"Hello everyone, I'm Adam, Seiya's friend.
There's no need for us civilized people to start fighting and killing right away, that's not good."
Adam released the fists of the two members of the second aquatic product team, patted their shoulders, and then looked towards the corner on the right, smiling:
"Oh, and the three friends hiding, why don't you come out and chat with us?"
"Since we've been discovered, then let's come out!"
Upon hearing this, Shion reached out and flung off the cloak draped over him, revealing a black Aries Surplice.
It didn't matter who this Adam was, or why he could discover them; their only goal now was to pass through the Twelve Palaces and see Athena.
Moreover, to prevent the Specters who were tracking and monitoring them from discovering their plan and reclaiming their souls to the Underworld, they couldn't show any flaws. They could only ruthlessly defeat or even kill all the Saints who stood in their way.
As Shion's voice fell, three more Specters in Surplices walked out.
"Saga, Camus, Shura, how could even you… I don't understand!"
Mu's face instantly changed dramatically after seeing the three's appearances.
Deathmask and Aphrodite defecting to Hades wasn't too surprising to him, as they had betrayed Athena when they were alive.
However, Camus and Shura were Saints absolutely loyal to Athena; he knew their character very well.
As for Saga, before his death, he had already gotten rid of his other darkened personality, Saga, so he shouldn't betray them again.
First, his most respected master, Shion, and then his most trusted friends—at this moment, his heart was truly very complicated.
On one hand, he couldn't believe it; on the other hand, the facts were right before his eyes.
"Mu, for the sake of our past camaraderie, I will leave you a complete corpse, and the same goes for you Bronze Saints."
Saga, the leader among the three, the Saga who once nearly killed Athena and controlled the Sanctuary, immediately attacked all four, including Adam, after appearing.
"Galaxian Explosion!"
Concentrating the power that could shatter the stars of the galaxy and unleashing it upon the enemy—this was the ultimate physical attack technique of Gemini.
"Be careful!"
Seeing this, Mu quickly raised his hand and used his strongest defensive move:
"Crystal Wall!"
A transparent protective wall appeared in front of Adam, shielding all four of them inside.
Saga's strength was among the best of the Gold Saints, and his strongest physical attack, Galaxian Explosion, possessed extremely terrifying destructive power.
If he took it head-on, even he would be severely wounded if not killed, let alone Seiya and the other two.
Among them, this unfamiliar Saint, Adam, despite his decent strength, had a Cosmo that was only about as strong as Seiya's, in his perception.
The energy of Galaxian Explosion and the Crystal Wall met, stalemating for about two seconds before the Crystal Wall shattered with a crash.
Clearly, Mu's Crystal Wall defense could not withstand the terrifying attack of Saga's Galaxian Explosion.
"You're going all out right away; it seems time is tight and the mission is heavy!"
Watching the Crystal Wall shatter, Adam waved his hand, and an arc-shaped magic shield replaced the broken Crystal Wall, protecting the four of them inside.
"Absolute Defense!"
This magic shield of his was no longer a simple Shield Charm; it also combined the defensive principles of the "Shield" clow cards and Fairy Tail's strongest defensive magic, Fairy Sphere.
Coupled with his immense magic power and magical attainments now, the defensive effect was astonishingly good.
The magical principle of the Shield Charm, besides the most basic physical defense, primarily involved the dissipation and reflection of energy. The magical principle of the "Shield" clow cards was isolation and defense, isolating the influence of any magical effects, including those of time and space.
Finally, Fairy Sphere was touted as an impenetrable defense, one of Fairy Tail's three great magics, a legendary super magic.
Its main principle was to freeze time; any attack, once frozen in time, could no longer form an effective attack, and even the Black Dragon of Destruction couldn't break through it.
Adam merged these three defensive magics into one, making it incredibly difficult even for himself to break through with a Kamehameha.
"It actually blocked it!"
Mu, who was behind them, preparing to use his teleportation ability to move the three out of the attack's way, saw that after the terrifying energy of Galaxian Explosion destroyed his Crystal Wall, it was actually blocked by Adam's technique. He couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Similarly, Saga and the others on the opposite side also showed surprised expressions.
Adam's Cosmo wasn't particularly strong, yet he could use a defensive technique that blocked Galaxian Explosion, which was truly abnormal.
"There's no time; you go and take Athena's head. Mu and these Bronze Saints can be left to me."
At this moment, the true leader, Shion, spoke.
The time for this plan was not unlimited; their resurrection had a time limit. If they couldn't break through the Twelve Palaces and see Athena within ten hours, their souls would be reclaimed by the Underworld.
"Ah!"
At the same time, Mu let out a scream; Shion had sealed all movement of his body.
Shion was Mu's teacher, the previous Gold Saint of Aries Palace, the former Pope, and one of only two Saints who survived the last Holy War.
Therefore, he understood Mu's abilities too well and could easily seal all of Mu's powers.
"Pegasus…"
"Nebula…"
Seeing Mu attacked by Shion, Seiya and Shun could no longer hold back and were about to attack Shion to rescue Mu.
However, as soon as they raised their hands, Adam grabbed their arms.
"Don't attack yet."
"Adam?"
Seeing Adam stopping them now, Seiya and Shun were also full of confusion.
"We need to hurry."
Adam didn't immediately answer Seiya, but instead calculated the time. He had about twenty minutes left before he would be forcibly removed from here, so he immediately activated the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan in his forehead.
"Mu, Seiya, and Shun, I sense other enemies. You guard the Aries Palace; I'll trap them!"
"What kind of eyes are those?"
Shion and the other five were also stunned when they saw the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan on Adam's forehead.
They had never seen such eyes before, and they were located on his forehead, which hardly seemed like human eyes.
But in the next second, they disappeared from their original spot along with Adam.
It was Adam who activated Amenominaka, transporting all six deceased Gold Saints—Shion, Saga, Camus, Shura, Aphrodite, and Deathmask—into the Primordial Space.
"They disappeared?"
Seiya and Shun were momentarily dumbfounded when they saw Adam and the six Shion instantly vanish.
As for Mu, without Shion's seal, his body returned to normal.
"Don't be careless; Adam said there are other enemies around!"
He didn't know what ability Adam used to transfer all six Shion away, but now was not the time to relax.
Because he also sensed over a dozen hidden dark Cosmos.