Chapter 974: Marvel: Awakening the Cosmo at the Start, Chapter 529

“Did it work?”

“Hiss!”

“Jesus Christ!”

“God!”

Just as they were staring intently at the screen, anticipating the scene they wanted to see, the smoke cleared, and Hawk was quietly hovering just fifty centimeters above the ground.

The explosion could not harm him in the slightest.

Likewise.

The flames could not force him to retreat.

Once again.

Although his Cosmo energy could not be projected into this universe for the time being, his life essence as the Phoenix Fire was right there.

A piercing whistle came from the sky!

Two F-22 Raptor fighter jets dove down from the clouds like birds of death. As their wings tilted, they fired all their air-to-ground missiles, which dragged white exhaust trails behind them as they spiraled toward Hawk.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The missiles carpet-bombed the area. As each missile fell, the entire Quantico base trembled instantly. Some soldiers who couldn't escape in time, along with those two M1A2 main battle tanks, were also caught within the range of the missile strike.

One sentence.

Hawk must die; as for the other casualties, to the Pentagon, they were merely necessary collateral damage.

They could always just pay double the death benefits later.

No.

What happened here could not get out.

So...

Let them be missing; as long as Hawk is dead, that is enough.

Unfortunately, that was impossible.

Boom!

An F-22 Raptor that failed to dodge in time was instantly pierced by a flash of crimson light and exploded into a fireball.

The next second.

Hawk instantly caught up to the F-22 Raptor that was attempting to climb, grabbed the root of the jet's right wing with one hand, and then tossed it toward the ground like trash.

The fighter jet immediately entered a death spiral. Before the pilot could even open the ejection seat, it made intimate contact with the base floor amidst the pilot's terrified gaze and frantic roaring.

Rumble!

A massive fireball rose from the ground once more.

Hawk lowered his gaze and returned to the base floor again.

He had already given them a chance to live when he came last time, but unfortunately, the people here did not cherish it.

So...

This time, Hawk did not use his mouth, only his hands. From south to north, from east to west, he launched an indiscriminate attack on everything in this base.

Ten minutes later.

The battle came to an abrupt end.

At this moment, the Quantico base had once again turned into ruins, with flames ignited in every corner of the base.

The crashed fighter jets were burning.

The torn-apart tanks were burning.

The armored vehicles that had exploded were burning.

And...

The corpses, scattered everywhere and also burning.

Hawk, dressed in his crimson battle suit, stood in mid-air above the flame-engulfed base. Under the illumination of the fire, his eyes looked toward the direction of the building located on the banks of the Potomac River.

Just as he intended to set off for the Pentagon.

Suddenly.

Hawk’s gaze shifted downward, seeing a fire dragon that seemed to be under some unknown control, rising from various parts of the base, converging together, and then pouncing toward him.

“This is...”

“Boom!”

Hawk flew straight to meet it, forcefully shattering the formed fire dragon that was pouncing on him.

Just then, a roar came from the ground.

“Now.”

“Understood!”

“Solidify!”

“Crackle!”

Hawk lowered his gaze and saw several guys on the ground wearing Sentinel uniforms who had appeared from who knows where.

But just as his heart stirred, abruptly, a sound of freezing emanated from his body.

Hawk looked in the direction the sound came from.

Before his eyes.

Ice appeared on his feet, and then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, it instantly began to spread up his calves and thighs.

In the blink of an eye, the ice had already reached Hawk’s head, instantly freezing him into an ice statue.

“Did it work?”

“Nice job, Freeze.”

“You too, Blaze.”

Seeing Hawk frozen, the few of them let out joyful sounds.

The Sentinel called Freeze raised his wrist to check his watch.

The watch was exquisite, seemingly a custom product, displaying many mysterious icons and a countdown timer.

This was the dedicated watch for their Sentinel Strategic Force. Once they took the "No. 8 Agent," the watch would automatically sense and start a countdown to maintain the effect, serving as a reminder for them.

No. 8 Agent!

Another research success of the Sentinel Task Force.

Top secret.

The No. 8 Agent was called the No. 8 Agent because it was extracted from the body of Mutant No. 8.

Just like the X-Gene Inhibitor, the mutant who had the ability to suppress and erase mutant powers was codenamed X in the Sentinel Task Force; that was the origin of the X-Gene Inhibitor.

If the X-Gene Inhibitor could suppress all known mutant abilities.

Then the No. 8 Agent was the exact opposite.

It could grant anyone a mutant ability.

Note, anyone—even an ordinary person, once they took the No. 8 Agent, could possess a mutant ability.

Although it could only last for five minutes, a mutant for five minutes was still a mutant.

The most important point.

Although the ability had a time limit, it came with absolutely no side effects.

And the six Sentinels currently present—four men and two women, including Freeze and Blaze—were the Sentinel Strategic Force formed by the Pentagon through continuous selection.

Their codenames were the mutant abilities they gained after taking the No. 8 Agent.

Blaze, control of fire.

Freeze, freezing everything.

Stealth, not invisibility, but lowering one's presence; it could allow others to be hidden in plain sight without being discovered by anyone.

The reason Hawk didn't see them was because of Stealth, using the five-minute mutant ability to bring the others right in front of Hawk.

“Three minutes left.”

“And I thought he was so tough.”

Freeze looked smugly at the countdown on his watch and said this, then looked at the second female member of the team: “Alright, Controller, it’s your turn.”

Controller could control all dead matter, for example, making the dead temporarily revive, speak, and move.

But...

Controller closed her eyes, preparing to control Hawk, who was still in the sky, to land, when she suddenly opened her eyes.

Her gaze was filled with shock.

“He’s not dead.”

“What?”

Freeze’s expression froze, and he instinctively turned his head to look at Hawk, who was frozen into an ice block in the air.

Boom!

The ice shattered, and Hawk’s tiger-like eyes stared down at the people below.

And the moment the ice attached to Hawk’s body shattered, Freeze’s face instantly turned pale, his aura vanished from existence, and at the moment of death, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell backward.

Forgot to mention.

Although Quick-Freeze can freeze all things, the prerequisite is that there must be water on the body; if there is none, it does not matter, as one can use one's own life as water to freeze the opponent.

If the ice block does not break, Quick-Freeze will not die.

If the ice block shatters, likewise, Quick-Freeze will die.

"Pfft—"

"Quick-Freeze!"

The other few sentinels watched this scene and instinctively let out a cry of alarm.

Flame only felt a blur before his eyes, and then, seeing Hawk suddenly appear in front of him, he roared instantly, spreading his hands to summon the surrounding flames.

"Ah—"

"Gah!"

Hawk did not wait for Flame to finish his roar; he had already grabbed Flame by the neck, soared into the air, and arrived above the oil depot that was still burning fiercely, looking at Flame, whose neck was being gripped in his hand.

"Like playing with fire?"

"Fine."

"I'll let you play to your heart's content!"

Having said that.

Hawk released his right hand, letting Flame, who was in his grip, go into free fall, plummeting toward the burning oil depot below.

"No—!!!"

"Boom!!!"

"..."