Dragon Ball: The Strongest Myth
Chapter 11

Two Superpowers

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Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, four months had passed.

The power of time could change everything. It turned seas into fields, mountains into swamps, and even caused the ruined valley to grow green once more. Though it was nowhere near as dense as the original forest, it still looked full of life.

Over the past four months, thanks to a Saiyan's tenacious vitality and powerful recovery ability, Chaya's injuries had completely healed. His broken bones had mended, and his body had grown even stronger.

After surviving the life-and-death battle that had nearly killed him four months ago, Chaya's recovered strength surged forward. In just four months, his battle power had shot up to the terrifying level of 1,700. For a Saiyan not yet six years old, it was simply unbelievable.

Yet Chaya's greatest gain over these four months had not been the increase in battle power, but the development of his new superpowers.

After continuous research during this period, Chaya had confirmed that he possessed two superpowers.

The first was the time ability he had discovered earlier: "Time Freeze." When activated, it could halt time within a certain area for three seconds. The larger the frozen area and the stronger the opponent, the more energy it consumed.

At his current peak condition, his "Time Freeze" could freeze targets with battle power below 10,000 for three seconds, after which it would drain all the energy from his body.

This would serve as Chaya's most important trump card, and he would never use it lightly unless it was absolutely necessary.

As he had expected, the second superpower was indeed a spatial ability. After developing it for some time, he could now use Instant Transmission within a range of ten kilometers. However, since it was still newly developed, there were many aspects that remained imperfect.

One day, while Chaya was training his "Instant Transmission" ability, he saw Selyne flying over from the distant horizon. With both arms raised, she carried a wild boar dozens of times larger than her own body, cheering brightly as she flew.

With a boom, the wild boar crashed to the ground with a dull thud.

"Brother Chaya, I just caught this! Today, I want roast suckling pig!" Selyne came over and grabbed Chaya's arm.

"Alright, alright, whatever you say. But afterward, you need to train properly. If you fail to reach your goal, I won't make you anything tasty."

The moment Selyne heard that she would not get delicious food anymore, she puffed out her cheeks, her eyes filled with displeasure. "Got it!"

Chaya smiled indulgently. Then, with practiced ease, he gutted the boar, removed its organs and hide, cleaned it, set it on a rack, and secured it with wood. "Pff!" A Ki blast shot from his fingertips, instantly igniting the firewood beneath the rack. Before long, the tempting aroma of roasted meat began to drift through the air.

When it was nearly cooked through, he sprinkled on spices unique to Planet Selma, and a delicious roast suckling pig was ready.

Selyne stared at it with shining eyes. Not caring that it was hot, she reached out, carved off a huge piece of meat, and tore into it greedily.

"Brother Chaya, when are we going back to Planet Vegeta?" Selyne asked while chewing. She had missed their parents on Planet Vegeta for a long time.

Chaya wiped his mouth, set down the food in his hand, and said, "According to the mission plan, we were supposed to return to Planet Vegeta after wiping out the primitive natives on Planet Selma. But I think that if we go back too early, it may bring us some trouble."

"What could bring us trouble?" Selyne looked puzzled.

Chaya sighed. "Look at how old we are, and look at our battle power already. Saiyans are a warrior race, but higher strength is not always better. There are political issues involved. If we stand out too much, even Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Adri won't be able to protect us."

Chaya's battle power had already reached 1,700, while Selyne's had reached 1,080. And they were still children! They had not even entered the period of rapid Saiyan growth, yet they were already this powerful. One could imagine that once they became adults, their strength would surely surpass 10,000.

They had only just entered the Saiyans' golden age. What came after would be even harder to predict.

Was that really something King Vegeta would want to see?

King Vegeta himself only had a battle power of a little over 10,000. Wouldn't this clearly threaten his position as ruler?

Among the Elite Warriors on Planet Vegeta whose battle power exceeded 10,000, which one had not broken through only after reaching thirty? Their potential was basically capped there, which was why King Vegeta could use them without worry.

If your power became great enough to threaten him, he would definitely bare his fangs and eliminate you as early as possible.

King Vegeta had decisively ordered the execution of Broly and his father when he saw Broly's enormous potential as a possible threat to his rule. There was no guarantee that he would not kill Chaya and Selyne for the same reason. Even if he could not act openly, would it be difficult for him to arrange some special missions? He could still get rid of them without anyone noticing.

Selyne trusted Chaya completely, so after hearing his words, her little face scrunched up tightly.

"But King Vegeta isn't what worries me most. The one I'm most worried about is Frieza."

"Frieza?"

Selyne thought for a moment and finally remembered that Frieza seemed to be the one the Saiyans served.

"Brother, why are you worried about Frieza? Could he threaten us?" As she spoke, a trace of fierceness appeared in Selyne's eyes.

Chaya's expression became extremely grave. He nodded. "Yes. Frieza is sinister and cold-blooded. What he fears most is the birth of a Legendary Super Saiyan among the Saiyans. If he weren't studying the Super Saiyan legend, he would never have allowed the Saiyan race to survive until now."

"So after we return, the first one we may have to deal with probably won't be King Vegeta, but Frieza. And King Vegeta will surely be happy to see that happen."

"What should we do?" Frieza called himself the Emperor of the Universe, so his strength had to be terrifying.

"You don't need to worry too much." Chaya rubbed the girl's hair and smiled. "Brother knows a place where we can learn how to control the energy inside our bodies. Once we disguise our energy, no one will be able to detect us."

"Really?"

"Of course. From now on, we should also use Scouters less often, because Frieza may have installed listening devices in them."

Seeing Selyne nod seriously, Chaya smiled, knowing that she had taken his words to heart.

Chaya had been in the Dragon Ball World for more than five years. He had no sense of belonging toward the Saiyans at all. The only people he cared about were Rebecca and Adri, along with Selyne.

After the meal, Selyne trained at Chaya's request. Though the training methods the two had created without any guidance were extremely crude, they were remarkably effective at tempering their strength. Perhaps because she felt the pressure, Selyne trained even harder than usual.

Chaya, meanwhile, focused more on developing his spatial superpower. He wanted to perfect his "Instant Transmission" ability as soon as possible. Only then could he reach a certain blue planet—Earth—located in the southern part of the North Galaxy without using a spaceship and without drawing Frieza's attention.

His "Instant Transmission" was different from Planet Yardrat's Instant Transmission technique. One was an ability performed entirely through superpowers, while the other was a secret art developed from extensive cosmology, chaos theory, and even the structure of space.

Therefore, Chaya could only gradually perfect this technique by constantly training his superpower. It was somewhat similar to Kibito's "Instant Transmission," the technique used by the East Supreme Kai's attendant.

However, compared with Kibito's "Instant Transmission," his own "Instant Transmission" had a major flaw. Every time he activated the superpower, he had to know the exact coordinate relationship between the point of departure and the destination. Otherwise, even the slightest mistake could leave him lost in outer space.

From a scientific perspective, his superpower essentially opened a wormhole tunnel between two points in space instantaneously, allowing him to teleport.

When I get the chance, I'll integrate Planet Yardrat's Instant Transmission into it as well.

Planet Yardrat's Instant Transmission, which used Ki to determine direction, had obvious advantages. Though it was limited by one's ability to sense Ki, it consumed no energy at all when activated. Chaya's spatial superpower could not achieve that. They each had their own strengths.

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