The sight struck Homelander as absurd. It felt like looking in a mirror; in his eyes, Josen had practically become another version of himself.
At that moment, Homelander even had a premonition of what was about to happen!
The dimensional channels connected to Josen's eyes abruptly opened. He aimed his gaze at Homelander below and smiled.
Optic Blast, lethal mode!
Boom!!
Two thick, ruby-red beams shot out without warning, plowing a trench through the churning sea all the way down to the seabed!
Even though he had anticipated Josen's beam attack, Homelander's expression still changed.
He ducked his head and bent forward to evade the first blast, then accelerated into a dive, dodging the sweeping cut of the crimson shock waves.
Now it was Homelander's turn to dodge repeatedly as offense and defense abruptly switched sides!
"Enough!"
With nowhere left to dodge, Homelander seized an opening, blazing red beams shooting from his own eyes!
As he activated Heat Vision to fight back, the battle officially entered the beam-clash phase.
Amid an immense humming roar, two highly destructive, high-energy lasers collided precisely where their gazes met.
Enormous opposing energies swelled at the center of the clash, steadily and relentlessly advancing toward Homelander.
At the sight, Homelander felt utterly dumbfounded. The confidence born of his invincibility wavered and completely collapsed-
This man can do everything I can, and he even seems stronger than me?
So...
He's the real Homelander?
Then what am I?
Oh, shit. I've become the stand-in!
Josen paid no attention to Homelander's inner turmoil. Before the beam clash, he had cunningly adjusted his position to put his opponent on the left from the New York City spectators' perspective.
Having secured his own undefeated position, he abruptly widened the dimensional channels connected to his eyes, drastically increasing the crimson shock