Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Everyone fell silent.

Although it might sound a bit hurtful, the harsh reality was undeniable. If Azu hadn't arrived in time, they would have been wiped out by that wave of tentacles.

He's right.

Yondu spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva. He was a seasoned veteran, a master at assessing situations.

"We're just a burden if we stay here. Let's go! Take Quill with us!"

Drax carried the unconscious Mantis on his back, while Gamora supported the weakened Quill.

"If you die, I will avenge you, I promise." Nebula gave Azu a deep look, her dark eyes revealing no emotion.

"Haha, thank you, sweetheart. But I haven't lived enough yet," Azu said with a smile.

Quill, supported by Gamora, approached Azu and said solemnly:

Listen up, buddy.

"To completely destroy him, we must find his brain!" Quill pointed underground. "Right down here... deep in the Earth's core. There's a huge cavern there, and his brain is in there, encased in a very thick shell."

Azu nodded and patted Quill's arm.

"Got it, brain, outer shell, blow it up. Sounds like a simple operation."

"Go on, go aboard the spaceship, drink a can of Vought Energy Drink, and watch how I smash his brains out."

Quill nodded and staggered away with Gamora's help.

Everyone began to evacuate from the temple.

Only one person remained still.

Jessica Jones remained standing in the same spot, still holding the all-sky quantum live streaming device.

"Jessica?" Azu asked, puzzled.

"I'm not leaving." Jessica shook her head stubbornly and pointed to the camera in her hand.

"I am your eyes, do you remember?"

"If it weren't for me, who would record your heroism? Who would broadcast it live to billions of people on Earth?"

"I have a holographic spacesuit; I can teleport. If things go wrong, I can run faster than anyone else."

"You can't get rid of me, Anthony. Just like you can't get rid of that little bitch named Wanda."

Azu looked at Jessica.

He knew that once this woman's stubborn temper flared up, not even ten oxen could pull her back.

However... what she said makes sense.

"All right."

Azu sighed and nodded.

"You can stay."

"But..." He stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky.

"Stay away. If anything feels wrong, teleport back to the spaceship immediately. That's an order."

"You must protect yourself." Azu's voice softened a bit. "I don't want to lose my best photographer."

The words "I don't want to lose" made Jessica's heart tremble.

Was he concerned about me? Or about that damn camera?

Jessica opened her mouth, about to say something sentimental, like, "I ordered the same leather jacket as Catwoman from Amazon."

"Enough—!!!"

An angry roar interrupted this tender moment.

That was Igor's voice.

Igor stood in the center of the hall, his face ashen and his hair standing on end in fury.

He looked at the group of people.

Watching them chat, say goodbye, and even flirt in his temple, on his land, oblivious to everyone else.

They completely ignored him, this cosmic god, as if he didn't exist!

"You filthy, lowly, vermin..." Igor trembled with rage.

"Where do you think this is? This is my planet!!"

"How dare you ignore me?!"

"Did I let you leave?! I..."

"Sizzle—!!"

Igor's voice stopped abruptly, the last syllable of "I" still lingering in his throat.

Two thick, crimson gazes suddenly bombarded his face.

Immediately afterwards, the heat vision sliced ​​back and forth across his body, cutting his remaining torso into countless fragments that dissipated into specks of blue light in the air.

"..." The scene was very quiet for a moment.

Azu withdrew his gaze and cursed inwardly: "My special popularity points haven't even been credited yet, and you old bastard come to ruin the atmosphere. You're so rude!"

He turned to look at Jessica, his gentle smile returning.

"Go on, my dear Jessica."

Jessica: "..."

Live stream viewers:

Hahaha! People from the motherland are awesome!

It has to be you again, Homelander.

[Villain: I haven't finished yet! Homelander: I don't want to hear it.]

This feverish gaze cured my obsessive-compulsive disorder.

[This is so humiliating! He's supposed to be a god, and he just got sliced ​​up like that?]

……

Outside the temple.

The engines of Homelander 1 were fully heated, and blue exhaust plumes shot out.

"Quickly! Everyone get up there!"

Rocket shouted at the hatch, urging everyone to board the ship.

After Groot was the last to jump onto the spaceship, the hatch closed quickly.

"Take off!!" Yondu roared from the pilot's seat.

The spaceship lifted off the ground and hurtled towards the outer reaches of the planet.

Just as the spacecraft had ascended to within ten meters of its altitude.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The entire planet roared in fury.

"Get out of the way!!" Azu shouted at Jessica, who was still in a daze.

Without hesitation, Jessica activated her ability and instantly teleported to a height of 100 meters, where she positioned the camera.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The ground outside the temple suddenly cracked open.

Seven or eight giant rock tentacles, each over five meters in diameter and emitting a blue glow, emerged from the ground, just like the legendary Kraken.

They twisted and writhed wildly, several tentacles rapidly and forcefully binding the spaceship's hull and wings.

"We've been captured!!" Gamora yelled, "The engine won't move!"

"Cut it off! Quick!!" Rocket pushed the control stick frantically.

Azu looked at the spaceship that had been pulled back outside the hall, and the red light in his eyes shone again.

"Really... they don't know what's good for them."

He stomped his feet hard on the ground.

"Bang!"

The ground cracked, and his body shot into the sky like a cannonball.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived beneath the spaceship.

"Sizzle—!!!"

A burst of heat vision shot out, sweeping across the rock tentacles.

"Sizzle—"

The red laser pierced the rock, producing a piercing burning sound.

The surface of the rock melted instantly, turning into scalding magma.

but……

Azu frowned.

"Um?"

He felt that this cut was noticeably less smooth than before.

Inside those tentacles flowed a high density of blue divine power, which resisted the high temperature of the heat vision and even continuously repaired the cut wounds.

What could have been cut off immediately is now experiencing lag.

"It's hardened?"

"Then let's increase the intensity!"

He roared, his eyes flashing red, and he went into overdrive.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!"

Several enormous rock tentacles snapped off instantly.

The spaceship, freed from its restraints, roared with power and finally broke free of gravity, soaring into the sky.

"Thanks, buddy!" Yondu's voice came through the communicator.

Hint: Gained a special popularity bonus of +5000! (From Yondu Udonta)

Hint: Gained +5000 Special Popularity Points! (From Gamora Jeanne Huberi Ben Titan)

Hint: Harvest...

Watching the spaceship leave safely, the popularity points were also secured.

But Azu did not relax.

Because he truly felt that the planet beneath his feet had completely awakened.

"Rumble rumble rumble ——————"