Chapter 129: Marvel: Awakening the Small Universe at the Start, Chapter 60

At this moment, the lakebed of Culver Lake began to squirm, as if a massive earthworm were churning beneath it; in the blink of an eye, it had already shifted ten meters away.

"Trying to run?"

"Do you think you can escape?"

Hawk sneered. Watching the rapidly squirming lakebed, he gave chase once more and threw another punch with his right fist.

Hulk burst through the soil at that moment, eyes wide, roaring as he took the blow head-on with his chest. He was sent flying backward again, but in the instant he was launched, he flung the object he had dragged out from beneath the lakebed toward Hawk.

It was a surfboard, long covered in moss, having slept at the bottom of the lake for who knows how long.

Hawk watched the surfboard flying toward him, neither dodging nor evading, and met it head-on.

Boom!

Hawk's figure paused.

The surfboard shattered into two pieces, grazing past him and continuing its momentum backward.

But that very pause gave Hulk his chance.

"Bang!"

The surface of Culver Lake churned with boiling spray as a green head suddenly broke through the water, followed by deep, gasping breaths of fresh air.

Gwen, who had just dragged Natasha to a safe area, was panting heavily. When she cast her gaze toward the lake and saw the green head emerge, her heart tightened in shock.

Just then.

Hulk, with more than half his body out of the water, paused in mid-air, seemingly remembering something, and roared downward at the water.

Hawk, who had grabbed Hulk's right leg at the final moment, gave a cold smile. With the eruption of his Small Universe, he exerted sudden force in the water, dragging Hulk—who was attempting to flee Culver Lake—back into the depths and hurling him toward the lakebed once more.

Hulk, thrown back into the water, looked at the surface within arm's reach, his limbs splayed as he tried to leave the water again.

Unfortunately, there was no chance left.

Boom!

Hulk's entire back slammed heavily against the lakebed again. Just as he intended to replicate his previous escape maneuver, Hawk had already caught up, and with a "Bang," a punch flipped Hulk over as he tried to burrow beneath the lakebed.

"Don't you know that the same trick cannot be used twice on a Saint?"

"Go to hell!"

"Hulk!!"

"Roar!"

"Sonic Fist!!"

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Beneath the water, the spray churned.

Above the water, pillars of water shot up.

One after another, water pillars rose into the air, accompanied by the deafening roars from beneath the surface. Gwen, who had run back to the lakeside, was stunned as she watched the pillars of water constantly erupting on the lake surface.

But soon.

As the final movement vanished and the last water pillar fell, the once-boiling lake surface returned to tranquility at a speed visible to the naked eye.

By the time Gwen reacted, the entire Culver Lake had returned to its former calm.

This is...

Is the battle over?

Who won?

Gwen's eyes were wide, staring unblinkingly at the lake, filled with anticipation, terrified that the next second would reveal a result she didn't want to see!

... ===== CHAPTER 131 =====