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From the Mythical Era, the combat armor known as the Sacred Cloth had never been destroyed, so one could imagine its hardness and defense.
The golden glow emitted by the Gold Sacred Cloth was not only due to its material composition, but it also had the ability to absorb light and convert the light it captured into pure energy.
As for the energy stored within a Gold Sacred Cloth, if all twelve Sacred Cloths were gathered and unleashed at once, the resulting energy could rival the sun itself.
And this refers to the sun of the Mythical Era.
Once Melchaba could fully unleash the power of the Aries Gold Sacred Cloth, he would naturally be able to match, or even defeat, the Sea Generals. As for how to draw out the power of the Aries Gold Sacred Cloth, Jiang Chen had his own method.
After all, he was connected to the entire Twelve Temples of Zodiac. With his power, he could guide forth the strength of the Aries Gold Sacred Cloth. As long as Melchaba could comprehend it, there wouldn't be the slightest problem.
"Asclepius, hurry! I want to knock those bastards into the sky!" Melchaba couldn't contain his excitement as he spoke.
Jiang Chen nodded slightly.
Then, he began to activate the Light of Aries through the power of the Twelve Temples of Zodiac.
"Buzz!"
A ripple spread outward and in the next moment, the Aries Gold Sacred Cloth burst forth with an incredibly intense light, causing the area around Jiang Chen's room to dim instantly.
"Boom!"
From the sky above, a golden light suddenly shot downward, landing directly upon Melchaba. At that moment, Melchaba was completely immersed within it.
Around him, waves of majestic Cosmo began to stir and tremble violently.
"This… what is this?" Melchaba's consciousness was now entirely immersed within the vastness of Aries.
To Jiang Chen, Cosmo encompassed the entire galaxy, but for most people, Cosmo only corresponded to their own constellation.
And even that was already unimaginably vast.
Melchaba's mind was completely absorbed within it.
Time flowed silently.
No one knew how much time had passed. Or how long it continued.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a powerful aura surged up from Melchaba's body. In the next instant, a majestic Cosmo burst forth, covering the entire area and spreading in all directions.
"Seventh Sense, Peak Level!"
Jiang Chen murmured to himself and a smile appeared on his face.
Although he had anticipated this result, he hadn't expected that just by guiding him, Melchaba would immediately break through to the peak of the Seventh Sense,
the current limit most beings in the Sanctuary could hope to reach.
"So strong! This… this is the power of the Aries Gold Sacred Cloth?" Melchaba opened his eyes, his face brimming with excitement and emotion.
Only at this moment did he truly feel the terrifying power contained within this Sacred Cloth.
It was something completely beyond what his previous Cloth had ever offered.
Now, when he raised his hand or took a step, he felt like he could shatter the stars themselves.
No, it was not just a feeling. He actually possessed that kind of power now.
"That's not all. Do you know what power lies beyond Cosmo?" Jiang Chen shook his head, speaking solemnly.
"Beyond Cosmo?" Melchaba echoed Jiang Chen's words with confusion, subconsciously looking at him with a puzzled expression.
"The power beyond Cosmo… The Seventh Sense is said to be the limit of Cosmo, but that's only in theory. In reality, there is a higher level beyond it, the Eighth Sense." Jiang Chen nodded slightly and spoke in a calm and deliberate tone.
"Eighth Sense? What's that?" Melchaba looked even more confused.
Despite spending so much time in the Sanctuary, he had never even heard of the Eighth Sense.
"The Eighth Sense within Cosmo, also known as Alaya-Vijnana, is the divine essence of Cosmo itself. It is the ultimate realm beyond the Seventh Sense, the sense that transcends life and death."
"If you awaken the Eighth Sense while you are still alive, you will no longer be bound by the laws of the Underworld Realm. Death will no longer be the end for you."
"All the Saints who once walked the earth and awakened the Eighth Sense have already surpassed the limits of life and death. Only by comprehending the Eighth Sense will you be able to unleash the full power of the Gold Sacred Cloth."
Jiang Chen spoke slowly, though his thoughts were already beginning to drift.
He was thinking of those monsters from Saint Seiya LC (Lost Canvas).
Unlike the main timeline's Gold Saints, who were each more disappointing than the last, the ones in LC were monsters.
And even "monster" might not be strong enough a word.
Even the weakest among them possessed bone-chilling power.
The strongest?
They had the ability to slay gods with ease.
Such strength would be unimaginable even in the Mythical Era.
After all, this wasn't the Huaxia (Chinese) mythos; in this world, the gap between humans and gods was an unbridgeable chasm.
To reach such heights was nothing short of extraordinary.
In LC, nearly all the Gold Saints had already awakened the Eighth Sense. That might very well be the reason why the LC Gold Saints were so incredibly strong.
If Melchaba could awaken the Eighth Sense as well, then his strength would undoubtedly reach an entirely new level, a far higher realm.
"To transcend life and death! To overcome the laws of the Underworld Realm! The Eighth Sense!" As Jiang Chen spoke, Melchaba's eyes began to shine.
At that moment, he seemed to see an entirely new path unfolding before him.
"Asclepius! Thank you, so much!" Taking a deep breath, Melchaba slowly stood and bowed deeply toward Jiang Chen.
"No need to thank me. I should be thanking you. Without you, I probably wouldn't have obtained the Ophiuchus Gold Sacred Cloth!" Jiang Chen shook his head and replied softly.
"Heh heh! Asclepius, we're friends! This is nothing! I'll be off now! Those damned Sea Warriors, I'm definitely going to flatten them this time!" Melchaba scratched his head with a sheepish smile, then turned to leave, filled with excitement.
Jiang Chen nodded slightly. He didn't stop him.
Melchaba swiftly departed, soaring off into the distance.
As Jiang Chen watched him go, his gaze shifted toward the distant Athena Temple, his expression growing solemn.
"It seems the new era is about to begin… Looks like I need to raise my power as soon as possible." Murmuring to himself, Jiang Chen made up his mind.
Even though he didn't fully understand the events of the Mythical Era, he knew a few things about its storyline.
Now that the war between Athena and Poseidon had begun, soon there would be battles involving:
Athena and Ares, the God of War,
Hades, the King of the Underworld, and even conflicts with the other gods.
One divine war after another was about to erupt.
(The ones who slander LC as "low-tier" usually do so by using the "illusory" feats of SS to suppress LC's concrete power. But what about the "real" feats of SS? They avoid the topic entirely. The truth is, the Saints in SS have always been written kind of vaguely and weakly. After all, it was a manga from the 1980s, there's no way its production can compare to modern standards.)
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