Marvel: The Enlightened One-Chapter 100: [] - A Saint Who Can’t Fly is No Saint (Bonus)

Chapter 100: [100] - A Saint Who Can’t Fly is No Saint (Bonus)

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A Saint does not retreat.

Neither does Hawk.

As the Demon Hulk charged, the air itself seemed to part before its brutish force, letting out a deafening roar.

One hundred meters. Closed in an instant.

"HUUUULK!!!"

The Demon Hulk roared, swinging a fist the size of a small car, not at Hawk—but at the very ground he stood on.

In that last second, Hawk’s form blurred and vanished.

The Hulk’s fist came down.

BOOOOOOM—

It was as if a bomb had detonated. A ring of pure destruction erupted from the point of impact, a tidal wave of earth, shattered rock, and uprooted grass that tore across the battlefield.

The shockwave ripped every tree and plant within a hundred-meter radius out by the roots, tossing them into the air.

The Vibranium energy shield rippled, one wave after another.

And in that same instant, Hawk reappeared at the side of the Hulk’s massive head.

Lightning Sonic Fist!

The muscles in Hawk’s right arm tensed, his body coiling like a drawn bow. Without warning, his arm became a blur of pure light, moving beyond the limits of visual capture as a hailstorm of punches rained down on the Hulk’s enormous body.

BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM!

The storm of fists slammed into the Hulk’s mountainous black form, erupting in a shower of dazzling energy.

"HULK!"

"MAD!"

The Hulk roared in agony, its eyes turning crimson. It braced against the overwhelming barrage of the Lightning Sonic Fist and swung its house-sized fist again, a blow fueled by pure, landscape-shattering rage.

Hawk met the attack with his own right fist.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The moment their fists met, a single, deafening explosion was born.

Immediately, Hawk was sent flying backward. The shirt on his upper body disintegrated, revealing his powerful physique as he slammed into the Vibranium energy shield.

The shield absorbed the kinetic energy from his body, the force dissipating in a series of rapid ripples that spread out in all directions.

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"Warning! Warning!"

"Energy level at eighty percent."

"Energy level at seventy percent."

"Sixty-fi—"

"Divert auxiliary power! Now!"

In the Wakandan royal command center, Princess Shuri watched the shield’s power plummeting and began snapping out orders.

King T’Chaka stared at the holographic display, his voice filled with shock. "What the hell is that monster?"

"The Hulk, but not the Hulk. Its energy signature has traces of the Hulk’s, but it’s also mixed with something else—something demonic."

Shuri thought her father was asking about the Hulk.

"..." But T’Chaka’s gaze was fixed on the other figure, on the man who had just taken a direct hit from that creature and was still alive.

He couldn’t believe it.

Based on the power drain on the shield, he knew exactly how strong that last punch had been.

T’Chaka knew, with absolute certainty, that he would not have survived it.

But Hawk?

He was fine.

Not only was he fine, but the moment he’d hit the shield, he had pushed off, instantly reappearing beneath the Hulk’s massive head.

A storm of fists slammed into the Demon Hulk’s jaw.

In that instant, the Demon Hulk’s head snapped back, and its colossal feet were lifted from the ground, its entire mountain-like frame launched into the air.

CRASH!

The Demon Hulk’s back slammed into the earth, and the ground itself seemed to scream, a massive crater forming in a vortex of shattered rock and dust.

The next second, two hellish flames ignited within the dust cloud. The Demon Hulk, now radiating an even more savage and brutish aura, smashed the ground of the crater and launched itself at Hawk once more.

Hawk looked up, his eyes narrowing.

CRACK!!!

"HULK!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The angrier the Demon Hulk got, the more ferocious it became.

And the more ferocious it became, the harder Hawk fought.

His Cosmo burned with a furious intensity.

WHOOSH! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Hawk appeared at the Demon Hulk’s right side. As he drew back his fist, the universe within him exploded.

Lightning Sonic Fist—

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

The barrage of fists hammered into the Demon Hulk’s massive frame once again. Golden lightning ripped through its dark hide, carving deep, bloody gashes as it was launched backward through the air.

Hawk got a brief respite. He hovered five meters above the ground, his breathing slightly heavy.

Yes.

Hovering.

The path of the Saint was the path of battle. A Saint grows in battle, learns in battle, and ascends in battle.

And in this battle, Hawk had learned.

He had touched the threshold of the Sixth Sense... and in doing so, he had unlocked the art of flight.

But there was one problem.

He was growing stronger in this fight, but so was the Demon Hulk.

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As the dust settled, Hawk saw it.

The Demon Hulk knelt in a crater that looked like a meteor impact site. Its massive arms were planted against the ground for support, black skin covered in countless fist-sized golden burns, many of which had torn open into bleeding gashes.

But a new, more powerful, more primal and destructive energy was gathering within it.

The next second, the Demon Hulk’s body began to expand. Not only were its wounds healing at a visible rate, but its massive frame grew even larger.

"Again??"

"Is this ever going to end?"

Hawk watched as the Demon Hulk healed and powered up in the span of a single breath, and he was completely speechless.

He was done playing this game.

If the Demon Hulk could just keep getting stronger every time it got angry, there was no way he could win.

And more importantly, he wasn’t here to fight the Demon Hulk. He was here on business.

Wait a minute.

The Vibranium energy shield.

Hawk’s mind raced. An idea struck him, and he glanced at the golden dome protecting the true Wakanda.

At the same time, the newly empowered Demon Hulk let out a roar and charged, each footstep a miniature earthquake.

Hawk snapped back to reality. He saw the mountain of black flesh charging toward him, and his eyes lit up with interest. He rocketed backward, a sonic boom exploding in his wake, and materialized directly in front of the golden energy barrier.

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In the Wakandan command center, King T’Chaka saw this and his heart skipped a beat. He had a very bad feeling.

The next second, his feeling became a reality.

Hawk didn’t meet the Hulk’s charge head-on. At the last possible moment, he vanished.

The Demon Hulk’s fist, carrying an unimaginable, furious power, slammed into the Wakandan energy shield.

In that moment, the entire shield seemed to come alive.

The alarms in the command center shrieked.

"Energy level at sixty percent!"

"SHIT!"

"He’s trying to use the Hulk to break our shield!" Shuri was stunned for a second, then she understood.

Just then, King T’Chaka spoke. "Open a breach. Let them in."

"Yes, sir... what?"

Shuri was about to comply, then she processed the order. She turned and stared at her father in disbelief.

King T’Chaka said, "Wakanda cannot be exposed. If the energy shield is broken, we will be revealed to the world. Let them in."

Shuri’s mind raced. She turned back to her console and, as her hands flew across the holographic interface, she snapped out an order.

"Prepare to divert energy. Open sector C8-C1."

"Energy diverted."

"Open!"

"VMMMM!"

With the input of the command, a massive hole opened in the golden energy shield.

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Hawk, who had just tricked the Demon Hulk into hitting the shield again, spotted the opening. He was surprised for a split second, then realized this was Wakanda’s only option. Without hesitation, he shot toward the gap.

The Demon Hulk followed close behind.

The moment they were both inside, the breach in the shield snapped shut.

In that instant, their energy signatures vanished from every satellite in orbit.

"Wow."

As he passed through the breach, Hawk looked at the scene before him—the cliffs, the waterfalls, and the futuristic city in the distance—and let out a gasp of genuine wonder.

But he had no time to admire the view. The Demon Hulk was already on him.

Hawk looked at the thousand-foot drop before him, then at the waterfall crashing into the river below. His figure blurred, and he reappeared behind the Demon Hulk.

The Demon Hulk skidded to a halt at the very edge of the cliff.

"Hey."

"ROAR??"

The Demon Hulk instinctively turned.

He saw Hawk pull back his fist with a small smile, then drive it not toward him, but into the ground beneath their feet.

With a loud crack, the cliff edge began to fracture, the cracks spreading out in all directions.

The Demon Hulk, still standing at the edge of the abyss, froze as understanding dawned. But it was already too late.

CRACK!

The cliff edge crumbled. A massive slab of rock broke away from the cliff face, and the Hulk, its enormous frame thrown off balance, tumbled over the edge and plummeted toward the river thousands of feet below.

"ROOOOAR!"

"HUUUUUUUUULK!!!"

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