The earth was collapsing.
The temple was sinking.
The ground for dozens of miles around began to bulge, as though something enormous were about to burst out.
Countless rocks, heaps of soil, and glowing plants—all matter in the area—converged under the pull of some will.
Blue energy surged beneath the ground like an ocean.
"Mortal..."
Ego's voice no longer came from a mouth. It reverberated from every direction—from the earth, the sky, and the air itself.
"You destroyed my avatar..."
"You took my child..."
"You humiliated me again and again..."
Through Jessica's camera, under the horrified gaze of viewers across the world, it rose.
A hundred meters... three hundred... five hundred... a thousand!
A colossal giant of stone rose from the earth.
The Stone Giant had no facial features, only a massive blue eye in the middle of its head—the core where its divine power gathered.
It lowered its head and looked at Homelander, who hovered in the air.
Before the enormous Stone Giant, Homelander was smaller than a mosquito.
Only now had Ego truly awakened. Before this, his avatars had merely borrowed the power of his true body.
Now, to crush the flea hopping around on him, the living planet had finally revealed his true, despair-inducing form as a Celestial.
"So this is... a Celestial?"
Jessica stared at the giant blotting out the sky. She nearly dropped her camera.
Even through a screen, its sheer presence left viewers on Earth struggling to breathe.
[Oh my God... how are they supposed to fight that?]
[Dear God... what kind of monster is that? It must be a thousand meters tall!]
[It's huge! Godzilla would look like a toy next to it!]
[Homelander... looks like an action figure.]
Homelander studied the giant, his expression turning grave.
"Now..." The Stone Giant's voice boomed