Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Well known.

On Wall Street in Manhattan, there is a famous landmark.

Bronze bull statue!

This is a symbol of wealth.

During the battle between the Sentinel robots and the mutants, the bull statue was not affected. Even when Icarus struck like a meteorite, causing the entire Manhattan Island to tremble, the bull statue remained unharmed.

But right now!
As Hawke and Icarus clashed once more, the bull statue didn't even last a second before turning to dust the instant their fists collided.

This proves one thing once again.

Violence speaks volumes, money silences all!
boom!
The shockwave spread out in a perfect spherical shape, destroying everything in its path. The luxury cars that had just escaped the blast were completely ripped up and turned to dust as they tumbled through the air.

The building's alarm had gone hoarse.

It's not that they don't want to shout anymore, but that they've already exhausted themselves from shouting.

The moment Icarus looked up, he pierced through a falling skyscraper, then hovered in the air, his eyes shining like the sun, the golden energy patterns on his blue-gold battle suit shimmering like breathing. Then, the heat rays shooting from his eyes continuously bombarded Hawk, who was fifty meters away from him.

Hawke remained undeterred, using his divine body to withstand Icarus's attack head-on.

Just as he just said.

"The same tricks are useless against me."

"Humph!"

Icarus remained expressionless upon hearing this, continuing to shoot out heat vision, but at the same time, he pressed forward and appeared in front of Hawke in an instant.

"die!"

"That depends on whether you have the ability."

Hawke watched as Icarus threw another straight punch at him, and as he stepped forward, he gathered power in his right fist from his waist and then unleashed a spiraling punch.

one more time.

The moment the two fists collided, a white shockwave exploded, completely destroying the already dilapidated JPMorgan Chase building.

The fight did not result in any injuries to either of them.

But Wall Street suffered terribly.

The ground beneath their feet began to sink again, water pipes burst, and the jets of water instantly vaporized upon contact with the aftershocks of their battle. A gas leak triggered a chain reaction of explosions, with flames surging forth and completely igniting the entire Wall Street.

Icarus changed tactics, once again transforming his palm into a hand chop and aiming at Hawke's neck.

Hawke crouched down, then unleashed a sweeping kick like a battle axe. Hawke jumped to dodge, but the ground beneath his feet was kicked into a crater five meters in diameter.

The two continued to move through the ruins, and almost every encounter was like a construction crew carrying out renovations on Lower Manhattan, where Wall Street is located.

"retreat!"

"Go back!"

The New York Police Department, which had received the alarm immediately and rushed to the scene but had not intervened and instead watched from afar as the mutants fought the Sentinel robots, suddenly changed its expression upon seeing Hawke and Icarus fighting. It roared and chose to turn around and leave the battlefield.

Ultimately, they were spoiled by certain mutants, which led them to develop the same bad habits as those in Washington.

Just because they can deliver a powerful blow to mutants doesn't mean they can deliver a powerful blow to any unknown enemy.

But what you don't realize is that when facing the unknown, what you need is to maintain awe, not to launch a heavy attack.

Fortunately, Hawke and Icarus managed to correct the spoiled mindsets of these people.

At the same moment these people were frantically retreating, Hawke seized a small opening after Icarus parried and instantly punched him in the abdomen.

To be precise, it struck a spot on Icarus's abdomen where the golden light was distinctly different from the rest of his body.

moment!

For the first time, Icarus showed an expression that resembled pain.

This is something that didn't happen even when Hawke turned him into a meteorite.

Icarus's body arched and flew backward, crashing through the load-bearing walls of three buildings.

Buildings collapsed one after another in front of him, sending plumes of smoke and dust billowing into the sky.

But before the dust settled, Icarus's golden heat vision erupted once more, aimed at Hawk, who was preparing to press his advantage.

Although Hawke said that the same move would be useless against him.

Although Icarus's move was useless against him, it did disrupt his offensive rhythm.

Hawk crossed his arms, and Icarus's thermal vision bombarded Hawk's arms, refracting and scattering towards the surrounding building debris.

The exposed steel bars were melted and flowed like chocolate.

The concrete was also vitrifying under this scorching heat.

From atop a building protected by Wanda, which is currently the only high-rise on Wall Street, Wanda's eyes are fixed on Hawke on the battlefield.

As for his daughter, Qin.

Qin's mouth was now wide open, and the shock in her pupils was at its peak.

She thought that the scene of her father fighting that she had witnessed in Quantico had already broadened her understanding of the world.

Compared to the scene before her, Qin had only one thought in her mind at that moment.

"So in Quantico, Dad was really just playing around and didn't go all out?"

"of course."

Upon hearing this, Wanda briefly looked away, glanced at her daughter, and then turned her gaze back to Hawke.

Qin, the daughter, swallowed hard.

"Did Dad use all his strength this time?"

"Shh!"

Wanda looked at her daughter again and made a shushing gesture.

Qin, the daughter, realized what was happening and nodded repeatedly. She also put aside her distracting thoughts and followed her mother to look at Hawke on the battlefield. At this moment, Hawke was already enduring the immense pressure from Icarus's heat vision.

He had only one thought in his mind.

He only wanted to kill Icarus, or be killed by Icarus.

and so!
To live in the face of death, and to forge ahead without hesitation!

Hawke's every step left burning footprints on the ground, and his arms were now completely red.

good news.

He was getting closer and closer to Icarus.

bad news.

Icarus was also relentlessly channeling his heat vision, the golden energy from his battle suit constantly converging into his pupils.

Thirty feet, twenty feet, ten feet—

Then he broke through.

The moment Hawke's arms developed tiny spiderweb-like cracks, he ignored them and instantly pushed his speed to the limit. In an instant, six afterimages appeared in six directions around Icarus.

Hawk's afterimages each displayed a different attack stance!
He is not a mediocre talent who got to this point solely because of the system.

True.

Without the system, Hawke cannot possess the power of the cosmos.

But the system only provided him with a platform; after he awakened his inner universe, the system automatically left.

and so!
Hawke can confidently say that while the system deserves 10% credit for his current success and strength, the rest is entirely due to his own hard work.

Saint Seiya learns and grows through battle.

Hawke is the same.

Even without relying on his own cosmos, Hawke can still briefly increase his speed to a level that can only be achieved by burning his cosmos.

Icarus's expression changed drastically as he looked at the six afterimages that appeared around him.

but!
It's too late.

Hawke's six afterimages unleashed six powerful punches that struck Icarus simultaneously.

rib cage!

Spine!

Back of the neck!

Temples!
Kidneys and heart.

Icarus was struck hard in six vital areas almost simultaneously. In an instant, his blue and gold battle suit shattered, and a mouthful of blood gushed out.

However, what he spat out was not blood, but pure golden energy.

Icarus roared.

The sound no longer belonged to human language; it was more like the roar of stars shattering.

The moment the energy patterns on his blue-gold battle suit shattered, the golden patterns shone with increasing intensity.

Unexpected.

Hawke watched this scene with a start.

not good!

This thing has really been modified by the Celestials.

But it's been changed to have Middle Eastern characteristics.

Hey!
Because the energy within Icarus is not controlled by Icarus, but rather by this energy.

Once Icarus is defeated, this energy will explode.

Hawke's mind raced, and he quickly prepared to retreat.

But just as he was about to retreat quickly, Icarus, whose energy had been blasted out, suddenly seemed to have a moment of lucidity before death. He reached out and grabbed Hawk's arm with both hands, then grinned at Hawk and revealed a smile that began to radiate golden light.

"I told you I would kill you."

"Ah!"

Hawk, who was being held tightly by Icarus, suddenly calmed down. He chuckled at Icarus, who was still in the mood to laugh, and ignored the ominous premonition of death in his heart. He asked Icarus, who was trying to take him down with him, one last question.

Have you ever lived your own life?

"..."

Icarus's wide grin froze in that instant.

Just as his thoughts were turning and he was preparing to ponder the answer to this question...

An explosion occurred.

Icarus's body was being examined at a visible speed, and then it grew brighter and brighter.

The blinding light caused Wanda, who was watching from a distance, to instinctively close her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw a golden sun shining brightly amidst the ruins of Wall Street.

Great sound!

There was no sound, only golden shockwaves that rippled outwards in all directions.

If this shockwave were to spread beyond Wall Street, there is no doubt that the entire island of Manhattan would be instantly wiped out.

The people living on Manhattan Island will also perish along with them.

But just as the shockwave was about to spread beyond Wall Street, it suddenly seemed to be pulled by something, contracting and frantically compressing towards the core of the explosion.

...(End of chapter)