Angelic Power

Angelic Power

(In memory of the late Toriyama...)

Age 737.

Universe 7, Planet Vegeta.

Summer dusk had settled in. The night sky was like mysterious black silk, dotted with twinkling stars.

Luo Tian looked up at the starry sky, lost in silent thought.

"Hey, Luo Tian, you're really taking it easy. You actually have time to stand around daydreaming?"

A childish yet cold and arrogant voice suddenly rang out behind Luo Tian.

Luo Tian did not even need to turn around to know who was speaking.

It was Vegeta, the Saiyan Prince.

Vegeta was only five years old this year. He was short, with black hair standing straight up, battle armor on his body, and a tail swaying gently behind him.

"You'd better take a good look at your Battle Power!" Vegeta said as he pressed the Scouter over his eye with his little hand.

Beep beep!

The Scouter displayed a signal.

Three seconds later.

Vegeta froze, his eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"Battle Power 200?" Vegeta was stunned and cried out, "What kind of joke is this? How is that possible? Your Battle Power was still 1,000 three days ago! A year ago, it was as high as 20,000! Why does your Battle Power get lower the more you train?"

Vegeta was right. Luo Tian's Battle Power had once reached 20,000, frightening King Vegeta so badly that his face turned green.

The main reason was that Luo Tian had improved too quickly. He had reached 20,000 before King Vegeta could even react. By the time King Vegeta considered making a move against Luo Tian, he felt he did not have much chance of winning.

Moreover, Luo Tian did not seem particularly ambitious, and his parents were both trusted subordinates of King Vegeta. Thus, the matter was eventually dropped.

"Vegeta." Luo Tian sighed and stepped forward, appearing beside Vegeta.

Luo Tian was also only five years old, but he was about two centimeters taller than Vegeta.

"Hmph, you should call me Prince!" Vegeta was dissatisfied with how Luo Tian addressed him.

Whoosh!

Luo Tian reached out and snatched the Scouter Vegeta wore over his eye.

"Th-that's my Scouter! You... give my Scouter back!" Vegeta's childish face changed color as he shouted.

But this guy was so fast.

How did he do that?

"Vegeta, remember this. Don't rely on the numbers from this thing." As Luo Tian spoke, he gave it a light squeeze.

Crack!

The Scouter let out a crisp snap and shattered into several pieces. Many components slipped from Luo Tian's hand and fell to the ground.

"You... you dared to destroy my Scouter?" Vegeta flew into a rage.

"Let me see if I can fix it." Luo Tian pondered.

Vegeta: "????"

Vegeta was a little dumbfounded.

Fix it?

What did that mean?

Luo Tian took a deep breath, his expression turning solemn. A cluster of star-like radiant flames suddenly appeared in his hand.

The brilliant flames looked somewhat hazy as they quickly enveloped the shattered Scouter.

At once, the broken Scouter began restoring itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Vegeta's eyes widened, revealing endless shock.

What was going on?

About thirty seconds later.

The Scouter Luo Tian had personally crushed was restored to its original state before Vegeta's eyes.

Even the parts that had fallen to the ground returned to the Scouter on their own.

"Y-you... what was that move just now?" Vegeta looked astonished, even stammering as disbelief covered his childish face.

"Angelic Power." Luo Tian slowly uttered the two words.

"Angelic Power? What's that?" Vegeta was stunned.

"You're still young. You'll understand when you grow up." Luo Tian patted Vegeta on the shoulder.

"Tch! Who are you calling young? It's not like you're older than me!" Vegeta bared his teeth.

"It doesn't matter." Luo Tian turned and walked away.

Vegeta: "..."

You destroyed my Scouter, and now you say it doesn't matter.

I get it. You did that on purpose to show off your special ability, didn't you?

"Give me back my Scouter!" Vegeta shouted.

Luo Tian casually tossed the Scouter to Vegeta.

Vegeta caught the Scouter and quickly put it back over his eye.

Then, Vegeta pressed the button on the Scouter.

Beep beep!

A signal came from the Scouter, immediately displaying Luo Tian's Battle Power.

"Battle Power 100? Why did it drop again?" Vegeta could not make sense of it and hurriedly asked, "I heard you trained according to the methods in some strange book. Is that why your Battle Power decreased?"

Luo Tian slowly stopped walking, took a book from his clothes, and tossed it to Vegeta.

Smack!

Vegeta caught the book and quickly glanced at the cover.

"There really is a book? Ultra Instinct Manual?" Vegeta muttered, his face full of confusion.

"That's right. I gained my current abilities by training in it. Not bad, right?" Luo Tian smiled.

"Where did you get this book?" Vegeta was briefly stunned and somewhat bewildered.

"Do you remember that a cat and a blue-skinned person came to our planet last year?" Luo Tian asked with a smile.

"Y-you mean God of Destruction Beerus and his attendant?" Vegeta's face changed again and again, and his body trembled violently.

"That's right." Luo Tian nodded. "I traded a Starch Sausage made with technology and questionable additives to the man named Whis for this book."

"So you trained in the skills inside, and your Battle Power went from 20,000 to 100?" Vegeta was stunned.

"Mm-hmm." Luo Tian nodded again.

Vegeta immediately looked at Luo Tian as though he were an idiot.

Was this guy stupid?

You had a Battle Power of 20,000 when you were four.

Among us Saiyans, you were absolutely a super-genius warrior.

Father had even planned to train you as my personal guard!

But you spent an entire year reducing your Battle Power from 20,000 to 100.

You really are something else.

Luo Tian and Vegeta had a fairly good relationship.

They were close in age, and Luo Tian had once been a genius warrior—the sort of child King Vegeta always used as an example.

Vegeta had grown up under the pressure of Luo Tian's shadow. The shadow cast over his young heart had nearly expanded as large as Planet Vegeta itself.

Fortunately, starting last year, Luo Tian's Battle Power had not increased but declined instead, plummeting in a straight line.

Vegeta suddenly felt that every day was sunny, and he could even wake up laughing from his dreams.

Luo Tian rather admired Vegeta.

In the Dragon Balls storyline, Vegeta had been portrayed quite successfully.

He gradually grew from a proud warrior into a deeply responsible father and husband.

Meanwhile, in Dragon Ball Super, Goku, the male protagonist, had instead become a battle-crazed fool who only knew how to fight.

"Hmph, you trained away all your Battle Power just to learn this kind of boring skill?" Vegeta seemed to have figured it out.

"That's more or less what happened." Luo Tian nodded lightly. "The book is yours. I've already learned it. From here on, I just need to temper myself properly, and I should improve even further."

"Tch, I don't want this piece of junk!" Vegeta decisively shook his head.

Though he said that, curiosity still made Vegeta flip through the book's contents.

Ultra Instinct: Without needing to think through the brain, every part of the body senses surrounding danger beyond instinct and moves through reflexive reactions, maximizing movement speed and responsiveness.

Requirements: Possess a calm heart free of distracting thoughts, and remain optimistic and positive.

When Vegeta saw the introduction to Ultra Instinct written on the crimson page, his face immediately filled with disdain.

"Without thinking through the brain? Let every part of the body instinctively sense danger?" Although Vegeta was only five, he quickly understood the meaning. "In other words, once you learn this, you use it to evade all kinds of danger, right?"

"You can understand it that way." Luo Tian nodded lightly.

"Hmph, Luo Tian, we are Saiyans! We are a warrior race! Can endlessly dodging really win a battle?" Vegeta's expression grew even more contemptuous.

Luo Tian did not respond.

"Besides, it says the training requirement is to possess a calm heart? Don't make me laugh!" Vegeta chuckled. "Have you heard of Super Saiyans? Possess a calm heart? Super Saiyans are the strongest warriors in this universe! And they are naturally violent. If they truly possessed calm hearts, they could never become Super Saiyans!"

"What you said makes a lot of sense. You should stop talking now." Luo Tian replied.

Vegeta: "..."