The basement no longer resembled its original shape. Looking down from the thirty-second floor, one could see at most a gigantic crater dozens of meters deep, as though a small meteorite had fallen here. The immense force had punched through the entire building, tearing open a massive passage.
Unable to withstand the intense heat released, the dark brown scorched earth had melted into tiny crystals. The Sentry stood in the middle of the crater, with a white skeleton lying beneath his feet. The Hellfire coiling around it gradually died out, turning into a faint wisp of smoke that drifted overhead.
"Haah... haah..."
Daredevil, grievously wounded, let out ragged, hoarse sounds. He barely looked human anymore. Hellfire had burned away the flesh from his body, leaving behind only a white skeleton as tough as steel.
His immortal body, capable of withstanding missiles and laser cannons, had suffered nearly inch-by-inch fractures throughout its bones under three minutes of energy-beam bombardment. The Hellfire that could originally heal his wounds rapidly was now on the verge of going out. The Spirit of Vengeance inhabiting the human shell had become vague and faint, like drifting mist that could dissipate at any moment.
Sean looked down from above at Ghost Rider—Daredevil's body and the consciousness of the Spirit of Vengeance. Combined, the two formed Mephisto's proudest creation. According to intelligence provided by Skynet, the intense energy released by the Sentry had caused low-level tremors throughout Hell's Kitchen for three minutes. The entire Star Ring Building had nearly collapsed, while cars in the streets blared piercing alarms, as though jointly performing a clumsy, cacophonous rhapsody.
The tremendous energy released from the Sentry's body had not only torn apart the thick layers of earth above the basement; the powerful shockwaves spilling out had ground every bit of matter