Chapter 144 - 72: History Repeating Itself? An Unexpected Prayer! (Part 2)

Chapter 144: Chapter 72: History Repeating Itself? An Unexpected Prayer! (Part 2)

"Aurora Execution!"

Boom!

Two powerful blasts of freezing air, both having reached Absolute Zero, collided violently, locking into a fierce stalemate!

Everything inside the Aquarius Temple rapidly froze solid. Countless tiny ice spikes materialized out of thin air on the ground, and the sky over the Sanctuary turned grim and overcast!

The fierce clash of Cosmos compelled everyone in the Sanctuary to look toward the Aquarius Temple.

A flash of astonishment crossed the eyes of Seiya and the other two. A Cosmo eruption of this magnitude clearly exceeded the scope of mere teaching; it had reached the level of a deathly struggle.

Alex’s Cosmo was far weaker than when he had fought the Ophiuchus Saint earlier. Could it be that he had been severely injured in that battle and his life was now burning out?

Just what exactly had happened between Hyoga and his teacher? Why were they fighting to such an extreme?

At the foot of the sacred mountain, Saori Kido’s long eyelashes trembled in her slumber, and her body began to radiate faint golden ripples.

In the very next second, Hyoga’s Cosmo inexplicably multiplied in strength several times over!

His Aurora Execution, as if aided by the divine, completely forced Alex’s ultimate technique back!

Hyoga’s eyes were already bloodshot. In his mind, a voice began to whisper and murmur.

"Kill him. He is the one who has constantly tormented you. Now, he has even cast your mother down into the ocean trench, making it impossible for you to ever see her again!"

"Kill him! Kill him while he’s weak! The shadow cast over you by the strongest Saint of the current era will vanish like smoke!"

"It’s his fault that you are treated with hostility by all the Gold Saints. Over the years, how much have you suffered at his hands?"

"Kill him, and the Aquarius Gold Cloth will be yours!"

"Ahhh!"

Hyoga roared furiously, pushing his Cosmo to its absolute limit!

Seeing that his Aurora Execution was about to strike the man wearing the Gold Cloth...

...but right at this moment, countless scenes suddenly flashed through his mind.

The time he was frozen in the ice coffin; just when he thought he was going to die in the freezing snow, the coffin had suddenly disintegrated on its own...

The time he trained until he fell unconscious, only to be picked up by large, warm hands. When he woke up, he was lying on a bed of ice, covered by a white cape...

Every time his teacher walked away, he always felt that his teacher’s back was so incredibly reassuring.

Whenever he felt exhausted and wanted to give up, that man’s firm voice would echo in his mind:

"Stand up, Hyoga! As a Saint of the ice, your will must be as solid as ice. Stand up and continue training!"

"You are still so weak! If you cannot comprehend Absolute Zero, I will completely destroy your mother’s sunken ship!"

Yet, just a moment ago, Hyoga had seen it clearly. Although the sunken ship was damaged, his mother’s remains were completely unharmed!

Complex emotions intertwined in Hyoga’s heart as angels and demons whispered in his ears simultaneously.

On one side was Alex, who had taught him day in and day out for years, acting as both a teacher and a father figure.

On the other side was the temptation to defeat the strongest Saint of the era and obtain the Gold Cloth.

Countless chaotic thoughts tangled and repeated in Hyoga’s mind.

Ultimately, Hyoga violently closed his eyes and, with a furious roar, diverted all of the freezing air toward an empty space.

A massive pillar of ice-blue freezing air shot straight up into the sky, piercing through the heavy, dark clouds!

Boom!

Heavy snow, like goose feathers, began to fall from the sky!

Inside the Aquarius Temple, the two of them, having exhausted all their physical strength, collapsed to the ground simultaneously. Right before Hyoga completely blacked out, he murmured to himself:

"T...Teacher..."

Standing outside the Aquarius Temple, Alex watched all of this unfold and gave a cold snort.

’As expected, there was something fishy about Camus’ death back then.’

Even if a teacher wanted to teach his student to comprehend Absolute Zero, there was no need to throw his own life away!

So it was the Goddess who had personally intervened at the critical moment.

However, Hyoga’s final choice brought him a profound sense of relief and gratification.

’This kid, at least, hasn’t become a master-killing maniac.’

This also indirectly verified that Athena’s layout was not completely flawless; at the very least, Camus hadn’t died this time.

Moving forward, whether the five indomitable Bronze Saints could successfully break through the temples or not, Alex would absolutely no longer interfere. He only needed to observe quietly as things developed.

Alex walked into the Aquarius Temple, dispelled the barrier formed by the Underworld Ring, and properly settled Camus and Hyoga.

Suddenly, a faint voice rang out in his mind.

"Teacher Alex, please tell me... what is the right thing for me to do?"

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