"How... how is that possible?!"
Thor stammered, pointing at Homelander on the screen.
"That's... my lightning?!"
"Could it be..."
Something occurred to Thor. His face filled with disbelief and hurt.
"Did the old man have a secret son behind my back?! And a Midgardian, at that?!"
"I knew it! Homelander's my brother!"
Jane Foster coughed awkwardly and patted Thor on the back. "Um... Thor, maybe it's just a coincidence?"
"A coincidence? How could this be a coincidence?" Thor cried in anguish. "Even I can't unleash lightning that powerful without Mjolnir! What gives him the right?!"
In the livestream chat:
[Oh my God!! Is that lightning?!]
[Homelander... evolved again?!]
[Holy shit, that's so cool!! Lightning plus Homelander—how awesome is that?!]
On the battlefield of Ego's Planet:
Stone Giant Ego had clearly sensed the astonishing surge of energy from that insect.
"Hm? The power of Asgard?" Surprise tinged Ego's voice. "Even so... it won't save you!"
The Stone Giant spread his hands, then slammed them together.
Thousands of enormous rocks came crashing down on Homelander like a meteor shower, blotting out the sky.
"The same trick won't work on me." Homelander sneered. He bent his knees and took a one-handed ground-pound stance.
Boom!
With an earth-shaking blast, Homelander became a colossal dragon of lightning and roared into the storm of stone.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The high-density rocks, reinforced by divine power, exploded into fragments the instant they touched the lightning.
A moment later, he was right in front of the Stone Giant.
The Stone Giant reacted quickly, swinging a massive palm at him with a howl of wind.
"System! Load Bonded Fist!"
"10,000 Special Popularity Points consumed! Bonded Fist fully charged! Multiplier: 2,000%!"
Homelander didn't dodge. He chose to meet force with force, driving his fist straight at the