Athena frowned slightly, feeling quite helpless.
This time, although she easily crushed Poseidon due to his human host, if this guy kept pestering her, she would be in trouble.
Although it had become a tradition for the Saint of Sanctuary to warm up in the Atlantis before fighting Hades of the Underworld, the Atlantis with or without Poseidon were two different concepts.
"Hey, Poseidon, look what this is?"
At this moment, Shin, who had just secretly run around inside the huge Pillar of Life, reached out his hand, revealing a beautiful silver water jar covered in patterns.
Poseidon: "..."
What was going on? Why did Athena's Amphora, which sealed him, appear inside the Pillar of Life? Damn it, he didn't lock the Pillar of Life of the Atlantis!
In the original manga, Seiya and the others risked their lives to shatter the Final Main Pillar of the Atlantis, but in reality, under normal circumstances, this main pillar of the Atlantis was actually not locked.
After all, it didn't contain Athena nor was it being filled with water; there was really no need to keep it locked, it was just an empty prison cell.
Even Poseidon himself had never stepped foot inside this pillar; after all, this pillar was essentially a prison, so what was there to see?
Otherwise, Athena couldn't have discovered Athena's Amphora, which sealed Poseidon, inside it in the original work—this Poseidon had never checked it.
No, there's still a chance! Right now, Athena's Amphora is not in Athena's hands!
Although it was a bit shameful for a Chief God to directly attack a Saint, it was much better than being locked in that jar again!
Poseidon instantly rushed forward, his Divine Cosmo burning almost to the limit, while he swung his hand, the trident in his hand turning into a stream of light and shooting towards Shin.
"I'm sorry, but as a Saint, to have a Chief God like me take the initiative to attack you should be considered your highest honor!"
Shin was slightly stunned for a moment, and Athena didn't react at all either, mainly because she didn't expect Poseidon to be so shameless. Moreover, when Shin slipped back from the Pillar of Life, he was really too close to Poseidon.
However, in the eyes of other Saint, the Trident that was as fast as a stream of light was just another thing in Shin's eyes; it wasn't exactly a snail's pace, but it really wasn't that fast either.
He tilted his body slightly, letting the blade of the trident pass, and then reached out to grab the middle of the Trident.
The Cosmo of the Trident struggled frantically; in terms of Cosmo, Shin was naturally far from being a match for this Poseidon's sovereign divine artifact, but relying on his powerful brute force, Shin still held onto the Trident firmly.
He directly twisted the shaft of the Trident. It was already too late to use the Gulp-Gulp Fruit, and his Cosmo couldn't control the Trident at all, but Shin's Armament Haki was not just for show. The entire Trident was forcibly suppressed and wrapped by Shin's Armament Haki, which was enough to submerge a planet, and even the Cosmo was forcibly suppressed.
Then, looking at the Poseidon rushing over with a changed expression, Shin smiled slightly and thrust the pitch-black Trident into his chest.
With a crunch, the Poseidon's god cloth was no different from a thin layer of tin foil in front of the Trident reinforced by Armament Haki, and it was instantly pierced through.
Poseidon was like a fish caught by a harpoon, directly lifted up by Shin, with three blood holes gushing blood.
The pain in his body couldn't suppress the shock in his heart. Is this Athena's Saint? Since when did the level of Athena's Saint become so high?
Poseidon felt it clearly; Shin hadn't used any Cosmo when he moved just now, yet when the Divine Cosmo erupted, Poseidon's own speed had already exceeded the speed of light by who knows how many times.
In other words, Shin had directly reacted to a faster-than-light attack based solely on his physical body without erupting his Cosmo at all. Not only did he catch the attack with ease, but he also counterattacked casually.
As for the black Haki that easily suppressed the trident and pierced through his god cloth in one go, these anomalies were even more beyond words. Is this a Saint? What kind of monster is this? If all Saint were at this level, the gods of Olympus would have perished long ago!
"Hey? Saori! Don't be silly. Quickly take this guy's soul in." Shin casually lifted the Trident in his hand, and Poseidon kicked his feet like a dead fish, struggling casually, with blood overflowing from his mouth.
"You... who on earth are you?"
"Can't you tell?" Shin reached out and patted the Sagittarius Gold Cloth on his body. "I am a Saint under Athena, fighting for love and peace!"
"How is it possible... humans... cannot be this strong!"
"That's because you're ignorant. Some people can reach the level of destroying the Earth with their physical bodies just by doing basic physical exercises every day for three years!" Shin said mockingly.
Just as Shin was speaking, Saori Kido, who was a bit dazed, had already taken Athena's Amphora thrown by Shin, opened the lid, and activated her own Cosmo.
Feeling a strange suction, Poseidon didn't struggle anymore. To be honest, this Holy War experience was truly terrible; there was no back-and-forth, no passionate fighting, nothing.
The seven Mariner Generals were still guarding the Pillars of the Seven Seas like fools, while Athena descended from the sky with a few of her guards and one Gold Saint, directly beating him, who hadn't fully merged yet, into an idiot.
After finally merging completely, he was then beaten up by Athena. He made up his mind to take the initiative to attack a Saint, only to be stabbed by that Saint using his own weapon until he couldn't take care of himself.
The entire Holy War was fought in a daze, nothing but getting beaten. The Poseidon simply gave up—he was tired, let it be destroyed, he'd rather just go rest in Athena's Amphora for another few hundred years.
As for submerging the earth and ruling the world, Poseidon had already lost such thoughts after being beaten down.
When he was being locked in, Poseidon had only one thought: I hope the next time I come out, the Saint I encounter won't be so ridiculous. Could it be that because I haven't been out for hundreds of years, I can't keep up with the times?
With a click, Saori Kido closed the lid. Shin casually pulled out the Trident in his hand, staring at the Poseidon's god cloth with bright eyes.
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