Yelena paused, then her eyes lit up as if she'd suddenly had a thought, and she looked at Li Sen with a burning gaze that made him uncomfortable.
"What are you going to do?" he asked.
Saints practice and train in the Sanctuary, but they also occasionally gather to spar and compete. The Sanctuary has special training grounds and dueling arenas with powerful barriers set up by the God King, Leon.
Saints have a non-human level of control over their power, allowing them to condense destructive force that could easily destroy a star into a single point to achieve ultimate damage without harming the Sanctuary.
Li Sen and Yelena have known each other for a long time, and her personality is very straightforward. She can be active and a bit mischievous but in a way that isn't off-putting.
It's as if there's an aggressive gene in her blood. She is most passionate about fighting, and her pursuit of power may be stronger than that of other Saints, so she often seeks out battles.
Li Sen, the Celestial Dragon Saint with the strongest shield among the Bronze Saints, is naturally a frequent sparring partner for Yelena. He also enjoys fighting and sparring, but he can't stand being challenged to a fight every single day.
Now that their mission was over, he saw that familiar look in her eyes, and a bitter feeling rose in his heart.
Sure enough, his premonition was correct.
"Haha, Li, we're just one step away from breaking through the Seventh Sense. Let's go back and have a good fight. I believe we can break through the Seventh Sense in battle and upgrade our Saint Cloths to Gold Saint Cloths."
Yelena's eyes were filled with an overwhelming fighting spirit that caused the surrounding space to vibrate and even evaporated the raindrops falling around them.
"Okay," Li Sen reluctantly agreed.
Even though he felt bitter, he wasn't completely against the idea. He was also eager to break through the Seventh Sense, especially with the chance to upgrade his Bronze Cloth to a Gold Cloth.
At that point, he would be a true Gold Saint, which would close the gap with the Saints who were already in the Gold Sequence.
All of the Saint Cloths have special properties, such as autonomous evolution. Both Bronze and Silver Cloths can evolve into Gold Cloths. However, the Saint must reach the Seventh Sense and activate it with golden blood.
The power increase a Saint receives from a Gold Cloth is significant. The appearance of the halo is also completely different.
Even though Saints are mature, who would want to wear a simple Bronze Cloth when they could wear a noble and gorgeous Gold Cloth?
"It's settled then."
Yelena snapped her fingers with a happy expression, then said goodbye to Li Sen and flew out of the town.
After thinking for a moment, Li Sen followed her.
On the highway outside the town, the Avengers and Sheriff Stim were maintaining order. The Avengers were observing the situation in the town, but they didn't expect nearly a thousand residents to suddenly appear on the highway in a flash of light.
This surprised Natasha Romanoff and the others. The residents were certainly scared, and while Natasha and the others were fine, Hulk's appearance was still a little intimidating.
Fortunately, Natasha Romanoff is an expert at communication, and with the help of Sheriff Stim and his deputies, the panicked residents calmed down.
It was drizzling, and the feeling of the rain was unpleasant, but there was nothing they could do. Natasha had called for transport to move the residents, and it would take time to arrive.
Compared to the residents, Natasha was more worried about Yelena and Li Sen. She knew from her conversation with Sheriff Stim that they had been sent out of the town by Li Sen and that Yelena and Li Sen might be fighting the mastermind behind the town's strange events.
Fortunately, Hawkeye was the first to notice them. He saw Yelena and Li Sen flying down from the sky.
"Natasha!" Barton called out, gesturing. She looked up and saw Yelena and Li Sen.
She finally put her worries aside, and the Avengers, Sheriff Stim, and the others went to greet them.
"Yelena, are you okay?"
Natasha walked quickly to her, nodding to Li Sen, then grabbed Yelena's shoulder armor and looked her up and down. Seeing no signs of injury, her expression became much more relaxed.
Yelena waved her hand dismissively. "I'm a Saint, how could those dirty things hurt me?"
"Did you solve the problem in the town?"
"Yeah... but we didn't solve it," Yelena said, her tone a little depressed.
Natasha, Barton, and the others looked at each other in surprise. What did that mean?
Yelena and Li Sen, both Saints, didn't solve it?
"Did someone else intervene with those sequences?" Natasha asked cautiously.
Yelena nodded. "Well, the situation was a little dangerous. The thing came from another dimension and was very powerful. Li and I worked together to attack it, and the force of our collision broke the folded space. The collision should have affected the entire United States. Fortunately, it must have been the God King who intervened."
"It was perfectly solved with the intervention of the God King."
"Hiss..." Barton and Sheriff Stim gasped, their faces full of fear.
A collision that could affect the entire United States. While it was just a short sentence, those present were not fools. They knew how terrible the outcome would be for those closest to the event—at the very least, there would be no bodies left.
The God King, in his mercy, had intervened to solve everything. Many people's hearts were pounding, full of respect and gratitude for Leon.
"Was it that dangerous?"
Natasha's first reaction was gratitude to the God King Leon, whom she had never met, and then fear. She was not only afraid that she had almost died just now but also that the mission was only saved by the Sanctuary's intervention. Otherwise, the Avengers team would have perished in that town.
(End of Chapter)
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