Above the Atlantic Ocean!
As the phoenix phantom emerged behind Hawk, and then as the phoenix slowly spread its wings, which was the moment his Little Universe burned to its extreme.
Hawk spread his arms, palms facing the sea, and calmly uttered two words.
"Part the Sea!"
"Buzz!"
Suddenly.
Under the energy of the Little Universe burning to its extreme, the surging waves beneath his feet were instantly frozen, and even the splashing spray seemed to hover in mid-air, emitting a silver light.
The next moment.
Hawk's hands, as if prying open a durian, faced the sea, seemingly tearing the surface of the sea apart to both sides.
Boom—!!
The sea responded with a sound like it was being ripped apart alive. In an instant, the entire sea surface boiled.
The sea beneath Hawk's feet was being torn apart.
Not figuratively, but literally torn apart.
The sea surface beneath Hawk's feet rumbled, began to diverge, exposing an empty space. At the same time, on both sides of the empty space, the sea level was continuously rising under the seemingly boiling seawater.
In just a blink of an eye, the sea level on both sides rose by a kilometer.
But... a kilometer was just the beginning.
Three kilometers!
Five kilometers!
Seven kilometers!
Until—
The HYDRA Base on the Romanche Trench seafloor of the Atlantic Ocean was completely exposed, and the water walls that had risen more than seven kilometers on both sides finally ceased their ascent.
What is parting the sea?
This is parting the sea!
Moving mountains and parting the sea!
A Silver Saint can easily lift a mountain and can part a ten-thousand-meter deep sea to walk on the seafloor.
Seven kilometers below the sea?
Heh.
This might be a sign of HYDRA's technology, but it's not the limit of Hawk's power.
Looking down from ten thousand meters high at this moment.
The seven-thousand-meter water walls on both sides rumbled. Hawk stood in the air, and in the more than seven-thousand-meter abyss beneath Hawk's feet, the HYDRA Base, situated on the seafloor, was exposed for all to see.
Unfortunately.
The seven-thousand-meter water walls that rose on both sides prevented anyone from peeking.
But this did not include the HYDRA Agents underwater.
"This..."
"Jesus Christ!"
"It's over."
"We're finished."
The HYDRA Agents, who were in the command center a second ago, feeling relieved and thinking that Hawk could never reach them, were completely stunned when Hawk effortlessly parted the sea with his hands, a scene like a deity descending.
Especially the Agent who had just thought of committing suicide but didn't.
At this moment, that HYDRA Agent, looking at the screen showing Hawk, like a god or a demon, exposing their Base, countless emotions flashed in his eyes. Then, he looked down at the gun still in his hand.
The next second.
This HYDRA Agent no longer hesitated.
Raised the gun.
Put it in his mouth.
Pulled the trigger.
All in one smooth motion.
He was a senior HYDRA Agent in this Base. He knew what they had done here, and he knew the fate he would face once caught by Hawk.
So... this HYDRA Agent chose to end himself, at least he wouldn't suffer.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
Skull and white-red matter splattered.
Thud!
The HYDRA Agent, who had completed the feat of blowing his own head off, hit the metal floor with a thud. The impact sound also woke up all the HYDRA Agents present.
Some HYDRA Agents with blank expressions subconsciously turned their heads to look at the headless corpse on the floor.
While some HYDRA Agents jolted, heard the gunshot, and subconsciously drew their sidearms.
And some HYDRA Agents, after seeing Hawk part the sea, directly suffered a mental breakdown.
"Hahaha!"
"Fake."
"All of this is fake, I must be hallucinating."
"Yes."
"This is a hallucination."
"Wake up!"
The HYDRA Agent who had just stepped forward, giving everyone hope, telling them that Hawk could not reach seven kilometers deep, and who originally just wanted to show himself to Strucker for a good impression and a promotion, looked at Hawk parting the sea on the big screen, then at the suicidal HYDRA Agent, and suddenly broke down, laughing maniacally.
The laughter was sharp and piercing.
Finally, it gradually became frenzied.
And just as this HYDRA Agent roared "Wake up!", he instantly drew his weapon and indiscriminately pulled the trigger on the other HYDRA Agents around him.
This completely stirred up a hornet's nest.
Because just now, several HYDRA Agents who had subconsciously drawn their weapons and were already in a state of tension, seeing this scene, also suffered a mental breakdown and pulled their triggers without any hesitation.
In an instant!
After Hawk's divine descent and the miracle of parting the sea, the HYDRA Agents completely descended into their final madness.
Gunshots erupted throughout the entire HYDRA operations command center.
In just a blink of an eye, dozens of HYDRA Agents were tragically killed on the spot in the command center.
They didn't want to face Hawk, so they chose suicide.
Unfortunately, they didn't know that Hawk had already obtained the power over life and death for the entire Western Hemisphere.
So... they died, and their souls also belonged to Hawk.
However—
From a certain perspective, not to mention the torment their souls would face in the Underworld later, just for now, their suicide was a rather fortunate way to die.
Because at the moment their Base was exposed from its seven-kilometer-deep underwater environment, an even more terrifying disaster occurred.
It is well known.
There is pressure under the seawater.
And a deep-sea Base located seven kilometers underwater needs to maintain a standard atmospheric pressure inside to sustain personnel life.
But the pressure seven kilometers underwater is approximately seven thousand atmospheric pressures.
Under these circumstances, what would be the consequences if the pressure around the deep-sea Base suddenly disappeared?
The answer is terrifying consequences.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Almost at the moment Hawk completed the act of parting the sea, the walls, windows, and even the hatches and other structures of this HYDRA Base, located seven kilometers underwater, which were used to resist the immense external water pressure, instantly exploded like an overloaded balloon.
The bulkheads groaned, rivets shot out like bullets, pipes twisted and tore. The entire Base was no longer a sanctuary; it became a bomb dismantling itself.
The entire HYDRA Base began to collapse the moment it was exposed.
But... the HYDRA Base suffered a terrible death, and the HYDRA Agents inside the Base died even more tragically.
A HYDRA Agent named Jack, fully armed and ready to attack Hawk the moment he entered, suddenly felt an irresistible force pushing outwards from his lungs, stomach, and the depths of his blood.
His eardrums silently shattered.
His eyes felt a sharp pain, and tears didn't flow out but boiled and foamed on the surface of his eyeballs.
His chest swelled frightfully, and the blood vessels under his skin protruded and burst like twisted vines... Not just Jack.
Those HYDRA Agents who had already assembled, attempting to deliver a fatal blow to the intruding Hawk, as well as the experimental personnel in the Base who were rapidly destroying various data, and even the surviving HYDRA Agents in the command center who had escaped the gunfight.
Even those HYDRA Agents who were trying to rush to Wanda's room to capture Wanda and others.
Their bodily fluids, almost at the moment the HYDRA Base exploded, also reached their boiling point.
It is well known.
Under normal atmospheric pressure, human bodily fluids—blood, saliva, and even tears—are liquid. But under this sudden and powerful pressure difference, their bodies would instantly boil.
Countless HYDRA Agents, at the moment of the explosion, discovered in horror that their bodies began to swell at the speed of a blowing balloon.
But there were no screams.
Because at the moment they discovered it, they had already reached the end of their lives.
Accompanied by continuous human body explosions, the command center, laboratories, and corridors—wherever they were—were now replaced by countless swollen severed limbs and body parts.
In an instant.
Hawk perceived that his Underworld had received a large influx of souls.
"Kai!"
"Gather them and throw them into the Fifth Prison for me."
"Understood, Master!"
Blood Elf Kai, who was in the First Prison, knelt on one knee, listening to Hawk's command.
Just then.
Hawk suddenly raised an eyebrow.
Strucker wasn't among them?
Hawk's consciousness swept over the souls of the HYDRA Agents swarming into the Underworld. After not finding Strucker, he looked down at the constantly collapsing HYDRA Base beneath his feet.
The next second.
His figure disappeared.
By the time Hawk landed on the seafloor, this deep-sea HYDRA Base, which had cost HYDRA an unknown amount of money to secretly build, had already turned into ruins.
Accompanied by the rumbling collapse of the HYDRA Base, the seafloor also rumbled continuously, and dust swept around like smoke from a wolf fire.
And in this endless dust, a rose gold light was flickering.
Following the flickering of the rose gold light, Pietro, surrounded by the Nebula Chain, as well as Wanda, and Billy and Tommy, protected by the andromeda cloth, rose from the ruins, then slowly landed in front of Hawk.
The Nebula Chain rapidly contracted, and the moment it returned to the andromeda cloth, it instantly disintegrated with a click, turning into countless tiny fragments that shot out in all directions.
And as the andromeda cloth disintegrated, Billy and Tommy reappeared.
Wanda exclaimed, ran over, and, with one arm around each, hugged Billy and Tommy back into her embrace.
At the same time.
Jean, who was held in Pietro's arms, seemed to sense Hawk's arrival. She slowly opened her eyes, then, seeing Hawk appear, her eyes lit up. With wide eyes, she quickly left her uncle Pietro's embrace and rushed into Hawk's arms: "Daddy!"
Hawk subconsciously held Jean with one arm.
The next second.
His gaze met Wanda's, who was holding Billy and Tommy...
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