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[Look, what a frail human body! It's miles away from my Boss's!]
[Bah, bah, bah, no, how can he compare to my Boss?]
[My Boss is the one who will ultimately stand at the pinnacle of this Universe... my man!]
During the divine power transmission process, Homelander's dark blue battle suit seemed to also receive some kind of miraculous reinforcement, becoming much thicker.
And the star-spangled banner cape behind Homelander actually turned into a demonic whip that twisted non-stop as if it had a life of its own.
Sharp parasitic barbs were visible everywhere on the whip body, and even the slightest touch was enough to tear open human flesh.
"Buzz—!!!"
The entire process of divine power transmission seemed slow, but it actually finished in less than 0.01 seconds.
As a result, everyone present didn't notice the sudden abnormal phenomenon on Homelander.
Starlight, who had recovered from the 'time stop' state, continued to push the virus syringe towards Homelander's neck.
But just as her action was about to succeed, a bloody maw suddenly appeared on Homelander's chest armor, and from it, an 'Impact bomb' was released, capable of causing visible water-like ripples in the air, directly hitting Starlight's chest at close range.
Boom—!!!
Starlight's entire upper body was instantly blown into a huge bloody hole.
Blood immediately splattered all over everyone.
Starlight, on the verge of death, struggled to lower her head and look at the left half of her body, which had been blown into a large hole. Her eyes were full of disbelief and confusion, and then her life force was cut off, and she fell powerlessly to the ground.
…
[prestige points +66, +66, +66…]
[Detectable soul, Subspace soul count +1]
…
Fortunately, Marie Moreau, who reacted first beside them, timely used tentacles formed by blood to snatch the virus syringe clutched in Starlight's hand.
Otherwise, if the virus were shattered, their plan would be completely ruined!
However, before the others could recover from this sudden turn of events, the fleshy whip behind Homelander, which had transformed from the star-spangled banner cape, had already wrapped around Luke Riordan's head on the right, and then flung outwards…
Pfft—
A large human head flew directly out.
Blood splattered outwards like a fountain from the severed neck.
…
[prestige points +66, +66, +66…]
[Detectable soul, Subspace soul count +1]
…
"Luke?!"
Sam Riordan, Luke Riordan's brother, seeing this, immediately hammered Homelander's chest in a fit of rage.
However, his powerful blow not only failed to hurt Homelander but also indirectly helped the opponent break free from the control of The Deep and Queen Maeve.
"Damn it, quickly control him, you absolutely cannot let him regain freedom… otherwise we'll all die!!"
Stan Edgar, seeing this, was scared out of his wits. While pulling Victoria Neuman's hand and running towards the outside of the warehouse, he ordered the crowd:
"Quickly find a way to inject that virus into Homelander. This is our only chance now."
Despite saying this, his escaping speed was not slow at all.
Clearly, Stan Edgar had realized that his personally planned operation to hunt Homelander had failed!
Although he still couldn't figure out where things went wrong?
Just now, they were only the final 5 centimeters away from killing Homelander!
But things are unpredictable!
Only the weak complain about failure.
The strong… run away immediately when things go south!
He wouldn't be so foolish as to stay here and wait for death with his adopted daughter.
And those superpowered students behind him, who were fighting for their dream of 'making a name for themselves', naturally became cannon fodder to buy him and his adopted daughter more escape time!
There's no other way, that's just how the world is.
Man dies for wealth, birds die for food!
"Hiss—!!!"
Homelander raised his hand and tore off the steel bars that were restraining his eyes, then activated Cyclops, blowing up the head of Andre Anderson, who was still trying to use magnetism to restrict his movements.
…
[prestige points +66, +66, +66…]
[Detectable soul, Subspace soul count +1]
…
Just as Homelander was about to use Cyclops to deal with Cate Dunlap, who was controlling The Deep and Queen Maeve through Mind Power, he didn't expect that the laser beam he fired would be blocked by the energy blast released from the palm of Jordan Li, who had instantly transformed into their female form.
"Thanks, let's all go together!"
Cate Dunlap, recovering from her fright, hid behind Jordan Li, and the two moved little by little towards Homelander's location.
Cate Dunlap naively wanted to try if her superpower could control Homelander.
If she could succeed, she would instantly replace Homelander and become the most dazzling'supernova' of Vought Corporation.
"Get out of the way, I'll deal with you two later!"
Homelander swung the fleshy whip behind him, directly whipping away The Deep and Queen Maeve, who were charging at him again from behind.
After learning that they were being controlled mentally, Homelander naturally wouldn't kill them.
But that whip just now still sent blood and flesh flying from both of them!
"Brat, I think you're looking for death…"
Facing Sam Riordan, who was charging at him like crazy, swinging his fists, Homelander met him head-on without showing any weakness!
Although Sam Riordan had always been known as 'Little Hulk' at Godolkin University, his physical strength and power ultimately did not reach the level of the Hulk.
Furthermore, having just witnessed his brother's tragic death, he had fallen into extreme rage and couldn't hear the calls of his companions around him. He only had one thought in his head—to kill Homelander!!
And this was exactly the situation Homelander wanted to see.
After all, enemies like scattered sand are much easier to deal with than orderly enemies.
Soon, Homelander seized an opportunity and used Cyclops to kill Marie Moreau, who was controlling a blood tentacle and attempting to ambush him from behind with the virus.
…
[prestige points +66, +66, +66…]
[Detectable soul, Subspace soul count +1]
…
"Heh heh, this is a good thing, wouldn't it be a shame to damage it like this?"
Homelander used the fleshy whip behind him to pick up the virus that had nearly fallen to the ground. He had already thought about how to punish Stan Edgar!
That is, to make him watch his adopted daughter die from the very virus they tried to use to kill him?
Heh heh heh, this method is simply too Nice!!
…
On the highway.
Victoria Neuman drove the car at high speed while calling her subordinates to pick up her daughter from the safe house and send her to the pre-arranged meeting point.
After arranging everything, she finally roared at her adopted father, Stan Edgar, who was sitting in the passenger seat, with a frantic look:
"Damn it, this is the foolproof plan you swore to me was guaranteed?"
"I really shouldn't have listened to your nonsense. I should have bowed to Homelander back then and cooperated with him… at least that way Zoe's safety could have been guaranteed!"
Hearing his adopted daughter's complaint, Stan Edgar didn't get angry, but just shrugged helplessly and said, "I didn't expect such a sudden situation to occur?"
"You should have seen it, my plan was going very smoothly, and Starlight was about to succeed, but… alas!"
Recalling the sudden scene in the warehouse just now, Stan Edgar couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"Obviously, Homelander's state just now was abnormal. The changes in him are definitely not reactions that Compound V can produce… This guy must be hiding some secret that we don't know yet!"
"Why, why did it turn out like this?" Victoria Neuman said with red eyes and extreme frustration:
"My life, my career, my family… everything is ruined, what did I do wrong?"
"No, child, this is not your fault."
Stan Edgar saw this and reached out to gently pat his adopted daughter's shoulder, advising her with some reluctance:
"However, it's too late to say anything now. I just hope those young people can hold back Homelander as much as possible, thus winning us enough time to escape."
"We shouldn't have left them there just now." Victoria Neuman kept shaking her head, blaming herself greatly:
"If we had all acted together at that time, maybe there would have been a chance to defeat Homelander… this way maybe a few more of them could have survived."
"Don't say silly things, child." Stan Edgar frowned slightly, his tone gradually becoming stern, "I remember teaching you from a young age that to achieve great things, there must be sacrifices."
"Before the operation, I had truthfully told those students about the potential risks, and they joined voluntarily…"
"No, you used the contract to join The Seven to lure them into agreeing." Victoria Neuman exposed him mercilessly.
"That's right."
Stan Edgar simply stopped pretending and said bluntly, "But that was also their voluntary choice… Neuman, to become a qualified politician, the biggest taboo is to have too much conscience."
"You must understand one principle, their lives are not important, our lives are important… Bang!!!"
Before Stan Edgar could finish his words, a muscular figure suddenly descended from the sky, blocking the road in front of them. The car, which was speeding, crashed straight into that figure.
Boom—!!!
The car collided violently with that figure, but it was not the figure that was injured.
The entire front of the car was directly crushed inwards, and the back half of the car body was lifted high off the ground under the huge inertia, then slammed heavily back onto the ground.
And because the incident happened so suddenly, Victoria Neuman was caught off guard and had no time to react. Her head went blank from being hit by the instantly deploying airbag, and her ears were filled with piercing ringing sounds.
The same was true for Stan Edgar, who was sitting in the passenger seat. His physical condition was far inferior to that of his adopted daughter, and coupled with the fact that the collision point was closer to the passenger seat where he was sitting, his legs had been brutally broken by the twisted and deformed front of the car.
Bang—
Before the two could recover from their dizzy state, the deformed car door on the driver's side where Victoria Neuman was sitting was violently pulled open by someone.
"Hello there?"
Homelander first grinned and waved at the two people in the deformed car. The violent collision just now had not caused him even a single bit of damage. If anything, it might have just gotten his battle suit a little dirty?
Then he grabbed Victoria Neuman, who was trying to struggle, from the driver's seat and pulled her out like a little chicken.
"If I were You, I wouldn't have hesitated just now…"
Homelander took out the virus that contained the agent capable of killing all superpowered individuals who had obtained superpowers through Compound V, and deliberately shook it at Victoria Neuman, who was full of terror, saying:
"Don't worry, You won't die in vain. I will package your death into a grand'show' to promote my Metaverse project to the market!"
"Wait, Homelander…"
To win a glimmer of hope for herself, her daughter, and her adopted father, Victoria Neuman had to endure the suffocating and dizzying discomfort, and pleaded with difficulty:
"I will… I will cooperate with You. From now on, I will listen to everything You say, as long as… as long as You can let us go, I'm even willing to sleep with You…"
But before she could finish her words, Homelander interrupted her with a sinister grin, "Sorry, it's too late!"
As his words fell, the virus in Homelander's hand had already been injected into Victoria Neuman's neck, and then he threw her to the ground like a dead dog, afraid of getting infected with the virus.
"Ugh…"
Victoria Neuman let out a mournful scream, and then a patch of nauseating yellow pus had already grown on the area of her neck where the virus was injected, and it was growing wildly to other areas at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"No, I don't want to die… Stan, save me quickly, I don't want to die, I don't want Zoe to become an orphan!!"
And Stan Edgar in the car at this moment had already lost too much blood from his broken legs. A sorrowful look appeared on his bloodless face, but he tried several times to say something, yet was unable to make even the slightest sound.
He could only watch his daughter die in front of him… Perhaps, he was the one who died first, who knows.