Smiles don't disappear; they just transfer.
See?
When Sharon saw the half-smile on Hawke's face as he looked at her, the smile Sharon had just used to comfort Hawke transferred.
Sharon's heart sank.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Hawke looked at Sharon calmly: "Just a Wind Elemental Demon trying to crash this plane."
His tone was very relaxed.
And it was true.
With Hawke's current strength, let alone crashing this plane, even if it exploded and disintegrated in mid-air, Hawke wouldn't be scared.
But… his heart was completely dead.
Clearly, the World had shown him a bloody truth: whenever he left New York City by transportation, an accident was bound to happen.
But this is good too; at least from now on, if I leave New York City again, I won't harbor any illusions.
Hawke sighed faintly in his heart.
Sharon's heart was equally dead.
"Demon? Crash?"
"Mm."
"Hiss!"
Sharon gasped, her eyes wide, hoping to see even a trace of a joke on Hawke's face.
But… Hawke's expression was calm, with no hint of jest.
Sharon's heart instantly turned cold.
"Then what do we do?"
"I'll go out and check."
Hawke said so, and the next second, Sharon's eyes widened as she watched Hawke abruptly vanish from her sight.
When Hawke reappeared, he was already standing on the fuselage of the plane.
In view.
Ariel, the Wind Demon, one of the Four Elemental Demons, was cackling monstrously, transforming into turbulence, constantly bombarding both sides of the fuselage.
"Hehehe!"
"Sway, tremble, and explode in the wind."
The passenger plane swayed from side to side under the assault of Ariel, the Wind Demon's turbulence.
The main and co-pilots in the cockpit were using all their strength to manually control the passenger plane, trying to keep it steady in the sudden turbulence and prevent it from stalling and crashing to the ground.
Hawke didn't immediately attack Ariel, the Wind Demon, but quietly watched the Wind Demon's performance.
The look in his eyes as he gazed at Ariel, the Wind Demon, was undisguised desire.
With Wind, the other three elements that form the material World could be propelled by Wind to complete their combination and fusion.
Moreover, with Wind, Hawke could guarantee that his current speed would be even faster.
The most important point!
As long as he had Wind, he wouldn't need to actively seek out Blackheart this time when he went to Texas; he could just wait for Blackheart to come to him, resting while awaiting the enemy.
So… Wind, this is a good thing.
He must have Wind.
It's essential.
At the same time, Ariel, the Wind Demon, who was gleefully toying with the passenger plane and enjoying the terrified screams of the passengers inside, noticed Hawke, who had suddenly appeared on the fuselage, out of the corner of his eye.
Ariel, the Wind Demon, was startled at first, then cackled monstrously, directly creating countless invisible Wind Blades that whistled towards Hawke.
Rip!
Rip!
Hawke's jacket instantly became tattered under the attack of the Wind Blades, and with the whistling gale, his upper body clothing disappeared, revealing his muscular physique once again.
As for why his lower body was intact…
The answer is: Hawke didn't mind his clothes ripping, but he was quite particular about being completely naked.
"Hehehe!"
Ariel, the Wind Demon, now transformed into a seemingly sentient vortex of air, from which a rather unattractive man's face coalesced. He cackled as he looked at Hawke, whose clothes he had ripped: "Little thing, Grandpa has taken a liking to this plane. Be smart and scram."
Ariel, the Wind Demon, who spoke as if Hawke was beneath his notice, certainly had the right to be so arrogant.
Because he was an Elemental Demon.
Hawke didn't get angry at Ariel, the Wind Demon's arrogance; he smiled and looked at the vortex before him: "Wind Demon, interested in a change of scenery?"
Ariel, the Wind Demon, was very impatient.
"No, scram quickly, don't disturb your Grandpa."
"Alright."
Hawke heard this, and was not surprised by the expected answer. After a sigh, he looked at Ariel, the Wind Demon, again: "Then I'll rephrase: Ariel, I need you to help me cultivate!"
When Ariel, the Wind Demon, heard this, his heart instinctively sank. Then, he finally noticed the desire and greed filling Hawke's crimson eyes with golden heterochromatic pupils as he looked at him.
Desire and greed for whom?
Who else could it be?
Him!
Ariel, the Wind Demon, instinctively came back to his senses, then looked at Hawke, whose crimson aura instantly burned like Fire around him. He was greatly alarmed and instinctively wanted to escape.
But… "Weather Control!"
Hawke opened his right hand, aimed it at the vortex that wanted to disappear, his tone calm and cold.
Sixth Sense — Weather Control!』
One of the superpowers obtained by Silver Saints after awakening their Sixth Sense Little Universe.
Simply put.
It's about controlling the weather.
However, the range of weather that a Silver Saint can control is relatively weak, but if they break through to the Seventh Sense Little Universe of a Gold Saint, controlling the weather of a Planet is effortless.
Just like when Deathmask, the Gold Saint of Cancer, arrived at Mount Lu, he once caused the water level of the entire Yangtze River to rise.
The Nordic Bishop among the saint seiya even once kept the Earth in continuous winter, day and night, for three years.
So… Wind!
It also belongs to weather changes.
To be honest, if Ariel, the Wind Demon, had hidden himself in the Wind instead of being so arrogant as to place himself in this vortex, Hawke really would have had no way to catch him.
After all, Wind is formless. If Ariel was determined to hide, unless Hawke could break through to the Seventh Sense Gold Saint, he would have no way to deal with him.
But right now!
As Hawke's Sixth Sense Silver Phoenix Little Universe burned, in an instant, the Wind Demon, who just a second ago was so arrogant that he didn't even put Hawke in his eyes, now darted around like a headless fly, transforming into an invisible current of air, crashing in all directions.
But… around him, there seemed to be an invisible barrier, and no matter how Ariel, the Wind Demon, crashed into it, he seemed unable to escape.
Just like a certain famous monkey who, no matter how he flew, could not escape the Five Finger Mountain of the Buddha.
Hawke, while burning his Little Universe to control the Wind Demon before him, subtly moved his body and slowly walked towards the Wind Demon.
Finally… Ariel, the Wind Demon, completely understood one thing.
He was caught.
Caught so unexpectedly.
With a thud!
Ariel, the Wind Demon, revealing his form, knelt before Hawke without hesitation.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, don't kill me."
"…"
Hawke looked at the Wind Demon, who had been arrogant and called himself Grandpa just a second ago, and then, in the next second, very submissively turned himself into a grandson. He couldn't help but be stunned, then said with a smile: "Don't worry, I couldn't bear to kill you. I need you to help me cultivate."
Having said that.
He didn't hesitate, burning his Little Universe with all his might. Along with the appearance of a Phoenix phantom, with a 'bang', a wisp of crimson Fire also appeared at the Wind Demon's feet.
Hawke wanted the Four Elements.
As for the Four Elemental Demons?
Let's put it this way.
His Little Universe would never allow any existence more awesome and arrogant than him.
So… shapeshifting?
How could that be allowed!
With the emergence of Phoenix Fire, Ariel, the Wind Demon, now knew what Hawke truly wanted to do.
Hawke didn't want him; he wanted his essence.
At this moment!
Ariel, the Wind Demon, was terrified. He was a Wind element, true, but the Wind element didn't necessarily have to be him.
"Please, spare me."
"Master, I am willing to acknowledge you as my Master."
"Really, from now on, whatever you tell me to do, I'll do it."
"Please, don't kill me."
"…"
It seemed his plea for mercy had an effect, as the burning of the Phoenix Fire paused.
Ariel, the Wind Demon's face brightened, and a hint of venom flashed deep in his eyes.
Acknowledge your mother.
Don't let me find a chance to escape.
With his Sixth Sense fully open, Hawke naturally noticed the venom deep in Ariel, the Wind Demon's eyes. He muttered to himself that demons were indeed untrustworthy, then looked at Ariel, the Wind Demon, with a calm tone.
"Ariel, what do you think is most important to me?"
"Loyalty!"
Ariel, the Wind Demon, answered without thinking: "Master, rest assured, I will be one hundred percent loyal to you."
Hawke smiled.
Ariel also smiled.
The next second.
The smile on Hawke's face disappeared. Looking at Ariel, the Wind Demon, as the Phoenix Fire burned once more, his tone became deep and profound.
"Wrong. Not having you is very important to me!"
"Ah!"
As the Phoenix Fire rose, it instantly engulfed Ariel, the Wind Demon, causing Ariel to let out a soul-piercing scream.
In the refining of the Phoenix Fire, Ariel, the Wind Demon's voice was hoarse with infinite venom.
"Ah!"
"Damn you, you tricked me, you'll die a terrible death."
"Damn it, my brothers will surely avenge me."
"Ah… you want to refine me, I'll let you refine me."
As is well known.
In terms of verbal attacks, in the West, whether human or demon, their verbal attacks always seem so impoverished and powerless.
Hawke didn't even show the slightest change in expression amidst Ariel, the Wind Demon's curses.
Even when the Wind Demon, in his final roar, chose to self-destruct, and the turbulent air currents transformed into Wind Blades that directly severed one of the passenger plane's wings, Hawke, plunging towards the ground with the plane, didn't even blink an eye.
Ariel, the Wind Demon, who chose to burn his soul, attempting to use the crashing plane to secure a sliver of hope for himself, looked at Hawke, who remained perfectly still, seemingly unconcerned with the lives of the plane's passengers, his eyes filled only with desire and greed for him. The Wind Demon utterly despaired.
Finally—
Under the fierce burning of the Phoenix Fire, accompanied by a cry of a Phoenix.
In his Little Universe!
Wind!
Appeared—
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