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"No!!"
Yondu suddenly let out a furious roar, his eyes turning bloodshot...
"That bastard Ego..."
"He lied to me!!"
"He said he wouldn't hurt them!!"
Guilt, remorse, and rage erupted in his chest like molten lava.
"I will definitely kill him..."
Homelander looked at Yondu and nodded.
"Then let it be today. Don't keep him waiting too long."
At this moment, the truth was out.
That seemingly dreamlike Planet was actually a man-eating demon.
And this interstellar livestream would thoroughly expose the true face of this demon to all of humanity.
Homelander turned to face the camera.
His expression was solemn, and a raging fire called justice burned in his eyes.
"Fellow citizens of Earth."
"Do you see this?"
"This is the enemy we must face."
"A demon who doesn't even spare his own children."
"We cannot back down, nor can we tolerate this."
Homelander clenched his fist and declared to the camera, to the entire Universe.
"Today, I, Homelander."
"For Earth, for humanity, and for these innocent souls..."
"...will seek justice."
"I declare war on this demon named Ego!!"
"To the death!!"
On Earth, all the viewers held their breath.
They knew.
The final battle was about to begin.
That monster who created this hellish scene.
Must die!
This was the will of all humanity!
"Kill him, Homelander!"
"Avenge those children!!"
"For Earth! For humanity! For everyone!"
Countless roars echoed in every corner of the Earth.
Notification! popularity value +18,992 received!
Notification! popularity value +21,005 received!
Notification! Popularity received... The team continued to travel through the bizarre landscape.
"Jessica."
Homelander called out softly.
Jessica Jones stopped and turned to look at him.
"What's wrong?" Jessica asked, keenly sensing that something was "off" with Homelander's emotions.
Homelander's brow was tightly furrowed, and a hint of pain and pity appeared on his face at the right moment. He vividly performed the mental shock of having just witnessed a living hell.
"You go ahead with Ms. Gamora first."
"That scene just now... it's hard for me to stay calm. I need a little time, so I'll follow behind you. I need to adjust my state of mind."
"I don't want to lose my mind to anger when I face that demon later."
Jessica's gaze softened. If it were before, she might have rolled her eyes and mocked this bastard in her heart for acting again.
But the scene in that cave just now was indeed too hellish... She walked up to Homelander, reached out her arms, and hugged him tightly.
"Don't let that stuff break you, Anthony," Jessica said softly, burying her face in his hard chest. "That bastard is still waiting for you to blow his head off."
"I will." Homelander patted her back. "Go on, don't keep the audience waiting."
In the livestream room, the bullet comments instantly became a sea of warmth.
[Yeah, Homelander is human too. Who could stand seeing that kind of scene?]
[It's okay! Take your time to adjust! We're waiting for you!]
[My heart aches for him... he carries so much.]
[Even a body of steel has a soft heart.]
[Go on, take a deep breath, and then smash that alien scum to pieces!]
Homelander then moved to the back of the team. After watching Jessica, Gamora, and the others pull ahead a bit,
The sadness on his face immediately vanished.
"System."
"Check special popularity value."
"Current special popularity value: 167,000."
Homelander narrowed his eyes at the number. One hundred and sixty-seven thousand.
"Hmm, time for a pull..."
Saving up special popularity value wouldn't earn any interest; it was better to turn it into real power.
After all, fighting a Planet was a bit hard to imagine.
It was always good to have an extra trump card.
"Open superhero blind box."
Homelander issued the command in his mind.
"Confirm consumption of 100,000 special popularity value for one High-Level Draw?"
"Confirm."
"Consumption successful, drawing..."
Inside his consciousness space, the treasure chest radiating brilliant light appeared again. It vibrated violently, and accompanied by a stirring symphony, the lid slammed open.
A golden pillar of spatial light shot into the sky, even causing a brief blinding effect in Homelander's consciousness.
"Congratulations, Host! A Golden... Legend..."
Homelander almost laughed out loud listening to the system's announcement.'System, there's something wrong with you.'
Then, looking at the object that had just materialized in his hand, wild joy flooded his heart.
"Holy crap... it's actually this thing... Hahaha! System, you're finally acting like a human!"
With a thought, he threw the newly obtained item onto the ground.
Nothing happened.
"Okay, looks like it can't be used like this..." Homelander thought for a moment, quickly stored the item back into his magic space, and flew to catch up with the team... Ahead, on the path to the Temple.
Rocket Raccoon was walking with his hands behind his back, strutting right in front of Jessica's camera.
Since Homelander wasn't there, this raccoon with a strong desire to perform naturally took over the role of "streamer."
As he walked, he boasted with saliva flying everywhere.
"Hey, you Earth hillbillies, ever heard of the Sovereign? They're a bunch of genetically modified people covered in gold dust who think they're high and mighty but actually have mush for brains."
"That monster had thousands of teeth and skin as thick as starship armor! But I, Lord Rocket, came up with a perfect plan!"
"And the result?" Rocket shrugged. "Quill, that idiot, was too busy trying to look cool, and Drax, that big dummy, jumped straight into the monster's mouth—he thought it'd be easier to cut the skin from the inside. Ha! Moron!"
"In the end, it all came down to me!" Rocket patted his chest. "I built a gravity bomb, and 'BOOM!' Blew that monster to smithereens!"
"And then?" Jessica held the camera. Although she didn't have a good impression of this raccoon, she had to admit the little thing was quite good at storytelling.
"Then? Then those gold-dust people didn't even thank us; they started hunting us down just because I took a few batteries!" Rocket said indignantly. "An entire fleet! Thousands of ships! Swarming us like flies!"
"But I was piloting the Milano, dodging and weaving, a sharp-angle turn here, a reverse thrust there! One shot, one kill! I turned their fleet into fireworks!"
Rocket got more excited as he spoke, as if that battle had been his solo show.
The viewers in the livestream room were also amused by this cranky raccoon.
[This raccoon is such a blowhard, hahaha!]
[I don't know what the Sovereign is, but it sounds impressive.]
[Did he just try to say he took on an entire fleet by himself?]
Gamora finally couldn't listen anymore and ruthlessly exposed him:
"If I remember correctly, our shields were already shattered and the ship's rear was blown off. If Quill's bastard father, Ego, hadn't suddenly appeared and used his divine power to destroy the Sovereign fleet, we'd be frozen corpses in space by now."
Gamora pointed to the Temple architecture that had already appeared in their field of vision nearby.
"Strictly speaking, the 'demon' we're going to kill is your savior. When you see him later, do you want to kowtow and thank him first before you start shooting?"