Within the Little Universe.
As the Phoenix Fire receded, it was replaced by a golden radiance that almost illuminated the entire Little Universe.
And amidst the swirling starlight of the Little Universe.
A golden battle suit, shaped like a Phoenix, was born.
Upon sight!
The battle suit shimmered with golden light.
Just like the Gold saint cloth that only Gold saint seiya were worthy of wearing.
But...
It was not a Gold saint cloth, although the battle suit was brilliantly golden, that was due to the forging material.
As is well known.
There is no Orichalcum in the Marvel Universe, and Hawk used Vibranium to replace Orichalcum, and Vibranium's color is inherently an ultimate gold.
Naturally, the Phoenix saint cloth he forged also shone with golden light, just like the legendary Gold saint cloth.
However...
This was just a Bronze Phoenix saint cloth; it only looked golden on the outside.
In short.
It was a showpiece.
But a showpiece, that was only relative to a true Gold saint cloth.
In Marvel?
The power increase it could bring to Hawk was extremely terrifying.
On the vast savanna outside Wakanda.
Standing on the ground of the savanna, the Hulk, whose body was like a hill, looked up at Hawk, who was floating in the air, a sneer and a look of disdain appearing on his monstrous face.
At the same time.
"The game has begun, and I do not accept surrender."
"Defeat my toy, and I will take good care of your sister."
"Or..."
"Be killed by my toy and visit my hell!"
Mephisto's words, having just appeared and then departed, echoed from Hell, like a demon's whisper in Hawk's ear.
"I will go to Hell, Mephisto."
"I look forward to meeting you in Hell then."
Hawk replied to Mephisto expressionlessly, his consciousness withdrawing from his own Little Universe, floating in the air, and looking at the Hulk below, his eyes seemed to contain the flow of stars in the Universe.
The next second.
His Little Universe transcended illusion, projecting into the truly existing Phoenix galaxy for a transfer, and then once again projecting behind Hawk in his current reality.
"Burn!"
"My Little Universe!!!"
"Boom—!"
Crimson-gold flames erupted from Hawk's pores without warning; this was not ordinary fire, but the purest, most blazing, and most dominant Little Universe energy, the power of the Phoenix, materialized after Hawk ignited his Little Universe.
The crimson-gold flames instantly enveloped him, turning him into a fiercely burning humanoid torch.
The flames blazed, and a golden Phoenix seemed to emerge.
"Ding, ding, ding!"
"Unknown energy fluctuations are rapidly rising."
"Holy sh*t!"
"Commander, the energy readings are almost on par with the energy fluctuations when Thor appeared."
"God!"
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. command jet high in the sky, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watched Hawk on the screen in front of them, suspended in the air, surrounded by a golden Phoenix materialized from crimson-gold flames, and continuously exclaimed as the energy readings skyrocketed.
Maria Hill turned and shushed everyone, then stood by the jet's window, her eyes fixed on the fire Phoenix in her line of sight below, which was beginning to spread its wings from a static state within the crimson-gold flames.
Upon seeing this, the Hulk on the ground also dropped the disdain from his face, his expression gradually becoming wary.
Amidst the dazzling firelight and scorching heatwave.
The transformation—
Had begun!
First, Hawk's bare arms and calves, golden armguards and greaves covering his calves, appeared with the sound of clashing metal.
The armguards were sharp as blades, and the greaves were thick and sturdy!
The next moment.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
A series of rapid and crisp metallic clangs rang out, Hawk's arms shook violently, and two large, flamboyant, golden shoulder guards, like burning wings, appeared out of thin air and clicked firmly into place!
The edges of the shoulder guards were sharp, their form wild and unrestrained, like the most powerful feathers of a Phoenix about to take flight, and the tip of each golden feather shimmered with a deadly cold light.
Almost simultaneously, a golden chest plate covering his chest and abdomen also materialized in the swirling flames, and at the core of the chest plate, a Phoenix totem glowed brilliantly, like a beating heart, each pulsation drawing the surrounding flames to rise with it.
The skirt armor at the waist, like a cascading waterfall of flames, was composed of several thick and flexible metal plates, with sharp edges, swaying slightly with the fluctuations of the flames, emitting a low metallic friction sound.
Finally...
Crimson-red flames ascended and converged, and a uniquely shaped, aggressive helmet instantly formed in the firelight.
With the birth of the face mask, Hawk, who had been squinting, slowly opened his eyes.
Boom!
The crimson-red flames unleashed their final, greatest power, forming a fiery Phoenix phantom that soared into the sky behind Hawk, emitting a cry that resounded throughout the Universe!
Phoenix Cloth, donned!
"Hiss!"
"Holy sh*t!"
"Jesus Christ."
"This battle suit looks much more imposing than Tony Stark's battle suit."
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. command jet, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were utterly stunned as they watched Hawk appear, clad in the Phoenix Cloth, suspended in the sky.
And on the savanna, the Hulk was completely enraged.
"Roar!"
The Hulk hesitated no longer, his massive, bulging arms tensed, his five fingers like five colossal pillars, plunging fiercely into the ground beneath his feet!
His muscles instantly swelled, clearly visible veins like giant steel cables bulging and throbbing beneath his skin, and with a violent roar, his arms erupted with terrifying strength enough to overturn the entire savanna beneath his feet.
Rumble—
A massive, incredibly thick piece of sod, along with the underlying soil and the intricate network of grass roots, was violently torn and lifted from the earth by the Hulk's inhuman brute force, then raised high above his head by the Hulk.
The Hulk exerted force with both arms, directly swinging the piece of grassland, over ten meters in diameter and incredibly thick, over his head and throwing it towards Hawk in the sky.
Hawk neither dodged nor evaded; at the moment this enormous piece of grassland struck like a meteor, with a boom, Phoenix Fire suddenly shot out.
The sky was burning.
The air was distorting.
As the Phoenix Fire rose around him, the massive piece of grassland falling towards him burned and melted in the flames at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The next second.
Hawk appeared before the Hulk.
One punch!
Boom—!
As if violently struck by a speeding train, the Hulk's massive head snapped to the side, spitting out several huge teeth, while his body was also sent flying into the air, crashing down onto the grassland nearby.
"Hulk..."
"Hurts!"
The Hulk roared as he struggled to his feet.
But Hawk's second punch followed closely behind.
"Lightning!"
"Sonic Fist—!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Brilliant golden light surged from Hawk's fists, like precise missiles, slamming into the Hulk's body with a thunderous roar.
The earth groaned.
The earth sank.
A massive pit, far wider and seemingly bottomless than before, instantly formed, accompanied by deafening collapse sounds and a towering column of smoke and dust mixed with soil and grass debris, rising into the sky!
Pursue the retreating foe with all your might, never emulate Xiang Yu, who let his reputation tie his hands!
"Lightning!"
Hawk floated in the bottomless pit, listening to the Hulk's heartbeat echoing from within the pit, his five fingers spread, his palm aimed at the pit below, and the burning Phoenix phantom once again appeared behind him.
The Phoenix's wings instantly spread open, and as the Little Universe energy continued to burn, they converged into Hawk's open palm.
"Sonic Fist—"
"Boom, boom, boom—!"
The dense flurry of fist shadows emerging from Hawk's palm, carrying the most brilliant flames and the most brilliant golden light, instantly plunged into the pit below.
The Hulk at the bottom of the pit, like an excavator, continuously expanded the pit downwards under the barrage of fist shadows.
One second later.
Boom!
A perfectly circular Impact swept out from the pit, completely flinging away the grassland and soil within a twenty-meter radius, and the grass further away peeled back and rolled up like a carpet...
In an instant.
A never-before-seen, unheard-of, and un-witnessed bottomless pit, as if caused by a meteor Impact, appeared.
Hawk stood at the edge of this pit, which was over thirty meters in diameter, the three golden Phoenix tails beneath his waist armor swaying slightly.
He looked down into the depths of the pit with an expressionless face.
At the bottom of the pit, silence!
Cracked earth and grass roots, as well as the rushing river water that had been pierced through and was now pouring in, loudly battered the blurry, motionless, massive humanoid outline in the center of the pit.
The Hulk...
Dead!
Hawk chuckled softly, then looked up, directing his gaze towards a certain spot.
After donning the Phoenix Cloth and receiving the power of the Phoenix, he clearly sensed that an awareness had not yet departed from the opposite side of this pit.
Without a doubt, it should be Mephisto.
"Speak!"
"Mephisto!"
Hawk looked in the direction where that awareness lingered, and likewise transmitted his own consciousness: "Why are you silent? Do you not like to speak?"
Mephisto, whose true body was in the Hell dimension and who had only projected his consciousness through the Hulk, recovered from his shock, then chuckled at Hawk's teasing remark.
"No wonder you are so confident."
"But..."
"Your power does not exist in this Universe, so, you are very strong, but that is all. You want to rely on this non-existent power to make me hand over my soul, it is not enough."
"It will be enough."
Hawk said with a smile, "When I go to Hell, you will know, Mephisto!"
Mephisto said nothing.
With a gentle breeze, Mephisto's last trace of awareness also vanished.
Hawk stood still, watching the direction where Mephisto had last disappeared.
He naturally knew that his power had not yet been authenticated in the Marvel Universe.
But Hawk had already thought of a solution.
The Reality Stone!
Once he obtained the Reality Stone, the moment the Phoenix Universe appeared in reality would be the moment he became a Gold saint seiya!
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