"Gold Cloth!"
Shocked by Hades's terrifying Cosmo, everyone except Shion unleashed their Cosmos and summoned their own Gold Cloths.
In an instant, the Gemini, Aquarius, Capricorn, Pisces, and Cancer Cloths stored within the Twelve Gold Palaces turned into streaks of light, flying out on their own before armoring the five men.
"Illusion Demon Emperor Fist!"
"Athena Exclamation!"
"Holy Sword!"
"Bloody Rose!"
"Sekishiki Meikai Ha!"
"Starlight Extinction!"
Together with Mu, the six Gold Saints launched their strongest attacks at Hades simultaneously.
"Hmph, with just you?"
The newly awakened Hades glared, and a powerful surge of death energy erupted instantly, directly reflecting every attack back at them.
Camus, Shura, Aphrodite, and Deathmask were sent flying by their own attacks. Mu used Shunpo to evade, while Saga, the strongest among them, forcibly blocked his attack.
"Even in the initial stage of awakening, he can unleash attacks like this. It seems Hades's true strength exceeds my estimates."
Rather than rushing to attack, Hawking retreated to the vicinity of Seiya and the others who had just been blasted away and began observing.
The awakening of Hades's human vessel had six stages. As time passed, the later the stage of awakening, the stronger he would become.
Upon reaching the final stage, the human vessel's appearance would closely resemble the true body and could wield half of its power.
Hawking simply had not expected that the first stage of awakening alone would so easily break the combined attack of six Gold Saints.
Still, it was understandable. Compared to the Gold Saints of the previous Holy War, this generation was somewhat weaker.
Especially the seafood duo. The Pisces and Cancer Gold Saints of the previous generation had both been among the very strongest Gold Saints.
More importantly, Athena had yet to deploy Sanctuary's barrier to suppress Hades's Cosmo.