On the planet Sarff Minor, Bleez and a small force of Red Lanterns decimate a group of slavers and sometimes cannibals. On Ysmault, Rankorr faces Zilius Zox and Ratchet who still believe he has infected them. He tries to scare them off using constructs from his ring. Atrocitus stops their squabbling and tells Zilius that someone has poisoned the Red Lanterns, and he suspects it to be Abysmus. Bleez arrives and extends an invitation to join her to anyone tired of following Atrocitus. This sparks a fight between both groups. The planet itself starts to tear itself apart and Rankorr tells the Red Lanterns to stop fighting. Seeing the Red Lantern Central Power Battery has been destroyed, Atrocitus explains that without it the Red rings will eventually lose their charge and they will die becaus