The instant the Magnetic Field Cage dissolved, the fist-sized ball of plasma expanded with a thunderous roar!
Homelander's vision was completely engulfed in white light.
"Damn it! What is this thing?"
He raised his arms to protect his head and tried to fly away, but Telekinesis still held him in a death grip.
It was too late.
Lucian only saw Homelander open his mouth. The next second, the out-of-control light and heat swallowed them both.
Boom-!
The point of detonation was too bright to look at, making the surrounding sky seem dark instead.
The intensely compressed, high-temperature plasma surged outward. Rock, soil, and trees vaporized the instant they touched the tide of white light. The shockwave that erupted right after swept several kilometers along the ground, flinging everything in its path into the air.
"Get down!"
Several kilometers away, Mother's Milk flattened himself against the ground.
Black Noir had only just grabbed Kimiko's shoulder when the shockwave struck them from the side.
Bang!
All three went flying, snapping several large trees in succession.
A-Train no longer cared about the mission either. Holding the unconscious Hughie, he instantly raced away from the explosion, unable to keep himself from swearing.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Annie also scooped Cate into her arms, her eyes shining with blinding light as she darted backward.
"That wasn't a military bomb!"
Annie struggled to open her eyes and looked toward the distant explosion.
"It was Lucian!"
Cate hurriedly turned Annie's gaze away. Even with her back to the light, she could feel its blinding intensity.
"Then what about him?"
Annie did not answer.
She wanted to know too.
At the center of the explosion.
Lucian could no longer hear anything.
The instant the shockwave struck, the flames covering his body were battered apart, followed by