Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “Maybe they’re not underestimating the power of technology, but underestimating your power.”
To be fair, while the steel armor looks cool, the weak versions are truly weak, and the strong ones don’t get to show off their strength because they end up facing someone even stronger.
The Hulkbuster armor finally had its moment in the spotlight, but then it got beaten back. And later, the fight with Captain America ended in a loss too—sure, he was holding back, but a loss is still a loss.
And don’t even get me started on Thanos.
Lighthouse Richest Man: “What the—”
Glory of the Northern God: “Hammer.jpg”
Glory of the Northern God: “Shiba Inu Disdain.jpg”
Glory of the Northern God: “Your mech isn’t even as strong as my hammer.”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “???”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “!!!”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “I could maybe accept it from people, but now even a dog is looking down on me!”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “Just wait. My second suit of armor is going to be called the Anti-Thor Armor!”
Lighthouse Richest Man: “I’m going to use your hammer as a power source!”
With that, Tony Stark logged off. It seemed Thor’s mockery had genuinely sparked his anger.
Bai Xuan also believed that Tony was capable of building it—but which version of Thor it would be designed to counter was anyone’s guess.
“So this is what you call holding back?”
“Are you kidding me? This is holding back?!”
“Have some shame, Bai Xuan!”
Huo Yu roared angrily at Bai Xuan, venting her frustration. In response, Bai Xuan simply spread his hands in resignation.
“You’re the one who said you wanted to spar with me.”
“And your conditions were that I couldn’t hide my true strength, but I also couldn’t go all out—at most, I could use thirty percent of my power.”
“This form uses at most twenty percent. So tell me, doesn’t that count as holding back?”
He really only used a tiny fraction of his power, and he wasn’t even using the power of the [Authority of Nature].
Because if he used the [Authority of Nature], he wouldn’t be able to tell how much strength he was using—those attacks just come out as naturally as thinking, as easy as breathing, abilities deeply ingrained in his instincts.
So instead, he used another power; only with that one, due to his bloodline, he could only control it to that extent.
“You’re calling that thing—at least a hundred meters tall—holding back?!”
“And hey, isn’t that Susanoo from Naruto? Don’t think I won’t recognize it just because you changed the color!”
Huo Yu pointed at the hundred-meter-tall golden giant materializing behind Bai Xuan and shouted her complaint loudly.
She’s a young person after all—of course she’s watched some Naruto, and Susanoo is definitely not unfamiliar. So don’t think she wouldn’t recognize it just because you made it a golden Susanoo that never appeared in the anime!
“Are you trying to kill me?!”
“I consider myself pretty talented, not worse than most people, but you’re not even in that category—are you even human?!”
“Using this for a sparring match—do you take me for Hashirama Senju or Sasuke Uchiha?!”
“And you’re saying this is just twenty percent power? If this is twenty percent, what would one hundred percent be? Destroying the Earth?!”
Just as Huo Yu was really getting into her rant, Bai Xuan suddenly spoke up:
“I can’t do that.”
“Huh?”
“Destroying a planet—I don’t have that kind of ability yet.”
Bai Xuan smiled, then shifted his tone and said:
“But if I went all out, maybe I could wipe the surface clean.”
“After all, landslides, tsunamis, lava, earthquakes… these are all part of nature.”
“…”
Huo Yu fell silent, then looked at Bai Xuan and sighed.
“I seriously suspect that the ultimate reason for Earth’s spiritual energy resurgence isn’t to help creatures evolve, but to help you evolve alone.”
“Otherwise, why are you so ridiculously powerful, making the rest of us look so weak!”
Even though Bai Xuan was joking, she deeply understood that he had such abilities. Just like he said: landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes—these are all part of nature, and someone who can harness nature’s power could definitely achieve them.
The key point is, he can already do these things now. What will he be capable of in the future?
After all, nature includes so much more than just these phenomena!
Humans who have awakened supernatural abilities, mutating creatures that are evolving—they are also parts of nature!
Could Bai Xuan’s power grow even stronger because of them in the future?
At that rate, the gap between them would probably be even larger than it is now!
“Wait a minute—why can you use Susanoo?”
“Did you create that form by condensing some kind of power, or has someone on Earth actually awakened Susanoo as a supernatural ability?”
“Could it be those people from the country that lives quite comfortably?”
Huo Yu suddenly realized the seriousness of this issue.
“Has anyone awakened Mangekyo, Rinnegan, or Tenseigan abilities?”
“What about Yamata no Orochi?”
“Never mind about Yamata no Orochi—I heard it’s actually Xiangliu, who couldn’t make it in China after getting his heads chopped off. Any ability user based on him probably couldn’t even beat me right now.”
“So, what about things from our Chinese novels? Have any similar abilities awakened? Like some kind of special physique or something?”
Bai Xuan went from confused and speechless to completely exasperated.
“Why do you think I would know about all that stuff?”
“Your ability is nature, isn’t it? They’re part of nature too, so why don’t you know?”
“…”
That’s such a good point, I can’t even argue with it.
Should I give it a try?
Logically speaking, it does seem possible.
“Wait, never mind—don’t try it.”
Just as Bai Xuan was about to attempt it, Huo Yu suddenly stopped him.
“I don’t know why, but in that instant, I felt like I was about to be completely exposed.”
“Why don’t you just tell me more about Susanoo?”
“Beats me.”
Bai Xuan shrugged casually.
It’s not like he could say that besides awakening the [Authority of Nature], he also joined a chat group that connects to countless worlds across the universe, right? And that Uchiha Madara and Whitebeard are both his chat friends.
Or that he won Obito Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan on his first lucky draw?
And that because of his own power, the Mangekyo’s abilities changed, and even the color of Susanoo changed along with it?
Not that he could tell her even if he wanted to—the chat group doesn’t allow him to disclose that stuff.
“Do you think I’m stupid?”
Huo Yu looked at Bai Xuan with an expression that clearly said, “Do I look like an idiot to you?”
“You’re obviously just imitating the Susanoo from the anime by controlling spiritual energy, right?”
“After all, spiritual energy is similar to sage chakra—both are powers that exist in nature. Sure, Susanoo might require some kind of ocular power, but ocular power is still just chakra, isn’t it? Anyway, you could imitate it effortlessly.”
“Either that, or it’s a fake knockoff made of other elements!”
“There’s no way it’s a real Susanoo—anime appearing in the real world?”
“You’re not going to tell me that because manga are drawn by people and anime are made by people, they’re also part of nature, so you can use their powers with your ability, are you?”
