Chapter 285 - 144: A Sudden Turn of Events, Descending into the Bleach World! (Part 1)

Chapter 285: Chapter 144: A Sudden Turn of Events, Descending into the Bleach World! (Part 1)

The eyes of Hades’ statue suddenly erupted with an eerie green light, his voice carrying a nearly manic resolve and cold calculation.

"Blasphemer... stealing authority... Excellent! He is no ordinary human; he is a disruptor of order, a thief of divine authority! He stole the lightning of Zeus and laid hands on Apollo’s solar power—this is a profanation and a subversion of all the Olympian Gods!"

He paused, his tone turning even more sinister.

"That fool Poseidon thinks he can stay out of this by signing a covenant? He will soon realize that the existence of this blasphemer is a provocation to the entire Olympian pantheon!"

"Pandora!" Hades suddenly called her name.

Pale-faced and still shaken, Pandora immediately knelt, her voice trembling. "I am here, Lord Hades!"

"Relay my divine decree: the Underworld is to be temporarily sealed. Guard the Eight Prisons, Three Valleys, Ten Trenches, and Four Spheres strictly." Hades’ voice was icy and majestic. "I will devote my full strength to stabilizing Thanatos’s injuries and recovering our strength. Without my command, no one is permitted to launch an unauthorized attack on the Sanctuary!"

"Yes, Lord Hades!"

Hades’ voice paused for a moment, carrying the weight of a desperate gamble.

"Hypnos, you are to go to Mount Olympus. Do so in absolute secrecy; avoid the monitoring of both the Saints and the Marine Realm!"

The green light of the statue flickered erratically.

"You must expose Alex’s true face as a blasphemer to the Olympian Gods! Reveal his crime of stealing the authorities of the Heavenly Father and the God of Light! He is the public enemy of the gods and must endure the divine punishment of the entire Celestial Realm! This Holy War is no longer just a dispute between the Underworld and Athena!"

"As you command!" Hypnos lowered his head, answering with profound trepidation.

Since the disappearance of Zeus, the Olympian Gods had long ceased to concern themselves with worldly affairs. For Hades to drag them back into the war was undoubtedly a massive gamble.

Above the Underworld, the thick, unyielding clouds of death surged violently, as if brewing an ultimate storm. Alex’s existence had completely changed the nature of the Holy War, giving Hades the perfect reason to bind the powerful Olympian Gods to his chariot to collectively eliminate this threat to divine right.

"Athena, Alex... you brought this on yourselves!"

.....

Alex descended to the ground as the Saints gathered around him. He spoke calmly.

"Hades is about to initiate the Greatest Eclipse. Return to the Sanctuary as soon as possible to inform Athena. Recover your strength and prepare for the final battle..."

The Greatest Eclipse!

The group was instantly startled. The Sanctuary archives recorded that in every Holy War, Hades would use the alignment of the nine planets to trigger the Greatest Eclipse. If he could not be sealed again, the entire earth would plunge into eternal darkness, and all life would wither.

It seemed that a battle in the Underworld was ultimately unavoidable!

Saga stepped forward, looking at Alex with a complex expression. "And what about you? Alex, are you not returning to the Sanctuary?"

From Alex’s tone, it seemed he had other plans. Alex nodded slightly.

"Before the final Holy War begins, I need to make a trip to the abyss of Tartarus to prepare for the potential threats from the Olympian Gods."

"The Olympian Gods?!" Saga’s pupils contracted sharply, his face filled with shock. "Why would they intervene?"

Alex did not offer much explanation. He clearly remembered the original trajectory of fate. Even if Seiya eventually managed to kill Hades, it would only draw the ire of the Sun God, Apollo. Under the combined pressure of the Olympian Gods, Athena would be forced to relinquish her divinity, and the Saints would be stripped of their power, reduced entirely to mortals.

He could never accept such an ending. The Ancient Titan Gods, imprisoned by the Olympians in the abyss of Tartarus, were potential allies he could utilize. If the Olympian Gods truly took the field themselves, he wouldn’t mind triggering another Epochal Divine War to thoroughly shatter the old order of divine right!

"I will be back before the Holy War truly begins!"

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