Saint Seiya, but Athena who disobeys?

“Of course, even if I die, I will never forget!” Manigold laughed. Or rather, this fighting technique is a god-slaying skill that can only be perfectly executed by warriors who are prepared to die.

"You mere humans dare to raise your fists against a god! You shall pay for this sin with your bodies and the torment of your souls for tens of millions of years to come!"

A pure energy attack, a terrifying destiny surpassing ultimate divine power, descended from the fingertips of the god of death. The purple light wiped out the life force of everything it touched, but only slightly later, the blue light also enveloped the body of Thanatos, the god of death.

It remains an attack that poses no threat and causes no harm whatsoever.

Just as Thanatos was about to mock and annihilate the Saint Seiya who was on the verge of death, a moment of dizziness rendered his body immobile, and he even had to bear the unfinished and terrifying backlash of fate himself.

Such injuries were nothing to Death, but what truly surprised him was his own power; his divine armor was being dismantled.

Oh, it wasn't disintegration, but rather the Death Cloth disarming itself. Thanatos, the God of Death, was about to rebuke him when he heard two overlapping voices emanating from his own mouth.

It was the soul, my own soul, that was separated from my human body under the influence of that fighting technique!

"I heard that your true physical body is in the Pure Land of Bliss, so your current body is just a temporary shell. Just as I expected. I've been wondering for a long time, if I could expel my soul from this body, would some very interesting things happen?"

Pope Sage revealed the same hearty smile he had two hundred years ago when he was the Cancer Saint.

This hatred and resentment accumulated over two hundred years, along with the fighting techniques driven by this hatred, specifically designed for the current situation.

"—Sekishiki Meikai Ha!!!"

The Demon Star Cluster of Cancer is known as "Accumulated Corpse Qi" in China, considered the entrance for souls to ascend to heaven. The spatial portal opened by the Cancer Gold Saint connects to the entrance to Hell. It's clear that this attack has no impact, causes no pain, and inflicts no physical harm. However, for Thanatos in his current state, there is no more disgusting fighting technique!

He could clearly feel his soul being pulled and torn apart from his human body. But relying on his god-level power, even with combat techniques that were specifically designed to counter him, he could still rise against the current and try to return to his body.

"Hehe! You beast! Actually, I've longed for death since I was a kid, but I hate it more than I long for it. Being able to give you the final blow here is giving me an incredible thrill!"

The second blue-white ripple, the Sekishiki Netherworld Wave, rose from Manigoldo's grinning hand.

With a deafening roar, Cancer Manigoldo's body could no longer maintain its stance and was sent flying into the depths of the dark vortex in the distance. Meanwhile, Thanatos's soul was banished from his body, and in an instant, this human form of the Grim Reaper was completely destroyed.

Thanatos, the god of death, roared to the heavens, but had nowhere to vent his anger.

But there is still a chance! As long as you can find another body that can take on your soul, you can make a comeback!

At this moment, the underworld, scorched by the sun's flames, only had two choices left—

—The God-Slaying Pegasus and the Holy Pope.

Chapter 126: Death? Pegasus?

There is actually a third option, which is to be dragged to the deepest part of hell and infinitely close to death by Cancer Manigoldo, but the arrogant Grim Reaper would never choose that.

Thoughts raced through Death's mind. Regardless, He leaned more towards Pegasus the God-Slayer. Although He always spoke of Pegasus with contempt and hatred, it was precisely because He took him seriously that He couldn't forget him.

But at this moment, the solar flames surrounding him, with their effect against evil, were causing his soul immense discomfort.

In the real world, it only takes a moment for Death to find the answer.

Despite the risks, out of divine pride, He chose the best physical body!

At this moment, even the barely breathing Pope Sage's eyes narrowed, because from the very beginning, the appearance of Thanatos, the cold indifference of Hypnos, and the various moves he used were all within his expectations.

The final result, naturally, was that by sacrificing himself, he completely sealed away the Grim Reaper who had attempted to possess him, the Pope of the Holy Land. He had even prepared the divine artifact, the Ark of the Sacred Relic, long ago.

But at that very moment, he saw that the soul belonging to Thanatos, the god of death, was not heading towards him, but was rushing towards the figure in the distance.

"Oh no! It's Pegasus!" Pope Sage summoned the altar to forcibly capture Death's soul, but it was too late.

For Seiya and his two companions, who were locked in combat, Aaron and Pandora, who had been suppressed, saw a purple light that arrived late and finally struck Pegasus in the back.

The terrifying scene, as if possessed by a demon, made even Aaron, who wanted to press his advantage, hesitate.

The Pegasus before me had a ferocious expression, with one half of its eyes bursting with silver light, while the other half remained a dark brown eye.

"Hey! This is the body brimming with power! Is this the God-Slaying Pegasus? It's mine now!" An incredibly familiar voice came from the throat of the person before him.

“Is that you, Thanatos?” Pandora’s eyes lit up.

But before she could fully rejoice, the Pegasus in front of her, which should have been under control, suddenly covered its eyes with its right hand. "Perhaps I should have done this a long time ago! This is so much better than my original human form! I will use this body to go to the Sanctuary without any obstacles, slaughter all the Saints, and then come to Athena and cut off her head with the body of the Pegasus!"

Although this less-than-ideal body couldn't last long, beheading Athena in the Sanctuary would at least wash away the shame he had suffered.

But the next moment, the voice belonging to Thanatos, the god of death, abruptly stopped.

Because the golden sword that appeared from Seiya's hand pierced through his own chest, this supreme spiritual armor, specifically designed to target gods, also froze the soul of the Grim Reaper onto his body.

At this moment, Seiya looked at his friend, whose face was unrecognizable but who was still clenching his fists and fighting against him. "Aaron, let me answer one of your questions. You asked me why I wasn't distracted by the battle between the Pope and Cancer."

As Seiya spoke, he burned his own cosmos.

"That's because from the very beginning I had unwavering faith that they could defeat Thanatos, the god of death. Although there has been a slight mishap, I will fill in the final piece of the puzzle."

Seiya skipped the stage of burning life and reached the level of burning his soul.

At that moment, the dimensional portal belonging to Thanatos, the god of death, was forcibly opened behind him, and countless undead, closer to death than ghosts, rushed towards Seiya from the purple crack, quickly enveloping him.

But at this very moment, the Saint Cloths, which were promoted by Hakuba and Ōshō Daigongen, also reached an unprecedented level.

"No!" Pandora raised her hand, but in the next instant it turned into black charcoal.

—The corona furnace is fully unleashed!

If the original heat released from the Corona Cloth was a million degrees Celsius from the edge of the sun, then the battle techniques driven by Hakuba and the Sun's Power instantly broke through that threshold... five million, ten million, fifteen million, twenty million degrees Celsius, even turning this underworld into a sea of ​​inferno.

The immense light and heat not only drew in the surrounding air but also bound the two closest evil gods.

Thanatos's screams echoed in the furnace as the golden sword, belonging to the power of the God of War, pierced through his soul. Meanwhile, the Corona Furnace of the Corona Cloth continuously forged him into the White Horse incarnation, the Anti-Evil Special Attack.

Even so, Thanatos, the god of death, did not utter a single word of pleading.

He only cursed Seiya, the Saints, and even Hades and his brother Hypnos, without any remorse or pleas for mercy.

Even the returning Pope could not answer the question of how this battle would end.

For the people on Earth, all they knew was that the bells of the Papal Palace rang twelve times, signifying the fall of the strongest Gold Saint. For Pisces Albafica, a close friend of Seiya, as well as Dohko and Shion, there was also the sacrifice of their friend Pegasus.

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Pandora hurried through the palace; Hades City was now in complete chaos.

Both he and Aaron suffered extensive burns in the battle with Pegasus. He had broken wrists and sustained injuries to his head and ribs. Aaron, on the other hand, had fatal wounds on his chest, forehead, and head. They even had to soak in the River Styx to recover.

As for Pandora, she constantly destroyed palaces, beat and scolded servants and maids, and constantly sought to vent her anger and pain.

Only now did she realize how vulnerable she was.

Although he is the commander of the Specters and now a god, aside from the special abilities granted by his cosmos, Hades, and the Gemini Gods, his grasp of combat might not even be as good as that of his three judges.

There's no time for last-minute cramming. Pandora can only pin her hopes on the next Holy War, where she can truly become the commander of the Specters and appear as a half-ruler of the Underworld.

But right now, there is something more important to do.

Pandora pushed open the door and froze.

Hypnos, the god of sleep, told him that the winged horse that had tarnished the pride of the gods was not dead, and even the soul of Death had not returned to the Pure Land. If nothing unexpected happened, he was still in this level of Hell. He had to find him no matter what.

Just as Pandora was racking her brains trying to figure out where the Saint Seiya Pegasus could be, she was stunned the moment she pushed open the door.

Because what came into view was the figure of Xin Xin Mu Mu—

—Seiya, the Saint of Pegasus.

Chapter 127: Pandora: Pegasus is my son?

Pandora moved lightly, her heart pounding wildly.

It's a scene that only exists in fantasy, a dream come true.

At this moment, the Pegasus, surrounded by the aura of death in deep purple, appeared right in front of her without any warning, or rather, it was in her hands. This was a scene that Pandora never dared to dream of.

"Perhaps, as humans say, reality is even more absurd than dreams." Pandora laughed with murderous intent. She summoned her trident and temporarily used the barrier power granted to her by the god of sleep to seal off all directions. This time, she was determined to kill with a single blow.

Even if it doesn't work, we must deliver a fatal blow that he can't withstand.

"You wicked little devil, I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

Her power surged unreservedly into the divine weapon. She locked onto Pegasus's throat, grabbed his hair, and was about to thrust it down with all her might. With the contact of their bodies, scenes she had never seen before appeared before her eyes.

She felt as if she were standing in a pure white world, with pure white wings hanging from the boundless sky.

The next moment, she arrived in the dark universe, where the boy who was about to be born as a god was enjoying eternal slumber, and Pandora was gently patting his head to lull him to sleep.

The next moment, the enormous ancient wheel began to roar. With each turn, divine power was crushed and destroyed, then transformed into sacred symbols at the center of the wheel and reborn. In this scene, Pandora's vision was shrouded in darkness.

Eternal sleep, the power of the god of sleep, the power to kill gods, Pandora and Pegasus, coming from the future... Before she knew it, the trident in her hand clattered to the ground.

"Pegasus, is...my...son?" Pandora raised her voice in disbelief, almost bursting into a shrill scream.

The next instant, Ling Ran's divine aura appeared outside her palace.

Pandora awoke with a start, instantly appearing at the doorway—a power granted to her by the previous Hades, allowing her to roam freely in the Underworld. She happened to stand in the way of a golden-haired god, who was just one step away from crossing the barrier to reach his palace.

"Is there a problem, Pandora?" Hypnos, the god of sleep, stared at the woman before him with a face exactly like that of Death. "I sensed that you were just using the power I gave you, and there seems to be the presence of Thanatos in your chambers."

“I was wounded by Thanatos while fighting that abominable pegasus,” Pandora said with her usual smile. “But what brings you here is…”

“Because Pegasus might be here,” Hypnos, the god of sleep, said, making her heart pound.

“My barrier already covers this space. Even if someone could cross from another dimension, they would definitely be detected by me.” Hypnos, the god of sleep, frowned slightly. “As the encirclement gradually shrinks, where do you think he is?”

“I think he might no longer be in this level of hell,” Pandora replied.

"Oh? Why do you say that? Is it his peculiar fighting technique that can transcend distance?"

"Your insight is remarkable. His fighting techniques and tactics are likely the power of some unknown god, otherwise he wouldn't have appeared before Lord Hades in such a bizarre way. In other words, he could appear anywhere."

Hypnos, the god of sleep, did not speak, but stared intently at Pandora with his pentagram-like eyes.

"That's probably not the reason," he suddenly said quietly.

Pandora's heart was in her throat. She felt that at any moment, a golden light might tear the barrier apart and destroy the area behind her into ruins, and then reveal the real reason.

"Your mind is restless and your thoughts are in disarray; I can sense it," Hypnos, the god of sleep, smiled. "Rest well and don't worry about Pegasus and Hades anymore. Sweet dreams."

As the god of sleep departed, Pandora did not dispel the barrier. Her tense mind did relax, but she slowly ran her hand through her hair, letting out a long, drawn-out breath that even she herself found unbelievable.

"What's wrong with this world? What's wrong with me?"

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The physical conflict was sealed inside the Corona Furnace; the battle between the two souls in the Sea of ​​Consciousness was the key to victory.

"—You are one of the twin gods who serve Hades, the god of the underworld, and the god who controls the destruction, life, and death of all things in the universe!"

With Seiya's resounding declaration, this chaotic sea of ​​consciousness was instantly stained with golden light, transforming into the warrior's domain of the golden sword.

"You mere human, you don't actually think you can challenge the gods, do you?" Thanatos, the god of death, looked at the figure standing in the sky with sneer. "Don't mistake me for someone like Pandora, who was elevated later in life!"

He disliked the Pegasus, and even more so, he disliked its audacious stance of standing above the gods. His hand swept down, unleashing a terrifying, destructive force that surged through the sea of ​​consciousness, but he quickly saw it neutralized by the ever-shining golden sword in the sky.

Thanatos, the god of death, frowned; the situation before him was somewhat beyond his comprehension.

Although his words were full of sarcasm, he actually treated Pegasus, who had once severely injured Hades' true form and possessed the power to kill gods, with considerable respect. The attacks he launched against Pegasus were far superior to those against the Cancer Saint.

However, he soon discovered that his terrifying destiny was being neutralized by those golden swords. It wasn't neutralized by normal attacks, but rather like fire encountering water. It was neutralized by a different kind of power that was completely targeted at him, and this concept of targeting continued to increase over time.

"Although you're on par with Hypnos among the Twin Gods, in reality, whether in terms of personality, intelligence, or strength, you can't compare to your brother." Seiya made no attempt to hide his disdain for Thanatos, the God of Death. "If you had chosen Sage, you could have taken a Pope from Sanctuary with your lowly soul, but now... you're just a transport captain, you dog!"

Thanatos, the god of death, suppressed his inner rage. Although he was only a soul, he still used his authority to seize nearly half of the sky and earth of the sea of ​​consciousness before him, turning it into a deathly realm where all things would perish. However, he found that the pegasus before him remained unmoved, while the star-like orb above his head was growing rapidly.

"Thanatos, you are the god of death in ancient Greek mythology, named Mors. You are the twin brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep, and your mother is Nyx, the goddess of night. You are one of the few second-generation gods in the Greek pantheon who held significant divine power as a minor deity!"

Chapter 128: Slaughter, Thanatos, the God of Death

Words are light, light is a sword, and a sword is a weapon.

The stars in the sky twinkled continuously.

The golden light emanating from the points of light surrounding Seiya began to shine with new brilliance, just like the stars in the sky.