At the cliff edge outside the Forest of Death, a Saint, standing in an unrestrained pose with hands in his pockets, looked down at the battle completely covering half of Hell.
"So this is the Pegasus Saint who once wounded the true body of Hades in the mythological era. Purely from his aura, he's quite impressive."
— Manigold, the Cancer Gold Saint.
The Cancer Saints have historically inherited extremely unique combat techniques. Every successor possesses high-intensity mental attacks and the ability to freely travel back and forth between the mortal realm and the Underworld. Although Manigold appears rough, his mind is incredibly cautious, perceiving everything around him. After all, they were in Hades' main base; no amount of caution was too much.
"Shouldn't we intervene? Pegasus is single-handedly confronting Hades and Pandora." Manigold was itching for a fight.
Although Manigold considered himself arrogant enough, he didn't expect this Pegasus to surpass him in that regard. He was now single-handedly fighting against the final BOSS, who originally required the Goddess and Saints to unite to defeat.
While watching made him incredibly excited, he couldn't allow Pegasus to face such a predicament alone.
At least if Pegasus died, Sasha would be sad.
"No rush. This child's power far exceeds what we can estimate from his appearance." An aged voice sounded behind Manigold. "Let these former friends tear each other apart in this cursed conflict. And what we need to face is also..."
Listening to his Master's words, Manigold, the Cancer Gold Saint, seemed to realize something, revealing pure, heartfelt killing intent. At the same time, this Underworld realm, from this very instant, transformed into an alien domain.
It could not be exited, yet welcomed all who came.
Its appearance was as if the forest itself possessed will and devoured gods.
Within the battlefield, Pandora once again summoned her chariot capable of traversing the void, the scene imprinting itself on her eyes.
"What is this?"
"What exactly is going on with this Pegasus?!"
She herself was clearly a deity, and clearly, on the level of Cosmo, she should be far stronger than Pegasus, but her purple lightning attacks couldn't reach Pegasus's true form. After that platinum-gold lightning clashed with hers and vanished, this area, swaying, transformed into a Hell that devoured deities.
The Authority of the Nichou Daigongen over earth veins and lands symbolizing the Yin Dragon. But even so, it should have been impossible for Seiya to manipulate regions of the Underworld. However, the Praises of the Human Flower made this impossibility possible; Veronica of the Heavenly Beast Star's Cosmo completely altered the nature of this region.
"Untouchable Realm." A message like an electric current flowed through Alone, and he softly uttered the term.
The power belonging to Hades, the Underworld King, and the Authority from Amaterasu Omikami of the Far East, told him the answer, even allowing him to glimpse fragments of events occurring in a parallel universe of another Saint.
Although the process was completely disjointed, it unexpectedly allowed Alone to guess part of the truth.
Pandora stopped speaking; all words were unnecessary at this moment. Her defensive purple lightning barrier began to vibrate and crack, and even the Trident in her hand trembled as it unleashed even more violent lightning.
Pandora's fighting style was completely without any method, purely relying on her powerful deity-level Cosmo to launch attacks towards Pegasus. But these attacks rebounded off Seiya's surface, splashing golden light points. Seiya's smile, overflowing with malice, then appeared before Pandora's eyes, and in the next second, the Fist of Light that was almost about to pierce Pandora froze in mid-air.
A hand extended from behind blocked in front of Pandora.
It was Alone, but not entirely Alone.
A technique utterly beyond description; that attack, which was about to severely wound Pandora, halted in mid-air. Time, at this moment, seemed to stand still. Subsequently, the forest before them, the space before them, the light before them, all dissipated into pure death before the black tide.
— God's Destruction!
"It really shouldn't be called the 'Undying Sanctuary.' If it's called 'undying,' it's immediately destroyed. If it's called 'immortal,' it immediately dies. If it's said to 'not sink,' it immediately sinks. If it's boasted to 'win,' it certainly won't win." Just as Seiya was idly pondering, Pandora, however, was weeping with joy.
"Hades!" Pandora felt the Cosmo before her, unmixed with any other color, her eyes swirling with dreamlike colors.
If it weren't for Pegasus, this formidable foe, she would have even knelt on the ground, weeping tears of gratitude. She had almost forgotten how long it had been since she felt this pure power of Hades.
"Is it already the third phase?" Seiya bit his lip. He could also feel his body, under Hades' pressure, was violently increasing in power in an unprecedented state.
Each phase of Hades' power offered several, even dozens of times the increase compared to the previous phase.
The first phase was the newly awakened human vessel, with no change in external appearance. Only the aura belonging to Hades permeated the entire universe, announcing the arrival of the ruler of the Underworld. It was precisely because of this that Sasha confirmed Hades' resurrection and dispatched Dohko, Shion, and a squad of Silver Saints to investigate Hades' whereabouts.
And the second phase was the painter Seiya encountered in the forest and the phase that was easily subdued until recently. Hades' soul began to influence the body; the external manifestation was Alone's hair turning from gold to pitch black, able to initially use Hades' power. At this time, his power could destroy heaven and earth; a casual strike would cause massive destruction.
At this moment, Alone, with his long hair swaying, had initially entered the third phase, making one feel an incredibly pure dark Cosmo enveloping the entire Underworld, and a power vastly different from before poured down upon Seiya in the form of immense pressure. This profound power was the Oppression of the Gods. If it were just an ordinary Gold Saint, they wouldn't even be able to endure or stand up.
But facing Alone before him, Seiya merely continued to smile.
"If that's the case, Alone, then I'll go all out too."
Pandora still wanted to say something, but she saw an unprecedented seriousness on Alone's face. He waved his hand, and the Space of Death appeared once more. The purple domain was expanding without limit; all life in its path was killed. The terrifying power belonging to Hades, his absolute majesty, was just like the Undying Domain that was just destroyed.
But this Space of Death, upon expanding to Seiya's front, could not spread further. Golden arcs of light bounced between the two, Burning Yang Flame incinerated this concept of death from within.
"Sun Scorpion Cloth? They all have second phases now? These youngsters nowadays are truly escalating things." In the darkness, someone sighed softly.
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