Su Yunqing's impression of Saitama had always been someone whose battle power was impossible to gauge — the undisputed ceiling of One-Punch Man.
How strong Saitama was depended entirely on how strong his opponent was.
The "limiter" was just one explanation for why Saitama was so powerful.
It wasn't just her. Many people felt the same way — otherwise, why would anyone try to scale Saitama's combat power against Dragon Ball and other anime?
It was precisely because of the seemingly invincible power he displayed.
Then hearing Ying Zi'nian say this, Su Yunqing felt her past assumptions shatter.
So Saitama's strength did have a ceiling. The ceiling was still a ceiling — but it wasn't the ceiling of the world. It was the ceiling of every character in One-Punch Man.
In the past, Saitama had crushed everyone so completely simply because of the gap in strength. Now, he'd finally encountered an opponent close to his own level — one he could no longer defeat with a single punch.
How to put it… it was reasonable, sure. But it felt like losing that invincible aura.
Then again, maybe that aura was something they'd projected onto him themselves.
Ordinary Group Leader: "So who was Saitama's opponent?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "Boros,堂堂宇宙霸主, couldn't even break Saitama's defense — one serious punch and he was done. How strong does an opponent have to be to make Saitama genuinely impressed by their strength?"
Boros's title of "universe's overlord" wasn't some casual nickname someone gave him — he'd fought his way to that name.
And he'd been one-punched by Saitama anyway.
Who the hell could push Saitama to that level?
Ninth Prince of Qin: "Apparently it's Garou."
Ninth Prince of Qin: "He obtained the power of a god and became Universe Garou. As for whether he retained his own will in that state — I can't say for sure."
Ying Zi'nian, like Baixuan and Su Yunqing, barely read manga.
Ordinary Group Leader: "The power of a god…"
Even adding "god" to it felt strange.
Richest Man: "Hey, hasn't your topic drifted a bit?"
Richest Man: "And is this Saitama guy actually strong?"
Richest Man: "The way you all describe it sounds pretty夸张."
Demon Queen: "And the fuck is 'universe's overlord'!!"
Demon Queen: "What circle is this guy running in!"
Demon Queen: "How many fleets does he command, what resources does he have?!"
The title of universe's overlord wasn't something just anyone could claim.
Ordinary Group Leader: "Boros, huh… compared to you all, the 'universe's overlord' title is a bit of an exaggeration."
Ordinary Group Leader: "His strength is probably around planetary level? Whether he could destroy a star, I'm not sure — but probably not."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Tech-wise he wasn't weak, but couldn't hold a candle to you all."
Ordinary Group Leader: "As for Saitama — a human who broke through his own limiter."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Originally, in my eyes, he was the type with worldbuffs — no one in his world could possibly defeat him. The very definition of invincible."
Ordinary Group Leader: "But if what Ying Zi'nian says is true, it's not quite that extraordinary."
Ordinary Group Leader: "He's definitely strong — but now his strength can actually be measured. As for exactly how strong, don't ask me, I don't know either. shrug.jpg"
She couldn't help it. She didn't read manga, and when she transmigrated, who knew if the manga had even been remade yet.
Ordinary Group Leader: "But destroying a planet is definitely not beyond him."
At the very least, destroying a planet was something he could definitely do.
After all, his opponent in that grueling fight had the power of a god. Who knew how strong that god was.
Destroying a planet was the conservative estimate.
Richest Man: "."
You just said that and it meant nothing.
The universe's overlord who got one-shot could already destroy the surface of a planet. If the guy who killed him in one punch couldn't even blow up a planet — that would be the crazy part.
Tony couldn't help but grumble to himself.
Strong, sure. But not as exaggerated as all that.
Though suddenly, Tony paused at his own thoughts.
Had he been in the chat group too long? Read too many memory副本?
How had he gotten to the point where destroying a planet's surface and blowing up stars was something he said so casually?
This shit would've been unbelievable to his old self.
How could a human blow up a planet!
Ordinary Group Leader: "@Child of Nature, what exactly was the 'might of the gods' Aizen was talking about?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "What did you do?"
Child of Nature: "I merely displayed the particular qualities that come with entering the Divine Realm."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Particular qualities?"
Child of Nature: "Only gods can harm gods. Those who have not entered the Divine Realm cannot touch a god."
Child of Nature: "It's as if the two of us exist in different dimensions."
Child of Nature: "The difference is — I can reach him. But he cannot reach me."
Beyond this, Baixuan had naturally tested other things as well — spiritual-tier abilities like overwhelming presence and mental pressure.
Things like Haki's spiritual intimidation — they had absolutely no effect on Aizen.
Not because Aizen's spiritual pressure was strong enough. It was the difference in realm — Aizen simply couldn't perceive Baixuan's intimidation at all, so naturally it had no effect.
Of course, Baixuan could also manifest his spiritual energy outward.
If one looked directly at his physical form at that point, the spirit would suffer extremely serious damage.
In Aizen's eyes, the Baixuan he saw was no longer a human body at all — but some kind of special appearance impossible to put into words.
Somewhat like Cthulhu — but only vaguely similar.
Ordinary Group Leader: "This sounds like that fight between Goku before he became Super Saiyan God and Beerus in Dragon Ball Super."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Only gods can harm gods."
What a broken ability.
Even the Magic God didn't have a rule like that.
Ordinary Group Leader: "So between you now and the Magic Gods in Toaru Majutsu no Index — who's stronger?"
Child of Nature: "."
Child of Nature: "There's no need to overestimate me like that."
The current him, setting aside Earth's amplification, had a considerable distance to go before matching the Magic Gods purely in terms of divine authority.
At the very least, he couldn't achieve causal manipulation on his own.
Ninth Prince of Qin: "Comparing you to the Magic Gods of Toaru is a bit too absurd, don't you think?"
Reading Su Yunqing's words, Ying Zi'nian couldn't help but let a slight twitch show at the corner of his mouth.
He didn't know much about Toaru's world, but he was well aware of the kind of devastating power the Magic Gods possessed.
Reversing the laws of nature, freely altering everything in the world.
Among all the varied settings of the 2D world, while they couldn't quite be called the ceiling, they were absolutely top-tier.
Ying Zi'nian didn't know what level of power Baixuan had. But whatever it was, comparing it to the Magic Gods seemed like a stretch.
Ordinary Group Leader: "It's not that bad. You don't understand Baixuan's power."
Ordinary Group Leader: "It's just that the Magic Gods have home-field advantage in their own world. If they were in Baixuan's world — on Earth — it wouldn't be clear-cut at all who would take down whom."
Su Yunqing shrugged as she said this.
(End of Chapter)
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