The blue orb was composed of tiny electric arcs, yet for some unknown reason, it emitted an eerie blue light! The blue orb was incredibly fast, and the Transparent Man had no time to dodge before it struck his body.
Hughie, however, was startled by the Transparent Man's shout. He hadn't expected that one of the people who had entered was a superhero from The Seven. Instinctively, Hughie pressed the bomb detonator in his hand.
Bang!!
The Transparent Man didn't even let out a whimper as the bomb inside him exploded. But at that very moment, the blue orb also hit the Transparent Man's body.
Puff!!
A strange sound echoed. If time were slowed down at that moment, one would see the Transparent Man's entire body being blown apart by the internal bomb, his skin slowly crumbling like a dried-up riverbed.
However, the blue orb exploded simultaneously, erupting into countless blue, arc-like energy particles that instantly enveloped the Transparent Man's soon-to-be-shredded body.
The blue electric arcs flickered and danced across the Transparent Man's body, like countless man-eating insects, devouring his entire being from skin to bone, leaving nothing behind. Then, they instantly contracted into a ball, growing smaller and smaller until they vanished!
Although it sounds like a long time, this process actually took less than a minute to complete!
At this point, everyone present, except for Li Yue, was dumbfounded by the scene before them. A living person had been swallowed whole by a blue orb the size of a ping-pong ball, casually flicked by Li Yue, leaving not even a speck of dust.
"What if that blue orb was aimed at me? Then I..."
This thought involuntarily popped into their minds, but they dared not dwell on it further. The answer to that question was obvious: none of them could resist!
"Wh-what... what's going on?"
Hughie was so scared that he stammered when he spoke!
Billy and Frenchie were a bit better, at least managing to maintain their composure, but they still couldn't help but look at Li Yue, anticipating his answer to what had just happened!
"Nothing, just a small trick."
Li Yue smiled and said softly, as if the terrifying scene just now hadn't come from his hands.
In fact, this small ball was made of lightning, just like when Li Yue and Thor were in Odin's vault. However, Li Yue also tried adding some of the blue energy from his mind.
Indeed, the effect was quite good. Although it didn't have as wide an explosion range as a pure lightning ball, it could completely devour a person without leaving any trace, making it a very practical skill.
"Alright, I've already solved your problem. I guarantee that no one will be able to find the Transparent Man's body, and of course, his disappearance won't be traced back to you. However, I hope you can also agree to one thing for me!"
Li Yue continued, his tone unchanged, as if the Transparent Man hadn't been killed by him! However, to be precise, he wasn't actually killed by Li Yue, but by Hughie. Li Yue merely helped them dispose of the Transparent Man's body!
"Tell us, what is it? If we can do it, we will certainly not refuse!"
Billy was the first to react, directly answering Li Yue's words!
"It's nothing major. I know you have a grudge against The Seven, and I won't stop you from getting your revenge, but there's a condition: within a month and a half, you cannot disturb Homelander."
"Of course, you can use this time to collect criminal evidence against members of The Seven, but you must not let anyone notice. Can you accept this?"
Li Yue said to Billy. He knew that Billy was the leader here, and if Billy agreed, the others wouldn't object!
"I'm a bit curious, why are you helping us? And what do you mean by your condition? Why is it a month and a half, and not a month or two months? Is there any difference?"
Billy didn't immediately agree to Li Yue's condition,
but instead asked Li Yue with a curious tone.
"You don't need to know these things. Just tell me if you agree to my condition or not?"
Li Yue's tone became a little colder. He certainly wouldn't say that he wanted to stay by Homelander's side and calmly evolve his strength without being disturbed by them.
To be honest, Li Yue didn't have much affection for Billy in front of him. In the show, he was someone who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, repeatedly betraying his friends.
Even when his friend was captured, his first thought was still to avenge his wife, whose fate was unknown, rather than caring about his brother's life or death! Anyone who befriended such a person was truly unlucky!
However, Li Yue was too lazy to bother with their messy affairs. As long as they agreed to his condition, he could also ensure that they wouldn't interfere with each other's business!
"Okay, we agree to your condition!"
Did Billy have another choice? Of course not. Billy knew very well that if he didn't agree to Li Yue's condition, he wouldn't be able to leave here unharmed. So Billy could only agree to Li Yue's condition!
"I hope you can keep your promise, otherwise, you should know the consequences!"
Li Yue said, his words filled with a threatening tone. Moreover, in Li Yue's right hand, a small blue orb had appeared at some point, which Li Yue was playing with!
This made Billy and the others shrink their necks, not even daring to look directly at the blue orb. The Transparent Man's fate still made them feel lingering fear! "No intact corpse" wasn't even enough to describe it.
"Gentlemen, goodbye!"
After Li Yue finished speaking, he walked directly out. He still had to wait outside for Homelander to return! As he walked, Li Yue tossed and caught the blue orb in his hand!
..."Phew... Who exactly is he? How did you bring such a terrifying person here!"
Seeing Li Yue's figure finally disappear from sight, Hughie couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. The pressure Li Yue had put on him was simply too great. He didn't even dare to breathe heavily, fearing that he might anger Li Yue and have a blue orb thrown directly at him!
"He's the newest member of The Seven, taking the Deep's place as Thunder. I don't know why he knows so much about us, not only our names but even that we're keeping the Transparent Man here!"
"But what we do know is that he shouldn't have too much hostility towards us. Otherwise, we wouldn't have survived his hands today!"
Although Billy was in a slightly better state than Hughie, he was also startled by the small orb that appeared in Li Yue's hand later. This wasn't because Billy was a coward; no one can maintain absolute composure in the face of death! Hughie couldn't, Billy couldn't, and even Li Yue couldn't!
"So, the condition he just mentioned, we have to obey, right?"
Frenchie also chimed in!
"Of course we have to obey, because he should be a friend, not an enemy. And it's only a month and a half, we can wait."
"Besides, didn't he say we can use this time to look for criminal evidence against The Seven? Perfect, we can start with Stormfront!"
Billy said!
"Can I quit?"
Hughie spoke weakly. He was truly scared now! He still had his father at home. It didn't matter if he died, but if his father were implicated because of him, he probably wouldn't be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life!