Chapter 355 - 179: Dividing into Three Forces, The Battle of the Underworld! (Part 1)

Chapter 355: Chapter 179: Dividing into Three Forces, The Battle of the Underworld! (Part 1)

Within the Goddess’s Temple, the resurrected Gold Saints’ Eighth Sense Cosmos burned fiercely.

The shock and confusion in their eyes had not yet completely dissipated.

Alex stood with his back to them, gazing down from the sacred mountain at the human realm swallowed by darkness.

He waved his hand to set up a barrier, slowly revealing the origin of this battle between the new and old Gold Saints.

"Everyone, death is not the end, but a necessary path leading to the Underworld."

"The fact that you can stand here right now, having comprehended the Eighth Sense, proves that the first step of my plan has succeeded!"

Alex slowly turned around, his gaze sweeping over every familiar face.

From the shocked Dohko to the conflicted Saga, and from the red-eyed Hyoga to the utterly disbelieving Camus.

"Ever since teacher Shion stepped down as Pope, this war to expel the gods from the human realm had already begun!"

The corners of Alex’s mouth curled up slightly.

"We... or rather, humanity, has experienced far too many meaningless cycles. In every Holy War, the Saints fight bloody battles and make countless sacrifices, only to temporarily repel the King of the Underworld."

"Hades rests easy in Elysium, while the human realm remains forever a chessboard for the gods’ gambits—a battlefield of utter devastation. We Saints are nothing but disposable pawns in the hands of the gods!"

Alex’s voice carried a power that pierced everyone’s souls as he clenched his fists tightly.

"What I want is absolutely not to just repel Hades once more!"

"What I want is to end this eternal cycle! To thoroughly trample the Underworld flat, to drag Hades down from his divine throne! Furthermore, I want to make those lofty gods on Mount Olympus understand that the human realm is no longer a hunting ground where they can casually toy with destinies!"

Alex looked at the frozen, headless divine body beside them.

"The fall of Athena is the core link of this plan. Teacher Shion leading the heroic spirits of the former Gold Saints back served two purposes. First, it was to go all out to guide and force you to break through your limits in battle. Only by mastering the Eighth Sense can one possess the qualifications to step into the Underworld without being bound by the laws of death and life!"

Alex paused, his tone becoming exceptionally cold.

"Second, it was for the Goddess’s head. This is his pledge of allegiance to gain the trust of Hades, the King of the Underworld. At this very moment, Master Shion should already be holding Athena’s head, stepping into Elysium—a domain that mortals and even ordinary Specters can never reach!"

"But you do not need to worry."

He abruptly shifted the conversation.

"The Goddess’s soul was already guided away by the Buddha power of Shaka and Asmita at the very moment of her fall. I’m sure you all felt her Cosmo just now when you were in the Underworld. She is deep within the Underworld, calling out to us!"

The Saints present all clenched their fists, a flash of enlightenment in their eyes.

That warm and sacred Cosmo they had felt at Yomotsu Hirasaka just now was indeed Athena’s without a doubt!

"Witnessing Athena’s fall has lowered Hades’ guard to the absolute minimum. And this very moment is the time for our counterattack on the Underworld!"

Alex looked at everyone, light flickering in his eyes.

"Dohko, Saga, Kanon, Aiolia, Shura, Camus, Milo, Aphrodite!"

Alex called the names of the eight Gold Saints. "The eight of you, set out immediately! Your target: the Eight Prisons of the Underworld! Your mission is to eliminate all the Specters outside of Elysium at the fastest possible speed!"

"Only without the interference of the Specters can we concentrate our full power to strike directly at Elysium!"

"Remember, speed is life! We must thoroughly tear apart the Underworld’s defense system before Hades has time to react!"

Alex’s gaze shifted to the frozen pool of golden divine blood radiating a sacred glow on the ground.

"Mu, Aldebaran, and you five Bronze Saints!"

He looked at Hyoga and the others.

"Athena’s divine blood contains the purest origin of life and divinity. Not only can it repair Cloths, but it is also the key item to break the seal of Cocytus and awaken the slumbering heroic spirits!"

"As early as the last time Ophiuchus appeared, I went to Cocytus and laid down a hidden backup plan!"

The last Ophiuchus rebellion?

The scenes from that time immediately surfaced in the minds of the five Bronze Saints.

Back then, the five of them had just finished the Galaxian Wars when Miss Saori was struck by a mysterious golden arrow, her life hanging by a thread.

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