In the Little Cosmos.
With the retreat of the Phoenix Fire, it was replaced by a golden light that almost illuminated the entire Little Cosmos.
And within the drifting starry sky of the Little Cosmos.
A golden battle armor, shaped like a Phoenix, was born.
In sight!
The battle armor glowed with splendid golden light.
As if it were a Golden Holy Armor that only Golden Saint Warriors were qualified to wear.
But...
It is not a Golden Holy Armor, although the armor shines with golden light, it is due to the materials used in its forging.
As is well known.
In the Marvel Cosmos, there is no Orichalcum, Hawk used Vibranium to replace Orichalcum, and the color of Vibranium itself is an ultimate gold.
Naturally, the Phoenix Holy Armor he forged is as brilliant as the legendary Golden Holy Armor.
However...
This is the Bronze Phoenix Holy Armor, it just looks golden on the surface.
In short.
A showpiece.
But a showpiece is only relative to a real Golden Holy Armor.
In Marvel?
The power boost it can give Hawk is extremely terrifying.
On the vast plains outside Wakanda.
Standing on the grassland, the hulking figure of Hell Hulk, like a hill, looked up at Hawk, who was floating above, with a sneer and contemptuous smile on his ferocious face.
At the same time.
"The game has started, I do not accept giving up."
"Defeat my toy, and I'll take care of your sister."
"Or..."
"Be killed by my toy and come to Hell as my guest!"
Mephisto's voice, just appeared and left, echoed from Hell, like a devil's whisper in Hawk's ear.
"I will come to Hell, Mephisto."
"I look forward to meeting you there."
Without any expression, Hawk responded to Mephisto's words, his consciousness detached from his own Little Cosmos, hovering in the air, looking down at Hell Hulk, with stars seemingly swirling within his eyes.
The next second.
His Little Cosmos crossed the illusory, projected into the real Phoenix Star System, and then once again projected behind Hawk in reality.
"Burn!"
"My Little Cosmos!!!"
"Boom——"
Crimson-gold flames erupted suddenly from every pore of Hawk's body, not ordinary flames, but the Phoenix's power, the purest, most intense, and dominate form of Little Cosmos energy transformed from Hawk's burning Little Cosmos.
The crimson-gold flames instantly enveloped him, turning him into a fiercely burning human torch.
The flames roared as if a golden Phoenix surged into view.
"Ding, ding, ding!"
"Unknown energy fluctuations are rapidly increasing."
"Holy shit!"
"Commander, energy levels are almost the same as when Thor appeared."
"God!"
Inside a high-altitude S.H.I.E.L.D. Command Fighter, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents watched the screen before them, seeing Hawk suspended in the air, enveloped by the crimson-gold flames forming a golden Phoenix, watching the energy levels surge upwards, exclaiming in astonishment.
Maria Hill turned and gestured for silence, then stood at the aircraft window, eyes fixed on the Fire Phoenix below, spreading its wings from a still state amid the crimson-gold flames.
The Hell Hulk on the ground, upon seeing this scene, also shed his disdainful expression, gradually becoming more cautious.
In the dazzling firelight and scorching waves of heat.
Transformation——
Has begun!
First, Hawk's bare arms and calves, gilded gauntlets, and greaves appeared amidst metallic clashing sounds, encasing his limbs.
Gauntlet lines sharp as blades, the greaves were solid and substantial!
The next moment.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
A series of rapid, crisp metallic clashing sounds erupted, and Hawk's arms shook fiercely, causing two large, flamboyant golden shoulder guards, resembling burning wings, to manifest suddenly, locking into place!
The shoulder guards' edges were sharp, with a wild, untamed form, like the mightiest feather of a Phoenix spreading its wings, each tip of the golden feathers glimmered with deadly cold light.
Almost simultaneously, the golden chest plate appeared within the swirling flames, at its core area, the Phoenix crest emitted a dazzling brilliance, like a beating heart, each pulse guiding the surrounding flames to surge with it.
A skirt of gilded plates, akin to a fiery waterfall, and composed of heavy but flexible metal pieces, swayed gently with the flame's fluctuation, producing a low metallic friction sound.
Finally...
Crimson flames ascended and converged, a uniquely shaped, aggressively styled helmet instantly formed amidst the firelight.
As the faceplate emerged, Hawk slowly opened his eyes, formerly narrowed under his brows.
Rumble!
Crimson flames exerted their last might, forming a fiery Phoenix silhouette, soaring skyward from Hawk's back, emitting a cry that echoed throughout the universe!
Phoenix Holy Armor, fully equipped!
"Hiss!"
"Holy shit!"
"Jesus above."
"This battle armor looks way more imposing than Tony Stark's."
In the S.H.I.E.L.D. Command Fighter, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were utterly stunned as they watched Hawk, clad in the Phoenix Holy Armor, hover above the sky.
On the prairie, the Demon Hulk was completely enraged.
"Roar!"
Demon Hulk hesitated no more, its huge muscular arms tensed, and its five fingers, like five colossal pillars, fiercely plunged into the ground beneath!
Its muscles instantly bulged, and the clearly visible veins stood out and pulsated beneath the skin like giant steel cables. With a fierce roar, its arms unleashed a terrifying force capable of overturning the prairie beneath.
Rumble——
A massive swath of turf, along with the underlying soil and the intertwined network of roots, was torn from the earth under the inhuman brute strength of the Demon Hulk, lifted up, and held high above its head.
The Demon Hulk exerted its strength, directly swinging this ten-meter-wide, astonishingly thick piece of grassland toward the hawk in the sky.
Hawk neither dodged nor evaded when the massive sod came crashing down like a meteor. With a loud roar, the Phoenix Fire suddenly burst forth.
The sky was burning.
The air twisted.
Accompanied by the Phoenix Fire rising around him, the massive turf descending in front of him burned and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the next moment.
Hawk appeared in front of Hulk.
One punch!
Boom——
Like being violently struck by a runaway train, Demon Hulk's enormous head snapped to the side, spitting out several large teeth, and its body soared into the air, crashing onto the grassland nearby.
"Hulk..."
"Hurt!"
Hulk roared as he climbed up from the ground.
But Hawk's second punch was already following right behind.
"Flash!"
"Sound Speed Fist——"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Dazzling golden light surged from Hawk's fists, like precision-guided missiles, bombarding Hulk's body with a rumbling impact.
The earth wailed.
The ground sank.
A crater, far larger than before and bottomless, took shape instantly with a deafening collapse and a towering pillar of dust mixed with soil and grass debris!
Grapple the last enemy boldly without seeking fame like a hesitant tyrant!
"Flash!"
Hawk hovered within the bottomless crater, listening to the heartbeat of Demon Hulk emanating from the pit, fingers spread, palm facing the pit below. The burning Phoenix's shadow reappeared behind him.
The Phoenix's wings spread instantly, gathering the energy of the Little Cosmos burning continuously into Hawk's extended palm.
"Sound Speed Fist—"
"Boom, boom, boom——"
Punch shadows emerged densely from Hawk's palm, entering the pit below with the most brilliant flames and the most dazzling golden light.
At the bottom of the pit, Hell Hulk expanded like an excavator under the shadow of the fists, continuously broadening the base.
One second later.
Boom!
A shockwave swept out in a perfect ring from the pit, lifting the twenty-meter range of grassland along with the soil, while the more distant turf lifted and rolled like a carpet...
In an instant.
An unprecedented, unheard of, and unseen bottomless pit appeared, resembling a meteor impact.
Hawk stood at the edge of this crater, over thirty meters in diameter, with the three golden phoenix tails under his waist armor gently swaying.
He gazed expressionlessly toward the bottom of the crater.
At the bottom, silence!
The shattered earth and grass roots, along with the backflowing river water, pounded the blurry, motionless giant humanoid silhouette at the center of the crater with a rumbling sound.
Demon Hulk...
Dead!
Hawk chuckled softly, then lifted his gaze to a certain spot.
Upon donning the Phoenix Holy Armor and receiving the power of the Phoenix, he clearly perceived a consciousness that had yet to depart on the opposite side of the pit.
If there's no unexpected turn, it should be Mephisto.
"Speak!"
"Mephisto!"
Hawk looked towards the direction where the consciousness lingered, also sending his own consciousness over: "Why aren't you speaking, do you not enjoy talking?"
Mephisto, who manifested his consciousness through the Demon Hulk while his true form resided in the Hell Dimension, snapped out of shock, then chuckled at Hawk's banter being transmitted.
"I see why you're so confident."
"But..."
"Your power doesn't exist in this cosmos, so you're strong but only to that extent. You think you can reclaim my soul with this nonexistent power and make me yield? Not enough."
"It will be enough."
Hawk smiled as he said, "Once I enter Hell, you'll see, Mephisto!"
Mephisto did not respond.
With a breeze, his last consciousness vanished as well.
Hawk stood in place, watching the direction where Mephisto last disappeared.
He knew that his power hadn't been recognized in the Marvel Cosmos yet.
But Hawk had already conceived of a solution.
Reality Gemstone!
Once he obtained the Reality Gemstone, the moment the Phoenix Cosmos manifests in reality would be when he becomes a Golden Saint Warrior!
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