"Th-this is?" The previously arrogant Heavenly Warriors had their mocking expressions instantly freeze.
"Specters?" A Heavenly Warrior recognized the identity of the opponents, quite surprised. "Isn't Hades dead? How can these Specters still exist?"
But soon, these Heavenly Warriors calmed down.
"Hmph! Just a bunch of undead clinging to life by relying on the laws of the Underworld!" The lead Heavenly Warrior was very disdainful.
"Even the weak Saints under Athena couldn't defeat them. What ability could these trash possibly have?"
"We are noble Heavenly Warriors, bearing the divine grace of Artemis-sama, bathed in the light of Heaven. How could these rats in the gutter compare?"
"Brothers, let these scum of the Underworld see the power of the warriors of Heaven!"
He was the first to take down the silver bow from his back, draw the bowstring taut, and a light arrow, condensed from pure moonlight divine power, with a sharp sound of piercing air, shot toward the Specter nearest to him.
The other Heavenly Warriors also shouted and launched their attacks. Silver moonlight arrows fell like raindrops.
However, facing the seemingly fierce rain of moonlight arrows, the targeted Specters didn't even spare them a glance.
Some simply raised their arms casually, a glimmer on their Surplices easily shattering the light arrows.
Some didn't even dodge, letting the light arrows hit their Surplices with a clinking sound, without leaving even a white mark.
What was more, one of them swallowed the incoming light arrow in one gulp, then casually let out a burp.
"What? The Eighth Sense?"
"All the Specters have the Eighth Sense? How is that possible!"
"That is the realm touching the divine!"
The Heavenly Warriors erupted in an uproar. Even among them, only one had entered the realm of the Eighth Sense.
On the opposite side, everyone had the Eighth Sense.
How could they fight?
Before they could calm down, the Specters launched their counterattack.
"Sekishiki Meikai Ha!" Manigold pointed casually, and the dark green soul vortex instantly sucked in three Heavenly Warriors, armor and all. Their screams abruptly stopped.
"Galaxian Explosion!" Saga's single hand clenched, and a small area of space, along with the five Heavenly Warriors within it, was crushed by an invisible giant hand, exploding with a bang.
"Tenbu Horin!" Shaka sat in lotus position. Beneath the giant Buddha statue, several Heavenly Warriors watched in horror as their senses were stripped away.
Golden Triangle Another Dimension, Great Horn, Excalibur, Lightning Plasma...
The golden combat techniques, tempered to perfection by generations of Gold heroic souls, swept across the entire square like a destructive storm.
Devastating, without suspense!
These self-proclaimed noble Heavenly Warriors, before the battle-hardened heroic souls of the Underworld, all of whom had broken through to a higher realm, were like paper toys.
Not only were they no match for a single blow, but many didn't even have time to react before being swallowed, banished, or annihilated by various unfathomable attacks.
The peak of the Sanctuary, the deepest part of the Moon Temple.
This place was heavily sealed by pure moonlight divine power, isolated from all outside prying.
In the center of the hall, in a clear pool of water, Athena stood barefoot, an obvious wound on her wrist.
The wound continuously flowed with divine blood, seeping into the pool.
The clear pool water did not change at all, as if it needed to absorb the divine blood before changing color.
Artemis looked at all this with complex eyes and sighed. "You still have a chance to regret it now. As long as you no longer shelter humanity, I can help you plead with Brother Apollo."
Athena replied, "I can stop sheltering humanity, but the premise is that the gods do not interfere with humanity and let them develop freely."
Artemis shook her head. "Only gods can possess infinite freedom."
Suddenly, she frowned slightly, looking outside.
"It seems your Saints did not take my warning to heart. I already gave them the chance to exit with dignity, yet they drag their broken bodies back to die. How foolish."
"However..." Artemis changed tack, a hint of appreciation in her tone. "Their loyalty to you is worthy of praise, though meaningless."
"How about we play a game?" Artemis chuckled softly. "I won't use my divine power to sense the outside world for now. Let's guess..."
"How many of your battered Saints will be lucky enough to make it here? One? Two? Or will they be completely annihilated, unable to even get close?"
She seemed to have already pictured the sight of the Saints being miserably defeated and killed under the siege of the Heavenly Warriors.
Athena kept her eyes tightly closed, not responding.
Only the continuously dripping divine blood showed the turmoil in her heart.
Artemis didn't mind, speculating to herself, as if passing the time idly.
Just then, a loud sound, as if the sky were falling and the earth splitting, came without warning from the direction of the main gate.
The entire Moon Temple shook violently.
"What?" A flicker of confusion appeared in Artemis's eyes.
'Who was so bold as to directly attack my temple?'
Then, she saw over a hundred figures burst in through the door.
Those figures were clad in pitch-black Surplices, radiating the aura of death that she found repulsive.
"Specters?" Artemis was somewhat confused, 'Shouldn't it be Saints? What was happening with Specters?'
Before the Specter legion, two figures in ancient divine cloths slowly stepped forward.
They were the Twin Gods.
Hypnos bowed slightly. "Artemis-sama, by order of His Majesty, we have launched a Holy War against the Sanctuary."
"Holy War?" Artemis's expression was quite subtle.
Before, when she had watched Hades launch Holy Wars, she had felt somewhat schadenfreude.
Now that it was her turn to be on the receiving end of a 'Holy War', her mood was not beautiful at all.
Thanatos was even more blunt. "Artemis-sama, it seems you have no ability at all to protect this earth. Perhaps you should return the earth to Athena?"
"Insolent!" Artemis's expression turned cold. A terrifying Moon Goddess divine power erupted with a bang.
The clear, cold moonlight turned into a piercing cold current, freezing space and pressing down on the Twin Gods.
"You two mere secondary gods, how dare you speak arrogantly to me? Where is Hades? Tell him to come out and see me!"
"Since he is not dead, the judgment of Athena need not continue."
However, what responded to her was not Hades's low, cold voice.
But a younger, yet also more majestic voice.
"Hades?"
Accompanied by this voice, the Specter legion parted like a tide to both sides, clearing a path.
A figure clad in the Hades Divine Cloth walked unhurriedly down the passage through the crowd.
"Hades has brought endless disaster to this earth. He can wantonly slaughter beings, launch Holy Wars, create death. But for humans to resist even slightly is a mistake, is blasphemy!"
"Go to hell with your damned gods!"
"You keep talking about how humans are filthy, ugly, full of original sin. But what about you, you self-proclaimed noble gods?"
"Promiscuity, incest, jealousy, tyranny, vanity, greed, bloodthirstiness, treachery..."
"Is there any god in this world more disgusting than you Olympians?"