If he broke through the limits of Super Saiyan 3, Baros believed that with the even stronger Super Saiyan 4 transformation and the powerful physique tempered by the Dragon Elephant Prison-Suppressing Scripture, he would truly be qualified to fight the rapidly growing Beerus.
One hundred Profound Apertures, one thousand Profound Apertures, three thousand Profound Apertures.
With time flowing at a ratio of 10:1, one year outside was equivalent to ten full years within the storage wristwatch. Baros operated the Dragon Elephant Prison-Suppressing Scripture almost every moment, refining the Star Cores around him and continuously illuminating and condensing one Profound Aperture after another.
Ninety-seven thousand Profound Apertures, ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and seventy Profound Apertures, one hundred thousand and eighty Profound Apertures.
The further he progressed, the more terrifying the number of Star Cores Baros needed became. After breaking past the hundred-thousand mark, the speed at which he condensed Profound Apertures became incomparably slow.
There was no helping it. The consumption of Star Cores was enormous. Even while Baros was in seclusion, the entire Divine Martial Battle Star operated at full capacity, and Saiyans without missions scattered throughout the Universe to search for Star Cores for him. Even so, it was still a drop in the bucket, barely enough to sustain Baros's cultivation.
As the supply of Star Cores and resources gradually failed to keep up with his cultivation, Baros could only helplessly begin refining Gogeta, whom he had always suppressed within his Profound Apertures, into the purest energy to condense the remaining Star Cores.
The power of Super Saiyan 5 was beyond question. If placed within the Dragon Ball Macrocosm where Baros resided, he would absolutely be the strongest living being beneath Beerus, the God of Destruction.
How vast was the energy contained within such a terrifying existence?
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