When Darkseid sensed the terrifying kinetic force striking from the side, it was already far too late to dodge.
Super-Ego's utterly unrestrained punch smashed squarely into Darkseid's face.
"Bang—!"
The force behind that punch was astonishing. Darkseid was sent flying with both feet lifted from the ground, blasted hundreds of meters away. He shattered more than a dozen black mountains along the way before being deeply embedded in a rock wall.
As Darkseid was sent flying, the "Pain Matrix" he had maintained on Homelander was interrupted as well.
The matrix energy net flickered once, then immediately dissipated.
"Huff—huff—huff—"
Freed from his restraints, Homelander collapsed to the ground like a fish deprived of oxygen, greedily gulping down mouthfuls of air.
The extreme ordeal of pain left him deeply shaken.
"Damn... you sneaky bastard, no honor at all!" Homelander cursed weakly. "Still got careless..."
The muscles across his body were still trembling faintly on their own. For the moment, he truly did not want to move at all.
Within the distant rock wall, Darkseid pushed aside the massive boulders before him and walked out.
He wiped the dust from his face and looked ahead.
When he clearly saw the figure that had sent him flying with a single punch, shock flashed through his eyes.
"Son of Krypton?"
But he quickly realized something was wrong.
Though he had the same face and the same body, the unfamiliar divine power emanating from within him was identical to the power of the tentacles that had attacked him.
"You are not him." Darkseid stared at Super-Ego. "You have taken over his shell."
He quickly understood and turned to look at Homelander, who was lying in the distance and gasping for breath.
"So this is your method? Erasing consciousness and controlling bodies?"
Darkseid recalled how he had