Chapter 030: The Realm of Light Speed

Wang Bo was naturally not Apollo; he was merely wearing Apollo's divine robe.

Moreover, this Apollo was not the Apollo of the DC universe, but the Apollo of the Saint Seiya universe.

But since both were named Apollo, for a moment, Ares, the God of War, was too astonished to distinguish the difference and mistakenly believed Wang Bo was Apollo.

Whoosh!

Donning the divine robe and reaching the peak of the Eighth Sense, Wang Bo took a single step and appeared before Ares, unleashing countless punches in an instant.

Light-speed punches!

This was the signature technique of the Gold Saints; any Gold Saint could move at light speed and casually throw light-speed punches. Having reached the peak of the Eighth Sense, Wang Bo was no exception and could effortlessly deliver light-speed punches.

Tens of thousands of tons of force, delivered at light speed—such power was enough to slay gods.

Some weaker deities would be turned into paste before they even had time to react.

No, not even paste would remain.

But in Wang Bo's view, as a god, light speed was not an unreachable realm for Ares, so even punches thrown at light speed had to be handled with caution.

Yet the next second, something caught Wang Bo off guard.

Ares did not react at all and simply took the full brunt of the attack.

Countless punches effortlessly struck Ares's body, shattering his armor into pieces. The immense force pierced through Ares, leaving hole after hole in his body.

Ares stared incredulously at his riddled body, seemingly bewildered.

“Who are you…”

Before he could finish, Ares died instantly.

Wang Bo instinctively activated his newly acquired authority—the Prison of Death's Servants!

Without any resistance, Ares became one of Wang Bo's trophies.

Diana approached, looking at Ares, who had lost all signs of life, and said in surprise, “You killed him.”

Wang Bo looked dazed and said with some disbelief, “It seems so.”

At that moment, Wang Bo was dumbfounded. He had never expected Ares to be so pathetically weak. “I haven't even gone all out, and you're already down. This God of War is totally undeserving of his title.”

“Is this guy really the God of War?”

Hearing Wang Bo's doubt, Diana nodded. “I can feel the connection between us. He truly is my brother, Ares, the God of War.”

“But this Ares is way too watered down.”

Diana rolled her eyes at Wang Bo and said, “In my opinion, it's you who is too powerful. You killed Ares in an instant. Your strength amazes me.”

She often sparred with Wang Bo and had originally thought his strength was just so-so—stronger than her, but not by much.

Yet she never expected that he had been holding back during their sparring sessions.

“I heard him call you Apollo just now. Are you Apollo?”

Wang Bo smiled bitterly and said, “I'm not Apollo, but this robe belongs to Apollo.”

“Could you really be Apollo's son, my nephew?” Diana asked with interest. If that were the case, she would have a convenient big nephew.

“You're dreaming,” Wang Bo said irritably, glaring at her. He stored Ares's body in the Time Villa. Diana did not stop him, after all, it was Wang Bo's trophy.

She believed Wang Bo had the right to handle his own spoils.

Meanwhile, Wang Bo slowly came to his senses, as if he had figured something out.

The DC universe was a multiverse, and this multiverse had many parallel worlds. Not every parallel world's Ares was extremely powerful.

Take the Wonder Woman before him, for example.

According to the lore, the agricultural goddess Demeter granted Diana super strength, making her as strong as Hercules.

Her power mainly came from the forces of nature, and partly from the power of the Guardian Silver Bracelets forged from the Aegis. She could lift weights in the hundreds of millions of tons. Secret files recorded her strength as matching Superman, Shazam, and Supergirl, making her the most powerful female superhero in the world.

The messenger god Hermes granted Diana super speed and the ability to fly. Super speed included three aspects: thinking speed, movement speed, and reaction speed. Diana's speed was mainly demonstrated by her quick reaction in using her Guardian Silver Bracelets to block high-speed bullets.

Diana's top speed was close to light speed. She could fly at supersonic speeds.

Wang Bo had no doubt about her blocking bullets with the Guardian Silver Bracelets.

Given Diana's strength, she could certainly do that.

As for supersonic flight, Diana had already demonstrated that.

But the problem was that her top speed being close to light speed—the current Diana was far from achieving that. Her maximum speed was only a few dozen Mach.

She was far from the lore's description.

Perhaps Diana in other parallel worlds could achieve that, but the Diana beside Wang Bo was far from it.

Thus, this Diana was a weakened version.

Logically, Ares was also a weakened version, which was why Wang Bo could kill him with light-speed punches.

Of course, there was another possibility.

That Ares was not weakened; in fact, he was strong, but he simply could not move at light speed, which led to his defeat by Wang Bo's light-speed punches.

Because Wang Bo knew very well that not every world's gods could move at light speed.

Superman and the Flash could do it, but that did not mean other gods or superheroes could. Diana was an example.

Another example was Shazam. He was also a superhero with the power of six gods. Mercury, one of the six, granted Shazam superhuman speed, allowing him to move at incredible speeds.

Flight, capable of traversing space and passing through the atmosphere at astonishing speeds.

Teleportation, the ability to teleport to the Rock of Eternity.

But that did not mean Shazam could move at light speed.

Thus, light speed was not a realm that everyone, god or otherwise, could reach. It was not surprising that Ares, the God of War, had not reached the realm of light speed.

That was why he was killed by Wang Bo's light-speed punches.

Understanding this, Wang Bo breathed a sigh of relief. At least he didn't have to dwell on it anymore.

Diana said, “With Ares dead, is the war over?”

Wang Bo withdrew the mirror space and returned with Diana to the real world. He said slowly, “Without Ares fanning the flames, World War I should end soon. But before that, let's go observe someone.”

“Who?” Diana asked.