Looking into the distance.
At this very moment.
High above the Atlantic Ocean, where human presence is rare, Strucker is above and Namor below, seemingly besieging Hawk.
And Hawk is struggling to hold on.
"Hehehe!"
"Hawk, I want you to watch helplessly as your children die miserably before your eyes, just like mine did."
"Ah!"
Strucker above roared in rage.
Upon realizing that Hawk cared deeply about those three children's lives, contrary to what he had claimed, Strucker became even more determined to kill them, and his Mind Ray grew increasingly violent.
"Hawk Phoenix!"
"You didn't expect me to still be alive, did you?"
"I'm not dead, but today you're doomed."
Namor McKenzie on the sea surface below followed suit, his expression fierce as he roared, summoning wave after wave of Sea Dragon to relentlessly strike Hawk's Telekinesis Barrier.
He nearly died.
If it weren't for the fact that there happened to be a giant sea beast nearby, helping to delay Hawk long enough for him to escape into the sea trench, he might have died tragically on the spot.
But even though he escaped at the time.
Yet, upon returning to his Undersea Kingdom Talokan, at the moment of mental relaxation, he fell directly into unconsciousness, with his life entering a critical state.
Thankfully!
He has a queen.
Shuri.
Shuri, hailing from the Wakanda Tribe, brought a Heart-shaped Grass as a dowry to the Undersea Kingdom Talokan when she married over, a dying gift from the Old King.
Shuri fed this Heart-shaped Grass to Namor, who was already on the brink of death and about to enter a long sleep to recover from his injuries.
Only then did Namor recover.
Having narrowly escaped death, he was left with one thought in his mind.
He's not dead.
But Hawk must die.
Exactly.
Namor remembered, when he escaped back to the Undersea Kingdom Talokan via the sea trench, he detected the scent of Hawk's bloodline from the Hydra Base located in the Romansh Trench.
And then—
Namor connected with Strucker.
Strucker was already thinking, if Hawk couldn't be used by him, then he must be killed by him.
Thus, after meeting, Strucker and Namor found a common ground with mutual disdain, instantly forming an alliance.
Strucker wanted to use Namor to kill Hawk.
While Namor planned to use Strucker's scheme to lure Hawk to the sea surface once more.
In the ocean, Namor considered himself invincible, and this time he wouldn't let Hawk find his weakness to strike him down.
This is why Namor appeared here at this time.
Standing in the air, Hawk glanced at the bleeding wound on his right shoulder, looking at Strucker above barking uselessly and Strucker below raging impotently, he smirked at their futile declarations of incapability.
"A heap of junk."
"A defeated pawn."
"Rotten fish and shrimp."
"With just you all?"
"And me!"
As Hawk's words ended, a female voice accompanied by the sudden appearance of a Vibranium Fighter in the sky.
Next.
One after another, Vibranium Fighters, resembling Wakanda craftsmanship, emerged from stealth mode in the sky, all weapons systems aimed at Hawk.
Hawk looked toward the source of the voice from the Vibranium Fighter and saw the dark-skinned woman inside glaring angrily at him.
He looked at the dark-skinned woman glaring at him and smiled.
"Wakanda remnants, I was wondering how long you'd hide."
"My name is Shuri!"
Shuri in the fighter, eyes ablaze, looked at Hawk standing in the air, her voice furious and roaring, "You killed my father, killed my mother, killed my brother, killed my people. My family was destroyed because of you, my tribe perished because of you, I want blood for blood."
Hawk's lips curled upward: "Alright, I'll oblige, let you reunite with your family."
Then.
Hawk's Sixth Sense instantly scanned the entire Atlantic Ocean, and after confirming that there were no other hidden unknowns, closed his eyes as the wound on his right shoulder began to heal at a visible speed.
Inside the command room of New York S.H.I.E.L.D Central.
Sharon watched this scene and turned to Gwen beside her.
"Look, Hawk is indeed fishing."
"Hmm."
Gwen next to her nodded in agreement as she watched Hawk with closed eyes, his wound healing quickly, still looking tense and worried at Hawk on the big screen, her hands couldn't help but clasp together, praying silently for Hawk.
After all…
Hawk's opponents this time weren't just one, but three.
Three against one.
Shameless.
So...
Hawk, you must win.
Meanwhile!
Strucker realized Hawk's unusual state the moment Hawk closed his eyes.
He suddenly roared.
"Fuck!"
"Namor, he's stalling to recover his injuries."
"Stalling?"
Hawk at this moment opened his eyes again, and upon hearing that, looked at Strucker above, his eyes filled with golden brilliance quickly covering his pupils like liquid.
His lips curled into a mocking grin.
"I am indeed stalling."
"But..."
"It's not for myself, it's for giving you and this world a final farewell."
"Strucker."
Hawk's voice was calm, and at the moment his pupils completely turned golden, he suddenly clenched his left hand facing the S.H.I.E.L.D. Fighter.
The next moment!
Boom!
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Fighter instantly shattered, turning into a violent fireball, and a Black Phoenix flew out from the fireball, carrying flames, crashing into Hawk, instantly turning Hawk into a fiery figure.
And the moment the flames attached to Hawk's body, every piece belonging to the Black Phoenix Nether Armor was already fitted onto Hawk's body.
As the flames disappeared, accompanied by the drop of the obsidian-like mask, Hawk was already donned with the Black Phoenix Nether Armor.
As for the S.H.I.E.L.D. Fighter?
After the flame explosion, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Fighter turned into a crumpled iron ball, seemingly still oozing blood, falling towards the sea below.
Namor, standing on the sea surface, was shocked as he watched this scene.
Sitting in the Vibranium Fighter, just preparing to pull the trigger and vent her tribe's anger at Hawk, Shuri was momentarily stunned.
As for Strucker?
He was even more internally overwhelmed as if experiencing a torrential tsunami.
Strucker stared dumbfounded at Hawk.
"You killed your child with your own hands?"
"Ha."
Hearing this, Hawk glanced at Strucker, chuckled lightly, then shifted his gaze onto Shuri, who was stunned in the Vibranium Fighter, his tone cold yet unprecedentedly calm.
"No one in this world can threaten me."
"However..."
"If I didn't act as if I cared, those two hidden enemies wouldn't obediently come before me to meet their doom."
"So..."
"I cooperated with you."
"Now that you've finished, it's my turn."
Strucker's expression changed drastically.
Namor was watching as Hawk, after saying this, rapidly swooped towards his wife Shuri, throwing the Trident at Shuri's fighter while yelling urgently, "Shuri, run!"
Unfortunately!
Too late.
"Bang!"
"Get out, this time I'm going to turn you into a hayfork."
"Duang!"
The Trident, attempting to intercept Hawk, was swatted by Hawk's palm and hummed loudly, flying backward like a meteor in the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, Hawk was already above the Vibranium Fighter that Shuri was in.
"Not good!"
"Princess!"
"Save the Princess!"
"Fire, fire!"
The female warriors in the Vibranium Fighters surrounding Shuri's plane, forming a defensive formation, saw Hawk standing on their Princess's aircraft and immediately pulled the triggers of their weapons.
"Bang, bang, bang—"
"Ttut, ttut, ttut—"
"Sizz, sizz, sizz—"
The bullets of the onboard machine guns.
The missiles mounted under the aircraft.
And the laser weapons equipped on the Vibranium aircraft's noses, all firing with full force, pouring down like a net of heaven and earth onto Hawk standing like a Demon God on their Princess's fighter.
Namor on the sea surface roared angrily, leaping into the air like a cannonball, speeding towards the bent-over Hawk.
"How dare you—"
"Bang!"
Hawk responded to Namor's threat with action, directly punching and shattering the Vibranium Energy Shield that Shuri panicked and activated inside the fighter.
Wakanda's Vibranium Shield, he could break it even during the Bronze Age.
Not to mention now he has reached Half-step Gold.
Just a Vibranium Shield, it could be broken with a flick!
The Vibranium Shield responded by shattering.
The moment Hawk easily broke the Vibranium Shield with a punch, he already smashed through the fighter's windshield, then like an eagle snatching up a chick, his right hand formed a claw, directly grasping Shuri's face, pulling her out of the fighter forcibly.
Shuri immediately screamed in agony as Hawk pinched her face with his big hand.
At this moment, Namor was about to arrive.
But!
Hawk turned around, gripping Shuri's face, directly aiming her at the approaching Namor.
Namor holding the Trident immediately halted.
The other Vibranium Fighters seeing this hurriedly stopped as well.
"Princess!"
"Release our Princess!"
"Your Highness!"
"Shuri!"
Namor, looking at Shuri held by Hawk, shouted angrily at Hawk, "Let her go."
Hawk laughed.
He was thoroughly amused.
"Are you scared?"
"Let go of Shuri!"
Namor gripped the Trident, glaring at Hawk.
"Kneel!"
"What?"
Hawk's right hand holding Shuri's face intensified slightly, causing Shuri to scream again, the golden pupils exposed under the mask staring coldly at Namor before him.
"I said—"
"Kneel!!!"
"..."