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After walking out from behind the iron barrels, the four young supes stared at Homelander with vigilant eyes.
However, there was no tension or fear in their eyes, only the excitement and anticipation of young people about to ascend.
There was nothing they could do; how many of these young people from the Godolkin University wanted to become superstars admired by millions, just like Homelander and the other members of The Seven?
And right now, taking down Homelander was their quickest and most convenient path to ascension.
After all, young calves don't fear tigers!
These young supes wouldn't fear Homelander like ordinary people would, and this was precisely the fundamental reason Stan Edgar sought their help.
"Neuman, I have to say, you've made a very wrong choice..."
Homelander showed no sign of panic on his face. Instead, he provocatively turned to look at Victoria Neuman and said,
"Let me guess, where did you find these helpers?"
"They wouldn't happen to be from Godolkin University, would they?"
Seeing that she didn't speak, Homelander smirked and pointed at Victoria Neuman several times across the air. "You're something else, to actually think of that place..."
"I originally thought you would ask S.H.I.E.L.D. or some other organization for help. It seems I really overestimated you!"
"Who I ask for help is none of your business," Victoria Neuman's tone was much stronger than before. "Homelander, I don't want to conflict with you, but what I want to tell you today is, you'd better not push me... otherwise, the result might not be good for either of us."
"Hahaha..."
The smile on Homelander's face grew more intense, and his gaze scanned back and forth across the second floor of the warehouse, loudly shouting:
"Stan Edgar? Come out, I know you're here too!"
As Homelander's words fell, the warehouse door opened again, but the people who entered were not Stan Edgar. Instead, The Deep and Queen Maeve, fully armed, walked in from outside.
Clearly, Homelander had long anticipated that Victoria Neuman would be prepared, but then again, wasn't he?
Although from the perspective of numbers, Victoria Neuman's side had the absolute advantage right now.
But from the perspective of combat experience and individual strength, the three people on Homelander's side were clearly stronger.
At the very least, dealing with these people was more than enough!
Homelander looked at Victoria Neuman opposite him and sneered mockingly, "You didn't really think I wouldn't get any news about Stan's release from prison, did you?"
However, for some reason, Victoria Neuman remained completely calm. Although her face still showed the same angry expression as before, upon closer inspection, one could see that her eyes still maintained the necessary rationality.
Seeing this, Homelander couldn't help but sense that something was off, but he didn't take it to heart.
Because in his eyes, the other party... no, he should say all of them were already dead!
Who would worry excessively about a dead person?
Homelander looked at the group of young supes opposite him with extreme arrogance, "I can give you a chance to leave here with your lives. Anyone who leaves now, I can pretend today's events didn't happen..."
However, before he could finish speaking, his body was directly sent flying forward by two sudden impacts of immense force.
And the attackers were none other than The Deep and Queen Maeve, who had just walked up behind him!
"WTF? What are you two doing?"
Homelander lay on the ground, looking at the two who attacked him with a puzzled expression, but The Deep and Queen Maeve seemed to have changed into different people. They rushed at him again with expressionless faces, not even caring about their own safety, wanting to forcefully control Homelander's hands.
Their consciousness was clearly under the control of some kind of Mind Power, which caused them to suddenly act so abnormally at this moment.
"Everyone, attack together, don't give him a chance to fight back."
Following an order, Luke Riordan, who possessed super strong resistance to damage, and Jordan Li in his male form also rushed up to hold Homelander's legs. Andre Anderson, who could control magnetism, used the pre-prepared heavy steel bars to completely cover Homelander's eyes and mouth, preventing him from causing accidental casualties with his Cyclops.
And Mary Moreau, who possessed the ability to control blood, and Victoria Neuman worked together to activate their abilities, attempting to affect the speed of Homelander's blood flow, thereby reducing his metabolism to the lowest value, thus weakening his super abilities to the maximum extent.
It wasn't that the two women didn't want to blow Homelander's head off; it was that even if they joined forces, they simply couldn't.
Because Homelander's physical strength had already far exceeded the strength their two super abilities could achieve.
At this moment, Stan Edgar and two other young supes, one male and one female, walked in from outside the warehouse.
"Homelander, in fact, we had long anticipated that you would definitely not come here alone!"
Stan Edgar looked at Homelander, who was struggling desperately, and said with a smug expression:
"Therefore, in order to deal with the members of The Seven who came with you, I specifically called in a student who is skilled in Mind control this time."
As he spoke, Stan Edgar glanced at the blonde girl behind him.
The girl's name was Cate Dunlap, and she possessed telepathic abilities. She could erase memories and control others' consciousness in a very short time by touching their skin.
The reason The Deep and Queen Maeve were acting so abnormally at this moment was entirely due to her.
However, Cate Dunlap alone certainly couldn't subdue The Deep and Queen Maeve simultaneously, so Stan Edgar also specifically called on another white boy with short brown hair.
The boy's name was Sam Riordan. His super ability was destructive power comparable to Hulk's, as well as equally outstanding resistance to attack.
Furthermore, he was Luke Riordan's younger brother!
It was he who had used his ability earlier to first delay Queen Maeve, thereby creating sufficient opportunity for Cate Dunlap to convert The Deep.
"Stan, I knew it had to be you pulling the strings," Homelander roared at Stan Edgar, struggling and mumbling.
"Homelander, in the end, you are still too arrogant, foolishly believing that no one can threaten you."
Stan Edgar, who believed he had the victory in hand, said smugly, "However, it is precisely because of this that we have created this opportunity to defeat you..."
"Originally, as a profitable tool pushed to the forefront by Vought Corporation, as long as you obediently listened to me, you could always immerse yourself in the comfort zone specially built for you by Vought Corporation and enjoy traffic and attention..."
"But you insisted on showing off your intelligence in front of me, attempting to break free from my and the corporation's control over you. This is simply idiotic!"
"Most importantly, you bastard actually dared to use my granddaughter's life as a bargaining chip and threaten my adopted daughter... You are simply seeking your own death!!"
Seeing that Homelander seemed to want to say something else, Stan Edgar interrupted first:
"Give up, no one is coming to save you... The Sage, whom you consider your strategist, just made a small 'brain hole' in his head at home a few minutes ago. It will take at least half a day for his normal intelligence to recover."
"As for Spider-Woman and Lizard Warrior, I have sent people to make their true identities public. I expect they have no time to deal with you right now."
"Oh, right, and A-Train..."
The smile on Stan Edgar's face grew more intense. "Honestly, even I didn't expect that he would be the one in The Seven who held the biggest grudge against you."
"So I didn't have to put in much effort to persuade him to switch sides. Even the news of you leaving to come here was reported to me by him at the first opportunity!"
One has to admit, the older ginger is spicier.
After being released from prison, Stan Edgar took less than a day to successfully uncover the backgrounds of all the members of the new The Seven team Homelander had formed, and formulated 'to the point' differentiated response strategies for each one.
This was done to maximally curb these people's support for Homelander!
"Stan, you..."
Homelander let out an angry roar. The steel bars covering his eyes like a blindfold had long been burned red by his Cyclops, but there was no sign of melting.
Clearly, these steel bars must be made of some special synthetic heat-resistant and high-temperature resistant metal material!
And no matter how violently Homelander struggled, his limbs could not break free from the restraints of the four supes.
"Starlight, you can start your revenge."
Stan Edgar nodded at Starlight, who had been waiting for a long time. She then took out the pre-prepared virus injection gun from the hidden compartment on the ground.
Previously, fearing that Homelander might act unpredictably and damage the virus during a fight, they had deliberately hidden the virus in a safe hidden compartment.
Seeing that Homelander's body had been controlled by the combined efforts of several supes, they had no further concerns.
Next, as long as Starlight successfully injected this virus into Homelander's body, then this so-called most powerful super human in the U.S., personally created by Vought Corporation, would die in front of them in a very tragic manner within just a few minutes!
Thinking about being able to avenge her boyfriend immediately, Starlight's eyes couldn't help but turn slightly red.
"Homelander, for Hughie, I will make you Payback!!"
Starlight approached Homelander step by step, and the latter also seemed to sense that deadly danger was about to descend. He began to struggle desperately, but it was still useless.
His limbs were firmly locked by four supes whose strength was no less than his, making it impossible for him to exert any force.
Fear!
An unprecedented fear instantly enveloped his heart!
This was the first time since Homelander became an adult that he felt himself so close to death!
Before this, he had always arrogantly believed that he was a 'god' superior to humans.
But today, he suddenly realized that he was merely a 'person' who could be easily killed as long as his 'weak point' was found.
Therefore, in order to survive, Homelander had to place his last shred of hope of "life" entirely on that 'God of Pleasure' who had previously granted him power several times due to killing.
Right now, only by gaining more powerful strength could he break free from the restraints of the four people and personally kill these bastards who dared to set a trap and hunt him, especially that damned black man, Stan Edgar!
"Great God of Pleasure, please help me?"
"I haven't completed the task you assigned me, to establish a sect of my own... I cannot die here so incompetently!!"
"I still want to continue killing and gain endless pleasure from killing..."
"I still want to use the Metaverse project to expand my 'Above the Heavens and Below the Earth, Only I Am Supreme' sect, thereby gaining more followers and becoming your most devout follower..."
"Please grant me more powerful strength. For this, I am willing to dedicate my soul..."
In order to survive, Homelander finally let go of his ridiculous self-esteem in front of slaanesh, and facing Homelander's request, in the midst, that magical voice finally sounded.
[Very good, devout warrior of ecstasy, the killing and pleasure you have gained in previous battles are enough to prove that you have the qualification to ascend to a higher level...]
[You will be reborn in the feast of killing and pleasure, and carry my blessing to fulfill your destined mission!!]
Since Homelander had willingly offered his soul.
Then how could Slaanesh refuse the blessing request of such a 'potential stock' who perfectly conformed to the 'Path of Slaanesh'?
Boom—
The Slaanesh Mark on Homelander's forehead suddenly erupted with mysterious and powerful purple light. Time seemed to be briefly frozen at this moment, and everyone was 'frozen' in place.
Even the virus in Starlight's hand, which had already been plunged towards Homelander's exposed neck and was only less than 5 centimeters away, was strangely suspended at the position it was in the previous second.
But this was definitely not Tzeentch's Time Stop...
In an instant, a vast amount of psychic energy containing slaanesh's will and primal power directly descended upon Homelander through the huge gap torn in the Dimensional Barrier, from the Palace of Pleasure in the Hyperspace.
"Ah..."
Homelander immediately felt a boundless and unparalleled force washing and cleansing his soul back and forth.
Fortunately, his strong physique could barely support him, allowing him to withstand this surging energy and not explode and die on the spot.
And slaanesh also stopped the infusion of psychic energy just in time before Homelander could no longer bear it!