Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 158 Johnny Finally Reunited with His Father (Third Update!)

The sky is forever gray.

Ashes kept falling from the sky.

The air was filled with the lingering smell of sulfur.

This is hell.

Just as the Hell Vortex swallowed Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider, who had fallen into Hell, also instantly disintegrated.

The Spirit of Vengeance transformed into a streak of light and shot toward the palace, the only structure in the Hell Dimension that could be considered an architecture.

Johnny Blaze collapsed onto the muddy ground, which was covered in ashes and blood, with the grace of a wild goose landing on a sandy beach.

next second.

Before they could even react, a furious roar came from Mephisto's palace in the distance.

The voice was filled with anger and disappointment!
"Hawk!!!"

"Boom!"

Johnny, who had just crawled up from the muddy ground covered in blood and ashes, hadn't even had time to think before his feet were lifted off the ground.

Johnny instinctively reached out and pressed down on the demonic claw covered in dense scales that was gripping his neck. Then, his pupils contracted rapidly as he looked at the Demon King who had appeared before him.

The skin was charred black and reddish-brown.

Jagged fangs.

Nostrils constantly spewing sparks.

Huge, thick, and twisted horns.

Mephisto, the ruler of the Hell dimension.

"you……"

"Useless things."

No longer pretending, Mephisto appeared in his true form, his voice deep and hoarse. He looked at Johnny in his hand with undisguised disgust, said something, and then tossed him aside.

After landing again, Johnny struggled to his feet and looked at Mephisto.

He still thought he was on Earth, completely unaware that he was dead and had arrived in Mephisto's territory.

"Hey, you lied to me. You said that as long as he sees Ghost Rider's eyes, he will..."

"Snapped!"

Before Johnny could finish speaking, Mephisto slapped the still indignant Johnny away with his thick right hand.

His golden pupils flickered incessantly, and sparks from his nostrils accompanied thick smoke, giving the impression that they were about to ignite the air at any moment.

Johnny struggled to his feet once again from the muddy ground.

He looked at Mephisto with a mixture of shock and confusion in his eyes.

after all……

In his mind, Mephisto was always a gentleman, so he found it hard to get used to Mephisto's ruthless and irritable appearance.

The most important thing.

“You lied to me, so it’s not my fault. What about my father?”

"waste!"

Upon hearing this, Mephisto's cold, golden eyes looked mercilessly at Johnny: "If you hadn't been so arrogant and foolish, how could he have found your weakness? As long as the Spirit of Vengeance remains one with you, his attacks are immune to you. But what about you? You were so foolish as to separate yourself from the Spirit of Vengeance!"

He didn't understand how Hawke resisted the Judgement Eye.

But he knew one thing very well.

As long as Johnny remains one with the Spirit of Vengeance, not to mention Hawk, even if the Sorcerer Supreme came, he could at most imprison Ghost Rider, and would not be able to send the Spirit of Vengeance back to Hell.

and so……

Ghost Rider is almost invincible. Even if he were to fight Hawk, Ghost Rider would always be the ultimate winner.

But what about the results?

The stupid, self-important reptile in front of him had completely disregarded his instructions, not only failing the mission but also having the audacity to ask him for his father.

If he used to think Johnny was somewhat clever, now he finds him utterly repulsive.

Mephisto looked at Johnny with undisguised disgust and disdain.

at the same time.

Two hellish demons flapped their wings and descended to his side.

Mephisto barely suppressed the urge to slap Johnny's soul to pieces: "Put this fool in a cage. I want him to experience the despair and pain of being separated from his father every moment for the next ten thousand years."

The two demons nodded and walked silently toward Johnny, who was standing there dumbfounded.

Johnny panicked.

"No, you can't do this, you lied to me."

"No!"

"You deceived me."

"Damn it, we signed a contract, give me back my father."

"Do not……"

The two hellish demons ignored Johnny's cries, grabbed him, flapped their wings, and quickly carried him away from the area.

As Johnny walked away, his increasingly desperate voice also faded into the distance.

Mephisto stood still, sparks still flying from his nostrils. After sending the foolish and arrogant Johnny to be punished, he began to reread the memories brought back by the Spirit of Vengeance.

next second.

His enormous demonic body shuddered violently, and then another extremely angry roar erupted from his throat.

"No!"

"Hawk!!!"

After Mephisto's demonic eyes read the memory of the Spirit of Vengeance standing in front of the graveyard, he completely lost his composure.

Very simple.

His son, the Demon Witch, is dead!

and……

Even the fragments of the laws of life and death have been stripped away.

In an instant.

Mephisto realized why Hawk had been able to withstand the Judgment Eye of the Spirit of Vengeance and hadn't been dragged to hell by it.

but--

That's way too fast!

Only a few days have passed on Earth. Two days, perhaps?
Mephisto found it hard to believe, especially after seeing the Spirit of Vengeance's memories lingering in the crater and feeling the remaining fire demon aura, he finally understood why Hawk could use the Eye of Judgment.

Because his soul no longer belongs to hell.

wrong!

Mephisto recovered from his brief shock.

Even if Hawke plundered the four elements of creation, and even the fragments of his son Wuxinmo's Law of Life and Death, it would be impossible for him to create a completely new Hell Dimension in just two days.

Rome was not built in a day.

Dimensions are even less so.

The most important thing.

As the owner of the Earth's soul, Mephisto has so far not sensed any dimension of life or death attempting to challenge his authority.

Whenever a new dimension tries to intervene in the game of Earth's soul ownership, he, as the current defender, will inevitably sense it immediately.

But no.

and so……

"Who did you sell your soul to?!"

"Hawk!"

Mephisto's pupils flickered, then he slowly raised his demonic head and looked at the dissipating hellish vortex in the sky.

My son is dead.

The plan to steal Hawk's soul also failed.

This time, Mephisto could be described as having lost both his son and his army. His face showed only anger, but no fear.

The reason is simple.

He has a trump card that can be used against Hawke.

his sister.

Anya.

Through these tests, Mephisto has become very clear about Anya's position in Hawke's heart.

He was certain of one thing.

Hawke would do anything for his sister, and right now, his sister Anya's soul is in his hands.

and so……

A cruel smile flashed across Mephisto's demonic face as he muttered to himself.

"I've got you."

"Hawk!"

Hawke, who was in the canyon, sensing the direction in which the hellish vortex had just disappeared and using his own laws of life and death to locate the coordinates of the hellish dimension, opened his eyes and raised an eyebrow at Sharon, who was running in from outside the canyon not far away.

"How did you come."

“The satellite detected that you hadn’t moved for more than ten minutes. I was worried that something might have happened to you, so I rushed over.”

As Sharon explained, she used the light in her hand to avoid the rocks on the ground that might cause her to twist her ankle.

Hawke listened to Sharon's explanation with some curiosity: "Aren't you afraid that something will happen to me, that coming here is just suicide?"

Sharon looked up at Hawke seriously: "You're the phoenix who can go to Mars to fight Thor. If something happens to you, I think I should report it as soon as possible and have the Commander assemble the Avengers again."

Hawke looked at Sharon, whose face looked familiar, and laughed.

"I am fine."

"That's good."

Sharon smiled and then looked around curiously: "By the way, where's Johnny Blaze?"

Hawke's gaze fell on the feet where Sharon was standing, and he said nothing.

Sharon followed Hawke's gaze, looked down at her feet.

into the eye.

It looked like a blood-red neck, level with the ground, still oozing blood.

After a mere fraction of a second, Sharon realized what she was seeing and gasped in shock, instinctively shifting her body back a little.

Hawke looked at Sharon, whose movements resembled those of a frightened rabbit, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"I didn't cut his head off; he cut it off himself."

"Own?"

Sharon paused for a moment, then recalled the scene of Johnny Blaze transforming into a flaming skeleton in the surveillance footage while tracking him earlier. Seemingly realizing something, she nodded thoughtfully and then scanned her surroundings with her flashlight again.

"And what about his head?"

"That."

Hawke pointed to the tiny fragments of the skull lying on the ground: "See that pile of white fragments? That's his head."

Sharon shone her flashlight over, then looked at the tiny fragments that looked like they had been crushed by a press, opened her mouth, then shrugged: "Okay."

Hawke raised an eyebrow as he listened to Sharon's voice.

You sound a little disappointed?

"Ah."

"Ok?"

"Don't get me wrong, it's not because you're still alive that I died. I'm just a little disappointed that Johnny Blaze is dead."

"..."

Hawke didn't speak, just quietly looked at Sharon.

Sharon then realized what was happening again and looked at Hawke: "You know I came to Texas to see a stunt show, and I'm a little disappointed by this."

Ok.

Hawke smiled.

Sharon quickly composed herself and looked at Hawke: "Now that the battle is over, let's go together."

Hawke shook his head.

"There's one more place I haven't been to yet."

"There's another place. Where do you want to go? I can drive you there."

"hell!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)