"Growing stronger every moment?"
Sai could not help but freeze.
How was he supposed to report Might Guy's assessment?
He could not exactly say that, at first, Escanor had made them feel like they stood a chance of winning.
Only after exchanging blows did they discover that he had been constantly releasing more of his power.
He had been toying with them.
And in the end, Rock Lee had been defeated by a single punch, while Sai himself had been frightened into crying for help?
Sai believed that even if he did not report such an outcome, he would not escape a thorough reprimand.
"Alright, leave the report to me. Escanor truly is worthy of being the teacher's disciple. To make punches reach the level of shockwaves—while the power of that attack may not compare to when I open the Seventh Gate, it means his technique is far more refined."
Might Guy clearly saw Sai's predicament and spoke first to comfort him.
After that brief exchange, the two sides had seemed evenly matched.
However, judging solely by their taijutsu, Might Guy admitted that he had fallen short.
Even after opening the Sixth Gate, the Gate of View, at most he could use the friction between his fists and the air to create an attack like the Morning Peacock.
As for a method like Qin Yu's, where a single punch produced a shockwave—
Might Guy could only accomplish that after opening the Seventh Gate.
Still, faced with such a technique-based attack, Might Guy felt that it was somewhat different.
If his own punches were defined by overwhelming force, creating air shockwaves through sheer impact—
Then the Six Powers secret art Qin Yu had used just now felt to Might Guy like a force originating from deep within the body.
The punching