Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Apokolips.

Darkseid's tall and imposing figure stepped out of the void, and the passage closed behind him.

His cold gaze swept around, but there was no ambush as he had expected.

Only that Earthling draped in the Stars and Stripes floated alone in the air a hundred meters away from him.

"Hmph! Arrogant reptile."

Darkseid did not rush to launch an attack.

He has absolute confidence on his home turf.

This is his territory, and every inch of this space is filled with his will.

He closed his eyes slightly and opened his arms.

He prepared to summon the boundless dark divine power of his home planet, Apocalypse, to empower himself and crush this arrogant Earthling before him into dust in one fell swoop.

"Ugh—"

Darkseid let out a majestic low growl, his muscles bulging.

one second.

two seconds.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds passed.

Darkseid remained with his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.

The wind swept across the plain, stirring up a few tattered, demonic wings.

Nothing happened.

There is no energy infusion, no divine resonance.

His home planet gave him no response whatsoever.

The scene became very awkward.

Darkseid opened his eyes, a look of confusion on his face.

"What's going on...?"

Undeterred, he exerted his strength once more, his eyes flashing red light wildly as he focused his mind once more on communicating with his home planet.

"In the name of Darkseid, answer my call!"

"..."

There was still no silence.

"Um?"

Darkseid looked down at the ground beneath his feet in confusion.

The power within him remained, but he could not sense any response from the planet beneath his feet.

"Pfft..."

Azu couldn't help but laugh when he saw Darkseid's constipated look.

"Ha ha ha ha--!"

His shoulders were shaking uncontrollably, and his laughter grew louder and louder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I just couldn't help it."

"Have you been away from home for too long and forgotten your password?"

"Or... is it that your incantation had an accent, and this planet's voice control system couldn't recognize it?"

Darkseid's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He glared at Azu and shouted angrily, "What exactly did you do to Apokolips?!"

"Me? I didn't do anything."

Azu spread his hands, looking completely innocent.

"Is there any possibility..." he deliberately dragged out the sound.

"...Your home planet no longer loves you."

"Nonsense!" Darkseid roared in fury.

"Whether it's nonsense or not, we'll find out by trying it."

Azu straightened his expression and mimicked Darkseid's earlier mannerisms.

With arms outstretched to the sides, a deep tenor voice boomed from his chest:

"Give me strength! I am—a Homelander!!!"

The moment the words fell.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The entire planet Apokolips seemed to hear the supreme command, and emitted a violent roar that shook the entire galaxy!

The earth beneath Darkseid's feet cracked violently. Countless dark red Omega energies, mixed with a trace of eerie blue divine power, surged wildly from the abyss beneath the ground!

Intertwined and entwined in the air, they eventually converged on Azu's body like rivers flowing into the sea.

Azu's cloak fluttered in the energy surge, his eyes were filled with dark red Omega energy, and a destructive force field that distorted space surrounded him.

The assimilation process of Ego is more than halfway complete, and the will of this planet now belongs to "Zu".

"impossible!!"

Darkseid watched this scene in utter horror.

His worldview suffered a devastating blow at that moment.

That is his power! His home planet! And the foundation upon which he rules the universe!

How could one possibly abandon their divine self for the sake of an outsider?!

"Go to hell!!!"

Darkseid could not accept this reality. He roared and focused all his Omega power into his eyes.

"Sizzle—!!"

Two thick beams of Omega rays shot out from his eyes.

With a murderous intent, he headed straight for Azu's face.

Faced with this iconic finishing move.

Azu did not dodge.

He put on a cold smile, and a piercing red light shone in his eyes as well.

"Sizzle—!!!"

Two Omega rays burst forth from Azu's eyes!

These two rays also made irregular turns in the air, and finally the four Omega rays collided violently in mid-air.

Two forces of the same origin, representing one of the ultimate forces in the universe, cancel each other out the moment they come into contact and slowly dissipate.

Darkseid was stunned.

He watched as the omega rays he had released were completely neutralized, and felt the familiar energy fluctuations remaining in the air.

That's not imitation, not copying.

That's the real power of Omega!

This Earthling really stole his power!

Darkseid was now certain that what he was seeing was not an illusion. His homeworld had truly changed hands!

"It seems your home planet has truly switched sides with me; she has abandoned you."

Azu put away the beam and said with a sympathetic expression.

"However, I've always been a kind person. After all, that's where you were born and raised." Azu pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

"How about I give you some time to communicate with your home planet? Maybe it will remember you again?"

Azu pointed to Darkseid's feet.

"Look, it's even opened its eyes and is looking right at you."

Darkseid stiffly lowered his head in the direction Azu was pointing.

Darkseid froze.

An unprecedented, bone-chilling coldness shot up his spine and up to the back of his head.

He turned around slowly and stiffly.

Just below him, on that flat, black plain.

The earth cracked open again.

Two eerie blue eyes, hundreds of kilometers in diameter, had taken full shape sometime during the night. They stared at Darkseid with boundless greed and malice.

Darkseid stood high in the sky, looking down at the home planet that had accompanied him for countless years.

A chill ran down his spine and straight to his head.

The new god, who feeds on fear and darkness, did not know how to write the word "fear" from the moment he was born.

Even when he was severely injured by the combined forces of the ancient gods of Earth in ancient times, and his chest was cleaved open by Ares, the god of war, he felt only anger and shame.

But now.

Watching the planet he had ruled since birth come to life and look at him with the eyes of someone who sees food.

The seed of fear had been quietly planted in Darkseid's heart the instant it was shattered.

He himself didn't even realize it.

At this moment, he was no longer a god who stood above all living beings. Instead, he slowly degenerated into a person with great power.

When people encounter incomprehensible fears, their instinctive reaction is to seek a sense of security.

Darkseid turned his gaze to the dark fortress in the distance.