The Fire Demon Salamak was completely submerged in the intense lava.
Because this scorching temperature made him feel very comfortable.
His head lifted from the lava, and the mocking laughter echoed throughout the volcano.
The Fire Demon Salamak had a sneering smile on his face.
The next second.
He saw a black shadow appear at the volcano's crater above, accompanied by rolling thick smoke. The shadow, at a very rapid speed, thudded heavily onto a protruding giant rock in the lava.
Standing up straight again on the giant rock, Hawk looked expressionlessly at the Fire Demon that seemed to be swimming in front of him.
The smile on the Fire Demon Salamak's face, upon seeing Hawk appear, completely vanished from his face and transferred onto Hawk's.
Hawk gave a small smile towards the Fire Demon swimming in the lava, his tone was very calm.
"I'm down. So, what now?"
"Gulp!"
The Fire Demon Salamak in the lava instinctively swallowed a mouthful of lava.
The next second.
Two pillars of fire suddenly rose from the lava, and then the Fire Demon Salamak, like a swimming mermaid, leaped high from the lava with a loud shout, hurling the two fire pillars directly at the giant rock where Hawk stood.
Boom!
The giant rock under Hawk's feet instantly turned into lava in the cross of the two fire pillars, flowing downward into the lava below.
But…
The Fire Demon Salamak widened his eyes, watching Hawk just floating in the air.
He realized something was off.
The Fire Demon Salamak, submerging back into the lava while gathering energy, looked up and locked eyes with Hawk floating in the air.
"Who are you?"
"Hawk."
"The Wind Demon and the Earth Demon, what did you do to them?"
"Nothing much, I asked them to help me with something, just like you're gonna help me with something next."
"..."
The burning heart of the Fire Demon Salamak skipped a beat again at this plain response from Hawk.
Even though he already had some guesses.
But…
He couldn't help but cling to a sliver of hope and asked Hawk one last question.
"Help you do what?"
"Aid me in my cultivation!"
"Fuck!"
Upon hearing this, the Fire Demon Salamak's whole soul was terrified, a chill suddenly rising from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
The next second.
Understanding that Hawk had already seized the origins of the Wind Demon and Earth Demon and now came to seize his own, the enraged Fire Demon Salamak let out a roar as one fireball after another splashed out from the volcano's lava, rapidly shooting towards Hawk.
Hawk remained expressionless, his figure constantly flickering around.
As countless fireballs vanished, Hawk's figure reappeared where he had hovered before, then commented toward the Fire Demon half-submerged in the lava: "Too slow."
The title "Four Elemental Demons of Creation" indeed sounds intimidating.
But their actual strength is just so-so, at most ordinary demon level. Even if the Hell Witch came, as long as it's not the four demons working together, it wouldn't necessarily be able to defeat the Hell Witch.
Moreover, Hawk himself was down in the field now.
So…
Hawk earnestly told the Fire Demon Salamak: "Make it neat, and I'll also grant you a pleasant end, ensuring a peaceful death."
Hearing this, the Fire Demon Salamak felt his teeth itch.
"You think you've got me all figured out?"
"Else why?"
Hawk answered almost without thinking about the Fire Demon Salamak's question, then seriously asked, "From where did you get the illusion that I can't devour you? Tell me, so I can correct it!"
The fire demon was completely enraged.
The next second.
Boom!
The Fire Demon, directly blasting out from the lava, looked down, raised his hands, and the energy he had been storing in the lava shot toward Hawk instantly: "You want my origin, right? Here it is, let's see if you can consume it."
Upon hearing this, Hawk's eyes lit up.
Well then.
He thought the Fire Demon Salamak had some trump card, like a secret escape route under the lava or something.
If that were the case, Hawk indeed would hesitate whether to jump in or not.
After all…
He's not that good at swimming.
But Hawk never expected that the Fire Demon's trump card was actually to willingly let him consume it.
This—
Well, then I'll graciously accept it.
Hawk slightly smiled, and as his Little Cosmos burned, a phoenix apparition accompanied by a phoenix cry descended into the volcano.
In the next second.
As the phoenix apparition spread its wings, projections of countless starry nebulae appeared at the moment the phoenix apparition spread its wings.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The energy of the Fire Demon Salamak was continuously, without leaving a drop, absorbed entirely by Hawk's Little Cosmos.
Hawk, feeling the warmth spreading over his body, couldn't help but close his eyes, starting to enjoy it.
And the Fire Demon Salamak…
His teeth clenched tightly, as hot sweat began to roll down his forehead.
Yet he persevered.
He refused to believe, refused to believe someone could still have room to devour him after swallowing the Wind Demon and Earth Demon.
"Who do you think you are?"
"Explode for me!!"
The Fire Demon Salamak roared, continuously exploding his own energy.
The next second.
He turned around, wanting to escape.
But...
Almost at the moment he tried to flee, a sharp phoenix cry suddenly rang out. Following that, with a sound of 'pff', Fire Demon Salamak looked in terror at the phoenix phantom holding him under its talon.
"Let me go!"
"Let go of me now!"
"Ah!"
"Let me go."
Feeling his own essence wildly draining away, Hawk-Salamak was utterly terrified.
With his eyes closed, as if still savoring this warm sensation, Hawk remained deaf to it all.
Now saying to let go?
Too late!
Why didn't you do anything earlier? I told you to surrender sooner to spare you the pain.
Do you think this is a game?
This is a battle of Dao!
In a battle of Dao, it's life or death; there's no such thing as stopping halfway.
Hawk, with his eyes closed, expressionless, burned his Little Cosmos to its fullest.
Meanwhile.
The cries of Fire Demon Salamak, clenched in the talon of the phoenix phantom, grew fainter, and even his body gave the impression of being drained.
Until——
After a final spark from Fire Demon Salamak was thoroughly absorbed by the phoenix phantom, his figure completely vanished under its talon.
In the Little Cosmos.
The appearance of the Fire Element of the Four Elements of Creation immediately joined the nebula formed by the recent union of wind and earth.
With fire's addition.
Instantly.
The grains of sand that couldn't merge before began to heat up and redden under the expanding fire and wind, starting to gradually fuse together.
Simultaneously.
A phoenix phantom appeared, but it was no longer the fire phoenix phantom; it was an incredibly dark phoenix phantom, emerging within this seemingly about-to-be-born world.
But it wasn't over because one element was still missing!
Water Element.
Without the addition of the water element, the first planet in his Little Cosmos, in the true sense, would forever remain in its current fiery, burning state.
Only with the addition of the water element would this extremely hot planet cool down to become a real material world!
Missing one water element.
However...
Hawk flew straight out from the volcano crater, landing his right foot on the ground, but he didn't rush to find the last Water Demon. Instead, he closed his eyes.
Because just now, after the Little Cosmos fully devoured the Earth Element, the Phoenix Heart transferred part of its memory to him.
And this memory was about the Witch Heart Demon finding the Earth Demon, attempting to invite the Four Creators to join forces and create memories belonging to their Hell Dimension together.
This part of the memory made Hawk completely certain of one thing.
Goodness gracious.
He initially thought that when Mephisto found him, saying those things, at most, half were true and half were false.
Unexpectedly.
He was still too young.
The Witch Heart Demon clearly noticed that there could never be an eternal prince, so seized the chance to try to band together the Four Elemental Demons of Creation and start their own business, staging a Black Tortoise Gate showdown with Mephisto.
The notion that the Witch Heart Demon was fooled by Hel of Helheim was purely nonsense.
He thought so.
Even though it's possible that Odin by now has been pushed to Earth by Loki to spend the rest of his days enjoying his retirement.
But...
Considering that only after Odin's death will Hel dare to truly appear, it implies that even if Odin has but one breath left, the seal on Hel remains effective.
So how could Hel find the opportunity under such circumstances to take advantage of the Nine Realms' aftermath and fool the Witch Heart Demon?
The most important point.
When the Nine Realms converged, he was present at the scene.
He saw clearly, under Odin's divine power, the image of Helheim couldn't even form a bubble before it was resplendently hidden again by Odin.
This indicates that Odin's seal on Hel is still very secure.
So...
At the time, Hawk suspected that Mephisto was lying, trying to deceive him into coming to Texas.
But no matter how much he suspected, he could only doubt half of it. Unexpectedly, this old fiend Mephisto didn't utter a single truthful word.
Truly the leader of demons.
Damn it, out of a thousand words, not a single truth.
No, wait.
There was one truth.
The attempt by the Witch Heart Demon to start anew was real.
Hawk thought of the entrepreneurial plan, full of mutual trust, between the Witch Heart Demon and the Earth Demon in the Earth Demon's memory.
The Witch Heart Demon holds the power over life and death.
The Four Elements of Creation can create worlds.
Plus the St. Peter's Basilica Contract!
With these three combined, they have the qualification to start the Black Tortoise Gate coup over Earth's soul ownership with Mephisto, just like when Mephisto contended with Yahweh.
So...
On this Earth, there really once was a Heaven Dimension, only for it to be driven away by Mephisto in the end?
But that's not the focus.
The focus is, with the St. Peter's Basilica Contract in hand, he could compete with Mephisto for ownership of Earth's souls?
Hawk's heart moved.
...