User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 363: The Stories That Demons Read, Review and Commentary/@comment-4449950-20131207122510/@comment-7418318-20131215095323

Excuse me: Even Flare managed to snag his hand at one point and he was hit by Mystogan, Erza (without waring her speed increasing flight armor), Gajeel, Natsu, Jura and Hades.

Are you saying that it makes sense that Tempesta is slower than everyone of them? Because it sure doesn't for me.

And someone being hit by a blow strong enough to shatter the ground is nothing in this series. Take the bottom frame of this for example. There the ground is ruptured too, but Lucy's still able to get to her feet a few minutes later. By your argument this picture would proof that Zero hits harder than Laxus and that Lucy (since she was able to get up a few minutes later, exhausted but without serious injuries) was more resilient in the Nirvana arc than Tempesta is now. Or the previous page where Zero's bare fist hits Natsu strong enough to send him flying and smash a hole into the wall he's smashed into.