At the same time, the battle between Homelander and Reynolds was still going. Of course, "battle" was only how Homelander saw it. Reynolds did not think he was fighting Homelander at all. He was merely dodging Homelander's attacks.
But in Homelander's eyes, Reynolds's evasions looked more like Reynolds was toying with him. After all, the speed Reynolds had just displayed was already terrifying, and with Reynolds's ability to fly on top of that, his agility was naturally beyond question.
Homelander suddenly felt as if he had no real confidence he could hit Reynolds at all. Because of that, the wrath in his heart grew even fiercer. He was Homelander, Vought International's strongest superhero. How could he be completely helpless against someone like Reynolds?
One had to know that before he encountered Robet's Ki Blast, Homelander had always believed heaven was number one and he was number two... No, he even considered himself higher than heaven. How could someone as arrogant as Homelander accept being inferior to an out-of-control experimental subject?
Especially since Homelander had already heard Reynolds's origins from the surrounding clamor. He knew Reynolds had merely been a speedster before, and that kind of speedster, in the past, was someone Homelander could crush to death with one hand.
Thus, the furious Homelander moved again. The last scraps of reason had been thrown completely to the back of his mind. Right now, he had only one goal: to beat Reynolds to death on the spot.
With a buzz, as this battle inside Vought International became unavoidable, unstoppable, and spread across a wider and wider area, a powerful Energy Barrier condensed around the entire perimeter of Vought International.
This Energy Barrier was one of Vought International's research achievements. Although Vought International's technology could not make powerful energy portable the way Tony