With a crisp clang, Shiryu's face showed surprise. His dragon's shield had been cut in half by Shura's Excalibur!
Little did he know, Shura was also full of surprise. In Shura's mind, a mere Bronze Saint's shield, even if he didn't use Light Speed Punch, should have been cut in two along with the arm by his Excalibur, with enough momentum left to directly attack Athena.
Shin glanced at it and immediately realized that vibranium had definitely been added to Shiryu's shield. The strength of this shield now, even without Cosmo's blessing, far exceeded that of Captain America's shield.
After all, the craftsmanship of a cloth, to some extent, was much more advanced than the technology of Captain America's shield. The effect of vibranium was perfectly unleashed. In terms of pure strength, this dragon Shield was almost approaching the average level of a gold cloth.
Of course, it was only close. Otherwise, if it were truly a gold cloth, it wouldn't have been so easily cut with a large wound by Shura's sword, especially when Shura hadn't even burned his Cosmo or unleashed his Seventh Sense.
If he had truly unleashed his Seventh Sense, Shiryu, with his current strength, definitely wouldn't have been able to block it.
Fortunately, Shiryu wasn't fighting alone. Even if Saori Kido had a soft personality, hearing that Shura wanted her head was intolerable. It would be one thing if you didn't know the truth, but you know the truth and still want my head? Do you think I'm a fake goddess?
The Saori Kido in the original work had never seriously cultivated, thus lacking the aura of a warrior, always thinking of peaceful solutions to everything. The current Saori Kido was being trained to death by Shin every day, and her personality had subtly changed, becoming much more resolute and decisive.
Without a word, Saori Kido unleashed her own Cosmo. She didn't use the staff of victory, merely clenched her delicate small fists, and then instantly unleashed hundreds of punches.
"Plasma Light Speed Punch!"
Shura truly hadn't expected this reincarnation of Athena to be so fierce! Not to mention Athena's Cosmo, the quality of this reincarnation's own Cosmo already surpassed his own!
With a boom, the unlucky Shura, completely unprepared, was sent flying by a punch. Tiny cracks appeared on his gold cloth as he flew far into the sky, then landed headfirst in a standard Saint pose.
"No, it can't be?"
"How is this possible, this kind of Cosmo?"
The Pisces and Cancer Duo were also dumbfounded. Good heavens, the Athena human host is hitting people! And this human host's own Cosmo is quite a bit stronger than all three of us Gold Saint!
The Pisces and Cancer Duo even felt that even Saga's Cosmo was slightly inferior to Saori Kido's Cosmo, and this was just the human host, not even unleashing the goddess's Cosmo.
If she truly unleashed it, how would the three of them die?
The Pisces and Cancer Duo felt a bit intimidated before even fighting, but in this situation, they knew they had no other choice.
Cancer Deathmask unleashed his ultimate move without a word: "Praesepe Underworld Waves!"
Aphrodite of Pisces gritted his teeth, and a white rose in his hand instantly shot towards Saori Kido's chest.
The most unlucky ones were actually the Bronze Saints and Silver Saints standing in front of Saori Kido. They were almost instantly affected by the Praesepe Underworld Waves, their souls thrown into the Underworld.
As for Saori Kido, as a reincarnation of a deity, she had extreme resistance to such abnormal states. The Praesepe Underworld Waves felt like a gentle breeze to her. The white rose was gently blocked by the staff of victory in her hand, not a single hair harmed.
However, seeing so many Bronze Saints and Silver Saints suddenly fall to the ground, lifeless, Saori Kido's face also showed shock and anger.
At this time, Saori Kido had no experience of her soul entering the Underworld. She thought these Bronze Saints and Silver Saints had all died directly!
The immense guilt and grief caused this goddess's reincarnation's Cosmo to surge. Saori Kido, enraged to the extreme, made her first full, unreserved move: "Plasma Light Beam Punch!"
Deathmask's smile had just appeared on his face when he was hit by a powerful attack, completely unprepared. Most importantly, the enraged Saori Kido, without control, even subtly mobilized a trace of Athena's Cosmo within her body.
Almost instantly, Deathmask felt his own Cosmo being greatly suppressed, and his gold cloth seemed dead, showing no reaction to his Cosmo's enhancement.
In this situation, taking a punch from Saori Kido, whose strength was even far above his own, even if he was wearing a gold cloth and Saori Kido wasn't even using her staff of victory, fighting bare-handed and unarmored, the outcome would be no surprise.
The gold cloth was riddled with cracks, almost completely shattered. Although it was said that it "had never been completely destroyed since the Age of Myths," it showed that the Eighth Sense could not truly inflict heavy damage on a gold cloth.
But that refers to when the gold cloth's Cosmo resonates with the Saint. In this state of being completely unprepared and even mutually restrained, the damage received by the gold cloth was much greater than normal.
With the gold cloth severely damaged, Deathmask naturally fared even worse. He let out a tragic howl, countless streams of blood splattering from the crevices of his cloth, and he was sent flying dozens of meters, falling to the ground limply as if his bones had vanished.
"How... how could this be?" Aphrodite's hands trembled slightly. In battles between Gold Saint, there had never been a rumored instant kill. Even the weakest Pisces and Cancer Duo, facing the strongest Gold Saint like Virgo Shaka and Gemini Saga, wouldn't be instantly killed.
After all, the defensive power of the gold cloth was there. Tenbu Horin would still require a few rounds, and Galactic Explosion would need at least two or three hits to truly take down a Gold Saint.
Yet, what appeared before him was indeed Saori Kido instantly killing Deathmask with one move.
If it were truly Athena's Cosmo, Aphrodite wouldn't have been so shocked. However, he had indeed felt it just now; that Cosmo belonged entirely to Saori Kido, the human host herself.
Are you kidding me? Even the human host is so fierce? Then how strong would she be when she unleashes Athena's Cosmo? Aphrodite suddenly felt that his belief of 'strength is justice' was somewhat untenable, because now, the opponent was clearly stronger!
In reality, this generation of Gold Saint clearly hadn't suffered a beating. Saga had always believed that his strength was definitely not inferior to Athena's; otherwise, where would he get the confidence to rule the Earth and contend against the Poseidon and Hades?
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