He Could Transform Further

"Ah..." Son Gohan let out one pained cry after another.

"Hmph. You may be useless, but your blood's red." Vegeta snorted. "I'll let you die beside your father. I'm still a merciful man, after all."

"Whoosh!"

Vegeta casually tossed Son Gohan aside.

"Thud!"

Son Gohan landed beside Son Goku.

"Gohan..." Son Goku gritted his teeth. Even the slightest movement was too difficult.

"Dad..." Son Gohan struggled with all his might.

"Gohan, Dad's too badly hurt to move. You'll have to fight in my place. He's already very weak," Son Goku told Gohan. "I've badly injured him several times already."

"Kakarot, I didn't expect you to be so tough. You still haven't passed out," Vegeta said with a chuckle.

"I can't, Dad. He's too strong. I'm no match for him," Son Gohan said through gritted teeth.

"All right. In order, I'll kill Kakarot first, then his son, then that bald little brat from before, and finally the bastard who cut off my precious tail." Vegeta snorted and spoke coolly.

Yajirobe hurriedly hid himself.

That guy!

He still remembers me?

This is bad.

"Gohan, it doesn't matter if you can't beat him. You can still take him down a peg," Son Goku said. "You're much stronger than he is right now... And Krillin can help you, too."

"Ah..."

Krillin gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet.

"I can't. I can't move either," Son Gohan said, shaking his head.

"You little bastard! Do you want everyone to die for nothing? What did Piccolo teach you?" Son Goku shouted angrily.

"Thud!"

Just as Son Goku finished speaking, Vegeta dropped from the sky and slammed his knee into Son Goku's abdomen.

"Ah..." Son Goku's face contorted. He felt awful all over.

Son Gohan was horrified.

"You useless piece of trash! You've made me work for this!" Vegeta sneered.

"Thud!"

As he spoke, Vegeta kicked Son Goku in the head again.

"Luo Tian, can you heal him again?" Bulma asked, clutching Luo Tian's arm.

"No. Healing takes a tremendous amount of energy. I won't be able to do it again for a month," Luo Tian said with a sigh.

Do you really think I'm here to heal everyone?

Healing you once is a favor.

Not healing you is only natural.

Besides, if everyone expects me to handle everything, who'll protect Earth?

I'm an angel. I can't be responsible for protecting the entire planet, can I?

After all, my sights are set on much more than this tiny Earth.

"Huh? You can only do it once a month?" Bulma's eyes widened. "Like my period?"

Luo Tian: "..."

That comparison...

I don't even know what to say.

"What do we do now?" Bulma panicked. "At this rate, Goku and the others will all be killed."

"It's not too late to start praying," Luo Tian said.

Bulma: "..."

A brief silence fell.

"If Vegeta can't transform this time... Goku might actually win," Bulma said with a sigh.

"Ultra Instinct can also be considered a transformation, in a way," Luo Tian replied. "Goku just hasn't mastered it enough yet, so he can't transform again."

"Transform?" Bulma blinked. "Does that mean he'll turn into an ugly Great Ape, too?"

"No." Luo Tian smiled. "Going by the levels I mentioned, you can transform once you reach the intermediate level. That means changing your appearance."

"Intermediate level? Transform?" Bulma couldn't make sense of it.

"But later on, you actually return to simplicity," Luo Tian added.

"What does that mean?" Bulma asked.

"It means that the beginner, intermediate, trillion, and god levels all involve transformations. But once you reach the True God and Super God levels, transforming becomes meaningless. For example, I'm already at the Super God level in my normal state," Luo Tian said with a smile.

"Let's not talk about that for now... We should just pray together," Bulma said with a bitter smile.

King Kai's Planet.

King Kai silently watched Son Goku and the others on Earth.

"What a pity... They were so close to winning," King Kai said with a sigh.

Still, Goku's strange technique was pretty easy to use.

But if you already know such a strange technique, why did you come to learn my Kaioken?

I just don't get you.

What was that thing Goku learned called again?

I remember that kid told me once.

I've forgotten now.

Never mind. It's not important!

Let's just hope he survives first.

The battlefield.

Vegeta was still beating up Son Goku.

What a disgrace!

I'm a genius, an elite warrior, and it's taken me this long to beat a low-class warrior.

At least most Saiyans died young. There are only the two of us and that half-breed left.

No, there's also that guard captain named Luo Tian.

Wait, is Luo Tian a Saiyan?

He must be, right?

How else could he be our guard captain?

Good, good.

If there were more Saiyans alive, this would be humiliating if word got out.

I'll stomp you to death, you low-class warrior!

Vegeta gave Son Goku a savage kicking.

"Stop it!" Son Gohan flew into a rage, and energy surged from his body.

"What?" Vegeta paused and turned to look at Son Gohan behind him.

"I'm going to defeat you!" Son Gohan shouted.

"Oh? You think you can do that, you little brat?" Vegeta said with contempt.

"Waaah!"

A burst of golden flames suddenly blazed in Son Gohan's hands.

The golden flames roared toward Vegeta.

Vegeta hopped lightly out of the way.

"Thud!"

Son Gohan rushed in and landed a heavy kick on Vegeta.

Vegeta was sent flying backward, disbelief written all over his face.

A half-breed from Earth can actually hit me!

Unbelievable!

Vegeta quickly righted himself and kicked at Son Gohan.

Son Gohan took the hit and flew backward.

But he soon gritted his teeth and charged at Vegeta again.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Son Gohan unleashed a fierce flurry of attacks on Vegeta.

"Krillin, come here for a moment," Son Goku called to Krillin while he had the chance.

Krillin staggered to his feet and headed toward Son Goku.

"Goku, this isn't working. That guy's still stronger. Why don't you tell Gohan to run?" Krillin asked.