The Savior of American Comics? I'm the Subspace Evil God!

Chapters 414, 744, and 745: Homelander Ascends to Demonhood (Part 2)
Look at this frail human body! It's nothing compared to my boss!

[Pshaw, no, he's not even worthy of being compared to my boss!]

My boss is destined to stand at the pinnacle of this universe... my man!

During the transfer of divine power, Homelander's dark blue combat suit seemed to receive some kind of magical enhancement, becoming much thicker.

The Stars and Stripes cape behind Homelander transformed into a demonic whip that seemed to possess a life of its own, constantly writhing.

The entire whip is covered with sharp parasitic barbs, and even the slightest touch is enough to cut through human flesh.

“Buzz——!!!”

The entire process of the divine power transfer seemed slow, but it actually only took less than 0.01 seconds to complete.

So much so that no one present noticed the unusual phenomenon that had suddenly appeared on Homelander.

As Starlight recovered from the 'time stop' state, the virus syringe in his hand continued to pierce the neck of Homelander.

But just as she was about to succeed, a gaping maw suddenly appeared on Homelander's breastplate, from which a sonic bomb capable of creating visible ripples in the air was released, hitting Starlight directly in the chest at close range.

boom--! ! !
A huge, bloody hole was blown into Xingguang's upper body on the spot.

Blood splattered all over everyone.

On the verge of death, Xingguang laboriously looked down at the left half of his body, which had been blasted open, his eyes filled with disbelief and confusion. Then, his life force was cut off, and he slumped helplessly to the ground.

……

[Reputation +66, +66, +66...]

[Collectable souls detected, subspace soul count +1]

……

Fortunately, Mary Morrow, who was the first to react, used her blood-formed tentacles to snatch the syringe containing the virus from Starlight's hand.

Otherwise, if the virus is destroyed, their plan will be completely ruined!
However, before anyone else could recover from this sudden turn of events, the flesh-and-blood whip that had materialized from the Stars and Stripes cloak behind Homelander had already wrapped around Luke Rivoda's head on the right, and then lashed outwards...

puff--

A huge head flew off.

Fresh blood gushed out like a fountain from the severed neck.

……

[Reputation +66, +66, +66...]

[Collectable souls detected, subspace soul count +1]

……

"Luke?!"

Upon seeing this, Luke Revoldan's brother, Sam Revoldan, was enraged and punched Homelander hard in the chest.

However, his powerful strike not only failed to harm Homelander, but also indirectly helped him escape the control of the Deep Sea and Queen Maeve.

"Damn it, get him under control! We absolutely can't let him regain his freedom... or we'll all die!!"

Stan Edgar was terrified at the sight. He grabbed Victoria Newman's hand and ran towards the warehouse exit, while simultaneously giving orders to the others:
"You must quickly find a way to inject that virus into the people of our motherland. This is our only chance of survival now."

Despite his words, he was actually quite fast on his feet when he ran away.

Clearly, Stan Edgar had realized that his personally orchestrated operation to hunt Homelander had failed!
Although he still can't figure out where he went wrong?

Just now, we were only 5 centimeters away from killing Homelander!
But things are unpredictable!
Only the weak complain about failure.

The strong ones, on the other hand, simply... run away the moment things go wrong!

He wouldn't be foolish enough to stay here with his adopted daughter and wait to die.

And those superpowered students behind him, who were fighting for their dreams of 'making a name for themselves', naturally became cannon fodder to buy him and his adopted daughter more time to escape!

That's just how the world is.

The wages of avarice is death!
“Sizzle!!!!”

Homelander ripped off the steel bars binding his eyes, then activated Cyclops to smash Andre Anderson's head as he tried to use magnetism to restrict his movements again.

……

[Reputation +66, +66, +66...]

[Collectable souls detected, subspace soul count +1]

……

Just as Homelander was about to use Cyclops to take down Kate Dunlap, who was manipulating the Deep Sea and Queen Maeve through her psychic abilities, his laser beam was unexpectedly blocked by an energy shockwave released from the palm of Lee Jordan, who instantly transformed into her female form.

"Thank you, let's all go together!"

Having recovered from her shock, Kate Dunlap concealed herself behind Lee Jordan, and the two slowly moved toward Homelander's location.

Kate Dunlap naively wanted to test whether her superpowers could control Homelander.

If she succeeds, she will undoubtedly replace Homelander instantly and become the brightest 'supernova' in the Vought Group.

"Get out of my way, I'll deal with you two later!"

With a flick of his fleshy whip, Homelander sent Deep Sea and Queen Maeve, who were charging at him from behind, flying.

After learning that the two of them were being mentally manipulated, Homelander naturally refrained from killing them.

But after that whip strike, both of them were still torn to pieces!
"Kid, I think you're asking for death..."

Faced with Sam Riverdan charging at him like a madman, swinging his fists, Homelander didn't back down and went head-to-head with him!
Although Sam Riverdan has always been known as the "Little Hulk" at the Godokin School of Superpowers, his physical strength and power are ultimately not at the level of the Hulk.

Furthermore, having witnessed his brother's gruesome death, he was consumed by extreme rage and could not hear the cries of his companions. He had only one thought in his mind—to kill Homelander! And this was exactly what Homelander wanted to see.

After all, an enemy that is disorganized and scattered is much easier to deal with than an enemy that is well-ordered.

Homelander quickly seized an opening and used Cyclops to kill Mary Morrow, who was controlling a blood-flowing tentacle and attempting to use the virus to ambush him from behind.

……

[Reputation +66, +66, +66...]

[Collectable souls detected, subspace soul count +1]

……

"Hehe, this is a good thing, wouldn't it be a waste to just let it get damaged like this?"

Homelander used his flesh-and-blood whip to catch the virus that was about to fall to the ground; he had already figured out how to punish Stan Edgar!

That is, to make him watch helplessly as his adopted daughter dies from the virus they were trying to use to kill him?

Hehehe, this method is absolutely fantastic!!

……

on the highway.

As Victoria Newman sped along, she called her men to pick up her daughter from the safe house and take her to the pre-arranged meeting point.

After arranging everything, she yelled at her adoptive father, Stan Edgar, who was sitting in the passenger seat, with a look of utter frustration:
"Damn it, is this the foolproof plan you swore you'd never missed?"

"I shouldn't have listened to your nonsense. I should have bowed down to Homelander and cooperated with him... at least that way Zoe's safety could have been guaranteed!"

Hearing his adopted daughter's complaint, Stan Edgar wasn't angry. He just shrugged helplessly and said, "I didn't expect such a sudden situation to happen either."

"As you can see, my plan was going very smoothly, and I was about to get Starlight, but... sigh!"

Recalling the sudden scene in the warehouse, Stan Edgar couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Clearly, Homelander's condition was abnormal just now. The changes he underwent were definitely not a reaction that [Compound Five] could produce... There must be some secret hidden within this guy that we don't yet know!"

"Why, why did it turn out like this?" Victoria Newman said, her eyes reddening with frustration.
"My life, my career, my family... everything is ruined. What did I do wrong?"

"No, child, it's not your fault."

Seeing this, Stan Edgar reached out and gently patted his adopted daughter's shoulder, offering some words of advice with a hint of pity:
"But it's too late to say anything now. I just hope that those young people can help us hold off the Chinese as much as possible, so that we can buy enough time to escape."

“We shouldn’t have left them there,” Victoria Newman said, shaking her head repeatedly, filled with remorse.

"If we had joined forces back then, we might have had a chance to defeat Homelander...and maybe a few more of them could have survived."

“Don’t talk nonsense, son.” Stan Edgar frowned slightly, his tone gradually becoming stern. “I remember teaching you when you were very young that to accomplish great things, there must be sacrifices.”

"Before the operation, I had already truthfully informed the trainees of the potential risks; they joined voluntarily..."

“No, you lured them into agreeing with the offer of joining the Super Seven,” Victoria Newman bluntly exposed.

"Yes."

Stan Edgar dropped the pretense and said bluntly, "But it was a choice they made voluntarily... Newman, the worst thing you can do to be a good politician is to be too conscientious."

"You must understand one thing: their lives don't matter, our lives do... Bang!!!"

Before Stan Edgar could finish speaking, a massive figure suddenly descended from the sky, blocking their path, and a speeding car crashed straight into it.

boom--! ! !
The car collided with the figure with a loud crash, but it was not the figure that was injured.

The entire front of the car was dented inward by the impact, while the rear half of the car was lifted high off the ground by the huge inertia before crashing heavily back down.

Because the incident happened so suddenly, Victoria Newman was caught off guard and had no time to react. Her mind went blank as the airbag deployed instantly, and all she could hear was a piercing buzzing sound.

Stan Edgar, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was in a similar situation. His physical condition was far inferior to that of his adopted daughter, and the collision occurred relatively close to the passenger seat where he was sitting. As a result, his legs were crushed by the twisted and deformed front of the car.

boom--

Before the two could recover from their dizziness, the deformed driver's side door on Victoria Newman's side was violently ripped off.

Hello everyone?

Homelander first grinned and waved to the two people in the transforming carriage. The violent collision had not caused him even the slightest damage. If there was anything, it might have just dirtied his combat suit a little.

Then he grabbed the struggling Victoria Newman from the driver's seat and pulled her out like a chick.

"If I were you, I wouldn't have hesitated just now..."

Homelander pulled out a vial containing a virus capable of killing all superhumans who had gained superpowers due to Compound V, deliberately waving it at the terrified Victoria Newman, and said:
"Don't worry, you won't die in vain. I'll package your death into a grand 'show' to propel my [Metaverse Project] to the market!"

"Wait a minute, Homelander..."

In order to buy herself, her daughter, and her adoptive father a chance to survive, Victoria Newman had to endure the suffocating and dizzying sensations and plead with great effort:
"I'm willing... I'm willing to cooperate with you. From now on, I'll do whatever you say, as long as... as long as you let us go, I'm even willing to sleep with you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Homelander interrupted her with a sinister grin, "Sorry, it's too late!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Homelander plunged the virus into Victoria Newman's neck and then tossed her to the ground like a dead dog, as if afraid of being infected by the virus.

"Ugh..."

Victoria Newman let out a piercing scream, and then a disgusting yellow abscess grew on the area of ​​her neck where the virus had been injected, and it was spreading rapidly to other areas at a visible speed.

"No, I don't want to die... Stan, please save me! I don't want to die! I don't want Zoe to become an orphan!!"

Meanwhile, inside the car, Stan Edgar had already lost too much blood due to his severed legs. His pale face showed a look of sorrow, but he tried to speak several times but was unable to utter even the slightest sound.

He could only watch helplessly as his daughter died before his eyes... Perhaps, he was the one who would die first.

(End of this chapter)