The Heat Ray shot skyward, savagely slicing through the marble ground and piercing the clouds before sweeping left without restraint.
Wherever it passed, marble melted, flowers and grass evaporated, and trees charred and burned.
In just a few breaths, a fissure even more savage and terrifying than the last appeared.
It was as if the pollution-ravaged earth had opened an angry eye and was about to take revenge on humanity.
Homelander's Heat Vision lasted only a moment before he withdrew it, as if nothing had happened. Only the air had grown scorching hot, with visible waves of heat rolling upward. The soldiers' burning hearts gradually cooled.
Everything proved that what had just happened was real.
The soldiers' aggressive footsteps gradually stopped. Like frost-wilted eggplants, they drooped their heads, looking as though they wished they could burrow into the ground and hide.
Black Left and Black Right dared not take another step either, because that deep, scarlet fissure lay a mere meter in front of them. Even the stone had melted!
At that moment, the brothers suddenly realized that they seemed to have provoked something that looked human but should not be called human.
The battlefield of a thousand men fell deathly still.
Gulp.
Someone swallowed, breaking the silence.
Then came the sound of chattering teeth, followed by the clamor of whispered conversations.
"Was that a warning from Homelander?"
"I don't know, but I'm not crossing that line no matter what, even if I'm branded a deserter of the United States!"
"God bless me. Thank goodness he wasn't aiming at me, or even my iron will would've melted."
Most of the voices favored backing down.
Some still talked tough:
"What the fuck are you all scared of? If you're afraid of dying, go home."
Yet the man who said that was