Themyscira was created by Zeus, not formed naturally. It is covered by a magical protective field that not only hides the island's location from the outside world but also isolates it from environmental pollution, perfectly preserving its pristine ecology.
Under the azure sky, Su Mu and Catwoman stepped onto the fine, clean sand, taking in the breathtaking scenery before them.
It was a verdant island crowned with many towering peaks. An ancient, majestic city wound its way up the mountains, its ivy-covered stone walls whispering tales of long, ancient years.
Looking at the beautiful island ahead, Su Mu nodded. Very nice. It's mine now.
(Author's Note: Themyscira - Part 1)
Because of the magical aura leaking from the Mystic Portal, the Amazons had already detected the intruders.
As Su Mu and Catwoman ventured deeper into the ancient city, the more Su Mu looked at the island, the more he liked it. Coupled with the absolute magical defense field enveloping it, Themyscira was undoubtedly a perfect base of operations.
Just as the two entered the city proper, the dense, synchronized sound of footsteps suddenly echoed all around them.
A large number of tall, athletic women wearing archaic battle armor rushed out from the surrounding streets and alleys, completely encircling Su Mu and Catwoman.
A woman dressed in noticeably more luxurious, regal attire stepped out from among the Amazon warriors. Staring at the two intruders with absolute, stern majesty, she demanded:
"Outsiders, by what means have you trespassed upon Themyscira, and what is your purpose here?"
Carefully observing the woman before him, Su Mu instantly recognized her as the Amazon Queen, Hippolyta. However, compared to her cinematic counterpart, the Hippolyta standing here was much younger and significantly more beautiful. If he didn't know her true identity, Su Mu would have assumed she was a girl in her early twenties.
But Su Mu was absolutely not a man who showed tender mercy to women just because they were beautiful. On the contrary, he preferred to "slaughter beauties to prove his path." Therefore, Hippolyta's stunning looks had zero effect on his cold calculations.
Deciding to try the polite approach first before resorting to absolute force, Su Mu bowed slightly and addressed Hippolyta:
"Respected Amazon Queen, my companion and I have come here to ask a favor."
Seeing the polite and courteous demeanor of the two intruders, Hippolyta breathed a slight sigh of relief. From their attitude, it seemed they weren't hostile enemies.
However, centuries of combat experience ensured she didn't completely drop her guard. Maintaining her regal authority, she commanded flatly:
"Speak!"
Su Mu flashed a warm, brilliant smile:
"Please hand the Mother Box over to me, so that I may guard it!"
As the expressions of the surrounding Amazon warriors drastically changed, hands reaching for their weapons, Su Mu immediately continued:
"Soon, Steppenwolf will invade Earth in an attempt to collect all three Mother Boxes and open a spatial portal to help Darkseid conquer the planet!
"Steppenwolf's raw power is incredibly terrifying. With your current strength, you cannot protect the Mother Box. Therefore, it should be kept in my absolute custody!"
The Amazon warriors looked horrified. They halted their attack motions and turned their gazes to Hippolyta.
If Steppenwolf truly came to attack Themyscira, it was highly likely that their strength alone really couldn't protect the Mother Box.
Hippolyta stared at Su Mu with a grim expression and demanded:
"Where did you acquire this information?"
Su Mu replied smoothly, "I possess the ability to foresee the future. I saw all of this not long ago. I saw the birth of Doomsday, the death of Superman, the rise of the Justice League, the arrival of Steppenwolf, the deaths of countless Amazon warriors, and the ultimate, apocalyptic subjugation of Earth..."
Hippolyta fell silent. She was partially persuaded by Su Mu's words, actually beginning to believe his warnings. Yet, despite this, she still firmly rejected his proposal:
"Even if I believe your prophecy, I still cannot hand the Mother Box over to you.
"The Mother Box is simply too important; it concerns the very future of Earth. What makes you think that the two of you are stronger than the entire Amazon race?"
Realizing that despite all the pleasantries, he still had to prove his absolute superiority through force, Su Mu grinned wickedly:
"You can try me."
The surroundings instantly fell dead silent. Even though Su Mu still wore a polite smile and looked incredibly friendly, the Amazons instinctively sensed that something was fundamentally wrong.
It was a deep, unseen pressure—the primal, biological fear of the weak facing an absolute apex predator. Their senses were far sharper than ordinary mortals, and this acute perception detected such profound danger that their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
Hippolyta, whose senses were the sharpest among them, perceived even more. This intruder was absolutely not as benevolent as he appeared, and his true intentions were nowhere near as pure.
Hippolyta spoke in a low, heavy voice: "Then have it your way!"
At Hippolyta's command, the Amazon warriors launched their synchronized assault on Su Mu.
A deadly rain of arrows descended upon him, but before they could even get close, they completely froze in mid-air, exactly five meters away from his body.
Unbothered, Su Mu slowly strolled toward Hippolyta. Seeing this, the other Amazon warriors unleashed even more ferocious attacks, but these arrows—capable of easily piercing metal and stone—similarly froze dead in the air five meters away.
Witnessing this impossible scene, Hippolyta personally drew her bow and attacked Su Mu. Pulling the bowstring into a full moon, the released arrow shattered the sound barrier with an ear-piercing boom as it rocketed toward Su Mu. But even the arrow fired by the Queen herself stopped exactly at the five-meter mark, unable to advance a single millimeter.
Watching Su Mu stop right in front of her, Hippolyta asked with a grim expression:
"What did you do?"
Su Mu smiled lazily. "Just a minor trick manipulating space, nothing worth mentioning. Now, are you ready to hand the Mother Box over to me?"
Hippolyta fell silent again. The man before her was unimaginably powerful. Just this one unique spatial ability was enough to utterly crush Themyscira's defenses. Leaving the Mother Box in his care was indeed much safer.
However, she still had reservations. After pondering for a moment, she offered a compromise:
"I can entrust the Mother Box to you. But since I cannot be absolutely certain you aren't an accomplice of Steppenwolf, I cannot let you leave.
"For the foreseeable future, you may live on Themyscira and stay by the Mother Box to closely monitor it."
Su Mu nodded slightly, then continued to ask:
"Well then, there is just one last question..."
Hippolyta looked at Su Mu, waiting for him to continue.
But suddenly, her expression changed drastically. Thunder violently cracked around the white-haired man, shattering the ancient stone beneath his feet. Boundless, terrifying energy radiated outward, enveloping him like an apocalyptic aura.
Then, the demon asked his question:
"Respected Amazon Queen, I really like this island. I wonder... could you give it to me?"
Hippolyta: "???"
The Amazon Warriors: "???"
"Excuse me, did I mishear you?" Hippolyta subconsciously took a step back, asking Su Mu to repeat himself. But she received the exact same reply.
"You didn't mishear me at all. I really like this island. Therefore, it is mine!"
The demon completely dropped his polite disguise, issuing an absolute, cold command to Hippolyta in a tone of supreme, unarguable arrogance.
Hippolyta immediately retreated, distancing herself from the man, and yelled to the Amazon warriors behind her:
"Send a distress signal to Diana! Attack this man! He is absolutely not a good person; he is highly likely an accomplice of Steppenwolf!"
Another volley of arrows rained down on Su Mu. But just like before, the torrential rain of projectiles couldn't even approach him, let alone harm him!
Glancing dismissively at the arrows suspended around him, Su Mu grinned maliciously. He formed an esoteric hand sign with his fingers. In the next microsecond, an invisible, conceptual domain rapidly expanded until it completely enveloped the entirety of Themyscira.
"Domain Expansion — Infinite Void!"
Once engulfed by the Infinite Void, every single Amazon warrior—with the sole exception of Hippolyta—ceased their attacks. As massive amounts of fabricated memories violently flooded their brains, the look in their eyes fundamentally shifted.
A moment later, under Hippolyta's absolute, despairing disbelief, every single Amazon warrior dropped to one knee, speaking to the demon in absolute, reverent unison:
"Master!"
Amidst the kneeling mass of Amazon warriors, Su Mu smiled warmly at Hippolyta:
"Respected Amazon Queen, you wouldn't want to see these beautiful warriors get hurt, would you?"
Driven by his twisted sense of amusement, Su Mu had deliberately spared Hippolyta, leaving her mind completely unaltered. At this moment, she was plunged into absolute, helpless despair. Even when she had been enslaved by Heracles in the past, she had never felt a despair as profound as this.
What exactly just happened?!
Has the world gone mad, or have I?
Why did all my proud, independent warriors suddenly kneel to this man and call him 'Master'?!
Looking around, her former sisters-in-arms simply stared back at her coldly. There wasn't a single trace of respect left in their eyes, only absolute, brainwashed indifference.
"What... what did you do?" Hippolyta asked Su Mu, her voice trembling.
But Su Mu clearly had no intention of answering her. Instead, he reached out, forcefully pinching her cheeks together, and whispered coldly:
"You know full well that is not what I want to hear."
Hippolyta understood exactly what he meant. He was deliberately humiliating her. But to protect the lives of her Amazon warriors, she had no choice but to endure the absolute degradation. Trembling uncontrollably, Hippolyta choked out the word:
"Master..."
(Author's Note: Hippolyta)
Su Mu nodded in profound satisfaction, his twisted sadistic desires fully sated.
Having completely subjugated the Amazons, Su Mu was quickly led to the location of the Mother Box by Hippolyta and her guards.
The group halted inside a heavily fortified ancient temple. Before Su Mu, a crimson, metallic cube floated silently in the air. Through the Six Eyes, Su Mu could perceive a terrifying, boundless cosmic energy constantly radiating from the cube, only to be intercepted and contained by esoteric runes carved into the surrounding walls, preventing even a single drop from leaking to the outside world.
(Author's Note: Mother Box - Part 1)
This was the Mother Box. An incredibly powerful cosmic artifact possessing, but not limited to, absolute abilities such as energy transfer, gravity manipulation, telepathy, and instantaneous transportation. It was DC's supreme artifact, directly rivaling Marvel's Infinity Stones!
Su Mu slowly walked toward the Mother Box, reaching out to claim it.
But the Mother Box clearly rejected his touch. It vibrated violently, unleashing a massive, localized repulsive force to push Su Mu away.
Standing behind him, Hippolyta watched quietly, fully expecting to see Su Mu make a fool of himself. Even though he was incredibly powerful, she simply didn't believe he could forcefully bend a cosmic artifact like the Mother Box to his will.
But suddenly, she saw Su Mu forcefully thrust his hand forward. Completely ignoring the terrifying repulsive force emitted by the box, and amidst a violent eruption of apocalyptic black-red lightning, he slammed his hand directly onto its surface!
"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!"
Subsequently, a massive, visually blinding surge of cosmic energy erupted from the Mother Box, only to be instantly, violently devoured by Su Mu's Energy Absorption. The violent trembling of the Mother Box gradually subsided, eventually returning to a state of docile calm.
It had been absolutely subjugated!
(End of Chapter)
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