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Chapter 563 The Blood of the Almighty Goddess (Second Update)

Hades, controlling Shun's body, struggled desperately, trying to break free from Li Chuan's grasp and escape the Sanctuary.

"It's even harder to massage than a pig during Chinese New Year!"

Li Chuan unleashed his full physical power, combining it with his inner universe and immortal essence, and firmly pressed Shun to the ground.

Unlike Julian, whom Poseidon chose, who was just an ordinary person and could not resist being possessed by Poseidon, Julian was different.

Shun is one of the most promising Saints. He already had strength close to that of a Gold Saint from the very beginning, and now he has fully awakened the Seventh Sense.

As long as one's mind is firm enough, Hades will not be able to completely control one's body.

"Hades, you are wrong. You have only chosen Shun because of your own wishful thinking. Shun came to this world as the Saint of Andromeda, and he was definitely not here to become your body."

At this moment, a warm and powerful cosmos filled the entire Sanctuary, which was none other than Athena, whom Dohko had invited.

Stimulated by Hades' cosmos, Athena's cosmos was also activated, and her goddess consciousness was awakened.

Walking up to Shun, who was pinned to the ground, Athena cut her palm and pressed her blood onto Shun's forehead. Hades immediately let out a painful scream.

Athena

"Go for it, Shun! Unleash your cosmos and drive Hades' soul out of your body!"

Athena encouraged Shun.

"instant!"

Ikki and the other four main characters also called out at the same time.

"This body can't stay here any longer."

Unable to endure the burning sensation of the goddess's blood any longer, Hades angrily abandoned Shun's body and appeared above the Papal Palace in the form of a soul.

"Athena, you think you've won? I'm taking you back to hell with me!"

Hades in his soul form, freed from the constraints of his physical body, immediately experienced a complete awakening of his consciousness. His vast and dark cosmos far surpassed that of Poseidon in his remnant soul state.

He lunged at Athena, intending to take her directly to his own realm of hell.

"You want to take Athena away? Have you even asked me, the Pope?"

Li Chuan drew his Nanming Li Huo sword again, stood up and blocked Athena's path, and slashed at Hades' soul with his sword.

Hades' soul was powerful, but it represented death, and the Nanming Fire Sword was the best at suppressing negative forces such as death and darkness, so it managed to block it for a time.

"Athena, activate the barrier!"

Barely managing to block Hades' power, Li Chuan immediately reminded Athena behind him.

Hades' soul is far more powerful than the half-crippled Poseidon. Even without the suppression of the Tsukuyomi world, he might not be able to stop it even if he went all out.

This is when Athena comes into play.

Athena, having recovered from her shock, wielded her golden scepter and unleashed a powerful cosmos, comparable to that of a god. Although not as strong as Hades', with the help of the Sanctuary's barrier, she immediately overwhelmed Hades.

"Athena, you've done well today, but don't think you've won. The Holy War has only just begun. Once my Eclipse Plan is complete, you will all perish, and the land will belong to me, Hades!"

Seeing that he could not take Athena away and that his soul would be injured if he continued, Hades left behind a harsh remark and escaped from the Sanctuary, returning to his true form in the Hellish Elysium.

"Project Eclipse!"

After Hades' soul departed, Athena's face did not show much joy, but rather a solemn expression.

"Soon afterward, there will be a cosmic spectacle of the nine planets aligning. Hades' plan for the solar eclipse is to unleash his divine power at that time, so that the sun's light can never cover the earth again, thus wiping out all of humanity."

Therefore, they will not engage in a decisive battle with us in the Holy Land this time.

To resolve this crisis, we must take the initiative, storm into Hell, eliminate all the Specters, find Hades' true form, and kill him.

Li Chuan then spoke, having processed and supplemented the memories he had retrieved from Radamanthys's mind.

The Bronze and Silver Saints dispersed, leaving only Li Chuan, Athena, and the Gold Saints in the Papal Palace.

They were discussing a plan to attack the underworld and kill Hades.

"The Underworld is Hades' domain, bound by his laws. Unless one comprehends the eighth sense, Alaya-vijnana, all living beings who enter will have their strength greatly weakened."

Shaka, with his eyes tightly closed, wore a solemn expression.

In order to win this holy war and save humanity, we must take the initiative to attack the underworld and kill Hades.

However, for the living, the underworld is not a place one can enter at will. Only by relying on his eighth sense and the corpse energy of Cancer can he remain unaffected after entering.

The other Saints were greatly weakened when they entered the Underworld. They probably couldn't even defeat Hades, let alone the Specters.

"Shion, as far as I know, as long as Athena's blood is added to the Saint Cloth, it can also isolate the Saints from the influence of the Underworld, right?"

At this moment, Li Chuan asked Shion, who had been fully resurrected.

The safest way to defeat Hades' true form is for Athena to activate her cosmos and clash with Hades' energy, and then all the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Saints to join Athena's cosmos.

In terms of strength, Athena is definitely inferior to her two uncles, Poseidon and Hades.

The most important reason why they were able to win the Holy War every time was because of the human Saints.

Unlike Poseidon's Marine warriors, whose power largely comes from Poseidon, Hades' Specters' power comes entirely from Hades.

The power of human Saint Seiya warriors primarily originates from the Saint Seiya warriors themselves.

Therefore, when the Saints are powerful enough, they can temporarily merge their own cosmos with Athena's cosmos, thereby unleashing power far exceeding that of Poseidon and Hades.

"Athena's blood can indeed protect the Saints from the influence of the Underworld, but losing too much blood will also affect Athena herself. Besides, activating the Goddess Cloth also requires Athena's blood."

Shion shook his head.

The blood of the goddess possesses powerful divine energy, which can activate the power of the Saint Cloth to fight against the laws of the underworld.

However, the blood of the goddess is not unlimited. Excessive use of the goddess's blood will weaken Athena, which will cause trouble when she faces Hades in the final battle.

If the blood of the goddess were used without any scruples, the Holy Wars of each era wouldn't have been so arduous.

"Then let the Bronze and Silver Saints guard the Sanctuary, while we Gold Saints will be imbued with the blood of Athena. We will then go and sweep through the Underworld and kill Hades!"

Aiolia of Leo suggested.

Since it's impossible to use them all, it's not unreasonable to give them to the strongest Saint Seiya.

Upon hearing Aiolia's words, the other Saints nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry about that. I have a way to allow all the Saints to receive the blessing of Athena's blood without damaging Athena's strength."

At this moment, Li Chuan spoke up.

(End of this chapter)