That was precisely why Lake was not afraid of Mephisto turning around and killing him after obtaining part of the World Tree's origin in Helheim and even swallowing Hell after devouring the Chitauri.
Mephisto had grown stronger.
But unfortunately for him, Lake had grown stronger too. Moreover, unlike Mephisto's toothpaste-squeezing method of gradual improvement, Lake's strength had increased by direct multiples.
When Lake's Chaos Universe had once been illusory, he had already been able to crush Mephisto.
And now?
The same thing still applied.
Lake kept Mephisto alive solely because Mephisto was a highly qualified Hell Monarch. He had ability, and Lake still held on to a tiny bit of hope for him.
"Whew!"
On the large screen, Natasha, who sensed that something was strange, did not let it delay her actions. She directly relied on the instinct of the Phoenix Constellation to leave the Kwon Fighter Jet, then hovered in midair like Superwoman and stared at the sky before her, which was still rippling and trembling.
The next second.
Phoenix Wings Soaring!
Natasha opened with her strongest killing move. As the power of her Cosmo surged, a fiery-red phoenix appeared in an instant beneath a crisp, blazing cry. The phoenix looked almost corporeal as it shot straight toward the distant point where the ripples still shook, forming a section of sky.
In that instant.
A sound rang out—crisp beyond compare and somewhat like breaking glass.
Crack!
Under the blazing heat that surged into the sky, the transparent sky seemed to suffer a burden its existence could not bear. After that sharp shattering sound suddenly rang out, countless cracks spread across the entire sky.
At a glance.
The sky that had suddenly manifested was covered in dense, spiderweb-like cracks, just like bulletproof glass after being struck.
The next second.
Boom!