The entire scene fell deathly silent.
Whether soldiers, reporters, or the martial artists watching the battle—even Trump, collapsed limply on the ground—they were all struck speechless by the sight before them.
Shock, terror, and absurdity exploded in everyone's minds.
That invincible strongest creature on Earth had been torn apart as easily as a sheet of paper?
There had been no fierce battle, no thrilling exchange of blows—only pure violence that crushed everything in its path.
The system notification sounded at that moment.
[Notice: Target "Yujiro Hanma" successfully killed. Core source traits extracted and sealed.] [Trait One: Demon Back. Once activated, the user's strength, speed, durability, and destructive power will increase exponentially. Fully unleashes and berserks the body's potential, with minimal side effects. While active, grants immunity to most conventional physical attacks.] [Trait Two: Demon Brain. Grants exceptional combat instincts, dynamic vision, and learning ability. With only one observation, the user can see through and perfectly replicate martial arts secret techniques that opponents spent decades mastering.] [Note: The host may integrate the extracted traits personally or manifest them as seeds of ability to grant to others.]
"That's it?"
Listening to the system's report, Homelander shook his head in disappointment.
Demon Back, physical potential unleashed—it all sounded terrifyingly impressive, but it was utterly useless to him.
He was a man with a Skyfather-level Steel Body now.
He did not need to activate any special state or tense the muscles in his back to strike some ridiculous pose. Even in his normal state, he could bathe on the surface of a star.
It seemed that ugly musclehead had come from nothing more than a low-tier martial arts world.
"Whatever. Better than nothing."
Homelander calculated silently.
Those two abilities might be useless to him, but they would make decent gifts for his