The deep-sea dome of Atlantis City suddenly cracked with countless fissures, and golden lightning, like a god's wrathful punishment, struck down, each bolt carrying the might to tear apart Chaos, precisely converging on the spear of longinus in Li Yu's hand.
The spear's original dark brown Texture was permeated by the lightning, transforming into flowing purplish-gold, and the overflowing currents, like wildly dancing snakes, snaked across the white jade ground. Wherever they passed, coral reefs instantly charred and carbonized, seawater was electrolyzed into fine bubbles, and the entire sea area steamed with a vast white mist.
Atlantis was completely engulfed by the rampaging lightning, and even the abyssal gloom was dispelled by the dazzling bolts.
On the peaks of the mountains, Pandora's clear purple eyes suddenly lost focus, and the confident smile on her lips instantly froze.
"What... what is that?"
She gasped in surprise, her voice trembling in a way she didn't even notice.
"The power of lightning! How can Li Yu wield Zeus's authority?!"
In the Saint Seiya World, the authority of lightning has always belonged solely to Zeus!
In ancient times, the second-generation God King, Cronus, ruled the divine realm and the earth.
He was cruel and depraved by nature, feeding on humans and gods. To prevent being overthrown by the gods, he even swallowed all the children he and Rhea had borne.
The youngest, Zeus, with the help of his mother Rhea, escaped and devised a plan for Cronus to take a divine medicine, causing him to vomit out all his siblings.
Out of gratitude for Zeus's life-saving grace, and to defeat the invincible Cronus,
the gods jointly bestowed the supreme authority of lightning upon Zeus and together crafted the ultimate divine weapon, the Lightning Spear, for him!
The sight of Li Yu holding the spear of longinus at this moment couldn't help but remind everyone of the God King Zeus, who had been missing for a long time!
The Marines were struck speechless with terror; some were hit by the residual current on their shoulder guards and instantly fell to the ground, black smoke slowly rising from their bodies.
Kanon, who had just struggled to his feet from the ground, saw this scene, and his pupils constricted to pinpricks.
That lightning pressure actually caused a primordial fear to well up from the depths of his soul, as if he had returned to the desperate moment when he was imprisoned in the rock cell by Saga, facing suffocation in the deep sea.
Shura and Aphrodite, the two Gold Saints, were even more shocked.
Isn't Li Yu an Aquarius Saint who cultivates the Great Dao of Ice? How can he use the power of lightning?
Aphrodite stared intently at the lightning around Li Yu, his eyes filled with disbelief. Ice and lightning, originally two unrelated powers, could perfectly coexist within one person?
Athena, frozen in the Life Pillar, also blinked her long eyelashes uneasily.
Hyoga watched the scene intently, his short golden hair disheveled by the rampaging airflow, and he trembled with excitement.
"This is Master's true power... How did Master obtain the power of lightning? It seems I still have much to learn from Master!"
Sea Emperor Poseidon, for the first time, shed his contemptuous expression, and a hint of solemnity flashed in his golden eyes.
He certainly recognized the aura of Chaos Lightning!
That was a furious power from the primordial Chaos, the creator god, Chaos, that even he had to treat with caution!
How could a mortal... master such power?
"Who exactly are you..."
Poseidon murmured to himself.
The Twelve Palaces of the Sanctuary were utterly silent at this moment.
The Gold Saints walked out of their palaces, their brows tightly furrowed as they looked towards the Atlantic Ocean.
Dohko leaned on his staff, gazing from the top of Five Old Peaks, and a sharp, hawk-like light flashed in his ancient eyes.
Saga stood on the Pope's Chamber's observatory, his white Pope's robe fluttering in the wind. He could clearly sense the Cosmo within Atlantis City, powerful enough to destroy the world.
"Li Yu, how many more trump cards do you have?"
He muttered softly, his eyes filled with complexity, or perhaps relief.
"Die!"
Li Yu's eyes suddenly erupted with dazzling electric light, his dark eyes completely transforming into purple electric eyes, the flickering lightning seemingly capable of tearing apart everything.
He gave Poseidon no more time to think. The lightning power, accumulated to its peak, burst forth. The spear of longinus in his hand instantly transformed into a deep purple lightning that tore through space and dimensions. The divine spear, becoming a bolt of electricity, broke free from his grasp, carrying a piercing hum, and aimed directly at Poseidon!
Boom!
The spear of longinus transformed into a purple torrent, piercing through space layer by layer, leaving behind a dark, lightning-flickering trajectory that could not heal for a long time!
The destructive Chaos Lightning perfectly merged with the god-slaying essence of the spear of longinus, its speed exceeding the limit of light!
That was the ultimate strike capable of severely injuring or even annihilating a god!
Facing this spear, which transcended mortal limits and carried the aura of abyssal Chaos, Poseidon's expression grew solemn; he dared not be overconfident any longer!
The golden trident erupted with an unprecedented indigo-blue divine light. The entire Life Pillar and the distant Seven Ocean Pillars simultaneously emitted a deep resonance. Seven blue light pillars shot into the sky, and a massive amount of ocean power converged along the light pillars, surging madly into the tip of the trident!!
"Wrath of the Seven Oceans!"
Poseidon's majestic voice echoed through the seabed as he swung the trident with all his might!
This time, Poseidon was no longer simply blocking, but unleashing a full-force sweep!
The indigo-blue divine light, like the primordial sea of creation at the beginning of the universe, containing infinite and all-encompassing power, met the destructive deep purple lightning head-on!
Boom!
An indescribable explosion instantly erupted!
At this moment, light and darkness lost their boundaries! Sound was completely swallowed! Time seemed to be instantly frozen and then suddenly burst open!
The ultimate creative vitality and the ultimate destructive law collided head-on!
The entire city of Atlantis, like a fragile sandcastle, visibly disintegrated and shattered from the edges.
The massive stone pillars in the city broke and collapsed, the stone walls carved with the Sea Emperor's statue turned to dust, and the frozen hundred-meter tsunami ice sculpture exploded into countless ice fragments in the shockwave, then instantly vaporized by the annihilating energy.
All the Saints and Marines present exerted their full power to resist. They knew that even being grazed by the aftermath could shatter their Cloths and annihilate their physical bodies!
Seiya unleashed his Pegasus Meteor Fist with all his might, attempting to resist the shockwave, but was sent flying by a massive force, spitting out a mouthful of blood in mid-air, a piece of his Cloth's shoulder guard breaking off.
Shiryu picked up the Dragon Cloth's Dragon Shield, protecting his chest, but was still so shaken that his ribs broke, and he coughed up large amounts of blood.
Hyoga condensed a thick ice wall, which instantly shattered, and one of his arms was swept by the aftershock, instantly covered in scorch marks.
Shun's Nebula Chain wrapped around his entire body, but several sections were torn off, and blood continuously seeped from the corner of his mouth.
Although Ikki possessed the power of the Phoenix, he was also thrown high into the air, his Phoenix Cloth already covered in cracks while still airborne.
Shura swung his holy sword, creating a spatial rift in front of him, barely blocking part of the aftershock.
Aphrodite flung countless scarlet poisonous roses, which turned to ash in the shockwave.