Powerful as a God (Two-in-One)

"Mr. Roland, I know you are extremely powerful, but in order to protect my world, I need to know just how far I am from being a top-tier fighter. Please let me witness power that surpasses the Super Saiyan." Son Gohan's eyes blazed as he faced Roland.

"Okay, you and Trunks can work together."

Roland smiled and nodded. Son Gohan's ability to have such mature ideas made him a true warrior.

At this moment Lazuli, not to be outdone, rang out in a clear voice, "Those two can't even beat me, how could they be a match for you? Add me to the mix!"

"All three of you come at me together."

Roland's expression remained calm; even when facing Son Gohan and Lazuli, he maintained a nonchalant demeanor.

Lazuli's delicate eyebrows twitched slightly, and a glint of light flashed in her beautiful, lake-like eyes. At the same time Son Gohan and Trunks moved a few steps to the sides, let out a low shout, and transformed into Super Saiyan forms. The vast energy immediately surged up in waves of raging power.

"Mom, you and Videl go somewhere further away first." Son Gohan shone with golden light, and his short hair stood up.

"OK."

Chi-Chi and Videl knew that the battle between Super Saiyan was not something they could get close to, so they moved far away to the edge and hid behind the rocks.

Sensing the power of Son Gohan and the other two, Roland nodded and signaled them to begin. The three of them immediately moved at lightning speed, and in a flash, their figures disappeared from sight.

"Lazuli is slightly faster than Son Gohan."

Roland's eyes darted around, mainly focused on Lazuli's movements, while his energy aura spread out, firmly locking onto Son Gohan and Trunks. In a flash, three streaks of light changed positions and suddenly attacked Roland.

Whoosh! A golden light pierced the air as Son Gohan charged forward along a straight line.

Upon seeing this, Roland smiled and casually clenched her fist.

Bang!

Son Gohan was sent flying by a sudden punch, followed by another punch, and Trunks' attack was also intercepted.

"Such power cannot harm me!"

Roland grinned and chuckled softly.

Seeing that their attacks had failed, Son Gohan and Trunks exchanged a glance and quickly changed their tactics, but Roland calmly parried each attack, then effortlessly swung his fists, sending them flying. Just then, Lazuli appeared in front of Roland. Roland showed no mercy just because she was a girl, and delivered a solid punch.

Lazuli was terrified. After withstanding Roland's attack, she hurriedly retreated.

As soon as she landed, she felt a chill on her earlobe. Turning around, she saw that Roland's attack was coming at her again. Lazuli quickly raised her hand to block, but Roland grabbed her wrist and flung her into the sky.

"Amazing!"

Son Gohan and his two companions knew that there was a significant gap between them and Roland, but they were still so easily defeated even when they joined forces, and their faces showed expressions of shock.

After regaining their composure, the three of them increased their speed. Roland accepted all of their attacks and then threw three punches.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three were immediately driven back.

At this moment, Roland was also trying to adapt to his own power, so he didn't use his full strength against Lazuli and the others' attacks, but it was enough for the three of them to withstand.

After a few minutes, Son Gohan, Lazuli the other two realized that their attacks were ineffective and that the gap between them was too great, so they stopped fighting.

"There's no need to fight anymore. I already know Mr. Roland's power. I never imagined he would be so powerful after surpassing Super Saiyan. It's truly amazing."

Son Gohan returned to normal, his face showing little sign of disappointment after the defeat.

Only after actually fighting him did he realize just how powerful a state beyond the Super Saiyan level truly was. It was far more terrifying than he had imagined. However, the stronger Roland became, the more it showed that he still had a long way to go. Having a clear goal to strive for was undoubtedly a fortunate thing.

A good teacher or a good role model, in a sense, points the way to the future.

The most dangerous thing on the path of spiritual practice is to grope your way forward. Sometimes, after experiencing all sorts of hardships, you find that there is no way to get there. That is the most painful and desperate thing.

Afterwards, Roland sent Son Gohan to continue their training, while he went to Bulma to check on the progress of the Deep Blue Crystal research.

Upon arriving at Bulma's place, they found the entire laboratory filled with various complex devices, which Bulma was operating to collect energy. Her icosahedral crystal was embedded in the middle of a pile of complicated equipment, connected to a spiral collector via conduits. This collector was small, about the size of a thumb.

At this moment, drops of blue Energy Liquid were dripping down the tube, collecting about three small tubes.

Roland discovered that the experimental field set up by Bulma was 90% similar to the scene when the Deep Blue Crystal was discovered on the Planet Mesanda.

As expected of a genius scientist, he was able to set up the experimental field based solely on the description.

Bulma pointed to the crystal at the center of the instrument and said, "I designed this experiment as you described before, and I've already collected some energy from it."

"So it really is an Energy Stone?"

Bulma picked up one of the vials of Energy Liquid and said, "Judging from the experimental results, it seems to be true. However, I haven't figured out exactly what this blue Energy Liquid is yet; further research is needed."

Roland nodded, then told Bulma to continue her research.

Because it concerned his ability to return to his own world smoothly, he couldn't help but take it seriously.

Bulma said she would do her best, and after hearing this, Roland sincerely thanked Bulma. Bulma laughed and said that Roland had saved their world, so he didn't need to be so polite.

After leaving Bulma's laboratory, Roland wandered around Five Elements Mountain for a while, thinking that he had been away from the original world for a year. Sephiria and the others should have discovered his disappearance long ago and should be searching for him everywhere by now.

"I wonder if the Dragon Ball can send me back. If not, how will I get back?"

Methods for traversing parallel worlds are quite limited. A Time Machine is one option, but the probability of finding the correct world using it to return is extremely low; at worst, it will send you to some unknown world. The second method is to reactivate the crystal's power, as you did when you came. This depends on Bulma's research, but its drawback is obvious: it might not be able to lock onto your original world. The third method is to find the Super Dragon Ball and use their power to return to your original world, provided that the Super Dragon Ball also exist in that world.

The fourth method is to borrow the Time Ring from the Supreme Kai. Each Supreme Kai in every universe possesses a ring that matches the corresponding parallel universe, primarily used for observing parallel worlds.

If there's really no way to go back, then the only option is to go find the Supreme Kai.

Roland now possesses enough power to rival Perfect Cell, and is no less Supreme Kai. Therefore, even if he were to meet the Supreme Kai now, he wouldn't feel intimidated.

However, searching for the Supreme Kai is a last resort, something to be done only when there is absolutely no other way—after all, time travel is something explicitly forbidden by the gods. It's fine to do it secretly, but if he, a person from another world, were to go looking for the Supreme Kai, it might attract the attention of those who maintain the stability of time and space, something he has to consider.

"We'll consider finding the Supreme Kai later; hopefully, we can find another way."

He considered various methods, but abandoned them one by one.

Roland couldn't help but sigh, the excitement of breaking through to Super Saiyan dissipating somewhat.

"Forget it, let's go to Metal Planet and take care of Super 13 first!"

His strength improved smoothly, and the next step was to completely eliminate the threat of Super 13. Although Roland had fought Super 13 times in the past year, he had always been defeated and suffered heavy losses because his strength had not yet broken through.

His breakthrough was largely due to the experience he gained from playing Super 13.

In return, Roland decided to eliminate it completely.

Without further thought, Roland teleported directly to the distant Metal Planet. Super 13 had been on this hot and barren planet for a full year, and every time he thought of the Super Saiyan had put him in such a predicament, endless rage surged in Super 13's chest.

"One day I will leave this planet, and then I will completely destroy Earth along with that Saiyan."

"That day will never come. You will be reporting to the Otherworld today." A chilling mental wave entered Super 13's mind.

"It's you!!"

Super 13's expression twitched for a moment. Suddenly, he saw the Super Saiyan he hated reappear before him, and his face instantly darkened. Super 13, his face ashen, charged towards Roland without saying a word, channeling his energy.

"Snort!"

Roland stared at Super 13 with a cold gaze, letting out a snort; he was also feeling somewhat irritated.

With a stomp of his foot, he transformed into Super Saiyan, causing the entire earth to tremble. A powerful and terrifying aura, like that of a prehistoric beast, suddenly erupted, instantly enveloping the scorching planet in a terrifying aura, causing the entire Metal Planet to shake violently.

Whoosh! He threw a punch, aiming directly at the void.

Super 13 watched helplessly as a fist grew larger and larger in front of him before striking him and sending him flying. Cold sweat broke out on his brow.

"How could this be?!" Super 13 couldn't believe it, gritted his teeth, and continued his attack.

Da da da!

Roland walked forward slowly, not fast, but the ground involuntarily collapsed, creating huge pits, and the surface made a rhythmic knocking sound. Suddenly, countless figures of Roland appeared in front of Super 13, and even with his eyesight, he could not distinguish between the real and the fake.

Just then, Roland suddenly appeared beside him, pressed down on his shoulder, and cracked, a sound of bones breaking. Super 13's sturdy body suddenly collapsed to one side, clearly having suffered a serious injury.

Super 13's face turned cold, and his expression suddenly became chaotic as he looked at the golden figure.

"Damn it, when did this Super Saiyan become so powerful?" Super 13 felt a chill run down his spine, his face contorted in pain. He hadn't been able to gain the upper hand in their previous encounters!

"Damn it! Blood Bomb!!"

Super 13 crossed his arms, and a blood-red energy light shone forth.

"Full Air Strike!"

Roland's calm voice rang out, and he lightly unleashed a move that wasn't particularly powerful, blocking Super 13's incredibly violent Ki Blast with a snap.

The whole process was done casually, as if it hadn't taken much effort at all.

At this point, Roland had surpassed the level of a typical Golden-Eyed Super Saiyan, and his strength was comparable to that of Perfect Cell. This was a significant breakthrough. Although Super 13 was strong, he was not at the level of Perfect Cell; at most, he was probably at the level of Super Vegeta.

Perfect Cell easily defeated Super Vegeta; it was like child's play for him.

"The battle can end now." Roland stared at Super 13, his golden pupils gleaming with a brilliant amber hue.

Then he raised his hand, clenched his fist tightly, and a cluster of crimson energy condensed on his fist, the target being Super 13 not far away.

"Super 13, you are Android created by Dr. Gero. If you hadn't met me, you might have had a real chance to rule the Earth. But now, your life ends here." At this moment, Roland was like a supreme god, exuding a vast and mighty pressure, with boundless energy surging like a tsunami.

"Go to the Otherworld!"

"No!!" Super 13 looked at the blood-red light in the sky, felt his life was threatened, and let out a unwilling roar.

"Dragon Fist!!!"

Roland ignored Super 13's roar and unleashed his full power. The veins on his arms bulged, and a mighty and domineering five-clawed Shenron, carrying endless energy, suddenly appeared in mid-air. Then, with a long roar, the crimson Shenron pierced through Super 13's body with unstoppable force.

Rumble!!

In the violent explosion, Super 13, which had plagued the alien Earth for over a decade, disappeared from this remote planet.

After destroying Super 13, Roland lingered in mid-air for a long time, observing until he was certain that Super 13 was completely killed, before finally leaving and heading towards Earth.

Back on Earth, when Son Gohan learned that Super 13 had been killed by Roland, he expected to be deeply shocked. However, when he confirmed the news, he found that he wasn't as surprised as he had imagined. It turned out that he had been mentally prepared for Super 13's death all along.

With a powerful warrior like Mr. Roland around, Super 13's death was inevitable.

Although they were somewhat prepared, the death of Super 13 was still exhilarating, meaning that Earth was finally free from external threats. This spurred Son Gohan and Trunks to emulate Roland, and they trained even harder in the following days.

A few days later, the Time Machine was fully tested and ready, and the specific medicine for Viral Heart Disease was also prepared.

On this day, Son Gohan will travel back in Time Machine to twenty years ago and use the Dragon Ball there to revive himself.

"The Time Machine's destination was Earth-573, 20 years ago, the day Frieza and his father invaded Earth."

Bulma was giving the Time Machine a final test.

Frieza and his father arrived on Earth three hours before Goku, and within those three hours, they slaughtered the vast majority of the Earth's population. If Goku hadn't arrived in his spaceship, Earth would have been completely destroyed.

In the memories of Son Gohan, Bulma, and the others, that day was an extremely cruel one.