As the S.H.I.E.L.D. satellite signal came online, S.H.I.E.L.D. Commander Victoria Hand and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Maria Hill both looked over in unison.
What met their eyes!
In the middle of the ocean, a massive depression had suddenly appeared. At the bottom of the depression was calm Water, while the surrounding area was a wall of Water that touched the sky.
Fortunately, the S.H.I.E.L.D. satellite was in the sky. Although the signal was slightly interfered with, occasionally showing static, two figures that were constantly colliding, then separating, and then colliding again were still clearly visible.
The crimson energy undoubtedly belonged to Hock.
But this deep blue energy, like the ocean... "Can you zoom in?"
"No."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent quickly said, "This is already the limit. The energy overflow is too great."
Hill nodded.
"Capture as much footage as possible, then archive it for identification."
"Understood."
"Boom!"
Hock's attack was simple and unadorned, once again punching the nemo trident that Namo was thrusting at him.
The collision of fist and trident once again echoed in this temporary gladiatorial arena constructed from seawater.
The trident trembled.
Namo used this force to retreat onto the Water wall, lowering his gaze to look at his slightly sore right hand, then looked up at Hock.
Hock stood calmly in mid-air.
"I could fight like this all day."
"Me too!"
Namo chuckled, then with a whoosh, he dodged Hock's punch and, like sliding, quickly moved along the Water wall to the calm surface of the Water at the bottom of the depression. Then, with a bang, he plunged the trident into the ground in front of him.
The Water walls, composed of endless seawater, seemed to obey a command, collapsing into the depression in an instant.
Hock didn't hesitate. The moment he looked up, his figure flickered, already appearing above the Water surface as the Water walls collapsed.
Splash!
The endless seawater instantly filled the entire depression, also engulfing Namo, who was at the bottom of the depression, holding the trident with both hands.
"Dead?"
A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, secretly watching the battle from a distance using the S.H.I.E.L.D. satellite, said with some excitement as he saw Namo engulfed by the seawater on the big screen.
As everyone knows.
Phoenix helped S.H.I.E.L.D. resolve the HYDRA chaos, so Phoenix is a friend of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Since Hock is a friend of S.H.I.E.L.D., then Hock's enemies are roughly equivalent to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s enemies.
Therefore... the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were on Hock's side.
Victoria Hand and Maria Hill did not speak.
They watched Hock, who was standing in mid-air, on the big screen.
Hock looked at the Water surface below with an expressionless face.
Dead?
How could that be.
Namo is Aquaman.
He can die anywhere, but he will never die in the ocean.
Just like Mephisto, unless you can destroy the Hell Dimension itself, otherwise, Mephisto, who is in the Hell Dimension, is an immortal existence.
Namo is the same.
And Namo's power in the ocean is comparable to Thor's.
Just like now.
Hock's Sixth Sense precisely locked on, capturing Namo, who was in the sea, moving.
With a whoosh, Namo, having returned to the ocean, swiftly moved towards the deep sea at Supersonic speed, seemingly trying to escape.
But the next second.
Namo, who returned almost in the blink of an eye, with a bang, raised his trident at Hock, who was above the Water surface.
Boom!
A colossal Water pillar, thick as the World Tree, instantly formed, sweeping up the endless seawater around it, spinning, and then, like a volcanic eruption, rapidly rose above the Water surface, then quickly assailed Hock, who was standing in mid-air.
Then... the astonishing Water pillar hit nothing but air.
Namo, following the upstream Water pillar, holding his trident, stood steadily on the Water pillar, looking at Hock, who appeared not far away.
"I thought you wouldn't run away."
"Heh."
Hock, who had dodged the Water pillar attack, chuckled lightly at the remark: "Who was it that ran into the Water first?"
Namo stood on the Water pillar, spreading his arms.
"The ocean is my home, you were the first to intrude."
"No."
Hock calmly gazed at Namo, whose skin had begun to darken after exertion, standing on the Water pillar: "Remember, you provoked me first."
Namo was first taken aback, then scoffed.
"And then?"
"Nothing, I just want you to remember this point, so that when I destroy you and your kingdom like Wakanda, you won't wonder why I destroyed you."
"Just like your wife's brother."
"After I destroyed Wakanda, he survived, and he asked me why I destroyed Wakanda. Do you know how I answered him?"
Hock looked at Namo with a slight smile, his tone as calm as if he were discussing a trivial matter.
Namo, however, frowned deeply.
"What?"
"I said—"
"My destruction of you, what does it have to do with you?!"
"So, I told you in advance, this way, when I destroy your kingdom, you won't ask such a foolish question. I gave you a chance."
Hock's smile bloomed on his face.
The next second.
He instantly vanished from his original spot!
Sixth Sense - Teleportation!』
Namo, standing on the Water pillar, felt a crisis coming from behind him, and instantly wielded the trident in his hand.
But Hock appeared at his side, and with a bang, directly knocked Namo off the Water pillar.
Thump, thump, thump!
Namo, instantly struck down to the Water surface, was not swallowed by the seawater. Instead, he slid backward on the Water like a skipping stone, adjusting his posture along the surging, arcing seawater and roaring as he threw his nemo trident at Hock.
Bang!
This time, Hock did not choose to punch the nemo trident. Instead, he turned sideways, and as the nemo trident brushed past him, his fist directly struck the long shaft of the nemo trident.
The nemo trident was instantly sent spinning and flying away like a meteor.
Seeing this, Namo opened his right hand, choosing to recall the trident.
But the next second.
Hock, who appeared behind him once again, accompanied by a tearing sound of air, with a bang, heavily struck Namo's back.
Namo also fell towards the Water surface like a meteor.
Boom!
A thick splash of Water erupted. This time, Namo's entry into the Water was not as elegant and smooth as before. Instead, like a meteorite falling from the sky, with a bang, it splashed countless Water droplets as it smashed into the seawater.
"Your strength is indeed similar to Thor's."
"In fact, you're very much like Thor."
"One is a god of hammers, the other a god of tridents."
"What?"
"After losing the nemo trident, can you no longer control the ocean?"
Hock looked at Namo, who quickly adjusted his posture after entering the Water and re-emerged, then looked at the nemo trident he had sent flying into the distance.
The next second.
Boom!
Hock's figure broke through the air, rapidly moving towards the direction of the nemo trident.
Seeing this, Namo also quickly submerged into the sea, similarly moving towards his trident at Supersonic speed.
Hock was in the sky.
Namo was in the sea.
And the nemo trident, still spinning and flying close to the Water surface, was the finish line of the race.
The difference was... Hock didn't care about this prize, but Namo cared very much.
Hock looked down at Namo in the seawater below, whose speed was almost synchronized with his own. His Sixth Sense captured that as Namo swam rapidly, the scales on the right side of his back, near his buttocks, appeared somewhat dim.
If nothing unexpected, that spot would be Marvel Aquaman Namo's Achilles' heel.
Achilles was an invulnerable and immortal deity in Western mythology.
But he had a weakness, his heel, and so he died after being shot in the heel.
Yes.
Achilles, the supposedly invulnerable and immortal deity, died because his heel was not covered.
This sounds ridiculous.
But this is a commonality of Western deities.
Every deity, no matter how powerful, even an omniscient, omnipotent deity, has a weakness.
And Marvel also belongs to the West, naturally, it also adheres to this commonality.
So... Hock found Namo's Achilles' heel.
The next second.
The moment his figure flickered, he plunged directly into the sea, accompanied by a projection at that instant. His right hand formed a fist, instantly striking the weakness on Namo's back near his buttocks, which was in his line of sight.
Nemo, who was swimming rapidly, wanting to retrieve his divine trident before Hock, was about to grasp the nemo trident when, suddenly, a great sense of dread filled his heart, and with an internal alarm, he simultaneously grasped the nemo trident and shifted to the side.
But—
Hock's full-force Supersonic Punch, though not entirely, still had a large portion of its impact land on Namo's fatal weakness.
With a splat!
Namo's face instantly flushed crimson. After spitting out a large mouthful of blood, his body plummeted into the deep sea like lightning.
His speed was so fast, almost approaching the speed of light.
Hock, already in the sea, raised an eyebrow and quickly pursued Namo, who was falling.
Boom!
Namo, holding the trident, after falling into the deep sea, his body, like a cannonball, slammed into the seabed.
The seabed broke with a resounding crack, and bubbles continuously gushed from the fracture. The surrounding seawater also visibly became murky.
Just as Hock was rapidly pursuing him downwards, and it seemed that the unconscious Namo was about to be swallowed by the fractured seabed, a colossal giant octopus, living in the deep sea for an unknown number of years, almost the size of two Titanic ships, revealed itself, waving its countless tentacles and sweeping them towards Hock.
As Hock entered the sea, the surface of the North Pacific Ocean also seemed to return to calm.
But... Maria Hill and Victoria Hand, watching from afar, stared intently at the Water surface.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the operations center also stopped their work, forgetting to breathe, staring intently at the big screen.
Time ticked by.
Until—
Dawn broke!
Boom!
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