The smoke cleared, and the sky returned to blue.
The northern wilderness of Earth finally fell silent again after the earth-shattering battle.
The golden radiance gradually faded from Sun Wuxiu's body.
His wildly spiked hair, which had seemed capable of piercing the heavens, slowly softened and returned to its original black.
The unsettling blue lightning around him dissipated as well, leaving only a faint scorched scent of ionized air.
"Phew..."
Sun Wuxiu let out a soft breath, looking utterly relaxed.
Logically, that battle should have drained him enormously. He had even used the unprecedented Dragon Fist.
But with his cheat, that level of expenditure was practically nothing.
"What do you think? Stunned speechless?"
Sun Wuxiu smiled at the companions around him, who had yet to recover their senses.
"B-Brother!!"
Son Goku's eyes shone with even more excitement than when he saw delicious food. He circled Sun Wuxiu several times as if examining some priceless treasure.
"What exactly was that transformation just now?!"
"Your hair was still golden, but it felt completely different! Your energy became so sharp, and there was lightning too! Your battle power was insanely strong!!"
It was not just Goku. Vegeta, Trunks, Gohan, and the others all pricked up their ears.
Vegeta in particular wore a haughty expression that said, "This prince couldn't care less," but his body honestly edged several steps closer.
Seeing the thirst for knowledge in everyone's eyes, Sun Wuxiu smiled faintly and raised two fingers.
"I call that form—Super Saiyan 2."
"Super Saiyan... 2?"
Everyone repeated it in unison.
"That's right."
Sun Wuxiu nodded and slipped into his "Saiyan instructor" mode.
"An ordinary Super Saiyan merely unlocks the S-Cells within the body, allowing power to surge explosively. But that is not the end. It is only the beginning."
"When you adapt the Super