#543 - Blood Butcher

Lantern Beasts are the core of every Lantern Corps. Without them, the Corps would be nearing its end.

Such important beings naturally do more than just act as generators. They can also choose suitable Lanterns to merge with, forming a symbiotic relationship.

After merging with a Lantern Beast, a Lantern's power receives a qualitative leap, but they also become controlled by the Beast. The controlled host loses their own thoughts and becomes a monster that vents emotions.

Only a few beings can suppress a Lantern Beast and absorb its power for their own use. Such individuals are all heroes of the universe, like Sinestro, who merged with Parallax to become the Parallax Demon.

Indeed, once you merge with a Lantern Beast, you gain a new title, such as Yellow Lantern—Parallax Demon, and now, appearing before Yang Le and his companions, Red Lantern—Blood Butcher.

The violent rage energy flooded into Frank's body. Scarlet, blood-like viscous energy poured out from Frank's wounds, gradually enveloping his entire body, appearing like a giant red cocoon.

The cocoon lasted for less than a second before even more surging energy burst it open, and burning waves of blood began to spread around, staining the entire land.

Upon that rolling sea of blood stood a figure Valeria had never heard of before. Unlike any cosmic-level energy she had encountered, this person seemed more ferocious, murderous, like an unquenchable fire about to turn the world into kindling.

Having seen the Red Lantern armor before, Yang Le could more directly feel Frank's transformation. He was no longer wearing the superhero-like tights of the past, but rather pieces of plate armor like slabs of rock.

The armor was composed of red and black, covering his entire body without appearing cumbersome. Around his waist was a leather-like belt, with various short weapons made of red energy hanging from it. His hands were not empty either, as he held a double-bladed battle-axe as tall as a person, the axe looking like a bull's head from the front.

The eyes of the beast-head decorations on his shoulders constantly steamed with flames, and atop his head was a bull-horned helmet like the newborn Lantern Beast before. From the pitch-black, deep eye sockets, two points of scarlet peered at everything outside.

“Da.”

Before Yang Le and the others could move, Blood Butcher took a step with his right foot. The next second, he appeared in the air, swinging the battle-axe in his hand towards Valeria, who was closest to him.

“Clang!”

The collision sounded like a bell being struck, making one's head spin, but the mortal Valeria was not affected, all thanks to the vast figure before her, like a universe.

The giant axe steaming with scarlet flames struck the iron wrist flowing with starlight. The wrist, originally as thick as a normal person's waist, now seemed slightly inferior in front of the exaggerated axe blade.

But this visually obvious difference could not change the fact that X-Kingo did not move a single inch with one hand. Seeing that his move had failed to achieve anything, Blood Butcher's anger intensified, turning into a substance that spewed out from the gaps in his armor.

The raging fire ignited the giant axe in his hand. The scarlet energy not only enhanced the damage of the axe blade but also strengthened Blood Butcher's power. Divine power was urged again, wanting to behead the person in front of him.

The scorching anger twisted the space. Although the sun had already begun to set, the surroundings were still bright, but even such a terrifying scene could not change the current situation.

It couldn't even cause a single spark to jump behind X-Kingo. The deep universe swallowed everything. Blood Butcher, who fought against the heavens and the earth only to vent his anger, was like a child with a broom, unable to make any waves in front of an adult.

“Does brother think he's an OBA?” The Ultimate Electric Lizard poked its head out. Valeria, who had been feeling a little different, was directly deflated by this, looking at the other party with helpless eyes.

“Don't let the enemy's power control your consciousness, Frank.” X-Kingo did not attack directly but instead tried to awaken Frank's own consciousness.

“Anger can become your power, but don't be deluded by power, control it, enslave it, chain it up, and make it repay the sins it has committed.”

Yang Le said this because the Red Lantern Beast in front of him contained a part of Ross after all. After all, OBA was able to descend to the lower realm because of Ross, so it was indeed correct to say that it was the enemy's power. Yang Le wanted to awaken Frank with this statement.

But Frank might have really fainted. Not only did he not listen to Yang Le's words and stop attacking, but he instead freed up a hand to reach towards his waist, drawing a boning knife-like weapon from his belt and stabbing it towards X-Kingo's head.

At this time, X-Kingo was still thinking about how to say philosophical words. A famous Internet airborne paratrooper once said a sentence.

People have no brains when they are bragging—Five-Five Open.

Yang Le was in such a state. While he was still thinking about how to verbally attack, the boning knife had already pierced into the trident on his head. With a clang, the air suddenly fell into silence.

“Oops.” The Ultimate Electric Lizard covered its mouth. “Now there's close combat.”

“Crack!”

After a brief silence, X-Kingo slightly turned his head, using the trident symbol on his head to break the boning knife made of energy.

Blood Butcher looked at the cautious knife handle in his hand. Before he could react, a fist the size of a head slammed solidly on his head.

Blood Butcher instantly turned into a streak of light, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye. At the same time that Blood Butcher disappeared, X-Kingo also disappeared.

“Boom!”

A few seconds later, a deafening sonic boom sounded, and the following gale cut a gash in the earth.

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By the time Blood Butcher, who was still flying backward, regained his senses, he had arrived in a world of ice and snow. That punch had knocked him unconscious for a short time. When he re-observed the outside world, the first thing he saw was a large guy as deep as the universe.

“Boom!”

Another punch sent Blood Butcher straight to the ground, like Mars colliding with Earth, blowing away the thick layer of snow covering the ground. The soil, frozen as hard as steel, was of no use, and a large pit hundreds of meters in diameter appeared out of thin air, with Blood Butcher lying in the center.

The next second, Yang Le directly sat on Blood Butcher's waist, raised his iron fist, and slammed it towards Blood Butcher's head, muttering something while hitting.

“Boom!”

“I'll let you control!”

“Boom!”

“I'll let you enslave!”

“Boom!”

“Dare to interrupt me!”