"Ahhh!!!"
High above, Louis clenched his fists, the silver radiance on his body vanishing and being replaced by a golden glow.
Veins bulged on Louis's forehead, his roar growing louder and louder.
BOOM--!
The mountains crumbled and the earth split!
A golden beam of light shot into the sky.
Louis's hair instantly turned golden.
Super Saiyan!!!
His combat power surged from the original 1 billion to 50 billion!!
"Good lad, what kind of transformation is this?"
"Haa... haa..."
Louis hovered in the air, panting heavily, and said, "This is a special transformation of our Saiyan race, called Super Saiyan!"
Super Saiyan?
Beerus suddenly recalled a scene from his dream, where it seemed he would encounter a very strong opponent in the future, called something like a Super Saiyan God!
However...
Beerus looked at Louis and frowned, "Kid, is this the extent of your greatest power?"
Indeed!
Even though Louis's power had increased 50-fold, it was still not enough.
In the anime, 100 billion combat power should be roughly equivalent to the strength Son Goku had when he first encountered Beerus on North Kai Planet.
Yet, when Son Goku challenged Beerus, he was crushed into the ground by a single finger of Beerus!!!
To Beerus, the current Louis was still too weak!
"Louis, in just ten years, your dimension has broken through to the level of a Kai, your power has improved significantly, and there is also your Rudimentary Autonomous State..."
"Your talent is truly immense, but you are still too weak right now."
"Go train for a few more years; we'll call it quits for today!"
Beerus shook his head, suggesting they stop fighting, because if they continued, his God of Destruction Realm would completely disintegrate.
At this moment, magma was erupting everywhere in the God of Destruction Realm, and the pungent smell of sulfur permeated the entire place; the scene looked like the end of the world.
In a little while, two minutes would pass, and if that happened, Whis would be unable to restore the God of Destruction Realm to its original state.
"Lord Beerus, take one last punch from me!"
Louis felt very frustrated fighting Beerus, as he had been on the receiving end the entire time.
Now that he had transformed for the first time, he had to feel the power of the strongest God of Destruction in the Zeno Universe, no matter what.
"Then come at me!"
Beerus stood with his hands behind his back, his expression very serious.
"Whis, Louis he..."
"Rest assured, nothing will happen!"
On the ground, Whis protected Tights, shielding her from the surrounding magma.
High above, Louis clenched his fist, a golden aura coating it, causing the surrounding space to tremble slightly.
Power Infusion!!
50 billion units of power condensed into his fist.
"Watch out!"
Louis moved!!
A golden streak cut across the sky, whistling toward Beerus.
Beerus remained expressionless, raising his index finger and tapping forward lightly.
BOOM--!
A blinding light erupted where the fist and index finger collided, the powerful sound of the impact echoing throughout the entire God of Destruction Realm.
The magma on the ground surged like an ocean, whipped up into a thousand-fold wave by the intense force!
One side of the God of Destruction Realm collapsed, the rate of disintegration accelerating!
Struck by the recoil, Louis slid back ten thousand kilometers in mid-air. His upper body was now bare, as his God of Destruction attire had shattered, unable to withstand a blow from the strongest God of Destruction!
Louis remained uninjured, naturally due to the effect of "Immunity".
"Too... too strong!"
Louis swallowed hard, only now realizing that even after using all his means, he couldn't even ruffle a single hair on Beerus.
In no time, the God of Destruction Realm was restored to its state before the destruction under the temporal reversal of Whis.
Tights witnessed this shocking display of time manipulation and couldn't help but glance at Whis; it seemed as if Whis were even more terrifying than these two Gods of Destruction.
By the lakeside.
The battle between Louis and Beerus had concluded, and two more cups of instant noodles were steeping on the table. Beerus sat in his chair, staring at the bubbling cups while swallowing hard.
Whis was no better off.
His eyes gleamed as he stared fixedly at the noodles on the table, wishing the two-minute wait would pass instantly so he could finally eat.
Louis's previously disheveled appearance had vanished, and he looked at Beerus with a playful smirk:
"Lord Beerus, these are the instant noodles Tights brought. Can she stay in the God of Destruction Realm?"
"Whoever dares to chase Tights away, I'll have their head!!!"
Beerus didn't look at Louis, his eyes locked firmly on the noodles.
Louis glanced at Whis, as if to say, See? I told you Lord Beerus wouldn't object.
Whis rolled his eyes. With such delicacies at stake, let alone Lord Beerus not objecting, even if he did, I would beat him until he didn't!
"Hehe, Tights, how are you going to thank me?"
Having secured Beerus's approval, Louis looked at Tights triumphantly.
Tights covered her mouth and giggled: "Lord Louis is the coolest and the best!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Louis lifted his chin, his expression one of pure enjoyment; the tail behind him was practically wagging in the air.
"By the way, as a condition for protecting you, you'll be in charge of handling our meals from now on."
"Of course, whenever I go out on missions, I'll take you along to find inspiration for your novels, so don't you worry about that."
"Deal."
Tights let out a sigh of relief; her safety was finally guaranteed.
Two minutes later, Beerus and Whis were devouring the noodles.
Whis had eaten them once before, yet he still couldn't help but marvel at how incredibly delicious they were.
As for Beerus, since it was his first time, he was practically tearing up as he ate; what kind of pig swill had he been eating all this time?
A while later.
Once the two had eaten their fill, Louis asked: "Lord Beerus, how much more power do I need to reach the God Realm?"
Beerus lay back in his lounge chair, sipping the drink Tights had provided, and said thoughtfully:
"The difference between mortals and deities lies in the dimension. Although you have broken through to the King Kai level in terms of dimension, strictly speaking, you still belong to the mortal plane."
"And it is very difficult for a mortal to contend with a God of Destruction based on raw power alone."
"Because the power of a God of Destruction is infused with the aura of divinity, which is not something an ordinary mortal can withstand."
Beerus looked at Louis and said: "However, there are exceptions. It seems there is a guy in Universe 11 named Jiren who can apparently contend with a God of Destruction while still in a mortal body."
"If you want to contend with me, Louis, er... you'd need to increase your power by at least 100,000 times in that Super Saiyan state just to have the qualifications to trade blows with me!"
100,000 times!
Louis was dumbfounded. Even the Super Saiyan 3 transformation only provided a 400-fold increase. If he used 1 billion as a base, increasing that by 100,000 times—what kind of combat power would that even be!
And that was just to have the qualifications to trade blows!!
"Louis, in the eyes of a God of Destruction, combat power can no longer measure true strength."
Whis noticed Louis's confusion and said: "Dimensions are divided into: King Enma, King Kai, Deity, Angel..."
"Power is divided into: Mortal, God Realm, Angel Realm..."
"And the God Realm is further divided into five layers. Lord Beerus is currently at the fifth layer of the God Realm. As for the other Gods of Destruction, aside from Quitela of Universe 4 who has just touched upon the fifth layer, the rest are all at the fourth layer of the God Realm!"
At this, Tights, who was standing to the side, exclaimed in shock: "Wow, doesn't that make Lord Beerus the strongest God of Destruction?"
"That's right, that's right!"
Hearing Tights's exclamation, Beerus's vanity was greatly satisfied.
No wonder this kid Louis wanted to keep her around; it turned out she was quite the charmer.
Not bad, not bad!
Louis was speechless, then said: "Whis, then how should I go about breaking through to the God Realm?"
Whis replied: "There are two ways to break through to the God Realm."
"First, just as Lord Beerus mentioned, there is someone in Universe 11 who can contend with a God of Destruction using mortal power. This is because that person has cultivated their mortal power to the absolute limit."
"As far as I know, that guy named Jiren—his mortal power should be even stronger than the fourth layer of the God Realm!!"
Whis looked at the shocked expressions of Louis and Tights and continued: "The second method is to cultivate your dimension, raising it to the level of a deity. Once you do that, your own power will undergo a qualitative change, transforming from mortal power into Divine Power."
"Divine Power is something mortals cannot sense, and the might of Divine Power is not something mortals can compare to."
"Take Shin for example; he is merely a Creation God, and his inherent strength is not particularly great. However, Shin's dimension is at the level of a deity, and his power is also Divine Power, which is why he is stronger than Frieza."
Upon hearing this, Louis suddenly realized and said, "I understand. Does that mean that under equal levels of power, Divine Power is stronger than mortal power?"
"In other words, based on my current battle power of 1 billion, if the mortal power within my body were to transform into Divine Power, would I be able to break through to the God Realm level?"
"Haha, that is the general idea, but your 1 billion battle power is not enough!"
"So, if you want to break through to the God Realm, you had better cultivate your dimension to the level of a deity as soon as possible."
Whis smiled, but his expression suddenly turned serious: "By the way, Louis, that transformation you just used is actually flawed. You shouldn't continue to use it in the future."
Before Louis could speak, Tights interjected, "Why? Louis's golden hair after transforming looks so good."
"Tights, you don't understand. For Louis to maintain that state, he must expend a massive amount of stamina, and it places a tremendous burden on his body."
The moment Whis saw Louis transform into a Super Saiyan, he had already sensed the drawbacks.
Beerus set down his drink and said, "Louis, Whis is right. Only the strength of one's own self is true strength. The path of that transformation is wrong; give it up!"
Is it really wrong?
Louis thought of that perfect state from the original work: Super Saiyan 4!
"No, this is a unique transformation of our Saiyan race. You will understand in the future."