Hyoga arrives and is revealed to have survived Ikki's attack. Ikki attacks Hyoga with his illusion, but it backfires and Hyoga reflects it back to him. With his illusion now useless, Ikki resorts to using his Rising Phoenix technique to defeat the four Bronze Saints. However, the Gold Cloth assembled, and protected Seiya. Both Saints begin to battle. Even though Seiya destroys the Phoenix Cloth, Ikki has the upper hand, since his Cloth possess the ability to revive itself from its ashes. Ikki is about to finish off Seiya...