People wiped away their tears and stared wide-eyed at the screen.
The director seemed to have sensed something as well, quickly maneuvering the drone to zoom the camera in further.
That scene, which shook the very souls of humanity, was finally displayed without reservation before billions of people.
That was not the arrival of Dormammu at all.
Instead, it was that man wearing the stars and stripes cape, holding the mountain-sized head of the demon god in one hand, slowly flying toward Earth from the abyss of the dimension!
He is here! He is here!
He has returned carrying the demon god's head!
At this moment, the director was so excited that he slammed his fist onto the control console.
"Cut the signal! Play the music! Push the volume to the max for me!"
That incomparably passionate BGM, representing the execution of justice, once again resounded through every speaker, vibrating people's eardrums and igniting all the previously suppressed emotions!
"We won! Fuck! We won!"
"Won! He did it!"
"Hahahaha! I knew it! He never fails!!!"
One second they were in hell, the next they were straight in heaven.
This extreme emotional reversal plunged the whole World into incomparable madness.
People hugged frantically in the streets; regardless of whether they knew each other, they grabbed the people next to them and kissed them wildly.
Car horns blared across the skies of every city, and documents from office buildings were thrown out of windows like snowflakes.
"That is so fucking cool! He came back carrying that monster's head!"
"Homelander is the true God! The only God!"
At the White House, President Ellis jumped straight onto his desk, waving his fists and shouting like an out-of-control fan.
On the battlefield, the heroes finally relaxed, finding places to sit and rest.
Tony Stark laughed and cursed from the side: "That bastard stole the spotlight again. But... I have to host the victory party tonight."
Compared to the heroes' celebration, however, one person had completely collapsed.
Kaecilius, bound on the ground, stared at the head belonging to Dormammu in the sky.
"No... this is impossible... Dormammu is eternal... How could he die? How could..."
He had given everything, only to end up with a complete joke.
The collapse of his faith was more painful to him than death.
Indistinct whimpers emitted from Kaecilius's throat, his eyes lost all their luster, and he became a walking corpse.
High in the sky.
Homelander, carrying Dormammu's head, did not rush to land, but deliberately slowed his flight speed.
He wanted to let this scene linger in people's hearts long enough, to let this shock be deeply imprinted in the depths of everyone's hearts.
Homelander flew over the Kowloon Peninsula and finally hovered above the vast sea outside Victoria Harbour.
At this time, after Dormammu's head completely left the energy environment of the Dark Dimension, the dark energy lingering on the surface of the head began to solidify rapidly.
Starting from the severed neck, black energy crystals spread across the entire head.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant black crystal sculpture reflecting a ghostly light.
Homelander let go.
"Boom—!"
The black crystal head plunged into the sea.
The towering waves stirred up were suppressed by Homelander using The Force.
The waves receded.
The towering crystal stood steadily on the seabed, with most of its face exposed above the sea surface, like an isolated island on the sea.
It became an immortal monument to the God of Mankind slaying the extraterrestrial demon.
At this moment, several Vibranium drones quickly approached, switching to close-up shots.
Capturing Homelander's imposing figure from all angles.
Seeing the drones approaching, Homelander knew that at this very moment, all of humanity's eyes were focused on him.
He looked directly into the camera, the corners of his mouth lifting into that signature smile that the whole World was most familiar with and found most reassuring.
The noise of the whole World seemed to have been muted at this moment.
Billions of people held their breath, waiting for their God of Mankind to speak.
"My dear fellow citiziens..."
Homelander's deep, magnetic voice spread to every corner of Earth.
"The battle is over."
"That monster that attempted to devour our home has been left in the darkness forever."
Deafening cheers erupted all over the World, but people soon quieted down again to continue listening.
"Look at this head on the sea; he is very powerful. So powerful that even I almost fell in the darkness."
"But in the end, he was the one who fell. Do you know why?"
"It is not because I am invulnerable, nor because I have a pair of eyes that can fire lasers."
Homelander looked at the camera for a moment, then clenched his fist and raised his voice.
"It is because of you! Every one of you!"
"When I was in a desperate situation, I heard your prayers, heard that love you gave me... that never fades!"
"Your trust became the strength for me to tear through the darkness! Your love transformed into the edge on my fist!"
"Perhaps, I did indeed save the World..."
"But you, you saved me!"
Homelander opened his arms, making a gesture of embracing the whole World.
"Now, puff out your chests and applaud yourselves."
"Because today, you are all my heroes!"
"I love you! I will always be with you!"
"Clap clap clap clap clap—!"
As soon as Homelander finished speaking, the global public instantly broke down!
"He is too great..." Countless people were moved to tears.
Even though he was the one bleeding and carrying everything, he pushed all the credit to all of humanity.
Thunderous applause erupted in every city on Earth.
People wept while applauding, both for themselves and for the man who carried the fate of humanity.
A thousand words finally converged into the same slogan.
"Long live Homelander!"
"Long live the God of Mankind!"
The globally synchronized sound waves seemed to want to overturn the sky.
Homelander listened to these calls that resounded through the clouds.
With a smile full of deep emotion, he waved his hand gently at the camera.
"Long live the heroic people!"
"Long live Homelander!"
"Long live the great unity of all humanity!"
Amidst the fanatical alternating shouts.
The system finally erupted with the long-awaited notification sound he had dreamed of.
It finally arrived!
Homelander was overjoyed, clenched his fists, and reaped the fruits of the harvest.
"Ability Enhancement: Super Strength increased by 200%!"
"Ability Enhancement: Super Speed increased by 200%!"
"Ability Enhancement: Super Senses increased by 200%!"
"Ability Enhancement: Heat Vision temperature increased by 200%!"
"Ability Enhancement: Sexual ability increased by 200%!"
"Ability Enhancement: Steel Body (Skyfather Level +)!"
"Obtained new ability: Power of Unity!"
"Power of Unity: Active skill. After activation, it ignores spatial distance to extract stamina (within safety threshold) from fans with a cumulative popularity value greater than 100 points, strengthening the host's basic attributes and skill power."
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