Ordinary Group Leader: "Maybe they're not underestimating technology… they're underestimating you."
To be fair, although the steel armor looks cool, weak is really weak—and even when it's strong, it doesn't shine when facing stronger opponents.
The Hulkbuster armor finally had a moment to shine, but then it got beaten back.
Later, he even lost to Captain America. Even if he held back, a loss is still a loss.
And Thanos… well, no need to mention him.
Lighthouse Richest: "I—!"
Glory of the Northern God: "Hammer."
Glory of the Northern God: "Shiba Inu disdain."
Glory of the Northern God: "Your armor isn't even as strong as my hammer."
Lighthouse Richest: "???"
Lighthouse Richest: "!!!"
Lighthouse Richest: "Fine if it's people, but now even a dog is looking down on me?!"
Lighthouse Richest: "Just wait—my second armor will be called Anti-Thor Armor!"
Lighthouse Richest: "I'll use your hammer as an energy source!"
After saying that, Tony Stark logged off. Clearly, Thor's provocation had genuinely angered him.
Bai Xuan also believed Tony could build it—but which "Thor" it would counter was another question.
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"This is what you call holding back?!"
"You call THIS holding back?!"
"Have some shame, Bai Xuan!"
Huo Yu roared angrily at Bai Xuan, while he could only shrug helplessly.
"You were the one who asked to spar."
"And you said I couldn't hide my strength, but also couldn't go all out—only up to 30%."
"This form uses at most 20%. Doesn't that count as holding back?"
He truly only used a tiny bit of his power—and not even the power of [Authority of Nature].
Because if he used that, he wouldn't even know how much power he was using. Those attacks came as naturally as breathing—an instinctive ability.
So he used another power instead. Due to his bloodline, he could only control it at that level.
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"You're calling THIS holding back?!"
"And what is THIS 100-meter-tall thing in front of me?!"
"And this is clearly Susanoo from Naruto! Don't think I won't recognize it just because you changed the color!"
Huo Yu pointed at the massive golden giant behind Bai Xuan, loudly complaining.
She had at least watched some Naruto—she was very familiar with Susanoo.
So don't think changing it to a gold color that never appeared in the anime would fool her!
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"Are you trying to kill me?!"
"I know I'm talented, but I'm not YOU—are you even human?!"
"Using THIS for sparring? What, do you think I'm Hashirama or Sasuke?!"
"And you say this is only 20% power—if this is 20%, what's full power? Destroying the Earth?!"
Just as she was venting, Bai Xuan suddenly spoke:
"Can't do that."
"Huh?"
"Destroying a planet—I don't have that ability yet."
He smiled slightly, then continued:
"But if I go all out… I could probably wipe the surface clean."
"After all, landslides, tsunamis, magma, earthquakes—they're all part of nature."
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Huo Yu fell silent.
Then she sighed.
"I seriously suspect that the real reason for Earth's spiritual awakening isn't to evolve all life…"
"…but to evolve YOU alone."
"Otherwise, why are you so ridiculous while we're all so weak?!"
Even though Bai Xuan was joking, she knew he really had that kind of power.
If he could control nature, then everything he said—tsunamis, earthquakes—was entirely possible.
And that was just now.
What about in the future?
Nature includes far more than that.
Humans with abilities… mutated creatures… all of them are part of nature.
Would Bai Xuan grow even stronger because of them?
At that point, the gap between them would be even greater.
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"Wait… how can you use Susanoo?"
"Did you recreate it with some kind of energy, or did someone on Earth actually awaken this ability?"
"Don't tell me it's those islanders…"
Huo Yu suddenly became serious.
"Did anyone awaken Mangekyō Sharingan? Rinnegan? Tenseigan?"
"What about Yamata no Orochi?"
"…Actually, forget Orochi. I heard it's like Xiangliu—probably weaker than me right now."
"Do we have similar abilities here? Like special physiques or something?"
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Bai Xuan went from confused… to speechless… to completely exasperated.
"Why do you think I would know any of that?"
"Isn't your ability nature? They're part of nature too—why don't you know?"
"…"
That… actually made sense.
He couldn't even refute it.
Should he try?
Logically… it might actually be possible.
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"Wait—don't try."
Just as Bai Xuan was about to test it, Huo Yu suddenly stopped him.
"For some reason, just now… I felt like I was about to be completely seen through."
"Just explain the Susanoo thing."
"I don't know."
Bai Xuan shrugged casually.
What was he supposed to say?
That besides awakening [Authority of Nature], he had joined a chat group connecting countless worlds?
That Uchiha Madara and Whitebeard were his group members?
That his first lottery draw gave him Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan?
That his own power altered the Mangekyō ability—and even changed the color of Susanoo?
Even if he wanted to say it, he couldn't. The chat group didn't allow disclosure.
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"You think I'm an idiot?"
Huo Yu looked at him suspiciously.
"You must've recreated Susanoo using spiritual energy, right?"
"Spiritual energy is similar to senjutsu chakra—both are natural energies."
"Even if Susanoo requires eye power, that's still chakra. For you, recreating it should be easy."
"Or maybe it's just some fake made from other elements!"
"There's no way it's the real Susanoo… right? Anime appearing in reality?"
"…Don't tell me you're going to say that since manga is drawn by people and anime is made by people, they're part of nature too—so you can use anime powers through your ability?"
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