Chapter 539 This was her first kiss
"I will find the person who harmed your sister," Nebula promised solemnly, "and I will help you take revenge together."
"Thank you, sister." The young girl said in a calm tone, "That person is me."
Nebula froze, her brain briefly stalling as she thought she had misheard.
"What?" She lowered her head and looked at the girl within arm’s reach.
As a result, what she saw was a bizarre and evil smiling face.
The corners of the girl’s mouth split open to both sides, stretching all the way to her ears.
Inside her lips, rows of dense and sharp serrated teeth like a shark’s were revealed.
"I said, the one who tricked that stupid woman into sacrificing her soul was me."
The girl’s voice changed completely.
It was no longer a pleasant loli voice, but a heavy, layered sound of men, women, old, and young mixed together, as if countless vengeful spirits were screaming in her throat.
An intense sense of crisis pierced through Nebula’s spine like an electric current.
"Sandevistan!"
Nebula instinctively wanted to issue a command.
However, it was too late.
The distance was too close.
The girl’s slender arm instantly thrust out a sharp Hell Mantis Blade, heavily piercing through Nebula’s chest.
"Puchi!"
The sound of flesh being torn was exceptionally clear under the loudspeaker.
Nebula’s eyes widened, looking in disbelief at the terrifying blade that had pierced through her chest armor.
"You..." Blue-purple blood gushed from Nebula’s mouth.
"Goodbye, gentle sister."
The girl let out a shrill, piercing laugh and thrust her arm upward with force.
In the gaze of all the horrified spectators, Nebula’s body was directly flung into mid-air.
Subsequently, the girl opened her abyss-like mouth and spewed a column of unpredictable Hellfire, engulfing Nebula in mid-air entirely.
"V!"
"Nebula!"
Several heroes on the preparation platform screamed in anxiety.
And on the Black Order’s platform, Mephisto was laughing loudly.
"Hahahaha! It seems that after spending too much time with humans, you’ve picked up those weak habits." Mephisto shook his suit lapels and mocked, "You have to know, humans are the easiest creatures in the entire Universe to understand!"
Thanos kept a cold face and didn’t speak.
He looked down on such low-class tricks, but since the final result was a win, he didn’t dwell on the means.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
The global audience went collectively crazy at this moment.
Those who were still shedding tears for the girl a second ago, now looking at that terrifying smiling face on the screen, felt overwhelming malice and anger.
"That bitch tricked us! Damn it!"
"My poor Miss V, who can help her!"
Homelander stood on the platform, watching Nebula being engulfed by the Fire with cold eyes.
The moment Nebula put away her weapon, he had already anticipated this result.
On the field.
Just as Nebula was about to be burned to ashes, the substitution spell set up in advance by Sorcerer Ancient One was triggered.
Golden light flashed.
The ragdoll left on the preparation platform appeared in Nebula’s original position and was burned to ashes.
At the same time, Nebula, scorched all over and with a huge, bloody hole pierced through her chest, landed heavily on the floor of the preparation platform.
"V!"
"Nebula!"
Everyone on the platform immediately gathered around.
Grandmaster’s voice also appeared at the right time: "What a brilliant reversal! What a ruthless deception! This is the charm of the Universe gladiatorial combat!"
"The first match, Black Order, The Hood wins!"
And Homelander’s originally cold, observing face seamlessly switched to an expression of heartache and worry the moment Nebula landed.
He stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and pulled Nebula into his arms.
"Tony!" Homelander roared.
"Coming!" Tony immediately raised his arm covered in armor, the side armor opened, and sprayed a large amount of hemostatic gel, trying to seal the horrific wound on Nebula’s chest.
"Damn it! It’s not working!" Tony’s face looked grim.
As soon as the blue gel touched the wound, it was solidified by Nebula’s scorching body temperature.
Nebula lay in Homelander’s arms, her breathing becoming extremely weak. Her vision started to blur, and her heart rate slowed down more and more.
The piercing wound on her chest was too severe, and combined with the burning of the Hellfire, her life was withering rapidly, and it was beyond saving.
Nebula also knew she was going to die.
She turned her gaze with difficulty, her eyes landing on Homelander’s face filled with worry.
She wanted to open her mouth to say something, but she didn’t even have the strength for that smallest effort.
She could only convey deep apology and reluctance to Homelander through her eyes.
Sorry, I messed up.
That was what she wanted to say in her eyes.
Looking at Nebula’s dimming eyes, everyone’s faces revealed sorrow that could not be concealed.
Just when everyone thought Nebula was about to die on the spot.
Homelander took out a seemingly ordinary green bean from somewhere.
Everyone didn’t understand what it was, but seeing Homelander’s solemn expression, a glimmer of hope rose in their hearts involuntarily.
Homelander didn’t explain; he threw the bean directly into his mouth and chewed it forcefully twice.
Immediately after, Homelander lowered his head and directly pressed his lips against Nebula’s somewhat dry and scorched lips.
Passing the chewed bean into her mouth bit by bit.
Nebula’s brain stalled at this moment.
She vaguely guessed that Homelander might be using some special method to save her, but, but... this was her first kiss.
She grew up under Thanos’s torture, and her life only had metal, blood, and endless coldness.
That was why she especially cherished the little warmth Gamora brought.
And now, this warm sensation of lips and teeth touching was a tenderness she had never experienced in her life.
She didn’t even notice that as the saliva with a strange fragrance flowed into her throat.
The fatal piercing wound on her chest had already healed in an instant, and even her exhausted physical strength had fully recovered as before.
She just closed her eyes, completely immersed in this kiss.
Until Homelander raised his head and their lips separated.
Nebula still had her eyes closed, her lips slightly parted, still immersed in the lingering aftertaste, not having come back to her senses.
Homelander looked at her appearance, reached out, and gently patted her cheek.
"Wake up, little blue sister. You’re fine now."
Nebula then opened her eyes.
She was stunned to find that the severe pain in her body had completely disappeared.
Not only that, her physical strength was at its peak, as if she had never been injured at all.
She turned her head blankly, discovering that the circle of people around her was looking at her with a knowing, ambiguous expression.
Tony raised an eyebrow and whistled softly.
Nebula jumped up from the ground like she had been electrocuted.
"I... that bitch tricked me! And that Fire! Yes, that Fire was really hot!" Nebula stood on the spot, at a loss, speaking incoherently, desperately trying to cover up her flustered heart and the awkward atmosphere.
But no one picked up her thread; everyone was still looking at her with smiles.
Nebula’s voice became smaller and smaller, and finally, she got stuck. Her gaze fell back onto Homelander.
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