Above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean!
As the shadow of the phoenix emerged behind Hawk, the moment the phoenix slowly unfolded its wings was the moment the Little Cosmos burned to its limit.
Hawk spread his arms, palms facing the ocean surface, and uttered two words with a calm expression.
"Sea Division!"
"Buzz!"
Suddenly.
Under the extreme energy burn of the Little Cosmos, the surging waves beneath his feet were instantly frozen in place, even the splashing waves seemed to suspend mid-air, emitting a silver light.
The next instant.
Hawk's hands were like cracking open a durian, facing the ocean, as if tearing the sea surface apart to both sides.
Boom——!!
The sea responded with a sound as if being ripped apart alive, in an instant, the entire surface of the ocean boiled up.
The sea beneath Hawk's feet was being torn apart.
Not metaphorically, but physically being torn apart.
The sea surface beneath Hawk roared with a rumbling sound, beginning to split and expose a bare ground, while on both sides, the sea level, beneath the boiling water, kept rising upwards.
In just the blink of an eye, the sea level on both sides rose by a thousand meters.
But...
A thousand meters was just the beginning.
Three thousand meters!
Five thousand meters!
Seven thousand meters!
Until——
The Hydra Base on the seabed of the Atlantic Romansh Trench was fully exposed, and the water walls on both sides, rising over seven thousand meters, finally stopped.
What is Sea Division.
This, is Sea Division!
Moving Mountains and Dividing Seas!
The Silver Saint Warriors can easily lift a mountain and can also split the sea ten thousand meters deep, walking on the sea floor.
Seven thousand meters under the sea?
Heh.
This may be a sign of Hydra's technology, but it is not the limit of Hawk's power.
At this moment, looking down from high above the sky.
The water walls on both sides, over seven thousand meters high, roared, while Hawk stood in the air, and beneath him, in the seven-thousand-meter abyss, the Hydra Base placed on the seabed was fully exposed.
What a pity.
The water walls rising on both sides, over seven thousand meters high, prevented anyone from peeping.
But it didn't include the Hydras underwater.
"This..."
"Jesus Christ!"
"It's over."
"We are finished."
The previous moment, in the command center, believing they had survived the disaster, thinking Hawk couldn't possibly reach them here, the Hydras were utterly dumbfounded upon witnessing Hawk easily tearing open the sea with his hands, as if a Divine Spirit had descended.
Especially for the Hydra Agent who had just contemplated suicide but didn't follow through.
Now that Hydra Agent, watching the screen that exposed their base completely, had myriad emotions flashing in his eyes, then lowered his gaze, looking at the gun still in his hand.
The next second.
This Hydra no longer hesitated.
Raised the gun.
Put it in his mouth.
Pulled the trigger.
All in one go.
He was a veteran Hydra Agent of this base, he knew what they had done here, he knew what fate awaited him if caught by Hawk.
Therefore...
This Hydra chose to end his own life, at least he wouldn't suffer.
Bang!
The gunshot echoed.
His skull and white-red matter splattered.
Thud!
The Hydra Agent who completed the headshot on himself fell to the metal floor with a thud, the sound of the impact waking all present Hydra Agents.
Some Hydra Agents, with blank expressions, instinctively turned to look at the headless corpse on the floor.
While some Hydra Agents shuddered upon hearing the gunshot, instinctively pulling out their own guns.
Others simply mentally collapsed at this sight of Hawk's Sea Division.
"Hahaha!"
"It's fake."
"All of this is fake, I must be hallucinating."
"Yes."
"This is an illusion."
"Wake up!"
The one who had just spoken up, giving hope to everyone, saying Hawk couldn't possibly reach the seven thousand meters deep sea, the Hydra who originally just wanted to impress Strucker in this moment and thus earn a promotion, after seeing the Sea Division by Hawk and the suicide of the Hydra Agent, suddenly broke down laughing hysterically.
The laughter was sharp and jarring.
Finally, it became increasingly frantic.
And at the moment this Hydra roared to wake up, he suddenly pulled out his weapon and indiscriminately fired at the other Hydra Agents around him.
This has completely stirred up a hornet's nest.
Just now, several Hydra agents, instinctively drawing their weapons, were already under mental strain. Witnessing this scene, their spirits collapsed entirely, and without hesitation, they pulled their triggers.
In an instant!
After Hawk, like a divine spirit descended, performed the miracle of dividing the sea, the Hydra agents fell into utter madness.
The entire Hydra command center erupted with gunfire.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of Hydra agents lay dead on the spot in the command center.
They didn't want to face Hawk, so they chose suicide.
Unbeknownst to them, Hawk already held the power of life and death over the entire Western Hemisphere.
So...
Even in death, their souls belonged to Hawk.
However——
From a certain perspective, not considering the torment their souls might endure in the Netherworld, their suicide was arguably a fortunate death.
Because as their base was exposed from an environment over 7,000 meters under the sea, an even more terrifying disaster unfolded.
As is well known,
there is pressure underwater.
And a deep-sea base, 7,000 meters below, requires maintenance of standard atmospheric pressure inside to keep personnel alive.
But at 7,000 meters underwater, the pressure is approximately 7,000 times atmospheric pressure.
In such a scenario, what happens when the pressure around a deep-sea base suddenly disappears?
The answer is terrifying consequences.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Almost at the moment Hawk completed the sea division, the walls, windows, and even the hatches of the Hydra base, designed to withstand immense external water pressure, exploded like overloaded balloons.
The bulkheads groaned as rivets shot out like bullets, and pipes twisted and ruptured. The entire base ceased to be a sanctuary, transforming into a dismantling bomb.
The Hydra base began to collapse the moment it was exposed.
But...
The Hydra base died miserably, and the Hydra agents inside died even more gruesomely.
An agent named Jack, fully armed and ready to attack as soon as Hawk entered, suddenly felt an irresistible force pushing from his lungs, intestines, and blood.
His eardrums shattered silently.
His eyes felt intense pain as tears didn't flow but boiled on the surface of his eyeballs.
His chest swelled horribly, with blood vessels under the skin protruding and rupturing like twisted vines...
And Jack wasn't the only one.
Those who had gathered to give Hawk a fatal blow, the personnel in the base destroying documents, and even those Hydra agents who survived the gunfight in the command center.
Also, those trying to rush to Wanda's room to capture her and others.
Their body fluids, at the moment of Hydra base's explosion, reached their boiling point.
As is well known,
under normal atmospheric pressure, body fluids, blood, saliva, and even tears are liquid, but under this sudden atmospheric pressure difference, their insides would instantly boil.
Numerous Hydras discovered in horror that their bodies began swelling like balloons at the sound of the explosion.
But there were no screams.
Because at the moment they realized, they had already reached the end of their life.
With the continuous sound of exploding bodies, the command center, laboratories, corridors, wherever they were, were now replaced by countless swollen limbs and body parts.
In an instant.
Hawk sensed his Netherworld welcoming a massive influx of souls.
"Kay!"
"Gather them and throw them into the Fifth Prison for me."
"Understood, Master!"
In the First Prison, the Blood Elf Kay knelt, listening to Hawk's command.
At this moment.
Hawk suddenly raised an eyebrow.
Strucker was not among them?
Hawk's mind swept over the souls of these Hydra agents swarming into the Netherworld. Without finding Strucker, he lowered his gaze to the Hydra base crumbling beneath his feet.
The next second.
He vanished.
By the time Hawk landed on the seabed, the Hydra base, no matter how much it cost Hydra to build in secret, had already turned to ruins.
With the crash and collapse of the Hydra base, the seabed roared continuously, and dust billowed like smoke across the surroundings.
Amidst this endless dust, a rose-gold light flickered.
With the rose-gold light's glimmer, Pietro, surrounded by the Nebula Chain, along with Wanda and Billy and Tommy, protected by the Pleiades Holy Armor, rose from the ruins, slowly landing in front of Hawk.
The Nebula Chain rapidly contracted, disassembling with a click upon returning to the Pleiades Holy Armor, breaking into countless tiny fragments shooting in all directions.
After the Pleiades Holy Armor disassembled, Billy and Tommy reappeared.
Wanda exclaimed, running forward, holding Billy and Tommy in her arms.
At the same time.
Held by Pietro, Jean seemed to sense Hawk's presence, opened her eyes softly, then seeing Hawk appear, her eyes brightened, and with wide eyes, she slipped from Uncle Pietro's arms and rushed into Hawk's embrace: "Daddy!"
Hawk instinctively held Jean with one arm.
The next second.
His gaze met Wanda's, who was holding Billy and Tommy.
...