Saint Seiya: The Multiverse Libra Gold Saint

At the Sanctuary, in the Libra Temple's Weapon Hall:

Boom!

A tremendous roar echoed.

"Too slow." Kaiser said, his figure flickering, leaving afterimages in the air.

Bang!

His fist struck the abdomen of the current Virgo Saint, Lian, with a sharp crack.

Lian grunted, sent flying backward.

"Galaxian Explosion!"

The current Gemini Saint, Phoebe, was surrounded by swirling stars.

Countless stellar bursts erupted, their searing energy surging toward Kaiser.

Swish!

Kaiser casually conjured a spear, hurling it through the air.

It pierced Phoebe's Galaxian Explosion, unleashing a massive storm.

The spear's momentum didn't falter, charging straight at Phoebe.

"Plasma Lightning Speed Fist!"

Sagittarius Saint Estelle, undeterred, struck from behind Kaiser, her fist blazing with lightning-charged light.

Kaiser's golden pupils gleamed, his divine sight tracking every move.

He dodged effortlessly, weaving through her barrage.

Estelle's eyes widened... not a single punch had landed.

Bang!

A knee strike sent Estelle screaming, crashing through a stone pillar in the Weapon Hall.

Three peak Seventh Sense Golden Saints were effortlessly dispatched by Kaiser.

Crash…

Phoebe rose from the rubble, heaving a massive stone off herself, panting as she faced Kaiser.

He hadn't expected Kaiser to reach such heights so quietly.

"Your strength now likely surpasses even former Pope Itea and Krest." Lian said, leaping from the debris, his face still twisted in pain from Kaiser's blow.

Estelle, wings spread, returned to the battlefield.

The three formed a triangular formation, surrounding Kaiser.

This training spar was proposed by Itea and Krest.

Initially, the trio resisted... Golden Saints had their pride.

But after a scolding from Popes Sisyphus and Itea, they reluctantly complied.

Their first clash revealed the truth: Kaiser's power far exceeded their expectations.

They were crushed repeatedly.

Over several sessions, their combat skills had improved significantly, but breaking into the Eighth Sense remained elusive.

"Fight as if you mean to kill me." Kaiser instructed.

"This will likely be our last spar for a while."

"You need time to process this."

"With Athena in slumber, the Sanctuary lacks a god's presence."

"Even with multiple Golden Saints, we're not impregnable."

"Without the Eighth Sense, you won't qualify for the next Holy War."

Kaiser spread his stance, his Eighth Sense Cosmo igniting.

Golden light enveloped the Weapon Hall.

"Domain Expansion!"

His golden pupils radiated a heart-stopping divine aura.

The Weapon Hall was overlaid by Kaiser's domain.

The environment remained, but it was now under his absolute control.

"This is the battle formation you've refined?" Lian asked, awestruck.

"It's remarkable."

Unlike his Tenbu Horin, which balanced offense and defense, Kaiser's domain was different... more intricate.

Tenbu Horin was versatile but lacked a standout trait.

Kaiser's formation was tailored for him, prioritizing extreme output.

"Let's see how far you've come." Kaiser said, extending his right hand.

A spear forged from dense Cosmo materialized, its sharp, divine aura unmistakable.

The trio felt a stinging sensation... locked on by his presence.

They exchanged glances, exhaling deeply.

Phoebe's Gemini Gold Cloth, the smiling mask, glowed brightly.

Cosmic star power condensed into a spiraling nebula in her palm.

"Galaxian Explosion: Supernova Collapse!"

Inspired by Kaiser, this self-developed technique was devastating, raining dark purple energy orbs like meteors above him.

Simultaneously, Estelle's golden-red Sagittarius wings unfurled fully.

Her bowstring-shaped armor vibrated, forming a radiant arrow.

"Sacred Arrow!"

Behind Lian, a massive lotus bloomed.

Forming the Fearless Mudra, he unleashed, "Tenbu Horin Kai: Lotus Battle Array!"

Eight golden Buddhist wheels sealed Kaiser's escape routes, a mandala array rising from the ground.

Three cataclysmic energies formed a triangular killing formation within the domain.

The air warped from the heat, and irrelevant structures began to crumble.

Kaiser's eyes blazed with divine light.

"Libra: Hundred Weapons' Dance!"

Countless weapons materialized in the sky.

Four shadows... spear, halberd, sword, and greatsword... emerged, forming a weapon array.

"Four Symbols Convergence!"

The weapon shadows traced arcane paths.

The Azure Dragon spear pierced the supernova's core, triggering a vacuum collapse.

The White Tiger halberd shattered the Buddhist wheels, ringing like a bell.

The Vermilion Bird sword sliced the light arrow, erupting in solar flares.

The Black Tortoise greatsword struck the ground, unleashing a ring-shaped shockwave.

"Afterimage??"

Phoebe suddenly realized Kaiser's true form had broken through their blockade.

His senses seemed dulled by a fraction of a second.

Within Kaiser's domain, a subtle time differential formed, causing a half-second lag in the trio's movements.

Kaiser's figure appeared simultaneously behind all three.

His palm strike, imbued with Eighth Sense Cosmo, precisely targeted the energy nodes of their Cloths.

Virgo's Lotus Heart Visor, Gemini's Nebula Nexus, Sagittarius's Wing Root.

Three golden streaks were blasted away, carving hundred-meter furrows in the ground.

Lilia's Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel formation was pierced at its core by a golden heavy sword, Phoebe's Galaxian Explosion backfired on himself, and fragments of Estelle's Divine Arrow embedded deeply into the temple's dome.

The sound of metal fracturing echoed through the dust.

Cracks appeared in the trio's Cloths. Kaiser, holding a reformed golden spear, stood at the battlefield's center, its tip casting a golden glow that traced a Libra totem on the ground.

"You can actually manipulate time within your domain?!"

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Phoebe felt the pressure in his chest ease slightly.

Lilia and Estelle, half-kneeling on the ground, stared at Kaiser in disbelief.

Manipulating time... that was a power reserved for gods.

"Unite! Form the array!"

Phoebe roared, unwilling to accept defeat.

In this situation, unless the trio used Athena's Exclamation, their only chance to win was the Golden Battle Array.

Though less powerful than Athena's Exclamation, it was designed for the battlefield.

The difference was that Athena's Exclamation was many-against-one, while this array was for many-against-many.

"Golden Triangle Killing Array!"

The weeping star constellation on Phoebe's Golden Cloth flickered, and the shattered nebula beneath his feet reformed into an inverted pentagram: "Super! Galaxian Explosion!!"

Lilia clasped her hands and leaped into the air, her Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel splitting into eight lotus petals floating around her: "Six Paths of Reincarnation: Asura Path!"

In a blood-red Buddhist glow, a thousand-armed Asura phantom emerged, each hand forming a finger-sword capable of piercing dimensions.

Estelle's light wings blazed fully, her Cloth's bowstring automatically drawn: "Divine Arrow: God Slayer!"

The arrow's tip, pulsing with surging golden light, locked onto Kaiser's Cosmo fluctuations.

The triple attack triggered spacetime distortions within the domain.

"It actually shook my domain."

"As expected, fighting Golden Saints one-on-one or even two-on-one is manageable."

"But against three, the odds plummet."

Observing the trio's formed array.

The remaining weapons in the domain began to tremble, with the twelve zodiac weapons circling Kaiser, outlining a radiant Libra constellation.

"Come! Witness Libra's ultimate technique!"

"Final Justice!"

The twelve zodiac weapons roared forth.

Gemini's Galaxian Explosion collided first with a spinning golden shield, its Cosmo absorbed entirely by the Athena statue carved on its surface.

Lilia's Asura Path's blood-red finger-swords clashed with the golden weapons, sparking crimson-gold energy arcs that sliced the domain's sky into a checkered pattern of cracks.

Estelle's God-Slaying Arrow was firmly blocked mid-air by a golden halberd.

"It's not over!"

Phoebe suddenly appeared on Kaiser's left, his hands forming a miniature black hole: "Another Dimension!"

A massive gravitational pull from the spatial rift tugged at Kaiser's body.

Simultaneously, Lilia's thousand-armed Asura clasped its hands in a seal: "Hungry Ghost Path: Karmic Fire Lotus!"

Crimson flames burned backward along the weapons' trajectories, consuming the Cosmo energy entwined with them.

"Well done!"

"This is the end!"

Countless weapons before Kaiser began to converge.

The twelve weapons fused in the air, a dazzling light sword materializing before the trio.

"That's?!"

"The move used against Hades?!"

Having witnessed it before, the three knew its power.

"Excalibur!"

The moment the holy sword's light clashed with the triple attack, the entire domain began to quantumly collapse.

The boundary between reality and illusion vanished, their battle ascending to the subatomic level.

Phoebe, Lilia, and Estelle clearly saw their unleashed Cosmo energy streams being crushed bit by bit by the sword's light.

The sword's strength and resilience exceeded their expectations.

A final light flared.

A massive explosion shattered Kaiser's domain.

Surging energy waves spread outward.

"What a reckless fight."

"It was that intense."

Itia and Krestor stood in the Libra Temple.

Sensing the Cosmo collisions from the nearby Weapon Sanctuary, they sighed in awe.

When the energy turbulence subsided, the trio's Cloths were in tatters.

Phoebe's nebula armor was half-destroyed, Lilia's Virgo Golden Cloth was covered in cracks, and Estelle's Cloth had most of its wings broken.

Only Kaiser's Golden Cloth shimmered vibrantly, the twelve weapon phantoms forming a divine halo behind him.

"This is… the true form of the Eighth Sense, from one who faced Hades?"

Estelle knelt on one knee, blood seeping from her Cloth's seams.

"Our attacks were disintegrated the moment they touched the sword's light, posing no threat."

Lilia, trembling, wiped blood from her mouth, fragments of the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel spinning in her palm: "More than that, Kaiser held back."

"His holy sword didn't use its full power to shatter our attacks."

"Otherwise, we'd all be dead."

Estelle sat up: "Unless we use Athena's Exclamation."

"We have no chance of winning."

"Is this the power of the Eighth Sense?"

Their gazes toward Kaiser shifted.

Honestly, Kaiser's past achievements were already remarkable.

While patrolling the earth, he slew the nine-headed Hydra.

And in the Sanctuary, he faced Hades head-on.

Though he lost, he displayed extraordinary power.

Now, Kaiser's strength had advanced further.

To a level they could no longer comprehend.

"Honestly, is your power now greater than Lord Itia's?"

Phoebe looked at Kaiser with complex emotions.

"Who knows?"

"This training ends here."

"I hope it helped you."

"Honestly, grasping the Eighth Sense is hard, incredibly hard."

"I only awakened it on the brink of life and death."

"The earth isn't peaceful now."

"Many evil gods are watching."

"This is a crisis, but also an opportunity."

"You're all Golden Saints; you should understand this better than I do."

Kaiser retracted all his weapons, his Libra Cloth returning to normal.

"It seems you've gained something."

Itia and Krestor, sensing the battle's end, entered the Weapon Sanctuary.

"It's been a while since I've been to the Weapon Sanctuary."

Itia looked around, nostalgic.

This was, after all, the palace he once guarded.

"Teacher."

Kaiser nodded in respect.

"Bad news."

Krestor stood beside Itia, holding a relic used to contact the Norse.

"Can you three still move?"

Itia looked at Phoebe, Lilia, and Estelle.

"Yes."

The trio nodded.

"Then let's talk while we walk."

The group left the Libra Temple, heading toward the Pope's Chamber.

"We just received word."

"The sea realm is stirring."

"This comes from the Norse God Warrior, Siegfried."

"The Norse queen has been controlled by the sea realm using the Nibelung Ring."

"They're being forced to ally with the sea realm."

"Their goal is to weaken the Sanctuary's forces."

"Poseidon, the Sea King, believes the Sanctuary won this Holy War too easily."

"They retained too much strength."

"It's disrupted the balance for the next Holy War."

"They seek balance."

"Saints monitoring the sea realm have detected activity at its borders."

"This battle."

"It won't be easy."

Krestor spoke gravely, sharing the news he had received.

"The sea realm?"

"Are they trying to start another Holy War while Athena is absent?"

"Poseidon hasn't awakened, has he?"

Kaiser was surprised.

He hadn't expected the sea realm to stir at this moment.

"Not awakened, but in the ocean's depths, a massive Cosmo is already active."

"Whether it's a demigod or a god, we don't yet know."

"But traces of evil gods have also appeared on the earth."

"For over two hundred years after the Holy War ended, it was the perfect time for those evil gods to roam freely."

"Each Holy War depletes the Sanctuary's forces significantly."

"Even if the Sanctuary wanted to suppress them, it's like pouring water on a burning cart."

"But now, the Sanctuary has retained much of its strength."

"They seem to be planning an alliance."

Itia added.

"They used the Nibelung Ring to control the Norse queen."

"Likely to force Asgard into neutrality."

"To prevent them from aiding the Sanctuary."

After all, causing a direct rift between Asgard and the Sanctuary was nearly impossible.

So the sea realm resorted to such underhanded tactics.

"According to Siegfried." Krestor continued, "only a god can touch that ring."

"That's a problem."

Krestor sighed.

Though the Sanctuary was strong, it was now caught between enemies.

There were only three Eighth Sense warriors.

If the sea realm truly allied with evil gods, the Sanctuary's forces could indeed be weakened.

This would undoubtedly have a massive impact on the next Holy War…

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