Li Yue's flying speed at this moment was naturally incredible; even using only one-tenth or two-tenths of his full speed, he was already achieving an extreme velocity of over a thousand meters per second!
As for why Li Yue chose to fly? It was because he had gained the ability to fly a month ago, and only yesterday, during his battle with Homelander, had he flown for a period of time. Other than that, he hadn't truly experienced the thrill of free flight!
Moreover, the protagonist and his group weren't too far from Li Yue's current location; they were still within the same city. So, Li Yue didn't take long at all, not even a minute, to fly directly above their position!
Li Yue slowly descended to the ground, looking at an inconspicuous warehouse in front of him. They seemed to be gathered inside, discussing something. Li Yue didn't think much of it and simply raised his hand to knock on the rusty iron door.
...
During this nearly month-long period, Billy, Hughie, and their group of four hadn't made any significant moves. It was unclear if this was due to their agreement with Li Yue or for other reasons!
That's right, their team now consisted of four people. One day, Billy went out and returned with a burly black man whose name was rather peculiar: Mr. M. (Censored).
Moreover, the burly black man and Frenchie immediately started fighting upon meeting. It seemed they had known each other before, and there were some unresolved misunderstandings between them, so they weren't getting along well!
However, after Billy's persuasion, the two temporarily reconciled. At the very least, they could interact normally and no longer resort to fighting!
However, even though they might have been somewhat constrained by their agreement with Li Yue, preventing them from directly bothering Homelander, they hadn't been idle during this time.
They first set their sights on Mesmer, whom they had learned about from Translucent. They found an opportunity to install several cameras in Mesmer's rented apartment to monitor her every move!
Mesmer, who had once been a popular superhero for a time, unexpectedly found her current life to be far from ideal. Having fallen into the ranks of eighteenth-tier superheroes, she had no special skills beyond being a superhero. And she didn't want to take on any menial jobs.
So, without a stable source of income, like a faded celebrity, she was almost unable to pay her rent!
...
At this very moment, Billy and the other three were gathered together, discussing something.
"That guy, Thunder, told us not to approach Homelander, but then he fought Homelander himself? And now Homelander hasn't reappeared for so long, he's probably in serious trouble. But then Thunder released such shocking news online again. What exactly does he want to do?"
Frenchie spoke first, his tone filled with surprise. It wasn't surprising that he was surprised. Who would have thought that Li Yue would first make an agreement with them not to bother Homelander, only to then personally take action and directly eliminate Homelander?
"Who knows if his agreement with us was just a trick? Now it's great, we just got a little bit of information about Compound V, thinking we had a weapon to bring down Vought International. However, who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, more detailed information is now common knowledge!"
Hughie was also somewhat baffled by Li Yue's actions and complained. They had worked so hard for so long, only to get a little bit of information. Now, it had been directly made public!
This situation gave anyone a sense of unreality! And the one who felt the most unreal was the silent Billy, because Homelander was not only the target of his revenge but also his reason for living! Because of his wife's disappearance, he wished he could tear Homelander limb from limb!
But suddenly getting the news that Homelander had likely perished at the hands of Thunder, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad about having his great revenge avenged, because although Homelander was dead, he hadn't killed him himself.
Moreover, he mainly wanted to find out the truth about his wife's disappearance! Was she really murdered by Homelander? But now it seemed there was no chance to know any of that!
So, Billy's mood at this time was not very happy.
Although he knew that with the exposure of Compound V, Vought International would likely not be spared and might be dealt a heavy blow, or even their massive business empire might collapse.
But this didn't bring Billy any psychological comfort! He didn't care about the consequences for Vought International at all. He just wanted to find out what happened to his wife. If it really was Homelander who did it, he wanted to kill him with his own hands, but now there was no chance!
Just then, they heard a distinct, not-too-loud knocking sound from outside. All of them looked up warily towards the door, wondering who would be disturbing them at this hour?
Frenchie stood up and walked to the iron door, and the burly black man followed him, holding a dark iron rod in his hand, leaning against the side of the door, ready to strike hard with the tightly gripped iron rod if anything seemed amiss!
Frenchie saw that his companion was ready, and after exchanging a glance, he directly opened the iron door!
Clang! The iron door was thick and rusty, so it opened with a rather loud sound!
"It's you? How did you know we were here?"
Frenchie, who opened the door, immediately saw the person outside, and a look of shock instantly appeared on his face!
Li Yue outside the door didn't care how surprised Frenchie was to see him, but instead stepped directly inside!
The burly black man behind the door saw that Frenchie was only focused on his shock and didn't give him a signal whether to attack or not, feeling a bit helpless. However, based on the principle of "better to strike wrongly than let a chance slip," he gripped the iron rod with both hands and slammed it fiercely towards the person entering!
"Don't..."
Frenchie was the first to shout a warning, and Hughie and Billy in the distance also saw the newcomer's face, then saw the burly black man's movement, and couldn't help but shout out!
However, how could an attack launched with full force be instantly retracted? So, even though the burly black man had the idea of retracting his attack, it didn't work out as he wished, and the iron rod still smashed towards the head of the person who had entered!
Li Yue had, of course, sensed the burly black man behind the door long ago, but he didn't expose him directly, because he also needed an opportunity to give these people a warning, and the burly black man who attacked him was undoubtedly the best opportunity!
Just as the iron rod was about to smash onto Li Yue's head, time suddenly seemed to slow down. Li Yue's figure instantly turned around, looked up at the iron rod smashing towards him at a speed slower than a snail in his eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth!
Li Yue raised his right hand, extended a finger, and a dazzling blue light appeared at the tip of his finger, gently touching the iron rod!
As soon as the blue light spot touched the iron rod, it spread throughout the entire rod at an extremely fast speed, and then the entire iron rod, along with itself, turned into blue starlight and vanished!
The burly black man only felt his hand lighten, and then he was shocked to find that his hand was already empty; there was no trace of the iron rod.
While the burly black man was bewildered, he found that the person who had just been facing away from him had somehow turned to face him, and with a flick of his finger, a tiny silver lightning bolt instantly shot towards him, giving him no time to dodge!
"No!!!"
Bang!
The burly black man only felt his whole body go numb, then his vision went black, and he lost consciousness. His body, lying on the ground, was still twitching uncontrollably!
Of course, Li Yue had held back and hadn't taken his life; he had merely knocked him unconscious. But the others didn't know that!