Chapter 384: Old Six Sea Emperor, Underworld Army Mobilized
The Sea Emperor Poseidon, who had originally been sleeping inside Julian Soloro's body, instantly had his soul and spirit awakened.
Originally, according to Poseidon's plan, he would wake up to play a little with Yatianna, after all, in every Holy War he merely came out to make up the numbers.
He didn't even show up for the entire Holy War, because basically every Holy War was just a contest between Yatianna and the Underworld King.
Sometimes, if he found Yatianna's army falling into a disadvantage, he would secretly reach out to help Yatianna, fiercely stabbing his own brother Hades once.
Why? Because in that great war of the mythological era, both his and Yatianna's bodies were destroyed, while the body of Underworld King Hades only suffered minor injuries and was then placed in the Elysian Pure Land to recuperate.
Although Poseidon also wanted dominion over the earth, he didn't place much importance on it, so each Holy War was more like a little game.
But now, if Yatianna's body fully recovers, then this balance will be broken, and Yatianna will be evenly matched with the Underworld King's forces.
Even to a certain extent, he would surpass Underworld King Hades regarding his niece, Poseidon knows this, as the other's potential is very great.
Moreover, according to prophecy, if Yatianna were born as a boy, he would become the one in the prophecy who replaces Zeus as the God King.
That's why Zeus back then went mad and ate Yatianna's mother, then let Yatianna be born as a goddess.
But even so, this little niece's strength should not be underestimated; she inherited her father's bravery and her mother's wisdom.
Among all the children, the only one who is somewhat stronger than Yatianna is the Sun God Apollo. (Here's a note: in the setting of Saint Seiya, the Sun God Apollo's strength is the greatest; after Zeus disappears, he leads the Olympian Gods, that Apollo who appears last in ND, not the Abel from the movie version.) After his divine body was destroyed, he could only wander on earth, with no more growth potential.
But now, for some unknown special reason, Yatianna actually wants to regain her divine body again!
Poseidon can clearly sense that Yatianna is absorbing a powerful divine body; once she completes it, she will regain her divine form.
And the god occupying a human body and the god fighting with their true body are not on the same level of combat power; originally using a human body.
I am not a match for Yatianna; if Yatianna regains her divine body, then I will be even less of a match.
"Lord Julian! What happened? How are you?" The female Sea Warrior Ditiis, wearing mermaid armor beside him, spoke up.
"Silence! I am the Sea Emperor Poseidon; Julian Soloro's consciousness has already disappeared; now immediately summon the Sea Emperor Seven Generals to my palace." At this moment, Poseidon's soul and spirit had fully awakened, his eyes turned deep blue, that is the radiance of a deity.
And as for the human consciousness, Julian Soloro's consciousness, at this moment has already been suppressed to the deepest part of the body.
Before, it was just a child's game; Poseidon didn't even want to wake up, so what harm would it do to let this human use a bit of his power? Besides, he could enjoy a wonderful performance.
But now, the nature of the matter has changed; he now urgently wants to know what's going on with Yatianna, why Yatianna suddenly wants to recover her divine body!
"Ah! Yes! Yes! Zhu, no, Poseidon Lord!" The little mermaid seemed somewhat incredulous.
Why did the originally gentle Julian Soloro, like a noble young master, get replaced by Poseidon? Clearly, clearly Poseidon hasn't fully awakened yet!
However, as a Sea Warrior, she cannot defy the command of her own god; soon the Sea Emperor Seven Generals were all summoned to Poseidon's palace.
At this moment, the face of the Sea Dragon General Jia Long, who plays the role, was extremely ugly; why? Why did his plan fail?
Clearly, clearly Poseidon should have been under his control, so how could he suddenly awaken? With the complete awakening of the Sea Emperor's divine power, the scale armor of the Sea Generals also changed, completely reaching the level of the Golden Holy Cloth.
Even under the blessing of the Sea Emperor's small universe, they can unleash the combat power of a superior Golden Saint Warrior.
"My Sea Generals! Now I have completely awakened; I feel that something extraordinary is happening in Yatianna's temple; I want to take you all immediately to Yatianna's Holy Domain." Poseidon spoke.
"Sea Emperor Lord, are we going to conquer the land world? You finally want to take action." One of the Sea Emperor Seven Generals, the Six Sacred Beasts, spoke excitedly.
"Finally going to let those land people know the power of our sea realm?" The Sea Horse General spoke.
"No! The matter is far more complicated than you think; in short, you now are under my small universe's blessing.
You have already obtained unimaginable power; now immediately follow me to the Holy Domain.
I hope Yatianna will not choose to go to all-out war with me; this time, whether it is war or peace, the choice lies in Yatianna's hands." Poseidon spoke.
What kind of joke is fighting? Why fight with Yatianna? I am currently not a match for Yatianna.
With Yatianna's wisdom, since she dares to openly reclaim her divine mind-body, she must have made full preparations.
Now the twelve Golden Saint Warriors should have already gathered; even Poseidon suspects that the legendary thirteenth Golden Saint Warrior, Ophiuchus, has already been born.
Although this one is called a Golden Saint Warrior, his true strength is completely that of a second-level deity; his combat power should be on par with the Death God and even the Sleep God.
Moreover, the other side still possesses strong supportive abilities; if it also exists in the Zodiac Twelve Palaces! It shouldn't be in the Thirteen Palaces, then those seven Sea Warriors under my command won't even think of breaking through.
As for himself, there's no need to say more; if Poseidon forcibly breaks through and fights Yatianna, he will surely die, and Yatianna will be seriously injured.
Then the one who will surely take advantage behind the scenes is Underworld King Hades, so I cannot let my brother take advantage.
Poseidon plans to go find Yatianna to cooperate, see how she is recovering her divine mind-body, and whether it's possible for him to also recover.
As an existence that always plays the sixth man in every Holy War, Sea Emperor Poseidon immediately formulated a plan for himself.
"My Sea Warriors remember, this time we are not fighting the Saint Warriors; we and the Saint Warriors are not enemies.
When we arrive at the Holy Domain later, you just need to display the dignity of Sea Warriors and follow by my side." Sea Emperor Poseidon repeatedly instructed his warriors, especially a certain Sea Dragon General.
"Don't think I don't know; during my slumber, you were playing tricks; before, I was too lazy to bother with you, but now if you dare to play tricks again, I will deal with you directly."
"Yes! Sea Emperor Lord, we will strictly obey your command." Several Sea Generals nodded and spoke up.
So saying, the previous plan to kidnap Yatianna and then let her marry the Sea Emperor, after Poseidon awakened, directly came to nothing.
Soon a luxurious carriage rushed out of the sea, then flew into the sky, swiftly heading toward the Holy Domain; seated on the carriage frame were precisely Sea Emperor Poseidon, the Sea Emperor Seven Generals, and a mermaid Sea Warrior.
At this moment, the Haien's Castle in Germany, originally Haienstein City, as the commander of the Underworld Army, Pandora, also received orders from the Death God and Sleep God.
"Pandora, Yatianna's side is making a big move; quickly! Immediately order all Underworld Warriors to go to the Holy Domain; absolutely cannot let Yatianna's plan succeed, otherwise this Holy War will be over." The sudden descent of the Death God and Sleep God startled Pandora.
Thirteen years ago, when I was only four years old, I unintentionally unsealed the seal of Yatianna's holy chest, releasing these two deities of the Underworld.
As these two Underworld deities awakened, Hades' soul also was born in the castle as my younger brother; afterward, the one hundred and eight demon stars sleeping in various parts of the world successively revived and gathered beside me.
These years, she has always led the Underworld Warriors, and has not received any orders from the Death God or Sleep God, nor from Underworld King Hades.
I never thought that today I would suddenly receive orders from the Death God and Sleep God.
"Yes! Two Lords, I don't know, I don't know what happened in the Holy Domain that actually startled you." Andora knelt on the ground and spoke up.
"You mortals are all useless; we have been awakened for over ten years, yet you haven't even gathered the slightest bit of remaining intelligence; now Yatianna is in."
The words of Death God Thanatos had not finished when they were cut off by Sleep God Hypnos; as gods, we don't need to say too much to these mortals, speaking to them they wouldn't understand anyway.
"Hypnos, don't say anything more; now Pandora, you immediately gather your Underworld Warrior troops; I will dispatch my four Dream Gods to assist you, then launch an attack on the Holy Domain; you must retrieve Yatianna's mobile phone."
"Pandora! I will immediately resurrect some deceased Golden Saint Warriors to have them cooperate in launching an attack on the Holy Domain."
Pandora turned her head in disbelief; a virtual and illusory figure, wearing Underworld King's robes, stood behind her.
She never expected that the soul of Hades, King of the Underworld, would have already awakened.
Before, Hades' soul had no physical body, so he could only reside in the palace of the Underworld; over a decade passed, and he had not even spoken to her once.
She never expected that, while she had been serving this younger brother all along, the great King Hades would actually take the initiative to speak to her.
"Yes, Lord Hades! And Lord Hypnos and Lord Thanatos, your subordinates will immediately summon all the Underworld Saints and launch an attack on the Sanctuary at once." Pandora dared not be the slightest bit negligent, kneeling on the ground as she spoke to the soul of King Hades.
"Pandora! Where is my body? It has been so many years—why have you not yet retrieved my body?" Hades' soul looked at Pandora and asked.
Compared to the Pandora of the previous Holy War, this Pandora is far inferior.
If it weren't for my own overindulgence last time, and my constant failure to resist that human soul, the Underworld army might even have had a chance to win the Holy War last time.
But this time, the situation is different!
Athena does not know why, but she actually wants to restore her true divine form—this is something I, Hades, absolutely do not wish to see, for only I should possess the true divine body.
In the great war of the mythic age, although I successfully preserved my divine body, my divine body also suffered severe damage, being critically wounded by the Pegasus constellation.
Even after cultivating for so many years, I have not fully recovered, but now Athena actually seeks to obtain her divine body ahead of me—this is something I, Hades, King of the Underworld, absolutely cannot accept, so I must immediately mobilize the army and quickly restore my physical form, then launch an attack on Shen Yu.
"Lord Hades! Your, your physical body has now become Athena's Saint Warrior, but do not worry—I will immediately order the Underworld Saints to bring him back." Pandora was so startled she broke into a cold sweat, kneeling on the ground as she spoke.
"Hmph! Useless thing—do it now, at once. I must obtain my physical body as quickly as possible, then personally lead the warriors of the Divine Realm. I have already revived many of the former Golden Saints; let these revived Golden Saints take the vanguard." King Hades spoke.
In the Ice Hell, using his own deathly power, Hades successfully revived some of the former Golden Saints, the most important of whom was Pope Shion.
Soon! Countless Underworld Saints flew out of Heinstein City, as large numbers of Underworld Saints launched an attack on the Sanctuary.
At the same time, one of the Three Giants, the Giant Star Aigayos, led a small unit of Underworld Saints who also received special orders to go to a special mansion and bring back the resting Virgin constellation.
"Lord Hades! This time, let me and Hypnos attack the Sanctuary together—while Athena has not yet fully recovered, we will destroy her in one fell swoop." Thanatos knelt before King Hades and spoke.
In previous Holy Wars, they brothers basically approached it with a playful attitude, never truly exerting themselves.
Those so-called Golden Saints, in the eyes of these gods, are completely insignificant; even the reason the previous Holy War ended in their sealing was due to underestimating the enemy, and Thanatos firmly believes that as long as he does not underestimate them, he will prevail.
So those Golden Saints, even if they are centuries-old antiques, absolutely cannot threaten me.
"Do not be careless, Thanatos—if when they sealed you, there was some luck and your own carelessness in underestimating them, but when they sealed me, I truly acknowledged that human; he truly, indeed, sealed me with his own strength alone." Hypnos spoke.
Unlike Hades and Thanatos, Hypnos actually feels no ill will toward humans! But his superior insists on exterminating humanity, so he can say nothing and must join every battle, though basically every Holy War ends with him contributing little effort.
"Thanatos, Hypnos—this time you two go to the Sanctuary together. I will head there immediately after retrieving my body. This time, show no mercy to my subordinates—you must utterly destroy Athena; I absolutely cannot allow her to regain her true form." Hades' soul spoke.
In the past, when these two brothers performed their Holy War in a half-hearted manner, he could turn a blind eye, because sometimes he himself was also going through the motions.
But this time, the situation is completely different! My goal has always been to defeat Athena, kill her, and then bring the entire surface world under my dark rule.
If Athena regains her true form, then Hades' chances of victory will be pitifully small.
"Rest assured, Lord Hades! Hypnos and I will now go to the Sanctuary—we will surely take Athena's head, for she is currently merging with her divine body and certainly has no spare strength to resist us." Thanatos said with a cold laugh.
"Be sure to watch out for the thirteenth Golden Saint, Ophiuchus—if he awakens, his combat power will not fall short of yours two. Athena, at this moment regaining her true form, will surely have summoned Ophiuchus." Hades spoke.
The twin gods nodded together—this time, they are fighting in their true bodies. They did not even bother to take over human shells, for the twin gods understand.
This battle is too important for Hades—if he again borrows human bodies to fight, his superior will surely be angry.
At this moment in the Sanctuary, counting the few revived Golden Saints, each of the Twelve Temples now has its own guardian, and even the divine-level Kaido guards the Pope's Palace.
Athena also fully unleashed her barrier, enveloping the entire Sanctuary in a layer of golden light.
All Saints, whether Bronze, Silver, or Gold, feel their combat power has at least doubled within Athena's barrier, where their power is enhanced by the goddess's small cosmos.
"How impressive! Even Sasha the Great never used such a technique before." Cancer Manigote said with admiration.
However, this barrier that enhances the combat power of Golden Saints can only be deployed when Athena herself acts within the Sanctuary—but at that time, they were on the offensive, so not receiving the barrier's enhancement is understandable.
Suddenly, a powerful small cosmos entered the Sanctuary—a golden chariot broke through Athena's barrier and arrived at the Aries Temple.
"Here already? So fast—Athena just raised her barrier!"
"Is this small cosmos that of the Sea Emperor Poseidon?"
"Mu! You must be careful—if you cannot match him in strength, then at least preserve your own life."
"Athena! I am Emperor Poseidon of the Sea—I am not here to fight you. Choose now! Do you want my friendship, or do you want me to join forces with Hades, King of the Underworld?" Poseidon's voice echoed throughout the Sanctuary. (End of chapter)
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