At first glance, the heat vision beams of Alex and Ikaris seemed no different from each other.
The thickness—about the same.
The blinding brilliance—no real distinction.
Visually, the two appeared evenly matched.
But reality was a completely different story.
The moment their heat vision collided, the outcome was decided.
Alex's heat vision was continuously devouring Ikaris's.
The beam belonging to Alex kept extending forward, while Ikaris's beam rapidly shortened!
Alex's heat vision pressed forward relentlessly, crushing its way toward Ikaris.
In the end—
Boom!
It slammed directly into Ikaris's body.
Ikaris's body shook violently as he was sent flipping backward, crashing heavily into the ground.
"What?!"
"Ikaris… still lost!"
"Even the Uni-Mind can't defeat the Homelander?!"
The other Eternals, who had been hidden by Sprite's illusion magic, all revealed expressions of utter shock.
That's right.
Ikaris was not fighting alone right now!
Although he was the only one on the battlefield, he had already used the Uni-Mind to gather the power of all the Eternals.
At this moment, Ikaris's strength had increased by more than tenfold compared to before!
Everyone had thought that using the Uni-Mind against the Homelander would be a sure win.
Yet who could have imagined such a completely opposite outcome?
"So you think having more people means you can bully the few?"
The next moment, Alex's mocking voice rang out.
His gaze casually swept across the other Eternals present.
The remaining Eternals instantly felt their scalps tighten.
Could it be… the Homelander had discovered them?
No way!
Sprite's illusions had never been seen through before!
"You really think you can play tricks in front of me?"
With a cold snort, Alex casually waved his hand, activating his telekinesis.
Whoosh!
Sprite's body shot straight toward Alex, and with one hand, he clamped down on her throat.
Her body was forcibly pulled out of invisibility.
She struggled desperately in Alex's grip.
Alex applied just a bit more force.
Crack, crack, crack!
The sound of bones being crushed echoed out as Sprite nearly passed out.
The "magic rings" on her fingers immediately lost stability and broke apart.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
One figure after another suddenly appeared.
The Eternals who had lost Sprite's illusion concealment were all forced into view.
Looking around—Sersi, Phastos, Kingo, Thena, and many others.
Except for Ajak, every single Eternal was present.
At this moment, all of them stared at Alex with expressions of utter disbelief.
Is this the Homelander's true capability?
How did he do it?!
He actually saw through Sprite's illusion?!
???
As for Alex, a question mark practically appeared on his forehead.
What the hell was going on here?
All the Eternals joining forces against him?
Everyone except Ajak—the one who had reached an agreement with him?
A conspiracy.
In an instant, Alex smelled a strong stench of conspiracy.
If no one was pulling strings behind the scenes, he absolutely wouldn't believe it.
Boom!
Just as those thoughts flashed through Alex's mind, a sonic boom suddenly rang out.
It was Makkari, the Eternal speedster, who vanished in a blur.
She rushed toward Alex at extreme speed.
Back when he watched the movie, Alex couldn't tell whether Makkari or the Flash was faster.
But now that he was experiencing it firsthand, he understood.
Makkari's speed was only about on par with the TV-version Flash from Season Two.
In front of Alex?
She was nowhere close.
Far, far too slow.
A faint, disdainful smile curved Alex's lips as he suddenly reached out.
Snap!
Makkari's vanished figure abruptly reappeared.
Because Alex's hand had already clamped firmly around her throat.
"H–How is this possible?!"
Makkari's face was filled with shock as she stared at Alex in disbelief.
Her super speed was completely useless against the Homelander?
She was caught instantly?
There was only one explanation—
The Homelander was faster than her!
But how could that be?!
"Makkari, Sprite!"
Druig's expression changed sharply. He stopped being shocked and immediately activated his mind-control abilities, attempting to control Alex.
"How can this be?!"
"Why is this happening?!"
But in the blink of an eye, Druig cried out in alarm.
His mental powers had absolutely no effect on the Homelander.
Alex's mind was like an insulated void to him—completely impossible to perceive.
In hundreds of thousands of years of existence, Druig had never encountered anything like this.
At that moment, Druig stood completely stunned, staring blankly at Alex as turmoil surged through his heart.
Just what kind of being was this Homelander?
Zzzzt!
Zzzzt!
Streams of golden light suddenly burst forth.
It was Phastos, the "mage," who waved his hand, forming a glowing "magic ring."
Under his control, golden threads suddenly erupted from the ground beneath Alex's feet.
They wrapped tightly around Alex's entire body.
"It worked!"
A look of joy appeared on Phastos's face.
But very quickly—
Boom!
An incomparably terrifying surge of energy exploded outward from Alex's body.
All the golden threads binding him shattered instantly.
Sprite and Makkari were blasted away by the force.
Like cannonballs, they slammed hard into the mountainside.
They lay motionless, completely unconscious.
Whoosh!
A sharp tearing sound pierced the air.
Ikaris charged in once more, his eyes unleashing heat vision at Alex again.
Zzzzt! Zzzzt!
Golden light flickered on Kingo's hands as he fired one powerful energy blast after another at Alex.
Gilgamesh, the Eastern powerhouse, charged forward like a monstrous beast.
His massive iron fists slammed down toward Alex.
Shing!
Thena, heroic and graceful, condensed a golden energy blade in her hand and slashed fiercely at Alex.
In an instant—
Several of the Eternals' strongest combatants attacked Alex simultaneously.
However—
Alex merely waved his hand lightly.
A vast surge of telekinetic force roared outward.
At that moment—
Every Eternal who had launched an attack on Alex shuddered violently, as if struck by lightning.
Whether flying in the air or charging on the ground, attacking from afar or engaging in close combat—
Without exception, they were all blasted backward.
They crashed heavily into the ground.l
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