VMMMM—! The long spear vibrated intensely, letting out an unwilling hum. Time seemed to freeze. The ever-changing battle situation was movin
VMMMM—!
The long spear vibrated intensely, letting out an unwilling hum.
Time seemed to freeze. The ever-changing battle situation was moving at a suffocating pace. By the time the crowd realized the divine spear had struck, they saw that the long spear, condensed with destructive light and heat, was already firmly grasped in the palm of the Saint, Seiya!
"Great Sun-Illuminating Avatar! Are you alright?!" Ena Seishuin was the first to regain her composure, rushing to Seiya's side.
"It seems my opponent is also quite impatient," Seiya said, lowering his head to look at the divine steel he was tightly gripping.
The web of Seiya's hand had already split open, seeping blood. However, the corners of his mouth split into an almost wild arc of pure excitement.
"Excellent! This is how a Heretic God should be!" the youth laughed loudly. Then, with a powerful stomp of his foot, his body swung in a perfect arc. An immense, irresistible light and heat surged from within him, madly pouring into the divine spear, which had not yet exhausted its power!
The humming sound suddenly pitched higher, turning into a shriek that tore through the air! The divine spear, with the same terrifying might that could tear through space and reverse causality, was thrown back by Seiya in the direction it came from!
Now, there was no longer any need to pay attention to the result, because the Saint's fighting spirit had been ignited.
"Heretic Gods really are a bunch of show-offs," Erica murmured, thinking of the Eastern war god and the God King Baal. Only this knight, who had experienced a God War, understood that this was Perseus's invitation to battle for Seiya.
Just as they were pondering where Perseus might be hiding, the man revealed his aura without any attempt at concealment. They had all guessed wrong. This ancient hero-god who slayed dragon-serpents had no intention of hiding. Instead, the first thing he did upon recovering his full power was to activate his Authority.
And Seiya? He had already transformed into a streak of light and shot into the sky.
"Come. I am right here." Perseus, in the Mitake Ryūgū Shrine, drew his bowstring towards the distant figure.
His state was complete, his divine power full. The Perseus of today could not be compared to the one from a few days ago. He too had a strange feeling for the Pegasus. As lightning shot from his palm, an arrow of light flew towards the Saint, Seiya, at divine speed.
The speed of electricity conducting through the air—lightning speed. Although slower than the speed of light, it was more than sufficient to catch an ordinary arrow.
But the speed of the arrow surpassed human limits.
With a slight thought from Seiya, his brilliant Cloth instantly covered his entire body. He didn't even need to dodge. With just the Pegasus Laser shooting from his fingertips, he accurately shot down the oncoming light arrow!
However, this was merely the prelude! Perseus drew his bow like a full moon—
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Streams of light, like long rainbows piercing the sun, tore through the sky, accurately blasting towards the nimble figure in the air!
A deafening roar of something breaking the sound barrier exploded from the clouds! Streaks of light shrieked mournfully in the air, weaving a destructive rain of light—vast, brilliant, and deadly!
But on the other side of the vision, an even more furious meteor shower came charging towards his own divine pressure.
With a great rumble that shook the earth and mountains, Perseus was also forced to retreat from his original position. He revealed a smile that was not quite a smile, looking up at the brilliantly shining Saint above him. He was still wearing the armor wreathed in the divinity of Verethragna. In this moment, it was as if their roles had been reversed.
He, standing on the earth, was the warrior challenging the gods. And the Saint, Seiya, was the god delivering punishment.
And how could such a pressure not excite Perseus? He was so excited he could barely contain himself!
"You were the one who called me. You're not going to run away now, are you?" Seiya turned his head, looking playfully at the Heretic God before him.
"Of course not. I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time," Perseus said, revealing an archaic smile like Verethragna's. "I should have made full preparations before coming to engage in this fated battle with you. A pity that time does not wait for me."
Seiya was a little surprised, but he soon made the connection to the sea dragon Tiamat that had been killed by Him not long ago. The one whose prey had been taken was the old wolf king, Marquis Voban. How would he react to the Heretic God who had stolen his prey? After the shock and anger, he would naturally be overjoyed and want to fight the other party.
"You could have just diverted him to me. Let him consume my strength. Wouldn't you have had a better chance of victory then?" Seiya crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.
"That would have violated the bond forged between you and I. I can use some tricks to weaken your strength, but to let a third party intervene in the battle between Perseus and Pegasus—even if I were to win, it would be a great shame and humiliation for me!" The moment his final word fell, the explosive sound of tearing space swept across the highest peak of this archipelago, Nakanoshima, in the form of a shockwave.
The power plundered from Tiamat had allowed Perseus to recover completely. Divine speed stacked with divine steel was the ultimate armament that could destroy all of creation. This was the source of Perseus's confidence to once again cut down the Pegasus.
Lightning and flames of light collided! Fist-edges and arrow-tips clashed! Collapsing mountain rock and rubble, in a deafening roar, were sent flying in all directions by the furious power like a volcanic eruption!
Perseus's figure was slammed like a cannonball into the side of Mount Goryu behind him! He had just forcibly stabilized himself in the air when a meteor that tore through the long sky had already blasted into his chest and abdomen! The Saint stomped down, and an immense force erupted from his ankle, enough to shatter mountains and break peaks!
"The last God of Steel on this land only survived ten seconds in my hands. How about you challenge yourself, Perseus?" Seiya tilted his head, looking at the hero-god at arm's length. "Challenge yourself to survive a full circle of the second hand against me."
Cosmo burning—Pegasus Comet Kick!!!
Although his mouth was full of mockery, for Seiya, he respected Perseus. And the way a Saint expresses respect is to give it their all, to completely crush all of the opponent's possibilities and cast them into the bottomless abyss!
"I who am radiant, I who am undefeated, Athena granted me creation! Fear my name! I am he who breaks all obstacles! Neither the mighty nor the unjust can defeat me—"
Between Perseus and Pegasus, there was indeed a thread of fate that could not be severed. Just as He could lock onto Seiya in the Imperial Palace from a thousand li away, at this moment, Seiya could also follow that faint connection and pour the vast and furious "rain of light" all over the hero-god who was flying backward!
Every strike was enough to shatter mountains and split the earth! Such a destructive bombardment, continuously concentrated on a single point! Even though he held the Authority of Steel, within Perseus's divine body, his five viscera and six bowels let out a wail of being overwhelmed, madly sending signals of pain to his brain.
Could he live? He certainly could not.
Seiya had no intention of probing his opponent's trump cards. His fists were fast! Vicious! Absolute! The continuous torrent of light completely suppressed any room for Perseus to resist, until the final blow—completely tore that defiant divine body apart!
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