Now, the cruel reality told the few Gold Saint that there was indeed a huge gap between humans and gods.
There was no need for the divine soul of Goddess Athena to act directly; the human vessel Saori Kido alone could beat all three of them into the ground!
Looking at it this way, wasn't their rebellion just as laughable as a clown's act?
Whether it was Athena who represented justice, or strength that represented justice, it seemed they were both talking about the other side!
Or rather, the powerful Athena was absolute justice! They were merely the clowns serving to highlight her justice...
Aphrodite thought a great deal, but Saori Kido did not have so many thoughts. She stroked Shiryu, who was closest to her and had already breathed his last, a look of sorrow appearing on her face.
"Shin..., they are now..."
"Rest assured, they aren't dead yet." Shin waved his hand dismissively. "The Cancer Saint's Praesepe Underworld Waves has the ability to send a human soul directly to the Underworld, but it can only barely bully Bronze Saints and Silver Saints who haven't awakened the Seventh Sense."
In reality, for the previous generation of Cancer, the Underworld Waves was merely an auxiliary skill used to change the battleground. Unfortunately, this generation's Pisces and Cancer duo was truly incompetent to an excessive degree, especially this Cancer; his strength was simply bottom-tier. Aside from this Underworld Waves move, he couldn't produce anything worth showing.
Going to fight the Holy War with this level of strength is simply a joke. What is the point of sending Specters to the Underworld?
The Cancer constellation, which should have been the most effective at countering Specters, became the one most countered by them in the hands of Deathmask. This guy's strength could certainly be considered pathetic to a certain degree.
Hearing this, Saori Kido finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Shin. "Then what should we do about Seiya and the others now?"
Shin directly extended his hand, and a black mist instantly engulfed Deathmask. He then stripped the gold cloth from his body. After fusing the Cancer gold cloth with himself, Shin narrowed his eyes slightly before opening them again. With a gentle wave of his arm, the souls of a group of Bronze Saints and Silver Saints were retrieved by him.
Lying all over the ground, the dazed Saint opened their eyes. Shin reached out and spat out Deathmask. This guy's strength was only at the quasi-Seventh Sense level, and after having his gold cloth stripped, he posed no threat whatsoever.
Deathmask rolled on the ground twice before opening his eyes. Originally, this guy only had his last breath left; if it weren't for Shin's Gulp-Gulp Fruit, he probably wouldn't have been saved even if he had been sent straight to the ICU.
Now, although he had been saved, the feeling of near-death terror had not yet dissipated. He gasped for air, stood up, and looked at Saori Kido with a hint of awe in his eyes.
Pisces and Cancer duo might not revere Goddess Athena, but they revered power! They revered the power of Saori Kido, which far exceeded their own.
"Are you still going to continue fighting?" Seeing that her subordinate Saint had all recovered, Saori Kido finally breathed a sigh of relief, her originally gentle personality returning. She looked at Deathmask, who no longer had his cloth, Shura, who had just stood up, and Aphrodite, who was still in a defensive stance. She spoke softly and gently: "You are not my opponents."
As she spoke, Saori Kido waved the staff of victory in her hand slightly. A golden light descended from the sky, landing in front of her; it was the Sagittarius Gold Cloth.
The eyes of the three Gold Saint narrowed slightly. Saori Kido hadn't even put on the cloth just now. Seeing the joyful Cosmo of the Sagittarius Gold Cloth now, they could conclude that the compatibility between this cloth and Saori Kido must be off the charts—or rather, the compatibility between all cloths and Goddess Athena was off the charts.
They could even feel that their own gold cloths were lifeless when facing Saori Kido. If it weren't for the fact that Saori Kido hadn't directly used the Cosmo of Athena, these gold cloths would likely have defected on the spot.
Deathmask gritted his teeth, and Aphrodite lowered his head in silence. Finally, it was Shura who took a step forward. "Do you want us to just admit defeat like this? Ten years of persistence, all our beliefs, our desire for strength! Are we to abandon it all completely?"
Saori Kido's face showed a hint of urgency and confusion. After all, her personality was innocent and kind; she couldn't empathize with these Gold Saint who crazily pursued power. Therefore, she was completely unable to understand the madness of the three Gold Saint.
At this moment, Shin stepped forward. "Enough nonsense. Even if you want to follow the strong, I don't think the Fake Pope in Sanctuary right now can compare to Saori!"
"Your so-called pursuit of strength is just seeing whose fist is bigger, right? Clearly, that Gemini is still far from it."
After Shin finished speaking, the three Gold Saint opposite him were speechless.
Although the three of them also felt that the reason Saori Kido exerted so much pressure on them was largely due to the Cosmo of Athena—even without using it, it would automatically suppress their combat power level and their compatibility with their cloths.
But at the same time, Saori Kido was also empty-handed and not wearing any cloth!
In this situation, fighting three against one, she had definitely already exceeded the combat power level of Saga!
Of course, the three of them—Shura and the others—still had other trump cards, such as ultimate moves like the Athena Exclamation. But even Pisces and Cancer duo had a shred of dignity, let alone Shura.
Using the Athena Exclamation against an incarnation of Athena who wasn't even wearing a cloth and hadn't even used the Cosmo of Athena? That would be shameless to the extreme. They truly couldn't bring themselves to do such a thing.
"How about this!" Shin glanced at the three Saint. "Don't you want to pursue ultimate strength? Then fight me."
As he spoke, Shin spat out black mist from his hand, and the Cancer gold cloth was thrown out by him.
While speaking, Shin's gaze shifted to Saori Kido. This incarnation of Athena nodded immediately—the arduous training during this period had already made Saori Kido fully aware of the terrifying power of her teacher.
Not to mention the Cosmo or anything else, Shin's physical body was truly strong to an incredible degree. Although it sounded unscientific, Shin's physical strength indeed far exceeded that of a gold cloth, and it was completely different from the average Saint who had strong offense but weak defense.
A body that even she, holding the staff of victory, couldn't injure would naturally not suffer the slightest damage when facing these three Gold Saint.
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