Saori Kido was only half-aware of the so-called God of Medicine and its long, unwieldy name.
However, possessing the cosmos of a goddess, she had a vague premonition upon hearing the name: this was indeed a very powerful being from the past, but now there was likely no hope of its revival.
Moving past that question, Saori Kido looked at the repaired Cloths throughout the Pope's Chamber, a slight smile gracing her face: "These Cloths feel significantly strengthened, especially in terms of vitality."
The vitality of Nth-Metal is rare in the world; it is a strange metal that can directly strengthen the human body even without any supernatural power as a basis, completely different from how Cloths require resonance with the cosmos.
Moreover, Saints are inherently flesh and blood, only capable of many incredible feats due to the miraculous power of the cosmos. When their physical bodies are also strengthened, at the very least, their capacity to bear the cosmos's explosive power and their physical limits will increase.
Coupled with Nth-Metal's rapid healing, to some extent, these guys have all acquired some characteristics of a healing factor.
Shin had also added a little something extra to the Cloths of the Five Bronze Saints; at the very least, the purity of Nth-Metal in their Cloths far exceeded that of ordinary Cloths. Although it hadn't reached the so-called purest state, its self-healing ability was specifically enhanced.
From now on, even if these Cloths are shattered again, as long as they don't turn to ash, they won't easily perish. After ten days to half a month, the Cloths' damage will heal.
At the same time, their own recovery abilities will also become quite strong when wearing the Cloths. While not on the level of Wolverine or Sabretooth, even if their heart is pierced, they can still last for several hours, and if the hole is small enough, it might even grow back directly.
Shin had decided that since he had usurped the glory of the Five Bronze Saints' valiant charge through the Twelve Temples, from now on, the Five Bronze Saints would accompany Saori Kido to train their Eighth Sense cosmos!
He also planned to create a large-scale chakra healing barrier in the Sanctuary's training ground. Combined with the Cloths, as long as the Five Bronze Saints weren't instantly blown to bits, even if they were cut in half or had their hearts removed, they could grow back!
Hmm, Saori Kido is soft-hearted and probably won't be too harsh. Let's just have the Pisces and Cancer Duo plus Shura do this! From now on, as long as the Five Bronze Saints don't awaken their Seventh Sense, I'll beat them up every time I see them!
After a brief moment of thought, a large group of Gold Saints had already arrived at the Pope's Chamber and were then sent away by Saori Kido and Shin.
Upon seeing their strengthened Cloths, the Gold Saints no longer cared about any inexplicable powerful cosmos. The Gold Cloths themselves had already nearly reached the limits of human craftsmanship; the remaining so-called God Cloths were all forged by the genuine God of Flame and Forging.
Besides adding a bit of Nth-Metal to the Gold Cloths, Shin also incorporated a small portion of exceptionally high-quality Amazonian divine gold, further strengthening the Gold Cloths, which earned him exclamations of praise from the Gold Saints.
Among them, Mu's gaze was the most fervent, even filled with resentment as he looked at Shin—he had originally been extremely interested in the materials Shin had given him, only to now realize they were all inferior goods.
Although those inferior goods were excellent treasures comparable to, or even surpassing, the materials used to create Gold Cloths, they were a world apart compared to what Shin was now producing.
Shin didn't pay much attention to this. Are you kidding? Even Shin himself didn't have much of the highest-grade materials like these in stock, so how could he give them to Mu?
All the Cloths had been sensed. Shin had nothing left to do in the Sanctuary—he planned to leave Athena's God Cloth for last, after all, Saori Kido had just seen him in women's clothing, and he didn't want to be mocked again.
"Perhaps I should go find Ikki and see if I can find the manufacturing method for the Phoenix Cloth. That terrifying recovery ability is unique among all Cloths, even God Cloths."
However, there was no rush for this. Ikki had also secretly come to the Sanctuary when Athena valiantly charged through the Twelve Temples, and then, seeing Saori Kido's unstoppable might and many Gold Saints being defeated, he quietly left.
Although he owed him a favor, Ikki was ultimately a tsundere. He would wait until the next time Poseidon or Hades emerged, and then he would go find him. At that time, he would use the excuse of helping him strengthen his Cloth, and he probably wouldn't refuse.
The Saint Seiya manga plot progresses very compactly, but in reality, after each major battle, there is still some time for recuperation. Otherwise, Seiya and the others would have died from overwork long ago.
Saori Kido, this young lady, stayed in the Sanctuary for a while before returning to deal with the affairs of the Graad Foundation. After all, she was the sole heir of the foundation; she couldn't just abandon it because she became Athena.
Her current strength was astonishing. After thoroughly digesting the accumulated experience of Sagittarius, Shin had also merged all twelve Gold Cloths for her. Saori Kido was indeed worthy of being the human reincarnation favored by the Goddess Athena. Having absorbed all the experience of the twelve Gold Cloths, she could now unleash the Twelve Zodiac Exclamations bare-handed.
Even without Athena's cosmos, three to five ordinary Gold Saints facing this move unleashed by an Eighth Sense peak cosmos would only find death.
Therefore, the numerous Gold Saints were very confident in Saori Kido's safety, merely letting the initial five weakest Bronze Saints accompany the Goddess Athena to handle some miscellaneous tasks.
The remaining Gold Saints, no, rather all the Saints in the Sanctuary, also had their own tasks to do—which was to undergo deathmatch training!
Being easily defeated through the Twelve Temples by Saori Kido made all the Gold Saints feel utterly humiliated. Conveniently, Shin had dug out the Gold Cloth boxes and told them how to extract their legacy. Coupled with the training ground Shin had established, these Gold Saints naturally began training almost like a deathmatch.
No matter how severely they were injured, as long as they weren't dead, under the stimulation of the powerful Yang Release chakra in the barrier, they would lie down for ten minutes or so and then get up to fight again.
Those who could become Saints were not truly afraid of hardship, fatigue, or pain. Their thirst for power kept these Saints in the training ground non-stop, constantly battling and honing themselves. However, in the end, only a few Bronze Saints could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Gold Saints.
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