The shadow pinned beneath Soldier Boy twisted his head and stared toward Homelander as though stunned senseless.
The red light ravaging the battlefield cast his ink-black body in crimson. Even as Soldier Boy hammered him with punch after punch, he remained unmoved.
"You're fighting me, and you still dare get distracted!" Soldier Boy roared.
Every punch carried enough force to shatter a small mountain, driving straight through the shadow's body.
The places where the shadow was struck kept shattering, then rapidly regenerated through his stolen healing ability.
Damn it, this one's tough, Soldier Boy cursed inwardly.
He had never encountered anything so troublesome.
Hitting him felt much like hitting Black Noir. Every so often, he even managed a few bizarre techniques to block Soldier Boy's arms and divert some of the force, and he was pretty fast, too.
More importantly, he seemed to have Private Angel's healing ability as well.
"Fuck! You're so damn annoying." Soldier Boy lost his patience. "Try this on for size."
His chest flickered, then blazed with dazzling golden light.
Only then did the shadow react, turning his head in alarm. Closest to the Nuclear Chest Blast, he felt the surging fluctuations of energy.
Although it was not as destructive as Homelander's power, it was more than enough to destroy this shadow.
Not far away, the black-robed man controlling him turned ashen.
His four overlapping fingers trembled slightly as he repeatedly tried to make the shadow retreat.
But at the slightest sign of an attempt, Soldier Boy punched him back, throwing in a curse that drew a circle with his mother at its center and eighteen generations of his ancestors as its radius.
Another attack shook the battlefield.
The Nuclear Chest Blast, vast and overwhelming in its sheer power, pierced the shadow's body.
Almost instantly, the