Dragon Ball World: Martial Glory Shakes Heaven and Earth

Strong—too strong.

Piccolo and the others could not find the words to describe Baros's power.

Everyone had witnessed Cooler's strength firsthand.

Even after transforming into a Super Saiyan, Sun Wukong could only gradually close the gap through skill and combat experience in one grueling battle after another. In the end, he had barely managed to fight Cooler to a standstill, even gaining the slightest upper hand through minor growth—only to be severely wounded by Cooler and nearly lose his life.

Yet Baros had casually stopped that Death Energy Sphere, powerful enough to instantly destroy hundreds of star systems, with a single finger as though it were a child's marble, then slapped it straight back and annihilated Cooler, Sun Wukong's mortal enemy, in the starry void.

"H-He's so strong! So much stronger than Dad!"

"No. Goku is powerful, but Great Emperor Baros seems to have transcended that dimension. The two simply cannot be compared!" Because of Earth's Kami, Piccolo could barely sense a person's dimensional level.

All this time, Baros had kept a low profile, and Piccolo had been unable to sense him.

But now, after Baros had destroyed Cooler with the flick of a finger, coupled with how he had effortlessly defeated King Cold earlier—

Piccolo became utterly convinced that Baros had transcended the dimension they inhabited, reaching a pinnacle that even a Super Saiyan like Sun Wukong could never hope to approach.

Though Gohan, Tien, and Krillin did not quite understand the distinction between dimensions, they nodded in deep agreement.

Only Vegeta stared blankly at that figure, whose mere glance seemed capable of making galaxies tremble and forcing the universe into submission. His heart was filled with loss and despair.

If Super Saiyans were something he could still pursue, something he remained confident he could one day become—

Then