Monster

"Was he really that strong?"

"Looks like he's indeed a troublesome opponent. I'll have to take him seriously..."

After hearing Fayez Moro openly admit that he could not defeat Xi Shenlian and express high hopes for Xi Shenlian's future achievements,

although Diagulaga had never met Xi Shenlian, he did not question Fayez Moro's judgment.

Simply by being a naturally born Transcendent Stage Awakened, Xi Shenlian could already be called a true prodigy of unparalleled talent.

Even counting from the beginning of creation, there were probably only a few beings in this world with talent of that level.

And in the infinitely distant future, there probably would not be many more—or perhaps not even one...

Moreover.

Diagulaga knew very well that since Xi Shenlian had been able to make Fayez Moro openly admit his inferiority despite having only recently been born, then even if Xi Shenlian's strength was slightly inferior to his own, it should not be far behind. It was even entirely possible that Xi Shenlian was stronger than him...

As for whether Fayez Moro might have misjudged or deliberately deceived him?

Diagulaga had never considered that possibility.

Sensing a target's strength

was the most basic part of all.

Fayez Moro could not possibly make such an extremely low-level and ridiculous mistake.

Secondly.

He knew very well that although the Transcendent Stage Awakened were full of lunatics and psychopaths... at their core, they all shared similar traits. For example, they were all so proud that they could be called utterly arrogant, arrogant enough to believe that their own ideals and choices were absolutely correct, so correct that they could never be wrong—even if those ideals and choices required them to oppose the entire world.

Therefore.

Fayez Moro could not possibly lie about such matters.

If he was stronger than Xi