"Who are you?"

The Hydra's expression flickered with uncertainty.

"I am Rhadamanthus, one of the three Judges of the Underworld, the Wyvern of the Fierce Star, under Lord Hades."

The Hydra froze at these words.

"Hades' lackey? Helping me?"

"You just want to use me as a tool."

The Hydra knew what the other was thinking.

During its time revived, it wasn't completely ignorant.

The Holy War between Hades, Athena, and Poseidon had persisted since the Mythological Era.

These three main gods, vying for control of the earth, waged a Holy War every two hundred years or so.

It had been ongoing for countless years since the Mythological Era.

The Hydra understood that Rhadamanthus wanted to use its power to weaken the Sanctuary.

"You have no choice."

"Either be crushed by the Sanctuary's Golden Saint."

"Or cooperate with me."

"The Underworld's goal is to turn the earth into a realm of death."

"Such an environment would have no impact on you."

Rhadamanthus' voice echoed again.

The words made the Hydra hesitate.

Its chance at revival was right before it.

Was it really going to give up?

"I'll cooperate with you!"

The Hydra made its decision.

It had lingered in endless darkness for far too long.

It refused to return there.

Its four snake heads turned toward Kaiser.

"Hm?"

Kaiser keenly sensed something amiss.

In the span of a second, the Hydra's fighting spirit underwent a dramatic shift.

He had clearly detected its intent to retreat.

Yet it suddenly became resolute.

"A third party has intervened?"

Kaiser noted silently to himself.

This wasn't good news for him.

"Die!"

The Hydra's four snake heads opened their maws simultaneously.

Poisonous breath unleashed!

A toxic substance even gods couldn't withstand.

Even in its weakened state, the Hydra's venom remained potent.

"Crystal Wall!"

Kaiser deployed the Aries technique, Crystal Wall!

A technique he had learned from the Sanctuary's Stargazing Tower.

He had mastered it without hesitation.

"Sizzle…"

The poisonous breath collided with the Crystal Wall.

The wall emitted sounds of corrosion.

It was breaking down at a visible rate.

"The Hydra lives up to its name."

"The old venom that could poison gods."

Such an opponent was the most troublesome.

Close combat was risky; if poisoned, his combat strength would plummet.

He might even lose and die outright.

"If that's the case!"

"Buzz!"

Kaiser's cosmos surged.

Golden light dispersed the poisonous breath.

"This is impossible!"

"That's the power of the eighth sense!"

The Hydra was shocked.

The Golden Cloth disassembled, standing to Kaiser's left.

A thought-form materialized, standing to his right.

Kaiser's main body knelt on one knee.

A three-person battle formation took shape!

"What's that?"

Rhadamanthus, hidden in the shadows, paled.

As an old adversary of the Saints, he recognized the technique.

"A single person can unleash such a technique?"

"You surpass even Itia."

"All the more reason you can't be spared."

Rhadamanthus' eyes darkened.

"Snap~"

With a crisp sound, Kaiser entered a critical eighth-sense state.

This state wouldn't last long.

But it granted him full eighth-sense combat power.

Entering the eighth sense again, Kaiser felt the secrets of the world laid bare before him.

"What's that?"

"A Specter?"

"No wonder the Hydra's demeanor changed so drastically."

"In that case, I'll blast you both away!"

Kaiser's eyes were enveloped in golden light.

The power of his eighth-sense cosmos was fully unleashed!

Though it couldn't truly rival the Athena Exclamation released by three Golden Saints, it still possessed earth-shattering divine power!

"Damn it!"

"He's spotted me!"

Rhadamanthus clearly felt himself being targeted.

He had only come to observe the battle, hoping to seize an opportunity.

But he didn't expect Kaiser to notice him.

"Hydra, take the lead!"

Rhadamanthus' roar echoed.

"No need for you to tell me!"

The Hydra also sensed it was being targeted.

That extreme sense of threat.

It knew if it didn't unleash its full power, it would surely die!

Three of its heads exploded.

The Hydra's divine power surged several times over!

"Poison Breath!"

"Greatest Caution Shockwave!"

"Athena Exclamation!"

The forces of both sides collided at that moment.

The surrounding barrier shattered instantly.

The surging, turbulent power swept across the earth.

"Hm?"

"What's that?"

From the distant Sanctuary, Athena sensed the clash of divine power with the Athena Exclamation.

"Kaiser!"

Athena realized Kaiser had encountered an evil god.

And he was undoubtedly in a fierce battle.

To think he'd even used a forbidden technique like the Athena Exclamation.

A solo Athena Exclamation didn't violate Athena's rules.

"Saga!"

Athena's voice rang in Saga's ears.

"Lady Athena."

"I've already sensed it."

"My teacher has gone to assist."

Saga arrived at the Pope's Hall, understanding Athena's intent.

"Kaiser, you better stay alive."

Saga gazed toward the source of the energy surge.

That level of power was enough to make even him tremble.

He knew he couldn't withstand it.

And he also sensed the cosmos of a Specter.

The opponent was formidable!

"Hold on, little guy."

Itia's figure darted through the Twelve Temples.

In an instant, he rushed out from the Aries Temple.

And descended upon the earth.

On the battlefield.

Kaiser's solo Athena Exclamation was being suppressed.

He was steadily pushed back.

"Looks like I'm about to lose."

Kaiser's expression was grim, but he wasn't overly worried.

He still had the Heroic Spirit Binding World; if worst came to worst, he'd train to a constant eighth-sense state and return to fight.

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