Hyoga's voice trembled slightly, and complex emotions flickered in his blue eyes.
Isaac, who was once his senior disciple.
During their master Li Yu's brutal training, the disciples supported each other. Once, Hyoga fell into the icy sea, and Isaac, without hesitation, risked his life to save him, only to disappear into the vast, icy waters himself.
He still remembered the scene of kneeling on the ice, begging his master to search for his senior disciple.
Li Yu merely turned his back, gazing at the endless icy sea, and said calmly,
"Your senior disciple is fine; he just went to where he was meant to go."
Now, thinking back, his master must have known his senior disciple's whereabouts all along.
"Senior Disciple, let me pass and shatter the Arctic Ocean Pillar!"
Hyoga didn't act immediately. He clenched his fists, and freezing air condensed into countless ice crystals in his palms.
"I want to save Goddess Athena! You saved me back then, and I don't want to fight you!"
Isaac snorted, his blue eyes devoid of warmth, the Sea Scale reflecting the cold light of the deep sea.
"Hyoga, have you forgotten Master's teachings? To cultivate the Great Path of Ice, one must be ruthless and emotionless. Today, you and I serve different masters; there is no distinction of senior and junior disciples."
He raised his hand, and freezing air coiled around Hyoga like a venomous snake.
"If you want to shatter the Pillar, then kill me, or be killed by me!"
"Senior Disciple!"
"Hyoga!"
The Cosmos of the two collided with a roar, and an ice-blue light exploded in the deep sea.
Hyoga flew backward like a kite with a broken string, his left leg completely frozen by the freezing air. Ice crystals spread upwards from his ankle, almost engulfing half of his body.
Isaac shook his head and sneered, a hint of arrogance in his tone.
"Hyoga, your strength truly disappoints me. In fact, I have long surpassed Master. With the Sea Emperor's divine domain blessing, I am invincible!"
In front of the South Pacific Pillar, Shun's Nebula Chain was fiercely clashing with Marine Io's Six Sacred Beast Fist.
Io's fist shadows were unpredictable, sometimes transforming into the sharp claws of a giant lion, other times into the fangs of a venomous snake. Shun was repeatedly struck, spitting blood.
But soon, he miraculously adapted to his opponent's attack rhythm. The Nebula Chain, like an extended steel Great Wall, blocked all of Io's offensives, and the situation became a stalemate.
In front of the South Pole Pillar, Ikki's Phoenix Wings Rise, carrying a heat wave that could incinerate the seawater, struck the Sea Dragon Fighter.
However, only faint ripples appeared on the dark red Sea Scale, and the Phoenix Illusion Demonic Fist was like a stone sinking into the sea, not even stirring the opponent's gaze.
If he weren't the Phoenix, he would have already been defeated.
What puzzled Ikki even more was that the Sea Dragon Fighter in front of him gave him a strange sense of familiarity. Both the fluctuations of his Cosmo and his attacking habits were remarkably similar to someone he had fought not long ago.
But that person absolutely could not be here; he should be in the Sanctuary Pope's Hall at this moment.
The five Bronze Saintss and the Marines were locked in bitter combat, their blood staining the deep sea of Atlantis.
Inside the Life Pillar, the seawater had already reached Athena's chest. Her face was as pale as paper, and her Cosmo gradually weakened.
The seven Ocean Pillars still stood, not a single one shattered.
Just then, three golden lights, like meteors, pierced through the deep sea, tearing through layers of water currents, and crashed into Atlantis City!
The golden light dispelled the gloom, and the resonance of the three Cosmos made the entire sea tremble.
"We have come by order, Sea Emperor Poseidon, release Saori Kido immediately!"
Shura and the others roared in unison.
Facing the three Gold Saints, Sea Emperor Poseidon, seated beneath the Life Pillar, didn't even lift his head, a dangerous curve on his lips.
Responding to the three Gold Saints were a large number of Marine foot soldiers, rushing out from the reefs and corals!
Camus was the first to act. He raised his hands, and in his palms condensed a cold light more bone-chilling than ten thousand years of ice.
"Aurora Execution!"
The Absolute Zero freezing air erupted. Above Atlantis City, the surging tsunami instantly solidified into continuous glaciers, the churning undercurrents froze into translucent ice sculptures, and even the giant waves at the edge of Poseidon's divine domain were fixed as suspended ice curtains.
The entire sea transformed into a silent, ice-bound kingdom, and the front-row Marines instantly froze into ice sculptures.
Only the Life Pillar still emitted a faint blue glow.
Sea Emperor Poseidon's expression shifted slightly. He gently tapped his trident, and the ice on the Marines' bodies rapidly melted.
Shura advanced across the ice, his Capricorn Gold Cloth emitting a sharp light capable of cleaving stars. The Holy Sword hummed in his palm.
"Poseidon, take this God-Slaying Blade, Holy Sword Severing Sea!"
The golden sword light cleaved the frozen sea, and the thick ice layer cracked like glass to both sides. The chasm it opened reached directly to the base of the Life Pillar.
The cold air and sword intent intertwined, shredding all the obstructing Sea Scales in its path. The Marines who attempted to intercept were instantly pulverized by the sword light!
Beneath the Life Pillar, the Sea Emperor sat on his throne, his expression unmoved. He gently tapped the trident in his hand, instantly shattering the golden Holy Sword light into nothingness.
He snorted, and a divine oracle echoed throughout Atlantis City.
"Where are the Marines?"
More Marines surged out, launching fearless attacks against the three Gold Saints.
Their numbers were as vast as ants!
Aphrodite gently landed on a coral reef, the rose patterns of his Pisces Cloth swirling in the dim light.
He flicked his fingertips, and countless crimson roses flew along the rift opened by the Holy Sword.
"Bloody Rose, Bury the Sea!"
The poisonous roses pierced through the seawater, embedding themselves into the bodies of the unreacting Marines. The moment the petals bloomed, the Marines' bodies were perforated, and blood stained Atlantis City.
Slaughter was unfolding in Atlantis City!
Hearing the Marines' screams, the Sea Dragon Fighter's expression darkened. With a single move, the Another Dimension, he banished Ikki to another dimension. Then, he stepped over the blood-soaked ground and walked to the Life Pillar.
"Presumptuous! How dare you not kneel before the Sea Emperor!"
The Sea Dragon Fighter raised his hands, and a power capable of tearing apart an entire galaxy formed into several giant light spheres above his head!
The three Gold Saints' faces grew solemn!
This move was very familiar, but shouldn't that man be in the Sanctuary?
In the next instant, a powerful energy struck, sending all three flying. They crashed heavily to the ground, blood seeping through their Gold Cloths!
So strong, almost on par with Saga!
Recalling the legend of Gemini, the three Gold Saints felt a chill in their hearts.
Just as the battle reached a stalemate, a warm and vast Cosmo suddenly erupted within the Life Pillar!
Like the rising sun piercing through the cold night, a pure and resilient divine power fluctuation instantly penetrated the cold, azure seawater, enveloping the entire Atlantis battlefield.
The nearly depleted strength within the Saints was injected with a new source!
Shura and Aphrodite, whose Gold Cloths had been suppressed by the Sea Emperor's divine power and dimmed, instantly shone with brilliant golden light.
New strength surged within the scarred bodies of Seiya, Shiryu, and the others, and an unyielding fighting spirit burned in their eyes!
Heh!
Sea Emperor Poseidon chuckled, his voice echoing throughout Atlantis City.
"Athena, this is my divine domain. We agreed to fight only with our respective fighters, but you... have crossed the line!"
He gently tapped the trident in his hand, and a vast divine power, like a tidal wave, suppressed the entire scene!
The Scale Cloths on the Marines shone with dazzling light!
The Saints felt a heavy pressure on their shoulders, as if they were at the bottom of a ten-thousand-meter-deep sea, and even movement became somewhat sluggish!