Jane did not hesitate, and at the moment she counted to three, the tip of her right finger touched the sealed ether particles.
The next second.
Like viscous blood, the ether particles, seeming alive, surged out, wrapping around Jane's finger almost instantly.
In less than a blink of an eye, one-third of the ether particles surged into Jane's body like a tide.
Meanwhile.
At the moment Jane counted to three, Hawk also arrived beside Jane at the fastest speed.
Just as he moved, the device sealing the ether particles began to flicker with electric arcs, intending to obliterate the intruder who had entered the sealed realm on the spot.
But...
At the moment when the device's arc was about to discharge, the sealed ether particles had already escaped.
With a loud crash, the device sealing the ether particles closed instantly.
The successful escape of the sealed material naturally signified the breaking of the seal.
Instantly.
The sealing device failed, and the ether particles that escaped from the sealed realm frantically sought to rush into Jane's body, while at this moment, Hawk appeared, pushed Jane aside, and snatched two-thirds of the remaining ether particles.
Whoa!
The dark red ether particles, as viscous as blood, surged in, like a living being, sweeping every corner of Hawk's body like a rushing tide.
Side effects of the Reality Gemstone.
Parasitic, leeching the user's life force.
The ether particles entering the body greedily absorbed Hawk's life force.
The next moment.
Hawk opened his Little Cosmos, and with a thought, the sticky and burning ether particles instantly slammed into his Little Cosmos like a tide.
In an instant.
The Little Cosmos, under the impact of these tide-like crimson ether particles, was like a calm lake receiving a huge boulder.
After falling into the Little Cosmos, the ether particles began to ripple like a still lake, spreading to every corner of the Little Cosmos.
At this point.
A phoenix cry sounded, and the Phoenix Heart, pre-merged with Hawke's Little Cosmos, opened its eyes. Amid the sweep of Phoenix Fire, the Phoenix emerged from the flames, soaring high with a resonating cry, and instantly, the scorching Phoenix Fire swept through the entire Little Cosmos.
The Phoenix Fire instantly collided with the liquid ether particles of the Reality Gemstone.
"Screech——"
With the collision of the two, the crimson red fire of the Phoenix Fire merged with the scarlet hue of the ether particles, forming a scarlet fire.
"Boom——"
With the appearance of the scarlet fire, instantly, Hawk's Little Cosmos reenacted a scene like a cosmic explosion.
The Little Cosmos was twisting.
The Little Cosmos was exploding.
Following that——
The Little Cosmos was expanding!
Under the rapid spread of the scarlet fire, formed by the combination of Phoenix Fire and ether particles, as if in a blink of an eye, his Little Cosmos was reborn.
A vast Little Cosmos was born, geometrically larger than before.
While Hawk's consciousness was immersed in this newly merged Little Cosmos, a barely visible, scarlet flame-shrouded singularity also appeared at the center of the Phoenix Constellation Star Cluster, fifty-eight billion light-years from Earth within the Reality Cosmos.
It seemed that the next second, this singularity was about to explode.
Once this singularity explodes, it will give birth to a Parallel Cosmos centered around the Phoenix Constellation Star Cluster.
Meanwhile, in a small country on Earth, a newborn baby girl also had a flash of crimson red flame in her eyes!
It's unclear how much time had passed.
Immerse in this Little Cosmos not inferior to the Silver Saint Warriors, Hawk suddenly heard the anxious and uneasy call by his ear.
This is...
Gwen's?
Hawk's consciousness instantly returned.
The next second.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Gwen, squatting beside him with a worried expression, tears welling in her eyes.
Gwen looked at Hawk with disbelief, who had disappeared for over four hours and suddenly reappeared, now with sunken eyes and a skeletal frame.
When Hawk opened his eyes and raised his hand, he noticed the abnormality in his body.
With a thought.
The Silver Phoenix Little Cosmos instantly burned, and in a flash, under Gwen's watchful eyes, Hawk, originally skeletal and lifeless, like a dried corpse, had his body restored at the speed of a balloon inflating.
Good news.
The Reality Gemstone was obtained, though only a part, it was enough to turn his previously weak Bronze Saint Warriors' power into solid Bronze Saint Warriors' power.
Simply put.
He could now fully exert his power.
Bad news.
He only obtained a part of the Reality Gemstone; to truly accomplish the sublimation and manifestation of his Little Cosmos, he must gather the complete Reality Gemstone.
Hawk contemplated, stood up from the ground with Gwen, comforting Gwen who was in his arms.
While comforting Gwen, he looked around: "By the way, where is Jane Foster?"
He was out, and Jane Foster should be out already.
Where is she.
In Gwen's arms, she looked up: "Dr. Fox? She came out before you and has just left."
Hawk heard the words, listening to the thunder outside, raised an eyebrow, and headed outside with Gwen.
"How long have I been gone?"
"Four hours."
"Not bad, didn't I tell you I would be gone for six hours at most? I came out early. Why are you crying?"
"You should have seen what you looked like when you just came out. I thought you'd been drained by vampires."
"Sorry, I was wrong."
Hawk decisively apologized, stopping Gwen, who was about to open up, full of resentment.
It was raining heavily outside at that moment.
Just as Hawk and Gwen were about to leave the building.
Hawk suddenly felt a movement in his heart, just as the energy of the Ether Particles burst from Jane nearby, he turned his foot, and pulled Gwen into his arms.
Boom!
Energy from the Ether Particles' self-protection mechanism erupted from Jane, sweeping around and instantly throwing out three London police officers trying to arrest Jane.
Seeing this, Thor rushed over, hugged Jane, and immediately looked up.
In the next moment.
A dazzling pillar of seven-colored light, composed entirely of energy, descended from the sky, enveloping Thor, along with the Asgard runes branded on the ground. With the disappearance of the pillar, Thor and Jane vanished from the spot.
Hawk silently looked at the Rainbow Bridge teleportation mark left on the ground in the distance.
In the next second.
He shook his head and laughed.
Never mind.
After all, by tomorrow at the latest, that Dark Elf will come to Earth to find him.
Let the bullet fly a little.
Hawk thought to himself, then looked at the heavy rain outside. With the flow of Little Cosmos energy, he took Gwen and walked into the rain before him.
Gwen was prepared to become a soaked chicken.
But...
She looked at the heavy rain pouring down in front of her, then at herself and Hawk in a dry, rainless area within a foot's range, and was instantly stunned.
In the next second.
Gwen thought of the Reality Gemstone Hawk mentioned before he disappeared and her eyes lit up as she looked at Hawk.
"Hawk, you..."
"Got part of it."
Hawk didn't hide it from Gwen.
Although he only got part of it, it's still part of the Reality Gemstone. Although it wasn't enough to turn his Little Cosmos into a Golden Phoenix Cosmos, he could still modify the weather within a foot around him.
Like making the weather within a foot around him sunny.
Hawk thought to himself, then withdrew his gaze from the teleportation mark left on the ground in the distance, and said to Gwen, "Let's go, let's go back."
Thor and Jane have returned to Asgard.
Even if he still wants the complete Reality Gemstone now, there's no way to get it.
But that's okay.
By tomorrow at the latest, the leader of the Dark Elves, Malekith...
Pah.
It's Mr. Malekith will come to Earth with the things he wants to find him.
After all, the Reality Gemstone he has isn't complete either.
An incomplete Reality Gemstone can't help the Dark Elf leader Mr. Malekith achieve his dreams.
Hawk and Gwen's departure wasn't noticed by Jane's assistant or Jane's assistant's assistant, and the London police officers who were getting up from the ground.
Because he used a part of the Reality Gemstone again to modify his and Gwen's presence.
So...
The two successfully walked out of the police line, then took a taxi back to the hotel where the four of them were staying.
Mary knocked on Gwen and Hawk's door immediately after receiving Gwen's text.
"Gwen, give me a menstrual cup, I just got it too."
"What menstrual cup."
Gwen's expression froze briefly, then when Mary's face began to show other expressions, she reacted and laughed, turned into the bedroom, opened her suitcase, took out a box of menstrual cups brought from New York City, and handed it to Mary.
Mary took it and thanked her, then looked at the empty room.
"Where's Hawk?"
"Went to the rooftop."
"Okay, so are we still sticking to the schedule tomorrow?"
"Uh..."
Gwen thought for a moment, and said to Mary, "We should stick to the schedule, I'll confirm with Hawk when he comes back, oh, have you eaten?"
Mary shrugged, "Didn't I call you an hour ago, you said to eat first, you were still outside."
Gwen remembered.
She was waiting for the missing Hawk at the time.
Gwen smiled and apologized to Mary.
Mary didn't think much, having got the menstrual cup, left Gwen and Hawk's room, and headed to her and Peter's room.
Gwen closed the door and walked toward the elevator.
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