Shadow of the Beautiful World

In the temple of the Rock of Eternity, Black Adam rejected Shazam's request.

He returned to Earth from the stars just to complete the final revenge.

He didn't want to.

He is also unwilling to help this world that has hurt him severely.

Furthermore, as a gladiator of Gao Tianzun, Black Adam has already learned the truth about these stars from the elders of the universe.

Everything is just illusory, those memories, those experiences, including himself, are just remnants of dreams.

He would rather use his last time to avenge those extraterrestrial evil spirits who killed his people, wives and children. As for this illusory world, if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed.

Black Adam did not tell Shazam the cruel truth.

He is not a villain in the true sense, he does not have the habit of striking down the hope and courage of others, and he will not tell Shazam that all the current counterattacks and confrontations on the earth are meaningless.

Once Gao Tianzun wins, the stars will be turned upside down.

What they protect with all their might, what they want to save, what they want to defeat, what they love, what they hate...

Everything is meaningless.

Let this brave boy come to an end in ignorance, which is also a blessing.

He doesn't need to bear the pain of the truth anymore.

Black Adam looked at Shazam indifferently, looking at another self thousands of years later, his chewing made the hope in Shazam's eyes dim.

Young people seem to be hit once again.

Sha Zan sighed, he knew that everything was irreversible, so he closed his eyes and fastened his staff tightly.

The golden thunder danced more vividly.

Black Adam took a step back, he looked at Shazam who was surrounded by thunder.

This young man's manipulation of divine power is very rough, but his potential is indeed astonishing. The combination of those divine powers with him is very deep. He only needs to give him some more time, and he can use the divine power to a new level.

Unfortunately, he has no chance.

The Wisdom of Solomon!

Shazam uttered the spell to release the divine power in a low voice, and a golden thunder shot out from him, hitting the staff, and igniting the gem at the top of the black wooden staff.

With extraordinary wisdom stripped, Shazam snorted in pain.

His body trembled, and the lightning outside his body collapsed like quicksand, wrapping around Shazam's body in a veil of light, and actively released it, causing the divine power in his body to collapse rapidly.

The power of Hercules!

boom

Another thunderbolt rolled out, and Shazam felt as if he had been severely whipped, and the muscles on his body began to twitch.

The Stamina of Atlas!

The courage of Achilles!

The speed of Mercury!

Shazam uttered three incantations at a very fast speed, and the dancing lightning hit the staff that had been wrapped in golden flames continuously, and Shazam's own breath became weak rapidly.

It is difficult for him to even stand up, just like an old man in his seventies and eighties.

He could only lean on the staff and limp on the ground.

He was breathing heavily, like a fish caught out of the water and thrown into the sun to expose it to the sun. The veins on his neck were bulging, and the divine power on the surface of his body had been weakened to an unprecedented extreme.

There was only a layer of beating light arcs wrapped around his skin, and all the red battle clothes on his body had also faded away.

He looked at Black Adam out of breath, gritted his teeth, and stood up with difficulty, like a stubborn young man persisting in the end, he took a step back, touched the staff with his fingertips, and whispered:

The divine power of Zeus!

whoosh

The last thunderbolt rushed into the staff like a snake, which represented the complete stripping of the six divine powers.

But there is one last ritual.

Say your name!

Black Adam held the staff that stored the six divine powers, and he felt the huge power gathering in the staff.

The light in his eyes became sharper, and he couldn't wait for the revenge of the evil gods in his heart.

shazam!!!

Shazam finally uttered the word of release, and a weak electric arc fell from the sky and hit him, making him change from the posture of a young man back to the thin figure of a 16-year-old boy.

This was the last time he uttered the mysterious name.

It represents his release of his final ownership of divine power.

Snapped

The thin Shazam was thrown upside down by the electric arc and fell on the slippery ground.

He was lying there, his face pale.

But with the cover of his body, his left hand quietly reached into his pocket, holding something cold.

He looked at Black Adam, who was already immersed in the hope of gaining more powerful power, and didn't notice Shazam's small movements.

It's really a shocking force.

Black Adam held up the staff entwined with endless thunder, like a sculpture holding high the holy flame, those unowned divine powers danced in the staff, waiting for the qualified ones to call again.

In the flash of golden thunder and lightning, Black Adam, who was reflected like a god, said:

Different from you, child, what I was given at the beginning was the power of the Nine Glorious Gods of Egypt, but according to my research, different divine powers can become stronger through fusion.

Thank you for your generosity, I have grasped the sword of revenge!

Black Adam shouted:

Excellent stamina!

boom

A golden thunder sprang out of Black Adam's body and merged into the staff, and white and golden lightning quickly blended.

It is filled with a thicker platinum color, wrapping around Black Adam's body like a streamer of sparks.

This is the fusion of the essence of divine power.

Like Shazam, Black Adam will strip off his divine power first, and then integrate greater divine power into his body by calling out the transformation words.

The process is quick.

And he wasn't worried about Shazam making any small moves.

After stripping away his divine power, he is just a 16-year-old child with no power to restrain himself.

The speed of Horus!

Amon's strength!

The Wisdom of Thoth!

Aton's divine power!

The courage of Mahan!

Black Adam uttered the remaining five spells at a very fast speed, and his divine power was also stripped.

He was also getting weaker, but because he didn't give up his divine power, he still maintained a god-like body.

And the fusion of divine power proceeded very fast, and in just a few seconds, the raised shady staff became dim.

The platinum power of the six realms that has been fully fused surrounds Black Adam's body like a star ring.

Under the shining of the platinum halo, Black Adam raised his arms high, and he shouted to the sky:

shazam!!!

boom

Platinum golden magic lightning descended from the sky, bombarding Black Adam's robust body, temporarily disabling his divine power.

Just call out the transformation word again, and after the fusion is completed, more powerful divine power will refill his body.

It is a process of being given again.

But at this moment, Billy Batson, who was lying weakly on the ground of the temple, out of breath, suddenly raised his hand, and there was already a shiny black magic wand in his left hand.

Green light shot out from the tip of the wand, and within less than a hundredth of a second, it precisely hit Black Adam's body.

Black Adam has already opened his mouth, ready to call out the transformation words again, and complete the action of embracing more powerful divine power.

But under the reflection of the platinum divine power, no matter how much he opened and closed his mouth, he could no longer make any sound.

Silencing Curse...

This is the second spell that Merlin taught Billy.

boom

At the same time that Billy Batson tremblingly got up from the ground, Black Adam, who was unable to call out the transformation words, also fell on his back among the seven chairs on the stone platform like a rotten tree.

His originally strong and powerful body was shrinking rapidly.

The appearance that was originally maintained in his 30s, also quickly became old as if thrown into time accelerated hundreds of times.

In just the blink of an eye, Black Adam changed from a powerful warrior to a very old man.

What's even more frightening is that this aging effect has not stopped.

Aging continues.

Dust flies off his age-spotted skin.

That was the desperate gesture when the skin and body were decomposed, and Shazam didn't need to punch Black Adam at all.

At the moment when his voice was blocked by the Silencing Curse and he couldn't shout out the transformation words, Black Adam was already dead.

How long has it been since you turned back into a mortal body?

Billy moved his steps with difficulty, walked to the staff that fell on the ground, lifted it behind him, and held it in his hand.

He looked at Black Adam, who was lying on the ground, so weak that he couldn't lift a finger.

Black Adam was lying on the ground, his cloudy eyes fixed on Billy, but there was no hatred or loathing in the young man's eyes, instead they were full of pity and intolerance.

He said to Black Adam:

I have a good teacher. From the first day I took over this divine power, he has been telling me that the divine power given is just a tool.

That's just my 'borrowed' power, it never really belonged to me.

I can use it to fight evil and protect justice, but every time I face my mentor, he will remind me not to be immersed in the illusion of power and mistakenly think that it belongs to us.

Billy looked at the platinum power flying around him in the shape of a star ring, wrapped around the stone platform.

He lowered his head and said to Black Adam:

You made a mistake, you perfectly demonstrated to me the dire consequences of immersing yourself in power...

You may have forgotten it yourself. After stripping off the divine power, we are just ordinary people, no different from those who need protection...

As ordinary people, we simply cannot withstand the ravages of time. Shu's endurance can keep you strong in the 5,000-year seal.

But that's not really strong, Adam.

You lose the awe of power, and regard them as sharp knives that you should wield. If you don't respect something, that thing will punish you in turn...

Billy tried his best to straighten his body. He looked at Black Adam, who fell to the ground and was ruthlessly destroyed by the time of pursuit.

The latter's flesh and blood were peeled off quickly as the ashes flew.

Only a few seconds later, all that remained in place was a weathered skeleton.

Billy can even hear Black Adam's unwilling roar, but the dark soul immersed in revenge has lost all possibility,

And he also left a rich inheritance for Billy.

The young man looked at the skeleton.

He was really taught a good lesson today.

He had a deeper understanding of Merlin's past teachings.

Leaning on his staff, he bowed his head as if bowing, and said to the skeleton:

You showed me another way, and I already know it's wrong.

I will continue to follow my path, I don't know what the end is, but I think, even if I do reach the end of despair, even if the end is full of despair...

I will continue to be a hero!

I'm sorry for the tragedy that happened to you. I won't make the same mistake again. My mentor has always reminded me that before helping others, I must first protect myself and the people I care about...

A wise saying.

Billy smiled.

He raised his head, looked at the platinum-gold streamer flying in the air, and then raised the staff in his hand high.

He said:

I don't know what to call you anymore, so I'll call you by your original names! I need you to help me, and this world also needs...

I said, I want to be the light that dispels the darkness... Today, I continue to choose to be a hero! Come on!

Today, today! I'm going to be that light!

Help!

wisdom!

Shazam shouted, and the platinum light turned into dancing thunder, rushing into the young man's weak body, his eyes became bright again.

Strength! Endurance! Courage! Speed! Divine power!

With the chanting of one spell after another, the six platinum divine powers followed the black wooden staff and rushed into Shazam's body. His whole body was covered by the platinum halo, like dancing lightning wrapped around every part of his skin. place.

He took a deep breath, and looked back at the skeleton behind him, which was only a pile of ashes.

He cried aloud as before:

shazam!!!

boom

Platinum-gold magic lightning fell from the sky, blasting on Shazam's thin body, and all the divine power returned. As the platinum-gold veil swayed and thunder splashed, the more powerful Shazam Superman was reborn.

His battle suit is still bright red, with a yellow lightning bolt on his chest.

But the short white cloak has turned into a long black cloak, just like spread wings, swaying endlessly behind Shazam.

His aura rose rapidly, and the bottleneck of the heavenly father, which was indestructible to Shazam in the past, was easily penetrated, but his strength was still increasing until Shazam's body could not bear it.

Bang, bang.

Just like the silver superman who has activated the divine fighting posture, in Shazam's chest, the heart surrounded by platinum streamers beats more powerfully, pushing the divine power enough to split mountains and seas into his limbs and bones.

You won't win...

Behind Shazam, in the darkness, the remnant soul of Black Adam said in a curse-like voice:

You don't know the truth of all this at all, poor child, your mentor may not have told you that all of this, what you care about, and what you guard are all...

Is it all fake?

Shazam turned his head, he looked at the wandering remnant soul, he tilted his head, and in the arc of platinum-gold streamers elongated in his eyes, he said to Black Adam:

No, you are wrong. Before leaving, the instructor told me all this in a letter...He also left me a question.

If everything is false, my life, my lover, my family, my friends, this world, if everything is false.

If, even we are fake, is there any point in our struggle, our counterattack, and our protection?

I couldn't answer that question before. But now that I know your story, I can answer you too.

Shazam clenched his fist and said:

Significant!

So what if everything is fake?

Could it be that everything is false, that I can sit back and watch the darkness sweep the world, that I can give up my persistence, and that I can be an indifferent bystander with peace of mind?

Whether the outside world is real or not is meaningless to me, I don't know what I should do, but at least I know... what I can do!!!

Shazam looked at his lightning fists, and he said to Black Adam:

This is the meaning of my existence, and this is also the meaning of the strength given to me by the old wizard.

When everyone is desperate, when everyone tells you to give up, the real hero still has to keep fighting and keep going.

Finally burns itself and becomes the light that tears the darkness...

What's more, the mentor and others are fighting to turn the false into the real, how can I give up here?

He turned around and walked towards the exit of the Rock of Eternity. During the flashes of thunder, he raised his golden gauntlet and waved to Black Adam behind him. He said:

After everything is over, if I am still alive, I will avenge you. Those evil gods who destroyed you, I will go find them and give them trials one by one!

No one can do evil with impunity! I swear!

Yeah?

The remnant soul of Black Adam grinned.

At the moment when the spirit body was about to dissipate, he said to Shazam who disappeared in the thunder light:

Then thank you...

hero.