Class 9 Grand Magi represented the peak of magic, and so they were often regarded as half-gods, much like the martial artists in the Demigod Tier. However, there were many differences between them, mobility being the most significant one. 0

Demigod Tier martial artists could easily reach the speed of sound and even accelerate to outpace lightning. However, they couldn’t teleport unless they were a master of spatial mind martial arts. They could traverse hundreds of kilometers using land shrinking, but they couldn’t swiftly travel thousands of kilometers like mages could.0

In a sense, this represented a difference in the way martial arts and magic functioned. Mages could teleport thousands of kilometers by manipulating the laws of nature, but that power wasn’t necessarily their own. It was more like using a very advanced shortcut that not everyone could learn. Martial artists, on the other hand, refined their abilities solely through their bodies, so there were major intrinsic differences. 1

Even Leonard, with his deep understanding of magic granted by his Dragon Heart, grasped that. 0

It’s my first time seeing someone use magic with such ease. I can’t believe he transported us to the other side of the world without even...0