Becoming a Saint Seiya since the Age of Mythology

Upon hearing this, Wu Xin was somewhat puzzled and asked curiously, "Lord Sasha, to be honest, I've never quite understood the purpose of the twelve golden palaces set up on the Holy Mountain."

"If the goal is simply to hold off the enemy, wouldn't it be safer to gather all the gold together to prevent being picked off one by one?"

"Yes, why are we divided into the twelve Gold Saints? Just because we are twelve Gold Saints?" Leo Regulus asked the same question.

Before this, he hadn't thought so much about it, but after Wuxin mentioned it, he realized that the defenses on the Holy Mountain seemed to have a problem.

The Gold Saints are scattered throughout the twelve palaces. If the enemy concentrates its superior forces to launch a breakthrough, they can be defeated one by one.

It can be said that spreading out the defense was a complete mistake.

Take their current situation, for example.

The underworld has dispatched powerful figures to guard the Nine Star Demon Palace; they could easily gather everyone's strength and sweep through it one by one.

It is believed that no Specter could withstand the combined attack of several Eighth and Seventh Senses.

"You guys are being far too naive!"

Sasha smiled wryly and patiently explained, "The Twelve Gold Palaces of the Sanctuary certainly have their own special reasons for existence."

"Because this is itself a special kind of defense rule."

"Any enemy that attempts to enter the zodiac must be weakened by the zodiac."

"It's like a fruit knife; every time an enemy passes by, he gets sliced ​​by the fruit knife."

"Even someone as powerful as Hades would be extremely weak by the time he reaches the summit of Mount Kailash and stands before me after being weakened by the twelve palaces."

Everyone was astonished upon hearing this.

But after realizing what was happening, Taurus Hasgard asked in confusion, "But Lord Sasha, didn't Hades descend directly to the summit of Mount Saint last time?"

"That time was a special case! The Holy Mountain's defenses weren't fully activated, allowing him to find an opening!"

Sasha sighed and said helplessly, "Normally, he can only come up by passing through the twelve zodiac signs one by one!"

"I see!" Everyone suddenly realized.

Sasha went on to explain, “The twelve houses of gold may seem scattered, but they are actually connected as one.”

"If the enemy wants to break through the defense from the outside, they must face the massive defensive array of the twelve palaces at the same time, and it is impossible to defeat them one by one."

"Even in my prime, I wouldn't want to confront that kind of defense head-on."

"In this way, if the enemy wants to get through the defenses of the zodiac, the only way is to follow the rules of passage."

"But if we do that, wouldn't entering the Nine Star Demon Palace just be a pointless death?" Wu Xin still didn't quite understand.

If you don't follow the rules, you can't force your way through; if you follow the rules, you'll be weakened at every turn. It seems like there's no way out.

“Why would we throw our lives away for nothing? Because the rules also have loopholes!” Sasha tossed her sideburns and gave everyone a confident smile.

"What vulnerability?" Wu Xin hurriedly asked.

Sasha patiently explained, "This weakening of the rules does not weaken individuals, but rather the whole."

"As long as you enter it as a whole and then leave a portion behind as a weakening cost, it will naturally comply with the common rules."

Chapter 465 Mercury Demon Palace

"Then can we concentrate our superior forces and break in little by little from the main gate?" Pegasus asked tentatively.

With their current lineup and strength, if they were to launch a coordinated attack, no obstacle could possibly stop them.

Sasha smiled and nodded, then said seriously, "That's certainly possible, but such a reckless breakthrough will also trigger the entire defensive array to mobilize its defenses."

"The result is no different from trying to break through from the outside by force; it will also require paying a huge price."

"So, the only way to break through this defense with minimal cost is to follow the rules, leave corresponding forces at each checkpoint as a price to hold them off, and then exchange that for the main force to get through!" Wu Xin finally understood everything.

This is a layered, exploitative defense mechanism targeting an indefinite number of individuals.

Forcing a breakthrough would trigger their strongest defenses, resulting in more harm than good. The only way to pass with minimal losses is to abide by the rules and pay the price of 'weakening'.

No wonder that in every Holy War, Hades never stormed the Twelve Palaces alone, but instead led a group of Specters, leaving each Specter to deal with the Gold Saints guarding each palace.

Because those Specters who remained were the price of 'weakening' the whole team paid.

And the defense mechanisms that receive compensation for their losses will also become completely silent.

As long as the cost of remaining there is not completely exhausted, the silent defense node will no longer be activated by summoning.

Now, the tide of attack and defense has turned, and it's the Sanctuary's turn to experience this layered weakening defense mechanism.

"Then we're in trouble!"

Pegasus shook his head and said worriedly, "Aside from Sasha herself, there are only eight of us, which is not enough to be distributed among the Nine Star Demon Palace."

Sasha smiled and comforted her, "It's alright. As long as you can hold off the first eight demon palaces for me, I'll take care of the last one myself!"

"That won't do!"

Wu Xin quickly stopped him, saying seriously, "Even Hades wouldn't dare travel through the Twelve Palaces alone."

"If Lord Sasha were to pass through the last Demon Palace on his own, he would also be weakened, and it would be extremely dangerous for him to face Hades."

“That’s right! That’s too dangerous!” Defteros and the others nodded in agreement.

While it's uncertain to what extent this defense mechanism weakens an individual, they will absolutely not allow Sasha to recklessly bear the cost of such passage.

Leo Regulus said, "I think it would be better to have Lord Sasha slow down before entering the Ninth Demon Palace and wait for the people behind him."

"If someone of us can deal with the enemy catching up in time, we can take over the impact of the Demon Palace's defense mechanism from the adults."

If one person passes through, the defense mechanism will inevitably weaken them. However, if two people pass through, one person can be left behind as compensation, replacing the individual with the whole and avoiding the weakening of the individual.

"That's a great idea!" All the Saints nodded in unison.

"Then it's settled!"

Defteros looked at the girl and said earnestly, "Lady Sasha, please do not travel through the Demon Palace alone. I believe we will catch up with you again!"

"To open the road to Hades for you!"

Sensing everyone's good intentions, Sasha didn't stand on ceremony and immediately nodded, saying, "Then I'll leave it to you all!"

As they were talking, the group arrived in front of a huge temple.

We have arrived at the First Demon Palace, the Mercury Demon Palace.

Although the entire cloud staircase is formed by a meteorite belt, which is long and wide, and ordinary people might not be able to reach it even if they walked for ten days and ten nights, the people here are not ordinary people either. They have extraordinary stamina. The journey that ordinary people might not be able to complete in ten days and ten nights can be completed in no time for them.

At this moment, the Mercury Palace stands tall in front.

It was a majestic and imposing temple, and a chilling aura permeated the surrounding area, causing the temperature to drop several degrees.

More importantly, the temple completely blocked the path up the cloud staircase, making it impossible to bypass. The only way to get through was to open the temple's main gate and walk through from the inside.

However, the temple gates are now closed, making it difficult to get through.

"I'll open the door!"

Pegasus, still full of energy after its previous battle above the sea of ​​clouds, immediately charged forward.

Inside the temple, Tiankui Xing Yaoma also sensed the group of people arriving outside the temple.

"Has it finally arrived?"

He put down his wine glass and prepared to go out to meet the enemy.

But at that moment, he suddenly paused in his action of putting down the wine glass.

"How come he's still alive?"

Yao Ma recognized the small universe outside as belonging to the Giant Seat Enlightenment.

A guy who killed himself three times, but didn't die each time.

"How is this possible?"

He found the result somewhat unbelievable.

But he quickly regained his composure, though the murderous intent on his face grew even more intense.

"Since you've escaped again, then I'll kill you again!"

He put down his wine glass and slowly took out an exquisite pocket watch from his pocket.

This time, he would not hold back and was determined to kill the Great Lord Wuxin with his own hands.

Outside the door, Pegasus had already taken several large strides up the steps and grabbed the handle of the temple door.

But just as he was about to open the door, Tiankui Xing Yaoma in the Demon Palace pressed down on the exquisite pocket watch in his hand.

"Time Stands Still"

In an instant, a huge clock face appeared outside the temple, reflected on the ground, and enveloped everyone.

However, no one can see the clock face reflected in that special dimension; only Yoma, who possesses the power of time, can see it clearly.

Immediately afterwards, several javelins transformed from clock hands fell and struck the huge clock face, firmly stopping the hands that were moving as usual.

At this moment, everything within the area covered by the giant dial stopped, entering a peculiar state of time stillness.

Immediately afterwards, Yao Ma emerged from the other side of the temple gate like a formless phantom, his gaze fixed on Wu Xin.

"Die, you superfluous wretch!"

"Constantly in disarray"

With a single finger, countless clock faces materialized, shooting straight toward Wuxin like flying discs.

And on that blazing dial, the hands are spinning at breakneck speed.

That is the Blade of Time; those struck by it will be torn apart and scattered into endless temporal turbulence.

Even immortal beings would be severely injured by this attack and would find it difficult to recover.

But at that very moment, Sasha, who should have been frozen in time, suddenly moved.

"Exorcising Holy Radiance"

She conjured a golden shield in her left hand and released a dazzling golden beam that completely extinguished the shooting time dial.

"What??"