Fine frost flowers condensed on the spiral ice crystal steps, and crisp footsteps echoed like the pendulum of death, each strike reverberating in everyone's hearts.
Finally, the man in the aquarius gold cloth descended the steps, appearing before everyone, his white cape fluttering in the undercurrents of Atlantis.
Li Yu's gaze first fell upon the Life Pillar; Saori Kido was frozen in the congealed seawater, her light purple hair fanned out like a flower in the ice, her cheeks tinged with pale blue, tiny ice crystals condensed on her eyelashes, a sight both tragic and beautiful.
With just a glance, Li Yu confirmed: she was fine, there was still a faint heartbeat, not completely dead.
Heh… Li Yu chuckled softly, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
Athena, that woman, truly wasn't so easy to kill.
Every time a major battle began, she would feign a fragile, dying appearance, seemingly on the verge of breathing her last, yet somehow she would persevere until the end, even managing a comeback from the brink.
It was like that at Sanctuary, and it was like that again with Sea Emperor Poseidon.
When this trick was played too often, only the naive Bronze Five would frantically unleash their power.
In his opinion, freezing her for now was harmless; within his ice coffin, she was far safer than outside.
After confirming Saori Kido's condition, Li Yu slowly turned his face to look at Sea Emperor Poseidon, who was seated on his throne.
His dark eyes were like ten thousand years of cold ice, unfathomably deep, and even the underwater currents seemed to freeze wherever his gaze fell.
Li Yu's voice, devoid of emotion, clear and cold like cracking ice, echoed in the deathly silent Absolute Zero Domain.
"Poseidon? It's not your time to revive yet. You've awakened early; are you in such a hurry to fall back into slumber?"
These words were like a spark falling into boiling oil, instantly enraging the Sea Dragon Fighter standing beside Poseidon.
He took a step forward, his Sea Scale Cloth clashing with a grating sound, and roared in anger.
"Impudent! How dare you be disrespectful to the Sea Emperor?"
Li Yu curled his lips, and his next words made the Sea Dragon Fighter freeze instantly.
"Kanon, when Poseidon and I are speaking, do you have a right to interrupt?"
Beneath the Sea Dragon Scale Cloth, Kanon's blue eyes suddenly constricted, reflecting Li Yu's cold face.
He hadn't expected Li Yu to expose his long-hidden identity the moment he arrived.
The name Kanon, like an ice pick, deeply pierced his sealed memories.
Shura and Aphrodite's pupils slightly contracted, they exchanged a glance, and instantly remembered the little boy who, during their training with Shion at Sanctuary, always followed Saga and looked exactly like him.
No wonder the Sea Dragon Fighter's Cosmo felt so familiar to them; he was the Gemini's companion star, Saga's twin brother!
"If it weren't for your brother's sake, you'd be a corpse right now."
Li Yu's voice, though calm, struck Kanon's heart like a heavy hammer.
"Saga…"
Kanon clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force, and his Cosmo erupted with a roar.
Endless rage surged from his chest.
How dare you? How dare you mention that man in front of me!
The surrounding Marines exchanged bewildered glances, their faces full of confusion. Who was Sea Dragon General's brother? Marine hadn't mentioned him!
Why would Athena's Saint know his brother?
Poseidon's gaze deepened, his fingertips tracing the ancient patterns on the golden trident.
His premature awakening was orchestrated by the Sea Dragon Fighter, and he had long harbored suspicions about the Sea Dragon Fighter's identity.
He had not yet reached the time of his awakening, so why did a Marine dare to wake him up without permission?
Now, hearing Li Yu's words, numerous doubts instantly connected, but Poseidon, as the Sea Emperor, had already seen through the vicissitudes of human life. He remained impassive, merely observing with cold eyes.
Kanon gritted his teeth, his lips taut as a bowstring.
His true identity was indeed Kanon, the twin brother of the current Sanctuary Pope and Gemini Gold Saint, Saga.
Among the twelve Gold Saints, Gemini was the most unique; each generation had twins serving together, a phenomenon also known as the Gemini Companion Stars.
Hiding his true face beneath the Sea Dragon Scale Cloth, he possessed a face and power identical to Saga's.
During his training at Sanctuary, he had seen through the destiny of the Saints and had repeatedly tried to persuade Saga.
"You and I, brothers united, are enough to protect the human lands. Athena and the gods treat humans as pawns, making us reincarnate and fight. To end all this, we must make a change!"
But at that time, Saga had not yet awakened his evil personality.
Saga, astonished by his brother's inner evil, finally hardened his heart and imprisoned him in the rock prison of the Sunion Strait.
For countless days and nights, when the tide rose, the rock prison would be completely submerged by seawater, and Kanon struggled on the brink of death.
Until one day by chance, he discovered Poseidon's trident and Athena's Urn, which sealed the Sea Emperor's divine soul.
Kanon was brought to Atlantis by the power of the trident and became the Sea Dragon Fighter, the leader of the seven Marina Generalss.
Subsequently, he found Julian Solo guided by the Sea Emperor's divine soul.
And on that night, he used Genro Maoh Ken to trigger Julian Solo's subconscious hatred for humanity, extending this hatred to Poseidon.
In fact, Kanon was the true mastermind behind the great war between the Saints and the Marines.
With Li Yu exposing his identity, Kanon could no longer hold back.
He raised his hands above his head, and his powerful Cosmo exploded like a nebula, terrifying energy capable of pulverizing galaxies gathering in his palms.
"Nonsense! I am the Sea Dragon Fighter, my Emperor's most loyal guardian!"
"Take this, Galaxian Explosion!"
Hundreds of massive energy spheres, carrying stardust, tore through space and crashed towards Li Yu like a meteor shower.
Li Yu snorted coldly; having awakened the Eighth Sense, he had already stepped into the realm of gods, possessing an overwhelming advantage over Kanon in both strength and domain.
He didn't even use an ultimate technique; circles of white ice rings spread outwards from his feet, and with each expansion, the surrounding atomic flow slowed down a fraction.
Kanon's energy spheres gradually decelerated in flight, their surfaces rapidly covered with frost, eventually solidifying in mid-air, then exploding with a roar.
The powerful energy dissipated into nothingness in the Absolute Zero, not even stirring a ripple.
Fro...frozen and shattered?
Shura and Aphrodite, who had just personally experienced the power of this move, almost had their eyes pop out.
Is this Li Yu even human?
He could even freeze and shatter the Galaxian Explosion?
"Compared to your brother, you're far inferior!"
Li Yu sneered, extending a finger, a purple electric arc, like a venomous snake, dancing at its tip.
Crack!
Thunder suddenly boomed!
The purple lightning shot out like divine punishment, too fast for Kanon to dodge.
The lightning pierced through the Sea Dragon Scale Cloth.
The Scale Cloth was armor made of submarine flash bronze; although its strength surpassed that of the Gold Cloth, due to its singular craftsmanship, its resistance to elemental attacks was weak, especially against electricity and ice attributes. The damage caused by these to the Scale Cloth was almost true damage.
Pfft!
The electric current directly pierced Kanon's chest, and he flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily against the Life Pillar.
Electric arcs flickered wildly across his dark gold Scale Cloth. He slid down the pillar to the ground, his body twitching uncontrollably, blood foam oozing from the corners of his mouth… The scene instantly fell into a dead silence.
All the Marines stared wide-eyed: Se…seconded? The Sea Dragon General, leader of the seven Marina Generalss, couldn't even withstand a single move against this man?
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