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Chapter 275 I planted a meditation mite, and I'll harvest the fruit tomorrow.

Chapter 275 I planted a meditation mite, and I'll reap the rewards tomorrow (5000-word long chapter)

Magician.

They are perhaps among the most powerful people in the DC Universe.

With the aid of powerful spells, they can reverse space, manipulate energy, and control minds to achieve all sorts of incredible and bizarre effects.

For example, if you verbally agree to help a scoundrel named Constantine, it's equivalent to entering into a powerful magical contract with him. Or, if you've ever been invited into his magical fortress, the "Mystery House," he can teleport you there at any time to shield him from harm or even take the brunt of curses for him. (Note: He actually did this in the comics, causing great trouble for the Swamp Monster and the vampire Andrew; see the New 52 Justice League Dark).

But magicians are also the most vulnerable. No matter how powerful their magic is after chanting the spell, no matter how terrifying the effects of that magic are, before chanting the spell, or before they are prepared, they are vulnerable.

Oh, come on.

We all know the famous joke about Zatana, the master of irony, almost being drowned by the clown.

However, magic guardians like Shazam are different. They are the kind of coping mechanisms that magicians set up to prevent themselves from "not even having time to recite the incantation." Even if they cannot recite the incantation for a while, they still possess the superhuman strength bestowed upon them by magic.

therefore……

The prey before us is probably not entirely defenseless.

Let's rewind a bit for now. While Chen Tao was plotting the infamous attack on CC Batson, the spy controlled by the Mite of Darkness, what exactly was the Mite of Darkness doing...?

In some unknown corner of the material universe, the Meditation Mite is suspended in the starry sky.

This must be a sector of the universe where countless celestial bodies form a semi-natural magic circle.

At this point, the size of the Mite was no longer the tiny thing it had been when it was hiding in Dr. Sivana's cochlea; it had grown into a giant caterpillar the size of a lion.

Around his body, magical portals of various colors opened one after another, and countless magical energies of the same color but different from each other surged into his body like a tide from the vast and boundless alternate dimension.

This is magic from the seven magical continents. In recent days, the Mist Mite has been residing on Dr. Sivana's body, constantly stirring up trouble in those other-dimensional magical continents, thereby absorbing a large amount of magic backflow, which has now all been absorbed into its own body.

"what……"

The Mite chanted incantations softly, guiding the flow of magical power step by step. He was using a special magic he had invented to ensure that the magical power he had taken back from other magical continents would not return to Earth, but flow into his own body.

This magic permeated every part of his body, every tentacle, every sideburn, every limb, and then merged with his original magic, making the Mist Mite even more powerful.

Nothing could be more intoxicating than this.

However, at that moment, the magic flowing from the portals in the alternate dimension suddenly stopped, then began to gradually decrease. The portals opened by magic also began to shrink, and finally, amidst the roar of the Mist Mite, they vanished silently from the vacuum of the universe.

Dr. Sivana adjusted his glasses: "I've done my best to maintain those magical portals used to transmit magic, but they have no more magic flowing through them. There's nothing I can do."

"Magic—" the Mite kept chirping. Dr. Sivana thought he was a bit "over the top."

"Meditator, calm down. You've drained all the magic that the Magic Continent has been releasing. What should we do now?"

After Dr. Sivana's reminder, the Mite finally regained some of its rationality after a while.

He turned his hairy head to Dr. Sivana: "The blood sacrifices of the creatures in the Wonderland and the Wildlands are simply not enough to fully open the gate."

Those compound eyes blinked. When the mite was still so small, it didn't seem like much, but after being magnified more than ten times, the mite, which had become as big as a lion, now looked rather terrifying.

Especially since the other party had absorbed a large amount of magic power, various alternating red and blue colors spread from its compound eyes to its main legs, making the entire Mite of Meditation look even less like a normal creature.

"So what do you plan to do?" Dr. Sivana asked. "Continue killing the inhabitants of those magical continents and using their meager magical power to break the seal of the Wizarding Council?"

Dr. Sivana said, "Can't you think of another way to bypass that seal and absorb the magic?"

"I can't do it." The Mite shook its head.

"The seal left by the Wizarding Council is a lock that absorbs the magical power of those magical continents. This lock not only seals the flow of magic between the seven magical continents, but also uses this magical energy to strengthen itself. After being strengthened over thousands of years, it has become almost indestructible."

"The most troublesome thing is that this lock no longer has a keyhole, or rather, the keyhole is so weak that it is no longer able to fully open the lock," said Mite of Meditation. "I originally thought that taking the power of Thunder Shazam would unlock this lock, or at least unlock it by 1/7, but in reality, the connection between the several magical continents has only been restored by less than 1/28."

"So...?" Dr. Sivana asked.

"So even if I were to snatch Billy Batson directly, the amount I could break the seal with would be extremely limited. But I have other methods," said Mite of Meditation. "The most primitive method, but also the most efficient."

"You still want to use the blood sacrifices of creatures living on those magical continents?" Dr. Sivana said. "Those creatures are too weak, and their magical energy is pitifully small. How many more would you have to kill to open the portal?" He said, "How about I have an idea..."

Then he met the eyes of the Mite of Meditation and realized that he was thinking the same thing as the Mite of Meditation.

"Those monsters we released from the Monster Land through the Eternal Vault..." said the Mite of Meditation.

"We originally intended to use it as a valuable fighting force against the Justice League," Dr. Sivana continued.

"But now..."

"However, at this moment..."

They looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Finally, Dr. Sivana said, "Sacrificing these guys would be far more effective than sacrificing those weak and deadly inhabitants of the Magic Continent."

"Oh dear, we can't hurt our teammates directly!"

The Mite of Meditation feigned concern and said:

"That's something only an evil Batman would do. We wouldn't do that. We're the real villains."

Dr. Sivana: "..."

In short, after a few minutes of feigned concern that "this matter is treacherous and will be ridiculed by the world → the clouds have parted and the sun has risen, and I have suddenly understood," the mites finally finalized their plan.

"But so far, the power of Thunder Shazam from Billy Batson remains our most important means of breaking the seal," Mite of Meditation concluded. "With the power of Thunder Shazam to break the seal, I can absorb magic many times faster than before. If possible, if we can continue to usurp more of Batson's power..."

Just as the mite was about to say more about its power, it suddenly glanced at the time.

"Oh, right, C.C. Batson should go do what Batman asked him to do earlier. He's already a bit late, I need to get him to hurry."

Realizing that his obsession with absorbing magic had almost ruined Batman's plans, Mite immediately snapped to attention.

He didn't even have time to speak to Dr. Sivana before focusing his attention on C.C. Batson, who was thousands of miles away. However, he didn't forget to signal the other to continue opening the magic portal and help him collect a little more magic with a lower transmission power.

Even the smallest mosquito leg is still meat.

While remotely accompanying Chen Tao and the others through space for several hours, CC Batson, the pilot of CC Batson, was suddenly grabbed from behind by the mechanical superman. The pilot was taken aback.

He was controlling C.C. Batson when Wonder Woman shattered all his teeth with a backhand elbow strike, only managing to utter a single syllable.

Through C.C. Batson's pupils, the eyes of the Mite reflected the Batman beneath Wonder Woman, the thing he had initially thought was a seat... Countless nanobots, resembling black sand, parted to reveal his true form.

"Ugh!"

Martian Manhunter, slithering like a snake, appeared beneath him. He transformed into a snake-like creature that coiled around his entire body from the waist, especially tightening its grip on his mouth.

CC Batson gathered lightning in his hands. This was a lightning magic that could be cast at will without chanting a spell. The powerful magical lightning could penetrate the outer shell of the spaceship in an instant, directly melting a large hole in the nearly half-meter-thick outer hatch.

With the space to maneuver and shift, he could do whatever he wanted...

With a resounding thud, Supergirl delivered a powerful punch to his forehead from the side. She used so much force that even Martian Manhunter, who was wrapped around him, felt the intense gust of wind from the punch.

The entire spaceship shuddered, and countless objects not secured to the seats were swept away in the opposite direction of Supergirl by a violent, even slightly delayed, wind pressure.

This physical silence nearly severed the connection between the Mite of Meditation and CC Batson.

"Damn it!"

Suddenly, Ming Si Mite felt a surge of anxiety and manipulated CC Batson to lower his chin, which had been raised high to the right after being hit.

At this moment, CC Batson still had the ability to resist!

Ordinary magicians, even those like Billy Batson who are deeply bound to the magic of "Shazam," would have been overwhelmed by such a premeditated attack.

However, due to CC Batson's unique nature, it is not a simple mage or a simple magic guardian, but a puppet, a remote-controlled car that wields the power of Shazam the Thunder.

Therefore, the Mite of Meditation felt that he could still fight back. Although the distance was so great, the power he could transmit was limited and basically a drop in the ocean. But the fact that he would not faint like a normal magic guardian was enough to trick the enemy.

The Mite immediately manipulated CC Batson to feign unconsciousness, so that as soon as his enemies released him, he could...

Then, through CC Batson, the mites saw that the Batman beneath Wonder Woman had completed his transformation.

The nanobots disappeared from his body, silver particles shimmered on him, and the Bat Mage appeared inside the spaceship.

His posture was crouching on the ground, with one half of his completely nanobot-like face supporting Wonder Woman's buttocks, while the other half of his face, which had been transformed into a bat-magician, had already begun casting a spell. The whole process was seamless and so fast that it was impossible to react.

Wonder Woman, having stood up, executed a perfect counter-attack, swiftly lassoing C.C. Batson with her Lasso of Truth.

"You can't escape," Chen Tao heard the mechanical superman say.

He knew that the mechanical superman was conveying to the Mite the message that "Batman has already found you, and he'll have to send you away sooner or later anyway, so you might as well give your spy to your brother as credit," but Chen Tao didn't care at all.

He continued chanting the incantation, and Mite immediately realized what Batman was trying to do. He violently manipulated CC Batson to struggle, but Supergirl knocked him back with two punches. The mechanical superhero followed suit, and in an instant, the two Kryptonian fists, like drums, simultaneously and heavily pounded on CC Batson's forehead, making a loud clanging sound. Mite simply couldn't control CC Batson to do anything under such continuous attacks.

The mit was so angry that he wanted to rush over and punch the mechanical superhero.

What are you doing?! Shouldn't we be teammates?!

Meditation Mite frantically tried to strengthen his connection with CC Batson. He had to strengthen his connection with the other party as much as possible in order to continue to maintain control from such a distance.

However, Chen Tao did not rush to sever the connection between the two. He maintained the posture of the Bat Mage and deliberately waited for the Mite to tighten the "puppet strings" of the manipulator CC Batson from a distance until it could no longer be tightened.

As Batman's incantation ended, everything went black before Mite's eyes, and he could no longer contact C.C. Batson.

"Damn it!!!!"

He was practically furious; if he lost CC Batson, he…

Ok.

It's not completely lost yet.

The Mite calmed down, and he was still able to freely use the Shazam Thunder power from C.C. Batson, which meant that Batman and his team had not killed him.

That's great, that's really great.

He was just too hasty. Indeed, Batman and his crew couldn't have really killed Billy Batson's biological father.

That's good, that's good.

His connection with the power of Shazam the Thunder has not been severed.

……

……

……

On the other side, Chen Tao looked at CC Batson, who had already fallen into a coma, with satisfaction.

Wonder Woman had tied him up tightly, like a dumpling, but she still hadn't severed his connection with the Mite.

It wasn't broken properly, it wasn't broken properly.

The Mite of Meditation was able to maintain such strong control over CC Batson from such a distance. Wow, that's great.

Chen Tao was overjoyed.

The stronger the Mite of Meditation is, the more advantageous it is for him. Facing both Superman Supreme and Darkseid at the same time, he desperately needs a stronger and easier third party to target.

The more magic the Meditation Mite absorbed, the stronger it became, and he was overjoyed.

The robotic superhero was also standing next to C.C. Batson.

Thank goodness.

Fortunately, Batman didn't discover himself, but instead discovered Mist Mite's spy. In essence, the other party became his scapegoat, and he got through this ordeal.

Waiting to go back...

That's what the mechanical superman was thinking.

They boarded the spaceship again, strapped CC Batson to it, and embarked on their journey back to Earth.

Soon, the spaceship once again soared into the vast expanse of space.

10: 00.

After several wormhole jumps, they traveled through the vast universe for nearly an hour.

The advantage of a long distance is that it makes the target feel safe, which is a classic tactic for killing someone on the way.

11: 00.

Everything is normal. All of this is creating a feeling for the Mite of Meditation... ugh, the Mechanical Superman.

See, we're perfectly fine, we're not even going to the interstellar market.

See, it's all over now, nothing's wrong today, right?

12: 00.

After passing through several more places and enduring a long journey, they finally returned to the star system that was about to reach Earth.

Everyone was in a hurry, completely lacking the deliberate leisure they displayed when they were deceiving CC Batson.

See, everything is normal, right?

1:00 AM.

"We're finally back."

When the azure planet reappeared in everyone's sight, everyone felt a sense of relief.

The mechanical superhero heard Batman cursing, "Damn it, the way to the Death King's Golden Sphere without teleportation is way too far. I'm never lending that thing to Sinestro again."

Batman is complaining, Wonder Woman is yawning, Supergirl is sitting properly behind her, and Martian Manhunter is piloting the spaceship.

The first of the three empty slots under the spaceship cabin is where CC Batson is placed—speaking of which, the spaceship design is strange, why is it divided into three cabins?

In short, you see, everything is normal, right?

look……

Are you still watching?

Just when everyone's attention seemed to be drawn to the azure planet before them, the mechanical superhero was at his most relaxed moment.

The supergirl suddenly grabbed his neck from behind.

(End of this chapter)