Chapter 217 : Unleash your true spirit, Camus bursts forth!
In the Saint Seiya World, at the Sanctuary selection arena.
The overwhelming power displayed by the Celestial Saints caused the elite Saints and Marines to crumble.
Aiolia's breastplate shattered, Camus's half-body was frozen by the backlash of his own cold air, and Krisna, Sorento, and others fell heavily injured.
Poseidon's face was ashen, Athena's knuckles, gripping her staff of victory, turned white, and the glory of the goddess of victory seemed to dim.
Saga's demand was a direct challenge to Athena's divine authority!
Athena's pupils suddenly contracted, her divine power unconsciously surging.
Time seemed to freeze. Athena's gaze swept over the warriors struggling in a bloodbath on the arena, their eyes still unyielding; Aiolia struggled to get up, Camus arduously maintained consciousness within the ice.
Her gaze finally pierced through time and space, seeing the future.
After thousands of years of Holy War, she was mentally and physically exhausted; this battle with the Underworld made her see the heroic souls of past Saints, who, even after thousands of years of death, still hadn't given up their trust in her.
Finally, an unprecedented determination replaced her hesitation, burning in her eyes.
To protect this land, to fight against the ancient Titan, she must trust her Saints!
"As you wish, Saga! As you wish, my Saints!"
Athena's voice was clear, firm, and carried the undeniable authority of a divine oracle.
She raised her staff of victory high, and a dazzling golden divine light instantly erupted, like a star descending, enveloping the entire Sanctuary!
"In the name of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War, unleash your bonds! Let the true spirit of the Saints return to themselves! At this moment, your power belongs only to you, fighting only for protection! Burn, human Cosmo!"
Buzz!
An indescribable resonance echoed through heaven and earth!
Within every surviving Saint, the true spirit shackles, constructed by Athena's divine power, which were both a source of strength and a bond of loyalty, shattered with a bang!
Golden specks of light, like stars escaping a cage, burst forth from the depths of every Saint's soul, no longer power borrowed from Athena, but the essence truly integrated with their will and life!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Beams of golden Cosmo, unprecedented, filled with free will and the belief in protection, shot up from the Sanctuary like scorching Suns!
With the blessing of the goddess's divine power, the Saints' strength achieved a qualitative leap.
The lightning coiling around Aiolia was no longer golden, but violently incandescent white; his shattered Leo Cloth rapidly healed, and light formed a golden lion, roaring furiously in the glow!
Shura, who had fallen heavily injured, rose again, and a sharpness capable of cleaving everything condensed on his hand blade!
The Saints outside the arena also underwent earth-shattering changes in strength.
Behind the silently meditating Shaka, a giant Buddha's phantom appeared, and Sanskrit chants vibrated space as if tangible!
In Saga's eyes, a deep galaxy swirled, the aura of destruction and creation alternating, and his Cosmo surged upwards!
Even the Bronze Five, Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki.
Their Cosmos also underwent a qualitative change, burning purer and more intensely!
"For the land! For humanity!"
Their firm will, like a tangible entity, shot straight into the sky!
The Saints, who had been on the verge of collapse, now with their surging power after integrating their true spirit, counterattacked fiercely like awakened lions!
The arena instantly transformed into an even more violent battlefield; the Saints and the Celestial Saints clashed again, and this time, they were evenly matched!
However, not everyone saw a turning point.
Camus of Aquarius was still tormented by the intense pain of his half-body being frozen by the backlash of cold.
Even more troublesome, his self-made aquarius gold cloth was already covered in cracks from the previous fierce battle with Oedipus, on the verge of shattering and completely losing its protective and amplifying effects.
At this moment, he was bare-handed, relying solely on his own freezing air to strenuously resist the storm-like attacks of a Celestial Saint (or Heavenly Warrior).
His cold air retreated steadily under the impact of the opponent's powerful divine power, and the situation was precarious!
Oedipus mocked him coldly.
"Is this your Gold Cloth? It's like it's made of paper!"
"Camus!"
The onlookers were extremely anxious but were unable to help due to the rules.
A cold glint flashed in Apollo's eyes, and his divine consciousness entered Oedipus's mind.
"Finish off your opponent, let Athena know this isn't a game of house!"
A murderous intent flashed in Oedipus's eyes; his fist condensed with cursed divine power, about to pierce Camus's body.
Li Yu, currently transcending spatio-temporal dimensions and adrift in spatio-temporal turbulence, felt a sudden jolt in the depths of his soul.
The scene in the Sanctuary, Camus's crisis, appeared clearly in his cross-World perception, like moonlight reflected on water.
That subtle connection between brothers pierced through the barriers of endless time and space.
"Camus... Apollo, you're looking for death!"
Li Yu was temporarily unable to return to the current spacetime, but that didn't prevent him from saving Camus; with a slight shift of his will.
The aquarius god cloth separated from him on its own.
Above the Sanctuary arena, a golden crack appeared in space!
An extreme cold, as if from the very beginning of the Universe, from a time when no stars existed, suddenly descended!
This cold was not Camus's freezing air, but a purer, deeper, and divinely radiant Absolute Zero!
Under the horrified gazes of everyone, a magnificent and indescribably dazzling aquarius god cloth, like an ancient ice star traversing time, slowly descended from that crack!
It shimmered with ice-blue and golden divine radiance, its design more intricate than the Gold Cloth, elegant and majestic, as if forged from the purest ice and starlight in the Universe.
The moment the God Cloth appeared, the temperature of the entire arena plummeted to a degree that could freeze even souls; even the violently colliding energy seemed to solidify for an instant.
The God Cloth seemed to possess life, transforming into a stream of light, flying with perfect precision towards the imperiled Camus!
"That's... Li Yu's God Cloth?"
Shaka suddenly opened his eyes, filled with disbelief.
"Impossible! A Cloth is summoned by its Gemini, unless its current owner is dead!"
Saga's mind was violently shaken.
Camus looked at the flying God Cloth, and an unprecedented light burst forth from his cold eyes.
He no longer hesitated, using his last strength to open his arms!
Crack! Crack!
The components of the aquarius god cloth, as if alive, instantly covered Camus's entire body!
The moment the helmet closed.
A storm of freezing air, beyond all limits, erupted from Camus!
That was the ultimate fusion of Camus's own mastered Absolute Zero secret art and the ice divine power from Li Yu, contained within the aquarius god cloth!
Space was completely frozen, and time seemed to halt!
Camus's originally pale face, beneath the God Cloth helmet, appeared sacred and aloof.
He slowly raised his hand, and a cold voice rang out.
"Aurora Execution!"
Behind Camus, a phantom of a goddess slowly appeared; she tilted the water bottle on her shoulder, and cold air, like a tide, completely submerged the entire arena.
When the white cold mist dissipated, silently, Oedipus, along with his erupted divine power, and even the horrified expression on his face, were instantly frozen within a giant, crystal-clear iceberg radiating eternal cold!
That iceberg stood like a cosmic tombstone in the center of the arena, the figure inside lifelike, yet without a trace of life.
Instant kill!
The entire arena fell silent!
Whether it was the battling Saints, Celestial Saints, Marines, or Athena, Poseidon, and Apollo, seated on their divine thrones, everyone was utterly shocked by this scene beyond comprehension!
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