Tiger rising from Wind!
Dragon rising from clouds!
Accompanied by a resounding dragon's roar that echoed over the Salisbury Plain where Stonehenge stands, a vivid and imposing Flaming Giant Dragon bathed in crimson fire instantly soared from Hawk's broad back.
Rumble!
The thick clouds, with a thunderous sound, were dyed fiery crimson in the instant when the fire dragon plunged into the clouds.
Flaming clouds!
In the Little Cosmos.
The Phoenix Heart appeared, rapidly forming countless patterns driven by the Phoenix Heart, assembling into the Dragon constellation once possessed by Hawk but abandoned in the full bet by the Phoenix Heart.
Hawk now cannot possess the core of the Dragon constellation anymore.
That is 'Dragon's Ferocity' and 'Dragon's Guardian.'
Not unwilling, but unable.
Even though theoretically he could own all constellation cores as the only practicer of Little Cosmos here.
But there is only one Little Cosmos.
He has made his choice.
Phoenix!
And the Phoenix chose him, bestowing the core powers of the Phoenix, which are 'Immortal' and 'Nirvana', on him before he awakened the Ninth Sense, even before mastering the Sixth Sense.
So...
Enhancing the already splendid is not as good as helping when in adversity.
Repay a drop of water with a spring; as a return gift, he transformed his Little Cosmos into a Phoenix Little Cosmos. In the future, when materialized, the Phoenix Star System Cloud will no longer be just a star system but a Parallel Cosmos like Asgard.
Phoenix will be the sole entity in that Parallel Cosmos, like the World Tree of Asgard.
Nonetheless, it does not mean Hawk cannot utilize other constellations.
In Parallel Cosmos, having other constellations is normal, it's just that any constellation appearing in the Phoenix Cosmos henceforth, be it from the Zodiac, will be lower in status than the Phoenix.
Don't ask.
For those who ask, it's because the Phoenix preemptively went all in.
In short.
Although Hawk cannot gain acknowledgment from other constellations now, he can still use the Phoenix Power to drive skills from other constellations.
For instance, right now.
The Dragon constellation's dragon image should be green, but Hawk is using Phoenix Power to drive the Celestial Dragon Skill.
Therefore—
The crimson dragon, after soaring into the clouds, erupted with an unseen, powerful aura centered on Hawk!
Tiny fragments on the ground around him defied gravity and floated, while the surrounding air groaned under the weight.
The same air burned crimson by the flames compressed, tore, and rushed towards Hawk. As Hawk rooted his feet in the earth, posing in a classic starting stance—
Left arm in front, hand lightly grasping, right fist tight at his waist, the air burned crimson converged gradually behind him, then slowly formed a humanoid figure twice his height.
"Lu Mountain—"
Hawk's voice was deep, his right fist at his waist, like a taut bow, in the intensely burning Little Cosmos, energy from the Little Cosmos rushed out, fully infusing the charged right fist.
The crimson dragon in the flaming clouds extended its huge head, seemingly awaiting a command.
"Rising Dragon Dominator—!!!"
Hawk's charge reached its peak, gathering all his power, will, and even life into this single punch.
The next second.
Punch—
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The crimson dragon within the clouds instantly descended, coiling around the double-sized humanoid figure behind Hawk as it followed his right punch. This dragon formed entirely by Hawk's Little Cosmos energy roared deafeningly as it surged forth from the figure's fist!
The dragon vividly alive, scales flying, with earth-shattering momentum, roared, charging unimpeded towards Malekith a hundred meters away!
The earth cracked.
As the dragon stormed, the plain ground it passed over split into a raging chasm.
The dragon roared!
Malekith, just recovering from a dizzying blow from Hawk and rising from the ground, watched the rapidly enlarging dragon in his view, his pupils shrinking to the limit.
"No..."
"Boom—"
The energy-formed dragon faced no obstacles, instantly swallowing Malekith, then, without losing momentum, continued charging forward with unmatched strength, as if biting on Malekith, crashing recklessly ahead.
Next is Stonehenge!
"Holy moly!"
Standing on the pillar of Stonehenge, trying to see farther by standing higher, Peter's hairs stood on end, shooting webs skyward, not caring whether they would stick to anything, gripping the dangling webs with both hands, swinging quickly to safety.
Just as Peter quickly evacuated Stonehenge.
The dragon arrived!
No explosive blasts, no sky-illuminating fire, only the dragon's roar; beneath the roar, Stonehenge, standing on Salisbury Plain for countless years, dissolved and disappeared at visible speed under the crimson flames.
Meanwhile!
Malekith, engulfed by the dragon's mouth, silently melted away amid Stonehenge's disappearance.
Thud!
The immense energy of rebirth and return brought by the dragon's disappearance now completely depleted.
Then—
A powerful emptiness engulfed him, overwhelming Hawk, his body abruptly weakened, his knees bent, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground.
"Thor!"
"The healing of the Nine Realms is about to begin, the doctor says, as long as we can delay Malekith..."
"Eh."
"Where is Malekith?"
Just arriving at the scene by car, as soon as she got out, Jane Foster ran towards her boyfriend Thor, shouting about how delaying the Dark Elves for eight minutes would thwart their plot. Suddenly, she froze, staring at the massive chasm before her and noticing that Malekith was nowhere to be seen, instinctively slowing her pace.
Next second.
She saw Hawk's body soften, kneeling on the grassland of the plain under the gaze of all.
"It's him."
"Hawk!"
Peter, who had just landed safely beside a few people, was shocked by the scene, and then rushed towards Hawk.
Thor saw it and hurriedly grabbed him.
"Wait, don't go."
"What?"
"Look."
Thor's gaze fell on the spot where the fire dragon had just dissipated.
As he looked.
Once again, Ether Particles appeared as if they had their own life, writhing in the air in an extremely twisted form, along the chasm that appeared on Salisbury Plain, surging rapidly towards Hawk at the chasm's end.
Though it's said to be surging, it actually happened in an instant.
Almost when Hawk, from the void triggered by a powerful energy burst, was about to completely kneel down and fall unconscious, the remaining Ether Particles drilled entirely into Hawk's body, then completely entered Hawk's Little Cosmos.
At this moment.
All Ether Particles completed integration.
Reality Gemstone——
Assembly complete.
Boom!
In the Little Cosmos, as the Phoenix Heart felt the gathering Ether Particles, after a cry of a phoenix, the Little Cosmos once again exploded into chaos.
Phoenix Fire permeated the entire chaotic void, the fully gathered Ether Particles twisted and appeared bizarre amid the sweeping Phoenix Fire, being crazily scorched.
With the Phoenix Fire's scorching, the Ether Particles, appearing liquid and writhing frantically as if trying to escape, gradually fell into a listlessness.
The Ether Particles began evolving from liquid to solid under the continuous ascend of the Phoenix Fire.
The time seemed long.
But it seemed like an instant as well.
Finally——
Phoenix Fire disappeared, the fluid-like Ether Particles vanished too, replaced by two dark red gemstones encased in flowing liquid.
The two dark red gemstones stood out conspicuously in the chaotic void.
But soon after, a Phoenix illusion born gradually in this chaotic void stole the attention from these two dark red gemstones.
In an instant.
The Phoenix seemed to come alive.
As the Phoenix's illusion, its gaze coincidentally landed precisely where those two dark red gemstones were.
Phoenix opened its eyes!
Chiming! Chiming!
Phoenix soared, singing in reverberation!
Adorned by the Reality Gemstone, which split into Phoenix's Eye, the seemingly revived Phoenix once again spread its enormous Phoenix Wings across the chaos.
Boom!
Scarlet flames ascended on the Phoenix Wings, swiftly flying towards the surrounding chaos with each sweeping of the wings.
Where the flames reached, chaos vanished, and stars and galaxies manifested.
In a flash.
Hawk's Little Cosmos reappeared.
Boom!
Initially weakened and wanting to close his eyes for a rest, Hawk once again opened his eyes.
In his eyes, scarlet flames surged once more.
But different from last time, this time, with the surge of scarlet flames, golden stream no longer confined to the edge of Hawk's pupils began extending toward the center.
Soon.
Hawk's originally sapphire pupils turned into a peculiar color of half sapphire, half golden!
The evolution of the Little Cosmos continued.
But it was nearing completion.
Soon.
Under Hawk's mastery of the Sixth Sense, coupled with the dual effects of the Reality Gemstone, a Sixth Sense Silver Phoenix Little Cosmos more ancient and more brilliant than before emerged.
Boom!
With the Phoenix illusion reappearing, his Little Cosmos seemed to unfold on the eternal body of the Phoenix.
Next second.
Accompanied by a phoenix cry of satisfaction and joy.
The Phoenix illusion began to fade.
At this moment!
Truly, entirely——
Silver Saint Warriors!
Deservedly named!!!
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