Chapter 049: The Power of the Gods

Wang Bo held his breath, opened his mouth, and uttered a string of ancient, obscure incantations with a unique rhythm. None of those present, including Athena, understood a single word he said.

They only felt that as the sound arose, wisps of chilling wind gathered around Wang Bo.

It was the chilling wind from the Underworld.

Among the Saints, Cancer's Deathmask felt it most keenly. He was the one most adept at manipulating souls, and his technique, the Sekishiki Meikai Ha, could even send human souls to the Underworld.

Thus, he was most sensitive to the aura of the Underworld.

The moment the Underworld's chilling wind appeared, he sensed it and urged everyone to retreat.

The group slowly backed away. Shura and Milo immediately stood before Saori Kido, blocking the deathly wind from the Underworld. Wang Bo remained unmoved, continuing to chant the spell to communicate with the Underworld.

Although the Underworld of this world and the Underworld of the Mummy world were not the same, they were both worlds of the dead.

Their rules were similar, even strikingly so.

Thus, Wang Bo could smoothly communicate with the Underworld and begin to summon the soul of Shion.

Meanwhile, in the Underworld.

After being killed by Saga, Shion's soul had entered the Underworld. Because he had been a Saint and a participant in the previous Holy War, Shion was easily targeted.

Since entering the Underworld, he had suffered day and night. Many Specters took pride in tormenting Shion.

But even so, Shion never yielded. He was Athena's Saint; in life he belonged to Athena, in death his soul was hers. Mere pain and torture could never make him submit.

However, he felt some regret, for his death had been too sudden, and he had left many matters unresolved. Thus, Shion spent every day thinking about how to convey the information he knew to the Sanctuary.

Yet for over a decade, he never had a chance to reveal the secrets hidden in his heart.

Until today.

"Shion, Shion, Shion..."

Suddenly, while suffering, Shion heard someone calling his name. He looked up and scanned his surroundings, but found no one except a few other Saints suffering alongside him.

"Shion, Shion, Shion..."

But the calling came like a tide, unceasing.

Shion couldn't help but say, "I am here."

The next second, something miraculous happened. He felt an invisible force pulling him, dragging him upward, flying swiftly toward the edge of the Underworld.

Like a bolt of lightning, his soul flew to the sky above the River Styx, about to cross it and leave the Underworld.

Before Shion could figure out what was happening, a vast cosmos suddenly erupted from the depths of the Underworld.

Shion knew well that it was the cosmos of Thanatos, the God of Death.

Although Thanatos was only a minor god, he was still a deity. His cosmos was brilliant and powerful, and it flew out of the Underworld, heading toward Shion.

The powerful cosmos seemed intent on completely destroying Shion's soul. As death approached, Shion felt no fear but accepted it calmly.

Meanwhile, at the Sanctuary!

Wang Bo, who was performing the summoning, naturally sensed that powerful cosmos. Clearly, his attempt to secretly rescue someone had been discovered by the god of the Underworld, who intended to destroy Shion's soul entirely, erasing him completely.

But Wang Bo would not allow that to happen. He immediately donned the Apollo Cloth, and his cosmos instantly surged to the peak of the Eighth Sense.

Then, Wang Bo punched out!

The vast power of his cosmos instantly shot out from the Sanctuary, sped all the way into the Underworld, passed by Shion, and met that powerful cosmos head-on.

Boom!

A cold cosmos of death and a cosmos as mighty as the sun collided violently. The entire Underworld seethed. Waves of the Underworld rose layer upon layer, flooding both banks. Countless souls wailed and were flung away.

Wang Bo suddenly increased his force. Taking advantage of the moment, Shion's soul flew out of the Underworld in an instant, sped all the way to the Sanctuary, and plunged into his own body.

Meanwhile, in the depths of the Underworld.

After Thanatos's attack was shattered by the vast, sun-like cosmos, he did not launch a second attack but allowed Wang Bo to take Shion's soul away.

The next second, Hypnos, the God of Sleep, appeared before him. Gazing at the place where Shion had vanished, he asked doubtfully, "Is it Apollo?"

That vast, sun-like cosmos was very similar to Apollo's.

"I don't know," Thanatos shook his head. Although the cosmos resembled Apollo's, it was not as powerful or sacred. So he was uncertain, but one thing was clear: the one who acted had a very close relationship with Apollo.

Hypnos smiled slightly and said, "Forget it. It's just the soul of a Saint. We'll deal with it after Lord Hades awakens."

Thanatos nodded in agreement. For now, Lord Hades's awakening was the most important matter. But he remembered this grudge. Settling it after Lord Hades awoke would not be too late.

In the Sanctuary, Wang Bo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Thanatos and Hypnos did not continue to attack.

To be honest, even with the Cloth and his Eighth Sense cosmos, it was still difficult to face two gods as opponents. After all, both were deities, and their power naturally surpassed his.

If the two joined forces against him, Wang Bo would have to fight for his life.

After all, the gods in the Saint Seiya world were each more formidable than the last.

Even two minor gods were awe-inspiring existences in other worlds.

In this world, gods almost never used fists, feet, or other combat techniques, but their physical strength was immense. Any deity could survive and converse freely in the vacuum of space, and their punch speed and movement speed far exceeded the speed of light. With just their physical bodies, they could freely travel through the universe.

Even when their souls were housed in ordinary human bodies, the physical strength of minor gods was still terrifyingly beyond imagination. They could easily block a Gold Saint's full-power strike with a single finger.

Moreover, even a soft object, when held by a god, would become tougher than the hardest metal in the universe.

For instance, in the previous Holy War, Thanatos used a chess piece in his hand to block the previous Cancer Saint's light-speed punch, which could shatter stars.

And that was only the power of an incarnated body. If it were their true form, it would surely be even more terrifying.