The dragon fights in the wilderness, its blood is dark and yellow!
The phoenix guards in the shadows, its feathers are resplendent!
The moment the Black Phoenix's phantom was projected into the Hell Dimension, the instant the Black Phoenix's phantom spread its wings.
Hawk's Little Universe's Underworld projection appeared immediately after, perfectly merging with the Black Phoenix that was spreading its wings.
At the same time.
Accompanying the burning dark red flames of the Black Phoenix's phantom, a Black Phoenix saint cloth, resembling both crystal and metal, appeared right after.
Mephisto was instantly shocked by this scene.
The next second.
After he reacted, he roared and directly punched Hawk, who was standing in front of him.
"Give me your soul."
"Boom!"
Hawk stood still, ignoring Mephisto's attack.
But!
Almost the instant Mephisto's massive fist was about to strike Hawk, the projected Black Phoenix's wings vibrated, then transformed into a black light and merged into Hawk's body. In an instant, an unparalleled surge of energy swept out from Hawk in all directions.
The energy was so powerful that even Mephisto was caught off guard and sent flying.
Mephisto quickly got up.
Hawk glanced at him and commented.
"Idiot!"
Don't you know what an invincible frame during transformation is?
As everyone knows.
During transformation, no matter how long the character's pre-transformation wind-up is, and no matter whether his strength is strong or weak after transformation, in short, during the character's transformation, he is by default in an invincible frame.
Not to mention being interrupted, even if the Earth were blasted to smithereens during the character's transformation process, the character in the transformation state would by default not suffer any damage.
This is a rule of the game.
Just as Hawk finished commenting on Mephisto's rule-breaking behavior, the Black Phoenix saint cloth in the sky instantly disintegrated into pieces, carrying dark red flames and sweeping towards Hawk.
The first to arrive were the sharpest and most lethal claw guards.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Arm guards, leg guards, greaves... countless saint cloth components, gleaming in the dark red flames, perfectly covered his body with crisp clanging sounds.
Dark red flames swept around his legs, and leg guards and combat boots, like black gems, solidified and enveloped him in the flames.
As the helmet, also forged from black gems, descended, the fiery, fierce, and flamboyant wing-like guards on both sides, resembling phoenix wings, suddenly unfurled. The faceplate dropped, obscuring all of Hawk's expressions, leaving only Hawk's eyes, which seemed to have the Underworld flowing in their half-crimson, half-golden heterochromatic pupils.
Finally!
As a fiery tail-feather shaped waist guard precisely snapped into place in the empty spot, dazzling black light surged across the saint cloth's surface, like rushing magma finally finding its convergence point.
Boom!
A pair of enormous, unparalleled Black Phoenix wing phantoms, composed of pure energy, unfurled behind Hawk.
Black flames, centered on Hawk, instantly spread out in all directions the moment Hawk clenched his fists.
In an instant.
The ground shook and mountains swayed!
Mephisto's expression was extremely ugly at this moment. He stared intently at Hawk, who had completed his transformation and donned the black phoenix underworld armor, and almost squeezed out a sentence through his uneven teeth.
"Underworld!"
"Surprise!"
Hawk, wearing the black phoenix underworld armor, spread his hands towards Mephisto: "Courtesy demands reciprocity. You gave me Ghost Rider as a surprise, so naturally I had to prepare a surprise for you too. Now it's obvious, your gift didn't surprise me, but my gift, look into my eyes, Mephisto, tell me, do you feel my surprise?"
Mephisto trembled all over: "Good, very good. The Reality Stone is on you, and... the Time Stone! Ancient One!"
He now completely understood.
Hawk had not sold his soul to any dimension.
To be precise, he had sold his soul to himself.
Hawk truly used his son Blackheart's law of life and death, and the four fundamental elements of creation, to create his own Underworld in just two days.
Yes.
It was a realm, not merely a dimension, but a realm one level higher than a dimension.
And this was almost impossible.
Unless one possessed Aether, and even with Aether, it would be impossible to create the Underworld in such a short time.
Unless... the Time Stone!
Mephisto had instantly sensed the power of Aether, and the not-yet-fully-dissipated power of time, when Hawk's Underworld projection arrived just now.
It's just that...
Mephisto said in a deep voice: "How did you persuade the Ancient One to lend you the Time Stone?"
Hawk shrugged: "Maybe you won't believe it, but I just went over and said I needed to borrow the Time Stone, and the Ancient One gave it to me. It's not like what you said, the Ancient One seems quite easy to deal with."
He was telling the truth.
That was the fact. The difference was, he hadn't even made his promise yet, and the Ancient One could already borrow power from her future self.
Wielding the Time Stone as she pleased.
Hawk thought to himself.
Mephisto was stunned once again.
Ancient One?
That bald woman who practiced lifelong asceticism?
She's easy to deal with?
That bald woman had trapped him with the Time Stone countless times, which was precisely why he could sense the undissipated power of time on the Underworld projected by Hawk.
But he quickly recovered.
Mephisto now looked at Hawk with a gloomy expression: "Do you think you can defeat me like this? Don't forget, this is my Hell. When Odin and Eternity's souls were tricked here by me, they ultimately had no way to deal with me. Do you think you can deal with me in my Hell?"
Speaking of which.
Mephisto paused for a second, then looked at Hawk and said in a cold tone: "Don't forget, your sister is still in my hands. Aren't you afraid I'll burn her soul?"
Hawk, whose expression was completely covered by the faceplate, looked at Mephisto with a pair of half-crimson, half-golden phoenix eyes (Feng is male, Huang is female!): "Return my sister's soul to me, and I will immediately turn around and leave. I am not interested in you, or in your Hell."
He was very busy.
If Mephisto had been even slightly trustworthy, he wouldn't even have considered bringing out the Underworld.
God is my witness.
Before Mephisto came to him, he had already weighed Thor's hammer, confirmed its material, and begun to ponder how to ask Thor for ten or eight tons of Uru metal.
After all, that stuff was Asgard's strategic material, and it was very difficult for ordinary people to get it without connections.
Especially since the amount he wanted was a tiny bit large.
As a result, he was already planning for the golden saint cloth when Mephisto came with his little scheme. If it weren't for Mephisto, he wouldn't have thought of using the black phoenix underworld armor as a temporary substitute.
So...
From this perspective, he should thank Mephisto.
Of course.
The premise of thanks was that Mephisto handed over his sister's soul.
"No way!"
Mephisto roared directly, saying with a ferocious expression: "You killed my son, and I will kill your sister!"
Hawk chuckled at these words.
"You just thanked me for killing your son."
"I was lying to you. Demons are not to be trusted!"
"Alright."
Hawk had no power to refute, nor did he want to refute, Mephisto's explanation. He simply flipped his hand and took out the san venganza contract, which sealed thousands of wicked souls of fallen saints, then weighed it in his hand, and looked at Mephisto.
"How about this as a trade? Give me back my sister, and I'll give you the san venganza contract."
"...You bring it over first. After you give it to me, I'll return your sister to you."
"Heh!"
Hawk chuckled upon hearing this, looking at Mephisto: "You just said demons can't be trusted a second ago. Do you think I'll believe you?"
Mephisto smiled ferociously: "You have to believe it whether you like it or not. Give me the san venganza contract, otherwise I'll burn your sister's soul right now."
As he spoke.
His demonic claw grabbed in mid-air, and in an instant, Anya, who had been confined in the palace under the guise of care, dressed in white, was instantly grabbed and brought before him.
Anya only felt her vision blur, then she looked at the man in front of her wearing the black phoenix underworld armor. Although she couldn't see his face, the moment their eyes met.
She knew who this person was.
"Brother!"
"Anya."
Hawk's cold eyes instantly softened the moment his sister appeared.
The next second.
Anya, who instinctively ran towards Hawk, was held in place by Mephisto.
Mephisto's expression was ferocious.
"san venganza contract, give it to me!"
"Mephisto."
Hawk's eyes instantly returned to their cold state, looking directly at Mephisto: "I'll say it one last time, release my sister first, then the san venganza contract."
Mephisto grinned savagely, his demonic claw resting on Anya's head, looking at Hawk with impunity: "I'll also say it one last time, give me the san venganza contract!"
Hawk's faceplate detached, fully exposing his appearance to Anya's sight, and he smiled slightly.
"Do you trust your brother?"
"Of course, my brother is the best in the world."
"Good!"
Hawk's face broke into a gentle smile upon hearing this, then he looked at Mephisto, his eyes filled with infinite coldness: "Do it."
Mephisto was slightly stunned.
"What?"
"Do it!"
Hawk's tone was icy, looking directly at Mephisto: "You have the guts to burn my sister. As long as you do it, the next second I will tear up the san venganza contract and contend with you for ownership of Earth's souls. And I can guarantee you that from now on, I will do nothing else. I will specifically target you, specifically serve only you. I will make sure no more souls can enter your Hell Dimension, and no more demons can leave your Hell Dimension. I will not kill you. I will let you guard your Hell Dimension and watch you slowly wither and die!"
Mephisto: "..."
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