under the light, the darkness remained darkness. Although the darkness did not swallow the light, Batman still couldn't see anything, except for that mask...
This dark space really trapped the Dark Knight, and Joker, hiding in the shadows, didn't speak again. He quietly watched the emotionless Batman, appreciating this man's struggle at this critical moment. No one could disturb him!
Meanwhile, at the location where Batman disappeared, the Batplane was scanning continuously, trying to find the vanished dark aura. Butler Alfred determined that Batman had not been transferred and should still be nearby, but no matter how the Batplane scanned, it could not locate Batman and the dark aura. All technological means had no effect.
Moreover, before Alfred could think of other ways to search for Batman, a large number of shadow warriors appeared in Gotham again. Alfred frowned and decided to use the methods prepared by Batman to deal with those shadow warriors, while also notifying other major families in Gotham to help fight the shadow warriors...
As for Alfred's main focus, it was still on finding Batman. In Alfred's eyes, he was the most important! Even though he knew Batman's heart was set on protecting Gotham.
"Boom!" In the ruins of the Arkham Asylum, Robert punched back a shadow demon, flexing his somewhat numb arms. He had to admit, the shadow demon in front of him, said to have stepped into the demon king level, was indeed powerful.
But this only served to bring Robert's fighting spirit to its peak, driving the power of his Giant Ape Fury towards even higher levels of combat power!
When Robert paused, he activated his battle technique: Berserker Fist, a momentum that was unstoppable mixed with powerful fighting spirit, even affecting the seemingly unconscious shadow demon, making its reaction appear a bit slow...
Compared to a real hell demon king, the shadow demon in front of him was still lacking a bit because it didn't possess its own consciousness. It could only exert the body strength of a demon king level, and up until now, it hadn't used the power characteristic of hell demons.
After all, this shadow demon was controlled by the Icarus mask, with the power of the shadow dimension forcibly controlling the consciousness of the shadow demon, taking over its body but unable to grasp the power inherent to the hell dimension in the shadow demon's origin.
Especially as the shadow demon devoured more and more demons, its origin power became stronger, making it even less likely for the shadow dimension to control the power of the hell dimension. It could only control the body of the shadow demon...
But even so, the body of the shadow demon was incredibly terrifying. In the collision with Robert, nothing was left of the ruins of Arkham Asylum around them, as if they had been bombarded, leaving no trace of what was before.
Moreover, the number of times Robert was thrown out exceeded that of the shadow demon, which is why Robert eventually chose to activate his battle technique: Berserker Fist.
Because every time he was thrown out, Robert felt a stagnation in his momentum, unable to continuously enhance his combat power through the power of the Giant Ape Fury, making the fight very unsatisfying for Robert.
Robert prepared for a close combat brawl with the shadow demon! An all-out kind of fight!
"Boom!" The next moment, Robert's fist collided with the claw of the shadow demon, bringing their bodies even closer. Robert kicked the shadow demon, seizing the moment for a series of combo attacks.
At this time, the shadow demon didn't even understand why Robert didn't retreat or pause this time.
With the instinctual intelligence of the shadow demon, destined to follow orders, it couldn't comprehend this point. But Robert seized this opportunity, pressuring the shadow demon, forcefully gaining the upper hand in the fight...
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The outskirts of Gotham were filled with thunderous roars, but the citizens of Gotham no longer had the time to pay attention, as the terrifying shadow warriors were causing chaos in Gotham again.
The citizens of Gotham had become accustomed to the presence of these shadow warriors, even considering them a unique part of Gotham's scenery. But this time, the shadow warriors truly began a massacre.
This move not only threatened ordinary people but also threatened the capitalists and gangs struggling to survive in Gotham's upper and lower tiers.
Faced with this situation, the entire Gotham briefly united, bonding over blood and tears to turn Gotham's scattered forces into a unified front against the threat of the shadow warriors. However, once the shadow warriors were truly dealt with, and Gotham's blood and tears dried up, Gotham would once again disperse into chaos, not changing anything because of this united battle...
Who knows how long it had been, the entire outskirts turned into ruins in the fight between Robert and the shadow demon. Whether it was buildings or flora, mountains, or rivers, everything ceased to exist, potentially becoming another landscape of Gotham.
And in the dark space, Batman keenly sensed the passage of time. He clearly knew that if he were really trapped here, the deranged Joker would definitely stir up a bloodbath in Gotham!
Butler Alfred, Batman understood very well. He might be able to solve most of Gotham's current problems, but Alfred would not focus all his energy on Gotham. He would only try to find himself, but for Alfred to find him, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven...
As for Robert, Batman didn't think about relying on him for rescue. After all, Robert hadn't had any advantage in previous fights, not to mention Robert didn't know what had happened to him.
So, to break the current predicament and solve the crisis in Gotham, it seemed Batman could only rely on himself, or rather, he had to step into the trap set by Joker.
It can be said, apart from the variable of Robert, Joker had calculated everything around Batman. It's not that Joker's wisdom was superior, but rather, through the control of the shadow warriors over Gotham for a period, Joker's plan was more thorough...
Various thoughts flashed through Batman's mind. He appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was turbulent.
"He wants me to wear this mask so badly, is it because he wants me to completely lose control? Can I maintain control without losing it?" Batman was very clear about himself. He knew his consciousness was firm, but he couldn't guarantee 100% that he wouldn't lose control, "Well, there's no other way now. Even if I lose control, it's not without a solution. Gotham will always have Batman to protect it!"
With various thoughts flashing through his mind, Batman, under Joker's expectant gaze, picked up the Icarus mask floating in mid-air. A strong dark power instantly surged into Batman's body, but he did not completely control the surrounding dark space...
"It seems I have no choice but to wear this mask, right?" Batman smiled lightly, his voice containing a hint of laughter.
Joker stared intently at Batman, not only wanting to see if Batman would recognize his own heart and fall from a Dark Knight to a Dark Lord, but Joker was also curious to know what kind of face lay beneath Batman's own mask...
After all, despite their long confrontations, Joker had never seen Batman's face under the mask, and he was a bit curious about it.
But to Joker's surprise, Batman directly placed the Icarus mask on his face, without any intention of removing his original mask.
"Is that even possible?" Joker was stunned for a moment, then lost the dark power he had been controlling.
Indeed, Joker could continue to control the dark power without the Icarus mask, but he needed the mask as a medium to communicate with the dark dimension.
Now, the connection between the Icarus mask and Joker was severed, because the mask had a new master!
"Little Icarus, you better serve Little Bat well!" However, Joker didn't linger on the loss of this power. His lips curved into a smile, looking forward to his screen with great anticipation.
Drone surveillance wasn't something only Batman could do; Joker could do it too. In Joker's surveillance footage, a surge of dark power suddenly emerged from the ground, followed by Batman wearing the Icarus mask, emanating terrifying dark power!
From the outside, Joker couldn't tell if Batman had suppressed the dark power with his consciousness or if the dark power had made Batman recognize his own heart. This made Joker even more excited, because regardless of which it was, Batman would take action.
"Master?" When Batman appeared with the Icarus mask, Alfred's brows furrowed, and his voice reached Batman's ears through the earpiece.
"Click!" The next moment, a surge of dark power emerged, and Batman's earpiece exploded.
"..." A serious look flashed in Alfred's eyes, but he didn't control the Batplane to attack Batman. Instead, he quickly made the Batplane pull away, looking towards a certain secret room behind him, "Should we activate this contingency plan? No! Wait a bit longer! Just a bit longer!"
"Aren't you supposed to be a hell demon king? The threat you pose is far less than what I felt in the hell rift before!" Meanwhile, Robert was fighting the shadow demon, which was now barely alive under his control, excitedly watching the increasingly powerless shadow demon and muttering discontentedly.
Previously, when the transforming demon returned to hell, Robert had sensed a terrifying aura, which, according to the information from Clark, was probably the demon king of the transforming demons.
But the threat posed by that demon king was much stronger than the shadow demon Robert was facing now!
"Really out of tricks?" Robert looked at the struggling shadow demon, about to say something, when suddenly his expression became serious, "Hmm?!"
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