Becoming a Saint Seiya since the Age of Mythology

"Please don't be nervous, everyone. I come from the Holy Land to investigate this matter!" Seeing the many soldiers pointing their muskets at him, Wu Xin calmly introduced himself and burned his cosmos, manifesting three silver streams of corpse energy that surrounded him.

"Extraordinary power?"

The leading soldier frowned immediately and ordered his men to put down their muskets. He then said earnestly to Wu Xin, "You possess extraordinary power, which we cannot stop. Please come in!"

As he spoke, he ordered his men to clear the way.

One soldier, not quite understanding, whispered, "Commander, it's not only Saint Seiya who possess extraordinary powers. What if he isn't..."

The soldier didn't say anything more, but the meaning was already clear.

The commander remained unmoved and replied in a low voice, "Whether he is or not, he is not someone we can deal with."

"If you're not afraid of death, then go and stop him!"

"Uh--"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers around him suddenly realized what was going on.

Wu Xin was no match for them at all, so rather than sending him to his death in vain, they decided to turn a blind eye.

If the Holy Land inquires further, they can simply say they were deceived.

Chapter 22 Summoning Spirits and Tracing Their Path

Although the soldiers tried their best to keep their voices down, Wu Xin had already reached the Silver level, and his hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people. He heard their little scheme clearly.

However, he didn't say much, because it meant nothing to him.

As Wu Xin strode into the temple, he immediately saw a three-meter-tall statue of Athena in the temple hall, along with the corpse with a stone spear piercing through the statue's hand.

Blood flowed down with the stone spear, staining the base at the statue's feet red.

"Now, let me see who killed you!" Wu Xin raised his right index finger, and a stream of corpse energy shot out and disappeared into the corpse stuck in the stone spear.

Generally speaking, after a person dies, some remnants remain in the body.

Especially those who died unjustly, the stronger their resentment before death, the stronger the lingering resentment they left behind, which he could materialize using the accumulated corpse energy to inquire about related matters.

"How could there not be?"

Manipulating the accumulated corpse energy, Wu Xin searched the corpse and its surroundings several times, but still couldn't find any lingering remnants to remain.

"That shouldn't be! She died such a tragic death, there's no way she wouldn't harbor resentment!" Wu Xin withdrew his accumulated corpse energy and looked at the corpse with a solemn expression.

He could clearly see that the corpse had countless tiny wounds on its surface, as if it had been slowly cut with a knife, and even its hands and feet were twisted abnormally, clearly indicating that its limbs had been broken.

The fact that he died such a tragic death, yet left no resentment, seems completely wrong.

"It seems we have no choice but to remove her body and examine it more carefully!" Wu Xin sighed and grabbed a piece of burlap from the side.

Then, he leaped up, covered the priestess's body with linen, and pulled it straight off the stone spear.

However, after Wu Xin examined the body further, he was horrified to discover that the situation was far more serious than it appeared on the surface.

Before her death, the priestess not only suffered inhuman torture, but her chastity was also defiled, and the murderer even deliberately left traces of bodily fluids on her body.

"That's absolutely outrageous!!"

Seeing this tragic scene, even he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

Athena was not only a goddess of Olympus, but also a renowned virgin goddess.

To defile the priestess's chastity and then deliberately murder her and throw her into the temple is not just a simple provocation against Athena and the Sanctuary, but a blatant slap in the face!

However, Wuxin was not angry about this, but rather angry about the priestess being so humiliated and murdered.

The other party was clearly targeting the Holy Domain, but instead of attacking it, they chose the weaker ordinary people, causing this priestess to suffer an undeserved disaster. It's truly pitiful.

"Don't worry, I will definitely find the murderer and give you an explanation!" Closing the priestess's terrified eyes, Wu Xin secretly made up his mind.

Currently, the only clue is the bodily fluids left by the killer on the body.

Unfortunately, Wuxin does not possess tracking skills and cannot use the bodily fluids left behind by the murderer for tracking.

Now, he can only gamble on his luck and ask the nearby residents to see if he can find any other clues.

With his interrogation techniques that use the essence of corpses to strip away souls, it's unlikely anyone would dare lie to him.

Immediately afterward, Wuxin left the temple and began questioning the nearby residents, using the temple as a central point in his inquiry.

Unfortunately, despite asking from house to house, he still couldn't find any clues.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he chuckled, "How could I have forgotten something so important!"

The Qi of Accumulated Corpses can not only strip away the souls of the living, but also summon the souls of the dead.

Generally speaking, after a person dies, their soul falls into the underworld, but there are always some souls that linger in the human world for various reasons.

They are usually not seen by ordinary people, but Wu Xin can actively summon and manifest them.

"Show yourself before me, you wandering souls of the dead!"

"Sekishiki - Netherworld Wave"

Wu Xin pointed one finger to the sky, and immediately streams of silver energy flew out from his fingertip, quickly searching the surrounding area with himself as the center.

Soon, he detected two ghosts using his corpse-gathering energy and then captured them.

However, one of the ghosts was a cat, so there was no possibility of communication. Fortunately, the other ghost was a human, an old man, and they could communicate.

"I never imagined there would be someone like you in the world! You actually managed to summon a ghost like me! Can you tell me who you are?" the old man in ghost form asked with a hint of curiosity.

“I am a Saint Seiya candidate from the Sanctuary, old man, there’s no need to be surprised!” Wuxin replied calmly.

"The legendary Saint Seiya? No wonder he possesses such amazing power!" The old man was extremely excited, never expecting to meet a Saint Seiya.

Wu Xin cut to the chase: "The priestesses in the Temple of Athena were brutally murdered. I came here specifically to investigate this matter. Do you know anything about it, sir?"

"I know, I know!"

The old man nodded repeatedly and said earnestly, "For some reason, my soul was bound to a big tree not far from the temple, and I happened to witness the tragedy that happened that night!"

"I am willing to help you find the murderer, but I only hope that you can do me a small favor and let me be freed from that big tree so that I can be reborn in the underworld."

"I was trapped in that tree for fifty years, it was so painful!"

Fifty years have passed, during which he has watched his relatives and friends pass away one by one. He has completely lost the desire to stay in this world, and is left with only endless loneliness and solitude.

"no problem!"

Wu Xin nodded and said, "As long as you can help me find the murderer, I will personally send you to the underworld!"

As he spoke, he separated a strand of corpse energy and opened a dimensional portal leading to Hirasaka in the underworld in front of him.

Feeling the summoning power coming from the other side of the dimensional portal, the old man was immediately excited.

"The underworld, that's the underworld calling to me!"

Although he had never been to the underworld, his instincts told him that the special power to summon souls was definitely not wrong.

"Then, please tell me, old man, what exactly did you see that night?" Wu Xin asked, closing the portal that had just been opened.

“Okay, no problem!” the old man readily agreed.

But at that moment, accompanied by a fluctuation of the microcosm, a figure descended from the sky and landed outside the temple.

Wu Xin immediately looked over and saw a young man with a strong build wearing blue armor appear in his field of vision.

“That’s… a Saint from the Sanctuary!” Wuxin immediately recognized the other’s identity by the battle suit he was wearing.

However, he recognized the other person, but the other person did not recognize him.

"Evil people not only desecrate the temple of the goddess, but also dare to seize the souls of the innocent!"

"Truly unforgivable!"

"Let my Big Dipper Mike send you to hell!"

Upon seeing the soul bound by Wu Xin, the man flew into a rage and launched an attack without giving him a chance to explain.

Chapter 23 Encountering Companions

"Berserk Strike"

Mike, the Big Dipper, threw a punch, and a giant brown bear appeared behind him, then pounced on Wuxin.

"What an impatient fellow!"

Wu Xin felt somewhat helpless, but still stood quietly in place, showing no intention of avoiding the situation.

Because, based on the cosmic aura emanating from the opponent, he had already determined that this was a Saint with Bronze-level strength, roughly at the speed of ten thousand times the speed of sound.

Saints of this strength are not enough to pose a threat to him; in fact, they are not even trouble.

Just as the giant bear paw was about to fall, he opened his free left hand to meet it.

boom!

The bear paw landed, but could not advance any further, completely blocked by Wuxin, and a powerful impact spread out afterward.

Rumble!

The ground shattered, countless fragments of rock shot out, and even the surrounding trees were uprooted and sent flying.

"What!!"

Mike, the constellation Ursa Major, was greatly alarmed and immediately made a judgment.

"A silver-level guy?"

To block his attack so effortlessly, the opponent had undoubtedly reached the Silver level.

Although they were still at the level of sixth sense, the gap between them was enormous.

He dared not linger in the fight, immediately withdrew his offensive, and after several backflips, widened the distance again.

At this moment, another figure descended from the sky and landed directly in the center of the battlefield.

It was a man dressed in silver armor, whose cosmic aura was clearly much stronger than that of Ursa Major.

"I didn't expect to encounter a Silver-level enemy this time. I've really caught a decent prey!" Looking at Wuxin not far away, Walter of Canis Major revealed a confident smile, as if everything was under his control.

Seeing this, Wu Xin said, both amused and exasperated, "I say, can you please not rush into a fight? Let's distinguish between friend and foe first!"