Chapter 179 : The troops are divided into three groups, and the battle in the underworld begins!
Inside the Goddess's Temple, the Gold Saints, resurrected from Death, ignited their Eighth Sense Cosmos.
The shock and confusion in their eyes had not completely faded.
Li Yu stood with his back to them, gazing at Human Realm below the holy mountain, swallowed by darkness.
He waved his hand to cast a barrier and slowly revealed the origin of this battle between the old and new Gold Saints.
"Gentlemen, Death is not the end, but the necessary path to the Underworld."
"The fact that you can stand here now, sensing the Eighth Sense, proves that the first step of my plan has succeeded!"
Li Yu slowly turned around, his gaze sweeping over each familiar face.
From Dohko, whose face was filled with shock, to Saga, with his complex expression, and from Hyoga, with his red eyes, to Camus, whose face showed disbelief.
"Since Master Shion stepped down as Pope, this war to expel the gods from Human Realm has begun!"
Li Yu's lips curled slightly.
"We... or rather, humanity, have experienced too many meaningless cycles. In every Holy War, the Saints fought valiantly, sacrificing countless lives, only to temporarily repel Hades."
"Hades rests easy in Elysium, while Human Realm remains a chessboard for the gods to play their games, a battlefield where lives are devastated. We, the Saints, are merely pawns to be discarded by the gods once used!"
Li Yu's voice carried a power that pierced through everyone's souls, and he clenched his fists.
"What I want is not just another repulsion of Hades!"
"What I want is to end this Eternity of cycles! To completely flatten the Underworld, to pull Hades from his divine throne! And to make those lofty gods on Mount Olympus understand that Human Realm is no longer a hunting ground where they can toy with fate at will!"
Li Yu looked at the frozen, headless divine body beside them, which emanated a sacred golden light.
"Athena's demise is a core part of the plan. Master Shion's return with the spirits of the previous generation of Gold Saints has two purposes: first, to push you to your limits in battle, guiding and forcing you to break through, for only by mastering the Eighth Sense can you gain the qualification to enter the Underworld and not be bound by the laws of life and Death!"
Li Yu paused, his tone becoming exceptionally cold.
"Second, it was for the Goddess's head. This is his pledge of allegiance to Hades. By now, Master Shion should already be holding Athena's head and have entered Elysium, a realm unreachable by mortals or even ordinary Specters!"
"But you needn't worry."
He changed the subject.
"The Goddess's soul was already guided by Shaka and Asmita's Buddha power at the moment of her demise. I believe you felt her Cosmo in the Underworld earlier; she is calling to us from deep within the Underworld!"
The Saints present all clenched their fists, a flicker of understanding in their eyes.
The warm, sacred Cosmo they felt earlier in Yomotsu Hirasaka was indeed Athena's!
"Hades witnessed Athena's demise, and his vigilance has dropped to its lowest point. This is the moment for us to counterattack the Underworld!"
Li Yu looked at everyone, his eyes gleaming.
"Dohko, Saga, Kanon, Aiolia, Shura, Camus, Milo, Aphrodite!"
Li Yu called out the names of eight Gold Saints. "The eight of you, depart immediately! Your target: the Eight Prisons of the Underworld! Your mission is to clear out all Specters outside of Elysium as quickly as possible!"
"Without the Specters' obstruction, we can concentrate all our power and strike directly at Elysium!"
"Remember, speed is life! We must completely tear apart the Underworld's defense system before Hades can react!"
Li Yu's gaze shifted to the frozen puddle of golden divine blood on the ground, radiating sacred light.
"Mu, Aldebaran, and you, the Five Bronze Saints!"
He looked at Hyoga and the others.
"Athena's divine blood contains the purest essence of life and divinity. It can not only repair Cloths but is also the key to breaking the seal of Cocytus and awakening the slumbering heroic spirits!"
"I had already visited Cocytus and laid down preparations during the last Ophiuchus appearance!"
The last Ophiuchus rebellion?
The five Bronze Saints immediately recalled the scene in their minds.
At that time, the five of them had just finished the Galaxian Wars, and Saori Kido was struck by a mysterious golden arrow, her life hanging by a thread.
To save Saori, the five of them escorted her to the Sanctuary and forced their way through the Twelve Gold Palaces.
Between the Sagittarius Palace and the Scorpio Palace, the Ophiuchus Palace suddenly appeared mysteriously, and Li Yu completely suppressed it.
Compared to their current understanding of the Gold Saints' strength, the Bronze Five couldn't help but feel a little ashamed; they were indeed a bit overconfident back then.
"So, Master, were you already planning for today back then?"
Hyoga's blue eyes brightened, and he clenched his fists, his face filled with longing.
His Master not only had strength that dominated an era but also possessed such profound strategy.
As early as their first arrival at the Sanctuary, he had set up a shocking chess game for the final Holy War!
When will I ever learn even a tenth, no, a hundredth of Master's strength!
Li Yu calmly met Hyoga's adoring gaze and nodded.
"The preparations I laid down require the Goddess's divine blood as a catalyst to activate. Once successful, it will save the heroic Gold Saints from all generations who were suppressed in the Underworld's Cocytus!"
Li Yu looked at Mu and Aldebaran.
"Mu, you will use your psychokinesis to build their defenses. Aldebaran, your strength is formidable, and you will need to withstand interference from the Titan giants."
Mu and Aldebaran nodded.
"The five of you must guard the Goddess's blood and stop the endless attacks from the Specters!"
"My preparations will take time to activate. Once you successfully revive the sealed Saint spirits from past eras, we will gain an army of undead powerful enough to shake the gods!"
All the Saints were speechless, utterly shocked by the preparations Li Yu had laid down across time.
At this moment, all doubts about him vanished from their hearts.
Even Dohko chuckled and shook his head.
"You brat... you even accounted for Shion's affairs after his Death!"
"By the way, you've arranged everything for us so perfectly, what are you going to do?"
"I..."
Li Yu stood with his back to the others, a slight smirk playing on his lips.
"I will go to intercept the gods... Hypnos, and God of Death will be my targets!"
He turned around, his gaze as sharp as a sword, seemingly piercing through layers of the Underworld, directly to that eternal dark royal court, Elysium!
"The battle of the Underworld is about to officially begin at this moment! It is both to rescue Athena and to eliminate future troubles once and for all! And more importantly, to allow this land to regain the true freedom and peace that belongs to humanity!"
"The mission of the Saints will be completely rewritten in our hands!"
Inside the Pope's Chamber, the air seemed to solidify, then was completely ignited by the intensely burning fighting spirit.
All the Saints present lost their confusion and sorrow.
In their place was a desperate determination and an unprecedentedly high morale!
Golden, blue, and crimson Cosmos erupted violently, responding to Li Yu's declaration in their own ways.
Dohko, Saga, and the other eight Gold Saints did not hesitate for a moment, transforming into eight golden meteors that tore through the darkness, entering Yomotsu Hirasaka directly by virtue of their Eighth Sense Cosmos!
Li Yu's divine blood solidified into a small cube, which he handed to Seiya.
"Seiya, Pegasus is the only Saint who can wound Hades's true body. The Goddess's blood is entrusted to you. After releasing the heroic spirits of past generations, you must quickly advance to the deepest part of the Underworld! Saori Kido is waiting for you there!"
Seiya nodded. Mu, Aldebaran, and the other four Bronze Saints surrounded him.
With their Cosmo powers fully unleashed, everyone transformed into streaks of light and entered the Underworld!
After comprehending the Eighth Sense, Saints could now break through the barrier of life and Death and enter the Underworld in their physical bodies!
Li Yu stored Athena's headless divine body in his item space, and his figure vanished from the summit of the Sanctuary... The hunt had begun!
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