Becoming a Saint Seiya since the Age of Mythology

However, the enraged Hypnos did not stop and continued his ferocious offensive.

For a moment, Bai Li was so overwhelmed that he could not fight back and could only passively defend himself.

At the edge of the battlefield, Wuxin tentatively asked Manigoldo, who had just retreated, "Senior brother, are we just going to watch like this and do nothing?"

Upon hearing this, Manigold rolled his eyes at him, then pointed to the center of the battlefield and said, "What do you want to do? What can you do?"

"That Sleepy God is truly enraged now, and he's showing no mercy, completely different from before."

"Even Elder Bai Li could barely hold on with the help of the holy sword in his hand."

"Let's just stay here quietly and wait, instead of doing anything unnecessary!"

When he fought him before, Hypnos treated it like a game and didn't take it seriously at all.

Now that the Sleeping God has made his move in anger, he is certain that if he were to go up, he would not be able to withstand even one move.

Before this, he had heard countless times from his old man Sage about the power of the Twin Gods.

But after hearing it so much, he became a little impatient and even suspected that the old man had just been traumatized by the Twin Gods and was therefore exaggerating their strength.

But now that he has personally experienced the power of the God of Sleep, he no longer doubts the old man's words and feels that the Twin Gods are even more terrifying.

That was an enemy that even a Gold Saint could not contend with. Even if he further developed his Eighth Sense, he would not have the confidence to fight against him.

Upon hearing Manigoldo's words and seeing the terrifying scene of shattered space on the battlefield, Wuxin immediately abandoned the idea of ​​intervening.

"But, Senior Brother, didn't you specifically ask me to come and help?"

"But judging from the current situation, there's no way I can intervene, is there?" Wu Xin raised a new question.

The God of Sleep's strength was extremely terrifying. He even suspected that even if the other party stood still and let him attack, he would not be able to harm the other party in the slightest.

"Don't rush!"

Manigold waved his hand and smiled mysteriously, "Wait a little longer. When the battle takes a turn for the better, that's when we'll make our move!"

"What about over there...?"

Wu Xin pointed to the battlefield where El Cid and the other man were, and tentatively suggested, "Since we're just killing time anyway, why don't we support Lord El Cid and the other man and help them take down the Dream God?"

"No!"

Manigold shook his head and said seriously, "Hypnos is our main target in this operation. Don't get the order of priorities wrong."

"And you've also seen how powerful Hypnos is. To ensure we seal Hypnos, we must conserve every ounce of our energy for him."

"We cannot waste a single penny elsewhere."

He paused, glanced at the battlefield where the other two Gold Saints were, and said seriously, "Also, you must trust our comrades!"

"They are Gold Saints, representing the strongest fighting force in the Sanctuary."

“That combined dream god looks very strong, but his state is quite special and he probably can’t maintain it for long, otherwise he wouldn’t have waited until now to use this ability.”

"Right now, El Cid and the other two are having a hard time holding on, but once the time limit for the Dream God's fusion is up, the battle will soon be reversed."

"Finally, and most importantly."

"The rift in the dream world has closed, and we no longer have the support of Sisyphus's golden arrow."

"Even if the physical bodies of the Dream Gods are temporarily destroyed, their souls cannot be destroyed at all."

"So, delaying the war over there isn't necessarily a bad thing."

Upon hearing this, Wuxin immediately made a guess.

"Senior brother, you mean..."

"Shh! Just keep it to yourself, don't say it out loud!"

Before Wuxin could finish speaking, Manigold immediately made a silencing gesture to interrupt him.

Seeing this, Wu Xin remained silent, standing quietly with Manigold on the edge of the battlefield, patiently waiting for the so-called turning point to appear.

In the secret realm of the God of War Forest, the battle situation has become increasingly chaotic as the demonic dragon Kolchis awakens.

It does not belong to either the Holy Land or the Underworld, but to another third party.

Having been hypnotized by Orpheus, it was enraged upon awakening and immediately launched a fierce attack on everyone on the battlefield.

"I will kill you all! I will incinerate your bodies and souls together!"

The dragon roared and then suddenly spat out a mouthful of blazing red flames.

In an instant, a terrifying heat spread out, and the roses that Yapafica had planted in the ground withered quickly, then turned yellow and withered, and finally even caught fire.

In the blink of an eye, the entire rose bushes turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Faced with this terrifying flame, neither Aphrodite nor Radamanthys dared to take it head-on and retreated to avoid it.

Just then, a golden figure appeared behind the two Specters.

"You all deserve to die—"

With a furious roar of extreme anger, the newcomer launched an attack.

"Turn to dust under the starlight, you wretched Specters!"

"Stardust Rotation Technique"

The newcomer opened his arms, and a vast amount of cosmic power condensed between his hands, then transformed into a huge star cluster and pushed towards Rhadamanthus and his companion.

Faced with such a sudden attack, Rhadamanthus and his companion, who were dodging the dragon's breath, were caught off guard and then engulfed by the rotating star cluster.

Chapter 142 Regarding Bai Li's Strength

I think it's necessary to discuss this issue with everyone.

I believe that Hakurei possesses the highest level of the Seventh Sense, almost reaching the Eighth Sense, but some people believe that Hakurei has already reached the Eighth Sense.

Besides this, there is another, perhaps more exaggerated, speculation: based on his battle in sealing Hypnos, some people believe that he may have surpassed the power of the Eighth Sense, and even if he is not as good as Hypnos, he is not much worse.

Because everyone's judgments differ significantly, I think it's necessary to bring this up for discussion.

Let me first state my opinion.

The battle between Hakurei and Hypnos was undoubtedly his highlight.

It is precisely because of this battle that we cannot deny Hakurei's top-tier strength among all the Saints in the Sanctuary. He is definitely among the top-ranked and can be considered one of the best.

However, I believe that while that battle was certainly his highlight, it primarily demonstrated his wisdom and strategic planning.

In contrast, Hypnos basically didn't launch any attacks. He simply took a hit from the Tenryuha and then suddenly ended the battle, leaving everyone somewhat bewildered.

Some people think that Hypnos is too weak, while others think that the power of the spirit wave is too strong; there are many different opinions.

Let's talk about Hypnos first. How strong is Hypnos?

Although his battle with Hakurei ended somewhat hastily, no one should deny his strength.

The LC by Teshirogi is also based on the original setting of Kurumada's work, so the differences will not be too great.

Therefore, her strength as a twin god here should be comparable to that of the twin gods in Kurumada's version.

So, how powerful is Kurumada's version of Hypnos?

Even Shun with his Eighth Sense and God Cloth couldn't defeat him. In the end, it was only through the combined efforts of Shiryu and Hyoga, who awakened their God Cloths, that they were able to win, giving it a slightly plot-driven feel.

From this, we can conclude that Hypnos's strength is definitely greater than that of a single person with the Eighth Sense plus a God Cloth. Even if two people with the Eighth Sense plus a God Cloth joined forces, they might not be able to defeat him without the protagonist's destiny.

Now, let's go back and analyze the hand-painted wooden version of the Sleeping God.

In Hakurei and the others' memories, at the end of the last Holy War, the Twin Gods also appeared once, and directly crushed the remaining Saints, killing a large number of them in the process.

Don't forget, back then, the Holy War also included Aquarius Krest and Libra Itia. These two old monsters were participating in the Holy War for the second time, and in Hakurei and the others' memories, their strength was definitely at the Eighth Sense level, and they could easily deal with several Gold Saints working together.

Even with this lineup, in Hakurei's memories, they were still crushed by the Twin Gods and only survived thanks to the previous Athena's resistance.

This also illustrates that Hypnos's strength far surpasses the Eighth Sense, and he is even qualified to exchange blows with Athena, though he is certainly no match for her.

Let's look back at Hakurei's final battle against Hypnos.

Can Hakurei compare to the five Bronze Saints with their Eighth Sense and God Cloths? Obviously not!

Given Hypnos's power, even if Hakurei reached the Eighth Sense, without the God Cloth, he would have no chance against Hypnos.

There is still a huge gap in their strength.

Therefore, elevating Bai Li's strength to the level of the God of Sleep is somewhat of an exaggeration.

Let's analyze the specific battles.

I remember it clearly; when he was blocking the resurrection wave, the camera gave a close-up shot, showing that the god of sleep blocked it with just one hand and without moving an inch.

This clearly shows that he blocked it very easily, without any effort at all.

Moreover, Hakurei himself admitted that even with the combined power of many heroic spirits, he was still no match for the gods, and had no choice but to add his own soul.

The problem is that after Hakurei added his own soul into the Transcendental Wave, Hypnos suddenly died.

Have you ever wondered why this happened so suddenly?

If Hypnos was struggling to resist at this point, and Bai Li's sudden assistance became the final straw that broke his back, I think it's understandable.

The problem is that Hypnos blocked it very easily at that time, and I suspect that even if the power of the Reiwa were doubled, he would still be able to block it.

The problem is, once Hakurei's own soul is involved, will it be stronger than all the Heroic Spirits he summoned combined? Will it double the power of the Spirit Transfer Wave?

Obviously not!

Therefore, I believe that when Hakurei infused his soul into the Hypnos, he did not simply defeat Hypnos with the Reiwa, but rather used other means to ambush the careless Hypnos.

What method could be used to ambush Hypnos? I believe it's the Ark of the Covenant, a special tool Athena used to seal the Twin Gods.

After defeating Hypnos, the camera zoomed in on Whitebeard as he pulled out an Ark hidden in a wound on his abdomen.

He also said that he had successfully sealed away the god of sleep.

Having already seen the process of Little Ma and his team sealing Death, you should know that Sage had a process of absorbing Death's soul using the Ark of the Covenant.

However, when Hakurei sealed Hypnos, no one saw him use the Ark of the Covenant, nor did they see how Hypnos was sealed inside.

Therefore, I boldly speculate that when Bai Li was casting his soul into the Transcendental Wave, he temporarily pulled out the soul of the God of Sleep through the contact of that punch, and brought it back to his body along with his own soul.

Hypnos was unaware that he was hiding a Holy Ark on his person (which was also the reason why Hakurei committed seppuku to hide the Holy Ark; if he hadn't hidden the Holy Ark, Hypnos would definitely have had to take precautions). Therefore, without knowing this, Hypnos did not put up any obvious resistance, and might even have wanted to see what tricks Hakurei was up to.