At this moment, Hawkman, who had been brought back to the jet by Doctor Fate, couldn't help but ask him.
"What's wrong with you? I've never seen you retreat before."
Doctor Fate took off his helmet, transforming back into Kent Nelson.
"We weren't retreating; it was just basic courtesy. That woman is Kahndaq."
"What are you saying?"
Kent emphasized again: "I said it very clearly, she is Kahndaq, the country, the city itself."
"You entered the owner's home without permission, and then the owner returned and saw you. Do you still have the nerve to stay there?"
Hawkman was dumbfounded. Despite his many reincarnations, he had never seen a city transform into a living person.
Maxine and Albert were similarly surprised, though Albert was frustrated, having been knocked out by Adam early on and missing everything.
As for Adam, he had now lost his powers and had been locked in solitary confinement, ready to be handed over to Amanda.
Isn't that exactly what she wanted?
But Kent was worried because Shabak was missing.
He must have gone to the United States; in his spiritual vision, Shabak was the one who caused this great disaster within the United States.
He just didn't know where the Justice League was now.
Kent thought of Shazam, whom he had just seen in Kahndaq, and he wondered if the Justice League had moved to Kahndaq.
21… Midway City, United States.
Shabak descended upon this city.
He had some sense of proportion, not going to cities with heroes stationed, but coming here instead.
He wasn't sure if the Justice League had truly left the United States as they claimed, so this time, he intended to test the waters.
"This place is perfect."
No heroes, no Gods, and no Guardians.
Shabak found the tallest building in Midway City and flew straight to it.
Passersby saw him and immediately pulled out their phones, expertly opening Kuaishou to record.
"Is our city also going to welcome its own superhero?" a superhero fanatic said with a joyful smile.
Shabak flew through the empty sky without any disguise, quickly finding the business building that met his requirements.
Employees inside saw him through the glass windows and quickly called other colleagues to gather and watch.
"Hey! Look, what's that?"
The floor-to-ceiling windows were soon filled with people, watching the red figure in the sky.
Someone in the crowd zoomed in on his face with their phone and asked somewhat strangely, "Is this a new superhero?"
Someone next to him looked along: "He looks like… a demon?"
Shabak's appearance was exactly like people's impression of a demon.
Red skin, curved horns, and an inverted pentagram on his chest.
Someone couldn't help but advise, "Let's get out of here quickly. He doesn't look like a superhero at all; he looks like a villain!"
His words woke up those who were still dreaming, and some quickly fled together.
In recent years, supernatural phenomena have occurred frequently in various places. While watching the excitement is one thing, people don't want to become the excitement themselves, so they are all very aware.
And the people in Midway City who filmed Shabak also live-streamed his image on Kuaishou, attracting countless curious viewers.
Among these people was Constantine, who was bored and arguing with netizens.
"Huh? This symbol…"
Constantine was an old expert in demonology. He recognized at a glance that the symbol on Shabak's chest originated from Hell, and immediately jumped up with a start.
He immediately called his Boss.
"Boss, there's a situation in Midway City! A demon has appeared there… What? Don't worry about it for now? Are you sure? Okay, okay, I understand."
After speaking, Constantine hung up the phone and sat back on the sofa to scroll through Kuaishou.
But his heart couldn't settle down. After thinking about it, he still decided to go to Midway City to take a look.
He wouldn't intervene, just observe… In Midway City, Shabak stood on the tallest building in the city.
He raised his hand, and a throne made of reinforced concrete rose. He sank onto the throne.
A flash of Fire erupted from Shabak, and deep red flames burst from the inverted pentagram on his chest, shooting up into the sky.
The Fire dyed the sky red, carrying an ominous aura into the clouds.
A pillar of Fire ascended, and the surrounding clouds seemed to crack like rock, like a gateway to an abyss full of magma.
That was a gate, a gate to Hell!
Shabak's ritual granted him the ability to open the gates of Hell, allowing lower-level Imps to invade the Real World.
So, after the pillar of Fire opened the gates of Hell, the Imps from the abyss immediately vied with each other to enter the human World.
Countless fanged demons with bat wings flew out of the crack in the sky, targeting the humans on the ground.
In an instant, countless screams erupted, and people began to run in all directions.
Some people also retaliated with guns, but the number of bullets was limited, and they could not pose a fatal threat to these creatures from another dimension.
Those who remained on the streets were caught by Imps, and three to five Imps fought over them in the sky, tearing apart and devouring the captured people alive.
Under the stimulation of the blood and gore, the people on the ground fled even more frantically.
And Shabak stood on top of the skyscraper, watching the tragic plight of the humans with an evil smile.
He conjured a fireball in his hand and threw it to the ground, opening a ground gate. Countless charred mummies with crude weapons crawled out of the gate, grabbing and devouring people all over the streets.
Hellfire flowed out from the underground magma, igniting everything flammable it encountered. In just ten minutes, Midway City had completely turned into a living Hell!
At this time, Amanda at Checkmate also received the news and quickly ordered Harcourt to take the new Suicide Squad to Midway City for support.
She no longer pretended, directly naming the X-Squad as "Suicide Squad," treating them as expendable.
Criminals like Deadshot, Bloosport, Killer Croc, and Captain Boomerang were quickly fitted with nano-bombs and sent to the front lines.
Meanwhile, the Justice Society, returning to United States airspace from Kahndaq, also received this news.
Kent's face was pained: "All of this still happened. This is fate; you cannot defy what is bound to happen…"
Hawkman steered the jet directly towards Midway City: "I never believe in fate, Kent. I only believe in us. We can definitely turn the tide!"
Kent's mood lightened slightly.
"It's been a long time, that baseless confidence of yours. I've never been able to learn it."
"I'm not sure how long it's been since I heard your rambling prophecies."
Hawkman and Kent exchanged glances, then suddenly laughed together.
When they formed the Justice Society, they had long since disregarded their own lives and deaths.
As these superheroes or supervillains began to act, Midway City's officials finally reacted, quickly applying to the state government for the Army to enter the city.
But it was rejected.
The Mayor of Midway City was stunned: "If you don't come, Midway City will be destroyed!"
He roared furiously into the phone.
"Please understand, there are no Army units willing to deploy now…" a voice came from the other end of the phone.
The Mayor of Midway City slammed the phone on the table, trembling with anger.
His staff looked at him worriedly, as if asking him what to do.
The Mayor looked at his subordinates, each with a worried expression, and suddenly calmed himself.
"You are still young, while there is still time, leave… get out of here."
"Then Mr. Mayor, what about you?"
The Mayor carefully tucked in his suit, took out the pistol from the drawer, glanced at the magazine, and put the gun back into his waistband.
"I am the Mayor of Midway City, and I will live and die with this city!"
Even in the United States, there were a few tough individuals!
So, with the Mayor's personal participation, Midway City's only violent organization began to resist the Imps.
They used modified armored vehicles, riot shields, police firearms, tasers, and all other weapons to engage in street battles with the Imp Army.
The casualties were, of course, heavy, but the Imps were no longer unscathed; they also suffered some impact.
Then, in the second hour after the gates of hell opened, the Suicide Squad and the Justice Society arrived in Midway City and joined the battle!
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