Finally Able to Train My Strength

That day, Beerus was lying on a beach chair asleep when he suddenly sensed a Kamehameha hurtling toward his head. He snapped his eyes open.

Crack!

The Kamehameha had barely approached Beerus before the Destruction Aura around him dissolved it!

"Does Lord Beerus only know how to use Destruction Power? If you've got the guts, fight me head-on!"

Gran instantly appeared beside Beerus and kicked his beach chair to pieces.

Beerus naturally dodged Gran's attack. Looking at his ruined beach chair, the corner of his mouth kept twitching.

Don't get angry. I chose this Disciple myself. He's so talented, so I can't get angry!!!

"Lord Beerus, come fight me!"

Gran crooked a finger at Beerus. Not content with stirring up trouble, he stretched out his little foot and stomped twice on the wrecked beach chair.

"Feeling itchy, are you? Then I'll grant your wish!"

Beerus could no longer hold back. After suppressing his power to Gran's level, he twisted his body and vanished in an instant.

Bang!

Bang!

Violent collision sounds rang out overhead, and the shockwaves from their clashes rapidly spread in every direction.

"I seriously can't believe these two!"

Whis, who was having afternoon tea some distance away, instantly formed a transparent Protective Barrier ten meters in diameter around himself.

"Lord Beerus, take this kick!"

Using the rebound force, Gran spun counterclockwise and kicked toward Beerus.

He had been in the God of Destruction Realm for a year and a half, and his Battle Power had naturally risen to 700,000. This kick contained all of his strength.

"You're still too green!"

Beerus raised a hand and gave a light push to one side. Though he was using power at the same level, the motion of that push was exceedingly strange.

No violent collision occurred. Gran's force was actually dispersed by an invisible power!

"This is fighting technique. This is Combat Experience. If you haven't gone through countless battles, you'll never understand these things."

Beerus retreated a short distance and placed one hand behind his back, seemingly intending to deal with Gran using only one hand. He smiled.

"You should use the results of your year and a half of training!"

In Beerus's eyes, Gran had already cultivated the state of mind known as Semi-No Self. Although Gran's strength, Combat Reaction, fighting technique, Combat Awareness... all these Combat Instincts were still weak.

With the Semi-No Self state of mind, he could still link together his current Body Instinct and achieve a trace of the Ultra Instinct Prototype!

"Damn Lord Beerus!!"

From Beerus's words, it was clear that he wanted Gran to use the Ultra Instinct Prototype while he himself relied solely on pure strength.

Gran gritted his teeth, but his expression suddenly became incomparably calm.

Buzz!

A streak of silver light appeared around him. His hair was dyed a pale silver, and an ethereal aura swept across the entire sky.

On the ground, Whis set down his teacup, his expression turning serious.

"Lord Beerus, be careful!"

"Come on!"

Gran moved in the sky.

A silver streak tore through the heavens as Gran launched the first attack.

Straight Punch, arm swing, Palm Strike, Sweep Kick... every movement carried a natural flow!

Facing Gran's storm-like barrage, Beerus neither activated any state nor used any rules. He merely responded with pure power at the same level.

Calling it a response would be less accurate than saying he was feeding Gran moves. Otherwise, even if Beerus used the same strength, Gran would still get the crap beaten out of him!

The main issue was that Gran's Body Instinct was still too weak. His Body Instinct was not yet worthy of his Semi-No Self state of mind.

Within a few seconds, the two exchanged over a hundred clashes, and visible shockwaves spread in all directions.

Fortunately, this was the God of Destruction Realm. Gran's meager power could not cause any serious damage here.

Twenty seconds later!

Gran's attacks began to slow.

"Looks like, with his current strength, he can only sustain it for this long."

Whis shook his head from the ground.

At the end of the day, Gran had only mastered his own power and cultivated the Semi-No Self state of mind.

During the year and a half he had spent in the God of Destruction Realm, he had never trained his strength. His power was still too weak, and being able to maintain that state for twenty seconds was already impressive.

"Let's end this. Get down!"

High in the sky, Beerus grabbed Gran's little fist with one hand and kicked him away!

Bang!!!

Gran crashed down by the lake, instantly kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

Cough, cough, cough!

Gran stood up while clutching his stomach. Seeing Beerus land, he said resentfully, "You're obviously so strong, yet you wouldn't go easy on me at all!"

"..."

Beerus's face darkened as he retorted, "You're weak but love to play. I'm not talking about anyone else—I'm talking about you!"

"You... fine. Don't even think about getting dinner tonight!"

"You dare!!"

Beerus's forehead throbbed. This brat was incredibly talented, and his cooking was excellent too, but he was just as infuriating!

"Alright, can you two stop arguing all day long?!"

Whis walked over.

"Hmph!"

"Hmph!"

One big and one small, both crossed their arms and turned their heads away.

Whis: "..."

He found it rather strange. These two had clearly become close, so close that saying they wore the same pair of pants would not be an exaggeration.

But...

Why did they always argue? Was this just how they got along? How strange!

"Gran, after this battle, what did you feel?" Whis looked at the little fellow before him.

Gran glanced at Beerus before saying, "Although I've mastered my power, I still make far too many unnecessary movements in battle. That wastes a lot of stamina."

Whis nodded and asked, "What else?"

"Ultimately, I just haven't fought enough. Compared to Lord Beerus, my Combat Awareness, technique, Combat Experience... they're all still far too weak!"

"At least you know your own limits."

Beerus suddenly cut in from the side.

Gran said irritably, "Lord Beerus, could you please stop talking?"

"..."

Whis rubbed his forehead and said helplessly, "Alright, stop arguing. Anything else?"

"Also... my strength is still too weak. I simply can't support prolonged combat."

Gran fell into thought.

Half a year ago, he had actually asked Whis whether he should start training his strength.

But Whis had replied that Gran was not yet familiar enough with the Second Layer State of Mind and still needed to continue cultivating his state of mind.

"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect that after fighting Lord Beerus for only a short while, you would already be able to see all your own shortcomings!"

Whis's tone was full of amazement.

Beerus also nodded lightly. This brat's comprehension was as monstrous as ever!

Whis continued, "Your strength truly is not powerful enough, but compared to strength, your state of mind is still more important. That is why I had you continue cultivating it for another half year!"

"Now that your state of mind has reached a bottleneck, it will be difficult for it to improve further in the short term. It is time for you to train your strength."

This had long been Whis's plan.

He would first have Gran master his own power, then have him cultivate his state of mind.

After that would come strength, fighting technique, Combat Awareness, Combat Instinct... and finally Dimension and rules!

Of course, there were even deeper levels of training, but Gran would need to reach Beerus's level first!

"Then how should I train my strength?"

Gran was extremely excited.

Although his current strength was not bad and had reached 700,000 Battle Power by that measure.

A Battle Power of 700,000 did not even qualify him to touch Frieza.

One had to know that Frieza was only the first boss in the Dragon Ball storyline!

"Very simple."