The battle erupted in an instant.
There was no flashy opening.
"Bang—!!!"
Two figures collided within a tenth of a second.
Rings of violent shockwaves exploded wildly above the battlefield.
Homelander's assault was so fast that even high-speed cameras could capture only blurry afterimages.
He did not use Heat Vision, nor did he use Bond Lightning.
He chose the most primitive and brutal form of pure hand-to-hand combat.
Because he knew what the audience wanted to see. He knew their emotions needed an outlet.
"This is for Jessica!"
Seizing an opening, Homelander drove a heavy punch viciously into Gravik's abdomen.
Under the full-force strike empowered by Homelander's stacked buffs, Gravik folded into an acute angle in midair, and all his armor shattered in an instant.
"Aah—!"
Gravik spat out a mouthful of blood.
"This is for my brother Thor's eye!"
Homelander roared, his figure flashing as he appeared above Gravik.
His fists clasped together, he brought them down like a massive hammer onto Gravik's spine.
Like a falling meteor, Gravik was smashed straight from ten thousand meters in the air back into the ground.
The impact sent waves of earth twenty to thirty meters high surging into the air.
Before the dust had even settled, Homelander had descended.
He straddled Gravik directly.
What happened next gave every livestream viewer and the fallen superheroes a thrill they had never felt before.
A golden light flashed across Homelander's body.
Then his fists transformed into a sky full of afterimages, each punch carrying a thunderous sonic boom.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"
It was pure violence unleashed, a one-sided execution.
"This is for Natasha!"
"This is for Stark!"
"This is for Steve!"
"This is for all the innocent people you shameless Skrulls replaced!!"
Every impact of his fists was