As for Qingshui, in Blast's perception, although he was also very strong, he was about the same as Tatsumaki, but he felt a sense of kinship.
He should also have very strong spatial abilities, and he is someone who has truly gotten on the right track in this path.
"It's Saitama. As for these three, they also pushed me to my limit."
Although Boros was weak, his gaze towards Saitama was filled with fighting spirit.
He knew he was no match for Saitama, but it was precisely because of this that he realized there was a path ahead! He could become even stronger!
"Is that so? Tatsumaki, could you introduce these people for me?"
Blast looked at Tatsumaki and said.
After a short rest, Tatsumaki had recovered some of her stamina and was no longer in a state where she could collapse at any moment, regaining some vitality.
"This pervert is S-Class Rank 10, Black Lightning Qingshui. The one lying on the ground is S-Class Rank 17, Metal Bat. As for this bald guy named Saitama... I don't know him."
"If any of you are interested in joining my team, you are always welcome. If not, I hope you can help me out in critical moments, because the existence of gods is always a threat to the entire world."
Blast said calmly to them.
Saitama scratched his head.
"Uh... it sounds like a lot of trouble, but if there are any really strong monsters, you can call me."
"Me too. But this guy... he just tried to destroy the Earth. Are we just going to let him go that easily?"
Qingshui pointed at Boros and said.
Blast replied:
"Let him atone for his crimes."
Qingshui immediately pulled Saitama aside and whispered to him, even thoughtfully using Wind Release to disrupt the airflow around them, making their conversation inaudible.
"Oh, is that how we're doing it? I feel a bit..."
"It's fine. No one loses anything this way, and no one can fault us. Don't forget what I told you before, S-Class Heroes get tangible subsidies every month. Remember the whole fridge of premium beef I gave you last time?"
"This..."
"What's wrong?"
"If I ask for it myself, won't it make me seem thick-skinned and unable to speak up?"
"What's the big deal? I'll ask for you!"
Qingshui waved his hand, dispelling the Wind Release that blocked sound transmission, and then said to Blast:
"Well, we have two small conditions, or rather, requests, that we hope you can agree to, in exchange for Boros. After all, Saitama defeated him. Of course, in this process, my role, Tatsumaki's, and Metal Bat's is also indispensable, so..."
"They are not excessive requests, you can certainly propose them."
Blast said calmly.
"Of course they are not excessive. In fact, for you, it only requires a few words to two people."
Qingshui chuckled and stated his and Saitama's request.
"Alright."
Blast agreed without hesitation after hearing it.
It was reasonable, and a good thing, and it wouldn't take much effort, so of course he wouldn't refuse.
Thus, the S-Class Rank 1 turned his gaze to Boros:
"Now, it's only up to your personal attitude. I have a way to heal your injuries, and in another dimension, you can go and fight even stronger God-level beings under the gods. Many of them are even troublesome for me. There, you can at least fight to your heart's content, and there's a possibility for further improvement."
He had a parallel universe Boros in his team, so he naturally knew how to persuade Boros to agree.
"I agree."
Boros agreed without thinking.
After all, he could stay alive and fight stronger opponents, so he naturally wouldn't refuse.
The next day, the alien invasion incident officially concluded.
This time, because Boros truly appeared before the Hero Association's heroes and overwhelmingly defeated most of the S-Class Heroes.
The Hero Association consulted the opinions of all S-Class Heroes, especially referencing the opinions of Blast, Tatsumaki, and Qingshui, and the association officially defined this disaster as God-level, rather than "above Dragon."
As for Metal Bat, he was still in a coma, receiving an IV drip in a hospital in City D, and would likely wake up in another day or two.
The scale of this disaster was simply not something a Dragon-level threat could compare to.
And through the unanimous affirmation of Qingshui, Tatsumaki, and Blast, who made a brief appearance at the association headquarters, the monsters that appeared this time possessed the terrifying power to destroy the entire Earth, thus earning the God-level rating.
Secondly, it was about the ranking of S-Class Heroes.
The association gained a general understanding of the overall combat process through the accounts of various heroes.
On the spaceship, Genos, as a newly promoted S-Class Hero, performed exceptionally well.
With the upper limit of his 70% energy core activated, he could stably unleash destructive power that almost surpassed the peak of Dragon-level. Ordinary Dragon-level monsters were dealt with in one blast from his Super Spiral Burning Cannon; even high-ranking Dragon-level monsters were no match for him.
Therefore, Genos was directly promoted from the last-place newcomer at Rank 19 to Rank 14.
Metal Bat is actually a newcomer. Before Qingshui was promoted to S-Class, the next one was Puri-Puri Prisoner. The latter was promoted a month earlier than Qingshui, and two months before Puri-Puri Prisoner, Metal Bat had already been promoted to S-Class.
Due to his shallow qualifications and the small number of monsters he had defeated at Demon-level or above, Metal Bat's hero ranking was only one spot higher than Puri-Puri Prisoner's, and lower than Tanktop Master's, ranking seventeenth.
In this incident, Bat briefly displayed power beyond Dragon-level at the end, playing an important role when facing a God-level monster, thus being promoted to tenth place.
The original tenth-place holder was Qingshui. In this incident, he displayed comprehensive strength no less than Tatsumaki's, and his ranking rose to fifth, pushing Child Emperor down.
Blast, Tatsumaki, Bang, and Atomic Samurai in the front have very long tenures, having joined almost when the Hero Association first appeared. Without any other God-level or Dragon-level disasters, Qingshui might have had to wait another year or two, handling more disasters, before his ranking could reach the top three.
As for Saitama...
With the unanimous recommendation of five S-Class heroes, including Qingshui, Tatsumaki, Blast, Genos, and Bang, as well as the important role he played in the recent God-level disaster, the association's higher-ups finally promoted this B-Class, ranked sixty-third, who looked like a weakling, to S-Class, as the last member of S-Class, ranking twentieth.
The association's officials had actually underestimated Saitama's strength and the role he played in this battle. They believed that in the previous battles, Qingshui and Tatsumaki were the main force, first consuming a large amount of the enemy's stamina, then further depleting them with the assistance of Metal Bat and a group of S-Class heroes. Finally, just as Qingshui and the others were about to collapse, Saitama defeated the monster.
Therefore, the association's officials did not consider Saitama to be a being above God-level who could defeat a God-level monster with one punch. They didn't even consider Saitama a God-level powerhouse, but rather saw him as a strong individual on par with Dragon-level threats like Tatsumaki and Qingshui.
However, compared to the original timeline, Saitama had already received much more recognition at this point.
In the original timeline, even after the Monster Association incident and the Garou incident, Saitama had only just been promoted to the last spot in A-Class, ranking at the same level as Snakebite Sneck.
Promoting Saitama to S-Class was one of the two small requests Qingshui had made Blast agree to.
As for the other one...
On a lonely reef island in the ocean.
Bright blue sparks flickered, opening a Teleportation Halo.
Qingshui stepped out first, with Blast following closely behind.
"The way you open teleportation portals is a bit too complicated."
Blast turned around, examining the Teleportation Halo Qingshui had opened. Then, with a gentle tap behind him on the other side, he opened another portal.
Unlike Qingshui's Teleportation Halo, which allowed a clear view of what was behind it, Blast's portal was a swirling vortex of colorful darkness within. With a deep black as the base, it was filled with endless streams of colorful light, appearing utterly mysterious.
"Space is very complex, but if it's just displacement teleportation within the same dimension and a large, unified space, it's actually very simple. Consider the two locations as the ends of a bridge, and the teleportation portal is the bridge. When you pass through the portal, you're walking on the bridge. In the same dimension, within a stable and precise spacetime, the distance between any two spatial points is fixed, and they can be connected by a straight line. This line already exists, acting as a congenital bridge, so we don't need to build a new bridge during the teleportation process. Unlike you, who already has a ready-made bridge, you still go through the unnecessary work of rebuilding it."
As Blast spoke, he opened several more portals, inviting Qingshui to experience them.
However, the time spent passing through portals is often instantaneous, so the experience wasn't very effective. But Blast's series of clear and concise explanations was of great help to him.
In the realm of space, Blast was indeed ahead of him, much more profound. Qingshui had truly stepped onto this path and had considerable research, but Blast was more comprehensive, deeper, and more systematic. The former was like having finished all of elementary mathematics and was now deriving advanced mathematics based on prior knowledge, while Blast had already learned advanced mathematics to the point of scoring high marks. With Qingshui's foundation, he could understand and learn. Many processes that required long hours and extensive calculations in elementary mathematics could be directly calculated in a few steps using formulas derived from theorems and rules in advanced mathematics. The most typical example is L'Hôpital's Rule.
Several hours later.
"I see, doing it this way really saves a lot of trouble."
Qingshui reached out and tapped the void, opening a portal similar to Blast's, greatly simplifying the casting animation. Previously, he had relied on his own high stats, namely his powerful mental strength and high-quality energy, to speed up the casting animation for the Teleportation Halo. With Blast's method, as long as the destination could be precisely located, it was essentially instantaneous. With a mere thought, a portal could be opened, and during the casting process, energy loss could be significantly reduced.
Blast continued to guide him:
"If you have enough confidence in your control abilities, you can also try opening a portal directly within your body. The outline of the door would be your own silhouette, or slightly larger, as long as it can encompass your entire body. This way, you can achieve direct instant transmission. During combat, this type of teleportation, where the enemy cannot predict the landing point and there are no obvious movements, can often achieve miraculous effects."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingshui began to practice. A bright blue light flashed, and Qingshui's figure instantly appeared beside Blast.
"It's indeed quite useful," Qingshui said.
Similarly, when it came to instant transmission, compared to the Flying Thunder God, which required markings to assist in locating spatial coordinates, Blast's method was more unpredictable and clearly superior. Of course, this did not mean that Flying Thunder God was useless. Qingshui could precisely locate any spatial coordinate within his perception range of two to three thousand meters and instantly teleport. Beyond that distance, perception was not as easy, and the difficulty of teleportation increased with distance. Using Flying Thunder God markings and his own blood could still assist Qingshui in spatial positioning. Otherwise, he would have to rely on some instruments and equipment, or forcefully use his mental power's computational ability to calculate it. Qingshui estimated that the tactical goggles Blast wore and the high-tech battle armor he wore served this purpose.
Next, Blast continued:
"Of course, this doesn't mean that your previous method of building a bridge is useless. Although it seems redundant, I've actually found the process of building the bridge to be quite ingenious, even offering a high-level perspective that I found insightful."
"Oh? So, this method of creating a bridge can be used between reality and other dimensions, or even between different worlds?"
Upon Blast's mention, Qingshui had a realization.
His Teleportation Halo was learned from Kamar-Taj, and Kamar-Taj's magic originated from the Vishanti, an extremely powerful multiversal deity even within the Marvel Universe.
The spatial magic passed down from him might be complex, but like how he had simplified it now, it could still achieve spatial displacement, even teleportation, though it was definitely advanced.
Theoretically, as long as the energy level was high enough, like how Kamar-Taj's sorcerers directly paid a price to call upon the Vishanti's power, they could even directly open a Teleportation Halo connecting different worlds and different dimensions.
Generally, when dealing with demons from various hells, Kamar-Taj's sorcerers often directly used this Teleportation Halo to banish them back.
In the past, Qingshui's own energy level was insufficient, and his understanding of space wasn't deep enough, so he could only imitate it. But now, both his own energy strength and his mastery of space had met the requirements.
After Blast's hint, he could naturally discover the profundity within it.
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