"How dare you, mortal! You're courting death!"
Trapped by the Evil Containment Wave, Hades's soul couldn't approach Athena, which made the Gold Saints react, pulling Athena behind them for protection.
With the Cosmo of the Gold Saints guarding her, even Hades couldn't take Athena away, especially now that he was somewhat weakened by Athena's Barrier in the Sanctuary.
"Courting death? First, see if you can even leave!"
Adam pushed his Ki to the limit, and the Evil Containment Wave's suction power intensified again, pulling Hades's soul bit by bit into the rice cooker.
"A mere seal, and you think you can deal with this Celestial. Disperse!"
At this moment, Hades was furious. He was one of the highest-ranking Twelve Olympians, the dignified King of the Underworld. Being tricked by his niece Athena was one thing, as they were all among the Twelve Olympian Celestials.
But being repeatedly tricked twice by this mortal in front of him truly damaged his pride as a Celestial.
The last time was by that Pegasus who had once wounded him, and now another one had appeared.
"As expected of a Celestial who can create the Underworld and master countless laws. Even as a soul, and under the suppression of Athena's Barrier, he can still display such power."
As Hades used his power as a Celestial, Adam felt the Evil Containment Wave's vortex speed begin to slow, and Hades's soul gradually started to break free from the Evil Containment Wave's vortex.
Unlike the last time The Judge was sealed, The Judge was already severely wounded then, and with the Ancient One controlling the Time Stone to assist, the sealing was successful.
However, although the King of the Underworld's true body hadn't arrived, his soul was not injured; it had merely been forced out of Shun's body.
"Then let's add more power!"
Adam roared, his body rapidly expanding, directly transforming into a Saiyan Great Ape, and his Ki power instantly increased tenfold.
Due to the significant increase in Ki, the Evil Containment Wave's power was also strengthened, and Hades's soul was once again pulled towards the rice cooker.
"Infinite Tsukuyomi!"
Not only that, but after transforming into a Great Ape, Adam also opened the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan on his forehead and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi on Hades's soul for genjutsu control.
With the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, one can use the moon or any celestial body as a medium to activate a wide-range genjutsu, capable of putting an entire Planet's population into genjutsu.
If not using the moon and celestial bodies as a medium, the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan itself can still activate it, though the range is not as vast.
However, because the ocular power is concentrated on one person, the genjutsu effect will be greatly enhanced.
Indeed, under the genjutsu influence of Infinite Tsukuyomi, the King of the Underworld's resistance immediately vanished, and he was smoothly sucked into the rice cooker.
"Seiya, what's going on with your friend?"
On the other side, watching Adam transform from a human into a Great Ape, the Saints all looked at Seiya.
Because none of them knew Adam, they only knew he was Seiya's friend.
"Actually... I'm not really sure either."
Seiya was also dumbfounded; his understanding of Adam was limited to what Adam had told him.
Only Dohko and Shion were not too surprised; being well-traveled, they had encountered such situations before.
Dohko's master was a Shenron who had cultivated for a thousand years under Lushan Waterfall and could transform into human form.
So, Adam transforming from a human into a Great Ape was not entirely unacceptable.
"Not good, they're here!"
However, just as the King of the Underworld was about to be sealed by Adam using the rice cooker, two extremely vast Cosmos suddenly appeared above the Sanctuary.
"How dare you profane the great Hades Lord!"
Following this, two terrifying mental attacks assailed Adam, forcing him to temporarily abandon the Evil Containment Wave seal on Hades.
"Hypnos and Thanatos?"
Blocking the mental attacks, Adam looked up at the two who had rescued Hades and immediately guessed their identities, or rather, the identities of the two Celestials.
They were Hypnos the Celestial of Sleep and Thanatos the Celestial of Death, the two secondary Celestials under the King of the Underworld.
Hypnos and Thanatos are a pair of Twin Gods; one presides over the sleep of all things, and the other presides over the death of all things.
Their true bodies have always been in Elysium, guarding the King of the Underworld, and in every Holy War, they possess human bodies to fight.
The power of the Twin Celestials' human forms usually requires the combined efforts of several top Gold Saints to deal with.
And those who arrived this time were clearly not their human forms, but their true bodies clad in Celestial Cloths, with much greater power than their human forms.
It turned out that Hypnos and Thanatos, sensing the King of the Underworld's soul was in danger of being sealed in Elysium, didn't bother to find human bodies to possess; they directly descended to the human world in their true forms to protect Lord.
"Black Hole!"
The Celestial of Death raised a hand, and a black sphere appeared in his palm. The black sphere seemed capable of devouring everything; not even light could escape it.
"Accept the judgment of the Celestial."
With a gentle toss, the black sphere, carrying a terrifying aura of destruction, assailed the entire Sanctuary.
Clearly, the Celestial of Death intended to use this move to directly destroy the entire Sanctuary.
"Dare to offend the Sanctuary, even if you are a Celestial, you shall not pass!"
Shaka of Virgo, known as the one closest to Celestial, stepped forward and slowly opened his eyes.
"Heavenly Dance of a Thousand Petals!"
Immediately, scenes of the Eastern Heavenly Court's immortals, the Western Great Thunderclap Ancient Temple's various Buddhas, India's Twenty-Four Devas, and Jehovah's Heaven were condensed by Shaka's Cosmo, meeting the black hole that could devour everything.
The ultimate techniques of both sides met, and after a stalemate, Shaka's myriad deities and Buddhas turned into broken limbs and scattered from the sky.
Clearly, even with Athena's Barrier weakening his power at this time, the ultimate technique unleashed by the Celestial of Death's true body, a secondary Celestial, was not something Shaka alone could withstand.
"Plasma Lightspeed Fist!"
"Great Horn!"
"Scarlet Needle!"
"Galaxian Explosion!"
Aiolia, Aldebaran, Milo, and Galleon acted simultaneously, and it took the combined strength of the four Gold Saints to completely neutralize the remaining power of the black hole.
Seeing his technique nullified, the Celestial of Death's eyes immediately grew agitated, and he was about to personally descend to eliminate Athena and all the Saints.
However, he was stopped by his rational older brother, Hypnos, who was beside him.
"The Sanctuary is blessed with the power of successive Athenas; Hades Lord is not safe here. Let's return first, and next time we come, we'll wipe this place out in one fell swoop!"
Hypnos knew that merely relying on the two of them to directly destroy the Sanctuary was impossible.
Otherwise, the past Holy Wars wouldn't always end in defeat, even if they were present in their true bodies now.
The Sanctuary is blessed with the power of successive Athenas; once fully drawn out by the current Athena, their Cosmos will be greatly weakened, while Athena's Saints' Cosmos will be greatly enhanced.
Furthermore, if pushed too hard, Athena's Cosmo could be further stimulated, and without Hades's power to suppress it, they would find it very difficult to contain her.
Of course, the most important point was that there was actually a human here proficient in sealing techniques. Hades's soul was almost sealed, and remaining here would endanger Hades.
"Return to Elysium. This time, I will descend in my true body and thoroughly end the Holy War!"
At this moment, Hades's soul also issued a command.
The Celestial of Death naturally dared not disobey Hades's command, so the three Celestials turned and prepared to leave the Sanctuary and return to Elysium.
Meanwhile, Seiya and the others below naturally wouldn't stand for it. They had been fought to their doorstep, and with Hades's Specters absent, it was the best opportunity to take a gamble and kill Hades.
However, before they could act, they were stopped by Dohko.