Chapter 044: Blockade

Among the Saints, Mu of Aries was not the only one capable of instantaneous teleportation, but he was the one who used it best and developed this superpower to such an extent.

After locking onto his original world, he teleported back directly, appearing in the Aries Temple in an instant.

But at this moment, the Sanctuary was calm. Mu expanded his cosmos but could not find Saga's cosmos, as if Saga had vanished.

He sighed helplessly, "I really came back too late, didn't I?"

"Yo, Mu, you're finally back."

Not long after, the door of the Aries Temple was pushed open, and Aldebaran of Taurus walked in. He had sensed Mu's cosmos suddenly appear and hurried over. "I knew Saga's special move couldn't trap you. You're back indeed."

Seeing his friend, Mu couldn't help asking, "Aldebaran, how many days have I been gone?"

"Seven days," Aldebaran replied.

"Is that so? Seven days."

Mu knew well that during his fall into the other dimension, time and space had been distorted. He felt he had only been there for a few breaths, but in reality, several days had passed in the Saint Seiya world.

Aldebaran would never deceive him about such a matter.

"What about Saga?" Mu asked.

"Dead," Aldebaran said calmly.

Mu fell silent. He hadn't expected that after being caught off guard, everything would have already concluded by the time he returned.

Saga was dead.

"What about Lady Athena?" Mu couldn't help asking.

Aldebaran patted Mu on the shoulder and said, "The real Lady Athena has returned to the Sanctuary. I'll take you to see her now. She is truly a gentle lady."

Mu did not refuse, and the two set off together toward Athena's temple.

Along the way, Mu couldn't help asking, "Aldebaran, what exactly happened after I was exiled?"

Aldebaran rubbed his chin and said, "That's a long story. No rush, I'll tell you slowly."

Time rewound to seven days earlier.

After Mu was caught off guard and sent away by Saga's Another Dimension, all the Gold Saints present were stirred up. Originally, they had wanted to give Saga a dignified death, so they hadn't ganged up on him.

Who would have thought that this guy would stab Mu in the back?

Aiolia of Leo exploded on the spot, but faster than him was Shaka, the man closest to God.

Tenma Kōfuku!

Shaka knew well that Saga was a powerful enemy, so he struck with his ultimate technique from the start.

In an instant, scenes appeared around Shaka: the Eastern Heavenly Court, the Great Thunderclap Ancient Temple of the Western Paradise where Amitabha preached, the Twenty-Four Devas of India, the Heaven of Jehovah, and so on.

This was because Shaka had integrated the scriptures of multiple religions.

Thus, when he unleashed his attack, these images accompanied it.

His cosmos surged out like a mountain collapse and a tsunami, shaking the entire Sanctuary. All the Saints who felt this powerful cosmos couldn't help but marvel.

Wang Bo also had to marvel; this cosmos was indeed formidable, having surpassed the Seventh Sense and infinitely approaching the Eighth Sense.

Truly worthy of being the man closest to God—his attack was earth-shattering from the very start.

Not enough to be Saga's enemy, Shaka was not afraid, but pushed his cosmos to its peak and returned with a Galaxy Explosion.

Shaka was the man closest to god, but Saga was also called the incarnation of god.

He believed his own cosmos was in no way inferior to Shaka's.

Sure enough, after the collision of power between the Heavenly Demon Fist and the Galaxy Explosion, the entire temple was destroyed, the earth shattered, stone pillars collapsed, and an invisible air wave swept out, affecting other palaces.

The Saints retreated one after another, avoiding these attacks.

Milo came to Wang Bo's side in one step, carrying Wang Bo and rushing out.

As for the brave Athena, she was taken out by Aphrodite of Pisces.

After the temple collapsed, two beams of light shot out from behind the temple—one was Saga, the other was Shaka.

Aiolia of Leo saw this and attacked without hesitation, wanting to avenge his brother.

Plasma Light Speed Punch!

A somewhat crazed Aiolia fully unleashed the power of the Light Speed Punch, instantly throwing hundreds of millions of light-speed punches forming a net that completely enveloped Saga.

Saga was fully occupied dealing with Shaka and did not expect Aiolia to attack from the side; caught off guard, he was hit by Aiolia.

In an instant, tens of millions of light-speed punches struck Saga's body.

The power of these light-speed punches was enough to destroy the Earth again and again.

But Saga was still Saga; he neutralized most of the attacks with his own cosmos and endured them forcefully.

But just then...

Great Horn!

Aldebaran of Taurus also struck. He was good friends with Mu of Aries, and after seeing Mu banished by Saga, he immediately became enraged and was the third to attack Saga.

In an instant, a light-speed shockwave struck Saga's body, sending him flying.

Before Saga could recover, Shura appeared beside him, raised his right hand high, and chopped down at Saga.

Repent to Lady Athena.

Shura's attack method was the Excalibur, a hand blade trained to the extreme. Those who train in Excalibur have limbs as indestructible as holy swords; a light movement of the hand can cut planets, split heaven and earth, making it the ultimate unarmed attack. Therefore, ordinary attacks need not burn cosmos; just the fist pressure has immense power.

Even Saga could not block Shura's Excalibur.

But at the critical moment, Saga instinctively used the Another Dimension, not to banish Shura, but to banish himself.

Using spatial distortion, Saga instantly appeared at the edge of the Sanctuary, avoiding Shura's Excalibur.

At the same time, he decided to leave the Sanctuary.

After all, one Saint after another had attacked him; even Saga, who called himself the incarnation of god, could not break through the twelve temples alone.

Not to mention that they were not coming one by one, but ganging up on him together.

If this continued, he would die at the hands of these guys.

So Saga had to leave the Sanctuary, go to Earth, go to Japan, find Athena, seize her cosmos, become a true god, and then return to unify the Sanctuary.

Saga believed that by then, no one could stop him.

But just then, a light suddenly appeared behind Saga, grabbing his neck. "The matter isn't over yet. Why are you leaving, Saga?"

Saga was startled!!