Jiren's Arrival

The one who had arrived was Jiren. When the Pride Troopers saw him, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiren spoke up. "Stay here. I'll deal with him."

Toppo immediately said, "Jiren, I know you don't want to work with us, but it'd be better if we joined forces against this guy. Even you might have trouble dealing with him."

Jiren paid no attention to Toppo's words. He walked forward alone and said to Wei Dong, "Show me your true power. I know you're still holding back."

Wei Dong wasn't surprised to hear that. With a word, all five of him transformed into Super Saiyan 4. When the transformation was complete, Jiren's gaze lifted, as if he hadn't expected Wei Dong to be this powerful.

Jiren began powering up too. Before long, his battle power had reached 400 billion. Wei Dong said, "Jiren, you're underestimating me a little. I know you have another battle form. This isn't your full strength."

Jiren's expression grew even stranger at those words. But since Wei Dong had seen through him, he transformed into his battle form.

A fiery red aura spread around him, burning so intensely that it seemed as if the temperature of the entire universe would rise.

Jiren's battle power was nearing 700 billion, but it still hadn't crossed that threshold. In an instant, he moved—but Wei Dong caught his attack with ease.

The two immediately began trading blows. Wei Dong and his other three clones watched from the sidelines. After all, it wouldn't be right for all five of them to gang up on Jiren.

One of the clones fought Jiren. Jiren was at a disadvantage and hadn't managed to land a single hit on the clone. His clothes were already in tatters, and the clone kept forcing him back. But Jiren refused to give up. His battle-form aura blazed even more fiercely, as if it would set everything around him on fire. At last, his battle power broke through 700 billion, though the increase was still limited. Jiren moved again, and the clone met him in a fierce struggle.

But the clone knocked Jiren flying, then followed up with a combination of punches before unleashing a barrage of Kamehamehas.

The Kamehameha hadn't been fired by just one clone. All four clones and the original had launched one at the same time.

Just like that, Jiren vanished from everyone's sight. The others couldn't believe that the strongest member of their team had been killed by someone from another universe.

At that moment, time reversed, returning to the instant the clones and the original had fired their Kamehamehas. The angel had blocked the attack with an Energy Shield.

Just then, a foot kicked toward Wei Dong, but he dodged. Another punch followed, and Wei Dong evaded that one just as easily. Then a voice rang out: "Destruction." One of Wei Dong's clones immediately began to turn transparent, then gradually disappeared, vanishing into tiny specks like stars scattered across the universe.

Wei Dong realized what had happened. It was Belmod. He knew Belmod was one of the strongest Gods of Destruction, ranked at least third.

It looked like he might not make it home today. But Wei Dong wasn't afraid. Although Belmod ranked third, when all eleven Gods of Destruction attacked Beerus together, Beerus hadn't backed down. That showed just how far Beerus had surpassed them. Wei Dong figured Gods of Destruction like Belmod stopped training once they took the position, unlike Beerus, who had trained for a long time.

So Wei Dong didn't hesitate and created another clone. Jiren had returned to the battlefield, along with the angel. But angels weren't allowed to interfere freely; their duty was to assist the Gods of Destruction. So the angel didn't join the fight.

The Pride Troopers were delighted to see a God of Destruction join the fray, and they all charged in too. One clone fought Jiren, another fought the rest of the Pride Troopers, and two clones and the original fought Belmod.

This Mirror Image technique was far more troublesome than Tien Shinhan's Four Witches Technique. But of the three battles, the one having the worst time wasn't the Pride Troopers—it was Belmod. He was a God of Destruction, but Jiren was already close to surpassing him. All Belmod had over Jiren was Destruction. Right now, Belmod could barely hold on. If Jiren became a God of Destruction and trained, Belmod wouldn't stand a chance.

Just as Wei Dong was about to finish the fight with a Kamehameha, the angel saw that Belmod was in danger and decided to intervene. The angel's Energy Shield appeared, but this time it shattered instantly. The angel froze in surprise; all five of Wei Dong had fired at once. But when Wei Dong saw that the shield had broken, he stopped.

Belmod clutched his chest and spoke. "Y-you... who are you? How can you be so powerful?"

"I can't tell you that. If you reported me to the Grand Priest or Zeno, I'd be done for, wouldn't I?"

Belmod froze, apparently not expecting that.

"Come on, I only came here to spar. Why did you all have to make such a big deal out of it?"

Belmod was dumbfounded. Spar? They'd nearly killed all the talent in Universe 11, along with him. And he was calling this sparring? Was he kidding?

"By the way, Jiren, I have no grudge against you. Why did you attack me?"

Jiren clenched his fists and said, "Because you have a tail, and you're so powerful. Even if you aren't one of those people, you must know them."

"No, no. I was born less than a hundred years ago. How could I know that Saiyan you're talking about? Besides, the Saiyans where I come from are all weak. They're almost extinct."

When everyone heard that he had been born less than a hundred years ago, they frowned, apparently unconvinced.

"It looks like you don't believe I was born less than a hundred years ago. You can ask the angel to check. Angels should be able to do that."

The angel raised the staff and began checking. Then, looking at Wei Dong in disbelief, the angel said, "You really were born less than a hundred years ago, and you've already become this powerful."

"Not bad. It was a piece of cake."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be on my way."

Everyone was confused. Someone spoke up. "You're just leaving? You haven't done anything. You're really leaving?"

"I came here to spar, after all. Who knew you'd take it seriously? And I've fought my way from Universe 1 to Universe 12. I'm exhausted, especially after going so long without a break. I'm going home to take some time off."

The others were even more shocked. He'd fought his way from Universe 1 to Universe 12. Leaving aside how powerful he was, his fearlessness in challenging the Gods of Destruction was something the Pride Troopers present could learn from. He was incredibly strong, and he also had a cloning technique—and his clones seemed just as powerful as his original body.

When Wei Dong recalled his clones, he froze. His battle power had reached 520 million in his base form. It seemed that the clones' fighting could also trigger Battle-Hardened. After all, Battle-Hardened was already maxed out. With this long battle and the clones, his battle power had directly increased by 2 million. That was quite impressive.