Chapter 332 - 167: The Greatest Eclipse Initiated, Former Gold Saints vs. Current Gold Saints! (Part 2)

Chapter 332: Chapter 167: The Greatest Eclipse Initiated, Former Gold Saints vs. Current Gold Saints! (Part 2)

After stepping down from his position as Pope, he had returned to the Jamir Plateau and quietly passed away one night while sitting silently by a window.

But at this moment, he was clad in the Aries Surplice, the sharp horns on its pauldrons gleaming with a cold light.

His face was solemn and stern. His eyes were hollow yet burning with a freezing will to fight, having long lost the warmth and radiance of the living.

In the ranks behind him stood the other former-generation Gold Saints in order.

Taurus Hasgard, his stature as burly as ever, with bulging muscles on the arms not covered by the Surplice.

Gemini Aspros and Defteros, standing side by side, their eyes carrying the exact same indifference.

Cancer Manigoldo, his fingers stroking the skull decorations on his Surplice, his eyes full of a sighing melancholy.

Leo Regulus, Virgo Asmita, Scorpio Kardia, Sagittarius Sisyphus, Capricorn El Cid, Aquarius Dégel, and Pisces Albafica.

Aside from Dohko, who had received the Goddess’s blood and entered a state of suspended animation, a full twelve former-generation Gold Saints had all returned!

These former Gold Saints, who had once bled their very last drop of blood for the Goddess and stood as the symbols of the Sanctuary’s most glorious era...

...were now resurrected by Hades’ power. Clad in Surplices symbolizing death, they had become sharp blades pointed directly at the Goddess’s heart.

Shion’s emotionless voice echoed before the dead silent plaza of the sacred mountain. Carrying the unique reverberation of the Underworld, it pierced coldly through the darkness like the tolling of a death knell.

"We have come on the orders of Lord Hades to take Athena’s head!"

Before his words finished, he raised his arm. The Cosmo of the Aries Gold Saint, corrupted by the power of the Underworld, transformed into a destructive scarlet light that gathered madly in his palm, distorting the very air with its power.

The other resurrected Gold Saints simultaneously erupted with their own Cosmos—tainted by the aura of death, yet even more violent.

Taurus’s Great Horn began to charge; Cancer’s Sekishiki Meikai Ha lingered around his body; Gemini’s Galaxian Explosion flickered at his fingertips... Their targets were pointed straight at the depths of the Temple of Athena, at the Goddess they had defended with their lives when alive, whom they were now ordered to execute!

"Athena!"

The resurrected Gold Saints let out an inhuman roar in unison. Their voices sounded like the horns of hell, declaring the cruelty and betrayal of the Holy War.

Twelve ultimate techniques, which had once represented the supreme radiance and glory of the Sanctuary, were now enveloped by the power of death. They blasted into the sky with a resounding boom, tearing through the absolute darkness shrouding the Sanctuary as they crashed toward the Temple of Athena!

At this critical moment, within the Twelve Temples of the Sanctuary, the Cosmos of the current generation of Gold Saints flared to life!

Mu’s Aries Cosmo, Aldebaran’s Taurus Cosmo, Saga’s Gemini Cosmo, Camus’s Aquarius Cosmo, Shura’s Capricorn Cosmo, as well as the Seventh Sense Cosmos of the five Bronze Saints... Fifteen streams of golden light merged together like an impregnable shield, meeting the attacks of the former Saints head-on!

Boom!

The two forces collided violently in mid-air. Golden and scarlet lights intertwined and canceled each other out, ultimately dissipating into nothingness following a massive explosion.

Dohko’s voice echoed from the direction of the Libra Temple, carrying deep sorrow and anger.

"Shion! I never thought that even you would betray Athena! If you want to take the Goddess’s life, then you will have to fight your way through the Twelve Temples. I will be waiting for you in the Temple of Libra!"

The corners of Shion’s mouth twitched upward, revealing a cold smile.

He waved his hand.

"She is your Goddess, not ours. It’s time to let these immatures witness the true power of the Gold Saints!"

Behind him, the other eleven Gold Saints remained silent. Marching in a unified rhythm, they advanced together toward the Twelve Temples of the Sanctuary.

Twelve former Gold Saints battling against ten current Gold Saints plus the five core Bronze Saints!

In the Temple of Athena, Saori Kido kept her eyes tightly shut. Her beautiful face was filled with anxiety and pain, her brows furrowed tightly as fine beads of sweat seeped from her forehead.

The crushing weight of the darkness brought by the Greatest Eclipse, combined with the hostile, bone-chilling Cosmo impacts from her former comrades-in-arms, acted like countless sharp blades slicing at her soul.

Clasping her hands together in front of her chest, she prayed with all the divine power in her body, her voice trembling.

"Return to the Sanctuary! Alex! My Saint... return!"

The power of this prayer was so fierce that even Alex, far away in the Marvel Universe, felt a violent tremor in his very soul...

’Has the Holy War finally begun? In the end, there just wasn’t enough time!’

Alex sighed slowly and opened his eyes, which were now completely filled with crackling lightning!

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