Battle Results and Their Cause

Saori and the Crow Saint swallowed hard. That was only natural—after all, they had been sent by the Pope to cause trouble for Saori Kido.

Seiya remembered how he and the others had left immediately after their unpleasant conversation with Saori Kido. Thinking back to her temper as a child, he felt they had been incredibly lucky not to have had their heads smashed open.

Ikki felt even more fortunate. When he had snatched the Gold Saint Cloth back then, this young lady had not attacked him directly. Otherwise, if that staff had come crashing down, it would not have mattered how well his Cloth could revive. He and his Cloth would probably have been smashed straight into a puddle of bloody pulp!

And that had only been a basic attack. She had not even used a finishing move! If she did, just how strong was Miss Saori?

The Cerberus and Auriga Silver Saints saw Perseus get beaten until his fate was unknown, while the weapons in their hands were completely ruined. They lost all will to fight and turned to flee.

Saori Kido frowned slightly, raised the Victory Staff, and burned her Cosmo to its limit. In an instant, she broke through the Sixth Sense and reached the realm of the Seventh Sense.

"Ion Beam!"

Saori Kido's experience with Cosmo had almost entirely come from the inheritance of the Sagittarius Gold Saint Cloth, so naturally, her ultimate move was also Sagittarius's secret technique. However, unlike when it was unleashed with fists, Saori Kido had modified this move to be cast through the Victory Staff.

A terrifying beam shot between the two Saints. The rushing airflow merely grazed them, yet it immediately shook crack after crack into their Silver Saint Cloths.

As for the beam itself, it naturally did not