Chapter 115 - 58: The Tribulation of Yomotsu Hirasaka, The Lushan Dragon Flight! (Part 1)

Chapter 115: Chapter 58: The Tribulation of Yomotsu Hirasaka, The Lushan Dragon Flight! (Part 1)

By then, without having awakened the Eighth Sense, even Alex—the strongest Gold Saint of the current era—would have absolutely no chance of returning alive to the mortal realm.

Recalling the time from their youth when Alex had stepped on him, grinding his foot into his face while asking if he yielded!

Unable to suppress the malice in his heart any longer, Deathmask thrust out both hands, unleashing his full power as he roared in anger.

"Go to hell, Alex!"

Black and yellow rays of light shot from his fingertips like countless evil spirits, instantly entangling Alex’s body.

To Deathmask’s wild ecstasy, Alex didn’t dodge in the slightest, taking the Sekishiki Meikai Ha (Underworld Waves) head-on.

A massive amount of black and yellow gas surged before Alex’s eyes. The path ahead, along with Deathmask, vanished completely.

Alex could vaguely make out countless hunched silhouettes in the distance, shuffling slowly toward him like walking corpses.

’So, this is...’

Alex looked up. The sacred mountain had disappeared, replaced by a dreary, grayish expanse of sky.

Stretching as far as the eye could see was an endless wasteland. The ground was littered with shattered bones, some of which were still twitching faintly...

’You’ve got some nerve, Deathmask. You actually attack me?’

Alex sneered. Whether Shiryu killed him or not, in Alex’s eyes, Deathmask was already a dead man.

The place he currently stood was the border of reality: Yomotsu Hirasaka.

In the Saint Seiya universe, the transitional zone between the world of the living and the Underworld was known as Yomotsu Hirasaka—the relay point for souls journeying to the realm of the dead.

The corners of Alex’s mouth curled up slightly. In truth, he had intentionally let Deathmask send him to the Underworld.

Having visited the Bleach universe, Alex had mastered the method of purifying souls through his teachings with Ade.

He came to Yomotsu Hirasaka to bolster the strength of his own soul!

As his power had grown, Alex came to realize that a Saint’s Cosmo was a comprehensive attribute encompassing all of one’s personal power.

It wasn’t just the four basic physical attributes; soul strength and Divinity could also serve as fuel to burn his Cosmo.

Thus, Deathmask’s Cancer Temple was the absolute perfect farming spot for his attributes.

Before facing Ophiuchus, he could slaughter the lingering spirits here to enhance his soul power and drastically fortify himself.

Logically speaking, souls sent to Yomotsu Hirasaka would lose all their abilities upon entering the Underworld.

But Alex was different. He had acquired a massive amount of soul power in the Bleach universe, and he even possessed the divine power of Divinity.

His soul had long since transcended the realm of ordinary mortals.

Even here in Yomotsu Hirasaka, his ethereal body appeared completely corporeal, its edges radiating a faint golden light.

He suffered absolutely no weakening from stepping into the realm of the dead.

With a mere thought, Alex slowly pulled his hands apart. A long, ice-blue katana, wrapped in golden lightning, instantly formed between his palms.

Alex plunged the katana straight into the pitch-black earth of Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Rings of white halos rippled outward.

With the blade as the epicenter, every lingering spirit within a hundred-mile radius was frozen into a solid ice sculpture the instant the white halo swept past!

Alex nodded slightly. ’If this move were used in the Bleach universe, it would probably be on par with a Captain-Commander level Bankai!’

Within just a few breaths, the pitch-black landscape of Yomotsu Hirasaka was covered in pristine frost.

The massive horde of wandering souls, who lingered here refusing to move on to the Underworld proper, all widened their eyes in absolute terror. Rendered completely immobile, their ethereal forms were coated in a layer of solid ice crystals.

’That’s about enough. Eradicating too many souls at once might disrupt the normal cycle of reincarnation in the Saint Seiya universe!’

Alex gripped the hilt of the blade with one hand, golden lightning dancing across its edge. With a low shout, he activated the power of thunder!

Boom!

A bolt of golden lightning suddenly struck down in Yomotsu Hirasaka, hitting the katana before detonating outward like a massive shockwave!

The violent lightning arced across the ground like a giant dragon. Every frozen soul it pierced instantly exploded with a loud bang, transforming into a sky full of Reishi (spirit particles). It was as if a heavy snowstorm had suddenly blanketed Yomotsu Hirasaka!

Alex didn’t have time to properly admire the beautiful scenery. He spread his arms wide and took a deep breath.

The Reishi swarmed toward him like moths to a flame, causing Alex’s soul power to skyrocket!

1.1 million... 1.2 million... 1.5 million... 1.6 million...

It finally came to a halt at a staggering 1.8 million!

With just a single casual strike, Alex had harvested 800,000 points of soul power!

Alex realized something intriguing: it seemed the quality of souls in the Saint Seiya universe was actually higher than those in the Bleach universe.

Looking into the extreme distance, he could see even more wandering souls seemingly surging toward him.

Over the past thousands of years, the number of souls who had stubbornly refused to cross over into the Underworld had grown to a truly astronomical figure.

The corners of Alex’s mouth curled up slightly. ’Since you refuse to enter the cycle of reincarnation anyway, you might as well become my nourishment.’

There were still more than twenty hours before Saori Kido succumbed to her wounds. He had plenty of time.

’Let’s harvest another million... No, make that three million soul power. Then, I’ll head back and teach Deathmask a lesson!’

Gripping his ice-soul katana tightly, Alex’s figure flashed into action!

The lingering spirits of Yomotsu Hirasaka were thoroughly obliterated, their souls scattering to the winds...

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