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Chapter 562 Hades Appears (First Update)

"Leave Shion alive, and drag the rest out and kill them!"

Inside the Papal Palace, after Li Chuan used Legilimency on the heavily injured Radamanthys to read all his memories, he gave instructions to the twins Saga and Kanon who were standing nearby.

Radamanthys is indeed powerful as one of the three judges of the Underworld, but even Kanon is slightly better than him, not to mention the many other Gold Saints, Silver Saints, and Bronze Saints.

The powerful former Pope Shion was not truly loyal to Hades, so once the situation reversed, he naturally no longer needed to put on an act.

Therefore, before the Specters who broke into the Sanctuary could even unleash their full power, they were ganged up on, severely injured, and dragged to the Pope's Palace.

"Shion, I can sense that your heart is still full of justice, and the light of your cosmos has not been corrupted by darkness. Tell me why you are willing to become a Specter to return to Sanctuary."

Sitting on the papal throne, Li Chuan addressed Shion below.

All the Saints immediately turned their attention to Shion, with Mu and Dohko being the most concerned.

Mu was Shion's disciple, while Dohko was Shion's best friend.

"You are a more competent pope than I am, and the Sanctuary is very powerful now. I have returned this time because..."

Next, Shion explained why he had to return to the Sanctuary.

It turns out that his feigned allegiance to Hades, acting as a guide into the Sanctuary, was not actually to assassinate Athena, but to tell her a secret known only to the popes of each generation.

He had been unable to speak out because of the Specters, including Radamanthys, who were watching him.

In every Holy War, only gods can truly fight gods, so Athena's cosmos is crucial to defeating Hades, the god of the underworld.

The only thing that can unleash Athena's full potential is her Saint Cloth.

He returned this time to tell Athena how to obtain the goddess's sacred armor.

"Hades has given me only twelve hours of life. If I cannot take Athena's body back within those twelve hours, I will return to the land of death."

So this holy war is in your hands!

After explaining how to retrieve the Goddess's Cloth, Shion, having completed his mission, immediately relaxed.

"teacher!"

"Shion!"

Knowing that Shion would die again in a little while, everyone's faces were filled with sorrow.

One of the two surviving Saints from the last Holy War, he served as Pope diligently for over two hundred years, and the current prosperity of the Saints owes much to Shion.

Before being replaced by Saga, Pope Shion was the most respected figure in the hearts of all Saint Seiya warriors, second only to Athena.

"That won't do. The Sanctuary still needs your power, Shion."

Li Chuan rose from the papal throne and walked down to Shion.

"The Art of Reincarnation and Heavenly Life!"

Reaching out and touching Shion's brow, he activated a resurrection ninjutsu that involved turning death into life. The deathly aura within Shion's body immediately began to dissipate, and a sense of life gradually emerged.

Just as Shion was about to be fully resurrected, a loud shout suddenly erupted from the Papal Palace:

"How dare you, mortal, presume to infringe upon the authority of the gods!"

Shun, standing among the Bronze Saints, instantly lost his focus, unleashing a powerful burst of death energy. The life force that had just begun to emerge within Shion immediately showed signs of collapse.

"Shun, what's wrong?"

Upon seeing this, Ikki, Seiya, Hyoga, and Shiryu immediately surrounded Shun.

"Hmph, how dare an enemy Saint touch my body!"

Hades unleashed his cosmos, blasting all four of Ikki and his companions away.

"Shun has been possessed by Hades, everyone be careful."

Sensing the terrifying yet familiar evil cosmos within Shun, Dohko roared and led all the Gold Saints to surround Shun.

As a Saint who survived the last Holy War, he knew that Hades had been appearing among humans in the form of possessing bodies ever since his physical body was injured in the mythological era.

The last time it possessed the body of Athena was Aaron, the reincarnation of Athena who grew up with her. Unexpectedly, this time it possessed the Bronze Saint Shun.

"Life and death are not solely your prerogative, Nanming Li Huo Sword!"

Just as Shion's life was about to be extinguished, Li Chuan also roared and summoned the Nanming Li Huo Sword, stabbing it into Shion's body.

The Nanming Li Huo Sword can not only kill enemies, but also has the power to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. As long as the soul is still there, life can be restored.

Under normal circumstances, Shion has been dead for so long that his soul has long since returned to the land of the dead, and even the Southern Bright Fire Sword cannot forcibly revive him.

However, Hades used his divine power to briefly grant Shion twelve hours of life, returning his soul to his body, which naturally changed the situation.

By awakening life force with the Reincarnation Technique and further stimulating it with the Nanming Fire Sword, even Hades could not stop the surging life force within Shion's body for a time.

In just a few breaths, Shion was fully revived, and like Dohko, he maintained the strongest physical body he had at the age of eighteen.

"You're asking for it, you're under immense pressure!"

Seeing Shion resurrected, and the other Saints launching attacks against him, Hades roared and unleashed a massive pressure that rendered everyone, including the Gold Saints, immobile.

However, at that moment, a giant hand suddenly descended from the sky and slammed Shun, who was possessed by Hades, to the ground.

It was Li Chuan who teleported over.

The immense pressure exerted by Hades, who had only just entered the first stage of awakening, might be able to restrict the actions of others for a short time, but it was certainly not enough for Li Chuan.

"seal!"

Immediately after pressing the button, Li Chuan began to use various sealing techniques to suppress Hades' soul while giving instructions to the others.

"Ikki, you guys come over and try to awaken Shun's consciousness. Dohko-sensei, go find Athena. The rest of you, use your cosmos to suppress Hades' cosmos!"

He did not choose to directly pull Shun into the Tsukuyomi world and seal him away, because he was not capable of doing so with his current strength.

Hades is different from Poseidon; not only is his physical body still intact, but his soul power is also still at its peak.

He pulled Hades into the Tsukuyomi world, and when that happened, he would trigger Hades' full awakening state. It was not certain that he could defeat him. Even if he won, Hades had his true form as a connection, and he could instantly escape the Tsukuyomi world and return to his true form.

Therefore, it would be better to take this opportunity to expel his soul from Shun's body, so that Hades can be truly killed then.

With heartfelt calls from his brother Ikki and several close friends, Shun's consciousness gradually began to awaken, and he fought back with all his might against Hades' control over his body.

"No, impossible! Shun's body dares to reject my soul, Hades! Isn't Shun destined to become my body in this era?"

(End of this chapter)