Hearing this, Aphrodite and Deathmask thought about Shin's physique, which was even tougher than a Gold Cloth, and couldn't help but nod.
Although Athena Exclamation was powerful, to say it could completely destroy a Gold Cloth was unlikely.
A Gold Cloth might be severely damaged by Athena Exclamation, but it would never be completely shattered.
The same would naturally apply to a person.
Shin stood to the side, watching the three Gold Saints discuss.
Upon hearing about Athena Exclamation, his eyes flickered slightly.
This move was described as incredibly powerful in the original work, something like the localized power of the Big Bang, or how two Athena Exclamations could completely destroy the entire Sanctuary.
However, awkwardly, the results of the two Athena Exclamations were completely zero.
The first time, it destroyed Shaka's physical body, but he awakened his Eighth Sense and went to the Underworld.
The second time, two Athena Exclamations clashed, and ultimately, none of the three on Saga's losing side died.
In Shin's opinion, this move might be powerful, but to say it truly had the power of the Big Bang at its center—what a joke.
Did they even know what the Big Bang meant?
It was probably just the wild imagination of these uncultured Saints.
In a true Big Bang, the interior would be in a degenerate state.
Even in a smaller area, without an explosion, gravity alone would be enough to tear the entire Earth apart, and the temperature would be an astronomical number that would make one dizzy just to look at.
Even if there were divine barriers here, they absolutely couldn't withstand it.
After the three Gold Saints finished their discussion, they each prepared themselves, striking a pose to unleash an attack, aiming at Shin.
The other Silver and Bronze Saints were bewildered, but Saori Kido vaguely recalled some of Athena's memories and knew this should be a very powerful combat technique.
However, she had absolute faith in Shin—she didn't think a combat technique from three Gold Saints combined could harm a body that even her own Staff of Nike couldn't injure.
"This is our final move," Shura said coldly, even with a hint of provocation.
"If you can still withstand this, then we will completely admit defeat.
Athena Exclamation is a special technique that even Gold Saints absolutely cannot block!"
Shin smiled slightly, "Is that so? Then I'd like to try."
"You'll get to try, take this!" Three Seventh Sense Cosmos instantly ignited, and their terrifying aura sent the ordinary Bronze and Silver Saints retreating.
Then, the three of them roared simultaneously, and a terrifying surge of energy blasted towards Shin.
Shin's eyes showed curiosity as he reached out to catch this terrifying ball of Cosmo energy.
Immediately, he felt a Cosmo that had been compressed to its limit and undergone a qualitative change, frantically trying to erode his palm.
The immense power quickly shattered his Seventh Sense Cosmo's defense, making contact with his gauntlet and palm.
Although it couldn't break through his physical defense, the powerful force pushed Shin, who was only using his Cosmo, back repeatedly.
"No choice, I'll cheat a little," Shin mused for a moment, then slightly reinforced the power of his physical body.
The Cosmo ball, which had been continuously impacting Shin, was immediately held in place.
Then, Shin enveloped the entire Cosmo ball with his biological magnetic field to prevent it from exploding directly, and squeezed his hand fiercely.
With a rumble, a terrifying tremor resonated in everyone's hearts.
Although there was no physical reaction, the group of Saints with Cosmo still felt the world spinning, and some Silver Saints even fell directly to the ground.
Shin slowly opened his palm, showing it to Shura and the other two.
One could see slight scuff marks on the gauntlet in his palm, yet his fingers were completely unharmed, not even a white mark was visible.
"How could this be…" The three Gold Saints had lost count of how many times they had been surprised.
This completely defied the logic of the Saint Seiya world.
Where in the Saint Seiya world were there monsters with such extreme physical strength?
Even the strongest gods in this world only had bodies of a certain strength; their power came from their strong Cosmo and its perfect integration with their divine souls.
No god would dare claim they could withstand an Athena Exclamation with only a Seventh Sense level Cosmo, without even wearing their God Cloth.
However, no matter what the three Gold Saints were thinking, Shin just shook his hand and looked at them, "How about it? Do you still want to fight?"
Fight what? Are we supposed to give you a massage?
The three Gold Saints exchanged glances, then directly knelt before Athena, bowing their heads.
Shin didn't need to do the rest.
While other aspects might be debatable, Shin believed that Saori Kido had definitely inherited Athena's true teachings when it came to winning hearts.
In the original work, every Saint who pledged loyalty to Athena never betrayed her.
Even Saga and Kanon, the Gemini Saints, were ultimately willing to fight to the death for Saori Kido.
This showed that although this young lady might be naive, she possessed considerable charisma.
Of course, Shin also always felt that Saori Kido's excellence as Athena's reincarnation was highlighted by contrast—after all, Poseidon wanted to turn humans into seafood, and Hades wanted to turn them into spirits.
Compared to them, Athena was truly too benevolent.
Having gained the allegiance of the three Gold Saints, Saori Kido's confidence was now even greater, especially after hearing the information from those three Gold Saints.
Knowing that the others were only deceived by the false Pope, Saori Kido felt that once she went to the Sanctuary, she could simply wave her hand and have all the Saints switch sides.
Shin, however, felt that the other Gold Saints might not be completely unaware of Athena's situation, as there were many suspicious points in the past, and Athena's reincarnation in the Sanctuary had never appeared.
He wondered if the Twelve Temples arc would reappear this time?
If so, he absolutely had to participate personally! Even if not, he should try to instigate it!
Shin thought to himself as he repaired and absorbed the Cosmo imprints of the Gold Cloths from Shura and the other two.
Gold Saints were very particular about their Cloths, and Gold Cloths were incredibly powerful.
Generally speaking, even if a Gold Saint died, their Gold Cloth wouldn't suffer too much damage.
Thus, Shin's wish to absorb… or repair Gold Cloths was very difficult to achieve.
Now, with the battle of the Twelve Temples, such a good opportunity, Shin naturally didn't want to miss it.
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